XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC.,
Depositor,
CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
Servicer,
XXXXX FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC,
Servicer and Responsible Party,
ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC,
Responsible Party,
and
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 1, 2003
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2003-HE2
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2003-HE2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans................................
Section 2.02 Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.............
Section 2.03 Representations and Warranties; Remedies for Breaches of
Representations and Warranties with Respect to the
Mortgage Loans..............................................
Section 2.04 The Depositor and the Mortgage Loans........................
Section 2.05 Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with
Substitutions...............................................
Section 2.06 Execution and Delivery of Certificates......................
Section 2.07 REMIC Matters...............................................
Section 2.08 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.............
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01 Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans.........................
Section 3.02 Subservicing Agreements between a Servicer and
Subservicers................................................
Section 3.03 Successor Subservicers......................................
Section 3.04 Liability of the Servicers..................................
Section 3.05 No Contractual Relationship between Subservicers and the
Trustee.....................................................
Section 3.06 Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by
Trustee.....................................................
Section 3.07 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments................
Section 3.08 Subservicing Accounts.......................................
Section 3.09 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Escrow Accounts.............................................
Section 3.10 Collection Accounts.........................................
Section 3.11 Withdrawals from the Collection Accounts....................
Section 3.12 Investment of Funds in the Accounts.........................
Section 3.13 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Errors and Omissions
and Fidelity Coverage.......................................
Section 3.14 Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses Assumption Agreements....
Section 3.15 Realization upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans...................
Section 3.16 Release of Mortgage Files...................................
Section 3.17 Title, Conservation and Disposition of REO Property.........
Section 3.18 Notification of Adjustments.................................
Section 3.19 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
the Mortgage Loans..........................................
Section 3.20 Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of the
Servicers to Be Held for the Trustee........................
Section 3.21 Servicing Compensation......................................
Section 3.22 Annual Statement as to Compliance...........................
Section 3.23 Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Statement; Financial Statements.............................
Section 3.24 Trustee to Act as Servicer..................................
Section 3.25 Compensating Interest.......................................
Section 3.26 Credit Reporting; Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act....................
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE SERVICERS
Section 4.01 Advances....................................................
Section 4.02 Priorities of Distribution..................................
Section 4.03 Monthly Statements to Certificateholders....................
Section 4.04 Certain Matters Relating to the Determination of LIBOR......
Section 4.05 Allocation of Applied Realized Loss Amounts.................
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01 The Certificates............................................
Section 5.02 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates....................................
Section 5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates...........
Section 5.04 Persons Deemed Owners.......................................
Section 5.05 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses...
Section 5.06 Maintenance of Office or Agency.............................
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICERS
Section 6.01 Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicers...
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or a Servicer......
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicers
and Others..................................................
Section 6.04 Limitation on Resignation of a Servicer.....................
Section 6.05 Additional Indemnification by the Servicers; Third Party
Claims......................................................
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Events of Default...........................................
Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor....................
Section 7.03 Notification to Certificateholders..........................
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Duties of the Trustee.......................................
Section 8.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.......................
Section 8.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.......
Section 8.04 Trustee May Own Certificates................................
Section 8.05 Trustee's Fees and Expenses.................................
Section 8.06 Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee....................
Section 8.07 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee......................
Section 8.08 Successor Trustee...........................................
Section 8.09 Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee......................
Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee...............
Section 8.11 Tax Matters.................................................
Section 8.12 Periodic Filings............................................
Section 8.13 Tax Classification of the Excess Reserve Fund Account and
the Cap Agreement...........................................
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01 Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of the Mortgage
Loans.......................................................
Section 9.02 Final Distribution on the Certificates......................
Section 9.03 Additional Termination Requirements.........................
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01 Amendment...................................................
Section 10.02 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts......................
Section 10.03 Governing Law...............................................
Section 10.04 Intention of Parties........................................
Section 10.05 Notices.....................................................
Section 10.06 Severability of Provisions..................................
Section 10.07 Assignment; Sales; Advance Facilities.......................
Section 10.08 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders..................
Section 10.09 Inspection and Audit Rights.................................
Section 10.10 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid...................
SCHEDULES
Schedule I Mortgage Loan Schedule
Schedule II Representations and Warranties of Chase Manhattan Mortgage
Corporation as Servicer
Schedule III Representations and Warranties of Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage,
Inc. as Servicer
Schedule IV Representations and Warranties of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I
Inc. as to the Mortgage Loans
Schedule V Representations and Warranties of Accredited Home Lenders,
Inc. as to the Mortgage Loans
Schedule VI Representations and Warranties of Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage,
Inc. as to the Mortgage Loans
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Class A, Class M and Class B Certificate
Exhibit B Form of Class P Certificate
Exhibit C Form of Class R Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Class X Certificate
Exhibit E Form of Initial Certification of Trustee
Exhibit F Form of Document Certification and Exception Report of Trustee
Exhibit G Form of Residual Transfer Affidavit
Exhibit H Form of Transferor Certificate
Exhibit I Form of Rule 144A Letter
Exhibit J Form of Request for Release
Exhibit K Form of Contents for Each Mortgage File
Exhibit L-1 Form of Certificate to be provided by Chase with Form 10-K
Exhibit L-1 Form of Certificate to be provided by Xxxxx Fargo with Form
10-K
Exhibit M Form of Certification of the Trustee to be provided to
Depositor
Exhibit N Form of Certification of each Servicer to be provided to
Depositor
Exhibit O Accredited Purchase Agreement
Exhibit P Xxxxx Fargo Purchase Agreement
THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of August 1, 2003,
among XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor
(the "Depositor"), CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation,
as servicer ("Chase"), XXXXX FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC., a California
corporation, as servicer and a responsible party ("Xxxxx Fargo" and, together
with Chase, the "Servicers"), ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC., as responsible
party ("Accredited" and together with Xxxxx Fargo, the "Responsible Parties")
and DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, a national banking association, as
trustee (the "Trustee"),
W I T N E S S E T H:
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In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Trustee shall elect that two segregated asset pools within the
Trust Fund be treated for federal income tax purposes as comprising two REMICs
(each, a "REMIC" or, in the alternative, the Lower Tier REMIC and the Upper Tier
REMIC, respectively). Each Class of Certificates, other than the Class P and
Class R Certificates, other than the right of each Class of LIBOR Certificates
to receive Basis Risk CarryForward Amounts and the right of the Class X
Certificates to receive payments from the Cap Agreement, represents ownership of
a regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
The Class R Certificate represents ownership of the sole class of residual
interest in each of the Lower Tier REMIC and the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes
of the REMIC Provisions. The Startup Day for each REMIC described herein is the
Closing Date. The latest possible maturity date for each Certificate is the
latest date referenced in Section 2.07. The Upper Tier REMIC shall hold as
assets the several classes of uncertificated Lower Tier Regular Interests, set
out below. Each such Lower Tier Regular Interest is hereby designated as a
regular interest in the Lower Tier REMIC. The Class LT-A-1, Class LT-A-2, Class
LT-M-1, Class LT-M-2, Class LT-M-3, Class LT-B-1, Class LT-B-2 and Class LT-B-3
Interests are hereby designated the LT Accretion Directed Classes (the "LT
Accretion Directed Classes"). The Class P Certificates represent beneficial
ownership of the Prepayment Charges, each Class of LIBOR Certificates represents
beneficial ownership of a regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC and the right
to receive Basis Risk CarryForward Amounts and the Class X Certificates
represent beneficial ownership of a regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC,
the Excess Reserve Fund Account and the Cap Agreement, which portions of the
Trust Fund shall be treated as a grantor trust.
Corresponding
Lower Tier Lower Tier Initial Lower Tier Upper Tier
Class Designation Interest Rate Principal Amount REMIC Class
Class LT-A-1 (1) 1/2 initial Corresponding A-1
Upper Tier REMIC initial
principal balance
Class LT-A-2 (1) 1/2 initial Corresponding A-2
Upper Tier REMIC initial
principal balance
Class LT-M-1 (1) 1/2 initial Corresponding M-1
Upper Tier REMIC initial
principal balance
Class LT-M-2 (1) 1/2 initial Corresponding M-2
Upper Tier REMIC initial
principal balance
Class LT-M-3 (1) 1/2 initial Corresponding M-3
Upper Tier REMIC initial
principal balance
Class LT-B-1 (1) 1/2 initial Corresponding B-1
Upper Tier REMIC initial
principal balance
Class LT-B-2 (1) 1/2 initial Corresponding B-2
Upper Tier REMIC initial
principal balance
Class LT-B-3 (1) 1/2 initial Corresponding B-3
Upper Tier REMIC initial
principal balance
Class LT-Accrual (1) 1/2 Pool Stated Principal
Balance plus 1/2
Subordinated Amount,
less $2,000
Class LT-Group I (2) $1,185.26 (4)
Class LT-Group II (3) $814.74 (4)
Class LT-R (5) (5)
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(1) The interest rate with respect to any Distribution Date for these
interests is a per annum variable rate equal to the WAC Cap.
(2) The interest rate with respect to any Distribution Date for the Class
LT-Group I Interest is a per annum variable rate (expressed as a
percentage rounded to eight decimal places) equal to the Loan Group I Cap.
(3) The interest rate with respect to any Distribution Date for the Class
LT-Group II Interest is a per annum variable rate (expressed as a
percentage rounded to eight decimal places) equal to the Loan Group II
Cap.
(4) On the Closing Date, the Initial Lower Tier Principal Amount of Class
LT-Group I Interest shall be $1,185.25602982, and the Initial Lower Tier
Principal Amount of the Class LT-Group II Interest shall be $814.74397018.
For all future Distribution Dates, the principal balances of these Lower
Tier Regular Interests shall be rounded to eight decimal places.
(5) The Class LT-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Lower Tier REMIC and it does not have a principal amount or an interest
rate.
The Lower Tier REMIC shall hold as assets all of the assets included
in the Trust Fund other than Prepayment Charges, the Cap Agreement, the Excess
Reserve Fund Account, and the Lower Tier Regular Interests.
On each Distribution Date, 50% of the increase in the Subordinated
Amount will be payable as a reduction of the principal balances of the LT
Accretion Directed Classes (each such Class will be reduced by an amount equal
to 50% of any increase in the Subordinated Amount that is attributable to a
reduction in the principal balance of its Corresponding Class) and will be
accrued and added to the principal balance of the Class LT Accrual Interest. On
each Distribution Date, the increase in the principal balance of the Class LT
Accrual Interest may not exceed interest accruals for such Distribution Date for
the Class LT Accrual Interest. In the event that: (i) 50% of the increase in the
Subordinated Amount exceeds (ii) interest accruals on the Class LT Accrual
Interest for such Distribution Date, the excess for such Distribution Date
(accumulated with all such excesses for all prior Distribution Dates) will be
added to any increase in the Subordinated Amount for purposes of determining the
amount of interest accrual on the Class LT Accrual Interest payable as principal
on the LT Accretion Directed Classes on the next Distribution Date pursuant to
the first sentence of this paragraph. All payments of scheduled principal and
prepayments of principal generated by the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated (i)
50% to the Class LT Accrual Interest, the Class LT Group I Interest and the
Class LT Group II Interest (and further allocated among these Lower Tier Regular
Interests in the manner described below) and (ii) 50% to the LT Accretion
Directed Classes (principal payments shall be allocated among such LT Accretion
Directed Classes in an amount equal to 50% of the principal amounts allocated to
their respective Corresponding Classes), until paid in full. Notwithstanding the
above, principal payments allocated to the Class X Certificates that result in
the reduction in the Subordinated Amount shall be allocated to the Class LT
Accrual Interest (until paid in full). Realized Losses shall be applied so that
after all distributions have been made on each Distribution Date (i) the
principal balance of each LT Accretion Directed Class is equal to 50% of the
principal balance of its Corresponding Class, and (ii) the Class LT Accrual
Interest, the Class LT Group I Interest and the Class LT Group II Interest (and
further allocated among these Lower Tier Regular Interests in the manner
described below) is equal to 50% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans plus 50% of the Subordinated Amount. As between the Class LT
Accrual Interest, the Class LT Group I Interest and the Class LT Group II
Interest, all payments of scheduled principal and prepayments of principal
generated by the Mortgage Loans, and all Realized Losses, allocable to such
Lower Tier Regular Interests shall be allocated (i) to the Class LT Accrual
Interest in the same proportion that the then outstanding principal balance of
such Lower Tier Regular Interest bears to the then outstanding aggregate
principal balance of the Class LT Accrual Interest, the Class LT Group I
Interest and the Class LT Group II Interest and (ii) the remainder to each of
the Class LT Group I Interest and the Class LT Group II Interest in the same
proportion that the then outstanding aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group bears to the then outstanding aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans.
The Upper Tier REMIC shall issue the following classes of Upper Tier
Regular Interests and each such interest, other than the Class UT-R Interest, is
hereby designated as a regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC.
Upper Tier
Interest Rate Initial Upper Tier
and Principal Amount
Corresponding and Corresponding
Upper Tier Class Pass-Through Class Certificate Corresponding
Class Designation Rate Balance Certificate Class
Class A-1 (1) $299,599,000 Class A-1(6)
Class A-2 (2) $205,994,000 Class A-2(6)
Class M-1 (3) $37,447,000 Class M-1(6)
Class M-2 (3) $34,327,000 Class M-2(6)
Class M-3 (3) $ 9,362,000 Class M-3(6)
Class B-1 (3) $ 9,362,000 Class B-1(6)
Class B-2 (3) $ 9,362,000 Class B-2(6)
Class B-3 (3) $ 9,362,000 Class B-3(6)
Class X (4) $ 0(4) Class X(4)
Class UT-R (5) $ 0 Class R
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(1) The Class A-1 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the least of (i) LIBOR plus 0.420 %, (ii) the Loan Group
I Cap and (iii) the WAC Cap or (b) after the Optional Termination Date,
the least of (i) LIBOR plus 0.840 %, (ii) the Loan Group I Cap and (iii)
the WAC Cap.
(2) The Class A-2 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the least of (i) LIBOR plus 0.340 %, (ii) the Loan Group
II Cap and (iii) the WAC Cap or (b) after the Optional Termination Date,
the least of (i) LIBOR plus 0.680 %, (ii) the Loan Group II Cap and (iii)
the WAC Cap.
(3) The Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3
Interests will bear interest during each Interest Accrual Period at a per
annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional Termination Date, the
lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.650 %, 1.650 %, 2.000 %, 3.350 %, 3.900 %, and
4.000 %, respectively, and (ii) the WAC Cap or (b) after the Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.975 %, 2.475 %, 3.000 %,
5.025 %, 5.850 %, and 6.000 %, respectively, and (ii) the WAC Cap.
(4) The Class X Interest has an initial principal balance of $ 9,362,306, but
it will not accrue interest on such balance but will accrue interest on a
notional principal balance. As of any Distribution Date, the Class X
Interest shall have a notional principal balance equal to the aggregate of
the principal balances of the Lower Tier Regular Interests as of the first
day of the related Interest Accrual Period. With respect to any Interest
Accrual Period, the Class X Interest shall bear interest at a rate equal
to the excess, if any, of the WAC Cap over the product of (i) 2 and (ii)
the weighted average Pass-Through Rate of the Lower Tier Regular
Interests, where the interest rate on each of the Class LT-Accrual
Interest, Class LT-Group I Interest and Class LT-Group II Interest is
subject to a cap equal to zero and each LT Accretion Directed Class is
subject to a cap equal to the Pass-Through Rate on its Corresponding
Class. With respect to any Distribution Date, interest that so accrues on
the notional principal balance of the Class X Interest shall be deferred
in an amount equal to any increase in the Subordinated Amount on such
Distribution Date. Such deferred interest shall not itself bear interest.
The Class X Certificates will represent beneficial ownership of the Class
X Interest, the Cap Agreement, and amounts in the Excess Reserve Fund
Account, subject to the obligation to make payments from the Excess
Reserve Fund Account in respect of Basis Risk CarryForward Amounts. For
federal income tax purposes, the Trustee will treat a Class X
Certificateholder's obligation to make payments from the Excess Reserve
Fund Account as payments made pursuant to an interest rate cap contract
written by the Class X Certificateholders in favor of each Class of LIBOR
Certificates. Such rights of the Class X Certificateholders and LIBOR
Certificateholders shall be treated as held in a portion of the Trust Fund
that is treated as a grantor trust under subpart E, Part I of subchapter J
of the Code.
(5) The Class UT-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Upper Tier REMIC. The Class UT-R Interest does not have an interest rate.
(6) Each of these Certificates will represent not only the ownership of the
Corresponding Class of Upper Tier Regular Interest but also the right to
receive payments from the Excess Reserve Fund Account in respect of any
Basis Risk CarryForward Amounts. For federal income tax purposes, the
Trustee will treat a Certificateholder's right to receive payments from
the Excess Reserve Fund Account as payments made pursuant to an interest
rate cap contract written by the Class X Certificateholders.
The minimum denomination for each Class of Certificates, other than
the Class P, Class R and the Class X Certificates, will be $25,000 with integral
multiples of $1 in excess thereof. The Class P, Class R and the Class X
Certificates will each represent a 100% Percentage Interest in such class.
Set forth below are designations of Classes of Certificates to the
categories used herein:
Book-Entry Certificates......... All Classes of Certificates
other than the
Physical
Certificates.
Class A Certificates............ Class A-1 and Class A-2
Certificates.
Delay Certificates.............. None.
ERISA-Restricted Certificates... Class R Certificates, Class P
Certificates and
Class X
Certificates;
any certificate
with a rating
below the lowest
applicable
permitted rating
under the
Underwriters'
Exemption.
LIBOR Certificates.............. Class A and Subordinated
Certificates.
Non-Delay Certificates.......... Class A, Class X and
Subordinated
Certificates.
Offered Certificates............ All Classes of Certificates
other than the
Private
Certificates.
Physical Certificates........... Class P, Class X and Class R
Certificates.
Private Certificates............ Class A-1, Class P, Class X
and Class R
Certificates.
Rating Agencies................. Xxxxx'x, Fitch and Standard &
Poor's.
Regular Certificates............ All Classes of Certificates
other than the
Class P and
Class R
Certificates.
Residual Certificates........... Class R Certificates.
Subordinated Certificates....... Class M-1, Class M-2, Class
M-3, Class B-1,
Class B-2 and
Class B-3
Certificates.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases,
unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
Aames: Aames Capital Corporation, a California corporation, and its
successors in interest.
Aames Assignment Agreement: The Assignment and Recognition
Agreement, dated as of August, 2003, by and among the Depositor, the Purchaser
and Aames.
Aames Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans for which Aames is
identified as Originator on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Aames Purchase Agreement: The Second Amended and Restated Mortgage
Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2003, between Aames
and the Purchaser, as assigned by the Purchaser to the Depositor, solely insofar
as the Aames Purchase Agreement relates to the Aames Mortgage Loans, pursuant to
the Aames Assignment Agreement.
Accepted Servicing Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
those mortgage servicing practices set forth in Section 3.01(a) of this
Agreement.
Account: Any of the Collection Accounts, the Distribution Account,
any Escrow Account or the Excess Reserve Fund Account. Each Account shall be an
Eligible Account.
Accredited: Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., a California corporation,
and its successors in interest.
Accredited Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans purchased by the
Purchaser pursuant to the Accredited Purchase Agreement for which Accredited is
identified as Originator on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Accredited Purchase Agreement: The Second Amended and Restated
Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement, attached as Exhibit O hereto,
dated as of July 1, 2003, by and between Accredited and the Purchaser, as
assigned by the Purchaser to the Depositor.
Accrued Certificate Interest Distribution Amount: With respect to
any Distribution Date for each Class of LIBOR Certificates, the amount of
interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the applicable
Pass-Through Rate on the related Class Certificate Balance immediately prior to
such Distribution Date, as reduced by such Class's share of Net Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Interest Shortfalls for the related Due
Period allocated to such Class pursuant to Section 4.02.
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: An adjustable rate Mortgage Loan.
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan and at any
time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the Expense Fee Rate.
Adjustment Date: As to any Mortgage Loan, the first Due Date on
which the related Mortgage Rate adjusts as set forth in the related Mortgage
Note and each Due Date thereafter on which the Mortgage Rate adjusts as set
forth in the related Mortgage Note.
Advance: Any P&I Advance or Servicing Advance.
Advance Facility: A financing or other facility as described in
Section 10.07.
Advancing Person: The Person to whom either Servicer's rights under
this Agreement to be reimbursed for any P&I Advances or Servicing Advances have
been assigned pursuant to Section 10.07.
Affiliate: With respect to any Person, any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such first Person. For the purposes
of this definition, "control" means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments
or supplements hereto.
Amount Held for Future Distribution: As to the Certificates on any
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount held in each Collection Account at the
close of business on the related Determination Date on account of (i) Principal
Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds
on the Mortgage Loans received after the end of the related Prepayment Period
and (ii) all Scheduled Payments on the Mortgage Loans due after the end of the
related Due Period.
Applied Realized Loss Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the amount, if any, by which the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the
LIBOR Certificates after distributions of principal on such Distribution Date
exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date.
Appraised Value: The value set forth in an appraisal made in
connection with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan as the value of the
Mortgaged Property.
Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of
transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form, (other than the assignee's
name and recording information not yet returned from the recording office),
reflecting the sale of the Mortgage to the Trustee.
Available Funds: With respect to any Distribution Date and the
Mortgage Loans to the extent received by the Trustee (x) the sum of (i) all
scheduled installments of interest (net of the related Expense Fees) and
principal due on the Due Date on such Mortgage Loans in the related Due Period
and received by the Servicers prior to the related Determination Date, together
with any P&I Advances in respect thereof; (ii) all Condemnation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received by the Servicers during the
related Prepayment Period (in each case, net of unreimbursed expenses incurred
in connection with a liquidation or foreclosure and unreimbursed Advances, if
any); (iii) all partial or full prepayments on the Mortgage Loans received by
the Servicers during the related Prepayment Period together with all
Compensating Interest thereon (excluding any Prepayment Charges); (iv) all
Substitution Adjustment Amounts with respect to the substitutions of Mortgage
Loans that occur during the month in which such Distribution Date occurs; and
(v) amounts received with respect to such Distribution Date as the Repurchase
Price in respect of a Mortgage Loan repurchased by any of Aames, the Depositor,
or any Responsible Party, as applicable, as of such Distribution Date; reduced
by (y) amounts in reimbursement for Advances previously made with respect to the
Mortgage Loans and other amounts as to which the Servicers, the Depositor or the
Trustee are entitled to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to this Agreement.
Balloon Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that provided on the date of
origination for an amortization schedule extending beyond its stated maturity
date.
Basic Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Principal Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date over (ii) the Excess Subordinated Amount, if any, for such
Distribution Date.
Basis Risk CarryForward Amount: With respect to each Class of LIBOR
Certificates, as of any Distribution Date, the sum of (A) if on such
Distribution Date the Pass-Through Rate for any Class of LIBOR Certificates is
based upon a Loan Group Cap or the WAC Cap, the excess of (i) the amount of
interest such Class of Certificates would otherwise be entitled to receive on
such Distribution Date had such rate been calculated as the sum of LIBOR and the
applicable Pass-Through Margin on such Class of Certificates for such
Distribution Date, over (ii) the amount of interest payable on such Class of
Certificates at, with respect to the Class A-1 Certificates, the lesser of the
Loan Group I Cap or the WAC Cap, with respect to the Class A-2 Certificates, the
lesser of the Loan Group II Cap or the WAC Cap, and with respect to each other
Class of LIBOR Certificates, the WAC Cap, as applicable, for such Distribution
Date and (B) the Basis Risk CarryForward Amount for such Class of Certificates
for all previous Distribution Dates not previously paid, together with interest
thereon at a rate equal to the sum of LIBOR and the applicable Pass-Through
Margin for such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date.
Basis Risk Payment: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the lesser of (i) the aggregate of the Basis Risk CarryForward Amounts for such
Distribution Date and (ii) the Class X Distributable Amount (prior to any
reduction for Basis Risk Payments).
Best's: Best's Key Rating Guide, as the same shall be amended from
time to time.
Book-Entry Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a
day on which banking and savings and loan institutions, in (a) the State of New
York, Arizona, California, Iowa, Maryland or New Jersey, (b) a state in which a
Servicer's servicing operations are located, or (c) the State in which the
Trustee's operations are located, are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to be closed.
Cap Agreement: The interest rate cap agreement, dated August 26,
2003, between the Cap Provider and the Depositor, or any replacement thereof.
Cap Provider: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and its successors in interest.
Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed by the Trustee in
substantially the forms attached hereto as exhibits.
Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class of Certificates,
other than the Class P or Class R Certificates, 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 minus all distributions of
principal previously made with respect thereto and in the case of any
Subordinated Certificates, reduced by any Applied Realized Loss Amounts
applicable to such Class of Subordinated Certificates. The Class P and Class R
Certificates have no Certificate Balance.
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.
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.
Certification: As specified in Section 8.12.
Chase: Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey
corporation, and its successors in interest.
Class: All Certificates bearing the same class designation
as set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Class A Certificates: The Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2
Certificates.
Class A Certificate Group: The Class A-1 Certificates or the Class
A-2 Certificates, as applicable.
Class A Principal Allocation Percentage: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, determined as
follows: (A) with respect to the Class A-1 Certificates, a fraction, the
numerator of which is (x) the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount for
such Distribution Date that is attributable to the principal received or
advanced on the Group I Mortgage Loans and the denominator of which is (y) the
Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date; and (B) with respect to
the Class A-2 Certificates, a fraction, the numerator of which is (x) the
portion of the Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date that is
attributable to the principal received or advanced on the Group II Mortgage
Loans and the denominator of which is (y) the Principal Remittance Amount for
such Distribution Date.
Class A Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of
the Class A Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii)
the lesser of (A) 62.00% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date and (B) the excess, if any, of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution
Date over $3,184,671.
Class A-1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class A-1 Certificates".
Class A-2 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class A-2 Certificates".
Class B Certificates: The Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2
Certificates and Class B-3 Certificates.
Class B-1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class B 1 Certificates".
Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date), and (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-1
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii) the lesser of
(A) 91.00% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for
such Distribution Date and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date over
$3,184,671.
Class B-2 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class B-2 Certificates".
Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-1
Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class B-1
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date) and (F) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (ii) the lesser of (A) 94.00% of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date and (B) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
for such Distribution Date over $3,184,671.
Class B-3 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class B-3 Certificates".
Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date), (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date), (E) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-1
Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class B-1
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date), (F) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date) and (G) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B-3
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii) the lesser of
(A) 97.00% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for
such Distribution Date and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date over
$3,184,671.
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 M-1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-1 Certificates."
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date), and (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii) the lesser of (A) 74.00%
of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date over $3,184,671.
Class M-2 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-2 Certificates."
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date) and (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (ii) the
lesser of (A) 85.00% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans for such Distribution Date and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date over
$3,184,671.
Class M-3 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class
designation of "Class M-3 Certificates".
Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date), (C) the Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date) and (D) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (ii) the lesser of (A) 88.00% of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date and (B) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
for such Distribution Date over $3,184,671.
Class P Certificates: All Certificates bearing the designation of
"Class P Certificates".
Class R Certificates: All Certificates bearing the designation of
"Class R Certificates".
Class X Certificates: All Certificates bearing the
designation of "Class X Certificates".
Class X Distributable Amount: On any Distribution Date,
the sum of (i) as a distribution in respect of interest, the amount of
interest that has accrued on the Class X Interest and not applied as an Extra
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, plus any such
accrued interest remaining undistributed from prior Distribution Dates, plus
(ii) as a distribution in respect of principal, any portion of the principal
balance of the Class X Interest which is distributable as a Subordination
Reduction Amount, minus (iii) any amounts paid as a Basis Risk Payment.
Class X Interest: The Upper Tier Regular Interest represented by the
Class X Certificates as specified and described in the Preliminary Statement and
the related footnote thereto.
Closing Date: August 26, 2003.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or
amendatory provisions.
Collection Account: As defined in Section 3.10(a).
Compensating Interest: For any Distribution Date, the lesser of (a)
the Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date, with
respect to voluntary Principal Prepayments in full by the Mortgagor (excluding
any payments made upon liquidation of the Mortgage Loan) and (b) the amount of
the Servicing Fee payable to the applicable Servicer for such Distribution Date.
Condemnation Proceeds: All awards of settlements in respect of a
Mortgaged Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or entire, by
exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation.
Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee in the
State of California at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
with respect to this Agreement is administered, which office at the date of the
execution of this Agreement is located at 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attn: Trust Administration-MS03H2, facsimile no. (714)
247-6478 and which is the address to which notices to and correspondence with
the Trustee should be directed.
Corresponding Class: The class of interests in any REMIC created
under this Agreement that corresponds to the Class of interests in another such
REMIC or to a Class of Certificates in the manner set out below:
Lower Tier Upper Tier Corresponding Class
Class Designation Regular Interest of Certificates
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Class LT-A-1 Class A-1 Class A-1
Class LT-A-2 Class A-2 Class A-2
Class LT-M-1 Class M-1 Class M-1
Class LT-M-2 Class M-2 Class M-2
Class LT-M-3 Class M-3 Class M-3
Class LT-B-1 Class B-1 Class B-1
Class LT-B-2 Class B-2 Class B-2
Class LT-B-3 Class B-3 Class B-3
N/A Class X Class X
Cumulative Loss Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate
amount of Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date to the last day of the
calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and
the denominator of which is the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans.
Custodial File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file
retained by the Trustee consisting of items (a) - (h) as listed on Exhibit K
hereto.
Cut-off Date: August 1, 2003
Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance: The aggregate Stated Principal
Balances of all Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.
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 (after
giving effect to payments of principal due on that date, whether or not
received).
Data Tape Information: The information provided by the Originators
(or in the case of items (2) and (8) below with respect to the Aames Mortgage
Loans, by Chase) as of August 1, 2003 to the Depositor or the Purchaser setting
forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan: (1) the
Mortgagor's name; (2) as to each Mortgage Loan, the Scheduled Principal Balance
as of the Cut-off Date; (3) the Mortgage Rate Cap; (4) the Index; (5) a code
indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is owner occupied; (6) the type of
Mortgaged Property; (7) the first date on which the Scheduled Payment was due on
the Mortgage Loan and, if such date is not consistent with the Due Date
currently in effect, such Due Date; (8) the "paid through date" based on
payments received from the related Mortgagor; (9) the original principal amount
of the Mortgage Loan; (10) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the
Maximum Mortgage Rate; (11) the type of Mortgage Loan (i.e., Fixed Rate or
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan); (12) a code indicating the purpose of the loan
(i.e., purchase, rate and term refinance, equity take out refinance); (13) a
code indicating the documentation style (i.e., full, asset verification, income
verification and no documentation); (14) the credit risk score (FICO score);
(15) the loan credit grade classification (as described in the underwriting
guidelines); (16) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
Minimum Mortgage Rate; (17) the Mortgage Rate at origination; (18) with respect
to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the first Adjustment Date immediately
following the Cut-off Date; (19) the value of the Mortgaged Property; (20) a
code indicating the type of Prepayment Charges applicable to such Mortgage Loan
(including any prepayment penalty term), if any; (21) with respect to each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Periodic Mortgage Rate Cap; (22) the
applicable Originator of such Mortgage Loan and (23) if such Mortgage Loan is
covered by a primary mortgage insurance policy, the primary mortgage insurance
rate. With respect to the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate, the Data Tape
Information shall set forth the following information, as of the Cut-off Date:
(1) the number of Mortgage Loans; (2) the current aggregate outstanding
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (3) the weighted average Mortgage Rate
of the Mortgage Loans; and (4) the weighted average maturity of the Mortgage
Loans.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the United
States 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.
Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation
of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction in an
amount less than the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan,
which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the United States
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.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: As defined in Section 2.03.
Delinquent: A Mortgage Loan is "Delinquent" if any Scheduled Payment
due on a Due Date is not made by the close of business on the next scheduled Due
Date for such Mortgage Loan. A Mortgage Loan is "30 days Delinquent" if the
Scheduled Payment due on a Due Date has not been received by the close of
business on the last day of the month immediately succeeding the month in which
such Due Date occurs.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth
on the face thereof as the "Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate" or
the Percentage Interest appearing on the face thereof.
Depositor: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and its successors in interest.
Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust
Company, the nominee of which is CEDE & Co., as the registered Holder of the
Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing
corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of
the State of New York.
Depository Institution: Any depository institution or trust company,
including the Trustee, that (a) is incorporated under the laws of the United
States of America or any State thereof, (b) is subject to supervision and
examination by federal or state banking authorities and (c) has outstanding
unsecured commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations that
are rated P-1 by Moody's, F1+ by Fitch and A-1 by Standard & Poor's.
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: With respect to each Remittance Date, the 18th
day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business
Day) in the calendar month in which such Remittance Date occurs.
Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07(d) in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company in trust for registered holders of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I
Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2." 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 day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day, commencing in September 2003.
Document Certification and Exception Report: The report attached to
Exhibit F hereto.
Due Date: The day of the month on which the Scheduled Payment is due
on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.
Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period
commencing on the second day of the calendar month preceding the month in which
that Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first day of the calendar month
in which that Distribution Date occurs.
Eligible Account: Either (i) an account maintained with a federal or
state chartered depository institution or trust company the short-term unsecured
debt obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust
company that is a subsidiary of a holding company, the short-term unsecured debt
obligations of such holding company) are rated "A-1" by Standard & Poor's, "F-1"
by Fitch and "P-1" by Moody's (or a comparable rating if another Rating Agency
is specified by the Depositor by written notice to each Servicer) at the time
any amounts are held on deposit therein, (ii) an account or accounts the
deposits in which are fully insured by the FDIC, (iii) a trust account or
accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or
trust company acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iv) any other account
acceptable to each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear interest, and may
include, if otherwise qualified under this definition, accounts maintained with
the Trustee.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that meets the requirements of Prohibited
Transaction Exemption ("PTE") 2002-41, 67 Fed. Reg. 54487 (2002) (or any
successor thereto), or any substantially similar administrative exemption
granted by the U.S. Department of Labor.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Escrow Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts established and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.09(b).
Escrow Payments: As defined in Section 3.09(b) of this Agreement.
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01.
Excess Reserve Fund Account: The separate Eligible Account created
and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Sections 3.07(b) and 3.07(c) in the
name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Regular Certificateholders and
designated "Deutsche Bank National Trust Company in trust for registered holders
of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2003-HE2." Funds in the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall
be held in trust for the Regular Certificateholders for the uses and purposes
set forth in this Agreement. Amounts on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund
Account shall not be invested.
Excess Subordinated Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the excess, if any, of (a) the Subordinated Amount on such Distribution Date
over (b) the Specified Subordinated Amount for such Distribution Date.
Expense Fee Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, a per-annum rate equal
to the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate, the Trustee Fee Rate and any lender-paid
primary mortgage insurance fee rate, if applicable.
Expense Fees: As to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the Servicing
Fee, the Trustee Fee and any lender-paid primary mortgage insurance fee, if
applicable.
Extra Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (x) the related Total Monthly Excess Spread for such Distribution
Date and (y) the related Subordination Deficiency for such Distribution Date.
Xxxxxx Mae: The Federal National Mortgage Association, or any
successor thereto.
Xxxxxx Xxx Guides: The Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx' Guide and the Xxxxxx Xxx
Servicers' Guide and all amendments or additions thereto.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
Final Recovery Determination: With respect to any defaulted Mortgage
Loan or any REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property purchased
by the applicable Originator or the Depositor, as applicable, as contemplated by
this Agreement), a determination made by the applicable Servicer that all
Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other
payments or recoveries which the applicable Servicer, in its reasonable good
faith judgment, expects to be finally recoverable in respect thereof have been
so recovered. Each Servicer shall maintain records, prepared by a Servicing
Officer, of each Final Recovery Determination made thereby.
Final Scheduled Distribution Date: The Final Scheduled Distribution
Date for each Class of Certificates is the Distribution Date in each of the
following months:
Month of Final
Scheduled
Distribution Date
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Class A-1 Certificates.................................... August, 2033
Class A-2 Certificates.................................... August, 2033
Class M-1 Certificates.................................... August, 2033
Class M-2 Certificates.................................... August, 2033
Class M-3 Certificates.................................... August, 2033
Class B-1 Certificates.................................... August, 2033
Class B-2 Certificates.................................... August, 2033
Class B-3 Certificates.................................... August, 2033
Class X Certificates...................................... August, 2033
Class P Certificates...................................... August, 2033
Class R Certificates...................................... August, 2033
Fitch: Fitch, Inc., or any successor thereto. If Fitch is designated
as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section
10.05(b) the address for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch, Inc., Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: MBS Monitoring - Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS
Capital I Inc. 2003-HE2, or such other address as Fitch may hereafter furnish to
the Depositor and the Servicers.
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan: A fixed rate Mortgage Loan.
Xxxxxxx Mac: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title III of the
Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereto.
Gross Margin: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan,
the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage Note to be added
to the applicable Index to determine the Mortgage Rate.
Group I Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule as Group I Mortgage Loans.
Group II Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule as Group II Mortgage Loans.
Index: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the index from time
to time in effect for the adjustment of the Mortgage Rate set forth as such on
the related Mortgage Note.
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: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of
insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.
Interest Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Non-Delay
Certificates and the Corresponding Class of Lower Tier Regular Interests and any
Distribution Date, the period commencing on the Distribution Date occurring in
the month preceding the month in which the current Distribution Date occurs and
ending on the day immediately preceding the current Distribution Date (or, in
the case of the first Distribution Date, the period from and including the
Closing Date to but excluding such first Distribution Date). For purposes of
computing interest accruals on each Class of Non-Delay Certificates, each
Interest Accrual Period has the actual number of days in such month and each
year is assumed to have 360 days.
Interest Rate Adjustment Date: With respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, the date, specified in the related Mortgage Note and the Mortgage
Loan Schedule, on which the Mortgage Rate is adjusted.
Interest Rate Cap Payment: Beginning on the first Distribution Date
and continuing through the immediately succeeding 26 Distribution Dates
thereafter, an amount, if any, equal to the product of (a) the lesser of (i) (A)
prior to the reset date under the Cap Agreement occurring in May 2005, the
percentage by which one-month LIBOR (as defined in the Cap Agreement) as of the
related reset date under the Cap Agreement exceeds 6.50% or (B) on and after the
reset date under the Cap Agreement occurring in May 2005 until the reset date
under the Cap Agreement occurring in November 2005, the percentage by which
one-month LIBOR (as defined in the Cap Agreement) as of the related reset date
under the Cap Agreement exceeds 7.50% and (ii) (A) prior to the reset date under
the Cap Agreement occurring in May 2005, 2.00% or (B) on and after the reset
date under the Cap Agreement occurring in May 2005 until the reset date under
the Cap Agreement occurring in November 2005, 1.00%, as applicable, and (b) the
product of the notional balance and multiplier for such reset date as set forth
on the schedule attached to the Cap Agreement, calculated on an "actual/360"
basis.
Investment Account: As defined in Section 3.12(a).
Late Collections: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Due
Period, all amounts received after the Determination Date immediately following
such Due Period, whether as late payments of Scheduled Payments or as Insurance
Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which
represent late payments or collections of principal and/or interest due (without
regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage
Note) but delinquent for such Due Period and not previously recovered.
LIBOR: With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for the LIBOR
Certificates, the rate determined by the Trustee on the related LIBOR
Determination Date on the basis of the offered rate for one-month U.S. dollar
deposits as such rate appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on such date; provided that if such rate does not appear on Telerate Page
3750, the rate for such date will be determined on the basis of the rates at
which one-month U.S. dollar deposits are offered by the Reference Banks at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date to prime banks in the London
interbank market. In such event, the Trustee will request the principal London
office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at
least two such quotations are provided, the rate for that date will be the
arithmetic mean of the quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest
whole multiple of 1/16%). If fewer than two quotations are provided as
requested, the rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates
quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the Trustee (after
consultation with the Depositor), at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City
time) on such date for one-month U.S. dollar loan to leading European banks.
LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
LIBOR Determination Date: With respect to any Interest Accrual
Period for the LIBOR Certificates, the second London Business Day preceding the
commencement of such Interest Accrual Period.
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
Servicer has certified (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: Cash received in connection with the
liquidation of a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, whether through a trustee's sale,
foreclosure sale or otherwise.
Loan Group: The Group I Mortgage Loans or the Group II Mortgage
Loans, as applicable.
Loan Group Cap: The Loan Group I Cap or the Loan Group II Cap, as
applicable.
Loan Group I Cap: With respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans as of
any Distribution Date, the product of (i) the weighted average of the Adjusted
Net Mortgage Rates then in effect on the beginning of the related Due Period on
the Group I Mortgage Loans and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and
the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the Interest Accrual
Period related to such Distribution Date.
Loan Group II Cap: With respect to the Group II Mortgage Loans as of
any Distribution Date, the product of (i) the weighted average of the Adjusted
Net Mortgage Rates then in effect on the beginning of the related Due Period on
the Group II Mortgage Loans and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30
and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the Interest
Accrual Period related to such Distribution Date.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the original outstanding principal amount
of the Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date (unless otherwise indicated), to the
lesser of (a) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property at origination, and
(b) if the Mortgage Loan was made to finance the acquisition of the related
Mortgaged Property, the purchase price of the Mortgaged Property.
London Business Day: Any day on which dealings in deposits of United
States dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
Lower Tier Regular Interest: Each of the Class LT-A-1, Class LT-A-2,
Class LT-M-1, Class LT-M-2, Class LT-M-3, Class LT-B-1, Class LT-B-2, Class
LT-B-3, Class LT-Group I, Class LT-Group II and Class LT-Accrual Interests as
described in the Preliminary Statement.
Lower Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Maximum Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, a rate that (i) is set forth on the Data Tape Information and in the
related Mortgage Note and (ii) is the maximum interest rate to which the
Mortgage Rate on such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan may be increased during the
lifetime of such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan.
Minimum Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, a rate that (i) is set forth on the Data Tape Information and in the
related Mortgage Note and (ii) is the minimum interest rate to which the
Mortgage Rate on such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan may be decreased during the
lifetime of such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan.
Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.03.
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. 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 Mortgage
Pass-Through Group, or such other address as Moody's may hereafter furnish to
the Depositor and the Servicers.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument identified
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File: The items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan
contained in either the Servicing File or Custodial File.
Mortgage Loan: An individual Mortgage Loan which is the subject of
this Agreement, each Mortgage Loan originally sold and subject to this Agreement
being identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan includes,
without limitation, the Mortgage File, the Scheduled Payments, Principal
Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds,
REO Disposition proceeds, Prepayment Charges, and all other rights, benefits,
proceeds and obligations arising from or in connection with such Mortgage Loan,
excluding replaced or repurchased Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: A schedule of Mortgage Loans annexed hereto
as Schedule I, such schedule setting forth the following information with
respect to each Mortgage Loan: (1) the Mortgage Loan number; (2) the city, state
and zip code of the Mortgaged Property; (3) the number and type of residential
units constituting the Mortgaged Property; (4) the current Mortgage Interest
Rate; (5) the current net Mortgage Interest Rate; (6) the current Scheduled
Payment; (7) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Gross
Margin; (8) the original term to maturity; (9) the scheduled maturity date; (10)
the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date after
deduction of payments of principal due on or before the Cut-off Date whether or
not collected; (11) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the next
Interest Rate Adjustment Date; (12) with respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, the lifetime Mortgage Interest Rate Cap; (13) whether the
Mortgage Loan is convertible or not; (14) the Servicing Fee; (15) whether such
Mortgage Loan is a Group I Mortgage Loan or a Group II Mortgage Loan; (16) the
applicable Originator's name, (17) the date such Mortgage Loan was sold by the
applicable Originator to the Purchaser; and (18) whether such Mortgage Loan
provides for a prepayment penalty as well as the term and amount of such
prepayment penalty, if any.
Mortgage Note: The note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a
Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne on a Mortgage Note,
which shall be adjusted from time to time in the case of an Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Rate Caps: With respect to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the Periodic Mortgage Rate Cap, the Maximum Mortgage Rate, and the Minimum
Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan.
Mortgaged Property: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the real
property (or leasehold estate, if applicable) identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as securing repayment of the debt evidenced by the related Mortgage
Note.
Mortgagor: The obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.
Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow: For any Distribution Date the amount
remaining for distribution pursuant to subsection 4.02(a)(iii) (before giving
effect to distributions pursuant to such subsection).
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall: For any Distribution Date, the
amount by which the sum of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls exceeds the sum of
the Compensating Interest payments made on such Distribution Date.
NIM Securities: Any debt securities issued by the NIM Trust that are
rated by Standard & Poor's.
NIM Trust: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. NIM Trust 2003-HE2N, a
Delaware statutory trust.
Non-Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Non-Permitted Transferee: A Person other than a Permitted
Transferee.
Nonrecoverable P&I Advance: Any P&I Advance previously made or
proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property that, in the
good faith business judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in the case of a
proposed P&I Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from related late
payments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, or Liquidation Proceeds on
such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance: Any Servicing Advances previously
made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property,
which, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, will not or, in the case
of a proposed Servicing Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from
related Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or
otherwise. The determination by the applicable Servicer that it has made a
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or that any proposed Servicing Advances, if
made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, shall be evidenced by
an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee.
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.
Offered Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate signed by an officer of either
Servicer with responsibility for the servicing of the Mortgage Loans required to
be serviced by such Servicer and listed on a list delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be
in-house counsel for a Servicer or a Subservicer, reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee, provided that any Opinion of Counsel relating to (a) qualification of
either the Lower Tier REMIC or Upper Tier REMIC or (b) compliance with the REMIC
Provisions, must be (unless otherwise stated in such Opinion of Counsel) an
opinion of counsel who (i) is in fact independent of such Servicer of the
Mortgage Loans, (ii) does not have any material direct or indirect financial
interest in such Servicer of the Mortgage Loans or in an affiliate of either and
(iii) is not connected with such Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as an officer,
employee, director or person performing similar functions.
Optional Termination Date: The Distribution Date on which the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, as of the last day of
the related Due Period, is equal to 10% or less of the Cut-off Date Pool
Principal Balance.
Originators: Each of Aames, Accredited and Xxxxx Fargo.
OTS: Office of Thrift Supervision, and any successor thereto.
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.
P&I Advance: As to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, any advance
made by the applicable Servicer in respect of any Remittance Date representing
the aggregate of all payments of principal and interest, net of the Servicing
Fee, that were due during the related Due Period on the Mortgage Loans and that
were delinquent on the related Determination Date, plus certain amounts
representing assumed payments not covered by any current net income on the
Mortgaged Properties acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure as
determined pursuant to Section 4.01.
Pass-Through Margin: With respect to each Class of Regular
Certificates, the following percentages: Class A-1 Certificates, 0.420 %; Class
A-2 Certificates, 0.340 %; Class M-1 Certificates, 0.650 %; Class M-2
Certificates, 1.650 %; Class M-3 Certificates, 2.000 %; Class B-1 Certificates,
3.350 %; Class B-2 Certificates, 3.900 %; and Class B-3 Certificates, 4.000 %.
On the first Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, the
Pass-Through Margins shall increase to: Class A-1 Certificates, 0.840 %; Class
A-2 Certificates, 0.680 %; Class M-1 Certificates, 0.975 %; Class M-2
Certificates, 2.475 %; Class M-3 Certificates, 3.000 %; Class B-1 Certificates,
5.025 %; Class B-2 Certificates, 5.850 %; and Class B-3 Certificates, 6.000 %.
Pass-Through Rate: For each Class of Certificates and each Lower
Tier Regular Interest, 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.
Periodic Mortgage Rate Cap: With respect to an Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, the periodic limit on each Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment as
set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
Permitted Investments: Any one or more of the following obligations
or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par, regardless
of whether issued by a Servicer, the Trustee or any of their respective
Affiliates:
(i) direct obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as
to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States or
any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such obligations are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of,
or bankers' acceptances (which shall each have an original maturity
of not more than 90 days and, in the case of bankers' acceptances,
shall in no event have an original maturity of more than 365 days or
a remaining maturity of more than 30 days) denominated in United
States dollars and issued by, any Depository Institution and rated
F1+ by Fitch;
(iii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
described in clause (i) above entered into with a Depository
Institution (acting as principal);
(iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount that
are issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof and that are rated by
each Rating Agency that rates such securities in its highest
long-term unsecured rating categories at the time of such investment
or contractual commitment providing for such investment;
(v) commercial paper (including both non-interest-bearing
discount obligations and interest-bearing obligations payable on
demand or on a specified date not more than 30 days after the date
of acquisition thereof) that is rated by each Rating Agency that
rates such securities in its highest short-term unsecured debt
rating available at the time of such investment;
(vi) units of money market funds, including money market funds
advised by the Depositor or an Affiliate thereof, that have been
rated "Aaa" by Moody's, "AAA" by Standard & Poor's and at least "AA"
by Fitch; and
(vii) if previously confirmed in writing to the Trustee, any
other demand, money market or time deposit, or any other obligation,
security or investment, as may be acceptable to the Rating Agencies
as a permitted investment of funds backing "Aaa" or "AAA" rated
securities;
provided, however, that no instrument described hereunder shall evidence either
the right to receive (a) only interest with respect to the obligations
underlying such instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments derived
from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and principal
payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at par
greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations.
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)(1) 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 U.S.
Person or a U.S. Person with respect to whom income from a Residual Certificate
is attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty of such Person or any other U.S.
Person, (vi) an "electing large partnership" within the meaning of Section 775
of the Code and (vii) 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 either the Lower Tier REMIC or the Upper
Tier REMIC 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
Xxxxxxx Mac, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such
government unit.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Physical Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date that were Outstanding Mortgage Loans on the Due Date in the
related Due Period.
Prepayment Charge: Any prepayment premium, penalty or charge
collected by the applicable Servicer with respect to a Mortgage Loan from a
Mortgagor in connection with any voluntary Principal Prepayment in Full pursuant
to the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Remittance Date,
the sum of, for each Mortgage Loan that was during the related Prepayment Period
the subject of a Principal Prepayment which is not accompanied by an amount
equal to one month of interest that would have been due on such Mortgage Loan on
the next succeeding Due Date and which was applied by the applicable Servicer to
reduce the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan on a date
preceding the Due Date in the succeeding Prepayment Period, an amount equal to
the product of (a) the Mortgage Rate net of the Servicing Fee Rate for such
Mortgage Loan, (b) the amount of the Principal Prepayment for such Mortgage
Loan, (c) 1/360 and (d) the number of days commencing on the date on which such
Principal Prepayment was applied and ending on the last day of the related
Prepayment Period.
Prepayment Period: With respect to any Remittance Date, the calendar
month preceding the calendar month in which such Remittance Date occurs.
Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the sum of
(i) the Basic Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii)
the Extra Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.
Principal Prepayment: Any full or partial payment or other recovery
of principal on a Mortgage Loan (including upon liquidation of a Mortgage Loan)
which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date, excluding any Prepayment
Charge thereon.
Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made by a
Mortgagor of the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan.
Principal Remittance Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the amount equal to the sum of the following amounts (without duplication) with
respect to the related Due Period: (i) each scheduled payment of principal on a
Mortgage Loan due during such Due Period and received by the Servicers on or
prior to the related Determination Date or advanced by the applicable Servicer
for the related Remittance Date (including the portion of Insurance Proceeds or
Condemnation Proceeds allocable to principal), and all Principal Prepayments
received during the related Prepayment Period; (ii) the Liquidation Proceeds on
the Mortgage Loans allocable to principal actually collected by the Servicers
during the related Prepayment Period; (iii) the portion of the purchase price
allocable to principal with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the repurchase
obligation for which arose during the related Prepayment Period, that was
repurchased during the period from but excluding the Distribution Account
Deposit Date preceding the prior Distribution Date through Distribution Account
Deposit Date for the current Distribution Date; (iv) all Substitution Adjustment
Amounts with respect to the substitutions of Mortgage Loans that occur during
the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs; and (v) the allocable
portion of the proceeds received with respect to the termination of the Trust
Fund (to the extent such proceeds relate to principal).
Private Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement, dated August 21,
2003, relating to the Offered Certificates.
PTCE 95-60: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
Purchase Agreements: Collectively, the Aames Purchase Agreement, the
Accredited Purchase Agreement and the Xxxxx Fargo Purchase Agreement.
Purchaser: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc., a New York
corporation, and its successors in interest, as purchaser of the Mortgage Loans
under each of the Purchase Agreements.
Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the
Preliminary Statement. If 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 or rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean such
rating category without giving effect to any modifiers. For purposes of Section
10.05(b), the addresses for notices to each Rating Agency shall be the address
specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of such Rating
Agency, or such other address as either such Rating Agency may hereafter furnish
to the Depositor and the Servicers.
Realized Losses: With respect to any date of determination and any
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount, if any, by which (a) the unpaid principal
balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan together with accrued and unpaid
interest thereon exceeds (b) the Liquidation Proceeds with respect thereto net
of the expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with the liquidation of
such Liquidated Mortgage Loan and net of the amount of unreimbursed Servicing
Advances with respect to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of
business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date;
provided, however, that for any Certificate issued in definitive form, the
Record Date shall be the close of business on the last Business Day of the month
preceding the month in which such applicable Distribution Date occurs.
Reference Bank: As defined in Section 4.04.
Regular Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Relief Act Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date
and any Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest collectible on
such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended Due Period as a result of the
application of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended,
or any similar state statutes.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating
to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A
through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions,
and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from
time to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.
Remittance Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Business
Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
REO Disposition: The final sale by the applicable Servicer of any
REO Property.
REO Imputed Interest: As to any REO Property, for any period, an
amount equivalent to interest (at the Mortgage Rate net of the Servicing Fee
Rate that would have been applicable to the related Mortgage Loan had it been
outstanding) on the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date
of acquisition thereof (as such balance is reduced pursuant to Section 3.17 by
any income from the REO Property treated as a recovery of principal).
REO Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan where title to the related
Mortgaged Property has been obtained by the Servicer in the name of the Trustee
on behalf of the Certificateholders.
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.
Repurchase Price: (i) With respect to any Mortgage Loan for which a
breach of a representation and warranty made by the Depositor hereunder exists,
an amount equal to the sum of (a) the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage
Loan as of the date of repurchase, (b) interest on such unpaid principal balance
of such Mortgage Loan at the Mortgage Rate from the last date through which
interest has been paid and distributed to the Trustee to the date of repurchase,
(c) all unreimbursed Servicing Advances and (d) all costs and expenses incurred
by the Trustee arising out of or based upon such breach, including without
limitation, costs and expenses relating to the Trustee's enforcement of the
repurchase obligation of the Depositor hereunder or (ii) with respect to any
Mortgage Loan for which a breach of a representation and warranty made by (a)
Aames under the Aames Assignment Agreement, the "Repurchase Price" as defined in
the Aames Purchase Agreement, (b) Accredited under this Agreement, "Repurchase
Price" under this Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term under the
Accredited Purchase Agreement and (c) Xxxxx Fargo under this Agreement,
"Repurchase Price" under this Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term
under the Xxxxx Fargo Purchase Agreement. In addition to the Repurchase Price,
each of Aames, Accredited and Xxxxx Fargo is obligated to make certain payments
for material breaches of representations and warranties as further set forth, in
the case of Aames, in the Aames Purchase Agreement, and in the case of
Accredited or Xxxxx Fargo, in this Agreement.
Request for Release: The Request for Release submitted by either
Servicer to the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit J.
Residual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any vice
president, any assistant vice president, any assistant secretary, any assistant
treasurer, any associate, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers who at such time shall be officers to whom, with respect to a
particular matter, such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge
of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct
responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.
Responsible Parties: Accredited and Xxxxx Fargo.
Rule 144A Letter: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
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.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Senior Enhancement Percentage: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Class
Certificate Balance of the Subordinated Certificates and (ii) the Subordinated
Amount (in each case after taking into account the distributions of the
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date) by (y) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date.
Senior Specified Enhancement Percentage: As of any date of
determination, 38.00%.
Servicer Remittance Report: As defined in Section 4.03(d).
Servicer: Chase or Xxxxx Fargo, and if a successor servicer to
either is appointed hereunder, such successor. When the term "Servicer" is used
in this Agreement in connection with the administration of servicing obligations
with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property, REO Property or Mortgage
File, "Servicer" shall mean (i) Chase, or its successor hereunder, with respect
to the Accredited Mortgage Loans and the Aames Mortgage Loans and (ii) Xxxxx
Fargo, or its successor hereunder, with respect to the Xxxxx Fargo Mortgage
Loans.
Servicing Advances: The reasonable "out-of-pocket" costs and
expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the applicable Servicer in the
performance of its servicing obligations in connection with a default,
delinquency or other unanticipated event, including, but not limited to, the
cost of (i) the preservation, restoration, inspection and protection of a
Mortgaged Property, (ii) any enforcement, administrative or judicial
proceedings, including foreclosures and litigation, in respect of a particular
Mortgage Loan, (iii) the management (including reasonable fees in connection
therewith) and liquidation of any REO Property and (iv) the performance of its
obligations under Sections 3.01, 3.09, 3.13 and 3.15 hereof. Neither Servicer
shall be required to make any Nonrecoverable Advances.
Servicing Fee: With respect to each Servicer, each Mortgage Loan
serviced by such Servicer and for any calendar month, an amount equal to one
month's interest at the Servicing Fee Rate on the applicable Stated Principal
Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of such calendar month. Such
fee shall be payable monthly, for any month or portion thereof during which the
Mortgage Loan is serviced by the such Servicer under this Agreement. The
Servicing Fee is payable solely from the interest portion (including recoveries
with respect to interest from Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds and proceeds received with respect to REO Properties, to
the extent permitted by Section 3.11) of such Scheduled Payment collected by
such Servicer, or as otherwise provided under Section 3.11.
Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.50% per
annum.
Servicing File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file
retained by the applicable Servicer consisting of originals or copies of all
documents in the Mortgage File which are not delivered to the Trustee in the
Custodial File and copies of the Mortgage Loan Documents set forth in Exhibit K
hereto.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of either 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 such Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, as
such list may from time to time be amended.
Similar Law: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
60+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan with respect to
which any portion of a Scheduled Payment is, as of the last day of the prior Due
Period, two months or more past due (without giving effect to any grace period),
each Mortgage Loan in foreclosure and all REO Property.
Specified Subordinated Amount: Prior to the Stepdown Date, an amount
equal to 1.50% of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance. On and after the
Stepdown Date, an amount equal to 3.00% of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, subject, until the
Class Certificate Balance of each Class of LIBOR Certificates has been reduced
to zero, to a minimum amount equal to 0.50 % of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date; provided, however, that
if, on any Distribution Date, a Trigger Event exists, the Specified Subordinated
Amount shall not be reduced to the applicable percentage of the then current
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans until the Distribution
Date on which a Trigger Event no longer exists. When the Class Certificate
Balance of each Class of LIBOR Certificates has been reduced to zero, the
Specified Subordinated Amount will thereafter equal zero.
Standard & Poor's: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
the XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. If Standard & Poor's is designated as a Rating
Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b) the
address for notices to Standard & Poor's shall be Standard & Poor's, 00 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential Mortgage Surveillance
Group - Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. 2003-HE2, or such other address as
Standard & Poor's may hereafter furnish to the Depositor and the Servicers.
Startup Day: The Closing Date.
Stated Principal Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan and as of any
date of determination, (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan at the
Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments of principal due on or before such
date, minus (ii) all amounts previously remitted to the Trustee with respect to
the related Mortgage Loan representing payments or recoveries of principal
including advances in respect of scheduled payments of principal. For purposes
of any Distribution Date, the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan will
give effect to any scheduled payments of principal received by the related
Servicer on or prior to the related Determination Date or advanced by the
related Servicer for the related Remittance Date and any unscheduled principal
payments and other unscheduled principal collections received during the related
Prepayment Period.
Stepdown Date: The later to occur of (i) the earlier to occur of (a)
the Distribution Date in September 2006 and (b) the Distribution Date following
the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the
Class A Certificates have been reduced to zero and (ii) the first Distribution
Date on which the Senior Enhancement Percentage (calculated for this purpose
only after taking into account payments of principal on the Mortgage Loans
applied to reduce the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for the
applicable Distribution Date but prior to any applications of Principal
Distribution Amount to the Certificates) is greater than or equal to the Senior
Specified Enhancement Percentage.
Subordinated Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (a) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for
such Distribution Date over (b) the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances
of the LIBOR Certificates as of such Distribution Date (after giving effect to
the payment of the Principal Remittance Amount on such Certificates on such
Distribution Date).
Subordinated Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Subordination Deficiency: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
excess, if any, of (a) the Specified Subordinated Amount applicable to such
Distribution Date over (b) the Subordinated Amount applicable to such
Distribution Date.
Subordination Reduction Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, on or after the Stepdown Date on which no Trigger Event exists, an amount
equal to the lesser of (a) the Excess Subordinated Amount and (b) the Total
Monthly Excess Spread.
Subservicer: As defined in Section 3.02(a).
Subservicing Account: As defined in Section 3.08.
Subservicing Agreements: As defined in Section 3.02.
Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan (i) substituted by any
Responsible Party for a Deleted Mortgage Loan that satisfies the criteria set
forth in the definition of "Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan" in the
applicable Purchase Agreement or (ii) substituted by the Depositor for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan, which, if substituted by the Depositor, must, on the date of such
substitution, as confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form
of Exhibit J, (a) 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; (b) be accruing interest at a rate no lower than and
not more than 1% per annum higher than, that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (c)
have a Loan-to-Value Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (d)
have a remaining term to maturity no greater than (and not more than one year
less than that of) the Deleted Mortgage Loan; and (e) comply with each
representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.03.
Substitution Adjustment Amount: As defined in Section 2.03.
Tax Service Contract: As defined in Section 3.09(a).
Telerate Page 3750: The display page currently so designated on the
Bridge Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that
service for displaying comparable rates or prices).
Total Monthly Excess Spread: As to any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the excess if any, of (i) the interest on the Mortgage Loans received
by the Servicers on or prior to the related Determination Date or advanced by
the Servicers for the related Remittance Date (net of Expense Fees) over (ii)
the sum of the amounts payable to the Certificates pursuant to Section
4.02(a)(i) on such Distribution Date.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate.
Transfer Affidavit: As defined in Section 5.02(c).
Transferor Certificate: As defined in Section 5.02(b).
Trigger Event: With respect to any Distribution Date, a Trigger
Event exists if (i) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the rolling
three month average of the Stated Principal Balances of 60+ Day Delinquent
Mortgage Loans, divided by (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans equals or exceeds 40.00% of the prior period's Senior Enhancement
Percentage or (ii) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the aggregate
amount of Realized Losses incurred since the Cut-off Date through the last day
of the related Prepayment Period divided by (y) the Cut-off Date Pool Principal
Balance exceeds the applicable percentages set forth below with respect to such
Distribution Date:
Distribution Date Occurring In Loss Percentage
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September 2006 through 3.50% for the first month, plus an additional
August 2007 1/12th of 1.25% for each month thereafter
(e.g., 4.125% in March 2007)
September 2007 through 4.75% for the first month, plus an additional
August 2008 1/12th of 1% for each month thereafter (e.g.,
5.250% in March 2008)
September 2008 through 5.75% for the first month, plus an additional
August 2009 1/12th of 0.25% for each month thereafter
(e.g., 5.875% in March 2009)
September 2009 and 6.00%
thereafter
Trust: The express trust created hereunder in Section 2.01(d).
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created hereunder consisting of
(i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal with respect thereto
received on or after the related Cut-off Date, other than such amounts which
were due on the Mortgage Loans on or prior to the related Cut-off Date; (ii) the
Collection Accounts, Excess Reserve Fund Account, the Distribution Account, and
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; (iv) with respect to the
Class A-2 Certificates only, the rights of the Depositor under the Cap
Agreement; and (v) all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of
any of the foregoing.
Trustee: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a national banking
association, and its successors in interest and, if a successor trustee is
appointed hereunder, such successor.
Trustee Fee: As to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
product of (a) one-twelfth of the Trustee Fee Rate and (b) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related
Interest Accrual Period.
Trustee Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.0072% per
annum.
Underwriters' Exemption: Any exemption listed under footnote 1 of,
and amended by, Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-41, 67 Fed. Reg. 54487
(2002), or any successor exemption.
Unpaid Interest Amounts: As of any Distribution Date and any Class
of Certificates, the sum of (a) the portion of the Accrued Certificate Interest
Distribution Amount from Distribution Dates prior to the current Distribution
Date remaining unpaid immediately prior to the current Distribution Date and (b)
interest on the amount in clause (a) above at the applicable Pass-Through Rate
(to the extent permitted by applicable law).
Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: With respect to any Class of
Subordinated Certificates and as to any Distribution Date, is the excess of (i)
Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to such Class over (ii) the sum of
all distributions in reduction of such Applied Realized Loss Amounts on all
previous Distribution Dates. Any amounts distributed to a Class of Subordinated
Certificates in respect of any Unpaid Realized Loss Amount will not be applied
to reduce the Class Certificate Balance of such Class.
Upper Tier Regular Interest: As described in the Preliminary
Statement.
Upper Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
U.S. Person: (i) A citizen or resident of the United States; (ii) a
corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for tax purposes) created or
organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any
State thereof, including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia; (iii) a
partnership (or entity treated as a partnership for tax purposes) organized in
the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any State
thereof, including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia (unless provided
otherwise by future Treasury regulations); (iv) an estate whose income is
includible in gross income for United States income tax purposes regardless of
its source; or (v) a trust, if a court within the United States is able to
exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or
more U.S. Persons have authority to control substantial decisions of the trust.
Notwithstanding the last clause of the preceding sentence, to the extent
provided in Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20,
1996, and treated as U.S. Persons prior to such date, may elect to continue to
be U.S. Persons.
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 the Class X
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), (b) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to the Class P
Certificates, if any, and (c) the remaining Voting Rights shall be allocated
among Holders of the remaining Classes of Certificates in proportion to the
Certificate Balances of their respective Certificates on such date.
WAC Cap: With respect to the Mortgage Loans as of any Distribution
Date, the product of (i) the weighted average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates
then in effect on the beginning of the related Due Period and (ii) a fraction,
the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number
of days in the Interest Accrual Period related to such Distribution Date.
Xxxxx Fargo: Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., a California
corporation, and its successors in interest.
Xxxxx Fargo Data Tape Information: The information provided by Xxxxx
Fargo to the Depositor as of the Cut-off Date with respect to the Xxxxx Fargo
Mortgage Loans setting forth the following information with respect to each such
Mortgage Loan: (1) the last payment date on which a payment was actually applied
to the outstanding principal balance of each Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off
Date; and (2) the principal balance of each Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off
Date, after deduction of payments of principal due and collected on or before
the Cut-off Date.
Xxxxx Fargo Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans for which Xxxxx Fargo
is identified as Originator on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Xxxxx Fargo Purchase Agreement: The Seller's Warranties and
Servicing Agreement (Adjustable and Fixed Rate Subprime Mortgage Loans WFMR
2003-M04), attached as Exhibit P hereto, dated as of May 1, 2003, by and between
Xxxxx Fargo and the Purchaser, as assigned by the Purchaser to the Depositor.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
(a) 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 all rights of the Depositor under the Aames Assignment Agreement and the
Aames Purchase Agreement (solely insofar as such agreements relate to the Aames
Mortgage Loans) and the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, hereby accepts the
Trust Fund.
(b) In connection with the transfer and assignment of each Mortgage
Loan, the Depositor has delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee for
the benefit of the Certificateholders the following documents or instruments
with respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned:
(i) the original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening endorsements,
endorsed "Pay to the order of _____________, without recourse" and signed
(which may be by facsimile signature) in the name of the last endorsee by
an authorized officer. To the extent that there is no room on the face of
the Mortgage Notes for endorsements, the endorsement may be contained on
an allonge, if state law so allows and the Trustee is so advised in
writing by the applicable Originator (pursuant to the applicable Purchase
Agreement) that state law so allows;
(ii) the original of any guaranty executed in connection with the
Mortgage Note;
(iii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon or a
certified true copy of such Mortgage submitted for recording. If, in
connection with any Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage cannot be
delivered with evidence of recording thereon on or prior to the Closing
Date because of a delay caused by the public recording office where such
Mortgage has been delivered for recordation or because such Mortgage has
been lost or because such public recording office retains the original
recorded Mortgage, the Trustee shall notify the applicable Originator to
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee, as required under the
applicable Purchase Agreement, a photocopy of such Mortgage, together with
(i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording office, an
Officer's Certificate of the applicable Originator (delivered pursuant to
the applicable Purchase Agreement) or a certificate from an escrow
company, a title company or closing attorney stating that such Mortgage
has been dispatched to the appropriate public recording office for
recordation and that the original recorded Mortgage or a copy of such
Mortgage certified by such public recording office to be a true and
complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage will be promptly delivered
to the Trustee upon receipt thereof by the applicable Originator; or (ii)
in the case of a Mortgage 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, a copy of such Mortgage
certified by such public recording office to be a true and complete copy
of the original recorded Mortgage;
(iv) the originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation or
extension agreements, with evidence of recording thereon;
(v) the original Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan
endorsed in blank;
(vi) the originals of all intervening assignments of Mortgage (if
any) evidencing a complete chain of assignment from the applicable
originator to the last endorsee with evidence of recording thereon, or if
any such intervening assignment has not been returned from the applicable
recording office or has been lost or if such public recording office
retains the original recorded assignments of Mortgage, the Trustee shall
notify the applicable Originator, to deliver, as required under the
applicable Purchase Agreement, a photocopy of such intervening assignment,
together with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording
office, an Officer's Certificate of the applicable Originator or a
certificate from an escrow company, a title company or a closing attorney
stating that such intervening assignment of Mortgage has been dispatched
to the appropriate public recording office for recordation and that such
original recorded intervening assignment of Mortgage or a copy of such
intervening assignment of Mortgage certified by the appropriate public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
intervening assignment of Mortgage will be promptly delivered to the
Trustee upon receipt thereof by the applicable Originator; or (ii) in the
case of an intervening assignment where a public recording office retains
the original recorded intervening assignment or in the case where an
intervening assignment is lost after recordation in a public recording
office, a copy of such intervening assignment certified by such public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded
intervening assignment;
(vii) the original mortgagee title insurance policy or attorney's
opinion of title and abstract of title, or, in the event such original
title policy is unavailable, a certified true copy of the related policy
binder or commitment for title certified to be true and complete by the
title insurance company; and
(viii) the original of any security agreement, chattel mortgage or
equivalent document executed in connection with the Mortgage (if
provided).
The Depositor will use its reasonable efforts to assist the Trustee
and the Servicers in enforcing the obligations of Aames under the Aames
Assignment Agreement and each Responsible Party under this Agreement.
The Depositor shall cause to be delivered to the Trustee the
applicable recorded document promptly upon receipt from the respective recording
office but in no event later than 180 days from the Closing Date.
From time to time, the Depositor or the applicable Servicer, as
applicable, shall forward to the Trustee additional original documents,
additional documents evidencing an assumption, modification, consolidation or
extension of a Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement upon
receipt of such documents. All such mortgage documents held by the Trustee as to
each Mortgage Loan shall constitute the "Custodial File".
No later than thirty (30) Business Days following the later of the
Closing Date and the date of receipt by the applicable Servicer of the complete
recording information for a Mortgage, the applicable Servicer shall promptly
submit or cause to be submitted for recording, at the expense of the applicable
Originator as required pursuant to the related Purchase Agreement and at no
expense to the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the applicable Servicer, or the
Depositor, in the appropriate public office for real property records, each
Assignment of Mortgage referred to in Section 2.01(b)(v). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, however, for administrative convenience and facilitation of servicing
and to reduce closing costs, the Assignments of Mortgage shall not be required
to be completed and submitted for recording with respect to any Mortgage Loan
(i) if the Trustee and each Rating Agency have received an opinion of counsel,
satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee and each Rating Agency to the
effect that the recordation of such Assignments of Mortgage in any specific
jurisdiction is not necessary to protect the Trustee's interest in the related
Mortgage Note or (ii) if the Rating Agencies have each notified the Depositor in
writing that not recording any such Assignments of Mortgage would not cause the
initial ratings on any LIBOR Certificates to be downgraded or withdrawn;
provided, however, that no Servicer shall be held responsible or liable for any
loss that occurs because an Assignment of Mortgage was not recorded, but only to
the extent such Servicer has not received prior knowledge of the act or omission
that causes such loss. However, if at any time that clause (i) or (ii) of the
preceding sentence is no longer true or if foreclosure proceedings occur against
a Mortgaged Property, the Depositor shall notify the applicable Servicer and the
Servicer shall record such Assignment of Mortgage at the expense of the related
Originator as required pursuant to the related Purchase Agreement. If the
Assignment of Mortgage is to be recorded, the Mortgage shall be assigned to
"Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2003, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I
Inc. Trust 2003-HE2". In the event that any such Assignment of Mortgage is lost
or returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, the Depositor shall promptly
cause to be delivered a substitute Assignment of Mortgage to cure such defect
and thereafter cause each such assignment to be duly recorded.
On or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver to the
Trustee a copy of the Data Tape Information in electronic, machine readable
medium in a form mutually acceptable to the Trustee.
(c) The Depositor does hereby establish, pursuant to the further
provisions of this Agreement and the laws of the State of New York, an express
trust (the "Trust") to be known, for convenience, as "XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL
I INC. TRUST 2003-HE2" and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company is hereby
appointed as Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 2.02 Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.
The Trustee shall acknowledge, on the Closing Date, receipt by the
Trustee of the documents identified in the Initial Certification in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit E, and declares that it holds and will hold such
documents and the other documents delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.01, 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 shall maintain possession of the related
Mortgage Notes in the State of California, unless otherwise permitted by the
Rating Agencies.
In connection with the Closing Date, the Trustee shall be required
to deliver via facsimile (with original to follow the next Business Day) to the
Depositor an Initial Certification prior to the Closing Date, or, as the
Depositor agrees to, on the Closing Date, certifying receipt of a Mortgage Note
and Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan. The Trustee shall not be
responsible to verify the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of any document
in any Custodial File.
Within 90 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall ascertain
that all documents identified in the Document Certification and Exception Report
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F are in its possession, and shall
deliver to the Depositor a Document Certification and Exception Report, in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit F, to the effect that, as to each Mortgage Loan
listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full
or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in such certification as an
exception and not covered by such certification): (i) all documents identified
in the Document Certification and Exception Report and required to be reviewed
by it are in its possession; (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and
appear regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan; (iii) based on
its examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set
forth in items (1), (2), (7) and (9) of the Mortgage Loan Schedule and items
(1), (9) and (17) of the Data Tape Information respecting such Mortgage Loan is
correct; and (iv) each Mortgage Note has been endorsed as provided in Section
2.01 of this Agreement. The Trustee shall not be responsible to verify the
validity, sufficiency or genuineness of any document in any Custodial File.
The Trustee shall retain possession and custody of each Custodial
File in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein. The applicable Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee, upon the
execution or receipt thereof, the originals of such other documents or
instruments constituting the Custodial File as come into the possession of the
applicable Servicer from time to time.
Section 2.03 Representations and Warranties; Remedies for Breaches
of Representations and Warranties with Respect to the Mortgage Loans.
(a) Chase hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth
in Schedule II hereto to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the dates
set forth in such schedule, and Xxxxx Fargo hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in Schedule III hereto to the
Depositor and the Trustee, as of the dates set forth in such schedules.
(b) The Depositor hereby makes the representations and warranties,
set forth in Schedule IV hereto, to the Trustee.
(c) Accredited hereby makes the representations and warranties set
forth in Schedule V hereto to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the
dates set forth in such schedule, and Xxxxx Fargo hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in Schedule VI hereto to the
Depositor, the Servicers and the Trustee, as of the dates set forth in
such schedule.
(d) It is understood and agreed by each Servicer that the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03 shall
survive the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the
Trustee, and shall inure to the benefit of the Depositor and the Trustee
notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage
Note or Assignment of Mortgage or the examination or failure to examine
any Mortgage File.
(e) Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach of a
representation or warranty made by Aames under the Aames Assignment
Agreement or the Depositor or any Responsible Party, as applicable, under
this Agreement, that materially and adversely affects the value of any
Mortgage Loan or the interests of the Trustee or the Certificateholders
therein, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice thereof to the other parties. Upon receiving written notice of a
breach of a representation and warranty or written notice that a Mortgage
Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the Trustee shall in turn notify Aames or
the applicable Responsible Party in writing to correct or cure, in
accordance with the Aames Assignment Agreement or this Agreement, as
applicable, any such breach of a representation or warranty made by Aames
under the Aames Assignment Agreement or by such Responsible Party under
this Agreement, within sixty (60) days from the date of notice from the
Trustee or the discovery by Aames or such Responsible Party of the breach,
and if Aames or such Responsible Party fails or is unable to correct or
cure the defect or breach within such period, the Trustee shall notify the
Depositor of such failure to correct or cure. Unless otherwise directed by
the Depositor within five (5) Business Days after notifying the Depositor
of such failure by Aames or such Responsible Party to correct or cure, the
Trustee shall notify Aames or such Responsible Party to repurchase the
Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price or substitute a Substitute Mortgage
Loan for such Mortgage Loan, in each case, pursuant to the terms of the
Aames Assignment Agreement or this Agreement, as applicable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Trustee receives
notice of a breach (i) by Aames of any of the representations and
warranties set forth in clauses (zz)(i), (zz)(ii), (aaa), (bbb), (ccc) or
(ddd) of Section 9.02 of the Aames Purchase Agreement, (ii) by Accredited
of any of the representations and warranties set forth in clauses
(49)(ii), (50), (51), (53) or (55) of Schedule V or (iii) by Xxxxx Fargo
of any of the representations and ---------- warranties set forth in
clauses (nn), (tt), (ww) or (xx) of Schedule --------- VI, the Trustee
shall notify Aames or such Responsible Party to repurchase the Mortgage
Loan at the Repurchase Price within sixty (60) days of Aames' or such
Responsible Party's receipt of such notice. If, within ten (10) Business
Days of receipt of such notice by Aames or such Responsible Party, Aames
or such Responsible Party fails to repurchase such Mortgage Loan, the
Trustee shall notify the Depositor of such failure. The Trustee shall
pursue all legal remedies available to the Trustee against Aames or such
Responsible Party under the Aames Assignment Agreement or this Agreement,
as applicable, if the Trustee has received written notice from the
Depositor directing the Trustee to pursue such remedies.
(f) In the event any Mortgage Loan does not conform to the
requirements as determined in the Trustee's review of the related
Custodial File, the Trustee shall notify Aames or the applicable
Responsible Party to correct or cure such defect as required under the
Aames Assignment Agreement or this Agreement, as applicable, and if Aames
or such Responsible Party fails or is unable to correct or cure the defect
within the period set forth in the Aames Assignment Agreement or this
Agreement, as applicable, the Trustee shall notify the Depositor of such
failure to correct or cure. Unless otherwise directed by the Depositor
within five (5) Business Days after notifying the Depositor of such
failure by Aames or such Responsible Party to correct or cure, the Trustee
shall notify Aames or such Responsible Party, as applicable, to repurchase
the Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price or substitute a Substitute
Mortgage Loan for such Mortgage Loan, in each case, pursuant to the terms
of the Aames Assignment Agreement or this Agreement, as applicable. If,
within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such notice by Aames or such
Responsible Party, Aames or such Responsible Party, as applicable, fails
to repurchase such Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall notify the Depositor
of such failure. The Trustee shall pursue all legal remedies available to
the Trustee against Aames or such Responsible Party under the Aames
Assignment Agreement or this Agreement, as applicable, if the Trustee has
received written notice from the Depositor directing the Trustee to pursue
such remedies.
(g) Within 90 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice
to the Depositor of any breach of a representation or warranty set forth
on Schedule IV hereto that materially and adversely affects the value of
any Mortgage Loan or the interest of the Trustee or the Certificateholders
therein, the Depositor shall use its best efforts to promptly cure such
breach in all material respects and, if such defect or breach cannot be
remedied, the Depositor shall purchase such Mortgage Loan at the
Repurchase Price or substitute a Substitute Mortgage Loan for such
Mortgage Loan.
(h) Within 90 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice
to the applicable Responsible Party of any breach of a representation or
warranty set forth on either Schedule V or Schedule VI, as applicable,
that materially and adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan or
the interest of the Trustee or the Certificateholders therein, the
applicable Responsible Party shall use its best efforts to promptly cure
such breach in all material respects and, if such defect or breach cannot
be remedied, the applicable Responsible Party shall, at the Depositor's
option, purchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price or substitute
a Substitute Mortgage Loan for such Mortgage Loan.
(i) Any substitution of a Substitute Mortgage Loan by a Responsible
Party shall be made in accordance with the substitution procedures set
forth in the Accredited Purchase Agreement or the Xxxxx Fargo Purchase
Agreement, as applicable, which provisions shall be as set forth in such
agreements as if they were set forth herein. With respect to any
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans substituted by the Depositor or a
Responsible Party, the Depositor or such Responsible Party, as applicable,
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 Due Period of
substitution shall not be part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by
the Depositor or the applicable Responsible Party on the next succeeding
Distribution Date. For the Due Period of substitution, distributions to
Certificateholders will include the Scheduled Payment due on any Deleted
Mortgage Loan for such Due Period and thereafter the Depositor or the
applicable Responsible Party shall be entitled to retain all amounts
received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
(j) The applicable Servicer, based upon information provided by the
Depositor or the applicable Responsible Party, 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 such 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, if the substitution is made by the
Depositor, the Depositor 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
into the related Collection 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 Depositor or the applicable Responsible Party and shall execute and
deliver at the direction of the Depositor or the applicable Responsible
Party, such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the
Depositor or the applicable Responsible Party, in each case without
recourse, as shall be necessary to vest title in the Depositor or the
applicable Responsible Party, of the Trustee's interest in any Deleted
Mortgage Loan substituted for pursuant to this Section 2.03.
(k) For any month in which the Depositor substitutes one or more
Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the
applicable Servicer will determine the amount (if any) by which the
aggregate unpaid 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 Scheduled Payments due in the Due
Period of substitution). The amount of such shortage or the amount of any
similar shortage with respect to a Substitute Mortgage Loan substituted by
a Responsible Party under this Agreement (the "Substitution Adjustment
Amount") plus, with respect to substitutions by the Depositor, an amount
equal to the aggregate of any unreimbursed Advances with respect to such
Deleted Mortgage Loans shall be deposited into the related Collection
Account by the Depositor 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.
Any Mortgage Loan repurchased pursuant to this Section 2.03 will be
removed from the Trust Fund. The applicable Servicer shall amend the Mortgage
Loan Schedule for the benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal
of any Mortgage Loan repurchased and such Servicer shall deliver the amended
Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee.
In the event that Aames, pursuant to the Aames Assignment Agreement,
or the Depositor or any Responsible Party, pursuant to this Agreement, shall
have repurchased a Mortgage Loan, the Repurchase Price therefor shall be
deposited in the Collection Account of the related Servicer pursuant to Section
3.10 on or before the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the Distribution
Date in the month following the month during which Aames, the Depositor or such
Responsible Party, as applicable, became obligated to repurchase such Mortgage
Loan and upon such deposit of the Repurchase Price and receipt of a Request for
Release in the form of Exhibit J hereto, the Trustee shall release the related
Custodial File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to such Person as
directed by the applicable Servicer, 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 of Aames under the
Aames Assignment Agreement and the Aames Purchase Agreement, or of the Depositor
or any Responsible Party, as applicable, under this Agreement, to cure,
repurchase or substitute any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and
is continuing, together with any related indemnification obligations set forth
therein or herein, shall constitute the sole remedies against such Persons
respecting such breach available to Certificateholders, the Depositor (if
applicable), or the Trustee on their behalf.
The provisions of this Section 2.03 shall survive delivery of the
respective Custodial Files to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.
Section 2.04 The Depositor and 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 immediately prior to the transfer of the
Mortgage Loans by it to the Trust, the Depositor had good title to the Mortgage
Loans, free and clear of any liens, charges, claims or encumbrances whatsoever.
The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to the Trustee
all of its rights with respect to the Mortgage Loans. Section 2.05 Delivery of
Opinion of Counsel in Connection with Substitutions.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, no
substitution pursuant to Section 2.03 shall be made more than 30 days after the
Closing Date unless the applicable Responsible Party or the Depositor 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 either the Lower Tier REMIC or Upper
Tier REMIC or contributions after the Startup Date, as defined in Sections
860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of the Code, respectively, or (ii) cause either the Lower
Tier REMIC or Upper Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that
any Certificates are outstanding.
Section 2.06 Execution and Delivery of Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the
Trust Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has executed and
delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates in authorized
denominations evidencing directly or indirectly the entire ownership of the
Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the rights
referred to above for the benefit of all present and future Holders of the
Certificates.
Section 2.07 REMIC Matters.
The Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations 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 "latest possible
maturity date" is the Distribution Date occurring in July 2033 which is the
Distribution Date following the latest Mortgage Loan maturity date.
Section 2.08 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.
The Depositor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the
Trustee and the Servicers that as of the date of this Agreement or as of such
date specifically provided herein:
(a) The Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;
(b) The Depositor has the corporate power and authority to convey
the Mortgage Loans and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement;
(c) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Depositor, all requisite corporate action having been
taken, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the
Servicers and the Trustee, constitutes or will constitute the legal, valid and
binding agreement of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and by general
equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law);
(d) No consent, approval, authorization or order of or registration
or filing with, or notice to, any governmental authority or court is required
for the execution, delivery and performance of or compliance by the Depositor
with this Agreement or the consummation by the Depositor of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby, except as have been made on or prior to the
Closing Date;
(e) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or the
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
(i) conflicts or will conflict with or results or will result in a breach of, or
constitutes or will constitute a default or results or will result in an
acceleration under (A) the charter or bylaws of the Depositor, or (B) of any
term, condition or provision of any material indenture, deed of trust, contract
or other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries is bound; (ii)
results or will result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment or decree applicable to the Depositor of any court or governmental
authority having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its subsidiaries; or (iii)
results in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance which
would have a material adverse effect upon the Mortgage Loans or any documents or
instruments evidencing or securing the Mortgage Loans;
(f) There are no actions, suits or proceedings before or against or
investigations of, the Depositor pending, or to the knowledge of the Depositor,
threatened, before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal, and no
notice of any such action, which, in the Depositor's reasonable judgment, might
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its
obligations under this Agreement, or the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement;
(g) The Depositor is not in default with respect to any order or
decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency that may materially and adversely affect its
performance hereunder; and
(h) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment by the
Depositor to the Trustee on the Closing Date, the Depositor had good title to,
and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan, free of any interest of any other
Person, and the Depositor has transferred all right, title and interest in each
Mortgage Loan to the Trustee. The transfer of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage
as and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement is sufficient either (i)
fully to transfer to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, all
right, title, and interest of the Depositor thereto as note holder and mortgagee
or (ii) to grant to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the
security interest referred to in Section 10.04 hereof.
It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties and
covenants set forth in this Section 2.08 shall survive delivery of the
respective Custodial Files to the Trustee and shall inure to the benefit of the
Trustee.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01 Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans.
(a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall
service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with
such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar
mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and
usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering
similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any
Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related
Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by such
Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing
Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive
compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular
transaction.
To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek
to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the
Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the
terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall
have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided
in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with
such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer in its own name
or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the
Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in
accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver 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 the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or
obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such
properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf
of the Trustee. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the
Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Servicer
shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules
and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy.
Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of
the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer and any Subservicer such documents
provided to the Trustee as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer
or any Subservicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties
hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Servicer, and this Agreement
shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power
of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of
the Trustee. The Trustee shall execute a separate power of attorney in favor of
the Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or
desirable to enable the Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee
shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer or any Subservicers under
such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, no Servicer or Subservicer shall without the Trustee's consent: (i)
initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee's name without
indicating such Servicer's or Subservicer's, as applicable, representative
capacity, or (ii) take any action with the intent to, or which actually does
cause, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b) hereof, in accordance with the
standards of the preceding paragraph, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be
advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of
taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be
Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections
from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in
Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by such Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting
the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be
added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan,
notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan
(except as provided in Section 4.01) and the Servicer shall not (i) permit any
modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage
Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting
from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such
Mortgage Loan (except for a reduction of interest payments resulting from the
application of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief Act of 1940, as amended, or any
similar state statutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of
any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or
reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final,
temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause
either the Upper Tier REMIC or the Lower Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a
REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions"
or "contributions after the startup date" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii)
except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment Charges.
(d) The Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this
Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such
Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
Section 3.02 Subservicing Agreements between a Servicer and
Subservicers.
(a) Each Servicer may enter into subservicing agreements with
subservicers (each, a "Subservicer"), for the servicing and administration of
the Mortgage Loans ("Subservicing Agreements"). The applicable Servicer shall,
within a reasonable period of time, give notice to the Trustee of any such
Subservicing Agreement. The Trustee shall not be required to review or consent
to such Subservicing Agreements and shall have no liability in connection
therewith.
Each Subservicer shall be (i) authorized to transact business in the
state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service are
situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to enable the
Subservicer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Subservicing
Agreement, (ii) an institution approved as a mortgage loan originator by the
Federal Housing Administration or an institution that has deposit accounts
insured by the FDIC and (iii) a Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Mae approved mortgage
servicer. Each Subservicing Agreement must impose on the Subservicer
requirements conforming to the provisions set forth in Section 3.08 and provide
for servicing of the Mortgage Loans consistent with the terms of this Agreement.
Each Servicer will examine each Subservicing Agreement and will be familiar with
the terms thereof. The terms of any Subservicing Agreement will not be
inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Agreement. Each Servicer and the
respective Subservicers may enter into and make amendments to the Subservicing
Agreements or enter into different forms of Subservicing Agreements; provided,
however, that any such amendments or different forms shall be consistent with
and not violate the provisions of this Agreement, and that no such amendment or
different form shall be made or entered into which could be reasonably expected
to be materially adverse to the interests of the Trustee, without the consent of
the Trustee. Any variation without the consent of the Trustee from the
provisions set forth in Section 3.08 relating to insurance or priority
requirements of Subservicing Accounts, or credits and charges to the
Subservicing Accounts or the timing and amount of remittances by the
Subservicers to such Servicer, are conclusively deemed to be inconsistent with
this Agreement and therefore prohibited. Each Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee and the Depositor copies of all Subservicing Agreements, and any
amendments or modifications thereof, promptly upon such Servicer's execution and
delivery of such instruments.
(b) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, each Servicer
(except as otherwise provided in the last sentence of this paragraph), for the
benefit of the Trustee, shall enforce the obligations of each Subservicer under
the related Subservicing Agreement to which such Servicer is a party, including,
without limitation, any obligation to make advances in respect of delinquent
payments as required by a Subservicing Agreement. Such enforcement, including,
without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of Subservicing
Agreements, and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form
and carried out to such an extent and at such time as such Servicer, in its good
faith business judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage
Loans. Each Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its own expense,
and shall be reimbursed therefor only (i) from a general recovery resulting from
such enforcement, to the extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all amounts
due in respect of the related Mortgage Loans or (ii) from a specific recovery of
costs, expenses or attorneys' fees against the party against whom such
enforcement is directed.
Section 3.03 Successor Subservicers.
Each Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing
Agreement to which such Servicer is a party and the rights and obligations of
any Subservicer pursuant to any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the
terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement. In the event of termination
of any Subservicer, all servicing obligations of such Subservicer shall be
assumed simultaneously by the Servicer party to the related Subservicing
Agreement without any act or deed on the part of such Subservicer or such
Servicer, and such Servicer either shall service directly the related Mortgage
Loans or shall enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor Subservicer
which qualifies under Section 3.02.
Any Subservicing Agreement shall include the provision that such
agreement may be immediately terminated by the Depositor or the Trustee without
fee, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in the event that the
Servicer party to the related Subservicing Agreement shall, for any reason, no
longer be a Servicer (including termination due to an Event of Default).
Section 3.04 Liability of the Servicers.
Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of
this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between a Servicer and a
Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise,
such Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Trustee for the
servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.01 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 such Servicer alone were servicing and administering
such Mortgage Loans. Each Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement
with a Subservicer for indemnification of such Servicer by such Subservicer and
nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such
indemnification.
Section 3.05 No Contractual Relationship between Subservicers and
the Trustee.
Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any
transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer
in its capacity as such shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the
related Servicer alone, and the Trustee (or any successor to such Servicer)
shall not be deemed a party thereto and shall have no claims, rights,
obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set
forth in Section 3.06. Each Servicer shall be solely liable for all fees owed by
it to any Subservicer, irrespective of whether such Servicer's compensation
pursuant to this Agreement is sufficient to pay such fees.
Section 3.06 Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by
Trustee.
In the event a Servicer at any time shall for any reason no longer
be a Servicer (including by reason of the occurrence of an Event of Default),
the Trustee, or its designee, or the successor Servicer if the successor is not
the Trustee, shall thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of such
Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that such Servicer may have entered
into, with copies thereof provided to the Trustee, or the successor Servicer if
the successor is not the Trustee, prior to the Trustee, or the successor
Servicer if the successor is not the Trustee, assuming such rights and
obligations, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement
in accordance with its terms as provided in Section 3.03.
Upon such assumption, the Trustee, its designee or the successor
servicer shall be deemed, subject to Section 3.03, to have assumed all of such
Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced such Servicer as a party to
each Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if each Subservicing Agreement
had been assigned to the assuming party, except that (i) such Servicer shall not
thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under any Subservicing
Agreement that arose before it ceased to be a Servicer and (ii) none of the
Depositor, the Trustee, their designees or any successor to such Servicer shall
be deemed to have assumed any liability or obligation of such Servicer that
arose before it ceased to be a Servicer.
Such Servicer at its expense shall, upon request of the Trustee, its
designee or the successor Servicer deliver to the assuming party all documents
and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then
being serviced by it and an accounting of amounts collected and held by or on
behalf of it, and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and
efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party.
Section 3.07 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments.
(a) Each Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all
payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans, and
shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and
the terms and provisions of any applicable Insurance Policies, follow such
collection procedures as it would follow with respect to mortgage loans
comparable to the Mortgage Loans and held for its own account. Consistent with
the foregoing and Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer may (i) waive any
late payment charge or, if applicable, any penalty interest, or (ii) extend the
due dates for the Scheduled Payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period of not
greater than 180 days; provided that any extension pursuant to clause (ii) above
shall not affect the amortization schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of
any computation hereunder, except as provided below. In the event of any such
arrangement pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Servicer shall make timely
advances on such Mortgage Loan during such extension pursuant to Section 4.01
and in accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan without
modification thereof by reason of such arrangements, subject to Section 4.01(d)
pursuant to which the Servicer shall not be required to make any such advances
that are Nonrecoverable P&I Advances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Servicer may waive, in whole or in part, a Prepayment Charge only under the
following circumstances: (i) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably
foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer,
maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such
Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan or (ii) such Prepayment Charge
is not permitted to be collected by applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is
waived other than as permitted by the prior sentence, then the applicable
Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the
benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount
into the related Collection Account together with and at the time that the
amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the
Collection Account; provided, however, that the applicable Servicer shall not
have an obligation to pay the amount of any uncollected Prepayment Charge if the
failure to collect such amount is the direct result of inaccurate or incomplete
information on the Mortgage Loan Schedule in effect at such time.
(b) (i) The Trustee shall establish and maintain the Excess Reserve
Fund Account, on behalf of the Class X Certificateholders, to receive any Basis
Risk Payment and any Interest Rate Cap Payment and to secure their limited
recourse obligation to pay to the LIBOR Certificateholders Basis Risk
CarryForward Amounts.
(ii) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall deposit the amount
of any Basis Risk Payment and any Interest Rate Cap Payment for such date
into the Excess Reserve Fund Account.
(c) (i) On each Distribution Date on which there exists a Basis Risk
CarryForward Amount on any Class of Certificates, the Trustee shall (1) withdraw
from the Distribution Account and deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account, as
set forth in Section 4.02(a)(iii)(M), the lesser of (x) the Class X
Distributable Amount (without regard to the reduction in the definition thereof
with respect to the Basis Risk Payment) (to the extent remaining after the
distributions specified in Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(A)-(L)) and (y) the aggregate
Basis Risk CarryForward Amounts for such Distribution Date and (2) withdraw from
the Excess Reserve Fund Account amounts necessary to pay to such Class or
Classes of Certificates the Basis Risk CarryForward Amount. Such payments shall
be allocated to those Classes on a pro rata basis based upon the amount of Basis
Risk CarryForward Amount owed to each such Class and shall be paid in the
priority set forth in Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(N)-(O) hereof.
(ii) The Trustee shall account for the Excess Reserve Fund Account
as an asset of a grantor trust under subpart E, Part I of the subchapter J
of the Code and not an asset of any REMIC created pursuant to this
Agreement. The beneficial owners of the Excess Reserve Fund Account are
the Class X Certificateholders. For all federal tax purposes, amounts
transferred by the Upper Tier REMIC to the Excess Reserve Fund Account
shall be treated as distributions by the Trustee to the Class X
Certificateholders.
(iii) Any Basis Risk CarryForward Amounts paid by the Trustee to the
LIBOR Certificateholders shall be accounted for by the Trustee as amounts
paid first to the Holders of the Class X Certificates and then to the
respective Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates. In addition, the
Trustee shall account for the LIBOR Certificateholders' rights to receive
payments of Basis Risk CarryForward Amounts as rights in a limited
recourse interest rate cap contract written by the Class X
Certificateholders in favor of the LIBOR Certificateholders.
(iv) Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement, the
Trustee shall not be required to make any payments from the Excess Reserve
Fund Account except as expressly set forth in this Section 3.07(c).
(d) The Trustee shall establish and maintain the Distribution
Account on behalf of the Certificateholders. The Trustee shall, promptly upon
receipt, deposit in the Distribution Account and retain therein the following:
(i) the aggregate amount remitted by the Servicers to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.11;
(ii) any amount deposited by the Servicers pursuant to Section
3.12(b) 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 a Servicer shall remit any amount not required to
be remitted, it may at any time direct the Trustee in writing to withdraw such
amount from the Distribution Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. Such direction may be accomplished by delivering notice 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 4.02.
(e) The Trustee may (but is not obligated to) invest the funds in
the Distribution Account, in one or more Permitted Investments, in accordance
with Section 3.12. The Trustee shall be entitled to withdraw from the
Distribution Account any income or gain earned on such funds deposited therein
for its own benefit.
(f) Each Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee of any proposed
change of the location of the Collection Account within a reasonable period of
time prior to any change thereof and the Trustee shall forward such notice to
the Rating Agencies and the Depositor.
Section 3.08 Subservicing Accounts.
In those cases where a Subservicer is servicing a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement, the Subservicer will be required to
establish and maintain one or more accounts (collectively, the "Subservicing
Account"). The Subservicing Account shall be an Eligible Account and shall
otherwise be acceptable to the related Servicer. The Subservicer shall deposit
in the clearing account (which account must be an Eligible Account) in which it
customarily deposits payments and collections on mortgage loans in connection
with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a daily basis, and in no event
more than one Business Day after the Subservicer's receipt thereof, all proceeds
of Mortgage Loans received by the Subservicer less its servicing compensation to
the extent permitted by the Subservicing Agreement, and shall thereafter deposit
such amounts in the Subservicing Account, in no event more than two Business
Days after the deposit of such funds into the clearing account. The Subservicer
shall thereafter deposit such proceeds in the Collection Account of the related
Servicer or remit such proceeds to the related Servicer for deposit in the
Collection Account of the related Servicer not later than two Business Days
after the deposit of such amounts in the Subservicing Account. For purposes of
this Agreement, such Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on the
Mortgage Loans when the Subservicer receives such payments.
Section 3.09 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Escrow Accounts.
(a) Each Servicer shall enforce the obligations under each
paid-in-full, life-of-the-loan tax service contract in effect with respect to
each Mortgage Loan (each, a "Tax Service Contract"). Each Tax Service Contract
shall be assigned to the Trustee, or a successor Servicer at the applicable
Servicer's expense in the event that a Servicer is terminated as Servicer of the
related Mortgage Loan.
(b) To the extent that the services described in this paragraph (b)
are not otherwise provided pursuant to the Tax Service Contracts described in
paragraph (a) hereof, the Servicer undertakes to perform such functions. The
Servicer shall establish and maintain, or cause to be established and
maintained, one or more accounts (the "Escrow Accounts"), which shall be
Eligible Accounts. The Servicer shall deposit in the clearing account (which
account must be an Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits payments
and collections on mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing
activities on a daily basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after
the Servicer's receipt thereof, all collections from the Mortgagors (or related
advances from Subservicers) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard
insurance premiums and comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors
("Escrow Payments") collected on account of the Mortgage Loans and shall
thereafter deposit such Escrow Payments in the Escrow Accounts, in no event more
than two Business Days after the deposit of such funds in the clearing account,
for the purpose of effecting the payment of any such items as required under the
terms of this Agreement. Withdrawals of amounts from an Escrow Account may be
made only to (i) effect payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance
premiums, and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Servicer (or a Subservicer to
the extent provided in the related Subservicing Agreement) out of related
collections for any advances made pursuant to Section 3.01 (with respect to
taxes and assessments) and Section 3.13 (with respect to hazard insurance);
(iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv)
pay interest, if required and as described below, to Mortgagors on balances in
the Escrow Account; (v) clear and terminate the Escrow Account at the
termination of the Servicer's obligations and responsibilities in respect of the
Mortgage Loans under this Agreement or (vi) recover amounts deposited in error.
As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer or Subservicers shall pay to the
Mortgagors interest on funds in Escrow Accounts, to the extent required by law
and, to the extent that interest earned on funds in the Escrow Accounts is
insufficient, to pay such interest from its or their own funds, without any
reimbursement therefor. To the extent that a Mortgage does not provide for
Escrow Payments, the Servicer shall determine whether any such payments are made
by the Mortgagor in a manner and at a time that avoids the loss of the Mortgaged
Property due to a tax sale or the foreclosure of a tax lien. The Servicer
assumes full responsibility for the payment of all such bills within such time
and shall effect payments of all such bills irrespective of the Mortgagor's
faithful performance in the payment of same or the making of the Escrow Payments
and shall make advances from its own funds to effect such payments; provided,
however, that such advances are deemed to be Servicing Advances.
Section 3.10 Collection Accounts.
(a) On behalf of the Trustee, each Servicer shall establish and
maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, one or more Eligible
Accounts (each such account or accounts, a "Collection Account"), held in trust
for the benefit of the Trustee. On behalf of the Trustee, each Servicer shall
deposit or cause to be deposited in the clearing account (which account must be
an Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits payments and collections
on mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a
daily basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after such Servicer's
receipt thereof, and shall thereafter deposit in the related Collection Account,
in no event more than two Business Days after the deposit of such funds into the
clearing account, as and when received or as otherwise required hereunder, the
following payments and collections received or made by it subsequent to the
Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal or interest on the related
Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-off Date), or payments (other than
Principal Prepayments) received by it on or prior to the related Cut-off Date
but allocable to a Due Period subsequent thereto:
(i) all payments on account of principal, including Principal
Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;
(ii) all payments on account of interest (net of the related
Servicing Fee) on each Mortgage Loan;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds to the extent
such Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds are not to be applied to
the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the
related Mortgagor in accordance with the express requirements of law or in
accordance with prudent and customary servicing practices and Liquidation
Proceeds;
(iv) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.12
in connection with any losses realized on Permitted Investments with
respect to funds held in the related Collection Account;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by such Servicer pursuant
to the second paragraph of Section 3.13(a) in respect of any blanket
policy deductibles;
(vi) all proceeds of any Mortgage Loan repurchased or purchased in
accordance with this Agreement; and
(vii) all Prepayment Charges collected by such Servicer.
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection Accounts
shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges, NSF
fees, reconveyance fees, assumption fees and other similar fees and charges need
not be deposited by each Servicer in the related Collection Account and shall,
upon collection, belong to the applicable Servicer as additional compensation
for its servicing activities. In the event a Servicer shall deposit in the
related Collection Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it
may at any time withdraw such amount from its Collection Account, any provision
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
(b) Funds in the Collection Accounts may be invested in Permitted
Investments in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 3.12. Each
Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee of the location of the related
Collection Account maintained by it when established and prior to any change
thereof in accordance with Section 3.07(f).
Section 3.11 Withdrawals from the Collection Accounts.
(a) Each Servicer shall, from time to time, make withdrawals from
the related Collection Account for any of the following purposes or as described
in Section 4.01:
(i) on or prior to the Remittance Date, to remit to the Trustee (i)
the Trustee Fee with respect to such Distribution Date and (ii) all
Available Funds in respect of the related Distribution Date together with
all amounts representing Prepayment Charges from the Mortgage Loans
received during the related Prepayment Period;
(ii) to reimburse such Servicer for P&I Advances, but only to the
extent of amounts received which represent Late Collections (net of the
related Servicing Fees) of Scheduled Payments on Mortgage Loans with
respect to which such P&I Advances were made in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.01;
(iii) to pay such Servicer or any Subservicer (a) any unpaid
Servicing Fees or (b) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to
each Mortgage Loan, but only to the extent of any Late Collections,
Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or other
amounts as may be collected by such Servicer from a Mortgagor, or
otherwise received with respect to such Mortgage Loan (or the related REO
Property);
(iv) to pay to such Servicer as servicing compensation (in addition
to the Servicing Fee) on the Remittance Date any interest or investment
income earned on funds deposited in its Collection Account;
(v) to pay to Aames, any Responsible Party or the Depositor, as
applicable, with respect to each Mortgage Loan that has previously been
repurchased or replaced pursuant to the Aames Assignment Agreement or this
Agreement, as applicable, all amounts received thereon subsequent to the
date of purchase or substitution, as further described herein;
(vi) to reimburse such Servicer for any P&I Advance or Servicing
Advance previously made which such Servicer has determined to be a
Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.01;
(vii) to pay, or to reimburse such Servicer for advances in respect
of, expenses incurred in connection with any Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 3.15;
(viii) to reimburse such Servicer or the Depositor for expenses
incurred by or reimbursable to such Servicer or the Depositor, as the case
may be, pursuant to Section 6.03;
(ix) to reimburse such Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be,
for expenses reasonably incurred in respect of the breach or defect giving
rise to the repurchase obligation of Aames, any Responsible Party or the
Depositor, as applicable, that were included in the Repurchase Price of
the Mortgage Loan, including any expenses arising out of the enforcement
of the repurchase obligation, to the extent not otherwise paid pursuant to
the terms hereof;
(x) to withdraw any amounts deposited in the related Collection
Account in error;
(xi) to withdraw any amounts held in the related Collection Account
and not required to be remitted to the Trustee on the Remittance Date
occurring in the month in which such amounts are deposited into such
Collection Account, to reimburse such Servicer for xxxxxxxxxxxx X&X
Advances; and
(xii) to clear and terminate the related Collection Account upon
termination of this Agreement;
(b) Each Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a
Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any
withdrawal from its Collection Account, to the extent held by or on behalf of
it, pursuant to subclauses (a)(ii), (iii), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii) and (ix)
above.
Section 3.12 Investment of Funds in the Accounts.
(a) Each Servicer may invest the funds in the related Collection
Account and the Trustee may (but is not obligated to) invest funds in the
Distribution Account (for purposes of this Section 3.12, such Accounts are
referred to as an "Investment Account"), in one or more Permitted Investments
bearing interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand
no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such
funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement.
All such Permitted Investments shall be held to maturity, unless payable on
demand. Any investment of funds in an Investment Account shall be made in the
name of the Trustee. The Trustee shall be entitled to sole possession (except
with respect to investment direction of funds and any income and gain realized
thereon over each such investment, and any certificate or other instrument
evidencing any such investment shall be delivered directly to the Trustee or its
agent, together with any document of transfer necessary to transfer title to
such investment to the Trustee. In the event amounts on deposit in an Investment
Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment payable on demand,
the Trustee may:
(x) consistent with any notice required to be given thereunder,
demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such
Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an
amount equal to the lesser of (1) all amounts then payable
thereunder and (2) the amount required to be withdrawn on such
date; and
(y) demand payment of all amounts due thereunder that such
Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted
Investment in respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the
Investment Account.
(b) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the related Collection Account held by or on behalf of the related
Servicer, shall be for the benefit of such Servicer and shall be subject to its
withdrawal in the manner set forth in Section 3.11. Such Servicer shall deposit
in its Collection Account, the amount of any loss of principal incurred in
respect of any such Permitted Investment made with funds in such accounts
immediately upon realization of such loss.
(c) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the Distribution Account held by the Trustee, shall be for the
benefit of the Trustee and shall be subject to the Trustee's withdrawal in the
manner set forth in Section 3.07(e). The Trustee shall deposit in the
Distribution Account the amount of any loss of principal incurred in respect of
any such Permitted Investment made with funds in such accounts immediately upon
realization of such loss.
(d) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any
default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or
if a default occurs in any other performance required under any Permitted
Investment, the Trustee shall take such action as may be appropriate to enforce
such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of
appropriate proceedings.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for the amount of any loss
incurred with respect of any investment or lack of investment of funds held in
any Investment Account or the Distribution Account if made in accordance with
this Section 3.12.
(f) The Trustee or its Affiliates shall be permitted to receive
additional compensation that could be deemed to be in the Trustee's economic
self-interest for (i) serving as investment adviser, administrator, shareholder,
servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain of the
Permitted Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in certain
Permitted Investments and (iii) effecting transactions in certain Permitted
Investments. Such compensation shall not be considered an amount that is
reimbursable or payable pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 3.13 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Errors and
Omissions and Fidelity Coverage.
(a) Each Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage
Loan fire insurance with extended coverage on the related Mortgaged Property in
an amount which is at least equal to the least of (i) the current principal
balance of such Mortgage Loan, (ii) the amount necessary to fully compensate for
any damage or loss to the improvements that are a part of such property on a
replacement cost basis and (iii) the maximum insurable value of the improvements
which are a part of such Mortgaged Property, in each case in an amount not less
than such amount as is necessary to avoid the application of any coinsurance
clause contained in the related hazard insurance policy. Each Servicer shall
also cause to be maintained fire insurance with extended coverage on each REO
Property in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum
insurable value of the improvements which are a part of such property and (ii)
the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at the time it
became an REO Property, plus accrued interest at the Mortgage Rate and related
Servicing Advances. Each Servicer will comply in the performance of this
Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any
such hazard policies. Any amounts to be collected by any Servicer under any such
policies (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the
property subject to the related Mortgage or amounts to be released to the
Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that such Servicer would follow in
servicing loans held for its own account, subject to the terms and conditions of
the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note) shall be deposited in the related
Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.11. Any cost
incurred by any Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the
purpose of calculating distributions to the Trustee, be added to the unpaid
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms
of such Mortgage Loan so permit. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake
or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor 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
or REO Property is at any time in an area identified in the Federal Register by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards and
flood insurance has been made available, the applicable Servicer will cause to
be maintained a flood insurance policy in respect thereof. Such flood insurance
shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the unpaid principal balance of
the related Mortgage Loan and (ii) the maximum amount of such insurance
available for the related Mortgaged Property under the national flood insurance
program (assuming that the area in which such Mortgaged Property is located is
participating in such program).
In the event that any Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket
policy with an insurer having a General Policy Rating of A:X or better in Best's
(or such other rating that is comparable to such rating) 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 two sentences of this
Section 3.13, it being understood and agreed that such policy may contain a
deductible clause, in which case such Servicer shall, in the event that there
shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property
a policy complying with the first two sentences of this Section 3.13, and there
shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such policy,
deposit to the related Collection Account from its own funds the amount not
otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause. In
connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage
Loans, each Servicer agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of itself, the
Trustee claims under any such blanket policy in a timely fashion in accordance
with the terms of such policy.
(b) Each Servicer shall keep in force during the term of this
Agreement a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions for
failure in the performance of such Servicer's obligations under this Agreement,
which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount that would meet the
requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac if it were the purchaser of the
Mortgage Loans, unless such Servicer has obtained a waiver of such requirements
from Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. Each Servicer shall also maintain a fidelity
bond in the form and amount that would meet the requirements of Xxxxxx Mae or
Xxxxxxx Mac, unless such Servicer has obtained a waiver of such requirements
from Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. The Servicer shall provide the Trustee upon
request with copies of any such insurance policies and fidelity bond. Each
Servicer shall be deemed to have complied with this provision if an Affiliate of
applicable Servicer has such errors and omissions and fidelity bond coverage
and, by the terms of such insurance policy or fidelity bond, the coverage
afforded thereunder extends to such Servicer. Any such errors and omissions
policy and fidelity bond shall by its terms not be cancelable without thirty
days' prior written notice to the Trustee. Each Servicer shall also cause each
Subservicer to maintain a policy of insurance covering errors and omissions and
a fidelity bond which would meet such requirements.
Section 3.14 Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses Assumption
Agreements.
Each Servicer will, to the extent it has knowledge of any conveyance
or prospective conveyance of any Mortgaged Property by any Mortgagor (whether by
absolute conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or not the Mortgagor
remains or is to remain liable under the Mortgage Note and/or the Mortgage),
exercise its rights to accelerate the maturity of such Mortgage Loan under the
"due-on-sale" clause, if any, applicable thereto; provided, however, that no
Servicer shall be required to take such action if, in its sole business
judgment, a Servicer believes it is not in the best interests of the Trust Fund
and shall not exercise any such rights if prohibited by law from doing so. If a
Servicer reasonably believes it is unable under applicable law to enforce such
"due-on-sale" clause or if any of the other conditions set forth in the proviso
to the preceding sentence apply, such Servicer will enter into an assumption and
modification agreement from or with the person to whom such property has been
conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes
liable under the Mortgage Note and, to the extent permitted by applicable state
law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon. Each Servicer is also authorized to
enter into a substitution of liability agreement with such person, pursuant to
which the original Mortgagor is released from liability and such person is
substituted as the Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note;
provided, that no such substitution shall be effective unless such person
satisfies the underwriting criteria of such Servicer, has a credit risk rating
at least equal to that of the original Mortgagor. In connection with any
assumption, modification or substitution, such Servicer shall apply such
underwriting standards and follow such practices and procedures as shall be
normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and as it applies
to other mortgage loans owned solely by it. No Servicer shall take or enter into
any assumption and modification agreement, however, unless (to the extent
practicable in the circumstances) it shall have received confirmation, in
writing, of the continued effectiveness of any applicable hazard insurance
policy, or a new policy meeting the requirements of this Section is obtained.
Any fee collected by a Servicer in respect of an assumption or substitution of
liability agreement will be retained by such Servicer as additional servicing
compensation. In connection with any such assumption, no material term of the
Mortgage Note (including but not limited to the related Mortgage Rate and the
amount of the Scheduled Payment) may be amended or modified, except as otherwise
required pursuant to the terms thereof. Each Servicer shall notify the Trustee
that any such substitution, modification or assumption agreement has been
completed by forwarding to the Trustee the executed original of such
substitution or assumption agreement, which document 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of
this Agreement, a Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default, breach or any
other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a
Mortgage Loan by operation of law or by the terms of the Mortgage Note or any
assumption which such Servicer may be restricted by law from preventing, for any
reason whatsoever. For purposes of this Section 3.14, the term "assumption" is
deemed to also include a sale (of the Mortgaged Property) subject to the
Mortgage that is not accompanied by an assumption or substitution of liability
agreement.
Section 3.15 Realization upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
Each Servicer shall use its best efforts, consistent with Accepted
Servicing Practices, to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert (which
may include an acquisition of REO Property) 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
pursuant to Section 3.07, and which are not released from this Agreement
pursuant to any other provision hereof. Each Servicer shall use reasonable
efforts to realize upon such defaulted Mortgage Loans in such manner as will
maximize the receipt of principal and interest by the Trustee, taking into
account, among other things, the timing of foreclosure proceedings. The
foregoing is subject to the provisions that, in any case in which Mortgaged
Property shall have suffered damage from an uninsured cause, a Servicer shall
not be required to expend its own funds toward the restoration of such property
unless it shall determine in its sole discretion (i) that such restoration will
increase the net proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan to the
Trustee, after reimbursement to itself for such expenses, and (ii) that such
expenses will be recoverable by such Servicer through Insurance Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds from the related Mortgaged
Property, as contemplated in Section 3.11. Each 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
related property, as contemplated in Section 3.11.
The proceeds of any liquidation or REO Disposition, as well as any
recovery resulting from a partial collection of Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation
Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be
applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicers or
any Subservicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances, pursuant to
Section 3.11 or 3.17; second, to accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage
Loan or REO Imputed Interest, at the Mortgage Rate, to the date of the
liquidation or REO Disposition, or to the Due Date prior to the Remittance Date
on which such amounts are to be distributed if not in connection with a
liquidation or REO Disposition; third, to reimburse any Servicer for any related
xxxxxxxxxxxx X&X Advances, pursuant to Section 3.11; and fourth, as a recovery
of principal of the Mortgage Loan. If the amount of the recovery so allocated to
interest is less than a full recovery thereof, that amount will be allocated as
follows: first, to unpaid Servicing Fees; and second, as interest at the
Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee Rate). The portion of the recovery so
allocated to unpaid Servicing Fees shall be reimbursed to the applicable
Servicer or any Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.11 or 3.17. The portions of
the recovery so allocated to interest at the Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing
Fee Rate) and to principal of the Mortgage Loan shall be applied as follows:
first, to reimburse the Servicers or any Subservicer for any related
unreimbursed Servicing Advances in accordance with Section 3.11 or 3.17, and
second, to the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02,
subject to the last paragraph of Section 3.17 with respect to certain excess
recoveries from an REO Disposition.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in
connection with a foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, in
the event a Servicer has received actual notice of, or has actual knowledge of
the presence of, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes on the related
Mortgaged Property, or if the Trustee otherwise requests, such Servicer shall
cause an environmental inspection or review of such Mortgaged Property to be
conducted by a qualified inspector. Upon completion of the inspection, such
Servicer shall promptly provide the Trustee and the Depositor with a written
report of the environmental inspection.
After reviewing the environmental inspection report, the Depositor
shall determine how the applicable Servicer shall proceed with respect to the
Mortgaged Property. In the event (a) the environmental inspection report
indicates that the Mortgaged Property is contaminated by hazardous or toxic
substances or wastes and (b) the Depositor directs such Servicer to proceed with
foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, such Servicer shall
be reimbursed for all reasonable costs associated with such foreclosure or
acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure and any related environmental
clean-up costs, as applicable, from the related Liquidation Proceeds, or if the
Liquidation Proceeds are insufficient to fully reimburse such Servicer, such
Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from amounts in the Collection
Account pursuant to Section 3.11 hereof. In the event the Depositor directs a
Servicer not to proceed with foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of
foreclosure, such Servicer shall be reimbursed from general collections for all
Servicing Advances made with respect to the related Mortgaged Property from the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.11 hereof.
Section 3.16 Release of Mortgage Files.
(a) Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by
a Servicer of a notification that payment in full shall be escrowed in a manner
customary for such purposes, such Servicer will, on or before the last day of
the month in which such payment in full occurs, notify the Trustee by a
certification (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that
all amounts received or to be received in connection with such payment which are
required to be deposited in the related Collection Account pursuant to Section
3.10 have been or will be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request
delivery to it of the Custodial File by submitting a Request for Release to the
Trustee. Upon receipt of such certification and Request for Release, the Trustee
shall promptly release the related Custodial File to such Servicer within two
(2) Business Days. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of
satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the related
Collection Account.
(b) From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this purpose, collection under
any Insurance Policy relating to the Mortgage Loans, the Trustee shall, upon
request of such Servicer and delivery to the Trustee, of a Request for Release,
release the related Custodial File to such Servicer, and the Trustee shall, at
the direction of such Servicer, execute such documents as shall be necessary to
the prosecution of any such proceedings and such Servicer shall retain the
Mortgage File in trust for the benefit of the Trustee. Such Request for Release
shall obligate the applicable Servicer to return each and every document
previously requested from the Custodial File to the Trustee when the need
therefor by such Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan has been
liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been
deposited in the related Collection Account or the Mortgage File or such
document has been delivered to an attorney, or to a public trustee or other
public official as required by law, for purposes of initiating or pursuing legal
action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either
judicially or non-judicially, and such Servicer has delivered to the Trustee a
certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the
Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered and the
purpose or purposes of such delivery. Upon receipt of a certificate of a
Servicing Officer stating that such Mortgage Loan was liquidated and that all
amounts received or to be received in connection with such liquidation that are
required to be deposited into the related Collection Account have been so
deposited, or that such Mortgage Loan has become an REO Property, a copy of the
Request for Release shall be released by the Trustee to the applicable Servicer
or its designee upon request therefor. Upon receipt of a Request for Release
under this Section 3.16, the Trustee shall deliver the related Custodial File to
the requesting Servicer by regular mail, unless such Servicer requests that the
Trustee deliver such Custodial File to such Servicer by overnight courier (in
which case such delivery shall be at such Servicer's expense).
Upon written certification of a Servicing Officer, the Trustee shall
execute and deliver to any Servicer copies of any court pleadings, requests for
trustee's sale or other documents reasonably necessary to the foreclosure or
trustee's sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal action brought
to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to
obtain a deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights
provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in
equity, or shall exercise and deliver to such Servicer a power of attorney
sufficient to authorize such Servicer to execute such documents on its behalf.
Each such certification shall include a request that such pleadings or documents
be executed by the Trustee and a statement as to the reason such documents or
pleadings are required and that the execution and delivery thereof by the
Trustee will not invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except
for the termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or
trustee's sale.
Section 3.17 Title, Conservation and Disposition of REO Property.
(a) This Section shall apply only to REO Properties acquired for the
account of the Trustee and shall not apply to any REO Property relating to a
Mortgage Loan which was purchased or repurchased from the Trustee pursuant to
any provision hereof. In the event that title to any such REO Property is
acquired, the applicable Servicer shall cause the deed or certificate of sale to
be issued in the name of the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders. Upon
written request by the applicable Servicer, the Trustee shall provide such
Servicer with a power of attorney prepared by such Servicer with respect to such
REO Property.
(b) Each Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each
REO Property for the Trustee solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition
and sale. Each Servicer, either itself or through an agent selected by such
Servicer, shall manage, conserve, protect and operate the REO Property in the
same manner that it manages, conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed
property for its own account, and in the same manner that similar property in
the same locality as the REO Property is managed. Each Servicer shall attempt to
sell the same (and may temporarily rent the same for a period not greater than
one year, except as otherwise provided below) on such terms and conditions as
such Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Trustee. The Trustee shall
have no obligations with respect to any REO Dispositions.
(c) [Reserved.]
(d) Each Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and
received in connection with the operation of any REO Property separate and apart
from its own funds and general assets and shall deposit such funds in the
related Collection Account.
(e) Each Servicer shall deposit net of reimbursement to such
Servicer for any related outstanding Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing
Fees provided in Section 3.11 hereof, or cause to be deposited, on a daily basis
in the Collection Account all revenues received with respect to the related REO
Property and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation,
management and maintenance of the REO Property.
(f) Each Servicer, upon an REO Disposition, shall be entitled to
reimbursement for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances as well as any
unpaid Servicing Fees from proceeds received in connection with the REO
Disposition, as further provided in Section 3.11.
(g) Any net proceeds from an REO Disposition which are in excess of
the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, plus all unpaid REO
Imputed Interest thereon through the date of the REO Disposition shall be
retained by the applicable Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
(h) Each Servicer shall use its reasonable best efforts to sell, or
cause the Subservicer to sell, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices,
any REO Property as soon as possible, but in no event later than the conclusion
of the third calendar year beginning after the year of its acquisition by the
Lower Tier REMIC unless (i) such Servicer applies for an extension of such
period from the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to the REMIC Provisions and
Code Section 856(e)(3), in which event such REO Property shall be sold within
the applicable extension period, or (ii) such Servicer obtains for the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Depositor, the Trustee and such
Servicer, to the effect that the holding by the Lower Tier REMIC of such REO
Property subsequent to such period will not result in the imposition of taxes on
"prohibited transactions" as defined in Section 860F of the Code or cause the
Lower Tier REMIC or Upper Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the
REMIC Provisions or comparable provisions of relevant state laws at any time.
Each Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property for
the Trustee solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in a
manner which does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure
property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) or result in the receipt by
the Lower Tier REMIC of any "income from non-permitted assets" within the
meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or any "net income from foreclosure
property" which is subject to taxation under Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code.
Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, each Servicer shall either
itself or through an agent selected by such 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 Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as such Servicer deems
to be in the best interest of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders
for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property; provided, however, that
any rent received or accrued with respect to such REO Property qualifies as
"rents from real property" as defined in Section 856(d) of the Code.
Section 3.18 Notification of Adjustments.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, such Servicer shall adjust the
Mortgage Rate on the related interest rate Adjustment Date and shall adjust the
Scheduled Payment on the related mortgage payment adjustment date, if
applicable, in compliance with the requirements of applicable law and the
related Mortgage and Mortgage Note. Each Servicer shall execute and deliver any
and all necessary notices required under applicable law and the terms of the
related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage Rate and Scheduled
Payment adjustments. Each Servicer shall promptly, upon written request
therefor, deliver to the Trustee such notifications and any additional
applicable data regarding such adjustments and the methods used to calculate and
implement such adjustments. Upon the discovery by a Servicer or the receipt of
notice from the Trustee that a Servicer has failed to adjust a Mortgage Rate or
Scheduled Payment in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note,
such Servicer shall deposit in the related Collection Account from its own funds
the amount of any interest loss caused as such interest loss occurs.
Section 3.19 Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans.
The applicable Servicer shall provide, or cause the Subservicer to
provide, to the Trustee, the OTS or the FDIC and the examiners and supervisory
agents thereof access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans in its
possession required by applicable regulations of the OTS. Such access shall be
afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable and two (2) Business Days
prior written request and during normal business hours at the offices of the
applicable Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or any Subservicer. Nothing in
this Section shall derogate from the obligation of any such party to observe any
applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Mortgagors
and the failure of any such party to provide access as provided in this Section
as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section.
Section 3.20 Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of the
Servicers to Be Held for the Trustee.
Each Servicer shall account fully to the Trustee for any funds
received by such Servicer or which otherwise are collected by such Servicer as
Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds in respect of
any Mortgage Loan. All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under
the control of, a 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 its Collection Account,
shall be held by such 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. Each Servicer also agrees that it shall not
create, incur or subject any Mortgage File or any funds that are deposited in
the Collection Account, the 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 such Servicer shall be entitled to set off against and deduct from any such
funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to such Servicer under this
Agreement.
Section 3.21 Servicing Compensation.
(a) As compensation for its activities hereunder, each Servicer
shall, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, be entitled to retain from deposits
to its Collection Account and from Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds and REO Proceeds related to such Mortgage Loan, the Servicing
Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan (less any portion of such amounts
retained by any Subservicer). In addition, each Servicer shall be entitled to
recover unpaid Servicing Fees out of related late collections to the extent
permitted in Section 3.11. The right to receive the Servicing Fee may not be
transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of
either a Servicer's responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement;
provided, however, that each Servicer may pay from the Servicing Fee any amounts
due to a Subservicer pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement entered into under
Section 3.02.
(b) Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption or
modification fees, late payment charges, NSF fees, reconveyance fees and other
similar fees and charges (other than Prepayment Charges) shall be retained by a
Servicer only to the extent such fees or charges are received by such Servicer.
Each Servicer shall also be entitled pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iv) to withdraw
from the related Collection Account, as additional servicing compensation,
interest or other income earned on deposits therein.
(c) Each Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by
it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including payment of
premiums for any blanket policy insuring against hazard losses pursuant to
Section 3.13, servicing compensation of the Subservicer to the extent not
retained by it and the fees and expenses of independent accountants and any
agents appointed by such Servicer), and shall not be entitled to reimbursement
therefor from the Trust Fund except as specifically provided in Section 3.11.
Section 3.22 Annual Statement as to Compliance.
Each Servicer will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee
on or before March 10th of each calendar year, commencing in 2004, an Officer's
Certificate stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review of the
activities of such Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of
performance under this Agreement or a similar agreement has been made under such
officers' supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based
on such review, such Servicer has fulfilled all of 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
officers and the nature and status thereof. The Trustee shall forward a copy of
such Officer's Certificate to the Depositor and each Rating Agency. Promptly
after receipt of such Officer's Certificate, the Depositor shall review such
Officer's Certificate and, if applicable, consult with applicable Servicer as to
the nature of any defaults by such Servicer in the fulfillment of any of such
Servicer's obligations.
Section 3.23 Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Statement; Financial Statements.
Not later than March 10th of each calendar year commencing in 2004,
each Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a nationally recognized firm of
independent certified public accountants to furnish to the Trustee a report
stating that (i) it has obtained a letter of representation regarding certain
matters from the management of such Servicer which includes an assertion that
such Servicer has complied with certain minimum residential mortgage loan
servicing standards, identified in the Uniform Single Attestation Program for
Mortgage Bankers established by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America,
with respect to the servicing of residential mortgage loans during the most
recently completed calendar year and (ii) on the basis of an examination
conducted by such firm in accordance with standards established by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants, such representation is fairly stated
in all material respects, subject to such exceptions and other qualifications
that may be appropriate. In rendering its report such firm may rely, as to
matters relating to the direct servicing of residential mortgage loans by
Subservicers, upon comparable reports of firms of independent certified public
accountants rendered on the basis of examinations conducted in accordance with
the same standards (rendered within one year of such report) with respect to
those Subservicers. The Trustee shall forward a copy of the report to the
Depositor and the Rating Agencies. Promptly after receipt of such report, the
Depositor shall review such report and, if applicable, consult with the
applicable Servicer as to the nature of any defaults by such Servicer in the
fulfillment of any of such Servicer's obligations.
Section 3.24 Trustee to Act as Servicer.
Subject to Section 7.02, in the event that either Servicer shall for
any reason no longer be a 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 such Servicer hereunder arising thereafter (except that the
Trustee shall not be (i) liable for losses of such predecessor Servicer pursuant
to Section 3.10 or any acts or omissions of such predecessor Servicer
hereunder), (ii) obligated to effectuate repurchases or substitutions of
Mortgage Loans hereunder, including but not limited to repurchases or
substitutions pursuant to Section 2.03, (iii) responsible for expenses of such
predecessor Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03 or (iv) deemed to have made any
representations and warranties of such Servicer hereunder. Any such assumption
shall be subject to Section 7.02.
Every Subservicing Agreement entered into by a Servicer shall
contain a provision giving the successor Servicer the option to terminate such
agreement in the event a successor Servicer is appointed.
If either Servicer shall for any reason no longer be a Servicer
(including by reason of any Event of Default), the Trustee (or any other
successor Servicer) may, at its option, succeed to any rights and obligations of
such Servicer under any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms
thereof; provided that the Trustee (or any other successor Servicer) shall not
incur any liability or have any obligations in its capacity as successor
Servicer under a Subservicing Agreement arising prior to the date of such
succession unless it expressly elects to succeed to the rights and obligations
of such Servicer thereunder; and such Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of
any liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreement arising prior to
the date of such succession.
The applicable Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at
the expense of such Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents and
records relating to each Subservicing Agreement (if any) and the Mortgage Loans
then being serviced thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held
by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient
transfer of the Subservicing Agreement to the assuming party.
Section 3.25 Compensating Interest.
Each Servicer shall remit to the Trustee on each Remittance Date an
amount from its own funds equal to the Compensating Interest payable by such
Servicer on such Remittance Date.
Section 3.26 Credit Reporting; Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act.
(a) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, each Servicer agrees to
fully furnish, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its
implementing regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g., favorable and
unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Credit Information Company (three of the credit repositories), on a monthly
basis.
(b) Each Servicer shall comply with Title V of the
Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999 and all applicable regulations promulgated
thereunder, relating to the Mortgage Loans required to be serviced by it and the
related borrowers and shall provide all required notices thereunder.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE SERVICERS
Section 4.01 Advances.
(a) The amount of P&I Advances to be made by each Servicer for any
Remittance Date shall equal, subject to Section 4.01(c), the sum of (i) the
aggregate amount of Scheduled Payments (with each interest portion thereof net
of the related Servicing Fee), due during the Due Period immediately preceding
such Remittance Date in respect of the Mortgage Loans, which Scheduled Payments
were not received as of the close of business on the related Determination Date,
plus (ii) with respect to each REO Property, which REO Property was acquired
during or prior to the related Prepayment Period and as to which such REO
Property an REO Disposition did not occur during the related Prepayment Period,
an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Scheduled Payments (with each
interest portion thereof net of the related Servicing Fee) that would have been
due on the related Due Date in respect of the related Mortgage Loans, over the
net income from such REO Property transferred to the related Collection Account
for distribution on such Remittance Date.
(b) On the Remittance Date, each Servicer shall remit in immediately
available funds to the Trustee an amount equal to the aggregate amount of P&I
Advances, if any, to be made in respect of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties
for the related Remittance Date either (i) from its own funds or (ii) from the
related Collection Account, to the extent of funds held therein for future
distribution (in which case, it will cause to be made an appropriate entry in
the records of the related Collection Account that Amounts Held for Future
Distribution have been, as permitted by this Section 4.01, used by such Servicer
in discharge of any such P&I Advance) or (iii) in the form of any combination of
(i) and (ii) aggregating the total amount of P&I Advances to be made by such
Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. Any Amounts Held
for Future Distribution and so used shall be appropriately reflected in such
Servicer's records and replaced by such Servicer by deposit in the related
Collection Account on or before any future Remittance Date to the extent
required.
(c) The obligation of each Servicer to make such P&I Advances is
mandatory, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement but subject to
(d) below, and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, shall
continue until a Final Recovery Determination in connection therewith or the
removal thereof from coverage under this Agreement, except as otherwise provided
in this Section.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no P&I Advance
or Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by either Servicer
if such P&I Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a
Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The
determination by either Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance
or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance or
Servicing Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or a
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, respectively, shall be evidenced by an
Officer's Certificate of such Servicer delivered to the Trustee.
(e) Except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable Servicer
shall be entitled to reimbursement pursuant to Section 3.11 hereof for Servicing
Advances from recoveries from the related Mortgagor or from all Liquidation
Proceeds and other payments or recoveries (including Insurance Proceeds and
Condemnation Proceeds) with respect to the related Mortgage Loan.
Section 4.02 Priorities of Distribution.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee will make the
disbursements and transfers from amounts then on deposit in the Distribution
Account in the following order of priority and to the extent of the Available
Funds remaining:
(i) to the holders of each Class of Certificates in the following
order of priority:
(A) to the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates,
the related Accrued Certificate Interest Distribution Amount and any
Unpaid Interest Amounts for such Distribution Date, in each case
pursuant to the allocation set forth in clauses (iv) and (v) of this
Section 4.02(a);
(B) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class on such Distribution
Date;
(C) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class on such Distribution
Date;
(D) to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class on such Distribution
Date;
(E) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class on such Distribution
Date;
(F) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class on such Distribution
Date; and
(G) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate
Interest Distribution Amount for such Class on such Distribution
Date;
(ii) (A) on each Distribution Date (1) before the related Stepdown
Date or (2) with respect to which a Trigger Event is in effect, to the
holders of the related Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates then
entitled to distributions of principal as set forth below, from amounts
remaining on deposit in the Distribution Account after making
distributions pursuant to clause (i) above, an amount equal to the
Principal Distribution Amount in the following order of priority:
(a) to the Class A-1 and Class A-2, allocated as
described in Section 4.02(c), until the respective Class
Certificate Balances thereof are reduced to zero; and
(b) sequentially to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3,
Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, in that
order, until the respective Class Certificate Balances are
reduced to zero;
(B) on each Distribution Date (1) on and after the related
Stepdown Date and (2) as long as a Trigger Event is not in effect,
to the holders of the related Class or Classes of LIBOR Certificates
then entitled to distribution of principal, from amounts remaining
on deposit in the Distribution Account after making distributions
pursuant to clause (i) above, an amount equal to, in the aggregate,
the Principal Distribution Amount in the following amounts and order
of priority:
(a) to the Class A Certificates, the lesser of (x) the
Principal Distribution Amount and (y) the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount, allocated as described in Section
4.02(c), until the respective Class Certificate Balances
thereof are reduced to zero;
(b) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the
excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the
amount distributed to the Class A Certificateholders in clause
(ii)(B)(a) above and (y) the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Class Certificate Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero;
(c) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the
excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the
amount distributed to the Class A Certificateholders in clause
(ii)(B)(a) above and to the Class M-1 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(b) above and (y) the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Class Certificate Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero;
(d) to the Class M-3 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the
excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the
amount distributed to the Class A Certificateholders in clause
(ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(b) above and to the Class M-2 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(c) above and (y) the Class M-3 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Class Certificate Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero;
(e) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the
excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the
amount distributed to the Class A Certificateholders in clause
(ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(c) and to the Class M-3 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(d) above and (y) the Class B-1 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Class Certificate Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero;
(f) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the
excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the
amount distributed to the Class A Certificateholders in clause
(ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(d) above and to the Class B-1 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(e) above and (y) the Class B-2 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Class Certificate Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero; and
(g) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the
excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the
amount distributed to the Class A Certificateholders in clause
(ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class B-1 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(e) above and to the Class B-2 Certificates in clause
(ii)(B)(f) above and (y) the Class B-3 Principal Distribution
Amount, until the Class Certificate Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero;
(iii) any amount remaining after the distributions in clauses (i)
and (ii) above, plus as specifically indicated below, from amounts on
deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account, shall be distributed in the
following order of priority:
(A) to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for such Class;
(B) to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, any Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount for such Class;
(C) to the holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for such Class;
(D) to the holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, any Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount for such Class;
(E) to the holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for such Class;
(F) to the holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, any Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount for such Class;
(G) to the holders of the Class B-1 Certificates, any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for such Class;
(H) to the holders of the Class B-1 Certificates, any Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount for such Class;
(I) to the holders of the Class B-2 Certificates, any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for such Class;
(J) to the holders of the Class B-2 Certificates, any Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount for such Class;
(K) to the holders of the Class B-3 Certificates, any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for such Class;
(L) to the holders of the Class B-3 Certificates, any Unpaid
Realized Loss Amounts for such Class;
(M) to the Excess Reserve Fund Account, the amount of any
Basis Risk Payment for such Distribution Date;
(N) from funds on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account
(not including any Interest Rate Cap Payment included in such
account) with respect to such Distribution Date, an amount equal to
any Basis Risk CarryForward Amount with respect to any LIBOR
Certificate for such Distribution Date to the LIBOR Certificates in
the same order and priority in which the Accrued Certificate
Interest Distribution Amount is allocated among such Classes of
Certificates;
(O) from any Interest Rate Cap Payments on deposit in the
Excess Reserve Fund Account with respect to such Distribution Date,
an amount equal to any unpaid remaining Basis Risk CarryForward
Amount with respect to the Offered Certificates for such
Distribution Date (after giving effect to distributions pursuant to
clause (N) above) to the Offered Certificates, allocated among such
Classes of Certificates pro rata, based upon their respective Class
Certificate Balances;
(P) to the holders of the Class X Certificates, the remainder
of the Class X Distributable Amount and any remaining Interest Rate
Cap Payments not distributed pursuant to Sections
4.02(a)(iii)(A)-(O); and
(Q) to the holders of the Class R Certificates, any remaining
amount;
(iv) Solely for purposes of interest allocation calculations, the
portion of the interest component of Available Funds attributable to Group
I Mortgage Loans will be allocated:
(a) first, to the Class A-1 Certificates, the Accrued
Certificate Interest Distribution Amount and any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for the Class A-1 Certificates; and
(b) second, to the Class A-2 Certificates, the Accrued
Certificate Interest Distribution Amount and any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for the Class A-2 Certificates, to the extent
not otherwise previously paid from the interest component of
Available Funds attributable to Group II Mortgage Loans; and
(v) Solely for purposes of interest allocation calculations, the
portion of the interest component of Available Funds attributable to Group
II Mortgage Loans will be allocated:
(a) first, to the Class A-2 Certificates, the Accrued
Certificate Interest Distribution Amount and any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for the Class A-2 Certificates; and
(b) second, to the Class A-1 Certificates, the Accrued
Certificate Interest Distribution Amount and any Unpaid
Interest Amounts for the Class A-1 Certificates to the
extent not otherwise previously paid from the interest
component of Available Funds attributable to Group I
Mortgage Loans.
If on any Distribution Date, as a result of the foregoing allocation
rules, any Class of Class A Certificates does not receive the related Accrued
Certificate Interest Distribution Amount or the related Unpaid Interest Amounts,
if any, then that unpaid amount will be recoverable by the holders of that
class, with interest thereon, on future Distribution Dates, as Unpaid Interest
Amounts, subject to the priorities described above.
(b) On each Distribution Date, all amounts representing Prepayment
Charges from the Mortgage Loans received during the related Prepayment Period
will be distributed to the holders of the Class P Certificates.
(c) All principal distributions to the holders of the Class A
Certificates on any Distribution Date shall be allocated concurrently between
the Class A-1 Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates, pro rata, based on
the Class A Principal Allocation Percentage for such Classes for such
Distribution Date; provided, however, that, if the Class Certificate Balance of
the Class A Certificates in either Class A Certificate Group is reduced to zero,
then the remaining amount of principal distributions distributable to the Class
A Certificates on such Distribution Date, and the amount of such principal
distributions distributable on all subsequent Distribution Dates, shall be
distributed to the holders of the Class A Certificates in the other Class A
Certificate Group remaining outstanding, in accordance with the principal
distribution allocations described in this Section 4.02(c), until their Class
Certificate Balances have been reduced to zero. Any distributions of principal
to the Class A-1 Certificates shall be made first from Available Funds relating
to the Group I Mortgage Loans, and any distributions of principal to the Class
A-2 Certificates shall be made first from Available Funds relating to the Group
II Mortgage Loans.
(d) On any Distribution Date, any Relief Act Shortfalls and Net
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date will be allocated as a
reduction in the following order:
(1) First, to the amount of interest payable to the
Class X Certificates; and
(2) Second, pro rata, as a reduction of the Accrued
Certificate Interest for the Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates, based on the amount of interest to which such
classes would otherwise be entitled.
Section 4.03 Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.
(a) Not later than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make
available to each Certificateholder, the Servicers, the Depositor and each
Rating Agency 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 Unpaid Interest
Amounts included in such distribution and any remaining Unpaid Interest
Amounts after giving effect to such distribution, any Basis Risk
CarryForward Amount for such Distribution Date and the amount of all Basis
Risk CarryForward Amount covered by withdrawals from the Excess Reserve
Fund Account on such Distribution Date;
(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, including any Basis Risk CarryForward Amount not covered by
amounts in the Excess Reserve Fund Account;
(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;
(vi) the amount of the Servicing Fees paid to or retained by the
Servicers or Subservicer (with respect to the Subservicers, in the
aggregate) with respect to such Distribution Date;
(vii) the Pass-Through Rate for each such Class of Certificates with
respect to such Distribution Date;
(viii) the amount of P&I Advances included in the distribution on
such Distribution Date and the aggregate amount of P&I Advances reported
by the Servicers as outstanding as of the close of business on such
Distribution Date;
(ix) the number and aggregate outstanding principal balances of
Mortgage Loans (1) as to which the Scheduled Payment is delinquent 31 to
60 days, 61 to 90 days and 91 or more days, (2) that have become REO
Property, (3) that are in foreclosure and (4) that are in bankruptcy, in
each case as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the
immediately preceding month;
(x) for each of the preceding 12 calendar months, or all calendar
months since the related Cut-off Date, whichever is less, the aggregate
dollar amount of the Scheduled Payments (A) due on all Outstanding
Mortgage Loans on each of the Due Dates in each such month and (B)
delinquent 60 days or more on each of the Due Dates in each such month;
(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 aggregate 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;
(xiii) whether a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing
(including the calculation of thereof and the aggregate outstanding
balance of all 60+ Delinquent Mortgage Loans);
(xiv) the amount on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account
(after giving effect to distributions on such Distribution Date);
(xv) the aggregate amount of Applied Realized Loss Amounts incurred
during the preceding calendar month and aggregate Applied Realized Loss
Amounts through such Distribution Date;
(xvi) the amount of any Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow on such
Distribution Date and the allocation thereof to the Certificateholders
with respect to Applied Realized Loss Amounts and Unpaid Interest Amounts;
(xvii) the Subordinated Amount and Specified Subordinated Amount;
(xviii) Prepayment Charges collected and paid by the Servicers;
(xix) the Interest Rate Cap Payment, if any, for such Distribution
Date; and
(xx) the Cumulative Loss Percentage.
(b) The Trustee's responsibility for providing the above statement
to the Certificateholders, each Rating Agency, each Servicer and the Depositor
is limited to the availability, timeliness and accuracy of the information
derived from the applicable Servicer. The Trustee will provide the above
statement via the Trustee's internet website. The Trustee's website will
initially be located at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xxx and assistance in
using the website can be obtained by calling the Trustee's investor relations
desk at 0-000-000-0000. A paper copy of the statement will also be made
available upon request.
(c) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each
calendar year, the Trustee shall cause to be furnished to each Person who at any
time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement containing
the information set forth in clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(vii) of this
Section 4.03 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof
during which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant to any
requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.
(d) Not later than the Determination Date, each Servicer shall
furnish to the Trustee a monthly remittance advice statement (in a format
mutually agreed upon by such Servicer and the Trustee) containing such
information as shall be reasonably requested by the Trustee to enable the
Trustee to provide the reports required by Section 4.03(a) as to the
accompanying remittance and the period ending on the close of business on the
last Business Day of the immediately preceding month (the "Servicer Remittance
Report").
Each Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee (and the Servicer of the
Aames Mortgage Loans shall furnish to Aames with respect to each Aames Mortgage
Loan) monthly information reports, as of the related Determination Date, to
document Mortgage Loan payment activity on an individual Mortgage Loan basis.
With respect to each month, the corresponding monthly information reports (in
electronic format) shall be received by the Trustee no later than the related
Determination Date, which reports shall contain the following:
(i) with respect to each Scheduled Payment, the amount of such
remittance allocable to principal (including a separate breakdown of any
Principal Prepayment, including the date of such prepayment, and any
Prepayment Charges, along with a detailed report of interest on principal
prepayment amounts remitted in accordance with Section 3.25);
(ii) with respect to each Scheduled Payment, the amount of such
remittance allocable to interest;
(iii) the amount of Servicing Fees received by such Servicer during
the prior distribution period;
(iv) the individual and aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans;
(v) [reserved]
(vi) the number and aggregate outstanding principal balances of
Mortgage Loans (a) delinquent (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90 days, (3) 91
days or more; (b) as to which foreclosure has commenced; and (c) as to
which REO Property has been acquired.
Section 4.04 Certain Matters Relating to the Determination of LIBOR.
LIBOR shall be calculated in accordance with the definition of
LIBOR. Until all of the LIBOR Certificates are paid in full, the Trustee
will at all times retain at least four Reference Banks for the purpose of
determining LIBOR with respect to each LIBOR Determination Date. The Trustee
initially shall designate the Reference Banks (after consultation with the
Depositor). 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
Trustee should terminate its appointment as Reference Bank, the Trustee shall
promptly appoint or cause to be appointed another Reference Bank (after
consultation with the Depositor). 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 LIBOR
Determination Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates are outstanding on the
basis of LIBOR and the respective formulae appearing in footnotes corresponding
to the LIBOR Certificates in the table relating to the Certificates in the
Preliminary Statement. The Trustee shall not have any liability or
responsibility to any Person for its inability, following a good-faith
reasonable effort, to obtain quotations from the Reference Banks or to determine
the arithmetic mean referred to in the definition of LIBOR, all as provided for
in this Section 4.04 and the definition of LIBOR. 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.
Section 4.05 Allocation of Applied Realized Loss Amounts.
Any Applied Realized Loss Amounts will be allocated to the most
junior Class of Subordinate Certificates then outstanding in reduction of the
Class Certificate Balance thereof.
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.
The Depositor hereby directs the Trustee to register the Class X
Certificates and the Class P Certificates as follows: "Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders of the Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. NIM Trust 2003-HE2N," and to deliver such Class X
Certificates and Class P Certificates to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as trustee of the NIM Trust, or as otherwise directed by the Depositor.
Subject to Section 9.02 respecting the final distribution on the
Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions to
each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either (x) by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such holder at a bank
or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Holder has so
notified the Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the related Record
Date 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 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 any such
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificate. No
Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid
for any purpose, unless countersigned by the Trustee by manual signature, and
such countersignature upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly executed and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their countersignature.
On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall countersign the Certificates to be issued
at the direction of the Depositor, or any affiliate thereof.
The Depositor shall provide, 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, 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
determining whether a transfer is being made pursuant to an effective
registration statement, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely solely upon a
written notice to such effect from the Depositor. Except with respect to the
transfer of the Class X and Class P Certificates to the NIM Trust on the Closing
Date, in the event that a transfer of a Private Certificate which is a Physical
Certificate 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 shall certify to
the Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the transfer in substantially the
form set forth in Exhibit H (the "Transferor Certificate") and either (i) there
shall be delivered to the Trustee a letter in substantially the form of Exhibit
I (the "Rule 144A Letter") 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 without registration under the Securities Act. In the event that a transfer
of a Private Certificate which is a Book-Entry Certificate 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 will be deemed to have made as of the transfer
date each of the certifications set forth in the Transferor Certificate in
respect of such Certificate and the transferee will be deemed to have made as of
the transfer date each of the certifications set forth in the Rule 144A Letter
in respect of such Certificate, in each case as if such Certificate were
evidenced by a Physical Certificate. 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 Servicers
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 and each 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.
Except with respect to the transfer of the Class X and Class P
Certificates to the NIM Trust on the Closing Date, 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 or a Residual Certificate, such
requirement is satisfied only by the Trustee's receipt of a representation
letter from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit I), to the
effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or arrangement
subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a
plan subject to any Federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") materially
similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or 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, or (ii) in the case of an ERISA-Restricted
Certificate other than a Residual Certificate or a Class P Certificate that has
been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, and the purchaser is an
insurance company, a representation that the purchaser is an insurance company
that is purchasing such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance
company general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60") and that the purchase and
holding of such Certificates are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60
or (iii) in the case of any such ERISA-Restricted Certificate other than a
Residual Certificate or Class P Certificate presented for registration in the
name of an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan or
arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any
subsequent enactments), or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a trustee of any
such plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement
or using such plan's or arrangement's assets, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory
to the Trustee and each Servicer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Servicers 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 or similar violation of Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee or
the Servicers 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 or
a Residual Certificate, in the event the representation letter referred to in
the preceding sentence is not furnished, such representation shall be deemed to
have been made to the Trustee by the transferee's (including an initial
acquirer's) acceptance of the ERISA-Restricted Certificates. Notwithstanding
anything else to the contrary herein, (a) any purported transfer of an
ERISA-Restricted Certificate, other than a Class P Certificate or Residual
Certificate, to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, the
Code or Similar Law 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
and (b) any purported transfer of a Class P Certificate or Residual Certificate
to a transferee that does not make the representation in clause (i) above 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 G.
(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 a
Non-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 the Rule 144A Letter. The Trustee shall be entitled but
not obligated to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that
was in fact a Non-Permitted Transferee at the time it became a Holder or,
at such subsequent time as it became a Non-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; and
(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 a Non-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 or the
Servicers, to the effect that the elimination of such restrictions will not
cause either the Lower Tier REMIC or the Upper Tier 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 a
Non-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 a Non-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, or (y) the Depositor at its option
advises the Trustee in writing (and the Trustee consents) that it elects to
terminate the book-entry system through the Depository, 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 Servicers, 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 Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate
inventory of Certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive
Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all references herein
to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed
to be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with
respect to such Definitive Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the
Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder; provided
that the Trustee shall not by virtue of its assumption of such obligations
become liable to any party for any act or failure to act of the Depository.
Section 5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee, or
the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Depositor, the
Servicers and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them
to hold 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 Servicers, the Trustee, the Depositor and any agent of a
Servicer, the Depositor 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 Servicers, the Trustee, the Depositor nor any agent
of a Servicer, the Depositor 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 a 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, such 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, New York where
Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The
Trustee initially designates the offices of its agent for such purposes located
at DTC Transfer Agent Services, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000. The Trustee shall 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 SERVICERS
Section 6.01 Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the
Servicers.
The Depositor and each of the Servicers 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 a Servicer.
The Depositor and each of the Servicers will each keep in full
effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation or federally
chartered savings bank, as the case may be, 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 a Servicer may be merged or
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which
the Depositor or a Servicer shall be a party, or any person succeeding to the
business of the Depositor or a Servicer, shall be the successor of the Depositor
or such 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 such Servicer shall be qualified to sell
mortgage loans to, and to service mortgage loans on behalf of, Xxxxxx Xxx or
Xxxxxxx Mac.
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicers
and Others.
Neither the Depositor, the Servicers nor any of their directors,
officers, employees or agents of the Depositor 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
Servicers or any such Person against any breach of representations or warranties
made by it herein or protect the Depositor, the Servicers or any such Person
from any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (or gross negligence in the case of the
Depositor) in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, each Servicer and any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Depositor and each 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, each
Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor and each
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 negligence (or gross negligence in
the case of the Depositor) in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason
of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. Neither the Depositor
nor either 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 each of the Depositor and each Servicer may in its
discretion undertake any such action (or direct the Trustee to undertake such
actions pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof for the benefit of the
Certificateholders) 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 and the
applicable Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the
Collection Account.
Section 6.04 Limitation on Resignation of a Servicer.
Subject to Sections 7.01 and 10.07, neither Servicer shall assign
this Agreement or resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it
except by mutual consent of the Servicers, the Depositor and the Trustee or
upon the determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible
under applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by such Servicer.
Any such determination permitting the resignation of a Servicer shall be
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Depositor
and the Trustee which Opinion of Counsel shall be in form and substance
acceptable to the Depositor and the Trustee. No such resignation shall
become effective until a successor shall have assumed such Servicer's
responsibilities and obligations hereunder.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.04 herein to the
contrary, in the event that a Servicer determines that it will no longer
engage in the business of servicing mortgage loans, such Servicer may assign
its rights under this Agreement, provided that, (i) the Depositor in its sole
discretion has consented, (ii) the Rating Agencies' ratings of the
Certificates in effect immediately prior to such action will not be
qualified, reduced or withdrawn as a result thereof (as evidenced by a letter
to such effect from the Rating Agencies) and (iii) such Servicer shall be
liable for all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of servicing,
provided further, that the Servicer shall indemnify and hold each of the
Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor, the other Servicer hereunder, any
sub-servicer, the successor servicer and each Certificateholder harmless
against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable
legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and
expenses that such party may sustain in any way related to such assignment.
No assignment by a Servicer shall become effective until a successor servicer
acceptable to the Depositor and the Trustee shall have assumed in writing
such Servicer's responsibilities, duties, liabilities (other than those
liabilities arising prior to the appointment of such successor) and
obligations under this Agreement. Any such assignment shall not relieve the
applicable Servicer of responsibility for any of the obligations specified
herein except to the extent that such responsibilities have been expressly
assumed by the successor servicer.
Section 6.05 Additional Indemnification by the Servicers; Third
Party Claims.
Each Servicer shall indemnify the Depositor and the Trustee and hold
them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments,
and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain in any way
related to any breach by such Servicer, of (i) any of its representations and
warranties referred to in Section 2.03(a), (ii) any error in any tax or
information return prepared by such Servicer or (iii) the failure of such
Servicer to perform its duties and service the Mortgage Loans in compliance with
the terms of this Agreement. The applicable Servicer immediately shall notify
the Depositor and the Trustee if such claim is made by a third party with
respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, assume (with the prior written
consent of the Depositor and the Trustee) the defense of any such claim and pay
all expenses in connection therewith, including reasonable counsel fees, and
promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered
against it or the Depositor, the applicable Originator or the Trustee in respect
of such claim.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events:
(a) any failure by a Servicer to remit to the Trustee any payment
required to be made under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied
for a period of one Business Day after the date upon which written notice of
such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to such
Servicer by the Depositor or by the Trustee or to the Servicers, the Depositor
and the Trustee by Certificateholders evidencing percentage interests of at
least 25% in the Certificates; or
(b) failure on the part of a Servicer duly to observe or perform in
any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of
such Servicer set forth in this Agreement which continues unremedied for a
period of sixty (60) days (except that such number of days shall be fifteen in
the case of a failure to pay any premium for any insurance policy required to be
maintained under this Agreement) after the earlier of (i) the date on which
written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have
been given to such Servicer by the Depositor or by the Trustee, or to the
Servicers, the Depositor and the Trustee by Certificateholders of Certificates
evidencing percentage interests of at least 25% in the Certificates and (ii)
actual knowledge of such failure by a Servicing Officer of such Servicer; or
(c) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority
having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, 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 a Servicer and such
decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a
period of sixty days; or
(d) a Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or
receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to a
Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or
(e) a Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any
applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or
(f) a breach of any representation and warranty of a Servicer
referred to in Section 2.03(a), which materially and adversely affects the
interests of the Certificateholders and which continues unremedied for a period
of thirty days after the date upon which written notice of such breach is given
to such Servicer by the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Servicers, the
Trustee and the Depositor by Certificateholders entitled to at least 25% of the
Voting Rights in the Certificates; or
(g) any withdrawal or downgrade of two or more levels (i.e., from
"Above Average" to "Below Average" or the equivalent) of the servicer rating, as
of the Closing Date, of a Servicer by any Rating Agency which results in a
downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the rating assigned to any Class of
Certificates by any Rating Agency.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (a) through (g) of this
Section 7.01 shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such
Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, and at the
direction of 51% of the Voting Rights, the Trustee shall, by notice in writing
to a Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency), terminate all of the rights
and obligations of such Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage
Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its rights as a Certificateholder
hereunder; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to give
written notice to such Servicer of the occurrence of an Event of Default
described in clauses (b) through (g) of this Section 7.01 unless and until a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of the occurrence of
such an event. In the event that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge of the occurrence of an event of default described in clause (a) of
this Section 7.01, the Trustee shall give written notice to the applicable
Servicer of the occurrence of such an event within one Business Day of the first
day on which such Responsible Officer obtains actual knowledge of such
occurrence. On and after the receipt by such Servicer of such written notice,
all authority and power of such Servicer hereunder, whether with respect to the
Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee. Subject
to Section 7.02, the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and
deliver, on behalf of such 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 such Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant to Article VIII. Such Servicer
agrees to cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the termination of such
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 Collection Account of such predecessor Servicer, or thereafter
be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of a Servicer
hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive from the Trust Fund, prior
to transfer of its servicing obligations hereunder, payment of all accrued and
unpaid Servicing Fees and reimbursement for all outstanding P&I Advances and
Servicing Advances.
Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
On and after the time a Servicer receives a notice of termination
pursuant to Section 3.24 or Section 7.01, the Trustee shall, subject to and to
the extent provided in Section 3.05, be the successor to such Servicer in its
capacity as 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 such Servicer by the terms and provisions
hereof and applicable law including the obligation to make P&I Advances or
Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 3.24 or Section 7.01. As compensation
therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to all funds relating to the Mortgage
Loans that such Servicer would have been entitled to charge to its Collection
Account if such Servicer had continued to act hereunder including, if such
Servicer was receiving the Servicing Fee, the Servicing Fee and the income on
investments or gain related to its Collection Account (in addition to income on
investments or gain related to the Distribution Account for the benefit of the
Trustee). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee has become the successor
to the Servicer in accordance with Section 7.01, the Trustee may, if it shall be
unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is prohibited by applicable law from making
P&I Advances and Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 4.01, if it is otherwise
unable to so act or at the written request of Certificateholders entitled to at
least 51% of the Voting Rights, 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 such Servicer hereunder
in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or
liabilities of such Servicer hereunder. Any successor to such Servicer shall be
an institution which is a Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac approved seller/servicer in
good standing, which has a net worth of at least $30,000,000, which is willing
to service the Mortgage Loans and which executes and delivers to the Depositor
and the Trustee an agreement accepting such delegation and assignment,
containing an assumption by such Person of the rights, powers, duties,
responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of such Servicer (other than
liabilities of such Servicer under Section 6.03 incurred prior to termination of
the Servicer under Section 7.01), with like effect as if originally named as a
party to this Agreement; provided that each Rating Agency acknowledges that its
rating of the Certificates in effect immediately prior to such assignment and
delegation will not be qualified or reduced, as a result of such assignment and
delegation. Pending appointment of a successor to a Servicer hereunder, the
Trustee, unless the Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting, shall, subject
to Section 3.05, act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection
with such appointment and assumption, the Trustee may make such arrangements for
the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and
such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall
be in excess of the Servicing Fee Rate and amounts paid to such Servicer from
investments. 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 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 a Servicer to deliver or provide, or any delay in
delivering or providing, any cash, information, documents or records to it.
In the event that a Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section 7.01,
such terminated Servicer shall be responsible for the servicing transfer,
provide notices to the Mortgagors, arrange for and transfer the Servicing Files
to a successor Servicer, pay all of its own out-of-pocket costs and expenses at
its own expense and pay all costs and expenses of all other parties hereto
relating to the transfer of the Servicing Files to a successor Servicer
(excluding set-up costs and other administrative expenses of the successor
Servicer), and in all other cases the successor Servicer shall pay for such
costs and expenses but shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor from the
Trust Fund. Such amounts payable by the terminated Servicer shall be paid by the
terminated Servicer promptly upon presentation of reasonable documentation of
such costs. If the Trustee is the predecessor Servicer (except in the case where
the Trustee in its role as successor Servicer is being terminated pursuant to
Section 7.01 by reason of an Event of Default caused solely by the Trustee as
the successor Servicer and not by the predecessor Servicer's actions or
omissions), such costs shall be paid by the prior terminated Servicer promptly
upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs.
Any successor to a Servicer as servicer shall give notice to the
Mortgagors of such change of servicer and shall, during the term of its service
as servicer, maintain in force the policy or policies that each Servicer is
required to maintain pursuant to Section 3.13.
Section 7.03 Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to a
Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders and to each Rating Agency.
(b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders and each Rating Agency
notice of each such Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such
event shall have been cured or waived.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Duties of the Trustee.
The Trustee, before the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine whether they are in
the form required by this Agreement. The Trustee shall not be responsible for
the accuracy or content of any 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.
Unless an Event of Default known to the Trustee has occurred and is
continuing,
(a) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of the duties and obligations specifically set
forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Agreement against the Trustee, and the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Agreement which it believed in good faith
to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper authorities
respecting any matters arising hereunder;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee,
unless it is finally proven that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts; and
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
the direction of the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the
Voting Rights of Certificates relating to the time, method, and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Agreement.
Section 8.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(a) the Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer's Certificate,
certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper
or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper party or parties and the Trustee shall have no responsibility to
ascertain or confirm the genuineness of any signature of any such party or
parties;
(b) the Trustee may consult with counsel, financial advisers or
accountants and the advice of any such counsel, financial advisers or
accountants and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel;
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(d) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or
other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do by Holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocated to each
Class of Certificates;
(e) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents,
accountants or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any agents, accountants or attorneys
appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(f) the Trustee shall not be required to risk or expend its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of
its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder if it
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it;
(g) the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any investment
of funds pursuant to this Agreement (other than as issuer of the investment
security and with respect to the investment of funds in the Distribution
Account);
(h) except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, the Trustee shall
not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of Default until a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof; and
(i) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
trusts, rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute, conduct
or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order
or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to this Agreement,
unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses
and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby.
Section 8.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken
as the statements of the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for
their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates or of any Mortgage Loan or
related document other than with respect to the Trustee's execution and
countersignature of the Certificates. The Trustee shall not be accountable for
the use or application by the Depositor or a Servicer of any funds paid to the
Depositor or a Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or
withdrawn from any Collection Account by the Depositor or a Servicer.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing or recording any
financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to
otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien
granted to it hereunder (unless the Trustee shall have become the successor
Servicer).
The Trustee executes the Certificates not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee of the Trust Fund created by this Agreement, in the
exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it by this
Agreement. Each of the undertakings and agreements made on the part of the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund in the Certificates is made and intended not
as a personal undertaking or agreement by the Trustee but is made and intended
for the purpose of binding only the Trust Fund.
Section 8.04 Trustee May Own Certificates.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it
were not the Trustee.
Section 8.05 Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
As compensation for its activities under this Agreement, the Trustee
may withdraw from the Distribution Account on each Distribution Date the Trustee
Fee for the Distribution Date and any interest or investment income earned on
funds deposited in the Distribution Account. The Trustee and any director,
officer, employee, or agent of the Trustee shall be indemnified by the Trust
Fund against any loss, liability, or expense (including reasonable attorney's
fees) resulting from any error in any tax or information return prepared by such
Servicer or incurred in connection with any claim or legal action relating to
(a) this Agreement,
(b) the Certificates, or
(c) the performance of any of the Trustee's duties under this
Agreement, other than any loss, liability, or expense (i) resulting from any
breach of either Servicer's obligations in connection with this Agreement for
which the related Servicer has performed its obligation to indemnify the Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.05, or (ii) incurred because of willful misconduct, bad
faith, or negligence in the performance of any of the Trustee's duties under
this Agreement. This indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement
or the resignation or removal of the Trustee under this Agreement. Without
limiting the foregoing, except as otherwise agreed upon in writing by the
Depositor and the Trustee, and except for any expense, disbursement, or advance
arising from the Trustee's negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct, the
Trust Fund shall pay or reimburse the Trustee, for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements, and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
this Agreement with respect to:
(A) the reasonable compensation, expenses, and disbursements
of its counsel not associated with the closing of the issuance of
the Certificates,
(B) the reasonable compensation, expenses, and disbursements
of any accountant, engineer, or appraiser that is not regularly
employed by the Trustee, to the extent that the Trustee must engage
them to perform services under this Agreement, and
(C) printing and engraving expenses in connection with
preparing any Definitive Certificates.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or a separate letter
agreement between the Trustee and the Depositor, the Trustee shall not be
entitled to payment or reimbursement for any routine ongoing expenses incurred
by the Trustee in the ordinary course of its duties as Trustee, Registrar, or
paying agent under this Agreement or for any other expenses incurred by the
Trustee.
Section 8.06 Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or
association organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the United
States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject
to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and with a credit
rating which would not cause any of the Rating Agencies to reduce their
respective then current ratings of the Certificates (or having provided such
security from time to time as is sufficient to avoid such reduction) as
evidenced in writing by each Rating Agency. If such corporation or association
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section 8.06 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with this
Section 8.06, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect specified in Section 8.07. The entity serving as Trustee may have normal
banking and trust relationships with the Depositor and its affiliates or the
Servicers and their affiliates; provided, however, that such entity cannot be an
affiliate of the Depositor or the Servicers other than the Trustee in its role
as successor to the Servicer.
Section 8.07 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the
trusts hereby created by giving written notice of resignation to the
Depositor, the Servicers, each Rating Agency not less than 60 days before the
date specified in such notice, when, subject to Section 8.08, such
resignation is to take effect, and acceptance by a successor trustee in
accordance with Section 8.08 meeting the qualifications set forth in
Section 8.06. If no successor trustee meeting such qualifications shall have
been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the
giving of such notice or resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after written request thereto by the
Depositor, or if at any time the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or
shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of
its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or a tax is imposed with respect to
the Trust Fund by any state in which the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located
and the imposition of such tax would be avoided by the appointment of a
different trustee, then the Depositor or the Servicer may remove the Trustee and
appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of
which shall be delivered to the Trustee, one copy to each Servicer and one copy
to the successor trustee.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting
Rights may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or
their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which shall be
delivered by the successor Trustee to each Servicer, one complete set to the
Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. The
successor trustee shall notify each Rating Agency of any removal of the Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to this Section 8.07 shall become effective upon
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 8.08.
Section 8.08 Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07 shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor trustee
and the Servicers 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 Servicers 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 its acceptance, the successor trustee is
eligible under Section 8.06 and its appointment does not adversely affect the
then current rating of the Certificates.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. If the Depositor fails to mail
such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor
trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Depositor.
Section 8.09 Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of
the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be eligible under
Section 8.06 without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time,
for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which
any part of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may at the
time be located, the applicable 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
applicable Servicer and the Trustee may consider appropriate. If either Servicer
shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by
such Servicer of a request to do so or in the case an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make
such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required
to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.06 and
no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required under Section 8.08.
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(a) To the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this
Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
upon the Trustee, except for the obligation of the Trustee under this Agreement
to advance funds on behalf of a 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 a
Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform
such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations
(including the holding of title to the applicable Trust Fund or any portion
thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by
such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee;
(b) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable because of
any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder and such appointment shall
not, and shall not be deemed to, constitute any such separate trustee or
co-trustee as agent of the Trustee;
(c) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove
any separate trustee or co-trustee; and
(d) The Servicers, and not the Trustee, shall be jointly and
severally 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
Servicers and the Depositor.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the
Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.
Section 8.11 Tax Matters.
It is intended that the assets with respect to which any REMIC
election pertaining to the Trust Fund is to be made, as set forth in the
Preliminary Statement, shall constitute, and that the conduct of matters
relating to such assets shall be such as to qualify such assets as, a "real
estate mortgage investment conduit" as defined in and in accordance with the
REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the Trustee covenants and
agrees that it shall act as agent (and the Trustee is hereby appointed to act as
agent) on behalf of the Lower Tier REMIC and Upper Tier REMIC and that in such
capacity it shall:
(a) prepare and file in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage
Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any successor form
adopted by the Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file with the Internal
Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax authorities income tax or
information returns for each taxable year with respect to each 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 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, the Trustee will apply
for an employer identification number from the Internal Revenue Service via Form
SS-4 or any other acceptable method for all tax entities and shall also furnish
to the Internal Revenue Service, on Form 8811 or as otherwise may be required by
the Code, the name, title, address, and telephone number of the person that the
holders of the Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto,
together with such additional information as may be required by such Form, and
update such information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code;
(c) make an election that each of the Lower Tier REMIC and the Upper
Tier REMIC be treated as a REMIC on the federal tax return for its first taxable
year (and, if necessary, under applicable state law);
(d) prepare and forward to the Certificateholders and to the
Internal Revenue Service and, if necessary, state tax authorities, all
information returns and reports as and when required to be provided to them in
accordance with the REMIC Provisions, including the calculation of any original
issue discount using the prepayment assumption (as described in the Prospectus
Supplement);
(e) provide information necessary for the computation of tax imposed
on the transfer of a Residual Certificate to a Person that is a Non-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 of each of the Upper Tier REMIC and Lower Tier REMIC as a
REMIC under the REMIC Provisions;
(g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take
any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of either the
Lower Tier REMIC or the Upper Tier REMIC created hereunder;
(h) pay, from the sources specified in the last paragraph of this
Section 8.11, the amount of any federal or state tax, including prohibited
transaction taxes as described below, imposed on the Lower Tier REMIC and the
Upper Tier REMIC created hereunder before its termination when and as the same
shall be due and payable (but such obligation shall not prevent the Trustee or
any other appropriate Person from contesting any such tax in appropriate
proceedings and shall not prevent the Trustee from withholding payment of such
tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings);
(i) cause federal, state or local income tax or information returns
to 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 the Lower Tier REMIC and the Upper
Tier REMIC created hereunder, including the income, expenses, assets, and
liabilities thereof on a calendar year basis and on the accrual method of
accounting 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 the Lower Tier
REMIC and the Upper Tier REMIC created hereunder in any administrative or
judicial proceedings relating to an examination or audit by any governmental
taxing authority, request an administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of
the Lower Tier REMIC and the Upper Tier REMIC created hereunder, enter into
settlement agreements with any governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of
limitations relating to any tax item of the Lower Tier REMIC and the Upper Tier
REMIC created hereunder, and otherwise act on behalf of each REMIC in relation
to any tax matter or controversy involving it.
The Trustee shall treat the rights of the Class P Certificateholders
to Prepayment Charges, the rights of the Class X Certificateholders to receive
Interest Rate Cap Payments (subject to the obligation to pay Basis Risk
CarryForward Amounts) and the rights of the LIBOR Certificateholders to receive
Basis Risk CarryForward Amounts as the beneficial ownership of interests in a
grantor trust, and not as an obligation of either the Lower Tier REMIC or Upper
Tier REMIC created hereunder, for federal income tax purposes.
To enable the Trustee to perform its duties under this Agreement,
the Depositor shall provide to the Trustee within ten days after the Closing
Date all information or data that the Trustee requests in writing and determines
to be relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and offering prices of the
Certificates, including the price, yield, prepayment assumption, and projected
cash flows of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Moreover, the Depositor
shall provide information to the Trustee concerning the value to each Class of
Certificates of the right to receive Basis Risk CarryForward Amounts from the
Excess Reserve Fund Account. Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide to the
Trustee promptly upon written request therefor any additional information or
data that the Trustee may, from time to time, reasonably request to enable the
Trustee to perform its duties under this Agreement. The Depositor hereby
indemnifies the Trustee for any losses, liabilities, damages, claims, or
expenses of the Trustee arising from any errors or miscalculations of the
Trustee that result from any failure of the Depositor to provide, or to cause to
be provided, accurate information or data to the Trustee on a timely basis.
If any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of either the
Lower Tier REMIC or the Upper Tier REMIC created hereunder as defined in Section
860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the "net income from foreclosure property" of the
Lower Tier REMIC as defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution
to either the Lower Tier REMIC or Upper Tier REMIC after the Startup Day
pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is imposed, including
any minimum tax imposed on either REMIC pursuant to Sections 23153 and 24874 of
the California Revenue and Taxation Code, if not paid as otherwise provided for
herein, the tax shall be paid by (i) the Trustee if such tax arises out of or
results from negligence of the Trustee in the performance of any of its
obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the applicable Servicer, in the case of
any such minimum tax, and otherwise if such tax arises out of or results from a
breach by the Servicer of any of its obligations under this Agreement or (iii)
in all other cases, or if the Trustee or the applicable Servicer fails to honor
its obligations under the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), any such tax will be
paid with amounts otherwise to be distributed to the Certificateholders, as
provided in Section 4.02(a).
Section 8.12 Periodic Filings.
(a) The Trustee and each Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with
the Depositor in connection with the Trust's satisfying the reporting
requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Trustee
shall prepare on behalf of the Trust any Forms 8-K and 10-K customary for
similar securities as required by the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and the Trustee shall sign
and file (via the Securities and Exchange Commission's Electronic Data Gathering
and Retrieval System) such Forms on behalf of the Depositor, if an officer of
the Depositor signs the Certification (as defined below), or otherwise on behalf
of the Trust. In the event the Trustee is signing on behalf of the Depositor
pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Depositor hereby grants to the Trustee a
limited power of attorney to execute and file each such document on behalf of
the Depositor. Such power of attorney shall continue until either the earlier of
(i) receipt by the Trustee from the Depositor of written termination of such
power of attorney and (ii) the termination of the Trust. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Trustee shall prepare such Form to be signed by the Depositor and
the Depositor shall sign such Form, unless the Securities and Exchange
Commission has indicated that it will accept a Certification signed by the
Depositor where the related Form 10-K is signed by the Trustee on behalf of the
Depositor.
(b) Each Form 8-K shall be filed by the Trustee within 15 days after
each Distribution Date, including a copy of the statement to the
Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. Prior to
March 30th of each year (or such earlier date as may be required by the Exchange
Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission),
the Trustee shall file a Form 10-K, in substance as required by applicable law
or applicable Securities and Exchange Commission staff's interpretations. Such
Form 10-K shall include as exhibits each Servicer's annual statement of
compliance described under Section 3.22 and the accountant's report described
under Section 3.23, in each case to the extent they have been timely delivered
to the Trustee. If they are not so timely delivered, the Trustee shall file an
amended Form 10-K including such documents as exhibits reasonably promptly after
they are delivered to 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, willful misconduct or bad
faith. The Form 10-K shall also include a certification in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit L-1, in the case of Chase (the "Certification"), and Exhibit
L-2, in the case of Xxxxx Fargo (the "Xxxxx Fargo Certification"), which shall,
except as described below, be signed by the senior officer of the Depositor in
charge of securitization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if it is determined by
the Depositor that the Certification may be executed by multiple persons, the
Trustee shall sign the Certification in respect of items 1 through 3 thereof and
each of Chase and Xxxxx Fargo shall cause their respective senior officers in
charge of servicing to sign the Certification in respect of items 4 and 5
thereof and the Trustee may rely on the Certification and the Xxxxx Fargo
Certification signed by such Servicer to the same extent as provided in
subsection (c) below.
(c) In the event the Certification is to be signed by an officer of
the Depositor, the Trustee shall sign a certification (in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit M) for the benefit of the Depositor and its officers,
directors and Affiliates in respect of items 1 through 3 thereof of the
Certification (provided, however, that the Trustee shall not undertake an
analysis of the accountant's report attached as an exhibit to the Form 10-K),
and each Servicer shall sign a certification (in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit N) for the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee and their respective
officers, directors and Affiliates in respect of items 4 and 5 of the
Certification. Each such certification shall be delivered to the Depositor no
later than March 10th of each year (or if such day is not a Business Day, the
immediately preceding Business Day) and the Depositor shall deliver the
Certification to be filed to the Trustee no later than March 20th of each year
(or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day).
In the event that prior to the filing date of the Form 10-K in March of each
year, the Trustee or any Servicer has actual knowledge of information material
to the Certification, that party shall promptly notify the Depositor and each of
the other parties signing the certifications. In addition, (i) the Trustee shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor and its officers, directors and
Affiliates from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures,
reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs
and expenses arising out of or based upon any breach of the Trustee's
obligations under this Section 8.12(c) or the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct in connection therewith, and (ii) each Servicer, severally,
and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Trustee
and their respective officers, directors and Affiliates from and against any
losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal
fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or
based upon any breach of Servicers' obligations under this Section 8.12(c) or
such Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection
therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless the indemnified party, then (i) the Trustee agrees
in connection with a breach of the Trustee's obligations under this Section
8.12(c) or the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in
connection therewith that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
the Depositor as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the
Depositor in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of
the Depositor on the one hand and the Trustee on the other and (ii) each
Servicer agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the
Depositor and/or the Trustee as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities of the Depositor and/or the Trustee in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Depositor or the Trustee, as
the case may be, on the one hand and such Servicer on the other in connection
with a breach of the Servicers' obligations under this Section 8.12(c) or such
Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith.
(d) Upon any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the
Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Depositor a copy of any such executed
report, statement or information.
(e) Prior to January 30 of the first year in which the Trustee is
able to do so under applicable law, the Trustee shall file a Form 15 Suspension
Notification with respect to the Trust.
Section 8.13 Tax Classification of the Excess Reserve Fund Account
and the Cap Agreement.
For federal income tax purposes, the Trustee shall treat the Excess
Reserve Fund Account and the Cap Agreement as beneficially owned by the holders
of the Class X Certificates and shall treat such portion of the Trust Fund as a
grantor trust, within the meaning of subpart E, Part I of subchapter J of the
Code. The Trustee shall treat the rights that each Class of LIBOR Certificates
has to receive payments of Basis Risk CarryForward Amounts from the Excess
Reserve Fund Account as rights to receive payments under an interest rate cap
contract written by the Class X Certificateholder in favor of each such Class
and beneficially owned by each such Class through the grantor trust.
Accordingly, each Class of Certificates (excluding the Class X, Class P and
Class R Certificates) will be comprised of two components - an Upper Tier
Regular Interest and an interest in an interest rate cap contract, and the Class
X Certificates will be comprised of three components - an Upper Tier Regular
Interest, the Cap Agreement and an interest in the Excess Reserve Fund Account,
subject to obligation to pay Basis Risk CarryForward Amounts. The Trustee shall
allocate the issue price for a Class of Certificates among the respective
components for purposes of determining the issue price of the Upper Tier Regular
Interest component based on information received from the Depositor.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01 Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of the
Mortgage Loans.
Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities of the
Depositor, the Servicers and the Trustee created hereby with respect to the
Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the purchase, on or after the
Optional Termination Date, by either Servicer individually, or both Servicers
together, of all Mortgage Loans (and REO Properties) at the price equal to the
sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of each Mortgage Loan (other
than in respect of REO Property) plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the
applicable 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 such Servicer at the expense of such
Servicer, plus accrued and unpaid interest on each Mortgage Loan at the
applicable Mortgage Rate and (y) the unpaid principal balance of each Mortgage
Loan related to any REO Property, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon at the applicable 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 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.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no such
purchase shall be permitted, unless (i) after distribution of the proceeds
thereof to the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Class X, Class
P and Residual Certificates) pursuant to Section 9.02, the distribution of the
remaining proceeds to the Class X and Class P Certificates is sufficient to pay
the outstanding principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest on the NIM
Securities, to the extent the NIM Securities are then outstanding, or (ii) prior
to such purchase, the purchasing Servicer(s) shall deposit in the related
Collection Account(s) an amount to be remitted to the Trustee to be directly
deposited in the noteholder account for the NIM Securities that, together with
such remaining proceeds, is sufficient to pay the outstanding principal amount
of and accrued and unpaid interest on the NIM Securities, to the extent the NIM
Securities are then outstanding.
Section 9.02 Final Distribution on the Certificates.
If on any Remittance Date, the Servicers determine that there are no
Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the Trust Fund other
than the funds in the Collection Accounts, the Servicers shall direct the
Trustee promptly to send a Notice of Final Distribution to each
Certificateholder. If either Servicer individually elects to terminate the Trust
Fund pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.01, such Servicer shall notify the
other Servicer of such election at least 30 days prior to the date of the Notice
of Final Distribution and such other Servicer shall have 5 days to elect to
purchase the Mortgage Loans it services. If either Servicer or both Servicers so
elect to terminate, at least 20 days prior to the date the Notice of Final
Distribution is to be mailed to the affected Certificateholders, such Servicer
or Servicers shall notify the Depositor and the Trustee of the date such
Servicer or Servicers intend or intends to terminate the Trust Fund and of the
applicable repurchase price of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
A Notice of Final Distribution, 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 10th day and not later
than the 15th day of the month next preceding the month of such final
distribution. Any such Notice of Final Distribution 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 Servicer or Servicers, as the
case may be, will give such Notice of Final Distribution to each Rating Agency
at the time such Notice of Final Distribution is given to Certificateholders.
In the event such Notice of Final Distribution is given, each
Servicer shall cause all funds in its Collection Account to be remitted to the
Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account on the Business Day prior to the
applicable Distribution Date in an amount equal to the final distribution in
respect of the Certificates. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust
Fund and the receipt by the Trustee of a Request for Release therefor, the
Trustee shall promptly release to the Servicer or Servicers, as the case may be,
the Custodial Files for the Mortgage Loans.
Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee
shall cause to be distributed to the Certificateholders of each Class (after
reimbursement of all amounts due to the Servicers, the Depositor and the Trustee
hereunder), in each case on the final Distribution Date and in the order set
forth in Section 4.02, in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests,
with respect to Certificateholders of the same Class, up to an amount equal to
(i) as to each Class of Regular Certificates (except the Class X Certificate),
the Certificate Balance thereof plus for each such Class and the Class X
Certificate accrued interest thereon in the case of an interest-bearing
Certificate and all other amounts to which such Classes are entitled pursuant to
Section 4.02 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 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.
In the event the applicable Servicer or both Servicers exercise
their purchase option with respect to the Mortgage Loans as provided in Section
9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with the following
additional requirements, unless the Trustee has been supplied with an Opinion of
Counsel, at the expense of the applicable Servicer or the Servicers, as the case
may be, 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 either the Lower Tier REMIC or the Upper Tier REMIC as defined
in Section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause either the Lower Tier REMIC or the
Upper Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates
are outstanding:
(a) The Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the Trust Fund to
the Servicer or the applicable Servicers, as the case may be, and, within 90
days of such sale, shall distribute to the Certificateholders the proceeds of
such sale in complete liquidation of each of the Lower Tier REMIC and the Upper
Tier REMIC.
(b) The Trustee shall attach a statement to the final federal income
tax return for each of the Lower Tier REMIC and the Upper Tier REMIC stating
that pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860F-1, the first day of the
90-day liquidation period for each such REMIC was the date on which the Trustee
sold the assets of the Trust Fund to the applicable Servicer or the Servicers,
as the case may be.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01 .Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor,
the Servicers 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 or the Servicers, (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; and provided, further, 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. The Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicers also may
at any time and from time to time amend this Agreement, but 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 the Lower Tier REMIC and the Upper Tier REMIC under the Code,
(ii) avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on the Lower Tier
REMIC or the Upper Tier 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 be also amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Servicers and the Trustee without the consent of any of the
Certificateholders (a) to add as a party to this Agreement any Originator for
the purpose of setting forth in this Agreement its obligations under the
applicable Purchase Agreement with respect to representations and warranties and
remedies for breach thereof and (b) in connection therewith to modify certain of
the Depositor's representations and warranties under Section 2.03(b) so that
such representations and warranties no longer relate to such Originator's
Mortgage Loans. Any amendment described in this paragraph shall be deemed by the
parties hereto not to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
any Certificateholder.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Servicers and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of
Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 66 2/3%
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
clause (i), without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class
evidencing, as to such Class, Percentage Interests aggregating not less than
66 2/3%, 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 (other than any
amendment contemplated by the second preceding paragraph) unless (i) 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 either the Lower Tier REMIC or the Upper Tier
REMIC or the Certificateholders or cause any such REMIC to fail to qualify as a
REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding and (ii) the party
seeking such amendment shall have provided written notice to the Rating Agencies
(with a copy of such notice to the Trustee) of such amendment, stating the
provisions of the Agreement to be amended.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.01, with
respect to any amendment that significantly modifies the permitted activities of
the Trustee or the Servicers, any Certificate beneficially owned by the
Depositor shall be deemed not to be outstanding (and shall not be considered
when determining the percentage of Certificateholders consenting or when
calculating the total number of Certificates entitled to consent) for purposes
of determining if the requisite consents of Certificateholders under this
Section 10.01 have been obtained.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement
requiring the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance or a copy of such amendment to each
Certificateholder and each Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders
under this Section 10.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the
substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to
such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an
amendment (other than any amendment contemplated by the second paragraph of this
Section 10.01) 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 Servicers at the direction and expense of
the Depositor, but only upon receipt of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the
Certificateholders.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as
herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and
the same instrument.
Section 10.03 Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY
THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND
TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 10.04 Intention of Parties.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance (i) of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor and (ii) of the Trust
Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee each be, and be construed as, an
absolute sale thereof. It is, further, not the intention of the parties that
such conveyances be deemed a pledge thereof. However, in the event that,
notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are held to be the
property of the Depositor, as the case may be, or if for any other reason
this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in either such
assets, then (i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement
within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York
and (ii) the conveyances 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
transferred, 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
Certificateholders.
Section 10.05 Notices.
(a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide
notice to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which it
has actual knowledge:
(i) Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
(ii) The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been cured;
(iii) The resignation or termination of a Servicer or the Trustee
and the appointment of any successor;
(iv) The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Section 2.03; and
(v) The final payment to Certificateholders.
(b) In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each Rating
Agency copies of the following:
(i) Each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.03; and
(ii) Any notice of a purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section
2.02, 2.03 or 3.11.
All directions, demands, consents 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 or the Underwriter, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. or
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated. 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq.; (b) in the case of the Servicers,
to each of the following: (i) Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, 00000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxx Dunks, with a copy to:
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel, or
such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the other parties hereto by
Chase in writing; and (ii) Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., 0 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx, MAC X2401-042, with a copy
to: Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., 0 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000,
Attention: General Counsel, MAC X2401-06T, or such other address as may be
hereafter furnished to the other parties hereto by Xxxxx Fargo in writing; (c)
in the case of the Trustee to the Corporate Trust Office, Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Trust Administration MS03H2, or such other address as the Trustee may
hereafter furnish to the other parties hereto; and (d) in the case of each of
the Rating Agencies, the address specified therefor in the definition
corresponding to the name of such Rating Agency. Notices to Certificateholders
shall be deemed given when mailed, first class postage prepaid, to their
respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.
Section 10.06 Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms
of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
Section 10.07 Assignment; Sales; Advance Facilities.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as
provided in Section 6.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by either Servicer
without the prior written consent of the Trustee and the Depositor; provided,
however, either Servicer is hereby authorized to enter into an Advance Facility
under which (l) the Servicer sells, assigns or pledges to an Advancing Person
the Servicer's rights under this Agreement to be reimbursed for any P&I Advances
or Servicing Advances and/or (2) an Advancing Person agrees to fund some or all
P&I Advances or Servicing Advances required to be made by the Servicer pursuant
to this Agreement. No consent of the Trustee, Certificateholders or any other
party is required before the Servicer may enter into an Advance Facility.
Notwithstanding the existence of any Advance Facility under which an Advancing
Person agrees to fund P&I Advances and/or Servicing Advances on the Servicer's
behalf, the Servicer shall remain obligated pursuant to this Agreement to make
P&I Advances and Servicing Advances pursuant to and as required by this
Agreement, and shall not be relieved of such obligations by virtue of such
Advance Facility.
Reimbursement amounts shall consist solely of amounts in respect of
P&I applicable Advances and/or Servicing Advances made with respect to the
Mortgage Loans for which the Servicer would be permitted to reimburse itself in
accordance with this Agreement, assuming the Servicer had made the related P&I
Advance(s) and/or Servicing Advance(s).
The applicable Servicer shall maintain and provide to any successor
Servicer a detailed accounting on a loan-by-loan basis as to amounts advanced
by, pledged or assigned to, and reimbursed to any Advancing Person. The
successor Servicer shall be entitled to rely on any such information provided by
the predecessor Servicer, and the successor Servicer shall not be liable for any
errors in such information.
An Advancing Person who purchases or receives an assignment or
pledge of the rights to be reimbursed for P&I Advances and/or Servicing
Advances, and/or whose obligations hereunder are limited to the funding of P&I
Advances and/or Servicing Advances shall not be required to meet the criteria
for qualification of a Sub-Servicer set forth in this Agreement.
The documentation establishing any Advance Facility shall require
that reimbursement amounts distributed with respect to each Mortgage Loan be
allocated to outstanding xxxxxxxxxxxx X&X Advances or Servicing Advances (as the
case may be) made with respect to that Mortgage Loan on a "first-in, first out"
(FIFO) basis. Such documentation shall also require the Servicer to provide to
the related Advancing Person or its designee loan-by-loan information with
respect to each reimbursement amount distributed to such Advancing Person or
Advance Facility trustee on each Distribution Date, to enable the Advancing
Person or Advance Facility trustee to make the FIFO allocation of each
reimbursement amount with respect to each Mortgage Loan. The applicable Servicer
shall remain entitled to be reimbursed by the Advancing Person or Advance
Facility trustee for all P&I Advances and Servicing Advances funded by the
Servicer to the extent the related rights to be reimbursed therefor have not
been sold, assigned or pledged to an Advancing Person.
Any amendment to this Section 10.07 or to any other provision of
this Agreement that may be necessary or appropriate to effect the terms of an
Advance Facility as described generally in this Section 10.07, including
amendments to add provisions relating to a successor Servicer, may be entered
into by the Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicers without the consent of any
Certificateholder, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement
upon receipt by the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel that such amendment has no
material adverse effect on the Certificateholders or written confirmation from
the Rating Agencies that such amendment will not adversely affect the ratings on
the Certificates. Prior to entering into an Advance Facility, the applicable
Servicer shall notify the lender under such facility in writing that: (a) the
Advances financed by and/or pledged to the lender are obligations owed to the
Servicer on a non-recourse basis payable only from the cash flows and proceeds
received under this Agreement for reimbursement of Advances only to the extent
provided herein, and the Trustee and the Trust are not otherwise obligated or
liable to repay any Advances financed by the lender; (b) the applicable Servicer
will be responsible for remitting to the lender the applicable amounts collected
by it as reimbursement for Advances funded by the lender, subject to the
restrictions and priorities created in this Agreement; and (c) the Trustee shall
not have any responsibility to track or monitor the administration of the
financing arrangement between the Servicer and the lender.
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.
Each Servicer agrees that, on 5 Business Days prior notice, it will
permit any representative of the Depositor or the Trustee during such Person's
normal business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports and
other papers of such Person 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 each
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 of a Servicer incident
to the exercise by the Depositor or the Trustee of any right under this Section
10.09 shall be borne by such Servicer.
Section 10.10 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
It is the intention of the Depositor that Certificate holders shall
not be personally liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests
in the Trust Fund represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any
reason whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by
the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Servicers, and
the Responsible Parties have caused their names to be signed hereto by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above
written.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxx
Title: Vice President
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
solely as Trustee and not in its
individual capacity
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Associate
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Associate
CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
as a Servicer
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
XXXXX FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC.,
as a Servicer and a Responsible
Party
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Vice President
ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC.,
as a Responsible Party
By: /s/ Xxx X. XxXxxxx
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Name: Xxx X. XxXxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
SCHEDULE I
Mortgage Loan Schedule
(Available upon request to Cadwalader, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxx.)
SCHEDULE II
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2003-HE2
Representations and Warranties of
Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, as Servicer
Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation ("Chase") 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.
(1) The Servicer is a New Jersey corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of New Jersey
and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all business
contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be conducted by
Chase in any state in which a Mortgaged Property securing an Accredited
Mortgage Loan or an Aames Mortgage Loan 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 Accredited
Mortgage Loan or Aames Mortgage Loan and to service the Accredited
Mortgage Loans and the Aames Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms
of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(2) Chase has the full power and authority to service each
Accredited Mortgage Loan and Aames Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver
and perform, and to enter into and consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing Agreement and has duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of Chase the execution,
delivery and performance of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution
and delivery thereof by the Depositor and the Trustee, constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of Chase, enforceable against Chase in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent 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 the equitable
defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding
therefor may be brought;
(3) The execution and delivery of this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement by Chase, the servicing of the Accredited Mortgage Loans and the
Aames Mortgage Loans by Chase hereunder, the consummation by Chase of any
other of the transactions herein contemplated, and the fulfillment of or
compliance with the terms hereof are in the ordinary course of business of
Chase and will not (A) result in a breach of any term or provision of the
organizational documents of Chase or (B) conflict with, result in a
breach, violation or acceleration of, or result in a default under, the
terms of any other material agreement or instrument to which Chase is a
party or by which it may be bound, or any statute, order or regulation
applicable to Chase of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency
or governmental body having jurisdiction over Chase; and Chase is not a
party to, bound by, or in breach or violation of any indenture or other
agreement or instrument, or subject to or in violation of any statute,
order or regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency
or governmental body having jurisdiction over it, which materially and
adversely affects or, to Chase's knowledge, would in the future materially
and adversely affect, (x) the ability of Chase to perform its obligations
under this Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (y) the business,
operations, financial condition, properties or assets of Chase taken as a
whole;
(4) Chase is an approved seller/servicer for Xxxxxx Xxx, an approved
servicer for Xxxxxxx Mac in good standing and is a HUD approved
non-supervised mortgagee;
(5) No litigation is pending against Chase that would materially and
adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Pooling
and Servicing Agreement or the ability of Chase to service the Accredited
Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other obligations hereunder in
accordance with the terms hereof;
(6) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by Chase of, or compliance by Chase with, this Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or the consummation by Chase of the transactions
contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except for such
consents, approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have been
obtained prior to the Closing Date; and
(7) Chase has the facilities, procedures and experienced personnel
necessary for the sound servicing of mortgage loans of the same type as
the Accredited Mortgage Loans and the Aames Mortgage Loans.
SCHEDULE III
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2003-HE2
Representations and Warranties of Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., as Servicer
XXXXX FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC. ("Xxxxx Fargo") 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.
(1) Xxxxx Fargo is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of California and is duly
authorized and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by
this Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be conducted by Xxxxx Fargo in any
state in which a Mortgaged Property securing a Xxxxx Fargo Mortgage Loan
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 Xxxxx Fargo Mortgage Loan, and to service the
Xxxxx Fargo Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling
and Servicing Agreement;
(2) Xxxxx Fargo has the full power and authority to service each
Xxxxx Fargo Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to
enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Pooling
and Servicing Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary action on
the part of Xxxxx Fargo the execution, delivery and performance of this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and this Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the
Depositor and the Trustee, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of Xxxxx Fargo, enforceable against Xxxxx Fargo in accordance
with its terms, except to the extent 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 the equitable defenses and to the discretion of
the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought;
(3) The execution and delivery of this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement by Xxxxx Fargo, the servicing of the Xxxxx Fargo Mortgage Loans
by Xxxxx Fargo hereunder, the consummation by Xxxxx Fargo of any other of
the transactions herein contemplated, and the fulfillment of or compliance
with the terms hereof are in the ordinary course of business of Xxxxx
Fargo and will not (A) result in a breach of any term or provision of the
organizational documents of the Servicer or (B) conflict with, result in a
breach, violation or acceleration of, or result in a default under, the
terms of any other material agreement or instrument to which Xxxxx Fargo
is a party or by which it may be bound, or any statute, order or
regulation applicable to Xxxxx Fargo of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over Xxxxx
Fargo; and Xxxxx Fargo is not a party to, bound by, or in breach or
violation of any indenture or other agreement or instrument, or subject to
or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it, which materially and adversely affects or, to Xxxxx
Fargo's knowledge, would in the future materially and adversely affect,
(x) the ability of Xxxxx Fargo to perform its obligations under this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (y) the business, operations, financial
condition, properties or assets of Xxxxx Fargo taken as a whole;
(4) Xxxxx Fargo is an approved seller/servicer for Xxxxxx Xxx, an
approved servicer for Xxxxxxx Mac in good standing and is a HUD approved
non-supervised mortgagee;
(5) No litigation is pending against Xxxxx Fargo that would
materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability
of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the ability of Xxxxx Fargo to
service the Xxxxx Fargo Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other
obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof;
(6) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by Xxxxx Fargo of, or compliance by Xxxxx Fargo with, this
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the consummation by Xxxxx Fargo of the
transactions contemplated by this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except
for such consents, approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have
been obtained prior to the Closing Date; and
(7) Xxxxx Fargo covenants that it can service the Xxxxx Fargo
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
SCHEDULE IV
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2003-HE2
Representations and Warranties of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
ABS Capital I Inc. as to the Mortgage Loans
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. (the "Depositor") hereby makes
with respect the Mortgage Loans the following representations and warranties.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule IV shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the above-referenced Series,
among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc., as depositor, Chase Manhattan Mortgage
Corporation and Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., as servicers, and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as trustee.
(1) With respect to each Aames Mortgage Loan and each representation
and warranty made by Aames as of the date servicing with respect to such
Mortgage Loan was transferred from Aames to Chase (each an "Aames
Servicing Transfer Date"), to the Depositor's knowledge, no event has
occurred in the period from the Aames Servicing Transfer Date to the
Closing Date that would render such representations and warranties to be
untrue in any material respect.
(2) With respect to each Xxxxx Fargo Mortgage Loan and each
representation and warranty made by Xxxxx Fargo as of the Closing Date (as
defined in the Xxxxx Fargo Purchase Agreement) to the Depositor's
knowledge, no event has occurred in the period from such Closing Date to
August 26, 2003 that would render such representations and warranties to
be untrue in any material respect.
(3) With respect to each Aames Mortgage Loan, such Mortgage Loan is
not classified as (a) a "high cost" loan under the Home Ownership and
Equity Protection Act of 1994 or (b) a "high cost," "threshold,"
"covered," "predatory" or similar loan under any other applicable state,
federal or local law.
(4) With respect to each Aames Mortgage Loan, any and all
requirements of any federal, state or local law including, without
limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures,
consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws
applicable to the Mortgage Loans, including, without limitation, any
provisions relating to Prepayment Charges, have been complied with and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the
violation of any such laws or regulations.
SCHEDULE V
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2003-HE2
Representations and Warranties of Accredited
as to the Accredited Mortgage Loans
Accredited hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth
in this Schedule V, as to the Accredited Mortgage Loans only, to the Depositor
and the Trustee, as of August 26, 2003 (the "Securitization Closing Date")
(unless otherwise expressly indicated), for each Accredited Mortgage Loan.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule V shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto in the Accredited Purchase Agreement.
(1) Mortgage Loans as Described. The information set forth in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule as prepared by the Purchaser (the "Information") is
complete, true and correct as of the date on which Accredited transferred
servicing of the Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser or its designee (the
"Accredited Transfer Date") or, if earlier, August 1, 2003 (the
"Securitization Cut off Date"), and such Information was provided to the
Purchaser by Accredited;
(2) Payments Current. All payments required to be made up to the
Securitization Closing Date for the Mortgage Loan under the terms of the
Mortgage Note, other than payments not yet 30 days delinquent, have been
made and credited. No payment required under the Mortgage Loan is 30 days
or more delinquent nor has any payment under the Mortgage Loan been 30
days or more delinquent at any time since the origination of the Mortgage
Loan;
(3) No Outstanding Charges. As of the Cut-off Date, and to
Accredited's knowledge as of the Securitization Closing Date, there are no
defaults in complying with the terms of the Mortgage, and 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. Accredited 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 under the Mortgage Loan, except for
interest accruing from the date of the Mortgage Note or date of
disbursement of the Mortgage Loan proceeds, whichever is earlier, to the
day which precedes by one month the Due Date of the first installment of
principal and interest;
(4) Original Terms Unmodified. As of the Accredited Transfer Date,
the terms of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage have not been impaired,
waived, altered or modified in any respect, from the date of origination
except by a written instrument which has been recorded, if necessary to
protect the interests of the Purchaser, and which has been delivered to
the Custodian or to such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in
writing, and the terms of which are reflected in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule. The substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification has
been approved by the title insurer, if any, to the extent required by the
policy, and its terms are reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, if
applicable. As of the Accredited Transfer Date, no Mortgagor has been
released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an assumption
agreement, approved by the issuer of the title insurer, to the extent
required by the policy, and which assumption agreement is part of the
Mortgage Loan File delivered to the Custodian or to such other Person as
the Purchaser shall designate in writing and the terms of which are
reflected in the Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(5) No Defenses. The Mortgage Loan is not subject to any right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including without limitation
the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder,
render either the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or
in part and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense
has been asserted with respect thereto, and no Mortgagor was a debtor in
any state or Federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding at the time the
Mortgage Loan was funded;
(6) Hazard Insurance. As of the Accredited Transfer Date, pursuant
to the terms of the Mortgage, all buildings or other improvements upon the
Mortgaged Property are insured by a generally acceptable insurer against
loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are
customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located pursuant to
insurance policies conforming to the requirements of Xxxxxx Mae and
Xxxxxxx Mac, as well as all additional requirements set forth in Section
2.10 of the Interim Servicing Agreement. As of the Accredited Transfer
Date, if required by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended,
each Mortgage Loan is covered by a flood insurance policy meeting the
requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance
Administration is in effect which policy conforms to Xxxxxx Mae and
Xxxxxxx Mac, as well as all additional requirements set forth in Section
2.10 of the Interim Servicing Agreement. All individual insurance policies
contain a standard mortgagee clause naming Accredited and its successors
and assigns as mortgagee, and all premiums thereon have been paid. The
Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard
insurance policy at the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and on the
Mortgagor's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to
obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor's cost and expense,
and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by
state law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to
choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy
is not a "master" or "blanket" hazard insurance policy covering a
condominium, or any hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities
of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid
and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and
will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Purchaser
upon the consummation of the purchase of the Mortgage Loan as contemplated
by this Agreement. Accredited has not engaged in, and has no knowledge of
the Mortgagor's having engaged in, any act or omission which would impair
the coverage of any such policy, the benefits of the endorsement provided
for herein, or the validity and binding effect of either including,
without limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other
unlawful compensation or value of any kind has been or will be received,
retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other person or entity, and
no such unlawful items have been received, retained or realized by
Accredited;
(7) Compliance with Applicable Laws. Any and all requirements of any
federal, state or local law including, without limitation, usury,
truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit
protection, equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws applicable to the
Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, any provisions relating to
Prepayment Charges, have been complied with, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the violation of any
such laws or regulations, and Accredited shall maintain in its possession,
available for the Purchaser's inspection, and shall deliver to the
Purchaser upon demand, evidence of compliance with all such requirements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Accredited shall not be responsible for a
breach of a federal, state or local law, other than those governing the
origination of the Mortgage Loan, following the Accredited Transfer Date;
(8) No Satisfaction of Mortgage. As of the Accredited Transfer Date,
the Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded,
in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from
the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been
executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination
or rescission. Accredited has not waived the performance by the Mortgagor
of any action, if the Mortgagor's failure to perform such action would
cause the Mortgage Loan to be in default, nor has Accredited waived any
default resulting from any action or inaction by the Mortgagor;
(9) Location and Type of Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property
is a fee simple property located in the state identified in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule, except that with respect to real property located in
jurisdictions in which the use of leasehold estates for residential
properties is a widely-accepted practice, the Mortgaged Property may be a
leasehold estate, and consists of a single parcel of real property with a
detached single family residence erected thereon, or a two- to four-family
dwelling, or an individual residential condominium unit in a condominium
project, or an individual unit in a planned unit development and that no
residence or dwelling is a mobile home, provided, however, that any
condominium unit or planned unit development shall not fall within any of
the "Ineligible Projects" of part VIII, Section 102 of the Xxxxxx Mae
Selling Guide and shall conform with the Underwriting Guidelines. In the
case of any Mortgaged Properties that are manufactured homes (a
"Manufactured Home Mortgage Loans"), (i) such Manufactured Home Mortgage
Loan conforms with the applicable Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac requirements
regarding mortgage loans related to manufactured dwellings, (ii) the
related manufactured dwelling is permanently affixed to the land, (iii)
the related manufactured dwelling and the related land are subject to a
Mortgage properly filed in the appropriate public recording office and
naming Accredited as mortgagee, (iv) the applicable laws of the
jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located will deem
the manufactured dwelling located on such Mortgaged Property to be a part
of the real property on which such dwelling is located, and (v) such
Manufactured Home Mortgage Loan is (x) a qualified mortgage under Section
860G(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and (y)
secured by manufactured housing treated as a single family residence under
Section 25(e)(10) of the Code. As of the date of origination, no portion
of the Mortgaged Property was used for commercial purposes, and to
Accredited's knowledge since the Closing Date, no portion of the Mortgaged
Property has been used for commercial purposes; provided, that Mortgaged
Properties which contain a home office shall not be considered as being
used for commercial purposes as long as the Mortgaged Property has not
been altered for commercial purposes and is not storing any chemicals or
raw materials other than those commonly used for homeowner repair,
maintenance and/or household purposes;
(10) Valid First Lien. The Mortgage is a valid, subsisting,
enforceable and perfected, first lien on the Mortgaged Property, including
all buildings and improvements on the Mortgaged Property and all
installations and mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating and air
conditioning systems located in or annexed to such buildings, and all
additions, alterations and replacements made at any time with respect to
the foregoing. The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to:
(i) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments
not yet due and payable;
(ii) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way,
easements and other matters of the public record as of the date of
recording acceptable to prudent mortgage lending institutions
generally and specifically referred to in the lender's title
insurance policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan
and (a) specifically referred to or otherwise considered in the
appraisal made for the originator of the Mortgage Loan or (b) which
do not adversely affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged
Property set forth in such appraisal; and
(iii) other matters to which like properties are commonly
subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the
security intended to be provided by the Mortgage or the use,
enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property.
Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and
delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid,
subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien and first priority security
interest on the property described therein and Accredited has full right to sell
and assign the same to the Purchaser. As used in this Subsection 9.02,
"enforceable" shall be deemed to be subject to bankruptcy laws and general
principles of equity;
(11) Validity of Mortgage Documents. The Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage and any other agreement executed and delivered by a Mortgagor in
connection with a Mortgage Loan are genuine, and each is the legal, valid
and binding obligation of the maker thereof enforceable in accordance with
its terms, (including, without limitation, any provisions therein relating
to Prepayment Charges). All parties to the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and
any other such related agreement had legal capacity to enter into the
Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage
and any such agreement, and the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any other
such related agreement have been duly and properly executed by other such
related parties. As of the Closing Date, and to Accredited's knowledge, as
of the Securitization Closing Date, no fraud, error, omission,
misrepresentation, negligence or similar occurrence with respect to a
Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of any Person, including without
limitation, the Mortgagor, any appraiser, any builder or developer, or any
other party involved in the origination of the Mortgage Loan. Accredited
has reviewed all of the documents constituting the Servicing File and has
made such inquiries as it deems necessary to make and confirm the accuracy
of the representations set forth herein;
(12) Full Disbursement of Proceeds. Except to the extent the
Mortgage Loan is subject to completion escrows which have been disclosed
to and acknowledged by the Purchaser and which meet the requirements of
the Underwriting Guidelines, and as to which a completed Xxxxxx Xxx form
442 has been delivered to the Purchaser within sixty (60) days after the
Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan has been closed and the proceeds of the
Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and there is no requirement for
future advances thereunder, and any and all requirements as to completion
of any on-site or off-site improvement and as to disbursements of any
escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs, fees and
expenses incurred in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording
of the Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund
of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage;
(13) Ownership. As of the Closing Date, Accredited was the sole
owner of record and holder of the Mortgage Loan and the indebtedness
evidenced by each Mortgage Note and upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans to
the Purchaser, Accredited will retain the Mortgage Files or any part
thereof with respect thereto not delivered to the Custodian, the Purchaser
or the Purchaser's designee, in trust only for the purpose of servicing
and supervising the servicing of each Mortgage Loan. As of the Closing
Date, upon payment of the Purchase Price, the Mortgage Loan was not
assigned or pledged, and Accredited had good, indefeasible and marketable
title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan
to the Purchaser free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation
interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim 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 each Mortgage Loan
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and following the sale of each Mortgage
Loan, the Purchaser will own such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any
encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim
or security interest. As of the Closing Date, Accredited intended to
relinquish all rights to possess, control and monitor the Mortgage Loan.
After the Closing Date, Accredited will have no right to modify or alter
the terms of the sale of the Mortgage Loan and Accredited will have no
obligation or right to repurchase the Mortgage Loan or substitute another
Mortgage Loan, except as provided in this Agreement;
(14) Doing Business. As of the Closing Date, all parties which have
had any interest in the Mortgage Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee,
pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held and
disposed of such interest, were) (1) in compliance with any and all
applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the state wherein the
Mortgaged Property is located, and (2) either (i) organized under the laws
of such state, or (ii) qualified to do business in such state, or (iii) a
federal savings and loan association, a savings bank or a national bank
having a principal office in such state, or (3) not doing business in such
state;
(15) LTV. No Mortgage Loan had an LTV at origination greater than
100%.
(16) Title Insurance. The Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA
lender's title insurance policy, or with respect to any Mortgage Loan for
which the related Mortgaged Property is located in California a CLTA
lender's title insurance policy, or other generally acceptable form of
policy or insurance acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac and each such
title insurance policy is issued by a title insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx
Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where
the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring Accredited, its successors and
assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan (or to the extent a Mortgage Note
provides for negative amortization, the maximum amount of negative
amortization in accordance with the Mortgage), subject only to the
exceptions contained in clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (j) of this
Subsection 9.02, and in the case of adjustable rate Mortgage Loans,
against any loss by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the
lien resulting from the provisions of the Mortgage providing for
adjustment to the Mortgage Interest Rate and Monthly Payment. Where
required by state law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been given the
opportunity to choose the carrier of the required mortgage title
insurance. Additionally, such lender's title insurance policy
affirmatively insures ingress and egress, and against encroachments by or
upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. Accredited, its
successor and assigns, are the sole insureds of such lender's title
insurance policy, and such lender's title insurance policy is valid and
remains in full force and effect and will be in force and effect upon the
consummation of the purchase of the Mortgage Loan as contemplated by this
Agreement. No claims have been made under such lender's title insurance
policy, and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including Accredited,
has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of
such lender's title insurance policy, including without limitation, no
unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation or value
of any kind has been or will be received, retained or realized by any
attorney, firm or other person or entity, and no such unlawful items have
been received, retained or realized by Accredited;
(17) No Defaults. Other than payments due but not yet 30 days or
more delinquent, as of the Closing Date and to Accredited's knowledge as
of the Securitization Closing Date, there is no default, breach, violation
or event which would permit acceleration existing under the Mortgage or
the Mortgage Note and no event which, with the passage of time or with
notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a
default, breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration, and
neither Accredited nor any of its affiliates nor any of their respective
predecessors, have waived any default, breach, violation or event which
would permit acceleration;
(18) No Mechanics' Liens. Except as insured against by the related
title insurance, as of the Closing Date and to Accredited's knowledge as
of the Securitization Closing Date, there are no mechanics' or similar
liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no
rights are outstanding that under law could give rise to such liens)
affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior
to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(19) Location of Improvements; No Encroachments. All improvements
which were considered in determining the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged
Property lay wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines
of the Mortgaged Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties
encroach upon the Mortgaged Property. As of the Closing Date, and to
Accredited's knowledge as of the Securitization Closing Date, no
improvement located on or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in
violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation;
(20) Origination; Payment Terms. Either (a) the Mortgage Loan was
originated by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act,
a savings and loan association, a savings bank, a commercial bank, credit
union, insurance company or other similar institution which is supervised
and examined by a federal or state authority, or (b) the following
requirements have been met with respect to the Mortgage Loan: Accredited
meets the requirements set forth in clause (a) and (i) such Mortgage Loan
was underwritten in accordance with standards established by Accredited,
using application forms and related credit documents approved by
Accredited, (ii) Accredited approved each application and the related
credit documents before a commitment by the correspondent was issued, and
no such commitment was issued until Accredited agreed to fund such
Mortgage Loan, (iii) the closing documents for such Mortgage Loan were
prepared on forms approved by Accredited, and (iv) such Mortgage Loan was
actually funded by Accredited and was purchased by Accredited at closing
or soon thereafter. The documents, instruments and agreements submitted
for loan underwriting were not falsified and contain no untrue statement
of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the information and statements therein not
misleading. Principal payments on the Mortgage Loan are required to
commence no more than sixty days after funds were disbursed in connection
with the Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Interest Rate as well as the Lifetime
Rate Cap and the Periodic Cap, are as set forth on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule. Except with respect to a "balloon" Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage
Note is payable in equal monthly installments of principal and interest,
which installments of interest, with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans, are subject to change due to the adjustments to the Mortgage
Interest Rate on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date, with interest
calculated and payable in arrears, sufficient to amortize the Mortgage
Loan fully by the stated maturity date, over an original term of not more
than thirty years from commencement of amortization. Unless otherwise
specified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Mortgage Loan is payable on
the first day of each month. There are no Convertible Mortgage Loans which
contain a provision allowing the Mortgagor to convert the Mortgage Note
from an adjustable interest rate Mortgage Note to a fixed interest rate
Mortgage Note;
(21) Customary Provisions. The Mortgage contains customary and
enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the
holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property
of the benefits of the security provided thereby, including, (i) in the
case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and
(ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. Upon default by a Mortgagor on a
Mortgage Loan and foreclosure on, or trustee's sale of, the Mortgaged
Property pursuant to the proper procedures, the holder of the Mortgage
Loan will be able to deliver good and merchantable title to the Mortgaged
Property. There is no homestead or other exemption available to a
Mortgagor which would interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged
Property at a trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage,
subject to applicable federal and state laws and judicial precedent with
respect to bankruptcy and right of redemption or similar law;
(22) Conformance with Agency and Underwriting Guidelines. The
Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the Underwriting
Guidelines. The Mortgage Note and Mortgage are on forms acceptable to
Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Mae and Accredited has not made any representations
to a Mortgagor that are inconsistent with the mortgage instruments used;
(23) Occupancy of the Mortgaged Property. As of the Closing Date,
and to Accredited's knowledge as of the Securitization Closing Date, the
Mortgaged Property is capable of being lawfully occupied under applicable
law. As of the Closing Date, and to Accredited's knowledge as of the
Securitization Closing Date, 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;
(24) No Additional Collateral. As of the Accredited Transfer Date,
the Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by any collateral except
the lien of the corresponding Mortgage and the security interest of any
applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage referred to in clause
(j) above;
(25) Deeds of Trust. In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of
trust, a trustee, authorized and duly qualified under applicable law to
serve as such, has been properly designated and, as of the Accredited
Transfer Date, and to Accredited's knowledge as of the Securitization
Closing Date, so serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no fees or
expenses are or will become payable by the Purchaser to the trustee under
the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale after
default by the Mortgagor;
(26) Acceptable Investment. Accredited has no knowledge of any
circumstances or conditions with respect to the Mortgage, the Mortgaged
Property, the Mortgagor, the Mortgage File or the Mortgagor's credit
standing, other than the subprime nature of such credit standing, that can
reasonably be expected to cause private institutional investors who invest
in mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loan, to regard the Mortgage
Loan as an unacceptable investment, cause the Mortgage Loan to become
delinquent, or adversely affect the value or marketability of the Mortgage
Loan, or cause the Mortgage Loans to prepay during any period materially
faster or slower than the mortgage loans originated by Accredited
generally;
(27) Delivery of Mortgage Documents. The Mortgage Note, the
Mortgage, the Assignment of Mortgage and any other documents required to
be delivered under the Custodial Agreement for each Mortgage Loan have
been delivered to the Custodian. Accredited is in possession of a
complete, true and accurate Mortgage File in compliance with Exhibit A to
the Purchase Agreement, except for such documents the originals of which
have been delivered to the Custodian;
(28) Condominiums/Planned Unit Developments. If the Mortgaged
Property is a condominium unit or a planned unit development (other than a
de minimis planned unit development) such condominium or planned unit
development project such Mortgage Loan was originated in accordance with,
and the Mortgaged Property meets the guidelines set forth in Accredited's
Underwriting Guidelines;
(29) Transfer of Mortgage Loans. The Assignment of Mortgage with
respect to each Mortgage Loan is in recordable form and is acceptable for
recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged
Property is located. The transfer, assignment and conveyance of the
Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by Accredited are not subject to the bulk
transfer or similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction;
(30) Due-On-Sale. With respect to each Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage contains an enforceable provision (subject to applicable law) for
the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan in the event that the Mortgaged Property is sold or
transferred without the prior written consent of the mortgagee thereunder,
and to the best of Accredited's knowledge, such provision is enforceable;
(31) [Reserved];
(32) No Buydown Provisions; No Graduated Payments or Contingent
Interests. The Mortgage Loan does not contain provisions pursuant to which
Monthly Payments are paid or partially paid with funds deposited in any
separate account established by Accredited, the Mortgagor, or anyone on
behalf of the Mortgagor, or paid by any source other than the Mortgagor
nor does it contain any other similar provisions which may constitute a
"buydown" provision. The Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment mortgage
loan and the Mortgage Loan does not have a shared appreciation or other
contingent interest feature;
(33) Consolidation of Future Advances. Any future advances made to
the Mortgagor prior to the Cut-off Date have been consolidated with the
outstanding principal amount secured by the Mortgage, and the secured
principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest rate and single
repayment term. The lien of the Mortgage securing the consolidated
principal amount is expressly insured as having first lien priority by a
title insurance policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring the
mortgagee's consolidated interest or by other title evidence acceptable to
Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac. The consolidated principal amount does not
exceed the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(34) Mortgaged Property Undamaged; No Condemnation Proceedings. As
of the Closing Date, and to Accredited's knowledge as of the
Securitization Closing Date, there is no proceeding pending or threatened
for the total or partial condemnation of the Mortgaged Property. As of the
Closing Date, and to Accredited's knowledge as of the Securitization
Closing Date, the Mortgaged Property is undamaged by waste, fire,
earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty
so as to affect adversely the value of the Mortgaged Property as security
for the Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended and
each Mortgaged Property is in good repair. As of the Closing Date, there
have not been any condemnation proceedings with respect to the Mortgaged
Property and Accredited has no knowledge of any such proceedings in the
future;
(35) Collection Practices; Escrow Deposits; Interest Rate
Adjustments. The origination, servicing and collection practices used by
Accredited with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been in all respects in
compliance with Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable laws and
regulations, and have been in all respects legal and proper. With respect
to escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, all such payments are in the
possession of, or under the control of, Accredited through the Accredited
Transfer Date, and, as of such date, there exist no deficiencies in
connection therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment
thereof have not been made. As of the Accredited Transfer Date, all Escrow
Payments collected by Accredited have been collected in full compliance
with state and federal law and the provisions of the related Mortgage Note
and Mortgage. An escrow of funds is not prohibited by applicable law and,
as of the Accredited Transfer Date, all escrows that have been established
have been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every item that
remains unpaid and has been assessed but is not yet due and payable. As of
the Accredited Transfer Date, no escrow deposits or Escrow Payments or
other charges or payments due Accredited have been capitalized by
Accredited under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note. All Mortgage Interest
Rate adjustments have been made in strict compliance with state and
federal law and the terms of the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note on the
related Interest Rate Adjustment Date. If, pursuant to the terms of the
Mortgage Note, another index was selected for determining the Mortgage
Interest Rate, the same index was used with respect to each Mortgage Note
which required a new index to be selected, and such selection did not
conflict with the terms of the related Mortgage Note. Accredited executed
and delivered any and all notices required under applicable law and the
terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage
Interest Rate and the Monthly Payment adjustments. As of the Accredited
Transfer Date, any interest required to be paid pursuant to state, federal
and local law has been properly paid and credited;
(36) Conversion to Fixed Interest Rate. With respect to Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Loan is not a Convertible Mortgage Loan;
(37) Other Insurance Policies. As of the Accredited Transfer Date,
no action, inaction or event has occurred and no state of facts exists or
has existed that has resulted or will result in the exclusion from, denial
of, or defense to coverage under any applicable, special hazard insurance
policy, or bankruptcy bond, irrespective of the cause of such failure of
coverage. In connection with the placement of any such insurance, no
commission, fee, or other compensation has been or will be received by
Accredited or by any officer, director, or employee of Accredited or any
designee of Accredited or any corporation in which Accredited or any
officer, director, or employee had a financial interest at the time of
placement of such insurance;
(38) No Violation of Environmental Laws. As of the Closing Date, and
to Accredited's knowledge as of the Securitization Closing Date, there is
no pending action or proceeding directly involving the Mortgaged Property
in which compliance with any environmental law, rule or regulation is an
issue. As of the Closing Date, to Accredited's knowledge, based upon
customary and prudent residential mortgage industry underwriting
standards, and to Accredited's knowledge as of the Securitization Closing
Date, there is no violation of any environmental law, rule or regulation
with respect to the Mortgaged Property, and nothing further remains to be
done to satisfy in full all requirements of each such law, rule or
regulation constituting a prerequisite to use and enjoyment of said
property;
(39) Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act. The Mortgagor has not
notified Accredited, and Accredited has no knowledge of any relief
requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Soldiers' and Sailors'
Civil Relief Act of 1940 or any similar state statute;
(40) Appraisal. The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the
related Mortgaged Property signed prior to the approval of the Mortgage
Loan application by a Qualified Appraiser, duly appointed by Accredited,
who had no interest, direct or indirect in the Mortgaged Property or in
any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation was not
affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan, and the
appraisal and appraiser both satisfied the requirements of Xxxxxx Mae or
Xxxxxxx Mac and Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery,
and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was originated;
(41) Disclosure Materials. The Mortgagor has executed one or more
statements to the effect that the Mortgagor has received all disclosure
materials required by, and Accredited has complied with, all applicable
law with respect to the making of the Mortgage Loans. Accredited shall
maintain such statement(s) in the Mortgage File;
(42) Construction or Rehabilitation of Mortgaged Property. No
Mortgage Loan was made in connection with the construction (other than a
"construct-to-perm" loan) or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or
facilitating the trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property;
(43) Value of Mortgaged Property. Accredited has no knowledge of any
circumstances existing that could reasonably be expected to adversely
affect the value or the marketability of any Mortgaged Property or
Mortgage Loan or to cause the Mortgage Loans to prepay during any period
materially faster or slower than similar mortgage loans held by Accredited
generally secured by properties in the same geographic area as the related
Mortgaged Property;
(44) No Defense to Insurance Coverage. As of the Accredited Transfer
Date, no action has been taken or failed to be taken, no event has
occurred and no state of facts exists or has existed on or prior to the
Closing Date (whether or not known to Accredited on or prior to such date)
which has resulted or will result in an exclusion from, denial of, or
defense to coverage under any primary mortgage insurance (including,
without limitation, any exclusions, denials or defenses which would limit
or reduce the availability of the timely payment of the full amount of the
loss otherwise due thereunder to the insured) whether arising out of
actions, representations, errors, omissions, negligence, or fraud of
Accredited, the related Mortgagor or any party involved in the application
for such coverage, including the appraisal, plans and specifications and
other exhibits or documents submitted therewith to the insurer under such
insurance policy, or for any other reason under such coverage, but not
including the failure of such insurer to pay by reason of such insurer's
breach of such insurance policy or such insurer's financial inability to
pay;
(45) Escrow Analysis. With respect to each Mortgage, Accredited has
within the last twelve months (unless such Mortgage was originated within
such twelve month period) analyzed the required Escrow Payments for each
Mortgage and adjusted the amount of such payments so that, assuming all
required payments are timely made, any deficiency will be eliminated on or
before the first anniversary of such analysis, or any overage will be
refunded to the Mortgagor, in accordance with RESPA and any other
applicable law;
(46) Prior Servicing. As of the Accredited Transfer Date, each
Mortgage Loan had been serviced by Accredited in all material respects in
strict compliance with Accepted Servicing Practices;
(47) Credit Information. As to each consumer report (as defined in
the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Public Law 91-508) or other credit
information furnished by Accredited to the Purchaser, that Accredited has
full right and authority and is not precluded by law or contract from
furnishing such information to the Purchaser and the Purchaser is not
precluded from furnishing the same to any subsequent or prospective
purchaser of such Mortgage. Accredited shall hold the Purchaser harmless
from any and all damages, losses, costs and expenses (including attorney's
fees) arising from disclosure of credit information in connection with the
Purchaser's secondary marketing operations and the purchase and sale of
mortgages or Servicing Rights thereto;
(48) Leaseholds. As of the Closing Date and to Accredited's
knowledge as of the Accredited Transfer Date, if the Mortgage Loan is
secured by a long-term residential lease, (1) the lessor under the lease
holds a fee simple interest in the land; (2) the terms of such lease
expressly permit the mortgaging of the leasehold estate, the collateral
assignment of the lease without the lessor's consent (or such consent has
been obtained) and the acquisition by the holder of the Mortgage of the
rights of the lessee upon foreclosure or assignment in lieu of foreclosure
or provide the holder of the Mortgage with substantially similar
protections; (3) the terms of such lease do not (a) allow the termination
thereof upon the lessee's default without the holder of the Mortgage being
entitled to receive written notice of, and opportunity to cure, such
default, (b) allow the termination of the lease in the event of damage or
destruction as long as the Mortgage is in existence, (c) prohibit the
holder of the Mortgage from being insured (or receiving proceeds of
insurance) under the hazard insurance policy or policies relating to the
Mortgaged Property or (d) permit any increase in rent other than
pre-established increases set forth in the lease; (4) the original term of
such lease is not less than 15 years; (5) the term of such lease does not
terminate earlier than five years after the maturity date of the Mortgage
Note; and (6) the Mortgaged Property is located in a jurisdiction in which
the use of leasehold estates in transferring ownership in residential
properties is a widely accepted practice;
(49) Prepayment Penalty. (i) Each Mortgage Loan is subject to a
prepayment penalty as provided in the related Mortgage Note, except as set
forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, and (ii) no such prepayment penalty
may be imposed for a term in excess of five (5) years from the date of
origination;
(50) Predatory Lending Regulations. No Mortgage Loan is a High Cost
Loan;
(51) Single-Premium Credit Life Insurance Policy. In connection with
the origination of any Mortgage Loan, no proceeds from any Mortgage Loan
were used to finance a single-premium credit life insurance policy;
(52) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Accredited has
complied with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations,
including without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (collectively,
the "Anti-Money Laundering Laws");
(53) Qualified Mortgage. The Mortgage Loan is a "qualified mortgage"
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code;
(54) Tax Service Contract. Each Mortgage Loan is covered by a paid
in full, life of loan, tax service contract issued by First American Real
Estate Tax Service, and such contract is transferable; and
(55) Georgia Fair Lending Act. If originated on or after October 1,
2002, the Mortgage Loan is not secured by Mortgaged Property located in
the State of Georgia.
(56) Mortgaged Premises Located in New York State. There is no
Mortgage Loan that (a) is secured by property located in the State of New
York; (b) had an original principal balance of $300,000 or less, and (c)
has an application date on or after April 1, 2003, the terms of which loan
equal or exceed either the APR of the points and fees threshold for
"high-cost home loans," as defined in Section 6-L of the New York State
Banking Law.
SCHEDULE VI
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2003-HE2
Representations and Warranties of Xxxxx Fargo
as to the Xxxxx Fargo Mortgage Loans
Xxxxx Fargo hereby makes the representations and warranties set
forth in this Schedule VI, as to the Xxxxx Fargo Mortgage Loans only, to the
Depositor and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date (as defined in the Xxxxx Fargo
Purchase Agreement), for each Xxxxx Fargo Mortgage Loan. Capitalized terms used
but not otherwise defined in this Schedule VI shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Xxxxx Fargo Purchase Agreement.
(a) Mortgage Loans as Described.
The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
attached hereto as Exhibit A and the information contained in
the Data File delivered to the Purchaser is true and correct;
(b) Payments Current.
All payments required to be made up to the Cut-off Date for
the Mortgage Loan under the terms of the Mortgage Note have
been made and credited. No payment under any Mortgage Loan has
been 30 days delinquent more than one time within twelve
months prior to the Closing Date;
(c) No Outstanding Charges.
There are no defaults in complying with the terms of the
Mortgages, and all taxes, governmental assessments, insurance
premiums, leasehold payments, water, sewer and municipal
charges, 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. The
Company has not advanced funds, or induced, or solicited
directly or indirectly, the payment of any amount required
under the Mortgage Loan, except for interest accruing from the
date of the Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of the
Mortgage Loan proceeds, whichever is later, to the day which
precedes by one month the Due Date of the first installment of
principal and interest;
(d) Original Terms Unmodified.
The terms of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage have not been
impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except
by a written instrument which has been recorded, if necessary,
to protect the interests of the Purchaser and maintain the
lien priority of the Mortgage and which has been delivered to
the Custodian. The substance of any such waiver, alteration or
modification has been approved by the issuer of any related
PMI policy and the title insurer, to the extent required by
the policy, and its terms are reflected on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule. No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part,
except in connection with an assumption agreement approved by
the issuer of any related PMI policy and the title insurer, to
the extent required by the policy, and which assumption
agreement is part of the Mortgage Loan File delivered to the
Custodian and the terms of which are reflected in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule;
(e) No Defenses.
The Mortgage Loan is not subject to any right of rescission,
set-off, counterclaim or defense, including without limitation
the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the
terms of the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage, or the exercise of
any right thereunder, render either the Mortgage Note or the
Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any
right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense,
including without limitation the defense of usury, and no such
right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been
asserted with respect thereto;
(f) No Satisfaction of Mortgage.
The Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled, subordinated or
rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has
not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or
in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would
effect any such satisfaction, release, cancellation,
subordination or rescission;
(g) Validity of Mortgage Documents.
The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and related documents are
genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation
of the maker thereof enforceable in accordance with its terms.
All parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and any
other related document had legal capacity to enter into the
Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note,
the Mortgage and any other related document, and the Mortgage
Note, the Mortgage and any other related document have been
duly and properly executed by such parties;
(h) No Fraud.
All the documents executed in connection with the Mortgage
Loan including, but not limited to, the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage are free of fraud and any misrepresentation, are
signed by the persons they purport to be signed by, and
witnessed or, as appropriate, notarized by the persons whose
signatures appear as witnesses or notaries, and each such
document constitutes the valid and binding legal obligation of
the signatories and is enforceable in accordance with its
terms. No error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence,
fraud, or similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan
has taken place on the part of the Company, or the Mortgagor,
or to the best of the Company's knowledge, any appraiser, any
builder, or any developer, or any other party involved in the
origination of the Mortgage Loan or in the application of any
insurance in relation to such Mortgage Loan;
(i) Compliance with Applicable Laws.
Any and all requirements of any federal, state or local law
including, without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real
estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection,
equal credit opportunity, disclosure or predatory and abusive
lending laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan have been
complied with. 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;
(j) Location and Type of Mortgaged Property.
The Mortgaged Property is located in the state identified in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule and consists of a contiguous parcel
of real property with a detached single family residence
erected thereon, or a two- to four-family dwelling, or an
individual condominium unit in a condominium project, or a
manufactured dwelling, or an individual unit in a planned unit
development or a townhouse, provided, however, that any
condominium project or planned unit development shall conform
with the applicable Xxxxxx Xxx requirements regarding such
dwellings, and no residence or dwelling is a mobile home,
cooperative, log home or other unique property type. As of the
respective appraisal date for each Mortgaged Property, no
portion of the Mortgaged Property was being used for
commercial purposes, except as allowed under the Underwriting
Guidelines. If the Mortgaged Property is a manufactured
dwelling, condominium unit or a planned unit development
(other than a de minimis planned unit development) such
manufactured dwelling, condominium or planned unit development
meets the requirements under the Underwriting Guidelines;
(k) Valid First Lien.
The Mortgage is a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien
on the Mortgaged Property, including all buildings on the
Mortgaged Property and all installations and mechanical,
electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems
located in or annexed to such buildings, and all additions,
alterations and replacements made at any time with respect to
the foregoing. The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to:
(i) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments
not yet due and payable;
(ii) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way,
easements and other matters of the public record as of the date of
recording acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally and
specifically referred to in the lender's title insurance policy
delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and (i) referred to
or otherwise considered in the appraisal made for the originator of
the Mortgage Loan and (ii) which do not adversely affect the
Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property set forth in such
appraisal; and
(iii) other matters to which like properties are commonly
subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the
security intended to be provided by the mortgage or the use,
enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property.
Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document
related to and delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan
establishes and creates a valid, subsisting and enforceable first
lien and first priority security interest on the property described
therein and the Company has full right to sell and assign the same
to the Purchaser;
(l) Full Disbursement of Proceeds.
The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed,
except for escrows established or created due to seasonal
weather conditions, as allowed under the Underwriting
Guidelines, and there is no requirement for future advances
thereunder. All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or
closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording of the Mortgage
were paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of
any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage;
(m) Consolidation of Future Advances.
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
lien of the Mortgage securing the consolidated principal
amount is expressly insured as having first lien priority by a
title insurance policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring
the mortgagee's consolidated interest or by other title
evidence acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac; the
consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan; the Company shall not
make future advances after the Cut-Off Date;
(n) Ownership.
The Company is the sole owner of record and holder of the
Mortgage Loan and the related Mortgage Note and the Mortgage
are not assigned or pledged, and the Company has good and
marketable title thereto and has full right and authority to
transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser. The
Company is transferring the Mortgage Loan free and clear of
any and all encumbrances, liens, pledges, equities,
participation interests, claims, charges or security interests
of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan;
(o) Origination/Doing Business.
The Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan
association, a savings bank, a commercial bank, a credit
union, an insurance company, or similar institution which is
supervised and examined by a federal or state authority or by
a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National
Housing Act. All parties which have had any interest in the
Mortgage Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or
otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held and
disposed of such interest, were) (1) in compliance with any
and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the
state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, and (2)
organized under the laws of such state, or (3) qualified to do
business in such state, or (4) federal savings and loan
associations or national banks having principal offices in
such state, or (5) not doing business in such state;
(p) LTV, PMI Policy.
No Mortgage Loan has a LTV greater than 95%. If the original
LTV of the Mortgage Loan is 80% or greater, the excess over
78% is and will be insured as to payment defaults by a PMI
Policy until terminated pursuant to the Homeowners Protection
Act of 1998, 12 USC ss.4901, et seq. All provisions of such
PMI Policy have been and are being complied with, such policy
is in full force and effect, and all premiums due thereunder
have been paid. The Qualified Insurer has a claims paying
ability acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. Any Mortgage
Loan subject to a PMI Policy obligates the Mortgagor
thereunder to maintain the PMI Policy and to pay all premiums
and charges in connection therewith. The Mortgage Interest
Rate for the Mortgage Loan as set forth on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule is net of any such insurance premium;
(q) Title Insurance.
The Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender's title
insurance policy (or in the case of any Mortgage Loan secured
by a Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction where such
policies are generally not available, an opinion of counsel of
the type customarily rendered in such jurisdiction in lieu of
title insurance) or other generally acceptable form of policy
of insurance acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, issued
by a title insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac and
qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the
Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the Company, its
successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the
Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Mortgage
Loan, subject only to the exceptions contained in clauses (1),
(2) and (3) of Paragraph (k) of this Section 3.02, and in the
case of Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, against any loss by
reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien
resulting from the provisions of the Mortgage providing for
adjustment to the Mortgage Interest Rate and Monthly Payment.
The Company is the sole insured of such lender's title
insurance policy, and such lender's title insurance policy is
in full force and effect and will be in force and effect upon
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. No claims have been made under such lender's title
insurance policy, and no prior holder of the Mortgage,
including the Company, has done, by act or omission, anything
which would impair the coverage of such lender's title
insurance policy;
(r) No Defaults.
There is no default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note
or related documents and no event which, with the passage of
time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure
period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event
of acceleration, and neither the Company nor its predecessors
have waived any default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration;
(s) No Mechanics' Liens.
There are no mechanics' or similar liens or claims which have
been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are
outstanding that under the law could give rise to such liens)
affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be
liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the
related Mortgage which are not insured against by the title
insurance policy referenced in Paragraph (q) above;
(t) Location of Improvements; No Encroachments.
Except as insured against by the title insurance policy
referenced in Paragraph (q) above, all improvements which were
considered in determining the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged
Property lay wholly within the boundaries and building
restriction lines of the Mortgaged Property and no
improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the
Mortgaged Property. No improvement located on or being part of
the Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable
zoning law or regulation;
(u) Payment Terms.
Principal payments on the Mortgage Loan commenced no more than
sixty (60) days after the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan were
disbursed. The Mortgage Loans have an original term to
maturity of not more than 30 years, with interest payable in
arrears on the first day of each month. As to each Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan on each applicable Adjustment Date, the
Mortgage Interest Rate will be adjusted to equal the sum of
the Index plus the applicable Gross Margin, rounded up or down
to the nearest multiple of 0.125% indicated by the Mortgage
Note; provided that the Mortgage Interest Rate will not
increase by more than the Periodic Interest Rate Cap or
decrease by less than the Periodic Interest Rate Floor on any
Adjustment Date, and will in no event exceed the Maximum
Mortgage Interest Rate or be lower than the Minimum Mortgage
Interest Rate listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for such
Mortgage Loan. Each Mortgage Note related to an Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan requires a monthly payment which is
sufficient, during the period prior to the first adjustment to
the Mortgage Interest Rate, to fully amortize the outstanding
principal balance as of the first day of such period over the
then remaining term of such Mortgage Note and to pay interest
at the related Mortgage Interest Rate. As to each Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan, if the related Mortgage Interest Rate
changes on an Adjustment Date, the then outstanding principal
balance will be reamortized over the remaining life of such
Mortgage Loan. No Mortgage Loan contains terms or provisions
which would result in negative amortization;
(v) Customary Provisions.
The Mortgage and related Mortgage Note contain customary and
enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and
remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization
against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security
provided thereby, including, (i) in the case of a Mortgage
designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (ii)
otherwise by judicial foreclosure and upon the exercise of
such rights and remedies under the law, the holder of the
Mortgage and Mortgage Note will be able to deliver good and
merchantable title to the Mortgaged Property. There is no
homestead or other exemption available to a Mortgagor which
would interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property
at a trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage;
(w) Occupancy of the Mortgaged Property.
As of the date of origination, the Mortgaged Property was
lawfully occupied under applicable law;
(x) No Additional Collateral.
The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by any
collateral, pledged account or other security except the lien
of the corresponding Mortgage and the security interest of any
applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage referred to
in Section 3.02(k) above;
(y) Deeds of Trust.
In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust, a
trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such,
has been properly designated and currently so serves and is
named in the Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will
become payable by the Mortgagee to the trustee under the deed
of trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale after
default by the Mortgagor;
(z) Acceptable Investment.
The Company has no knowledge of any circumstances or
conditions with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged
Property, the Mortgagor or the Mortgagor's credit standing
that can reasonably be expected to cause private institutional
investors to regard the Mortgage Loan as an unacceptable
investment, cause the Mortgage Loan to become delinquent, or
adversely affect the value or marketability of the Mortgage
Loan;
(aa) Transfer of Mortgage Loans.
The Assignment of Mortgage, upon the insertion of the name of
the assignee and recording information, is in recordable form
and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located;
(bb) Mortgaged Property Undamaged.
The Mortgaged Property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake
or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty
so as to affect adversely the value of the Mortgaged Property
as security for the Mortgage Loan or the use for which the
premises were intended;
(cc) Collection Practices; Escrow Deposits.
The origination, servicing and collection practices used with
respect to the Mortgage Loan have been in accordance with
Accepted Servicing Practices, and have been in all material
respects legal and proper. With respect to escrow deposits and
Escrow Payments, all such payments are in the possession of
the Company and there exist no deficiencies in connection
therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment
thereof have not been made. All Escrow Payments have been
collected in full compliance with state and federal law. No
escrow deposits or Escrow Payments or other charges or
payments due the Company have been capitalized under the
Mortgage Note;
(dd) No Condemnation.
There is no proceeding pending or to the best of the Company's
knowledge threatened for the total or partial condemnation of
the related Mortgaged Property;
(ee) The Appraisal.
The Mortgage Loan File contains an appraisal of the related
Mortgaged Property by an appraiser licensed in the state where
the Mortgaged Property is located, and 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,
and the appraisal and the appraiser both satisfy the
applicable requirements of Title XI of the Financial
Institution Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 and
the regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on
the date the Mortgage Loan was originated;
(ff) Insurance.
The Mortgaged Property securing each Mortgage Loan is insured
by an insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac against
loss by fire and such hazards as are covered under a standard
extended coverage endorsement and such other hazards as are
customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located
pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements
of Section 4.10, in an amount which is not less than the
lesser of 100% of the insurable value of the Mortgaged
Property and the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan, but in no event less than the minimum amount necessary
to fully compensate for any damage or loss on a replacement
cost basis. If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit,
it is included under the coverage afforded by a blanket policy
for the project. If the improvements on the Mortgaged Property
are in an area identified in the Federal Register by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood
hazards, a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of
the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration
is in effect with a generally acceptable insurance carrier, in
an amount representing coverage not less than the least of (A)
the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (B)
the full insurable value and (C) the maximum amount of
insurance which was available under the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, as amended. All individual insurance
policies contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the
Company and its successors and assigns as mortgagee, and all
premiums thereon have been paid. The Mortgage obligates the
Mortgagor thereunder to maintain a hazard insurance policy at
the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor's
failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to
obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor's cost
and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the
Mortgagor. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and
binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and
effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the
benefit of the Purchaser upon the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company has
not acted or failed to act so as to impair the coverage of any
such insurance policy or the validity, binding effect and
enforceability thereof;
(gg) Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act.
The Mortgagor has not notified the Company, and the Company
has no knowledge of any relief requested or allowed to the
Mortgagor under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of
1940, as amended;
(hh) Balloon Payments, Graduated Payments or Contingent Interests.
The Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment mortgage loan and
the Mortgage Loan does not have a shared appreciation or other
contingent interest feature. If a Mortgage Loan is a Balloon
Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Note is payable in monthly
payments based on a fifteen or thirty year amortization
schedule and a final monthly payment substantially greater
than the preceding monthly payment which is sufficient to
amortize the remaining principal of the Mortgage Loan;
(ii) No Construction Loans.
No Mortgage Loan was made in connection with (i) the
construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgage Property or (ii)
facilitating the trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property
other than a construction-to-permanent loan which has
converted to a permanent Mortgage Loan;
(jj) Underwriting.
Each Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the
Underwriting Guidelines of the Company attached as Exhibit E;
and the Mortgage Note and Mortgage are on forms acceptable to
Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Mae;
(kk) No Bankruptcy.
No Mortgagor was a debtor in any state or federal bankruptcy
or insolvency proceeding at the time the Mortgage Loan was
originated and as of the Closing Date, the Company has not
received notice that any Mortgagor is a debtor under any state
or federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;
(ll) Interest Rate Adjustments.
With respect to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, all such
adjustments have been made in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Note and all applicable laws;
(mm) The Mortgagor.
The Mortgagor is one or more natural persons and/or trustees
for an Illinois land trust or a trustee under a "living trust"
and such "living trust" is in compliance with the Underwriting
Guidelines;
(nn) Single Premium Credit Life Insurance.
None of the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan were used to finance
single-premium credit life insurance policies;
(oo) Delivery of Mortgage Files.
The Mortgage, Loan Documents and any other documents required
to be delivered by the Company hereunder have been delivered
to the Custodian (except for those submitted for recordation).
The Company is in possession of a complete Mortgage File in
compliance with Exhibit B, except for such documents the
originals of which have been delivered to the Custodian or
submitted for recordation;
(pp) No Buydowns.
No Mortgage Loan contains provisions pursuant to which Monthly
payments are (a) paid or partially paid with funds deposited
in any separate account established by the Company, the
Mortgagor or anyone on behalf of the Mortgagor, (b) paid by
any source other than the Mortgagor or (c) contains any other
similar provisions which may constitute a "buydown" provision;
(qq) Interest Calculation.
Interest on each Mortgage Loan is calculated on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months;
(rr) Violation of Environmental Laws.
There is no pending action or proceeding directly involving
any Mortgaged Property of which the Company is aware in which
compliance with any environmental law, rule or regulation is
an issue; and to the best of the Company's knowledge, nothing
further remains to be done to satisfy in full all requirements
of each such law, rule or regulation constituting a
prerequisite to use and enjoyment of said property;
(ss) Servicing.
From and after the date of origination, each Mortgage Loan has
been serviced in accordance with the terms of all federal,
state and local laws and regulations, the terms of the
Mortgage Note and Accepted Servicing Practices in all
respects;
(tt) HOEPA.
No Mortgage Loans is classified as "high cost" mortgage loans
under Section 32 of the Home Ownership and Equity Protection
Act of 1994, as amended and no Mortgage Loan is considered a
"high cost" or "threshold" mortgage loan under any applicable
federal, state or local laws;
(uu) Due on Sale.
With respect to each Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage
contains an enforceable provision, to the extent allowed under
applicable law, for the acceleration of the payment of the
unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in the event
that the Mortgaged Property is sold or transferred without the
prior written consent of the mortgagee;
(vv) Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The Company, in its capacity as servicer for each Mortgage
Loan, has fully furnished, in accordance with the Fair Credit
Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and
complete information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its
borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union
Credit Information Company (three of the credit repositories),
on a monthly basis;
(ww) Georgia Fair Lending Act.
There shall be no Mortgage Loan secured by mortgaged property
located in the State of Georgia that was originated during the
period beginning on and including October 1, 2002 and ending
on and including March 7, 2003;
(xx) Prepayment Penalty.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan that has a prepayment
penalty feature, each such prepayment penalty shall be
enforceable and will be enforced by the Seller for the benefit
of the Purchaser, and each prepayment penalty shall be
permitted pursuant to federal, state and local law. Each such
prepayment penalty is in an amount equal to the maximum amount
permitted under applicable law and no such prepayment penalty
may be imposed for a term in excess of five (5) years with
respect to Mortgage Loans originated prior to October 1, 2002.
With respect to Mortgage Loans originated on or after October
1, 2002, no such prepayment penalty may be imposed for a term
in excess of five (5) years; and
(yy) Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
The Company has complied with all applicable anti-money
laundering laws and regulations (the "Anti-Money Laundering
Laws"), and has established an antimony laundering compliance
program as required by the Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
EXHIBIT A
[[To be added to the Class A-1 Certificate while it remains a Private
Certificate.] IF THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PHYSICAL CERTIFICATE, NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFEROR LETTER (THE "TRANSFEROR LETTER")
IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT H TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN AND EITHER (I) THE
TRUSTEE RECEIVES A RULE 144A LETTER (THE "144A LETTER") IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT I
TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN OR (II) THE TRUSTEE RECEIVES AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, DELIVERED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TRANSFEROR, THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE
MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
IF THIS CERTIFICATE IS A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE, THE PROPOSED TRANSFEROR WILL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE MADE EACH OF THE CERTIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THE TRANSFEROR
LETTER AND THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE EACH OF THE
CERTIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THE RULE 144A LETTER, in each case as if such
Certificate were evidenced by a Physical Certificate.]
In the event that a transfer of a Private Certificate which is a Book-Entry
Certificate 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 will be deemed to
have made as of the transfer date each of the certifications set forth in the
Transferor Certificate in respect of such Certificate and the transferee will be
deemed to have made as of the transfer date each of the certifications set forth
in the Rule 144A Letter in respect of such Certificate, in each case as if such
Certificate were evidenced by a Physical 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 REPRESENTS AN
INTEREST IN 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"), AND CERTAIN OTHER
ASSETS.
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date : August 1, 2003
First Distribution Date : September 25, 2003
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate
Balances of all
Certificates of this Class : $
CUSIP :
XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2
[Class A-][Class M-][Class B-]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable
to the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
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 Servicers 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 CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate of the denominations of all
Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly
distributions pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the
Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement") among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital
I Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, as
a servicer ("Chase"), Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., as a servicer ("Xxxxx
Fargo" and, together with Chase, the "Servicers") and Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, 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:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By ____________________________________
Countersigned:
By
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Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2 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 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 Business Date immediately preceding such Distribution
Date, provided, however, that for any Definitive Certificates, the Record Date
shall be 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 offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes, 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 Servicers 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 offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes, 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. As of the Closing Date, the Trustee
designates the offices of its agent located c/o DTC Transfer Agent Services, 00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Entrance, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 for purposes for
surrender, transfer and exchange.
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 Servicers 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 aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, either Servicer individually, or both Servicers together
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. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of 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
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(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:
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Dated:
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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.
EXHIBIT B
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFEROR LETTER IN THE FORM OF
EXHIBIT H TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN AND EITHER (I) THE TRUSTEE
RECEIVES A RULE 144A LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT I TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED
TO HEREIN OR (II) THE TRUSTEE RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, DELIVERED AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE TRANSFEROR, THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE TITLE I EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION
4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW
("SIMILAR LAW") MATERIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE
CODE, OR A PERSON INVESTING ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I
OF ERISA, SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR SIMILAR LAW WITHOUT THE REPRESENTATION
LETTER AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. : 1
Cut-off Date : August 1, 2003
First Distribution Date : September 25, 2002
Percentage Interest of
this Certificate
("Denomination") : 100%
CUSIP :
XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2
Class P
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate are distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence an obligation
of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Servicers 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 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
Indenture Trustee, is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced
by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate of the denominations of all Certificates of the Class to which
this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly distributions pursuant to a Pooling
and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the
"Agreement") among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc., as depositor (the
"Depositor"), Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, as a servicer ("Chase"),
Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., as a servicer ("Xxxxx Fargo" and, together with
Chase, the "Servicers") and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 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.
This Certificate does not have a Pass-Through Rate and will be
entitled to distributions only to the extent set forth in the Agreement. In
addition, any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the Trust
will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the
offices designated by the Trustee for such purpose, or the office or agency
maintained by the Trustee.
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless such
disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and any applicable state securities laws
or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any
such transfer, the Trustee shall require the transferor to execute a transferor
certificate (in substantially the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) and deliver either (i) a Rule 144A Letter, in either case
substantially in the form attached to the Agreement, or (ii) a written Opinion
of Counsel to the Trustee that such transfer may be made pursuant to an
exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the
1933 Act or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act, which Opinion of Counsel
shall be an expense of the transferor.
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received 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, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law, or a
person acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of any such plan, which
representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee.
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:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as
Trustee
By_____________________________________
Countersigned:
By
Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2 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 offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes 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 Servicers 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 offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes 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. As of the Closing Date, the Trustee
designates the offices of its agent located c/o DTC Transfer Agent Services, 00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Entrance, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 for purposes for
surrender, transfer and exchange.
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 Servicers 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 aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, either Servicer individually, or both Servicers together
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. The obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as provided in Section
9.01 of 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.
EXHIBIT C
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN TWO "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS," 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.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED (i) TO A
PERSON OTHER THAN A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5.02(c) OF
THE AGREEMENT, OR (ii) UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A
REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT
OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR
A PLAN SUBJECT TO MATERIALLY SIMILAR PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR
LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW") OR A PERSON INVESTING ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN ASSETS
OF SUCH A PLAN. In the event that such representation is violated, or any
attempt IS MADE to transfer to a plan or arrangement subject to Section 406 of
ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR
LAW, or a person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement or using the
assets of any such plan or arrangement, such attempted transfer or acquisition
shall be void and of no effect.
Certificate No. : 1
Cut-off Date : August 1, 2003
First Distribution Date : September 25, 2002
Percentage Interest of
this Certificate
("Denomination") : 100%
CUSIP :
XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2
Class R
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate is distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Class R Certificate has no Certificate Balance
and is not entitled to distributions in respect of principal or interest. This
Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not
guaranteed by the Depositor, the Servicers 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 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated is the
registered owner of the Percentage Interest specified above of any monthly
distributions due to the Class R Certificates pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-Off Date specified above (the
"Agreement") among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc., as depositor (the
"Depositor"), Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, as a servicer ("Chase"),
Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., as a servicer ("Xxxxx Fargo" and, together with
Chase, the "Servicers") and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 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 R
Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such purposes or the
office or agency maintained by the Trustee in California.
No transfer of a Class R Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received 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 or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan or arrangement subject to
Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or 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, which representation letter shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Trust Fund. In the event that such
representation is violated, or any attempt is made to transfer to a plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of
the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on behalf of any
such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or arrangement,
such attempted transfer or acquisition shall be void and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the
acceptance or acquisition an Ownership Interest in this Class R Certificate to
have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each
Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R Certificate are
expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) each Person holding or
acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class 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 this Class R Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or
thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of this
Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with a Transfer Affidavit of the initial owner or the proposed
transferee in the form attached as Exhibit G to the Agreement, (iii) each Person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R Certificate shall
agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such
Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest this Class 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 this Class R
Certificate, (C) not to cause income with respect to the Class R Certificate to
be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such Person or any other U.S.
Person and (D) not to Transfer the Ownership Interest in this Class R
Certificate or to cause the Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this Class R
Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is
not a Permitted Transferee and (iv) any attempted or purported Transfer of the
Ownership Interest in this Class R Certificate in violation of the provisions
herein shall be absolutely null and void and shall 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:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as
Trustee
By ____________________________________
Countersigned:
By
---------------------------
Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2 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 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 offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes 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 Servicers 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 offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes 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. As of the Closing Date, the Trustee
designates the office of its agent located c/o DTC Transfer Agent Services, 00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Entrance, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 for purposes of
transfer exchange or surrender.
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 Servicers 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 aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, either Servicer individually, or both Servicers
together, 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. The
obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as
provided in Section 9.01 of 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.
EXHIBIT D
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").
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFEROR LETTER IN THE FORM OF
EXHIBIT H TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN AND EITHER (I) THE TRUSTEE
RECEIVES A RULE 144A LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT I TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED
TO HEREIN OR (II) THE TRUSTEE RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, DELIVERED AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE TRANSFEROR, THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
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 TITLE I OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, or a plan subject to applicable Federal,
state or local law ("SIMILAR LAW") materially similar to the foregoing
provisions of ERISA or the Code or a person acting on behalf of or investing
plan assets of any such plan, other than 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")) under such conditions that the
purchase and holding of this Certificate are covered under Sections I and III of
PTCE 95-60, 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 REPRESENTATION
LETTER OR THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE
SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. : 1
Cut-off Date : August 1 2003
First Distribution Date : September 25, 2002
Percentage Interest of this
Certificate ("Denomination") : 100%
CUSIP :
XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2
Class X
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions in respect of this Certificate are distributable
monthly as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence an obligation
of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Servicers 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 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
Indenture Trustee, is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced
by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate of the denominations of all Certificates of the Class to which
this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly distributions pursuant to a Pooling
and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the
"Agreement") among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc., as depositor (the
"Depositor"), Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, as a servicer ("Chase"),
Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., as a servicer ("Xxxxx Fargo" and, together with
Chase, the "Servicers") and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 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.
This Certificate does not have a Certificate Balance or Pass-Through
Rate and will be entitled to distributions only to the extent set forth in the
Agreement. In addition, any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets
of the Trust will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this
Certificate at the offices designated by the Trustee for such purposes or the
office or agency maintained by the Trustee.
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless such
disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and any applicable state securities laws
or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any
such transfer, the Trustee shall require the transferor to execute a transferor
certificate (in substantially the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) and deliver either (i) a Rule 144A Letter, in either case
substantially in the form attached to the Agreement, or (ii) a written Opinion
of Counsel to the Trustee that such transfer may be made pursuant to an
exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the
1933 Act or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act, which Opinion of Counsel
shall be an expense of the transferor.
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 or any materially similar provisions of applicable Federal, state or local
law ("Similar Law") or a person acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of
any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the
Trustee, or (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 Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (iii) in the case of a 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 plan subject to Similar
Law, or a trustee of any such plan or any other person acting on behalf of any
such plan or arrangement or using such plan's or arrangement's assets, an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer, which Opinion
of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Trust
Fund, addressed to the Trustee, 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 or the Servicer to any obligation
in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement or to any liability.
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:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as
Trustee
By ____________________________________
Countersigned:
By
---------------------------
Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2 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 offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes 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 Servicers 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 offices designated by the Trustee for such
purposes 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. As of the Closing Date, the Trustee
designates the offices of its agent located c/o DTC Transfer Agent Services, 00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Entrance, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 for purposes for
surrender, transfer and exchange.
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 Servicers 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 aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance, either Servicer individually, or both Servicers
together, 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. The
obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as
provided in Section 9.01 of 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.
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
[date]
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation
00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Dunks
Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.
1 Home Campus
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx MAC X2401-42
Aames Capital Corporation
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Accredited Home lenders, Inc.
00000 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
__________________________________
__________________________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I
Inc., as Depositor, Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, as a
Servicer, Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., as a Servicer and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS
Capital I Inc. Trust, Series 2003-HE2
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), for each Mortgage
Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan listed
in the attached schedule), it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed as provided in the
following form: "Pay to the order of ________, without recourse";
and
(ii) a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which may be
included in a blanket assignment or assignments).
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.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee has made no
determination and makes no representations as to whether (i) any endorsement is
sufficient to transfer all right, title and interest of the party so endorsing,
as Noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or (ii) any
assignment is in recordable form or sufficient to effect the assignment of and
transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which the assignment
relates.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:____________________________________
Name:_______________________________
Title:______________________________
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF DOCUMENT CERTIFICATION AND EXCEPTION REPORT OF TRUSTEE
[date]
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation
00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Dunks
Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.
1 Home Campus
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx MAC X2401-42
Aames Capital Corporation
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Accredited Home lenders, Inc.
00000 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
__________________________________
__________________________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I
Inc., as Depositor, Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, as a
Servicer, Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., as a Servicer and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS
Capital I Inc. Trust, Series 2003-HE2
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 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with all
intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement
from the originator to the last endorsee.
(ii) The original recorded Mortgage.
(iii) A duly executed assignment of the Mortgage in the form
provided in Section 2.01 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 last endorsee.
(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 (1) solely with
respect to the Mortgage Loan number, (2), (7), and (9) of the Mortgage Loan
Schedule and items (1), (9) and (17) of the Data Tape Information accurately
reflects information set forth in the Custodial File.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review of the Custodial File
specifically required in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes
no representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency,
enforceability or genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage
File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or
(ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such
Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee has
made no determination and makes no representations as to whether (i) any
endorsement is sufficient to transfer all right, title and interest of the party
so endorsing, as Noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or
(ii) any assignment is in recordable form or sufficient to effect the assignment
of and transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which the
assignment relates.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:____________________________________
Name:_______________________________
Title:______________________________
EXHIBIT G
TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2003-HE2
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 R Certificate (the
"Certificate") issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Agreement"), relating to the above-referenced Series, by and among Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Chase
Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, as a servicer ("Chase"), Xxxxx Fargo Home
Mortgage, Inc., as a servicer ("Xxxxx Fargo" and, together with Chase, the
"Servicers") and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein or in Exhibit 1
hereto, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.
The Transferee has authorized the undersigned to make this affidavit on
behalf of the Transferee for the benefit of the Depositor and the Trustee.
(2) The Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of the
date of the Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee is acquiring
its Ownership Interest in the Certificate for its own account. 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 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 H to the Agreement (a
"Transferor Certificate") to the effect that, among other things, 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. The Transferee has historically paid its debts
as they have come due and intends to pay its debts as they come due in the
future. The Transferee intends to pay all taxes due with respect to the
Certificate as they become due.
(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 will not cause income from the Residual
Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or
fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the
Transferee or any other U.S. Person.
(12) Check the applicable paragraph:
[ ] The present value of the anticipated tax liabilities
associated with holding the Certificate, as applicable,
does not exceed the sum of:
(i) the present value of any consideration given to the Transferee
to acquire such Certificate;
(ii) the present value of the expected future distributions on such
Certificate; and
(iii) the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated
with holding such Certificate as the related REMIC generates
losses.
For purposes of this calculation, (i) the Transferee is assumed to
pay tax at the highest rate currently specified in Section 11(b) of the Code
(but the tax rate in Section 55(b)(1)(B) of the Code may be used in lieu of the
highest rate specified in Section 11(b) of the Code if the Transferee has been
subject to the alternative minimum tax under Section 55 of the Code in the
preceding two years and will compute its taxable income in the current taxable
year using the alternative minimum tax rate) and (ii) present values are
computed using a discount rate equal to the short-term Federal rate prescribed
by Section 1274(d) of the Code for the month of the transfer and the compounding
period used by the Transferee.
[ ] The transfer of the Certificate complies with U.S. Treasury
Regulations Sections 1.860E-1(c)(5) and (6) and,
accordingly,
(i) the Transferee is an "eligible corporation," as defined in
U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), as to
which income from the Certificate will only be taxed in the
United States;
(ii) at the time of the transfer, and at the close of the
Transferee's two fiscal years preceding the year of the
transfer, the Transferee had gross assets for financial
reporting purposes (excluding any obligation of a person
related to the Transferee within the meaning of U.S. Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii)) in excess of $100
million and net assets in excess of $10 million;
(iii) the Transferee will transfer the Certificate only to another
"eligible corporation," as defined in U.S. Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), in a transaction that
satisfies the requirements of Sections 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), (ii)
and (iii) and Section 1.860E-1(c)(5) of the U.S. Treasury
Regulations; and
(iv) the Transferee determined the consideration paid to it to
acquire the Certificate based on reasonable market assumptions
(including, but not limited to, borrowing and investment
rates, prepayment and loss assumptions, expense and
reinvestment assumptions, tax rates and other factors specific
to the Transferee) that it has determined in good faith.
[ ] None of the above.
(13) The Transferee is not an employee benefit plan that is subject
to Title I of ERISA or a plan that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code
or a plan subject to any Federal, state or local law that is substantially
similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and the
Transferee is not acting on behalf of or investing plan assets 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 , 20__.
_______________________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:
[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named __________, known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to
be the ___________ of the Transferee, and acknowledged that he executed the same
as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Transferee.
Subscribed and sworn before me this______day of__________, 20__.
_______________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission expires the __ day
of _________, 20__
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
__________, 20__
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as Trustee,
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust, Series 2003-HE2, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, 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 Residual Certificate, (i) we have no
knowledge the Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, (ii) we have conducted a
reasonable investigation of this financial condition of this Transferee and have
no reason to believe that the Transferee will not pay all taxes with respect to
the Residual Certificate as they become due and (iii) we have no reason to
believe that the statements made in the Transfer Affidavit are false.
Very truly yours,
_______________________________________
Print Name of Transferor
By:____________________________________
Authorized Officer
EXHIBIT I
FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER
____________, 20__
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as Trustee,
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. Trust, Series 2003-HE2, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, 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 we are purchasing a Class A-1 Certificate
or we are not an employee benefit plan that is subject to the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or a plan or arrangement
that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, nor are we acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using
the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such acquisition or, with
respect to a Class X Certificate, the purchaser is an insurance company that is
purchasing this certificate with funds contained in an "insurance company
general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60") and that the purchase and
holding of such Certificates are covered under Sections I and III of 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) to the extent that the Certificate transferred is a Class X Certificate, we
are a bankruptcy-remote entity and (g) 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 I
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
Buyer.
2. In connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A"), because (i) the Buyer owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis $ 1 in securities (except for the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A and (ii)
the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.
____ Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation
(other than a bank, savings and loan
association or similar institution),
Massachusetts or similar business trust,
partnership, or charitable organization
described in Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
____ Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or
banking institution organized under the
laws of any State, territory or the
District of Columbia, the business of
which is substantially confined to
banking and is supervised by the State
or territorial banking commission or
similar official or is a foreign bank or
equivalent institution, and (b) has an
audited net worth of at least
$25,000,000 as demonstrated in its
latest annual financial statements, a -
copy of which is attached hereto.
____ Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings
and loan association, building and loan
association, cooperative bank, homestead
association or similar institution,
which is supervised and examined by a
State or Federal authority having
supervision over any such institutions
or is a foreign savings and loan
association or equivalent institution
and (b) has an audited net worth of at
least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its
latest annual financial statements, a -
copy of which is attached hereto.
____ Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered
pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
____ Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance
company whose primary and predominant
business activity is the writing of
insurance or the reinsuring of risks
underwritten by insurance companies and
which is subject to supervision by the
insurance commissioner or a similar
official or agency of a State, territory
or the District of Columbia.
____ State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan
established and maintained by a
State, its political
subdivisions, or any agency or
instrumentality of the State or
its political subdivisions, for
the benefit of its employees.
____ ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan
within the meaning of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974.
____ Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment
advisor registered under the Investment
Advisors Act of 1940.
____ Small Business Investment Company. Buyer is a small
business investment company licensed by
the U.S. Small Business Administration
under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958.
____ Business Development Company. Buyer is a business
development company as defined in
Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment
Advisors Act of 1940.
3. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that
are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is
a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the
cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities
referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer reports its
securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market
value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost of those
securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies,
the securities may be valued at market. Further, in determining such aggregate
amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the
Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the
Buyer's direction. However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is
not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the Certificates
are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one
or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the
Buyer will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any
changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given,
the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer is a
bank or savings and loan is provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly after they
become available.
_______________________________________
Print Name of Transferor
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:__________________________________
ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT I
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees That are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because Buyer is part of a
Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
Adviser.
2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the
Buyer is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's
Family of Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other
than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's
most recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities
owned by the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of
such securities was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial statements
on the basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect
to the cost of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the
preceding sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market.
____ The Buyer owned $______________in securities
(other than the excluded securities
referred to below) as of the end of the
Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such
amount being calculated in accordance
with Rule 144A).
____ The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment
Companies which owned in the aggregate
$_______________in securities (other
than the excluded securities referred to
below) as of the end of the Buyer's most
recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule
144A).
3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means
two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the
same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed by
the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and
certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements,
(vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency,
interest rate and commodity swaps.
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 Transferor
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
_______________________________________
Print Name of Buyer
Date:__________________________________
EXHIBIT J
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Trustee)
To: [Address]
Re:
In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by
you as the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, we request the release,
and acknowledge receipt, of the (Custodial File/[specify documents]) for the
Mortgage Loan described below, for the reason indicated.
Mortgagor's Name, Address & Zip Code:
Mortgage Loan Number:
Send Custodial File to:
Reason for Requesting Documents (check one)
____1. Mortgage Loan Paid in Full. (The Company hereby certifies
that all amounts received in connection
therewith have been credited to its
Collection Account as provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.)
____2. Mortgage Loan Repurchase Pursuant to Subsection 2.03 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. (The
Company hereby certifies that the repurchase
price has been credited to Collection Account
as provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.)
____3. Mortgage Loan Liquidated By _________________. (The
Company hereby certifies that all proceeds of
foreclosure, insurance, condemnation or other
liquidation have been finally received and
credited to its Collection Account pursuant
to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.)
____4. Mortgage Loan in Foreclosure.
____5. Other (explain).
If box 1, 2 or 3 above is checked, and if all or part of the
Custodial File was previously released to us, please release to us our previous
request and receipt on file with you, as well as any additional documents in
your possession relating to the specified Mortgage Loan.
If box 4 or 5 above is checked, upon our return of all of the above
documents to you as the Trustee, please acknowledge your receipt by signing in
the space indicated below, and returning this form.
[SERVICER]
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
EXHIBIT K
CONTENTS OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include
each of the following items, which shall be available for inspection by the
Purchaser and which shall be retained by the applicable Servicer or delivered to
and retained by the Trustee, as applicable:
(i) The original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening
endorsements, endorsed "Pay to the order of _____________, without
recourse" and signed in the name of the last endorsee by an
authorized officer. To the extent that there is no room on the face
of a Mortgage Note for endorsements, the endorsement may be
contained on an allonge, if state law so allows and the Trustee is
so advised by the applicable Originator (pursuant to the applicable
Purchase Agreement) that state law so allows.
(ii) The original of any guaranty executed in connection with
the Mortgage Note.
(iii) The original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon
or a certified true copy of such Mortgage submitted for recording.
If, in connection with any Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage
cannot be delivered with evidence of recording thereon on or prior
to the Closing Date because of a delay caused by the public
recording office where such Mortgage has been delivered for
recordation or because such Mortgage has been lost or because such
public recording office retains the original recorded Mortgage, the
Trustee shall notify the applicable Originator, as required under
the applicable Purchase Agreement, to deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee, a photocopy of such Mortgage, together
with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording
office, an Officer's Certificate of the applicable Originator or a
certificate from an escrow company, a title company or closing
attorney stating that such Mortgage has been dispatched to the
appropriate public recording office for recordation and that the
original recorded Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage certified by
such public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original recorded Mortgage will be promptly delivered to the Trustee
upon receipt thereof by the applicable Originator; or (ii) in the
case of a Mortgage 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, a copy of such
Mortgage certified by such public recording office to be a true and
complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage.
(iv) The originals of all assumption, modification,
consolidation or extension agreements, with evidence of recording
thereon.
(v) The original Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan
endorsed in blank.
(vi) The originals of all intervening assignments of mortgage
(if any) evidencing a complete chain of assignment from the
applicable originator to the last endorsee with evidence of
recording thereon, or if any such intervening assignment has not
been returned from the applicable recording office or has been lost
or if such public recording office retains the original recorded
assignments of mortgage, the Trustee shall notify the applicable
Originator to deliver, as required under the applicable Purchase
Agreement, a photocopy of such intervening assignment, together with
(i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording office, an
Officer's Certificate of the applicable Originator or a certificate
from an escrow company, a title company or a closing attorney
stating that such intervening assignment of mortgage has been
dispatched to the appropriate public recording office for
recordation and that such original recorded intervening assignment
of mortgage or a copy of such intervening assignment of mortgage
certified by the appropriate public recording office to be a true
and complete copy of the original recorded intervening assignment of
mortgage will be promptly delivered to the Trustee upon receipt
thereof by the applicable Originator; or (ii) in the case of an
intervening assignment where a public recording office retains the
original recorded intervening assignment or in the case where an
intervening assignment is lost after recordation in a public
recording office, a copy of such intervening assignment certified by
such public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original recorded intervening assignment.
(vii) The original mortgagee title insurance policy or
attorney's opinion of title and abstract of title, or, in the event
such original title policy is unavailable, a certified true copy of
the related policy binder or commitment for title certified to be
true and complete by the title insurance company.
(viii) The original of any security agreement, chattel
mortgage or equivalent document executed in connection with the
Mortgage (if provided).
(ix) Residential loan application.
(x) Mortgage Loan closing statement.
(xi) Verification of employment and income, if applicable.
(xii) Verification of acceptable evidence of source and amount of
downpayment. (xiii) Credit report on Mortgagor.
(xiv) Residential appraisal report.
(xv) Photograph of the Mortgaged Property.
(xvi) Survey of the Mortgaged Property.
(xvii) Copy of each instrument necessary to complete
identification of any exception set forth in the exception schedule
in the title policy, i.e., map or plat, restrictions, easements,
sewer agreements, home association declarations, etc.
(xviii) All required disclosure statements.
(xix) If required in an appraisal, termite report, structural
engineer's report, water potability and septic certification.
(xx) Sales Contract, if applicable.
Evidence of payment of taxes and insurance, insurance claim files,
correspondence, current and historical computerized data files (which include
records of tax receipts and payment history from the date of origination), and
all other processing, underwriting and closing papers and records which are
customarily contained in a mortgage loan file and which are required to document
the Mortgage Loan or to service the Mortgage Loan.
EXHIBIT L-1
FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE
PROVIDED WITH FORM 10-K
Re: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2 (the "Trust"), Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, issued pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2003 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital
I Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Chase Manhattan Mortgage
Corporation, as servicer, Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., as
servicer (collectively, the "Servicers") and Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee")
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:
(1) I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K (the "Annual
Report"), and all reports on Form 8-K containing distribution reports
(collectively with this Annual Report, the "Reports") filed in respect of
periods included in the year covered by this Annual Report, of the Trust;
(2) Based on my knowledge, the information in the Reports, taken as
a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light
of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
as of the last day of the period covered by this Annual Report;
(3) Based on my knowledge, the distribution or servicing information
required to be provided to the Trustee by each Servicer under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, for inclusion in the Reports is included in the
Reports;
(4) Based on my knowledge and upon the annual compliance statement
included in this Annual Report and required to be delivered to the Trustee
in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and
except as disclosed in the Reports, each Servicer has fulfilled its
obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
(5) The Reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to
the applicable Servicer's compliance with the minimum servicing standards
based upon the report provided by an independent public accountant, after
conducting a review in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation
Program for Mortgage Bankers or similar procedure, as set forth in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that is included in the Reports.
In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information
provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: the Trustee and each
of the Servicers.
Date: ________________________________
_______________________________________
[Signature]
[Title]
EXHIBIT L-2
FORM OF ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
Re: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2 (the "Trust"), Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, issued pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2003 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital
I Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Chase Manhattan Mortgage
Corporation, as servicer, Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., as
servicer (collectively, the "Servicers") and Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee")
I, __________________________, certify to the Depositor and the Trustee,
and its officers, directors, agents and affiliates (the "[ ]") , and with the
knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
(i) Based on my knowledge, the information relating to the Mortgage
Loans and the servicing thereof submitted by the Servicer to the [ ]
which is used in connection with preparation of the reports on Form
8-K and the annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission with respect to the Securitization, taken as a
whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,
in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
not misleading as of the date of this certification;
(ii) The servicing information required to be provided to the [ ] by the
Servicer under the [applicable servicing agreement] has been
provided to the [ ];
(iii) I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the
Servicer under the [applicable servicing agreement] and based upon
the review required by the [applicable servicing agreement], and
except as disclosed in the Annual Statement of Compliance, the
Annual Independent Public Accountant's Servicing Report and all
servicing reports, officer's certificates and other information
relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans submitted to the [
], the Servicer has, as of the date of this certification, fulfilled
its obligations under the [applicable servicing agreement];
(iv) I have disclosed to the [ ] all significant deficiencies relating to
the Servicer's compliance with the minimum servicing standards in
accordance with a review conducted in compliance with the Uniform
Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or similar standard
as set forth in the [applicable servicing agreement]; and
(v) The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the [ ] and its
officers, directors, agents and affiliates from and against any
losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal
fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses
arising out of or based upon a breach by the Servicer or any of its
officers, directors, agents or affiliates of its obligations or
representations under this Certification or the negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer in connection therewith.
If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless the [ ], then the Servicer agrees that
it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the [ ] as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the [ ] in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of
the [ ] on the one hand and the Servicer on the other in connection
with a breach of the Servicer's obligations under this Certification
or the Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in
connection therewith.
Capitalized words not otherwise defined herein have the meaning assigned
to them in the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement dated May 1, 2003 by
and between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc., as Purchaser and the Servicer.
Date: _________________________________
_______________________________________
[Signature]
[Title]
EXHIBIT M
FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE
PROVIDED BY THE TRUSTEE TO DEPOSITOR
Re: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2 (the "Trust"), Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, issued pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as August 1, 2003 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital
I Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Chase Manhattan Mortgage
Corporation, as servicer, Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., as
servicer (the "Servicers") and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as trustee (the "Trustee")
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify to the Depositor, and its
officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they
will rely upon this certification, that:
(1) I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year [___] (the "Annual Report"), and all reports on Form 8-K containing
distribution reports filed in respect of periods included in the year
covered by the Annual Report (collectively with the Annual Report, the
"Reports"), of the Trust;
(2) To the best of my knowledge, the information in the Reports,
taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading as of the last day of the period covered by the Annual Report;
and
(3) To the best of my knowledge, the distribution or servicing
information required to be provided to the Trustee by each Servicer under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports is
included in the Reports.
Date: _________________________________
_______________________________________
[Signature]
[Title]
EXHIBIT N
FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE
PROVIDED BY EACH SERVICER TO DEPOSITOR
Re: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-HE2 (the "Trust"), Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, issued pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as August 1, 2003 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital
I Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Chase Manhattan Mortgage
Corporation, as servicer ("Chase"), Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.,
as servicer ("Xxxxx Fargo") and Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, as trustee (the "Trustee")
[Chase][Xxxxx Fargo], certifies to the Depositor and the Trustee, and their
officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they
will rely upon this certification, that:
(1) Based on our knowledge, the information prepared by
[Chase][Xxxxx Fargo] and relating to the mortgage loans serviced by
[Chase][ Xxxxx Fargo] pursuant to the Pooling And Servicing Agreement and
provided by [Chase][ Xxxxx Fargo] to the Trustee in its reports to the
Trustee is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the last
day of the period covered by such report;
(2) Based on our knowledge, the servicing information required to be
provided to the Trustee by [Chase][Xxxxx Fargo] pursuant to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement has been provided to the Trustee;
(3) Based upon the review required under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, and except as disclosed in its annual compliance statement
required to be delivered pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
[Chase][Xxxxx Fargo] as of the last day of the period covered by such
annual compliance statement has fulfilled its obligations under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
(4) [Chase][Xxxxx Fargo] has disclosed to its independent auditor,
who issues the independent auditor's report on the Uniform Single
Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers for [Chase][Xxxxx Fargo], any
significant deficiencies relating to [Chase][Xxxxx Fargo]'s compliance
with minimum servicing standards.
[CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION]
[XXXXX FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC.]
Date: _________________________________
_______________________________________
[Signature]
[Title]
EXHIBIT O
EXECUTION COPY
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE LOAN
PURCHASE AND WARRANTIES AGREEMENT
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.,
Purchaser
ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC.,
Seller
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Dated as of July 1, 2003
Conventional,
Fixed and Adjustable Rate, B/C Residential Mortgage Loans
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1. Definitions.................................................
SECTION 2. Agreement to Purchase.......................................
SECTION 3. Mortgage Schedules..........................................
SECTION 4. Purchase Price..............................................
SECTION 5. Examination of Mortgage Files...............................
SECTION 6. Conveyance from Seller to Purchaser.........................
Subsection 6.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans; Possession of
Servicing Files.......................................
Subsection 6.02 Books and Records.....................................
Subsection 6.03 Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents...................
Subsection 6.04 Quality Control Procedures............................
SECTION 7. Servicing of the Mortgage Loans.............................
SECTION 8. Transfer of Servicing.......................................
SECTION 9. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Seller;
Remedies for Breach.........................................
Subsection 9.01 Representations and Warranties Regarding the
Seller................................................
Subsection 9.02 Representations and Warranties Regarding
Individual Mortgage Loans.............................
Subsection 9.03 Remedies for Breach of Representations and
Warranties............................................
Subsection 9.04 [RESERVED]............................................
Subsection 9.05 Mortgage Loans with First Payment Defaults;
Repurchase............................................
Subsection 9.06 Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans That Prepay
in Full...............................................
SECTION 10. Closing.....................................................
SECTION 11. Closing Documents...........................................
SECTION 12. Costs.......................................................
SECTION 13. Cooperation of Seller with a Reconstitution.................
SECTION 14. The Seller..................................................
Subsection 14.01 Additional Indemnification by the Seller; Third
Party Claims..........................................
Subsection 14.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Seller.................
SECTION 15. Financial Statements........................................
SECTION 16. Mandatory Delivery..........................................
SECTION 17. Notices.....................................................
SECTION 18. Severability Clause.........................................
SECTION 19. Counterparts................................................
SECTION 20. Governing Law...............................................
SECTION 21. Intention of the Parties....................................
SECTION 22. Successors and Assigns; Assignment of Purchase Agreement....
SECTION 23. Waivers.....................................................
SECTION 24. Exhibits....................................................
SECTION 25. General Interpretive Principles.............................
SECTION 26. Reproduction of Documents...................................
SECTION 27. Further Agreements..........................................
SECTION 28. Recordation of Assignments of Mortgage......................
SECTION 29. No Solicitation.............................................
SECTION 30. Waiver of Trial by Jury.....................................
SECTION 31. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers.........................
SECTION 32. Confidentiality.............................................
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A CONTENTS OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
EXHIBIT B [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT C FORM OF SELLER'S OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT D FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE SELLER
EXHIBIT E FORM OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT F FORM OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT G UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES
EXHIBIT H FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT I FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT J FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE
AND WARRANTIES AGREEMENT
This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AND
WARRANTIES AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of July 1, 2003, by and between
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc., a New York corporation, having an office
at 1221 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (the
"Purchaser"), and Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., a California corporation,
having an office at 00000 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000 (the "Seller").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and the Seller are parties to that certain
Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement, dated as
of March 1, 2003 (the "Original Purchase Agreement"), pursuant to which the
Seller may sell, from time to time, to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser may
purchase, from time to time, from the Seller, certain conventional adjustable
and fixed rate B/C, residential first mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") on a
servicing released basis as described therein, and which shall be delivered in
pools of whole loans (each, a "Mortgage Loan Package") on various dates as
provided therein (each, a "Closing Date"); and
WHEREAS, at the present time, the Purchaser and the Seller desire to
amend the Original Purchase Agreement to make certain modifications as set forth
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual
agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser and the
Seller agree as follows:
SECTION 1 Definitions.
For purposes of this Agreement the following capitalized terms shall
have the respective meanings set forth below. Other capitalized terms used in
this Agreement and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set
forth in the Interim Servicing Agreement.
Accepted Servicing Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
those mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending institutions
which service mortgage loans of the same type as such Mortgage Loan in the
jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located and incorporating
the Delinquency Collection Policies and Procedures.
Act: The National Housing Act, as amended from time to time.
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: An adjustable rate Mortgage Loan
purchased pursuant to this Agreement.
Affiliate: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person
controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person.
For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such
Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agency Transfer: A Xxxxxx Xxx Transfer or a Xxxxxxx Mac Transfer.
Agreement: This Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Purchase and
Warranties Agreement and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
ALTA: The American Land Title Association or any successor thereto.
Ancillary Income: All late charges, assumption fees, escrow account
benefits, reinstatement fees and similar types of fees arising from or in
connection with any Mortgage, to the extent not otherwise payable to the
Mortgagor under applicable law or pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage
Note.
Appraised Value: The value set forth in an appraisal made in
connection with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan as the value of the
Mortgaged Property.
Appropriate Federal Banking Agency: Appropriate Federal Banking
Agency shall have the meaning ascribed to it by Section 1813(q) of Title 12 of
the United States Code, as amended from time to time.
Assignment and Conveyance Agreement: As defined in Subsection 6.01.
Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of
transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form, sufficient under the laws
of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect
the sale of the Mortgage to the Purchaser.
BIF: The Bank Insurance Fund, or any successor thereto.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a
day on which banking and savings and loan institutions in (a) the State of New
York, (b) the state in which the Seller's servicing operations are located or
(c) the State in which the Custodian's operations are located, are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
Closing Date: The date or dates on which the Purchaser from time to
time shall purchase, and the Seller from time to time shall sell, the Mortgage
Loans listed on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the related
Mortgage Loan Package.
Code: Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Condemnation Proceeds: All awards or settlements in respect of a
Mortgaged Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or entire, by
exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, to the extent not
required to be released to a Mortgagor in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Loan Documents.
Convertible Mortgage Loan: Any individual Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan purchased pursuant to this Agreement which contains a provision whereby the
Mortgagor is permitted to convert the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan to a fixed
rate Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Custodial Account: The separate trust account created and maintained
pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Interim Servicing Agreement (with respect to
each Mortgage Loan, as specified therein).
Custodial Agreement: The Custodial Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, among the Seller, the Purchaser and the Custodian, which governs the
retention of the originals of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of
Mortgage and other Mortgage Loan Documents.
Custodian: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, or its successor in
interest or permitted assigns, or any successor to the Custodian under the
Custodial Agreement as therein provided.
Cut-off Date: The date or dates designated as such on the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Package.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan that is repurchased or
replaced or to be replaced with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan by the
Seller in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Determination Date: The date specified in the Interim Servicing
Agreement (with respect to each Mortgage Loan, for an interim period, as
specified therein).
Due Date: The day of the month on which the Monthly Payment is due
on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.
Due Period: With respect to each Remittance Date and any Mortgage
Loan, the period commencing on the day immediately succeeding the Due Date for
such Mortgage Loan occurring in the month preceding the month of the Remittance
Date and ending on the next Due Date.
Equity Take-out Refinanced Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan used to
refinance an existing mortgage loan, the proceeds of which were in excess of the
outstanding principal balance of the existing mortgage loan.
Escrow Account: The separate account created and maintained pursuant
to Section 2.06 of the Interim Servicing Agreement (with respect to each
Mortgage Loan, as specified therein).
Escrow Payments: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts
constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents,
municipal charges, mortgage insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance
premiums, condominium charges, and any other payments required to be escrowed by
the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage or any other document.
Xxxxxx Xxx: The Federal National Mortgage Association, or any
successor thereto.
Xxxxxx Mae Guides: The Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx' Guide and the Xxxxxx Mae
Servicers' Guide and all amendments or additions thereto.
Xxxxxx Xxx Transfer: As defined in Section 13 hereof.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
FHA: The Federal Housing Administration, an agency within the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any successor thereto and
including the Federal Housing Commissioner and the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development where appropriate under the FHA Regulations.
FHA Approved Mortgagee: A corporation or institution approved as a
mortgagee by the FHA under the Act, and applicable HUD regulations, and eligible
to own and service mortgage loans such as the FHA mortgage loans.
Fitch: Fitch, Inc., or its successor in interest.
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan: A fixed rate mortgage loan purchased
pursuant to this Agreement.
Xxxxxxx Mac: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any
successor thereto.
Xxxxxxx Mac Transfer: As defined in Section 13 hereof.
Gross Margin: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan,
the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage Note which amount
is added to the Index in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note
to determine on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date the Mortgage Interest Rate
for such Mortgage Loan.
High Cost Loan: A Mortgage Loan classified as (a) a "high cost" loan
under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 or (b) a "high cost,"
"threshold," "covered", "predatory" or similar loan under any other applicable
state, federal or local law (or a similarly classified loan using different
terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional
legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates,
points and/or fees).
HUD: The Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any federal
agency or official thereof which may from time to time succeed to the functions
thereof with regard to FHA Mortgage Insurance. The term "HUD," for purposes of
this Agreement, is also deemed to include subdivisions thereof such as the FHA
and Government National Mortgage Association.
Index: The index indicated in the related Mortgage Note for each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan.
Insurance Proceeds: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of
insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.
Insured Depository Institution: Insured Depository Institution shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term by Section 1813(c)(2) of Title 12 of the
United States Code, as amended from time to time.
Interest Rate Adjustment Date: With respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, the date, specified in the related Mortgage Note and the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule, on which the Mortgage Interest Rate is adjusted.
Interim Funder: With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan,
the Person named on the MERS(R) System as the interim funder pursuant to the
MERS Procedures Manual.
Interim Servicing Agreement: The Interim Servicing Agreement,
between Purchaser and Seller, as servicer, dated as of the date hereof, which
agreement provides for the Seller to service the Mortgage Loans for an interim
period.
Investor: With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the
Person named on the MERS(R) System as the investor pursuant to the MERS
Procedures Manual.
Lifetime Rate Cap: The provision of each Mortgage Note related to an
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute maximum Mortgage
Interest Rate thereunder. The Mortgage Interest Rate during the terms of each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan shall not at any time exceed the Mortgage Interest
Rate at the time of origination of such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan by more
than the Lifetime Rate Cap set forth as an amount per annum on the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Limited Documentation Program: The guidelines under which the Seller
generally originates Mortgage Loans principally on the basis of the
Loan-to-Value Ratio of the related Mortgage Loan and the creditworthiness of the
Mortgagor.
Liquidation Proceeds: Cash received in connection with the
liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through the sale or assignment
of such Mortgage Loan, trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise or the sale
of the related Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired in
satisfaction of the Mortgage Loan.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the outstanding principal amount of the
Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-off Date (unless otherwise indicated), to
the lesser of (a) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property at origination
and (b) if the Mortgage Loan was made to finance the acquisition of the related
Mortgaged Property, or was made within 12 months following such acquisition, the
purchase price of the Mortgaged Property.
MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and its successors in interest.
MERS Designated Mortgage Loan: Mortgage Loans for which (a) the
Seller has designated or will designate MERS as, and has taken or will take such
action as is necessary to cause MERS to be, the mortgagee of record, as nominee
for the Seller, in accordance with MERS Procedure Manual, (b) the Seller has
designated or will designate the Purchaser as the Investor on the MERS(R)
System, and (c) the Seller has designated or will designate the Custodian as the
Custodian on the MERS(R) System.
MERS Procedure Manual: The MERS Procedures Manual, as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
MERS Report: The report from the MERS System listing MERS Designated
Mortgage Loans and other information.
MERS(R) System: MERS mortgage electronic registry system, as more
particularly described in the MERS Procedures Manual.
Monthly Payment: The scheduled monthly payment of principal and
interest on a Mortgage Loan.
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., and any successor thereto.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing a
Mortgage Note, which creates a first lien on an unsubordinated estate in fee
simple in real property securing the Mortgage Note; except that with respect to
real property located in jurisdictions in which the use of leasehold estates for
residential properties is a widely-accepted practice, the mortgage, deed of
trust or other instrument securing the Mortgage Note may secure and create a
first lien upon a leasehold estate of the Mortgagor.
Mortgage File: The items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan
referred to in Exhibit A annexed hereto, and any additional documents required
to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Interest Rate: The annual rate of interest borne on a
Mortgage Note with respect to each Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Interest Rate Cap: With respect to an Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, the limit on each Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment as set forth
in the related Mortgage Note.
Mortgage Loan: An individual Mortgage Loan which is the subject of
this Agreement, each Mortgage Loan originally sold and subject to this Agreement
being identified on the applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan
includes without limitation the Mortgage File, the Monthly Payments, Principal
Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds,
Servicing Rights and all other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations
arising from or in connection with such Mortgage Loan, excluding replaced or
repurchased mortgage loans.
Mortgage Loan Documents: The documents required to be delivered to
the Custodian pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof with respect to any Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan Package: Each pool of Mortgage Loans, which shall be
purchased by the Purchaser from the Seller from time to time on each Closing
Date.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The schedule of Mortgage Loans setting forth
the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related
Mortgage Loan Package: (1) the Seller's Mortgage Loan identifying number; (2)
the Mortgagor's name; (3) the street address of the Mortgaged Property including
the city, state and zip code; (4) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged
Property is owner-occupied; (5) the number and type of residential units
constituting the Mortgaged Property; (6) the original months to maturity or the
remaining months to maturity from the related Cut-off Date, in any case based on
the original amortization schedule and, if different, the maturity expressed in
the same manner but based on the actual amortization schedule; (7) the
Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination; (8) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of the
related Cut-off Date; (9) the date on which the Monthly Payment was due on the
Mortgage Loan and, if such date is not consistent with the Due Date currently in
effect, such Due Date; (10) the stated maturity date; (11) the amount of the
Monthly Payment as of the related Cut-off Date; (12) the last payment date as of
which a payment was actually applied to the outstanding principal balance; (13)
the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan; (14) the principal balance
of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the related Cut-off Date,
after deduction of payments of principal due and collected on or before the
Cut-off Date; (15) the Interest Rate Adjustment Date; (16) the Gross Margin;
(17) the Lifetime Rate Cap under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (18) with
respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, a code indicating the type of Index;
(19) the type of Mortgage Loan (i.e., Fixed Rate, Adjustable Rate); (20) a code
indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e., purchase, rate and term refinance,
equity take-out refinance); (21) a code indicating the documentation style
(i.e., full, alternative or reduced); (22) the loan credit classification (as
described in the Underwriting Guidelines); (23) whether such Mortgage Loan
provides for a prepayment penalty as well as the terms of such prepayment
penalty, if any; (24) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of origination; (25) the
credit risk score (FICO score); (26) the date of origination; (27) the Mortgage
Interest Rate adjustment period; (28) the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment
percentage; (29) the Mortgage Interest Rate floor; (30) the Mortgage Interest
Rate Cap as of the first Interest Rate Adjustment Date; (31) a code indicating
whether the Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan; (32) a code indicating whether
the Mortgage Loan is a balloon Mortgage Loan; (33) the Due Date for the first
Monthly Payment; (34) the original Monthly Payment due; (35) with respect to the
related Mortgagor, the debt-to-income ratio; (36) in connection with a
condominium unit, a code indicating whether the condominium project where such
unit is located is low-rise or high-rise; and (37) with respect to each MERS
Designated Mortgage Loan, the MERS Identification Number. With respect to the
Mortgage Loans in the aggregate, the Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the
following information, as of the related Cut-off Date: (1) the number of
Mortgage Loans; (2) the current aggregate outstanding principal balance of the
Mortgage Loans; (3) the weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of the Mortgage
Loans; (4) the weighted average maturity of the Mortgage Loans; (5) the
applicable Cut-off Date; and (6) the applicable Closing Date.
Mortgage Note: The note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a
Mortgagor secured by a Mortgage.
Mortgaged Property: The real property (or leasehold estate, if
applicable) securing repayment of the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note.
Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Non-Convertible Mortgage Loan: Any individual Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this Agreement which does not contain a
provision pursuant to which the Mortgagor may convert the Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan to a Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan.
Nonrecoverable Advance: Any advance previously made or proposed to
be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan which, in the good faith judgment of the
Seller, will not or, in the case of a proposed advance, would not, be ultimately
recoverable from related Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
The determination by the Seller that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or
that any proposed advance of principal and interest, if made, would constitute a
Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be evidenced by an Officers' Certificate delivered
to the Purchaser.
OCC: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and any successor
thereto.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board or the Vice Chairman of the Board or a President or a Vice President
(including Assistant Vice Presidents) and by the Treasurer or the Secretary or
one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the Seller, and
delivered to the Purchaser as required by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Seller, reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, provided that any
Opinion of Counsel relating to (a) the qualification of any account required to
be maintained pursuant to this Agreement as an Eligible Account, (b)
qualification of the Mortgage Loans in a REMIC or (c) compliance with the REMIC
Provisions, must be (unless otherwise stated in such Opinion of Counsel) an
opinion of counsel who (i) is in fact independent of the Seller and any servicer
of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) does not have any material direct or indirect
financial interest in the Seller or any servicer of the Mortgage Loans or in an
Affiliate of either and (iii) is not connected with the Seller or any servicer
of the Mortgage Loans as an officer, employee, director or person performing
similar functions.
OTS: Office of Thrift Supervision, and any successor thereto.
Periodic Rate Cap: The provision of each Mortgage Note related to an
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute maximum amount by
which the Mortgage Interest Rate therein may increase or decrease on an Interest
Rate Adjustment Date above or below the Mortgage Interest Rate previously in
effect. The Periodic Rate Cap for each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan is the rate
set forth as such on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Preliminary Mortgage Schedule: As defined in Section 3.
Principal Prepayment: Any payment or other recovery of principal on
a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date,
including any prepayment penalty or premium thereon and which is not accompanied
by an amount of interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or
dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Purchase Price: The price paid on the related Closing Date by the
Purchaser to the Seller in exchange for the Mortgage Loans purchased on such
Closing Date as calculated in Section 4 of this Agreement.
Purchase Price Percentage: As defined in the related Purchase Price
and Terms Agreement.
Purchase Price and Terms Agreement: Those certain agreements setting
forth the general terms and conditions of the transactions consummated herein
and identifying the Mortgage Loans to be purchased from time to time hereunder,
by and between the Seller and the Purchaser.
Purchaser: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc., or its successor in
interest or assigns or any successor to the Purchaser under this Agreement as
herein provided.
Qualified Appraiser: An appraiser, duly appointed by the Seller, who
had no interest, direct or indirect in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan
made on the security thereof, and whose compensation was not affected by the
approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan, and such appraiser and the
appraisal made by such appraiser both satisfied the requirements of Title XI of
the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage
Loan was originated.
Qualified Insurer: An insurance company duly qualified as such under
the laws of the states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, duly
authorized and licensed in such states to transact the applicable insurance
business and to write the insurance provided, approved as an insurer by Xxxxxx
Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac and whose claims paying ability is rated in the highest
rating category by any of the Rating Agencies with respect to primary mortgage
insurance and in the two highest rating categories by Best's with respect to
hazard and flood insurance (or such other rating as may be required by a Rating
Agency in connection with a Securitization Transfer in order to achieve the
desired ratings for the securities to be issued in connection with such
Securitization Transfer).
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan: A mortgage loan eligible to be
substituted by the Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of
such substitution, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction of
all scheduled payments due in the month of substitution (or in the case of a
substitution of more than one mortgage loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an
aggregate principal balance), not in excess of the outstanding principal balance
of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (the amount of any shortfall will be deposited in
the Custodial Account by the Seller in the month of substitution); (ii) have a
Mortgage Interest Rate not less than and not more than 1% greater than the
Mortgage Interest Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a remaining term
to maturity not greater than and not more than one year less than that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) be of the same type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan
(i.e., fixed rate or adjustable rate with same Periodic Rate Cap, Index and lien
priority); and (v) comply with each representation and warranty (respecting
individual Mortgage Loans) set forth in Section 9 hereof.
Rating Agency: Any of Fitch, Moody's or Standard & Poor's, or their
respective successors designated by the Purchaser.
Reconstitution: A Whole Loan Transfer or a Securitization Transfer.
Reconstitution Agreements: The agreement or agreements entered into
by the Seller and the Purchaser and/or certain third parties on the
Reconstitution Date or Dates with respect to any or all of the Mortgage Loans
sold hereunder, in connection with a Whole Loan Transfer, Agency Transfer or a
Securitization Transfer pursuant to Section 13, including, but not limited to, a
seller's warranties and servicing agreement with respect to a Whole Loan
Transfer, and a trust and servicing agreement, pooling and servicing agreement
and/or seller/servicer agreements and related custodial/trust agreement and
documents with respect to a Securitization Transfer.
Reconstitution Date: As defined in Section 13.
Relief Act: The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as
amended, and any other comparable state statute.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating
to a REMIC, which appear at Section 860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter
1, Subtitle A of the Code, and related provisions and regulations, rulings or
pronouncements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from
time to time.
Remittance Date: The date specified in the Interim Servicing
Agreement (with respect to each Mortgage Loan, as specified therein).
Repurchase Price: As defined in the related Purchase Price and Terms
Agreement.
RESPA: Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, as amended from time
to time.
Securitization Transfer: The sale or transfer of some or all of the
Mortgage Loans to a trust or other entity as part of a publicly issued or
privately placed, rated or unrated mortgage pass-through or other
mortgage-backed securities transaction.
Seller: Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., its successors in interest
and assigns.
Servicing Fee: With respect to each Mortgage Loan subject to the
Interim Servicing Agreement, a fee payable monthly equal to one-twelfth of the
product of (a) the Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the outstanding principal balance
of such Mortgage Loan. Such fee shall be payable monthly and shall be pro-rated
for any portion of a month during which the Mortgage Loan is serviced by the
Seller under the Interim Servicing Agreement. The obligation of the Purchaser to
pay the Servicing Fee is limited to, and the Servicing Fee is payable solely
from, the interest portion (including recoveries with respect to interest from
Liquidation Proceeds, to the extent permitted by this Agreement) of such Monthly
Payment collected by the Seller, or as otherwise provided under this Agreement.
Servicing Fee Rate: 50 basis points (0.50%) per annum.
Servicing File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file
retained by the Seller consisting of originals of all documents in the Mortgage
File which are not delivered to the Purchaser or the Custodian and copies of the
Mortgage Loan Documents set forth in Section 2 of the Custodial Agreement.
Servicing Rights: Any and all of the following: (a) any and all
rights to service the Mortgage Loans; (b) any payments to or monies received by
the Seller for servicing the Mortgage Loans; (c) any late fees, penalties or
similar payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans; (d) all agreements or
documents creating, defining or evidencing any such servicing rights to the
extent they relate to such servicing rights and all rights of the Seller
thereunder; (e) Escrow Payments or other similar payments with respect to the
Mortgage Loans and any amounts actually collected by the Seller with respect
thereto; (f) all accounts and other rights to payment related to any of the
property described in this paragraph; and (g) any and all documents, files,
records, servicing files, servicing documents, servicing records, data tapes,
computer records, or other information pertaining to the Mortgage Loans or
pertaining to the past, present or prospective servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
Standard & Poor's: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies Inc., and any successor thereto.
Stated Principal Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan on any date of
determination, (i) the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan at the related
Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments of principal due on or before such
date, to the extent actually received, minus (ii) all amounts previously
distributed to the Purchaser with respect to the related Mortgage Loan
representing payments or recoveries of principal on such Mortgage Loan.
Successor Servicer: Any servicer of one or more Mortgage Loans
designated by the Purchaser as being entitled to the benefits of the
indemnifications set forth in Subsections 9.03 and 14.01.
Transfer Date: The date on which the Purchaser, or its designee,
shall receive the transfer of servicing responsibilities and begin to perform
the servicing of the Mortgage Loans with respect to the related Mortgage Loan
Package, and the Seller shall cease all servicing responsibilities. Such date
shall occur on the day indicated by the Purchaser to the Seller in accordance
with the Interim Servicing Agreement.
Underwriting Guidelines: The underwriting guidelines of the Seller
(which take into account the exception policies set forth therein), a copy of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit G and a then-current copy of which shall be
attached as an exhibit to the related Assignment and Conveyance.
Well Capitalized: Well Capitalized shall mean, with respect to any
Insured Depository Institution, the maintenance by such Insured Depository
Institution of capital ratios at or above the required minimum levels for such
capital category under the regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 1831(o)
of the United States Code, as amended from time to time, by the Appropriate
Federal Banking Agency for such institution, as such regulation may be amended
from time to time.
Whole Loan Agreement: Any Reconstitution Agreement in respect of a
Whole Loan Transfer.
Whole Loan Transfer: The sale or transfer by Purchaser of some or
all of the Mortgage Loans in a whole loan or participation format pursuant to a
Reconstitution Agreement.
SECTION 2 Agreement to Purchase.
The Seller agrees to sell from time to time, and the Purchaser
agrees to purchase from time to time, Mortgage Loans having an aggregate
principal balance on the related Cut-off Date in an amount as set forth in the
related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, or in such other amount as agreed by
the Purchaser and the Seller as evidenced by the actual aggregate principal
balance of the Mortgage Loans accepted by the Purchaser on each Closing Date.
SECTION 3 Mortgage Schedules.
The Seller from time to time shall provide the Purchaser with
certain information constituting a preliminary listing of the Mortgage Loans to
be purchased on each Closing Date in accordance with the related Purchase Price
and Terms Agreement and this Agreement (each, a "Preliminary Mortgage
Schedule").
The Seller is obligated to deliver those Mortgage Loans funded by
the Seller pursuant to the original terms of the Seller's commitment to the
mortgagor. The Seller shall deliver the related Mortgage Loan Schedule for the
Mortgage Loans to be purchased on a particular Closing Date to the Purchaser at
least two (2) Business Days prior to the related Closing Date. The related
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be the related Preliminary Mortgage Schedule with
those Mortgage Loans which are not being purchased by the Purchaser deleted.
SECTION 4 Purchase Price.
The Purchase Price for each Mortgage Loan shall be the percentage of
par as stated in the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement (subject to
adjustment as provided therein), multiplied by the aggregate principal balance,
as of the related Cut-off Date, of the Mortgage Loans, after application of
scheduled payments of principal due on or before the related Cut-off Date, to
the extent such payments were actually received. The initial principal amount of
the Mortgage Loans shall be the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage
Loans, so computed as of the related Cut-off Date. If so provided in the related
Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, portions of the Mortgage Loans shall be
priced separately.
In addition to the Purchase Price as described above, the Purchaser
shall pay to the Seller, at closing, accrued interest on the current principal
amount of the related Mortgage Loans as of the related Cut-off Date at the
weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of those Mortgage Loans. The Purchase
Price plus accrued interest as set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be
paid to the Seller by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
designated by the Seller in writing.
The Purchaser shall be entitled to (l) all scheduled principal due
after the related Cut-off Date, (2) all other recoveries of principal collected
on or after the related Cut-off Date, and (3) all payments of interest on the
Mortgage Loans net of applicable Servicing Fees (minus that portion of any such
payment which is allocable to the period prior to the related Cut-off Date). The
outstanding principal balance of each Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-off
Date is determined after application of payments of principal due on or before
the related Cut-off Date, to the extent actually collected, together with any
unscheduled principal prepayments collected prior to such Cut-off Date;
provided, however, that payments of scheduled principal and interest paid prior
to such Cut-off date, but to be applied on a Due Date beyond the related Cut-off
Date shall not be applied to the principal balance as of the related Cut-off
Date. Such prepaid amounts shall be the property of the Purchaser. The Seller
shall deposit any such prepaid amounts into the Custodial Account, which account
is established for the benefit of the Purchaser for subsequent remittance by the
Seller to the Purchaser.
SECTION 5 Examination of Mortgage Files.
At least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Closing Date,
the Seller shall (a) deliver to the Purchaser or its designee in escrow, for
examination with respect to each Mortgage Loan to be purchased, the related
Mortgage File, including a copy of the Assignment of Mortgage pertaining to each
Mortgage Loan (except with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan), or
(b) make the related Mortgage File available to the Purchaser for examination at
such other location as shall otherwise be acceptable to the Purchaser. Such
examination may be made by the Purchaser or its designee at any reasonable time
before or after the related Closing Date. If the Purchaser makes such
examination prior to the related Closing Date and determines, in its sole
discretion, that any Mortgage Loans are unacceptable to the Purchaser for any
reason, such Mortgage Loans shall be deleted from the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule, and may be replaced by a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (or Loans)
acceptable to the Purchaser. The Purchaser may, at its option and without notice
to the Seller, purchase some or all of the Mortgage Loans without conducting any
partial or complete examination. The fact that the Purchaser or its designee has
conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of the
Mortgage Files shall not affect the Purchaser's (or any of its successor's)
rights to demand repurchase, substitution or other relief as provided herein;
provided, however, that the Purchaser may not demand repurchase, substitution or
other relief on the basis that a Mortgage Loan examined by the Purchaser or its
designee prior to purchase does not comply with the Underwriting Guidelines
provided by the Seller to the Purchaser prior to such examination and attached
as an exhibit hereto.
SECTION 6 Conveyance from Seller to Purchaser.
Subsection 6.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans; Possession of
Servicing Files.
The Seller, simultaneously with the delivery of the Mortgage Loan
Schedule with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Package to be purchased on
each Closing Date, shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Conveyance
Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H (the "Assignment and
Conveyance Agreement"). The Seller shall cause the Servicing File retained by it
pursuant to this Agreement to be appropriately identified in its computer system
and/or books and records, as appropriate, to clearly reflect the sale of the
related Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser. The Seller shall release from its
custody the contents of any Servicing File retained by it only in accordance
with this Agreement or the Interim Servicing Agreement, except when such release
is required in connection with a repurchase of any such Mortgage Loan pursuant
to Subsection 9.03.
Subsection 6.02 Books and Records.
Record title to each Mortgage as of the related Closing Date shall
be in the name of the Seller. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Mortgage and
related Mortgage Note shall be possessed solely by the Purchaser or the
appropriate designee of the Purchaser, as the case may be. All rights arising
out of the Mortgage Loans including, but not limited to, all funds received by
the Seller after the related Cut-off Date on or in connection with a Mortgage
Loan shall be vested in the Purchaser or one or more designees of the Purchaser;
provided, however, that all funds received on or in connection with a Mortgage
Loan shall be received and held by the Seller in trust for the benefit of the
Purchaser or the appropriate designee of the Purchaser, as the case may be, as
the owner of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
The sale of each Mortgage Loan shall be reflected on the Seller's
balance sheet and other financial statements as a sale of assets by the Seller.
The Seller shall be responsible for maintaining, and shall maintain,
a complete set of books and records for each Mortgage Loan which shall be marked
clearly to reflect the ownership of each Mortgage Loan by the Purchaser. In
particular, the Seller shall maintain in its possession, available for
inspection by the Purchaser, and shall deliver to the Purchaser upon demand,
evidence of compliance with all federal, state and local laws, rules and
regulations, and applicable requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, including
but not limited to documentation as to the method used in determining the
applicability of the provisions of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as
amended, to the Mortgaged Property, documentation evidencing insurance coverage
and periodic inspection reports, as required by the Xxxxxx Mae Guides, if
applicable. To the extent that original documents are not required for purposes
of realization of Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, documents
maintained by the Seller may be in the form of microfilm or microfiche so long
as the Seller complies with the requirements of the Xxxxxx Xxx Guides, if
applicable.
Subsection 6.03 Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents.
The Seller shall deliver and release to the Custodian no later than
three (3) Business Days prior to the related Closing Date those Mortgage Loan
Documents set forth on Exhibit A hereto as required by the Custodial Agreement
with respect to each Mortgage Loan set forth on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
The Custodian shall certify its receipt of all such Mortgage Loan
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to the Custodial Agreement for the
related Closing Date, as evidenced by the Initial Certification of the Custodian
in the form annexed to the Custodial Agreement. The Seller shall comply with the
terms of the Custodial Agreement and the Purchaser shall pay all fees and
expenses of the Custodian.
The Seller shall forward to the Custodian, or to such other Person
as the Purchaser shall designate in writing, original documents evidencing an
assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of any Mortgage Loan
entered into in accordance with this Agreement within two weeks of their
execution, provided, however, that the Seller shall provide the Custodian, or to
such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in writing, with a certified
true copy of any such document submitted for recordation within two weeks of its
execution, and shall promptly provide the original of any document submitted for
recordation or a copy of such document certified by the appropriate public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original within ninety
days of its submission for recordation.
In the event any document required to be delivered to the Custodian
in the Custodial Agreement, including an original or copy of any document
submitted for recordation to the appropriate public recording office, is not so
delivered to the Custodian, or to such other Person as the Purchaser shall
designate in writing, within 90 days following the related Closing Date (other
than with respect to the Assignments of Mortgage which shall be delivered to the
Custodian in blank and recorded subsequently by the Purchaser or its designee),
and in the event that the Seller does not cure such failure within 30 days of
discovery or receipt of written notification of such failure from the Purchaser,
the related Mortgage Loan shall, upon the request of the Purchaser, be
repurchased by the Seller at the price and in the manner specified in Subsection
9.03. The foregoing repurchase obligation shall not apply in the event that the
Seller cannot deliver an original document submitted for recordation to the
appropriate public recording office within the specified period due to a delay
caused by the recording office in the applicable jurisdiction; provided that the
Seller shall instead deliver a recording receipt of such recording office or, if
such recording receipt is not available, an officer's certificate of a servicing
officer of the Seller, confirming that such documents have been accepted for
recording; provided that, upon request of the Purchaser and delivery by the
Purchaser to the Seller of a schedule of the related Mortgage Loans, the Seller
shall reissue and deliver to the Purchaser or its designee said officer's
certificate.
The Seller shall pay all initial recording fees, if any, for the
assignments of mortgage and any other fees or costs in transferring all original
documents to the Custodian or, upon written request of the Purchaser, to the
Purchaser or the Purchaser's designee. The Purchaser or the Purchaser's designee
shall be responsible for recording the Assignments of Mortgage and shall be
reimbursed by the Seller for the costs associated therewith pursuant to the
preceding sentence.
Subsection 6.04 Quality Control Procedures.
The Seller shall have an internal quality control program that
verifies, on a regular basis, the existence and accuracy of the legal documents,
credit documents, property appraisals, and underwriting decisions. The program
shall include evaluating and monitoring the overall quality of the Seller's loan
production and the servicing activities of the Seller. The program is to ensure
that the Mortgage Loans are originated and serviced in accordance with Accepted
Servicing Standards and the Underwriting Guidelines; guard against dishonest,
fraudulent, or negligent acts; and guard against errors and omissions by
officers, employees, or other authorized persons.
SECTION 7 Servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
The Mortgage Loans have been sold by the Seller to the Purchaser on
a servicing released basis. Subject to, and upon the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and the Interim Servicing Agreement (with respect to each
Mortgage Loan, for an interim period, as specified therein), the Seller hereby
sells, transfers, assigns, conveys and delivers to the Purchaser the Servicing
Rights.
The Purchaser shall retain the Seller as contract servicer of the
Mortgage Loans for an interim period pursuant to and in accordance with the
terms and conditions contained in the Interim Servicing Agreement (with respect
to each Mortgage Loan, for an interim period, as specified therein). The
Purchaser and Seller shall execute the Interim Servicing Agreement on the
Closing Date. Pursuant to the Interim Servicing Agreement, the Seller shall
begin servicing the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Purchaser and shall be
entitled to a Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan from the related
Closing Date until the termination of the Interim Servicing Agreement with
respect to such Mortgage Loan as set forth therein.
SECTION 8 Transfer of Servicing.
On the applicable Transfer Date, the Purchaser, or its designee,
shall assume all servicing responsibilities related to, and the Seller shall
cease all servicing responsibilities related to the related Mortgage Loans. The
Transfer Date shall be the date determined in accordance with Section 6.03 of
the Interim Servicing Agreement (with respect to each Mortgage Loan, for an
interim period, as specified therein).
On or prior to the applicable Transfer Date, or as otherwise
specified below, the Seller shall, at its sole cost and expense, take such steps
as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and evidence the transfer of
the servicing of the related Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, or its designee,
including but not limited to the following:
(a) Notice to Mortgagors. The Seller shall mail to the Mortgagor of
each related Mortgage Loan a letter advising such Mortgagor of the transfer of
the servicing of the related Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser, or its designee, in
accordance with the Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx National Affordable Housing Act of 1990;
provided, however, the content and format of the letter shall have the prior
approval of the Purchaser. The Seller shall provide the Purchaser with copies of
all such related notices within five (5) Business Days following the Transfer
Date;
(b) Notice to Taxing Authorities and Insurance Companies. The Seller
shall transmit to the applicable taxing authorities and insurance companies
(including primary mortgage insurance policy insurers, if applicable) and/or
agents, notification of the transfer of the servicing to the Purchaser, or its
designee, and instructions to deliver all notices, tax bills and insurance
statements, as the case may be, to the Purchaser from and after the Transfer
Date. The Seller shall provide the Purchaser with copies of all such notices
within five (5) Business Days following the Transfer Date;
(c) Delivery of Servicing Records. The Seller shall forward to the
Purchaser, or its designee, all servicing records and the Servicing File in the
Seller's possession relating to each related Mortgage Loan including the
information enumerated in the Interim Servicing Agreement (with respect to each
such Mortgage Loan, for an interim period, as specified therein);
(d) Escrow Payments. The Seller shall provide the Purchaser, or its
designee, with immediately available funds by wire transfer in the amount of the
net Escrow Payments and suspense balances and all loss draft balances associated
with the related Mortgage Loans. The Seller shall provide the Purchaser with an
accounting statement of Escrow Payments and suspense balances and loss draft
balances sufficient to enable the Purchaser to reconcile the amount of such
payment with the accounts of the Mortgage Loans. Additionally, the Seller shall
wire transfer to the Purchaser the amount of any agency, trustee or prepaid
Mortgage Loan payments and all other similar amounts held by the Seller;
(e) Payoffs and Assumptions. The Seller shall provide to the
Purchaser, or its designee, copies of all assumption and payoff statements
generated by the Seller on the related Mortgage Loans from the related Cut-off
Date to the Transfer Date;
(f) Mortgage Payments Received Prior to Transfer Date. Prior to the
Transfer Date all payments received by the Seller on each related Mortgage Loan
shall be properly applied by the Seller to the account of the particular
Mortgagor;
(g) Mortgage Payments Received After Transfer Date. The amount of
any related Monthly Payments received by the Seller after the Transfer Date
shall be forwarded to the Purchaser by overnight mail within one (1) Business
Day following the date of receipt. The Seller shall notify the Purchaser of the
particulars of the payment, which notification requirement shall be satisfied if
the Seller forwards with its payment sufficient information to permit
appropriate processing of the payment by the Purchaser. The Seller shall assume
full responsibility for the necessary and appropriate legal application of such
Monthly Payments received by the Seller after the Transfer Date with respect to
related Mortgage Loans then in foreclosure or bankruptcy; provided, for purposes
of this Agreement, necessary and appropriate legal application of such Monthly
Payments shall include, but not be limited to, endorsement of a Monthly Payment
to the Purchaser with the particulars of the payment such as the account number,
dollar amount, date received and any special Mortgagor application instructions
and the Seller shall comply with the foregoing requirements with respect to all
Monthly Payments received by the it after the Transfer Date;
(h) Misapplied Payments. Misapplied payments shall be processed as
follows:
(i) All parties shall cooperate in correcting misapplication
errors;
(ii) The party receiving notice of a misapplied payment
occurring prior to the applicable Transfer Date and discovered after
the Transfer Date shall immediately notify the other party;
(iii) If a misapplied payment which occurred prior to the
Transfer Date cannot be identified and said misapplied payment has
resulted in a shortage in a Custodial Account or Escrow Account, the
Seller shall be liable for the amount of such shortage. The Seller
shall reimburse the Purchaser for the amount of such shortage within
thirty (30) days after receipt of written demand therefor from the
Purchaser;
(iv) If a misapplied payment which occurred prior to the
Transfer Date has created an improper Purchase Price as the result
of an inaccurate outstanding principal balance, a check shall be
issued to the party shorted by the improper payment application
within five (5) Business Days after notice thereof by the other
party; and
(v) Any check issued under the provisions of this Section 8(h)
shall be accompanied by a statement indicating the corresponding
Seller and/or the Purchaser Mortgage Loan identification number and
an explanation of the allocation of any such payments;
(i) Books and Records. On the Transfer Date, the books, records and
accounts of the Seller with respect to the related Mortgage Loans shall be in
accordance with all applicable Purchaser requirements as set forth in this
Agreement;
(j) Reconciliation. The Seller shall, on or before the Transfer
Date, reconcile principal balances and make any monetary adjustments required by
the Purchaser. Any such monetary adjustments will be transferred between the
Seller and the Purchaser as appropriate;
(k) IRS Forms. The Seller shall file all IRS forms 1099, 1099A, 1098
or 1041 and K-1 which are required to be filed on or before the Transfer Date in
relation to the servicing and ownership of the related Mortgage Loans. The
Seller shall provide copies of such forms to the Purchaser upon request and
shall reimburse the Purchaser for any costs or penalties incurred by the
Purchaser due to the Seller's failure to comply with this paragraph; and
(l) MERS. With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the
Seller shall, on or before the Transfer Date, designate, as directed by the
Purchaser, the Purchaser, or its designee, as the Servicer on the MERS(R)
System. In addition, the Seller shall promptly take all other actions reasonably
requested by Purchaser with respect to MERS Designated Mortgage Loans and the
MERS(R) System to effectuate and evidence the transfer of servicing in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Interim Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 9 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Seller;
Remedies for Breach.
Subsection 9.01 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Seller.
The Seller represents, warrants and covenants to the Purchaser that
as of the date hereof and as of each Closing Date:
(a) Due Organization and Authority. The Seller is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of
California and has all licenses necessary to carry on its business as now being
conducted and is licensed, qualified and in good standing in each state wherein
it owns or leases any material properties or where a Mortgaged Property is
located, if the laws of such state require licensing or qualification in order
to conduct business of the type conducted by the Seller, and in any event the
Seller is in compliance with the laws of any such state to the extent necessary
to ensure the enforceability of the related Mortgage Loan and the servicing of
such Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the
Interim Servicing Agreement; the Seller has the full corporate power, authority
and legal right to hold, transfer and convey the Mortgage Loans and to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder; the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (including
all instruments of transfer to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement) by the
Seller and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have been duly and validly authorized; this Agreement and all agreements
contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered and constitute the
valid, legal, binding and enforceable obligations of the Seller, regardless of
whether such enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law, but
subject to bankruptcy laws and general principles of equity; and all requisite
corporate or other action has been taken by the Seller to make this Agreement
and all agreements contemplated hereby valid and binding upon the Seller in
accordance with their terms;
(b) Ordinary Course of Business. The consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of
business of the Seller, and the transfer, assignment and conveyance of the
Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement are
not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect
in any applicable jurisdiction;
(c) No Conflicts. Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the acquisition or origination of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller,
the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, nor the fulfillment of or
compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, will conflict with
or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the
Seller's charter, by-laws or other organizational documents or any legal
restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the Seller is now a party or
by which it is bound, or constitute a default or result in an acceleration under
any of the foregoing, or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment or decree to which the Seller or its property is subject, or
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance that
would have an adverse effect upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of
any mortgage, contract, deed of trust or other instrument, or impair the ability
of the Purchaser to realize on the Mortgage Loans, impair the value of the
Mortgage Loans, or impair the ability of the Purchaser to realize the full
amount of any insurance benefits accruing pursuant to this Agreement;
(d) Ability to Service. Seller has the facilities, procedures, and
experienced personnel necessary for the sound servicing of mortgage loans of the
same type as the Mortgage Loans. The Seller is duly qualified, licensed,
registered and otherwise authorized under all applicable federal, state and
local laws, and regulations, if applicable, meets the minimum capital
requirements set forth by HUD, the OTS, the OCC or the FDIC, if applicable, and
is in good standing to enforce, originate, sell mortgage loans to, and service
mortgage loans in each jurisdiction wherein the Mortgaged Properties are
located;
(e) Reasonable Servicing Fee. The Seller acknowledges and agrees
that the Servicing Fee, represents reasonable compensation for performing such
services and that the entire Servicing Fee shall be treated by the Seller, for
accounting and tax purposes, as compensation for the servicing and
administration of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement and the Interim
Servicing Agreement;
(f) Ability to Perform; Solvency. The Seller does not believe, nor
does it have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and
every covenant contained in this Agreement. The Seller is solvent and the sale
of the Mortgage Loans will not cause the Seller to become insolvent. The sale of
the Mortgage Loans is not undertaken with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud
any of Seller's creditors;
(g) No Litigation Pending. Except as previously identified by the
Seller to the Purchaser in writing, there is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation pending or threatened against the Seller, before any court,
administrative agency or other tribunal asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement, seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or which, either in any one instance or in the
aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in the business,
operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Seller, or in any
material impairment of the right or ability of the Seller to carry on its
business substantially as now conducted, or in any material liability on the
part of the Seller, or which would draw into question the validity of this
Agreement or the Mortgage Loans or of any action taken or to be taken in
connection with the obligations of the Seller contemplated herein, or which
would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Seller to perform under
the terms of this Agreement;
(h) No Consent Required. No consent, approval, authorization or
order of, or registration or filing with, or notice to any court or governmental
agency or body including HUD, the FHA or the Department of Veterans Affairs is
required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of or
compliance by the Seller with this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, the delivery
of a portion of the Mortgage Files to the Custodian or the sale of the Mortgage
Loans or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or
if required, such approval has been or will be obtained prior to the date
required by federal, state or local law;
(i) Selection Process. The Mortgage Loans were selected from among
the outstanding one- to four-family mortgage loans in the Seller's portfolio at
the related Closing Date as to which the representations and warranties set
forth in Subsection 9.02 could be made and such selection was not intentionally
made in a manner so as to affect adversely the interests of the Purchaser;
(j) Delivery to the Custodian. The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the
Assignment of Mortgage and any other documents required to be delivered with
respect to each Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, shall be
delivered to the Custodian all in compliance with the specific requirements of
the Custodial Agreement. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Seller will be
in possession of a complete Mortgage File in compliance with Exhibit A hereto,
except for such documents as will be delivered to the Custodian;
(k) Mortgage Loan Characteristics. The characteristics of the
related Mortgage Loan Package are as set forth on the description of the pool
characteristics for the applicable Mortgage Loan Package delivered pursuant to
Section 11 on the related Closing Date in the form attached as Exhibit B to each
related Assignment and Conveyance Agreement;
(l) No Untrue Information. Neither this Agreement nor any
information, statement, tape, diskette, report, form, or other document
furnished or to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement or any Reconstitution
Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (including
any Securitization Transfer or Whole Loan Transfer) contains or will contain any
untrue statement of material fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading;
(m) Financial Statements. The Seller has delivered to the Purchaser
financial statements as to its last three complete fiscal years and any later
quarter ended more than 60 days prior to the execution of this Agreement. All
such financial statements fairly present the pertinent results of operations and
changes in financial position for each of such periods and the financial
position at the end of each such period of the Seller and its subsidiaries and
have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as set forth in the
notes thereto. In addition, the Seller has delivered information as to its loan
gain and loss experience in respect of foreclosures and its loan delinquency
experience for the immediately preceding three-year period, in each case with
respect to mortgage loans owned by it and such mortgage loans serviced for
others during such period, and all such information so delivered shall be true
and correct in all material respects. There has been no change in the business,
operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Seller since the
date of the Seller's financial statements that would have a material adverse
effect on its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The
Seller has completed any forms requested by the Purchaser in a timely manner and
in accordance with the provided instructions;
(n) No Brokers. The Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment
banker, agent or other person that may be entitled to any commission or
compensation in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans;
(o) Sale Treatment. The Seller intends to reflect the transfer of
the Mortgage Loans as a sale on the books and records of the Seller and the
Seller has determined that the disposition of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
this Agreement will be afforded sale treatment for tax and accounting purposes;
(p) Owner of Record. The Seller is the owner of record of each
Mortgage and the indebtedness evidenced by each Mortgage Note, and upon the sale
of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, the Seller will retain the Mortgage
Files with respect thereto in trust only for the purpose of servicing and
supervising the servicing of each Mortgage Loan;
(q) Seller's Origination. The Seller's decision to originate any
mortgage loan or to deny any mortgage loan application is an independent
decision based upon Seller's underwriting guidelines, and is in no way made as a
result of Purchaser's decision to purchase, or not to purchase, or the price
Purchaser may offer to pay for, any such mortgage loan, if originated; and
(r) Credit Reporting. The Seller, as servicer, will fully furnish,
in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing
regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable)
on its borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit
Information Company (three of the credit repositories), on a monthly basis.
Subsection 9.02 Representations and Warranties Regarding Individual
Mortgage Loans.
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser that, as
to each Mortgage Loan, as of the related Closing Date for such Mortgage Loan:
(a) Mortgage Loans as Described. The information set forth in the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule is complete, true and correct;
(b) Payments Current. All payments required to be made up to the
related Closing Date for the Mortgage Loan under the terms of the Mortgage Note,
other than payments not yet 30 days delinquent, have been made and credited. No
payment required under the Mortgage Loan is 30 days or more delinquent nor has
any payment under the Mortgage Loan been 30 days or more delinquent at any time
since the origination of the Mortgage Loan;
(c) No Outstanding Charges. There are no defaults in complying with
the terms of the Mortgage, and 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. The
Seller 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 under the Mortgage Loan, except for
interest accruing from the date of the Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of
the Mortgage Loan proceeds, whichever is earlier, to the day which precedes by
one month the related Due Date of the first installment of principal and
interest;
(d) Original Terms Unmodified. The terms of the Mortgage Note and
Mortgage have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect,
from the date of origination except by a written instrument which has been
recorded, if necessary to protect the interests of the Purchaser, and which has
been delivered to the Custodian or to such other Person as the Purchaser shall
designate in writing, and the terms of which are reflected in the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule. The substance of any such waiver, alteration or
modification has been approved by the title insurer, if any, to the extent
required by the policy, and its terms are reflected on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule, if applicable. No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part,
except in connection with an assumption agreement, approved by the issuer of the
title insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and which assumption
agreement is part of the Mortgage Loan File delivered to the Custodian or to
such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in writing and the terms of
which are reflected in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(e) No Defenses. The Mortgage Loan is not subject to any right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including without limitation the
defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage
Note or the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render either the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part and no such
right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with
respect thereto, and no Mortgagor was a debtor in any state or Federal
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding at the time the Mortgage Loan was funded;
(f) Hazard Insurance. Pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, all
buildings or other improvements upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by a
generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage
and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property
is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of
Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac, as well as all additional requirements set forth in
Section 2.10 of the Interim Servicing Agreement. If required by the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, each Mortgage Loan is covered by a
flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the
Federal Insurance Administration is in effect which policy conforms to Xxxxxx
Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac, as well as all additional requirements set forth in Section
2.10 of the Interim Servicing Agreement. All individual insurance policies
contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller and its successors and
assigns as mortgagee, and all premiums thereon have been paid. The Mortgage
obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at
the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor's failure to do so,
authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at
such Mortgagor's cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the
Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been
given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance,
provided the policy is not a "master" or "blanket" hazard insurance policy
covering a condominium, or any hazard insurance policy covering the common
facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the
valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and
will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Purchaser upon
the consummation of the purchase of the Mortgage Loan as contemplated by this
Agreement. The Seller has not engaged in, and has no knowledge of the
Mortgagor's having engaged in, any act or omission which would impair the
coverage of any such policy, the benefits of the endorsement provided for
herein, or the validity and binding effect of either including, without
limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation
or value of any kind has been or will be received, retained or realized by any
attorney, firm or other person or entity, and no such unlawful items have been
received, retained or realized by the Seller;
(g) Compliance with Applicable Laws. Any and all requirements of any
federal, state or local law including, without limitation, usury,
truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection,
equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan
have been complied with, the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby will not involve the violation of any such laws or regulations, and the
Seller shall maintain in its possession, available for the Purchaser's
inspection, and shall deliver to the Purchaser upon demand, evidence of
compliance with all such requirements;
(h) No Satisfaction of Mortgage. The Mortgage has not been
satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the
Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole
or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such
release, cancellation, subordination or rescission. The Seller has not waived
the performance by the Mortgagor of any action, if the Mortgagor's failure to
perform such action would cause the Mortgage Loan to be in default, nor has the
Seller waived any default resulting from any action or inaction by the
Mortgagor;
(i) Location and Type of Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property
is a fee simple property located in the state identified in the related Mortgage
Loan Schedule, except that with respect to real property located in
jurisdictions in which the use of leasehold estates for residential properties
is a widely-accepted practice, the Mortgaged Property may be a leasehold estate,
and consists of a single parcel of real property with a detached single family
residence erected thereon, or a two- to four-family dwelling, or an individual
residential condominium unit in a condominium project, or an individual unit in
a planned unit development and that no residence or dwelling is a mobile home;
provided, however, that any condominium unit or planned unit development shall
not fall within any of the "Ineligible Projects" of part XII, Section 102 of the
Xxxxxx Mae Selling Guide and shall conform with the Underwriting Guidelines. In
the case of any Mortgaged Properties that are manufactured homes (a
"Manufactured Home Mortgage Loans"), (i) such Manufactured Home Mortgage Loan
conforms with the applicable Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac requirements regarding
mortgage loans related to manufactured dwellings, (ii) the related manufactured
dwelling is permanently affixed to the land, (iii) the related manufactured
dwelling and the related land are subject to a Mortgage properly filed in the
appropriate public recording office and naming Seller as mortgagee, (iv) the
applicable laws of the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is
located will deem the manufactured dwelling located on such Mortgaged Property
to be a part of the real property on which such dwelling is located, and (v)
such Manufactured Home Mortgage Loan is (x) a qualified mortgage under Section
860G(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and (y) secured by
manufactured housing treated as a single family residence under Section
25(e)(10) of the Code. As of the date of origination, no portion of the
Mortgaged Property was used for commercial purposes, and since the date of
origination, no portion of the Mortgaged Property has been used for commercial
purposes; provided, that Mortgaged Properties which contain a home office shall
not be considered as being used for commercial purposes as long as the Mortgaged
Property has not been altered for commercial purposes and is not storing any
chemicals or raw materials other than those commonly used for homeowner repair,
maintenance and/or household purposes;
(j) Valid First Lien. The Mortgage is a valid, subsisting,
enforceable and perfected, first lien on the Mortgaged Property, including all
buildings and improvements on the Mortgaged Property and all installations and
mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems located
in or annexed to such buildings, and all additions, alterations and replacements
made at any time with respect to the foregoing. The lien of the Mortgage is
subject only to:
(i) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments
not yet due and payable;
(ii) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way,
easements and other matters of the public record as of the date of
recording acceptable to prudent mortgage lending institutions
generally and specifically referred to in the lender's title
insurance policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan
and (a) specifically referred to or otherwise considered in the
appraisal made for the originator of the Mortgage Loan or (b) which
do not adversely affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged
Property set forth in such appraisal; and
(iii) other matters to which like properties are commonly
subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the
security intended to be provided by the Mortgage or the use,
enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property.
Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and
delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid,
subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien and first priority security
interest on the property described therein and the Seller has full right to sell
and assign the same to the Purchaser. As used in this Subsection 9.02,
"enforceable" shall be deemed to be subject to bankruptcy laws and general
principles of equity;
(k) Validity of Mortgage Documents. The Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage and any other agreement executed and delivered by a Mortgagor in
connection with a Mortgage Loan are genuine, and each is the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the maker thereof enforceable in accordance with its
terms. All parties to the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any other such related
agreement had legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and
deliver the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any such agreement, and the Mortgage
Note, the Mortgage and any other such related agreement have been duly and
properly executed by other such related parties. No fraud, error, omission,
misrepresentation, negligence or similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage
Loan has taken place on the part of any Person, including without limitation,
the Mortgagor, any appraiser, any builder or developer, or any other party
involved in the origination of the Mortgage Loan. The Seller has reviewed all of
the documents constituting the Servicing File and has made such inquiries as it
deems necessary to make and confirm the accuracy of the representations set
forth herein;
(l) Full Disbursement of Proceeds. Except to the extent the Mortgage
Loan is subject to completion escrows which have been disclosed to and
acknowledged by the Purchaser and which meet the requirements of the
Underwriting Guidelines, and as to which a completed Xxxxxx Xxx form 442 has
been delivered to the Purchaser within sixty (60) days after the related Closing
Date, the Mortgage Loan has been closed and the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan
have been fully disbursed and there is no requirement for future advances
thereunder, and any and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or
off-site improvement and as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have
been complied with. All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or closing
the Mortgage Loan and the recording of the Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor
is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note
or Mortgage;
(m) Ownership. The Seller is the sole owner of record and holder of
the Mortgage Loan and the indebtedness evidenced by each Mortgage Note and upon
the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, the Seller will retain the
Mortgage Files or any part thereof with respect thereto not delivered to the
Custodian, the Purchaser or the Purchaser's designee, in trust only for the
purpose of servicing and supervising the servicing of each Mortgage Loan. Upon
payment of the Purchase Price, the Mortgage Loan is not assigned or pledged, and
the Seller has good, indefeasible and marketable title thereto, and has full
right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser free and clear of
any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or
security interest, and has full right and authority subject to no interest or
participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each
Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement and following the sale of each Mortgage
Loan, the Purchaser will own such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any
encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or
security interest. The Seller intends to relinquish all rights to possess,
control and monitor the Mortgage Loan. After the related Closing Date, the
Seller will have no right to modify or alter the terms of the sale of the
Mortgage Loan and the Seller will have no obligation or right to repurchase the
Mortgage Loan or substitute another Mortgage Loan, except as provided in this
Agreement;
(n) Doing Business. All parties which have had any interest in the
Mortgage Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or,
during the period in which they held and disposed of such interest, were) (1) in
compliance with any and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the
state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, and (2) either (i) organized
under the laws of such state, or (ii) qualified to do business in such state, or
(iii) a federal savings and loan association, a savings bank or a national bank
having a principal office in such state, or (3) not doing business in such
state;
(o) LTV. No Mortgage Loan had an LTV at origination greater than
100%;
(p) Title Insurance. The Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA
lender's title insurance policy, or with respect to any Mortgage Loan for which
the related Mortgaged Property is located in California a CLTA lender's title
insurance policy, or other generally acceptable form of policy or insurance
acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac and each such title insurance policy is
issued by a title insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac and qualified
to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located,
insuring the Seller, its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien
of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan (or to the
extent a Mortgage Note provides for negative amortization, the maximum amount of
negative amortization in accordance with the Mortgage), subject only to the
exceptions contained in clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (j) of this Subsection
9.02, and in the case of Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, against any loss by
reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the
provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment to the Mortgage Interest
Rate and Monthly Payment. Where required by state law or regulation, the
Mortgagor has been given the opportunity to choose the carrier of the required
mortgage title insurance. Additionally, such lender's title insurance policy
affirmatively insures ingress and egress, and against encroachments by or upon
the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. The Seller, its successor and
assigns, are the sole insureds of such lender's title insurance policy, and such
lender's title insurance policy is valid and remains in full force and effect
and will be in force and effect upon the consummation of the purchase of the
Mortgage Loan as contemplated by this Agreement. No claims have been made under
such lender's title insurance policy, and no prior holder of the related
Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything which
would impair the coverage of such lender's title insurance policy, including
without limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful
compensation or value of any kind has been or will be received, retained or
realized by any attorney, firm or other person or entity, and no such unlawful
items have been received, retained or realized by the Seller;
(q) No Defaults. Other than payments due but not yet 30 days or more
delinquent, there is no default, breach, violation or event which would permit
acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event
which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace
or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event which
would permit acceleration, and neither the Seller nor any of its affiliates nor
any of their respective predecessors, have waived any default, breach, violation
or event which would permit acceleration;
(r) No Mechanics' Liens. Except as insured against by the related
title insurance, there are no mechanics' or similar liens or claims which have
been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under
the law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property
which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the
related Mortgage;
(s) Location of Improvements; No Encroachments. All improvements
which were considered in determining the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged
Property lay wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of the
Mortgaged Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon
the Mortgaged Property. No improvement located on or being part of the Mortgaged
Property is in violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation;
(t) Origination; Payment Terms. Either (a) the Mortgage Loan was
originated by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act, a
savings and loan association, a savings bank, a commercial bank, credit union,
insurance company or other similar institution which is supervised and examined
by a federal or state authority, or (b) the following requirements have been met
with respect to the Mortgage Loan: the Seller meets the requirements set forth
in clause (a), and (i) such Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with
standards established by the Seller, using application forms and related credit
documents approved by the Seller, (ii) the Seller approved each application and
the related credit documents before a commitment by the correspondent was
issued, and no such commitment was issued until the Seller agreed to fund such
Mortgage Loan, (iii) the closing documents for such Mortgage Loan were prepared
on forms approved by the Seller, and (iv) such Mortgage Loan was actually funded
by the Seller and was purchased by the Seller at closing or soon thereafter. The
documents, instruments and agreements submitted for loan underwriting were not
falsified and contain no untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the information
and statements therein not misleading. Principal payments on the Mortgage Loan
are required to commence no more than sixty days after funds were disbursed in
connection with the Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Interest Rate as well as the
Lifetime Rate Cap and the Periodic Cap, are as set forth on the related Mortgage
Loan Schedule. Except with respect to a "balloon" Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage
Note is payable in equal monthly installments of principal and interest, which
installments of interest, with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, are
subject to change due to the adjustments to the Mortgage Interest Rate on each
Interest Rate Adjustment Date, with interest calculated and payable in arrears,
sufficient to amortize the Mortgage Loan fully by the stated maturity date, over
an original term of not more than thirty years from commencement of
amortization. Unless otherwise specified on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule,
the Mortgage Loan is payable on the first day of each month. There are no
Convertible Mortgage Loans which contain a provision allowing the Mortgagor to
convert the Mortgage Note from an adjustable interest rate Mortgage Note to a
fixed interest rate Mortgage Note;
(u) Customary Provisions. The Mortgage contains customary and
enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder
thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the
benefits of the security provided thereby, including, (i) in the case of a
Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (ii) otherwise by
judicial foreclosure. Upon default by a Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan and
foreclosure on, or trustee's sale of, the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the
proper procedures, the holder of the Mortgage Loan will be able to deliver good
and merchantable title to the Mortgaged Property. There is no homestead or other
exemption available to a Mortgagor which would interfere with the right to sell
the Mortgaged Property at a trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the
Mortgage, subject to applicable federal and state laws and judicial precedent
with respect to bankruptcy and right of redemption or similar law;
(v) Conformance with Agency and Underwriting Guidelines. The
Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the Underwriting Guidelines.
The Mortgage Note and Mortgage are on forms acceptable to Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx
Mae and the Seller has not made any representations to a Mortgagor that are
inconsistent with the mortgage instruments used;
(w) Occupancy of the Mortgaged Property. As of the related Closing
Date the Mortgaged Property is capable of being lawfully occupied under
applicable law. 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;
(x) No Additional Collateral. The Mortgage Note is not and has not
been secured by any collateral except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage and
the security interest of any applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage
referred to in paragraph (j) above;
(y) Deeds of Trust. In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of
trust, a trustee, authorized and duly qualified under applicable law to serve as
such, has been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in the
Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Purchaser to
the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale
after default by the Mortgagor;
(z) Acceptable Investment. The Seller has no knowledge of any
circumstances or conditions with respect to the Mortgage, the Mortgaged
Property, the Mortgagor, the Mortgage File or the Mortgagor's credit standing,
other than the subprime nature of such credit standing, that can reasonably be
expected to cause private institutional investors who invest in mortgage loans
similar to the Mortgage Loan, to regard the Mortgage Loan as an unacceptable
investment, cause the Mortgage Loan to become delinquent, or adversely affect
the value or marketability of the Mortgage Loan, or cause the Mortgage Loans to
prepay during any period materially faster or slower than the mortgage loans
originated by the Seller generally;
(aa) Delivery of Mortgage Documents. The Mortgage Note, the
Mortgage, the Assignment of Mortgage and any other documents required to be
delivered under the Custodial Agreement for each Mortgage Loan have been
delivered to the Custodian. The Seller is in possession of a complete, true and
accurate Mortgage File in compliance with Exhibit A hereto, except for such
documents the originals of which have been delivered to the Custodian;
(bb) Condominiums/Planned Unit Developments. If the Mortgaged
Property is a condominium unit or a planned unit development (other than a de
minimis planned unit development) such condominium or planned unit development
project such Mortgage Loan was originated in accordance with, and the Mortgaged
Property meets the guidelines set forth in the Seller's Underwriting Guidelines;
(cc) Transfer of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to MERS
Designated Mortgage Loans, the Assignment of Mortgage with respect to each
Mortgage Loan is in recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the
laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located. The
transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by
the Seller are not subject to the bulk transfer or similar statutory provisions
in effect in any applicable jurisdiction;
(dd) Due-on-Sale. With respect to each Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage contains an enforceable provision (subject to applicable law) for the
acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan
in the event that the Mortgaged Property is sold or transferred without the
prior written consent of the mortgagee thereunder, and to the best of the
Seller's knowledge, such provision is enforceable;
(ee) [Reserved];
(ff) No Buydown Provisions; No Graduated Payments or Contingent
Interests. The Mortgage Loan does not contain provisions pursuant to which
Monthly Payments are paid or partially paid with funds deposited in any separate
account established by the Seller, the Mortgagor, or anyone on behalf of the
Mortgagor, or paid by any source other than the Mortgagor nor does it contain
any other similar provisions which may constitute a "buydown" provision. The
Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment mortgage loan and the Mortgage Loan
does not have a shared appreciation or other contingent interest feature;
(gg) Consolidation of Future Advances. Any future advances made to
the Mortgagor prior to the Cut-off Date have been consolidated with the
outstanding principal amount secured by the Mortgage, and the secured principal
amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest rate and single repayment term.
The lien of the Mortgage securing the consolidated principal amount is expressly
insured as having first lien priority by a title insurance policy, an
endorsement to the policy insuring the mortgagee's consolidated interest or by
other title evidence acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac. The consolidated
principal amount does not exceed the original principal amount of the Mortgage
Loan;
(hh) Mortgaged Property Undamaged; No Condemnation Proceedings.
There is no proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial
condemnation of the Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property is undamaged by
waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other
casualty so as to affect adversely the value of the Mortgaged Property as
security for the Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended
and each Mortgaged Property is in good repair. There have not been any
condemnation proceedings with respect to the Mortgaged Property and the Seller
has no knowledge of any such proceedings in the future;
(ii) Collection Practices; Escrow Deposits; Interest Rate
Adjustments. The origination, servicing and collection practices used by the
Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been in all respects in compliance
with Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable laws and regulations, and have
been in all respects legal and proper. With respect to escrow deposits and
Escrow Payments, all such payments are in the possession of, or under the
control of, the Seller and there exist no deficiencies in connection therewith
for which customary arrangements for repayment thereof have not been made. All
Escrow Payments have been collected in full compliance with state and federal
law and the provisions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage. An escrow of
funds is not prohibited by applicable law and, if requested by the Mortgagor,
has been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every item that remains
unpaid and has been assessed but is not yet due and payable. No escrow deposits
or Escrow Payments or other charges or payments due the Seller have been
capitalized under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note. All Mortgage Interest Rate
adjustments have been made in strict compliance with state and federal law and
the terms of the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note on the related Interest Rate
Adjustment Date. If, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Note, another index
was selected for determining the Mortgage Interest Rate, the same index was used
with respect to each Mortgage Note which required a new index to be selected,
and such selection did not conflict with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
The Seller executed and delivered any and all notices required under applicable
law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the
Mortgage Interest Rate and the Monthly Payment adjustments. Any interest
required to be paid pursuant to state, federal and local law has been properly
paid and credited;
(jj) Conversion to Fixed Interest Rate. With respect to Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Loan is not a Convertible Mortgage Loan;
(kk) Other Insurance Policies. No action, inaction or event has
occurred and no state of facts exists or has existed that has resulted or will
result in the exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage under any
applicable, special hazard insurance policy, or bankruptcy bond, irrespective of
the cause of such failure of coverage. In connection with the placement of any
such insurance, no commission, fee, or other compensation has been or will be
received by the Seller or by any officer, director, or employee of the Seller or
any designee of the Seller or any corporation in which the Seller or any
officer, director, or employee had a financial interest at the time of placement
of such insurance;
(ll) No Violation of Environmental Laws. There is no pending action
or proceeding directly involving the Mortgaged Property in which compliance with
any environmental law, rule or regulation is an issue. To the best of Seller's
knowledge, based upon customary and prudent residential mortgage industry
underwriting standards, there is no violation of any environmental law, rule or
regulation with respect to the Mortgage Property, and nothing further remains to
be done to satisfy in full all requirements of each such law, rule or regulation
constituting a prerequisite to use and enjoyment of said property;
(mm) Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act. The Mortgagor has not
notified the Seller, and the Seller has no knowledge of any relief requested or
allowed to the Mortgagor under the Relief Act or any similar state statute;
(nn) Appraisal. The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the
related Mortgaged Property signed prior to the approval of the Mortgage Loan
application by a Qualified Appraiser, duly appointed by the Seller, who had no
interest, direct or indirect in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on
the security thereof, and whose compensation was not affected by the approval or
disapproval of the Mortgage Loan, and the appraisal and appraiser both satisfied
the requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac and Title XI of the Financial
Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was
originated;
(oo) Disclosure Materials. The Mortgagor has executed one or more
statements to the effect that the Mortgagor has received all disclosure
materials required by, and the Seller has complied with, all applicable law with
respect to the making of the Mortgage Loans. The Seller shall maintain such
statement(s) in the Mortgage File;
(pp) Construction or Rehabilitation of Mortgaged Property. No
Mortgage Loan was made in connection with the construction (other than a
"construct-to-perm" loan) or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or
facilitating the trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property;
(qq) Value of Mortgaged Property. The Seller has no knowledge of any
circumstances existing that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
value or the marketability of any Mortgaged Property or Mortgage Loan or to
cause the Mortgage Loans to prepay during any period materially faster or slower
than similar mortgage loans held by the Seller generally secured by properties
in the same geographic area as the related Mortgaged Property;
(rr) No Defense to Insurance Coverage. No action has been taken or
failed to be taken, no event has occurred and no state of facts exists or has
existed on or prior to the related Closing Date (whether or not known to the
Seller on or prior to such date) which has resulted or will result in an
exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage under any primary mortgage
insurance (including, without limitation, any exclusions, denials or defenses
which would limit or reduce the availability of the timely payment of the full
amount of the loss otherwise due thereunder to the insured) whether arising out
of actions, representations, errors, omissions, negligence, or fraud of the
Seller, the related Mortgagor or any party involved in the application for such
coverage, including the appraisal, plans and specifications and other exhibits
or documents submitted therewith to the insurer under such insurance policy, or
for any other reason under such coverage, but not including the failure of such
insurer to pay by reason of such insurer's breach of such insurance policy or
such insurer's financial inability to pay;
(ss) Escrow Analysis. With respect to each Mortgage, the Seller has
within the last twelve months (unless such Mortgage was originated within such
twelve month period) analyzed the required Escrow Payments for each Mortgage and
adjusted the amount of such payments so that, assuming all required payments are
timely made, any deficiency will be eliminated on or before the first
anniversary of such analysis, or any overage will be refunded to the Mortgagor,
in accordance with RESPA and any other applicable law;
(tt) Prior Servicing. Each Mortgage Loan has been serviced in all
material respects in strict compliance with Accepted Servicing Practices;
(uu) Credit Information. As to each consumer report (as defined in
the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Public Law 91-508) or other credit information
furnished by the Seller to the Purchaser, that Seller has full right and
authority and is not precluded by law or contract from furnishing such
information to the Purchaser and the Purchaser is not precluded by the terms of
the Mortgage Loan Documents from furnishing the same to any subsequent or
prospective purchaser of such Mortgage. The Seller shall hold the Purchaser
harmless from any and all damages, losses, costs and expenses (including
attorney's fees) arising from disclosure of credit information in connection
with the Purchaser's secondary marketing operations and the purchase and sale of
mortgages or Servicing Rights thereto;
(vv) Leaseholds. If the Mortgage Loan is secured by a long-term
residential lease, (1) the lessor under the lease holds a fee simple interest in
the land; (2) the terms of such lease expressly permit the mortgaging of the
leasehold estate, the collateral assignment of the lease without the lessor's
consent (or such consent has been obtained) and the acquisition by the holder of
the Mortgage of the rights of the lessee upon foreclosure or assignment in lieu
of foreclosure or provide the holder of the Mortgage with substantially similar
protections; (3) the terms of such lease do not (a) allow the termination
thereof upon the lessee's default without the holder of the Mortgage being
entitled to receive written notice of, and opportunity to cure, such default,
(b) allow the termination of the lease in the event of damage or destruction as
long as the Mortgage is in existence, (c) prohibit the holder of the Mortgage
from being insured (or receiving proceeds of insurance) under the hazard
insurance policy or policies relating to the Mortgaged Property or (d) permit
any increase in rent other than pre-established increases set forth in the
lease; (4) the original term of such lease is not less than 15 years; (5) the
term of such lease does not terminate earlier than five years after the maturity
date of the Mortgage Note; and (6) the Mortgaged Property is located in a
jurisdiction in which the use of leasehold estates in transferring ownership in
residential properties is a widely accepted practice;
(ww) Prepayment Penalty. (i) Each Mortgage Loan is subject to a
prepayment penalty as provided in the related Mortgage Note, except as set forth
on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, and (ii) no such prepayment penalty may
be imposed for a term in excess of five (5) years from the date of origination;
(xx) Predatory Lending Regulations. No Mortgage Loan is a High Cost
Loan. No Mortgage Loan is covered by the Home Ownership and Equity Protection
Act of 1994 and no Mortgage Loan is in violation of any comparable state or
local law;
(yy) Single-premium credit life insurance policy. In connection with
the origination of the Mortgage Loan, no proceeds from such Mortgage Loan were
used to finance or acquire a single-premium credit life insurance policy;
(zz) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Seller has
complied with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations,
including without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (collectively, the
"Anti-Money Laundering Laws");
(aaa) Qualified Mortgage. The Mortgage Loan is a "qualified
mortgage" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code;
(bbb) Tax Service Contract. Each Mortgage Loan is covered by a paid
in full, life of loan, tax service contract issued by First American Real Estate
Tax Service or another issuer reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, and such
contract is transferable;
(ccc) Reports. On or prior to the related Closing Date, Seller has
provided the Custodian and the Purchaser with a MERS Report listing the
Purchaser as the Investor and the Custodian as the Custodian with respect to
each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan;
(ddd) MERS Designations. With respect to each MERS Designated
Mortgage Loan, Seller shall designate the Purchaser as the Investor, the
Custodian as the Custodian and no Person shall be listed as Interim Funder on
the MERS(R) System;
(eee) Georgia Fair Lending Act. There is no Mortgage Loan that was
originated on or after October 1, 2002 and on or prior to March 7, 2003, which
is secured by property located in the State of Georgia. There is no Mortgage
Loan that was originated after March 7, 2003, which is a "high-cost home loan"
as defined under the Georgia Fair Lending Act;
(fff) Mortgaged Property Located in New York State. There is no
Mortgage Loan secured by Mortgaged Property located in the State of New York (1)
with an original principal balance of $300,000 or less, (2) has an application
date on or after April 1, 2003 and (3) the terms of such loan equal or exceed
either the APR or the points and fees threshold for "high-cost home loans," as
defined in Section 6-L of the New York State Banking Law; and
(ggg) Fair Credit Reporting Act. The Seller has, in its capacity as
servicer for each Mortgage Loan, fully furnished, in accordance with the Fair
Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and complete
information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to
Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company (three of the
credit repositories), on a monthly basis.
Subsection 9.03 Remedies for Breach of Representations and
Warranties.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in Subsections 9.01 and 9.02 shall survive the sale of the Mortgage
Loans to the Purchaser and shall inure to the benefit of the Purchaser,
notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or
Assignment of Mortgage or the examination or failure to examine any Mortgage
File in accordance with Section 5 hereof. Upon discovery by either the Seller or
the Purchaser of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and
warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice
to the other.
Within 60 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to
the Seller of any such breach of a representation or warranty, which materially
and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans or the interest of the
Purchaser therein (or which materially and adversely affects the value of the
applicable Mortgage Loan or the interest of the Purchaser therein in the case of
a representation and warranty relating to a particular Mortgage Loan), the
Seller shall use its best efforts promptly to cure such breach in all material
respects and, if such breach cannot be cured, the Seller shall, at the
Purchaser's option, repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price, plus
all costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser or any servicer arising out of
or based upon such breach, including without limitation costs and expenses
incurred in the enforcement of the Seller's repurchase obligation hereunder.
Notwithstanding the above sentence, within 60 days of the earlier of either
discovery by, or notice to, the Seller of any breach of the representations or
warranties set forth in paragraph (ww)(ii), (xx), (yy), (aaa), (eee) or (fff) of
Subsection 9.02, the Seller shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the
Repurchase Price plus all costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser or any
servicer arising out of or based upon such breach, including without limitation
costs and expenses incurred in the enforcement of the Seller's repurchase
obligation hereunder. In the event that a breach shall involve any
representation or warranty set forth in Subsection 9.01, and such breach cannot
be cured within 60 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the
Seller of such breach, all of the Mortgage Loans affected by such breach shall,
at the Purchaser's option, be repurchased by the Seller at the Repurchase Price
plus all costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser or any servicer arising
out of or based upon such breach, including without limitation costs and
expenses incurred in the enforcement of the Seller's repurchase obligation
hereunder. However, if the breach shall involve a representation or warranty set
forth in Subsection 9.02 (except as provided in the second sentence of this
paragraph with respect to certain breaches for which no substitution is
permitted) and the Seller discovers or receives notice of any such breach within
120 days of the related Closing Date, the Seller shall, at the Purchaser's
option and provided that the Seller has a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan,
rather than repurchase the Mortgage Loan as provided above, remove such Mortgage
Loan (a "Deleted Mortgage Loan") and substitute in its place a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, provided that any such substitution shall be
effected not later than 120 days after the related Closing Date. If the Seller
has no Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, it shall repurchase the deficient
Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price plus all costs and expenses incurred by
the Purchaser or any servicer arising out of or based upon such breach,
including without limitation costs and expenses incurred in the enforcement of
the Seller's repurchase obligation hereunder. Any repurchase of a Mortgage Loan
or Loans pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Subsection 9.03 shall be
accomplished by either (a) if the Interim Servicing Agreement has been entered
into and is in effect, deposit in the Custodial Account of the amount of the
Repurchase Price, including all costs and expenses described above, for
distribution to the Purchaser on the next scheduled Remittance Date, after
deducting therefrom any amount received in respect of such repurchased Mortgage
Loan or Loans and being held in the Custodial Account for future distribution or
(b) if the Interim Servicing Agreement has not been entered into or is no longer
in effect, by direct remittance of the Repurchase Price, including all costs and
expenses described above, to the Purchaser or its designee in accordance with
the Purchaser's instructions.
At the time of repurchase or substitution, the Purchaser and the
Seller shall arrange for the reassignment of the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the
Seller and the delivery to the Seller of any documents held by the Custodian
relating to the Deleted Mortgage Loan. In the event of a repurchase or
substitution, the Seller shall, simultaneously with such reassignment, give
written notice to the Purchaser that such repurchase or substitution has taken
place, and, in the case of substitution, identify a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan and amend the related Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the
addition of such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan to this Agreement. In
connection with any such substitution, the Seller shall be deemed to have made
as to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan the representations and warranties
set forth in this Agreement except that all such representations and warranties
set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed made as of the date of such
substitution. The Seller shall effect such substitution by delivering to the
Custodian or to such other party as the Purchaser may designate in writing for
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan the documents required by Subsection
6.03 and the Custodial Agreement, with the Mortgage Note endorsed as required by
Subsection 6.03 and the Custodial Agreement. No substitution will be made in any
calendar month after the Determination Date for such month. The Seller shall
remit directly to the Purchaser, or its designee in accordance with the
Purchaser's instructions the Monthly Payment less the Servicing Fee due, if any,
on such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans in the month following the
date of such substitution. Monthly Payments due with respect to Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall be retained by the
Seller..For the month of substitution, distributions to the Purchaser shall
include the Monthly Payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan in the month of
substitution, and the Seller shall thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts
subsequently received by the Seller in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall determine the amount
(if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of all Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application of scheduled
principal payments due in the month of substitution). The amount of such
shortfall shall be distributed by the Seller directly to the Purchaser or its
designee in accordance with the Purchaser's instructions within two (2) Business
Days of such substitution.
In addition to such repurchase or substitution obligation, the
Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser and its present and former directors,
officers, employees and agents and any Successor Servicer and its present and
former directors, officers, employees and agents and hold such parties harmless
against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and
necessary legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments, and other costs
and expenses resulting from any claim, demand, defense or assertion based on or
grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach of the Seller representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement. It is
understood and agreed that the obligations of the Seller set forth in this
Subsection 9.03 to cure, substitute for or repurchase a defective Mortgage Loan
and to indemnify the Purchaser and Successor Servicer as provided in this
Subsection 9.03 and in Subsection 14.01 constitute the sole remedies of the
Purchaser respecting a breach of the foregoing representations and warranties.
For purposes of this paragraph "Purchaser" shall mean the Person then acting as
the Purchaser under this Agreement and any and all Persons who previously were
"Purchasers" under this Agreement and "Successor Servicer" shall mean any Person
designated as the Successor Servicer pursuant to this Agreement and any and all
Persons who previously were "Successor Servicers" pursuant to this Agreement.
Any cause of action against the Seller relating to or arising out of
the breach of any representations and warranties made in Subsections 9.01 and
9.02 shall accrue as to any Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such breach by
the Purchaser or notice thereof by the Seller to the Purchaser, (ii) failure by
the Seller to cure such breach or repurchase such Mortgage Loan as specified
above, and (iii) demand upon the Seller by the Purchaser for compliance with
this Agreement.
Subsection 9.04 [RESERVED].
Subsection 9.05 Mortgage Loans with First Payment Defaults;
Repurchase.
In the event that the first Monthly Payment with respect to any
Mortgage Loan is not paid before the first day of the second month following
such Due Date, the Seller shall repurchase within 30 days thereafter such
Mortgage Loan at a price equal to the Purchase Price Percentage multiplied by
the then outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon from the date to which interest was last paid through
the day prior to the repurchase date at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate,
plus any outstanding advances owed to any servicer in connection with such
Mortgage Loan, plus all costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser or any
servicer arising out of or based upon such delinquency, including without
limitation costs and expenses incurred in the enforcement of the Seller's
repurchase obligation hereunder.
Subsection 9.06 Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans That Prepay in
Full.
With respect to Mortgage Loans without prepayment penalties, in the
event that any such Mortgage Loan prepays in full during the first three months
following the related Closing Date, the Seller shall pay the Purchaser, within
ten (10) Business Days of such prepayment in full, an amount equal to the
product of the applicable Purchase Price Percentage less 100%, multiplied by the
outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-off
Date. The provisions of this Subsection 9.06 shall supersede the corresponding
provisions set forth in the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement.
SECTION 10 Closing.
The closing for the purchase and sale of each Mortgage Loan Package
shall take place on the related Closing Date. At the Purchaser's option, each
Closing shall be either: by telephone, confirmed by letter or wire as the
parties shall agree, or conducted in person, at such place as the parties shall
agree.
The closing for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on each Closing
Date shall be subject to each of the following conditions:
(i) at least two Business Days prior to the related Closing Date,
the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser a magnetic diskette,
or transmit by modem, a listing on a loan-level basis of the
necessary information to compute the Purchase Price of the
Mortgage Loans delivered on such Closing Date (including
accrued interest), and prepare a Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(ii) all of the representations and warranties of the Seller under
this Agreement and under the Interim Servicing Agreement (with
respect to each Mortgage Loan, for an interim period, as
specified therein) shall be true and correct as of the related
Closing Date and no event shall have occurred which, with
notice or the passage of time, would constitute a default
under this Agreement or an Event of Default under the Interim
Servicing Agreement;
(iii) the Purchaser shall have received, or the Purchaser's
attorneys shall have received in escrow, all closing documents
as specified in Section 11 of this Agreement, in such forms as
are agreed upon and acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed
by all signatories other than the Purchaser as required
pursuant to the terms hereof;
(iv) the Seller shall have delivered and released to the Custodian
all documents required pursuant to the Custodial Agreement;
and
(v) all other terms and conditions of this Agreement and the
related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement shall have been
complied with.
Subject to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall pay to the
Seller on the related Closing Date the Purchase Price, plus accrued interest
pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account designated by the Seller.
SECTION 11 Closing Documents.
The Closing Documents for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on each
Closing Date shall consist of fully executed originals of the following
documents:
1. this Agreement (to be executed and delivered only for the
initial Closing Date);
2. the Interim Servicing Agreement, dated as of the initial
Cut-off Date (to be executed and delivered only for the
initial Closing Date);
3. with respect to the initial Closing Date, the Custodial
Agreement, dated as of the initial Cut-off Date;
4. the related Mortgage Loan Schedule (one copy to be attached to
the Custodian's counterpart of the Custodial Agreement in
connection with the initial Closing Date, and one copy to be
attached to the related Assignment and Conveyance as the
Mortgage Loan Schedule thereto);
5. a Custodian's Certification, as required under the Custodial
Agreement, in the form of Exhibit 2 to the Custodial
Agreement;
6. with respect to the initial Closing Date, a Custodial Account
Letter Agreement or a Custodial Account Certification, as
applicable, as required under the Interim Servicing Agreement;
7. with respect to the initial Closing Date, an Escrow Account
Letter Agreement or an Escrow Account Certification, as
applicable, as required under the Interim Servicing Agreement;
8. with respect to the initial Closing Date, an Officer's
Certificate, in the form of Exhibit C hereto with respect to
the Seller, including all attachments thereto; with respect to
subsequent Closing Dates, an Officer's Certificate upon
request of the Purchaser;
9. with respect to the initial Closing Date, an Opinion of
Counsel of the Seller (who may be an employee of the Seller),
in the form of Exhibit D hereto ("Opinion of Counsel of the
Seller"); with respect to subsequent Closing Dates, an Opinion
of Counsel of the Seller upon request of the Purchaser;
10. with respect to the initial Closing Date, an Opinion of
Counsel of the Custodian (who may be an employee of the
Custodian), in the form of an exhibit to the Custodial
Agreement;
11. a Security Release Certification, in the form of Exhibit E or
F, as applicable, hereto, or in the form of the Seller's
warehouse lender's standard bailee letter, subject to the
Purchaser's reasonable approval, executed by any person, as
requested by the Purchaser, if any of the Mortgage Loans have
at any time been subject to any security interest, pledge or
hypothecation for the benefit of such person;
12. a certificate or other evidence of merger or change of name,
signed or stamped by the applicable regulatory authority, if
any of the Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Seller by
merger or acquired or originated by the Seller while
conducting business under a name other than its present name,
if applicable;
13. with respect to the initial Closing Date, the Underwriting
Guidelines to be attached hereto as Exhibit G;
14. Assignment and Conveyance Agreement in the form of Exhibit H
hereto;
15. Exhibit B to the related Assignment and Conveyance Agreement;
and
16. a MERS Report reflecting the Purchaser as Investor, the
Custodian as custodian and no Person as Interim Funder for
each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan.
The Seller shall bear the risk of loss of the closing documents
until such time as they are received by the Purchaser or its attorneys.
SECTION 12. Costs.
The Purchaser shall pay any commissions due its salesmen and the
legal fees and expenses of its attorneys and custodial fees. All other costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the transfer and delivery of the Mortgage
Loans and the Servicing Rights including recording fees, fees for title policy
endorsements and continuations, fees for recording Assignments of Mortgage, and
the Seller's attorney's fees, shall be paid by the Seller.
SECTION 13. Cooperation of Seller with a Reconstitution.
The Seller and the Purchaser agree that with respect to some or all
of the Mortgage Loans, after each Closing Date, on one or more dates (each, a
"Reconstitution Date") at the Purchaser's sole option, the Purchaser may effect
a sale (each, a "Reconstitution") of some or all of the Mortgage Loans then
subject to this Agreement, without recourse, to:
(i) Xxxxxx Mae under its Cash Purchase Program or MBS Program
(Special Servicing Option) (each a "Xxxxxx Xxx Transfer"); or
(ii) Xxxxxxx Mac (the "Xxxxxxx Mac Transfer"); or
(iii) one or more third party purchasers in one or more Whole Loan
Transfers; or
(iv) one or more trusts or other entities to be formed as part of
one or more Securitization Transfers.
The Seller agrees to execute in connection with any Agency Transfer,
any and all pool purchase contracts, and/or agreements reasonably acceptable to
the Seller among the Purchaser, the Seller, Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac (as the
case may be) and any servicer in connection with a Whole Loan Transfer, a
seller's warranties and servicing agreement or a participation and servicing
agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Seller, and in
connection with a Securitization Transfer, a pooling and servicing agreement in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to the parties or an Assignment and
Recognition Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I
(collectively, the agreements referred to herein are designated the
"Reconstitution Agreements"), together with an opinion of counsel with respect
to such Reconstitution Agreements.
With respect to each Whole Loan Transfer and each Securitization
Transfer entered into by the Purchaser, the Seller agrees (1) to cooperate fully
with the Purchaser and any prospective purchaser with respect to all reasonable
requests and due diligence procedures; (2) to execute, deliver and perform all
Reconstitution Agreements required by the Purchaser; and (3) to restate the
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the Interim
Servicing Agreement as of the settlement or closing date in connection with such
Reconstitution (each, a "Reconstitution Date") that occurs on or prior to the
date which is six (6) months following the related Closing Date, such
restatement to be in the form of Exhibit B to Exhibit I hereto, or make the
representations and warranties set forth in the related selling/servicing guide
of the master servicer or issuer, as the case may be, in connection with such
Reconstitution. The Seller shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide to
such master servicer or issuer, as the case may be, and any other participants
in such Reconstitution:
(i) any and all information and appropriate verification
of information which may be reasonably available to the Seller or its
affiliates, whether through letters of its auditors and counsel or otherwise, as
the Purchaser or any such other participant shall request;
(ii) such additional
representations, warranties, covenants, opinions of counsel, letters from
auditors, and certificates of public officials or officers of the Seller as are
reasonably believed necessary by the Purchaser or any such other participant and
as are customarily provided in connection with Securitization Transfers
involving mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loans; and (iii) to execute,
deliver and satisfy all conditions set forth in any indemnity agreement required
by the Purchaser or any such participant, including, without limitation, an
Indemnification and Contribution Agreement in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit J. The Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser, each Affiliate
designated by the Purchaser and each Person who controls the Purchaser or such
Affiliate and hold each of them harmless from and against any losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related
costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that each of them may
sustain in any way related to any information provided by or on behalf of the
Seller regarding the Seller, the Seller's servicing practices or performance,
the Mortgage Loans or the Underwriting Guidelines set forth in any offering
document prepared in connection with any Reconstitution. For purposes of the
previous sentence, "Purchaser" shall mean the Person then acting as the
Purchaser under this Agreement and any and all Persons who previously were
"Purchasers" under this Agreement. Moreover, the Seller agrees to cooperate with
all reasonable requests made by the Purchaser to effect such Reconstitution
Agreements.
All Mortgage Loans not sold or transferred pursuant to a
Reconstitution shall remain subject to this Agreement and, if the Interim
Servicing Agreement shall remain in effect with respect to the related Mortgage
Loan Package, shall continue to be serviced in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the Interim Servicing Agreement and with respect thereto this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 14. The Seller.
Subsection 14.01 Additional Indemnification by the Seller; Third
Party Claims.
(a) The Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser and its present and
former directors, officers, employees and agents and any Successor Servicer and
its present and former directors, officers, employees and agents, and hold such
parties harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and expenses (including legal
fees and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of the Seller's
indemnification obligation under this Subsection 14.01) and related costs,
judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that such parties may sustain
in any way related to the failure of the Seller to perform its duties or to
service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the terms of this Agreement
or any Reconstitution Agreement entered into pursuant to Section 13 or any
breach of any of Seller's representations, warranties and covenants set forth in
this Agreement. For purposes of this paragraph "Purchaser" shall mean the Person
then acting as the Purchaser under this Agreement and any and all Persons who
previously were "Purchasers" under this Agreement and "Successor Servicer" shall
mean any Person designated as the Successor Servicer pursuant to this Agreement
and any and all Persons who previously were "Successor Servicers" pursuant to
this Agreement.
(b) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Subsection 14.01 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under this Subsection 14.01, notify the indemnifying party in writing of
the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party
will not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which it may have to
any indemnified party under this Subsection 14.01, except to the extent that it
has been prejudiced in any material respect, or from any liability which it may
have, otherwise than under this Subsection 14.01. In case any such action is
brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of
the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate
therein, and to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to the
indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such
indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided that if the defendants in any
such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and
the indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may
be legal defenses available to it or them and/or other indemnified parties which
are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party,
the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel
to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of
such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so
to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of
counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party for
expenses incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in
connection with the assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso
to the next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the
indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one
separate counsel (together with one local counsel, if applicable)), (ii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable
time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party
has authorized in writing the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at
the expense of the indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii)
is applicable, such liability shall be only in respect of the counsel referred
to in such clause (i) or (iii).
Subsection 14.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Seller.
The Seller will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a corporation under the laws of the state of its incorporation
except as permitted herein, and will 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 duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, or
any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Seller shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the
Seller, shall be the successor of the Seller 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 shall have a net worth of at least $25,000,000.
SECTION 15. Financial Statements.
The Seller understands that in connection with the Purchaser's
marketing of the Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser shall make available to
prospective purchasers audited financial statements of the Seller for the most
recently completed three fiscal years respecting which such statements are
available, as well as a Consolidated Statement of Condition of the Seller at the
end of the last two fiscal years covered by such Consolidated Statement of
Operations. The Seller shall also make available any comparable interim
statements to the extent any such statements have been prepared by the Seller
(and are available upon request to members or stockholders of the Seller or the
public at large). The Seller, if it has not already done so, agrees to furnish
promptly to the Purchaser copies of the statements specified above. The Seller
shall also make available information on its servicing performance with respect
to loans serviced for others, including delinquency ratios. The Purchaser shall
use reasonable best efforts to cause any prospective purchaser to enter into a
confidentiality agreement in connection with such financial information.
The Seller also agrees to allow reasonable access to a knowledgeable
financial or accounting officer for the purpose of answering questions asked by
any prospective purchaser regarding recent developments affecting the Seller or
the financial statements of the Seller.
SECTION 16. Mandatory Delivery.
The sale and delivery on the related Closing Date of the Mortgage
Loans described on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule is mandatory from and
after the date of the execution of the related Purchase Price and Terms
Agreement, it being specifically understood and agreed that each Mortgage Loan
is unique and identifiable on the date hereof and that an award of money damages
would be insufficient to compensate the Purchaser for the losses and damages
incurred by the Purchaser (including damages to prospective purchasers of the
Mortgage Loans) in the event of the Seller's failure to deliver (i) each of the
related Mortgage Loans or (ii) one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans
or (iii) one or more Mortgage Loans otherwise acceptable to the Purchaser on or
before the related Closing Date. All rights and remedies of the Purchaser under
this Agreement are distinct from, and cumulative with, any other rights or
remedies under this Agreement or afforded by law or equity and all such rights
and remedies may be exercised concurrently, independently or successively.
SECTION 17. Notices.
All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed, by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, or, if by other means, when received
by the other party at the address as follows:
(i) if to the Seller:
Accredited Home Lenders, Inc.
00000 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Capital Markets
(ii) if to the Purchaser:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Whole Loan Operations Manager
or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the other party by like
notice. Any such demand, notice or communication hereunder shall be deemed to
have been received on the date delivered to or received at the premises of the
addressee (as evidenced, in the case of registered or certified mail, by the
date noted on the return receipt).
SECTION 18. Severability Clause.
Any part, provision representation or warranty of this Agreement
which is prohibited or unenforceable or is held to be void or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction shall be ineffective, as to such jurisdiction, to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction as to any Mortgage Loan shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted
by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits
or renders void or unenforceable any provision hereof. If the invalidity of any
part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement shall deprive any
party of the economic benefit intended to be conferred by this Agreement, the
parties shall negotiate, in good-faith, to develop a structure the economic
effect of which is nearly as possible the same as the economic effect of this
Agreement without regard to such invalidity.
SECTION 19. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts. Each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, and all such
counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.
SECTION 20. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be deemed in effect when a fully executed
counterpart thereof is received by the Purchaser in the State of New York and
shall be deemed to have been made in the State of New York. The Agreement shall
be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the
obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in
accordance with the substantive laws of the State of New York (without regard to
conflicts of laws principles), except to the extent preempted by Federal law.
SECTION 21. Intention of the Parties.
It is the intention of the parties that the Purchaser is purchasing,
and the Seller is selling the Mortgage Loans and not a debt instrument of the
Seller or another security. Accordingly, the parties hereto each intend to treat
the transaction for Federal income tax purposes as a sale by the Seller, and a
purchase by the Purchaser, of the Mortgage Loans. The Purchaser shall have the
right to review the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgage Loan Files to
determine the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans which shall affect the
Federal income tax consequences of owning the Mortgage Loans and the Seller
shall cooperate with all reasonable requests made by the Purchaser in the course
of such review.
SECTION 22. Successors and Assigns; Assignment of Purchase
Agreement.
This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the Seller and the Purchaser and the respective permitted
successors and assigns of the Seller and the successors and assigns of the
Purchaser. This Agreement shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the
Seller to a third party without the prior written consent of the Purchaser. This
Agreement may be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Purchaser without the
consent of the Seller. In the event the Purchaser assigns this Agreement, and
the assignee assumes any of the Purchaser's obligations hereunder, the Seller
acknowledges and agrees to look solely to such assignee, and not to the
Purchaser, for performance of the obligations so assumed and the Purchaser shall
be relieved from any liability to the Seller with respect thereto.
SECTION 23. Waivers.
No term or provision of this Agreement may be waived or modified
unless such waiver or modification is in writing and signed by the party against
whom such waiver or modification is sought to be enforced.
SECTION 24. Exhibits.
The exhibits to this Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a
part hereof and are an integral part of this Agreement.
SECTION 25. General Interpretive Principles.
For purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned
to them in this Agreement and include the plural as well as the singular, and
the use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other gender;
(b) accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) references herein to "Articles," "Sections," "Subsections,"
"Paragraphs," and other subdivisions without reference to a document are to
designated Articles, Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs and other subdivisions of
this Agreement;
(d) reference to a Subsection without further reference to a Section
is a reference to such Subsection as contained in the same Section in which the
reference appears, and this rule shall also apply to Paragraphs and other
subdivisions;
(e) the words "herein," "hereof," "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision; and
(f) the term "include" or "including" shall mean without limitation
by reason of enumeration.
SECTION 26. Reproduction of Documents.
This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including,
without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications which may hereafter
be executed, (b) documents received by any party at the closing, and (c)
financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter
furnished, may be reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm,
micro-card, miniature photographic or other similar process. The parties agree
that any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original
itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding, whether or not the original
is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by a party in the
regular course of business, and that any enlargement, facsimile or further
reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.
SECTION 27. Further Agreements.
The Seller and the Purchaser each agree to execute and deliver to
the other such reasonable and appropriate additional documents, instruments or
agreements as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this
Agreement.
SECTION 28. Recordation of Assignments of Mortgage.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Assignments
of Mortgage is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real
property records in all the counties or their comparable jurisdictions in which
any or all of the Mortgaged Properties are situated, and in any other
appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be
effected at the Seller's expense in the event recordation is either necessary
under applicable law or requested by the Purchaser at its sole option.
SECTION 29. No Solicitation.
From and after the related Closing Date, the Seller agrees that it
will not take any action or permit or cause any action to be taken by any of its
agents or affiliates, or by any independent contractors on the Seller's behalf,
to personally, by telephone or mail, solicit the borrower or obligor under any
Mortgage Loan for any purpose whatsoever, including to refinance a Mortgage
Loan, in whole or in part, without (i) the prior written consent of the
Purchaser; or (ii) written notice from the related borrower or obligor under a
Mortgage Loan of such party's intention to refinance such Mortgage Loan. It is
understood and agreed that all rights and benefits relating to the solicitation
of any Mortgagors and the attendant rights, title and interest in and to the
list of such Mortgagors and data relating to their Mortgages (including
insurance renewal dates) shall be transferred to the Purchaser pursuant hereto
on the related Closing Date and the Seller shall take no action to undermine
these rights and benefits. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and
agreed that promotions undertaken by the Seller or any affiliate of the Seller
which are directed to the general public at large, including, without
limitation, mass mailing based on commercially acquired mailing lists,
newspaper, radio and television advertisements shall not constitute solicitation
under this Section 29.
SECTION 30. Waiver of Trial by Jury.
THE SELLER AND THE PURCHASER EACH KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND
INTENTIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT
IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 31. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers.
The Seller hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(A) SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR
PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY
JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY
THEREOF;
(B) CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN
SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT
MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY
SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT
COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;
(C) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR
ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET
FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE BEEN
NOTIFIED; AND
(D) AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT
SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT
TO XXX IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
SECTION 32. Confidentiality.
The Seller hereby acknowledges the Purchaser's need to share
non-public information ("Information") with the Purchaser's employees,
Affiliates, attorneys or accountants (the "Representatives"), as well as Persons
performing due diligence investigations in connection with securities or
merger/acquisition transactions, taxing authorities or other governmental
agencies or regulatory bodies or in order to comply with any applicable federal
or state laws (collectively with the Representatives, the "Agents"). The
Purchaser hereby agrees to use best efforts to avoid causing the Seller to
violate applicable securities laws governing publicly traded companies. The
Purchaser and the Seller shall use mutual best efforts to determine which
Information will remain confidential.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Purchaser have caused their
names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the date first above written.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.
(Purchaser)
By:____________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC.
(Seller)
By:____________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
Exhibit A
EXHIBIT A
CONTENTS OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include
each of the following items, which shall be available for inspection by the
Purchaser and any prospective Purchaser, and which shall be delivered to the
Custodian, or to such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in writing,
pursuant to Section 6 of the Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Purchase and
Warranties Agreement to which this Exhibit is attached (the "Agreement"):
(a) the original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening endorsements,
endorsed "Pay to the order of _________, without recourse" and signed in the
name of the last endorsee (the "Last Endorsee") by an authorized officer. To the
extent that there is no room on the face of the Mortgage Notes for endorsements,
the endorsement may be contained on an allonge, if state law so allows and the
Custodian is so advised by the Seller that state law so allows. If the Mortgage
Loan was acquired by the Seller in a merger, the endorsement must be by "[Last
Endorsee], successor by merger to [name of predecessor]." If the Mortgage Loan
was acquired or originated by the Last Endorsee while doing business under
another name, the endorsement must be by "[Last Endorsee], formerly known as
[previous name]";
(b) the original of any guarantee executed in connection with the
Mortgage Note;
(c) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon;
(d) the originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation or
extension agreements, if any, with evidence of recording thereon;
(e) except with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the
original Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan, in form and substance
acceptable for recording. The Assignment of Mortgage shall be delivered in
blank. If the Mortgage Loan was acquired by the Seller in a merger, the
Assignment of Mortgage must be made by "[Seller], successor by merger to [name
of predecessor]." If the Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated by the Seller
while doing business under another name, the Assignment of Mortgage must be by
"[Seller], formerly known as [previous name]";
(f) the originals of all intervening assignments of mortgage (if
any) evidencing a complete chain of assignment from the Seller to the Last
Endorsee (or MERS, with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan) with
evidence of recording thereon;
(g) The original mortgagee policy of title insurance or, in the
event such original title policy is unavailable, a certified true copy of the
related policy binder, preliminary report or commitment for title issued by the
title insurance company; and
(h) security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document
executed in connection with the Mortgage.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any item described
above in clauses (c), (d) or (f), if the Seller cannot deliver or cause to be
delivered the original of any such item with evidence of recording thereon on or
prior to the related Closing Date because of a delay caused by the public
recording office where such item has been delivered for recordation or because
such item has been lost or because such public recording office retains the
original recorded item (each such item, a "Delayed Document"), the Seller shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian, (i) in the case of a delay
caused by the public recording office, a photocopy of such Delayed Document,
together with an Officer's Certificate of the Seller (or certified by the title
company, escrow agent, or closing attorney) to the effect that such copy is a
true and correct copy of the Delayed Document that has been dispatched to the
appropriate public recording office for recordation (and the original recorded
Delayed Document or a copy of such Delayed Document certified by such public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded Delayed
Document will be promptly delivered to the Custodian upon receipt thereof by the
Seller); or (ii) in the case of a Delayed Document where a public recording
office retains the original recorded Delayed Document or in the case where a
Delayed Document is lost after recordation in a public recording office, a copy
of such Delayed Document certified by such public recording office to be a true
and complete copy of the original recorded Delayed Document.
In the event an Officer's Certificate of the Seller is delivered to
the Purchaser because of a delay caused by the public recording office in
returning any recorded document, the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser,
within 90 days of the related Closing Date, an Officer's Certificate which shall
(i) identify the recorded document, (ii) state that the recorded document has
not been delivered to the Custodian due solely to a delay caused by the public
recording office, (iii) state the amount of time generally required by the
applicable recording office to record and return a document submitted for
recordation, and (iv) specify the date the applicable recorded document will be
delivered to the Custodian. An extension of the date specified in (iv) above may
be requested from the Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
Exhibit B
EXHIBIT B
[RESERVED]
Exhibit C
EXHIBIT C
SELLER'S OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
I, ____________________, hereby certify that I am the duly elected
[Vice] President of ________________[COMPANY], a corporation organized under the
laws of the state of ____________] (the "Company") and further as follows:
1. Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true, correct and complete copy
of the charter of the Company which is in full force and effect on the
date hereof and which has been in effect without amendment, waiver,
rescission or modification since ___________.
2. Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true, correct and complete copy
of the bylaws of the Company which are in effect on the date hereof and
which have been in effect without amendment, waiver, rescission or
modification since ___________.
3. Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is an original certificate of good
standing of the Company issued within ten days of the date hereof, and no
event has occurred since the date thereof which would impair such
standing.
4. Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true, correct and complete copy
of the corporate resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company
authorizing the Company to execute and deliver agreements such as the
Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement,
dated as of _______ __, 200_, by and between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage
Capital Inc. (the "Purchaser") and the Company (the "Purchase Agreement"),
the Interim Servicing Agreement, dated as of _______ __, 200_, by and
between the Company and the Purchaser (the "Servicing Agreement"), and the
Custodial Agreement dated as of _____ __, 200_ by and among the Company,
the Purchaser and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the "Custodial
Agreement") and to endorse the Mortgage Notes and execute the Assignments
of Mortgages by original [or facsimile] signature, and such resolutions
are in effect on the date hereof and have been in effect without
amendment, waiver, rescission or modification since ____________.
5. Either (i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company
with the Purchase Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Custodial
Agreement, the sale of the mortgage loans or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the agreements; or (ii) any required consent,
approval, authorization or order has been obtained by the Company.
6. Neither the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, nor
the fulfillment of the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Servicing
Agreement and the Custodial Agreement conflicts or will conflict with or
results or will result in a breach of or constitutes or will constitute a
default under the charter or by-laws of the Company, the terms of any
indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it is bound or to which it is subject, or any statute or
order, rule, regulations, writ, injunction or decree of any court,
governmental authority or regulatory body to which the Company is subject
or by which it is bound.
7. Except as previously identified by the Company to the Purchaser
in writing, to the best of my knowledge, there is no action, suit,
proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Company
which, in my judgment, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may
result in any material adverse change in the business, operations,
financial condition, properties or assets of the Company or in any
material impairment of the right or ability of the Company to carry on its
business substantially as now conducted or in any material liability on
the part of the Company or which would draw into question the validity of
the Purchase Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Custodial
Agreement, or the mortgage loans or of any action taken or to be taken in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or which would be
likely to impair materially the ability of the Company to perform under
the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the
Custodial Agreement.
8. Each person listed on Exhibit 5 attached hereto who, as an
officer or representative of the Company, signed (a) the Purchase
Agreement, (b) the Servicing Agreement, (c) the Custodial Agreement and
(d) any other document delivered or on the date hereof in connection with
any purchase described in the agreements set forth above was, at the
respective times of such signing and delivery, and is now, a duly elected
or appointed, qualified and acting officer or representative of the
Company, who holds the office set forth opposite his or her name on
Exhibit 5, and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents
are their genuine signatures.
9. The Company is duly authorized to engage in the transactions
described and contemplated in the Purchase Agreement, the Servicing
Agreement and the Custodial Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the
seal of the Company.
Dated:____________________ By:___________________________
Name:_________________________
[Seal] Title: [Executive/Assistant Vice] President
I, ________________________, an [Assistant] Secretary of
______________[COMPANY], hereby certify that ____________ is the duly elected,
qualified and acting [Executive/Assistant Vice] President of the Company and
that the signature appearing above is [her] [his] genuine signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.
Dated:____________________ By:___________________________
Name:_________________________
Title: [Assistant] Secretary
EXHIBIT 5 to
Company's Officer's Certificate
NAME TITLE SIGNATURE
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Exhibit D
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE SELLER
(date)
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
1221 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
You have requested [our] [my] opinion, as [Assistant] General
Counsel to ___________________ (the "Company"), with respect to certain matters
in connection with the sale by the Company of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
that certain Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties
Agreement by and between the Company and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
(the "Purchaser"), dated as of _________ __, 200_ (the "Purchase Agreement"),
which sale is in the form of whole loans, delivered pursuant to a Custodial
Agreement dated as of _____ __, 200_ among the Purchaser, the Company and
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the "Custodial Agreement"), and serviced
pursuant to an Interim Servicing Agreement, dated as of ______ __, 200_ by and
between the Seller and the Purchaser (the "Servicing Agreement" and,
collectively with the Purchase Agreement and the Custodial Agreement, the
"Agreements"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
set forth in the Purchase Agreement and the Servicing Agreement.
[We] [I] have examined the following documents:
1. the Purchase Agreement;
2. the Servicing Agreement;
3. the Custodial Agreement;
4. the form of endorsement of the Mortgage Notes; and
5. such other documents, records and papers as [we] [I] have
deemed necessary and relevant as a basis for this opinion.
To the extent [we] [I] have deemed necessary and proper, [we] [I]
have relied upon the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
the Purchase Agreement and in the Servicing Agreement, as applicable. [We] [I]
have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to [us] [me] as
originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural
persons and the conformity to the originals of all documents.
Based upon the foregoing, it is [our] [my] opinion that:
1. The Company is [type of entity] duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the [state of
incorporation] and is qualified to transact business in, and
is in good standing under, the laws of [the state of
incorporation].
2. The Company has the power to engage in the transactions
contemplated by the Agreements to which it is a party and all
requisite power, authority and legal right to execute and
deliver such Agreements and to perform and observe the terms
and conditions of such Agreements.
3. Each of the Agreements to which it is a party has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and is a
legal, valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance
with its respective terms against the Company, subject to
bankruptcy laws and other similar laws of general application
affecting rights of creditors and subject to the application
of the rules of equity, including those respecting the
availability of specific performance, none of which will
materially interfere with the realization of the benefits
provided thereunder or with the Purchaser's ownership of the
Mortgage Loans.
4. The Company has been duly authorized to allow certain of its
officers to execute any and all documents by original
signature in order to complete the transactions contemplated
by the Agreements to which it is a party
5. The Company has been duly authorized to allow certain of its
officers to execute by original [or facsimile] signature the
endorsements to the Mortgage Notes and the Assignments of
Mortgages, and the original [or facsimile] signature of the
officer at the Company executing the endorsements to the
Mortgage Notes and the Assignments of Mortgages represents the
legal and valid signature of said officer of the Company.
6. Either (i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of or
compliance by the Company with the Agreements to which it is a
party and the sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Company or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Agreements to which each is a party or (ii) any required
consent, approval, authorization or order has been obtained by
the Company.
7. Neither the consummation of the transactions contemplated by,
nor the fulfillment of the terms of, the Agreements to which
it is a party conflicts or will conflict with or results or
will result in a breach of or constitutes or will constitute a
default under the charter or by-laws of the Company, the terms
of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is
subject, or violates any statute or order, rule, regulations,
writ, injunction or decree of any court, governmental
authority or regulatory body to which the Company is subject
or by which it is bound.
8. Except as previously identified by the Company to the
Purchaser in writing, there is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to the best of [our] [my] knowledge,
threatened against the Company which, in [our] [my] judgment,
either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result in
any material adverse change in the business, operations,
financial condition, properties or assets of the Company or in
any material impairment of the right or ability of the Company
to carry on its business substantially as now conducted or in
any material liability on the part of the Company or which
would draw into question the validity of the Agreements to
which it is a party or the Mortgage Loans or of any action
taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions
contemplated thereby, or which would be likely to impair
materially the ability of the Company to perform under the
terms of the Agreements to which it is a party.
9. The sale of each Mortgage Note and Mortgage as and in the
manner contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Servicing
Agreement and the Custodial Agreement is sufficient to fully
transfer to the Purchaser all right, title and interest of the
Company thereto as noteholder and mortgagee.
10. The endorsement of the Mortgage Notes, the delivery to the
Purchaser, or its designee, of the Assignments of Mortgage,
and the delivery of the original endorsed Mortgage Notes to
the Purchaser, or its designee, are sufficient to permit the
Purchaser to avail itself of all protection available under
applicable law against the claims of any present or future
creditors of the Company, and are sufficient to prevent any
other sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation of
the Mortgages and the Mortgage Notes by the Company from being
enforceable.
I am admitted to the bar of the State of California, and I express
no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction except as to matters that
are governed by federal law. I make no undertaking to supplement or update this
opinion if, after the date hereof, facts or circumstances come to my attention
or changes in the law occur which could affect such opinion. This opinion is
given to you for your sole benefit, and no other person or entity is entitled to
rely hereon except that the purchaser or purchasers to which you initially and
directly resell the Mortgage Loans may rely on this opinion as if it were
addressed to them as of its date.
Very truly yours,
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[Name]
[Assistant] General Counsel
Exhibit E
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
___________________, 200__
[Federal Home Loan Bank of
______(the "Association")]
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
Attention: ___________________________
___________________________
Re: Notice of Sale and Release of Collateral
Dear Sirs:
This letter serves as notice that ________________________[COMPANY]
a [type of entity], organized pursuant to the laws of [the state of
incorporation] (the "Company") has committed to sell to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage
Capital Inc. under an Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties
Agreement, dated as of ______ __, 200_, certain mortgage loans originated by the
Association. The Company warrants that the mortgage loans to be sold to Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. are in addition to and beyond any collateral
required to secure advances made by the Association to the Company.
The Company acknowledges that the mortgage loans to be sold to
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. shall not be used as additional or
substitute collateral for advances made by the Association. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Mortgage Capital Inc. understands that the balance of the Company's mortgage
loan portfolio may be used as collateral or additional collateral for advances
made by the Association, and confirms that it has no interest therein.
Execution of this letter by the Association shall constitute a full
and complete release of any security interest, claim, or lien which the
Association may have against the mortgage loans to be sold to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Mortgage Capital Inc.
Very truly yours,
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_________________________
Date:_________________________
Acknowledged and approved:
[FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF]
__________________________
By:______________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:____________________________
Date:____________________________
Exhibit F
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
I. Release of Security Interest
Upon receipt of the sum of $_____________ in immediately available
funds, the financial institution named below hereby relinquishes any and all
right, title and interest it may have in all Mortgage Loans to be purchased by
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. from the Company named below pursuant to
that certain Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties
Agreement, dated as of ______ __, 200_, and certifies that all notes, mortgages,
assignments and other documents in its possession relating to such Mortgage
Loans have been delivered and released to the Company named below or its
designees, as of the date and time of the sale of such Mortgage Loans to Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
Name and Address of Financial Institution
________________________________
(Name)
________________________________
(Address)
By:_____________________________
II. Certification of Release
The Company named below hereby certifies to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage
Capital Inc. that, as of the date and time of the sale of the above-mentioned
Mortgage Loans to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. the security interests in
the Mortgage Loans released by the above-named financial institution comprise
all security interests relating to or affecting any and all such Mortgage Loans.
The Company warrants that, as of such time, there are and will be no other
security interests affecting any or all of such Mortgage Loans.
_____________________________
By:__________________________
Title:_______________________
Date:________________________
Exhibit G
EXHIBIT G
UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES
Exhibit H
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
On this ___ day of __________, ____, ___________________ ("Seller"),
as (i) the Seller under that certain Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, dated
as of ___________, _____ (the "PPTA"), (ii) the Seller under that certain
Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement, dated as
of ________, ____ (the "Purchase Agreement"), and (iii) the Seller/Interim
Servicer under that certain Interim Servicing Agreement, dated as of
___________, ____ (the "Interim Servicing Agreement" and, together with the PPTA
and the Purchase Agreement, the "Agreements"), does hereby sell, transfer,
assign, set over and convey to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
("Purchaser") as the Purchaser under the Agreements, without recourse, but
subject to the terms of the Agreements, all right, title and interest of, in and
to the Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the "Mortgage Loans"), together with the Mortgage Files and all
rights and obligations arising under the documents contained therein. Each
Mortgage Loan subject to the Agreements was underwritten in accordance with, and
conforms to, the Underwriting Guidelines attached hereto as Exhibit C. Pursuant
to Section 6 of the Purchase Agreement, the Seller has delivered to the
Custodian the documents for each Mortgage Loan to be purchased as set forth in
the Custodial Agreement. The contents of each Servicing File required to be
retained by __________________________ ("Interim Servicer") to service the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Interim Servicing Agreement and thus not
delivered to the Purchaser are and shall be held in trust by the Seller in its
capacity as Interim Servicer for the benefit of the Purchaser as the owner
thereof. The Interim Servicer's possession of any portion of the Servicing File
is at the will of the Purchaser for the sole purpose of facilitating servicing
of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Interim Servicing Agreement, and
such retention and possession by the Interim Servicer shall be in a custodial
capacity only. The ownership of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage, the Servicing
Rights and the contents of the Mortgage File and Servicing File is vested in the
Purchaser and the ownership of all records and documents with respect to the
related Mortgage Loan prepared by or which come into the possession of the
Seller or the Interim Servicer shall immediately vest in the Purchaser and shall
be retained and maintained, in trust, by the Seller at the will of the Purchaser
in such custodial capacity only.
The Mortgage Loan Package characteristics of the Mortgage Loans
subject hereto are set forth on Exhibit B hereto.
In accordance with Section 6 of the Purchase Agreement, the
Purchaser accepts the Mortgage Loans listed on Exhibit A attached hereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing the Purchaser does not waive any rights or
remedies it may have under the Agreements.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
[SELLER]
By:____________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
Accepted and Agreed:
XXXXXX XXXXXXX MORTGAGE
CAPITAL INC.
By: _______________________
Name: __________________
Title: _________________
Exhibit H
EXHIBIT A
TO ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
The Mortgage Loans
Exhibit H
EXHIBIT B
TO ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE POOL CHARACTERISTICS OF
EACH MORTGAGE LOAN PACKAGE
Pool Characteristics of the Mortgage Loan Package as delivered on
the related Closing Date:
No Mortgage Loan has: (1) an outstanding principal balance less than
$_________; (2) an origination date earlier than _ months prior to the related
Cut-off Date; (3) a CLTV of greater than _____%; (4) a FICO Score of less than
___; or (5) a debt-to-income ratio of more than __%. Each First Lien Loan has a
Mortgage Interest Rate of at least ___% per annum and an outstanding principal
balance less than $_________. Each Second Lien Loan has a Mortgage Interest Rate
of at least ______% per annum and an outstanding principal balance less than
$________. Each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan has an Index of [_______].
Exhibit H
EXHIBIT C
TO ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES
EXHIBIT I
EXHIBIT I
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
THIS ASSIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT, dated [____________ __,
20__] ("Agreement"), among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. ("Assignor"),
[____________________] ("Assignee") and [SELLER] (the "Company"):
For and in consideration of the sum of TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) and
other valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are
acknowledged, and of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
Assignment and Conveyance
1. The Assignor hereby conveys, sells, grants, transfers and
assigns to the Assignee all of the right, title and interest of the Assignor, as
purchaser, in, to and under (a) those certain Mortgage Loans listed on the
schedule (the "Mortgage Loan Schedule") attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
"Mortgage Loans") and (b) except as described below, that certain Amended and
Restated Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement (the "Purchase
Agreement"), dated as of [DATE], between the Assignor, as purchaser (the
"Purchaser"), and the Company, as seller, solely insofar as the Purchase
Agreement relates to the Mortgage Loans.
The Assignor specifically reserves and does not assign to the
Assignee hereunder any and all right, title and interest in, to and under and
any obligations of the Assignor with respect to any mortgage loans subject to
the Purchase Agreement which are not the Mortgage Loans set forth on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule and are not the subject of this Agreement.
Recognition of the Company
2. From and after the date hereof (the "Securitization Closing
Date"), the Company shall and does hereby recognize that the Assignee will
transfer the Mortgage Loans and assign its rights under the Purchase Agreement
(solely to the extent set forth herein) and this Agreement to
[__________________] (the "Trust") created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of [______], 2003 (the "Pooling Agreement"), among the
Assignee, the Assignor, [___________________], as trustee (including its
successors in interest and any successor trustees under the Pooling Agreement,
the "Trustee"), [____________________], as servicer (including its successors in
interest and any successor servicer under the Pooling Agreement, the
"Servicer"). The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that from and after the
date hereof (i) the Trust will be the owner of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) the
Company shall look solely to the Trust for performance of any obligations of the
Assignor insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, (iii) the Trust
(including the Trustee and the Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf) shall have
all the rights and remedies available to the Assignor, insofar as they relate to
the Mortgage Loans, under the Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation,
the enforcement of the document delivery requirements set forth in Section 6 of
the Purchase Agreement, and shall be entitled to enforce all of the obligations
of the Company thereunder insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, and (iv)
all references to the Purchaser or the Custodian under the Purchase Agreement
insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans shall be deemed to refer to the
Trust (including the Trustee and the Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf).
Neither the Company nor the Assignor shall amend or agree to amend, modify,
waiver, or otherwise alter any of the terms or provisions of the Purchase
Agreement which amendment, modification, waiver or other alteration would in any
way affect the Mortgage Loans or the Company's performance under the Purchase
Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans without the prior written consent
of the Trustee.
Representations and Warranties of the Company
3. The Company warrants and represents to the Assignor, the
Assignee and the Trust as of the date hereof that:
(a) The Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation;
(b) The Company has full power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and has full power and
authority to perform its obligations under the Purchase Agreement. The
execution by the Company of this Agreement is in the ordinary course of the
Company's business and will not conflict with, or result in a breach of,
any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Company's charter or
bylaws or any legal restriction, or any material agreement or instrument to
which the Company is now a party or by which it is bound, or result in the
violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which
the Company or its property is subject. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action on part of the Company. This Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and, upon the due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Assignor and the Assignee,
will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to
creditors' rights generally, and by general principles of equity regardless
of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law;
(c) No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or declaration,
filing or registration with, any governmental entity is required to be
obtained or made by the Company in connection with the execution, delivery
or performance by the Company of this Agreement, or if required, such
approval has been obtained prior to the date hereof; and
(d) Except as previously identified by the Company to the Assignor in
writing, there is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or
threatened against the Company, before any court, administrative agency or
other tribunal, which would draw into question the validity of this
Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, or which, either in any one instance
or in the aggregate, would result in any material adverse change in the
ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or
the Purchase Agreement, and the Company is solvent.
4. Pursuant to Section 13 of the Purchase Agreement, the Company
hereby represents and warrants, for the benefit of the Assignor, the Assignee
and the Trust, that the representations and warranties set forth on Exhibit B
hereto are true and correct as of the date hereof as if such representations and
warranties were made on the date hereof unless otherwise specifically stated in
such representations and warranties.
Remedies for Breach of Representations and Warranties
5. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the remedies
available to the Assignor, the Assignee and the Trust (including the Trustee and
the Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf) in connection with any breach of the
representations and warranties made by the Company set forth in Sections 3 and 4
hereof shall be as set forth in Subsection 9.03 of the Purchase Agreement as if
they were set forth herein (including without limitation the repurchase and
indemnity obligations set forth therein).
Miscellaneous
6. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles, and the
obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in
accordance with such laws.
7. No term or provision of this Agreement may be waived or
modified unless such waiver or modification is in writing and signed by the
party against whom such waiver or modification is sought to be enforced, with
the prior written consent of the Trustee.
8. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of (i) the
successors and assigns of the parties hereto and (ii) the Trust (including the
Trustee and the Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf). Any entity into which
Assignor, Assignee or Company may be merged or consolidated shall, without the
requirement for any further writing, be deemed Assignor, Assignee or Company,
respectively, hereunder.
9. Each of this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement shall
survive the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans and the assignment of the Purchase
Agreement (to the extent assigned hereunder) by Assignor to Assignee and by
Assignee to the Trust and nothing contained herein shall supersede or amend the
terms of the Purchase Agreement.
10. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts. Each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original and all such
counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.
11. In the event that any provision of this Agreement conflicts
with any provision of the Purchase Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans,
the terms of this Agreement shall control.
12. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including the
exhibits hereto) but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given
to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
[SELLER]
By: __________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Its: __________________________________
XXXXXX XXXXXXX Mortgage Capital Inc.
By: __________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Its: __________________________________
[__________________________]
By: __________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Its: __________________________________
EXHIBIT A TO ASSIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
Mortgage Loan Schedule
EXHIBIT B TO ASSIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
Representations and Warranties as to the Mortgage Loans
(insert reps from Exhibit B to PPTA here)
Exhibit J
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, [________________] (the "Depositor") is acting as depositor
and registrant with respect to the Prospectus, dated [________________], and the
Prospectus Supplement to the Prospectus, [________________] (the "Prospectus
Supplement"), relating to [________________] Certificates (the "Certificates")
to be issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
[________________] (the "P&S"), among the Depositor, as depositor,
[________________], as servicer (the "Servicer"), and [________________], as
trustee (the "Trustee");
WHEREAS, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. ("Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx")
purchased from [SELLER] ("Seller") certain of the Mortgage Loans underlying the
Certificates (the "Mortgage Loans") from Seller pursuant to an Amended and
Restated Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement, dated as of [DATE]
(the "Purchase Agreement"), by and between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Seller; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 13 of the Purchase Agreement, Seller
has agreed to indemnify Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and its affiliates and their respective
present and former directors, officers, employees and agents;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements contained herein,
and other valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Seller and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx agree as follows:
1. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Seller agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
and its affiliates and their respective present and former directors, officers,
employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx or
such affiliate within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), against any and all losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may
become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state
statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or
are based in whole or in part upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus Supplement or in the
Comp Materials or any omission or alleged omission to state in the Prospectus
Supplement or in the Comp Materials a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or any such untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or alleged omission made in
any amendment of or supplement to the Prospectus Supplement or the Comp
Materials and agrees to reimburse Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx or such affiliate and each such
officer, director, employee, agent and controlling person promptly upon demand
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection
with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided,
however, that Seller shall be liable in any such case only to the extent that
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based
upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Seller Information.
The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which Seller
may otherwise have to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, its affiliates or any such director,
officer, employee, agent or controlling person of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx or its
affiliates.
As used herein:
"Seller Information" means any information relating to Seller, the
Mortgage Loans and/or the underwriting guidelines relating to the Mortgage Loans
set forth in the Prospectus Supplement or the Comp Materials.
The terms "Collateral Term Sheet" and "Structural Term Sheet" shall
have the respective meanings assigned to them in the February 13, 1995 letter
(the "PSA Letter") of Cleary, Gottlieb, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx on behalf of the Public
Securities Association (which letter, and the SEC staff's response thereto, were
publicly available February 17, 1995). The term "Collateral Term Sheet" as used
herein includes any subsequent Collateral Term Sheet that reflects a substantive
change in the information presented. The term "Computational Materials" has the
meaning assigned to it in the May 17, 1994 letter (the "Xxxxxx letter" and,
together with the PSA Letter, the "No-Action Letters") of Xxxxx & Xxxx on behalf
of Xxxxxx, Peabody & Co., Inc. (which letter, and the SEC staff's response
thereto, were publicly available May 20, 1994). The term "Comp Materials" as
used herein means, collectively, Collateral Term Sheets, Structural Term Sheet
and Computational Materials relating to the Certificates or the transaction
contemplated by the Prospectus Supplement.
(b) Promptly after receipt by any indemnified party under this
Section 1 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any
indemnifying party under this Section 1, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that
the failure to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have under this Section 1 except to the extent it has
been materially prejudiced by such failure; and provided, further, however, that
the failure to notify any indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this
Section 1.
If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified
party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying
party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it
wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume
the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its
election to assume the defense of such claim or action, except as provided in
the following paragraph, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the
indemnified party under this Section 1 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate
counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified
party unless: (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the
indemnifying party in writing; (ii) such indemnified party shall have been
advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available
to it which are different from or additional to those available to the
indemnifying party and in the reasonable judgment of such counsel it is
necessary or appropriate for such indemnified party to employ separate counsel;
or (iii) the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense of such action
and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, in which
case, if such indemnified party notifies the indemnifying party in writing that
it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party,
the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such
action on behalf of such indemnified party, it being understood, however, the
indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate
but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising
out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the
reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in
addition to local counsel) at any time for all such indemnified parties.
Each indemnified party, as a condition of the indemnity agreements
contained in this Section 1, shall cooperate with the indemnifying party in the
defense of any such action or claim. No indemnifying party shall be liable for
any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with its written
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action,
the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified
party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an
indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, the indemnifying
party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more
than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request
and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party
in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 1 is
unavailable to an indemnified party, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault
of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, respectively, in connection
with the statements or omissions that result in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative fault of the indemnified party and indemnifying party shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by such parties and their
relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission and any other equitable considerations.
(d) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section 1 and the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 shall
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination
of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, its directors,
officers, employees or agents or any person controlling Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, and
(iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Offered Certificates.
2. Representations and Warranties. Seller represents and warrants
that:
(i) Seller is validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, as applicable, and has
full power and authority to own its assets and to transact the business in
which it is currently engaged. Seller is duly qualified to do business and
is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the
business transacted by it or any properties owned or leased by it requires
such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify would have a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets or condition
(financial or otherwise) of Seller;
(ii) Seller is not required to obtain the consent of any other
person or any consent, license, approval or authorization from, or
registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or
agency in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity
or enforceability of this Agreement;
(iii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by
Seller will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or
any order decree of any court applicable to Seller or any provision of the
charter or bylaws of Seller, or constitute a material breach of any
mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which Seller is a
party or by which it may be bound;
(iv) except as previously identified by Seller to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx in
writing, (a) no proceeding of or before any court, tribunal or
governmental body is currently pending or, (b) to the knowledge of Seller,
threatened against Seller or any of its properties or with respect to this
Agreement or the Offered Certificates, in either case, which would have a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets or condition
(financial or otherwise) of Seller;
(v) Seller has full power and authority to make, execute, deliver
and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated
hereunder, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and
delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of each of Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors' rights generally, by the availability of equitable remedies,
and by limitations of public policy under applicable securities law as to
rights of indemnity and contribution thereunder; and
(vi) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller.
3. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and
effective only on receipt, and, if sent to Seller, will be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed [______________________]; or, if sent to Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, 0000 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
[____________].
4. Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to
the conflict of laws provisions thereof. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their successors and
assigns and the controlling persons referred to herein, and no other person
shall have any right or obligation hereunder. Neither this Agreement nor any
term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by
an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the
change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
considered an original, and all such counterparts shall constitute one and the
same instrument. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings provided in the P&S.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, this
__th day of [_____________].
XXXXXX XXXXXXX MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC.
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT P
EXECUTION COPY
MAY 28, 2003
XXXXXX XXXXXXX MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.
PURCHASER
AND
XXXXX FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC.
COMPANY
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SELLER'S WARRANTIES AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF MAY 1, 2003
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ADJUSTABLE AND FIXED RATE
SUBPRIME MORTGAGE LOANS
WFMR 2003-M04
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS ....................................................................
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES;
BOOKS AND RECORDS; CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT; DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS ..................
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REMEDIES AND BREACH .............................
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS .................................
ARTICLE V
PAYMENTS TO PURCHASER ..........................................................
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL SERVICING PROCEDURES ...................................................
ARTICLE VII
COMPANY TO COOPERATE ...........................................................
ARTICLE VIII
THE COMPANY ....................................................................
ARTICLE IX
REMOVAL OF MORTGAGE LOANS FROM AGREEMENT .......................................
ARTICLE X
DEFAULT ........................................................................
ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION ....................................................................
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS .......................................................
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit B Contents of Each Mortgage Loan File
Exhibit C Form of Custodial Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement
Exhibit E Underwriting Guidelines
Exhibit F Form of Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification
Exhibit G Data File
SELLER'S WARRANTIES AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
This is a Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement for adjustable
and fixed rate residential first mortgage loans, dated and effective as of May
1, 2003, and is executed between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc., as
purchaser (the "Purchaser"), and Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., as seller and
servicer (the "Company").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Purchaser has agreed to purchase from the Company and
the Company has agreed to sell to the Purchaser certain Mortgage Loans which
have an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the close of business on
the Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments due on or before such date, of
$292,218,704.37;
WHEREAS, each of the Mortgage Loans is secured by a mortgage, deed
of trust or other security instrument creating a first lien on a residential
dwelling located in the jurisdiction indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
which is annexed hereto as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and the Company wish to prescribe the manner
of purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the conveyance, servicing and control of
the Mortgage Loans.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements
hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser and the
Company agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used herein, the following words and phrases, unless the
content otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
Accepted Servicing Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
those mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending institutions
which service mortgage loans of the same type as such Mortgage Loan in the
jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located.
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: An adjustable rate Mortgage Loan
purchased pursuant to this Agreement.
Adjustment Date: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the date
on which the Mortgage Interest Rate is adjusted in accordance with the terms of
the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage.
Agreement: This Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement and all
amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
ALTA: The American Land Title Association or any successor thereto.
Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the lesser of
(i) the value set forth on the appraisal made in connection with the origination
of the related Mortgage Loan as the value of the related Mortgaged Property, or
(ii) the purchase price paid for the Mortgaged Property, provided, however, that
in the case of a refinanced Mortgage Loan, such value shall be based solely on
the appraisal made in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan.
Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of
transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form, sufficient under the laws
of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect
the sale of the Mortgage to the Purchaser.
Balloon Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan which by its original terms
or any modifications thereof provides for amortization beyond its scheduled
maturity date.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a
day on which banking and savings and loan institutions in the State of Iowa or
the State of Maryland or the State of New York are authorized or obligated by
law or executive order to be closed.
Closing Date: May 28, 2003.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from
time to time or any successor statute thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of
the Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto.
Commitment Letter: The commitment letter, dated as of April 24,
2003, between the Purchaser and the Company.
Company: Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., or its successor in
interest or assigns, or any successor to the Company under this Agreement
appointed as herein provided.
Company Certification: The certification delivered by the Company in
a form substantially similar to Exhibit F of this Agreement.
Condemnation Proceeds: All awards or settlements in respect of a
Mortgaged Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or entire, by
exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, to the extent not
required to be released to a Mortgagor in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Loan Documents.
Custodial Account: The separate account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 4.04.
Custodial Agreement: The agreement governing the retention of the
originals of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Mortgage and other
Mortgage Loan Documents, a form of which is annexed hereto as Exhibit C.
Custodian: The custodian under the Custodial Agreement, or its
successor in interest or assigns, or any successor to the Custodian under the
Custodial Agreement as provided therein.
Cut-off Date: May 1, 2003.
Data File: The electronic data file prepared by the Company and
delivered to the Purchaser, including the data fields set forth on Exhibit G
with respect to each Mortgage Loan.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan which is repurchased by the
Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and which is, in the case
of a substitution pursuant to Section 3.03, replaced or to be replaced with a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
Determination Date: The Business Day immediately preceding the
related Remittance Date.
Due Date: The first day of the month on which the Monthly Payment is
due on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.
Due Period: With respect to each Remittance Date, the period
commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month of the Remittance
Date and ending on the first day of the month of the Remittance Date.
Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy: An errors and omissions
insurance policy to be maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.12.
Escrow Account: The separate account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 4.06.
Escrow Payments: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts
constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents,
municipal charges, mortgage insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance
premiums, condominium charges, and any other payments required to be escrowed by
the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage or any other related
document.
Event of Default: Any one of the conditions or circumstances
enumerated in Section 10.01.
Xxxxxx Xxx: The entity formerly known as Federal National Mortgage
Association (FNMA), or any successor thereto.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
Fidelity Bond: A fidelity bond to be maintained by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.12.
First Remittance Date: June 18, 2003.
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan: A fixed rate mortgage loan purchased
pursuant to this Agreement.
Xxxxxxx Mac: The entity also known as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation (FHLMC), or any successor thereto.
Gross Margin: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan,
the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage Note which is
added to the Index in order to determine the related Mortgage Interest Rate, as
set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Index: With respect to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the index
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule and set forth in the related Mortgage
Note for the purpose of calculating the interest thereon.
Insurance Proceeds: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of
insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.
Liquidation Proceeds: Cash received in connection with the
liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through the sale or assignment
of such Mortgage Loan, trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, or the
sale of the related Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired in
satisfaction of the Mortgage Loan.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
ratio of the original loan amount of the Mortgage Loan at its origination
(unless otherwise indicated) to the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property.
LPMI Policy: A PMI Policy for which the Company pays all premiums
from its own funds, without reimbursement.
Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate: The provision of each Mortgage Note
related to an adjustable rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute
maximum Mortgage Interest Rate thereunder. The Mortgage Interest Rate during the
terms of each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan shall not at any time exceed the
Mortgage Interest Rate at the time of origination of such adjustable rate
Mortgage Loan by more than the Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate set forth as an
amount per annum on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Minimum Mortgage Interest Rate: The provision of each Mortgage Note
related to an adjustable rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute
minimum Mortgage Interest Rate thereunder. The Mortgage Interest Rate during the
terms of each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan shall not at any time fall below the
Mortgage Interest Rate at the time of origination of such adjustable rate
Mortgage Loan by more than the Minimum Mortgage Interest Rate set forth as an
amount per annum on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Monthly Advance: The portion of each Monthly Payment that is
delinquent with respect to each Mortgage Loan at the close of business on the
Determination Date required to be advanced by the Company pursuant to Section
5.03 on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date of the
related month.
Monthly Payment: The scheduled monthly payment of principal and
interest on a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing a
Mortgage Note, which creates a first lien on an unsubordinated estate in fee
simple in real property securing the Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File: The items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan
referred to in Exhibit B annexed hereto, and any additional documents required
to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Impairment Insurance Policy: A mortgage impairment or
blanket hazard insurance policy as described in Section 4.11.
Mortgage Interest Rate: The annual rate of interest borne on a
Mortgage Note in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage Note.
Mortgage Loan: An individual Mortgage Loan which is the subject of
this Agreement, each Mortgage Loan originally sold and subject to this Agreement
being identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan includes
without limitation the Mortgage File, the Monthly Payments, Principal
Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds,
REO Disposition Proceeds and all other rights, benefits, proceeds and
obligations arising from or in connection with such Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan Documents: With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the
documents listed as items 1 through 9 of Exhibit B attached hereto.
Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan,
the annual rate of interest remitted to the Purchaser, which shall be equal to
the related Mortgage Interest Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: A schedule of Mortgage Loans annexed hereto
as Exhibit A, such schedule setting forth the following information with respect
to each Mortgage Loan: (1) the Company's Mortgage Loan number; (2) the city,
state and zip code of the Mortgaged Property; (3) a code indicating whether the
Mortgaged Property is a single family residence, two-family residence,
three-family residence, four-family residence, planned unit development or
condominium; (4) the current Mortgage Interest Rate; (5) the Servicing Fee Rate;
(6) the current Monthly Payment; (7) the original term to maturity; (8) the
scheduled maturity date; (9) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of
the Cut-off Date after deduction of payments of principal due on or before the
Cut-off Date whether or not collected; (10) the Loan-to-Value Ratio; (11) the
due date of the Mortgage Loan; (12) whether the Mortgage Loan is convertible or
not; (13) a code indicating the mortgage guaranty insurance company; (14) a code
indicating whether the loan is subject to LMPI; (15) with respect to each
adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, (a) the first Adjustment Date and the Adjustment
Date frequency; (b) the Xxxxx Xxxxxx; (c) the Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate
under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (d) the Minimum Mortgage Interest Rate
under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (e) the Periodic Rate Cap; (f) the first
Adjustment Date immediately following the related Cut-off Date; and (g) the
Index.
Mortgage Note: The note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a
Mortgagor secured by a Mortgage.
Mortgaged Property: The real property securing repayment of the debt
evidenced by a Mortgage Note.
Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board or the Vice Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President or
an Assistant Vice President and by the Treasurer or the Secretary or one of the
Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the Company, and delivered to
the Purchaser as required by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be an
employee of the Company, reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser.
Pass-Through Transfer: The sale or transfer of some or all of the
Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser to a trust to be formed as part of a publicly
issued or privately placed mortgage-backed securities transaction.
Periodic Interest Rate Cap: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the maximum increase in the Mortgage Interest Rate on any Adjustment Date
pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Note.
Periodic Interest Rate Floor: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the maximum decrease in the Mortgage Interest Rate on any Adjustment Date
pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Note.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
PMI Policy: A policy of primary mortgage guaranty insurance issued
by a Qualified Insurer, as required by this Agreement with respect to certain
Mortgage Loans.
Prime Rate: The prime rate announced to be in effect from time to
time, as published as the average rate in The Wall Street Journal.
Principal Prepayment: Any payment or other recovery of principal on
a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date,
including any prepayment penalty or premium thereon and which is not accompanied
by an amount of interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or
dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Principal Prepayment Period: The month preceding the month in which
the related Remittance Date occurs.
Purchaser: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc., or its successor in
interest or any successor to the Purchaser under this Agreement as herein
provided.
Qualified Depository: A deposit account or accounts maintained with
a federal or state chartered depository institution the deposits in which are
insured by the FDIC to the applicable limits and the short-term unsecured debt
obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository institution that is a
subsidiary of a holding company, the short-term unsecured debt obligations of
such holding company) are rated A-1 by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services or
Prime-1 by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. (or a comparable rating if another
rating agency is specified by the Purchaser by written notice to the Company) at
the time any deposits are held on deposit therein.
Qualified Insurer: A mortgage guaranty insurance company duly
authorized and licensed where required by law to transact mortgage guaranty
insurance business and approved as an insurer by Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac.
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan: A mortgage loan eligible to be
substituted by the Company for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date
of such substitution, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction
of all scheduled payments due in the month of substitution (or in the case of a
substitution of more than one mortgage loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an
aggregate principal balance), not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) have a Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate not less
than, and not more than two percent (2%) greater, than the Mortgage Loan
Remittance Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a remaining term to
maturity not greater than and not more than one year less than that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; and (iv) comply with each representation and warranty set
forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02.
Record Date: The close of business of the last Business Day of the
month preceding the month of the related Remittance Date.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating
to a REMIC, which appear at Section 860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter
1, Subtitle A of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations, rulings or
pronouncements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from
time to time.
Remittance Date: The 18th day (or if such 18th day is not a Business
Day, the first Business Day immediately following) of any month, beginning with
the First Remittance Date.
REO Disposition: The final sale by the Company of any REO Property.
REO Disposition Proceeds: All amounts received with respect to an
REO Disposition pursuant to Section 4.16.
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Company on behalf
of the Purchaser through foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, as
described in Section 4.16.
Repurchase Price: Unless agreed otherwise by the Purchaser and the
Company, a price equal to (i) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan
as of the date on which such repurchase takes place, plus (ii) interest on such
Stated Principal Balance at the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate from the date on
which interest has last been paid and distributed to the Purchaser through the
last day of the month in which such repurchase occurs, less amounts received or
advanced in respect of such repurchased Mortgage Loan which are being held in
the Custodial Account for distribution in the month of repurchase, plus (iii)
all costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser arising out of or based upon
such breach, including without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in the
enforcement of the Company's repurchase obligation hereunder.
Sarbanes Certifying Party: A Person who files a Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
certification directly with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
Securities Act of 1933 or the 1933 Act: The Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of
pocket" costs and expenses other than Monthly Advances (including reasonable
attorney's fees and disbursements) incurred in the performance by the Company of
its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (a) the
preservation, restoration and protection of the Mortgaged Property, (b) any
enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (c) the management
and liquidation of any REO Property and (d) compliance with the obligations
under Section 4.08 (excluding the Company's obligation to pay the premiums on
LPMI Policies).
Servicing Fee: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the amount of the
annual fee the Purchaser shall pay to the Company, which shall, for a period of
one full month, be equal to onetwelfth of the product of (a) the Servicing Fee
Rate and (b) the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan. Such fee
shall be payable monthly, computed on the basis of the same principal amount and
period respecting which any related interest payment on a Mortgage Loan is
computed. The obligation of the Purchaser to pay the Servicing Fee is limited
to, and the Servicing Fee is payable solely from, the interest portion
(including recoveries with respect to interest from Liquidation Proceeds, to the
extent permitted by Section 4.05) of such Monthly Payment collected by the
Company, or as otherwise provided under Section 4.05.
Servicing Fee Rate: 0.50% per annum per Mortgage Loan.
Servicing File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file
retained by the Company consisting of originals of all documents in the Mortgage
File which are not delivered to the Custodian and copies of the Mortgage Loan
Documents listed in the Custodial Agreement the originals of which are delivered
to the Custodian pursuant to Section 2.03.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Company involved in or
responsible for the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name appears on a list of servicing officers furnished by the Company to the
Purchaser upon request, as such list may from time to time be amended.
Stated Principal Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan, (i) the
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan at the Cut-off Date after giving effect
to payments of principal due on or before such date, whether or not received,
minus (ii) all amounts previously distributed to the Purchaser with respect to
the related Mortgage Loan representing payments or recoveries of principal or
advances in lieu thereof.
Underwriting Guidelines: The Company's underwriting guidelines
attached hereto as Exhibit E.
Whole Loan Transfer: Any sale or transfer of some or all of the
Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser to a third party, which sale or transfer is not
a Pass-Through Transfer.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES;
BOOKS AND RECORDS; CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT; DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans; Possession of Mortgage Files;
Maintenance of Servicing Files.
The Company, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the
Purchaser, without recourse, but subject to the terms of this Agreement, all the
right, title and interest of the Company in and to the Mortgage Loans. Pursuant
to Section 2.03, the Company has delivered the Mortgage Loan Documents to the
Custodian.
The contents of each Mortgage File not delivered to the Custodian
are and shall be held in trust by the Company for the benefit of the Purchaser
as the owner thereof. The Company shall maintain a Servicing File consisting of
a copy of the contents of each Mortgage File and the originals of the documents
in each Mortgage File not delivered to the Custodian. The possession of each
Servicing File by the Company is at the will of the Purchaser for the sole
purpose of servicing the related Mortgage Loan, and such retention and
possession by the Company is in a custodial capacity only. Upon the sale of the
Mortgage Loans the ownership of each Mortgage Note, the related Mortgage and the
related Mortgage File and Servicing File shall vest immediately in the
Purchaser, and the ownership of all records and documents with respect to the
related Mortgage Loan prepared by or which come into the possession of the
Company shall vest immediately in the Purchaser and shall be retained and
maintained by the Company, in trust, at the will of the Purchaser and only in
such custodial capacity. The Company shall release its custody of the contents
of any Servicing File only in accordance with written instructions from the
Purchaser, unless such release is required as incidental to the Company's
servicing of the Mortgage Loans or is in connection with a repurchase of any
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 or 6.02. All such costs associated with
the release, transfer and re-delivery of Mortgage Files and Servicing Files
between the parties shall be the responsibility of the party in possession of
such file or files.
Section 2.02 Books and Records; Transfers of Mortgage Loans.
From and after the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser all
rights arising out of the Mortgage Loans, including, but not limited to, all
funds received on or in connection with the Mortgage Loans, shall be received
and held by the Company in trust for the benefit of the Purchaser as owner of
the Mortgage Loans, and the Company shall retain record title to the related
Mortgages for the sole purpose of facilitating the servicing and the supervision
of the servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
The sale of each Mortgage Loan shall be reflected on the Company's
balance sheet and other financial statements as a sale of assets by the Company.
The Company shall be responsible for maintaining, and shall maintain, a complete
set of books and records for each Mortgage Loan which shall be marked clearly to
reflect the ownership of each Mortgage Loan by the Purchaser. In particular, the
Company shall maintain in its possession, available for inspection by the
Purchaser, or its designee, and shall deliver to the Purchaser upon demand,
evidence of compliance with all federal, state and local laws, rules and
regulations, and requirements of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac, including but not
limited to documentation as to the method used in determining the applicability
of the provisions of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, to
the Mortgaged Property, documentation evidencing insurance coverage and
eligibility of any condominium project for approval by Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac
and periodic inspection reports as required by Section 4.13. To the extent that
original documents are not required for purposes of realization of Liquidation
Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, documents maintained by the Company may be in
the form of microfilm or microfiche or such other reliable means of recreating
original documents, including but not limited to, optical imagery techniques so
long as the Company complies with the requirements of the Xxxxxx Mae Selling and
Servicing Guide, as amended from time to time.
The Company shall maintain with respect to each Mortgage Loan and
shall make available for inspection by any purchaser or its designee the related
Servicing File during the time the Purchaser retains ownership of a Mortgage
Loan and thereafter in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
The Company shall keep at its servicing office books and records in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company
shall note transfers of Mortgage Loans. No transfer of a Mortgage Loan may be
made unless such transfer is in compliance with the terms hereof. For the
purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall be under no obligation to deal
with any person with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans unless the
books and records show such person as the owner of the Mortgage Loan. The
Purchaser may, subject to the terms of this Agreement, sell and transfer one or
more of the Mortgage Loans, provided, however, that in no event shall there be
more than four Persons at any given time having the status of "Purchaser"
hereunder. The Purchaser also shall advise the Company of the transfer. Upon
receipt of notice of the transfer, the Company shall xxxx its books and records
to reflect the ownership of the Mortgage Loans of such assignee, and shall
release the previous Purchaser from its obligations hereunder with respect to
the Mortgage Loans sold or transferred. If the Company receives notification of
a transfer less than five (5) Business Days before the last calendar day of the
month, the Company's duties to remit and report as required by Section 5 shall
begin with the next Due Period.
Section 2.03 Custodial Agreement; Delivery of Documents.
The Company has delivered and released to the Custodian those
Mortgage Loan Documents as required by Exhibit B to this Agreement with respect
to each Mortgage Loan.
The Custodian has certified its receipt of all such Mortgage Loan
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, as
evidenced by the Initial Certification of the Custodian in the form annexed to
the Custodial Agreement. The Company shall be responsible for recording the
initial assignments of mortgage at the Purchaser's option. The Purchaser will be
responsible for the fees and expenses of the Custodian.
The Company shall forward to the Custodian original documents
evidencing an assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of any
Mortgage Loan entered into in accordance with Section 4.01 or 6.01 within one
week of their execution, provided, however, that the Company shall provide the
Custodian with a certified true copy of any such document submitted for
recordation within ten (10) days of its execution, and shall provide the
original of any document submitted for recordation or a copy of such document
certified by the appropriate public recording office to be a true and complete
copy of the original within sixty days of its submission for recordation.
In the event the public recording office is delayed in returning any
original document, the Company shall deliver to the Custodian within 240 days of
its submission for recordation, a copy of such document and an Officer's
Certificate, which shall (i) identify the recorded document; (ii) state that the
recorded document has not been delivered to the Custodian due solely to a delay
by the public recording office, (iii) state the amount of time generally
required by the applicable recording office to record and return a document
submitted for recordation, and (iv) specify the date the applicable recorded
document will be delivered to the Custodian. The Company will be required to
deliver the document to the Custodian by the date specified in (iv) above. An
extension of the date specified in (iv) above may be requested from the
Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REMEDIES AND BREACH
Section 3.01 Company Representations and Warranties.
The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser that, as
of the Closing Date:
(a) Due Organization and Authority.
The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of California and has all licenses
necessary to carry on its business as now being conducted and is licensed,
qualified and in good standing in each state where a Mortgaged Property is
located if the laws of such state require licensing or qualification in
order to conduct business of the type conducted by the Company, and in any
event the Company is in compliance with the laws of any such state to the
extent necessary to ensure the enforceability of the related Mortgage Loan
and the servicing of such Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement; the Company has the full corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform in accordance herewith;
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (including all
instruments of transfer to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement) by the
Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have
been duly and validly authorized; this Agreement evidences the valid,
binding and enforceable obligation of the Company; and all requisite
corporate action has been taken by the Company to make this Agreement
valid and binding upon the Company in accordance with its terms;
(b) Ordinary Course of Business.
The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in
the ordinary course of business of the Company, who is in the business of
selling and servicing loans, and the transfer, assignment and conveyance
of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Company pursuant to this
Agreement are not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory
provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction;
(c) No Conflicts.
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the acquisition of
the Mortgage Loans by the Company, the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser or the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the fulfillment of
or compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement will
conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, articles of
incorporation or by-laws or any legal restriction or any agreement or
instrument to which the Company is now a party or by which it is bound, or
constitute a default or result in the violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Company or its property
is subject, or impair the ability of the Purchaser to realize on the
Mortgage Loans, or impair the value of the Mortgage Loans;
(d) Ability to Service.
The Company is an approved seller/servicer of conventional residential
mortgage loans for Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac, with the facilities,
procedures, and experienced personnel necessary for the sound servicing of
mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans. The Company is a
HUD approved mortgagee pursuant to Section 203 of the National Housing Act
and is in good standing to sell mortgage loans to and service mortgage
loans for Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac, and no event has occurred, including
but not limited to a change in insurance coverage, which would make the
Company unable to comply with Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac eligibility
requirements or which would require notification to either Xxxxxx Mae or
Xxxxxxx Mac;
(e) Reasonable Servicing Fee.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Servicing Fee represents
reasonable compensation for performing such services and that the entire
Servicing Fee shall be treated by the Company, for accounting and tax
purposes, as compensation for the servicing and administration of the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement;
(f) Ability to Perform.
The Company does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to
believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this
Agreement. The Company is solvent and the sale of the Mortgage Loans will
not cause the Company to become insolvent. The sale of the Mortgage Loans
is not undertaken to hinder, delay or defraud any of the Company's
creditors;
(g) No Litigation Pending.
There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or
threatened against the Company which, either in any one instance or in the
aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in the business,
operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Company, or
in any material impairment of the right or ability of the Company to carry
on its business substantially as now conducted, or in any material
liability on the part of the Company, or which would draw into question
the validity of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans or of any action
taken or to be contemplated herein, or that might prohibit its entering
into this Agreement, or which would be likely to impair materially the
ability of the Company to perform under the terms of this Agreement;
(h) No Consent Required.
No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental
agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of or compliance by the Company with this Agreement or the
sale of the Mortgage Loans as evidenced by the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or if required, such approval
has been obtained prior to the Closing Date;
(i) Selection Process. The Mortgage Loans were selected from among the
outstanding fixed and adjustable rate one- to four-family mortgage loans
in the Company's portfolio at the Closing Date as to which the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.02 could be made and
such selection was not made in a manner so as to affect adversely the
interests of the Purchaser;
(j) No Untrue Information.
Neither this Agreement nor any statement, report or other document
furnished or to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement or in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of
fact or omits to state a fact necessary to make the statements contained
therein not misleading;
(k) Sale Treatment.
The Company has determined that the disposition of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to this Agreement will be afforded sale treatment for accounting
and tax purposes;
(l) No Material Change.
There has been no material adverse change in the business, operations,
financial condition or assets of the Company since the date of the
Company's most recent financial statements;
(m) No Brokers' Fees.
The Company has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or
other Person that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in the
connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans; and
(n) Fair Consideration.
The consideration received by the Company upon the sale of the Mortgage
Loans under this Agreement constitutes fair consideration and reasonably
equivalent value of the Mortgage Loans.
Section 3.02 Representations and Warranties Regarding Individual Mortgage Loans.
As to each Mortgage Loan, the Company hereby represents and warrants
to the Purchaser that as of the Closing Date:
(a) Mortgage Loans as Described.
The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as
Exhibit A and the information contained in the Data File delivered to the
Purchaser is true and correct;
(b) Payments Current.
All payments required to be made up to the Cut-off Date for the Mortgage
Loan under the terms of the Mortgage Note have been made and credited. No
payment under any Mortgage Loan has been 30 days delinquent more than one
time within twelve months prior to the Closing Date;
(c) No Outstanding Charges.
There are no defaults in complying with the terms of the Mortgages, and
all taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, leasehold
payments, water, sewer and municipal charges, 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. The Company has
not advanced funds, or induced, or solicited directly or indirectly, the
payment of any amount required under the Mortgage Loan, except for
interest accruing from the date of the Mortgage Note or date of
disbursement of the Mortgage Loan proceeds, whichever is later, to the day
which precedes by one month the Due Date of the first installment of
principal and interest;
(d) Original Terms Unmodified.
The terms of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage have not been impaired,
waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by a written instrument
which has been recorded, if necessary, to protect the interests of the
Purchaser and maintain the lien priority of the Mortgage and which has
been delivered to the Custodian. The substance of any such waiver,
alteration or modification has been approved by the issuer of any related
PMI policy and the title insurer, to the extent required by the policy,
and its terms are reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. No Mortgagor
has been released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an
assumption agreement approved by the issuer of any related PMI policy and
the title insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and which
assumption agreement is part of the Mortgage Loan File delivered to the
Custodian and the terms of which are reflected in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule;
(e) No Defenses.
The Mortgage Loan is not subject to any right of rescission, set-off,
counterclaim or defense, including without limitation the defense of
usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note or
the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render either the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or
subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense,
including without limitation the defense of usury, and no such right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with
respect thereto;
(f) No Satisfaction of Mortgage.
The Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded,
in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from
the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been
executed that would effect any such satisfaction, release, cancellation,
subordination or rescission;
(g) Validity of Mortgage Documents.
The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and related documents are genuine, and
each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof
enforceable in accordance with its terms. All parties to the Mortgage Note
and the Mortgage and any other related document had legal capacity to
enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note,
the Mortgage and any other related document, and the Mortgage Note, the
Mortgage and any other related document have been duly and properly
executed by such parties;
(h) No Fraud.
All the documents executed in connection with the Mortgage Loan including,
but not limited to, the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are free of fraud
and any misrepresentation, are signed by the persons they purport to be
signed by, and witnessed or, as appropriate, notarized by the persons
whose signatures appear as witnesses or notaries, and each such document
constitutes the valid and binding legal obligation of the signatories and
is enforceable in accordance with its terms. No error, omission,
misrepresentation, negligence, fraud, or similar occurrence with respect
to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of the Company, or the
Mortgagor, or to the best of the Company's knowledge, any appraiser, any
builder, or any developer, or any other party involved in the origination
of the Mortgage Loan or in the application of any insurance in relation to
such Mortgage Loan;
(i) Compliance with Applicable Laws.
Any and all requirements of any federal, state or local law including,
without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement
procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity,
disclosure, or predatory and abusive lending laws applicable to the
Mortgage Loan have been complied with. 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;
(j) Location and Type of Mortgaged Property.
The Mortgaged Property is located in the state identified in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule and consists of a contiguous parcel of real property with a
detached single family residence erected thereon, or a two- to four-family
dwelling, or an individual condominium unit in a condominium project, or a
manufactured dwelling, or an individual unit in a planned unit development
or a townhouse, provided, however, that any condominium project or planned
unit development shall conform with the applicable Xxxxxx Xxx requirements
regarding such dwellings, and no residence or dwelling is a mobile home,
cooperative, log home, or other unique property type. As of the respective
appraisal date for each Mortgaged Property, no portion of the Mortgaged
Property was being used for commercial purposes, except as allowed under
the Underwriting Guidelines. If the Mortgaged Property is a manufactured
dwelling, condominium unit or a planned unit development (other than a de
minimis planned unit development) such manufactured dwelling, condominium
or planned unit development meets the requirements under the Underwriting
Guidelines;
(k) Valid First Lien.
The Mortgage is a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the
Mortgaged Property, including all buildings on the Mortgaged Property and
all installations and mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating and air
conditioning systems located in or annexed to such buildings, and all
additions, alterations and replacements made at any time with respect to
the foregoing. The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to:
(1) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due
and payable;
(2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and
other matters of the public record as of the date of recording
acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally and
specifically referred to in the lender's title insurance policy
delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and (i) referred to
or otherwise considered in the appraisal made for the originator of
the Mortgage Loan and (ii) which do not adversely affect the
Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property set forth in such
appraisal; and
(3) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do
not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended
to be provided by the mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or
marketability of the related Mortgaged Property.
Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to
and delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates
a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien and first priority security
interest on the property described therein and the Company has full right
to sell and assign the same to the Purchaser;
(l) Full Disbursement of Proceeds.
The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed, except for
escrows established or created due to seasonal weather conditions, as
allowed under the Underwriting Guidelines, and there is no requirement for
future advances thereunder. All costs, fees and expenses incurred in
making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording of the Mortgage were
paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid
or due under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage;
(m) Consolidation of Future Advances.
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
lien of the Mortgage securing the consolidated principal amount is
expressly insured as having first lien priority by a title insurance
policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring the mortgagee's consolidated
interest or by other title evidence acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx
Mac; the consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan; the Company shall not make future
advances after the Cut-Off Date;
(n) Ownership.
The Company is the sole owner of record and holder of the Mortgage Loan
and the related Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not assigned or
pledged, and the Company has good and marketable title thereto and has
full right and authority to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to the
Purchaser. The Company is transferring the Mortgage Loan free and clear of
any and all encumbrances, liens, pledges, equities, participation
interests, claims, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering
such Mortgage Loan;
(o) Origination/Doing Business.
The Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, a
savings bank, a commercial bank, a credit union, an insurance company, or
similar institution which is supervised and examined by a federal or state
authority or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act.
All parties which have had any interest in the Mortgage Loan, whether as
mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during the period in
which they held and disposed of such interest, were) (1) in compliance
with any and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the
state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, and (2) organized under
the laws of such state, or (3) qualified to do business in such state, or
(4) federal savings and loan associations or national banks having
principal offices in such state, or (5) not doing business in such state;
(p) LTV, PMI Policy.
No Mortgage Loan has a LTV greater than 95%. If the original LTV of the
Mortgage Loan is 80% or greater, the excess over 78% is and will be
insured as to payment defaults by a PMI Policy until terminated pursuant
to the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998, 12 USCss.4901, et seq. All
provisions of such PMI Policy have been and are being complied with, such
policy is in full force and effect, and all premiums due thereunder have
been paid. The Qualified Insurer has a claims paying ability acceptable to
Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. Any Mortgage Loan subject to a PMI Policy
obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the PMI Policy and to pay
all premiums and charges in connection therewith. The Mortgage Interest
Rate for the Mortgage Loan as set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is
net of any such insurance premium;
(q) Title Insurance.
The Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender's title insurance policy
(or in the case of any Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property
located in a jurisdiction where such policies are generally not available,
an opinion of counsel of the type customarily rendered in such
jurisdiction in lieu of title insurance) or other generally acceptable
form of policy of insurance acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac,
issued by a title insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac and
qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property
is located, insuring the Company, its successors and assigns, as to the
first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of
the Mortgage Loan, subject only to the exceptions contained in clauses
(1), (2) and (3) of Paragraph (k) of this Section 3.02, and in the case of
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, against any loss by reason of the
invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the provisions
of the Mortgage providing for adjustment to the Mortgage Interest Rate and
Monthly Payment. The Company is the sole insured of such lender's title
insurance policy, and such lender's title insurance policy is in full
force and effect and will be in force and effect upon the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No claims have been made
under such lender's title insurance policy, and no prior holder of the
Mortgage, including the Company, has done, by act or omission, anything
which would impair the coverage of such lender's title insurance policy;
(r) No Defaults.
There is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing
under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note or related documents and no event
which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any
grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or
event of acceleration, and neither the Company nor its predecessors have
waived any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration;
(s) No Mechanics' Liens.
There are no mechanics' or similar liens or claims which have been filed
for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the
law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged
Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with,
the lien of the related Mortgage which are not insured against by the
title insurance policy referenced in Paragraph (q) above;
(t) Location of Improvements; No Encroachments.
Except as insured against by the title insurance policy referenced in
Paragraph (q) above, all improvements which were considered in determining
the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property lay wholly within the
boundaries and building restriction lines of the Mortgaged Property and no
improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged Property.
No improvement located on or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in
violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation;
(u) Payment Terms.
Principal payments on the Mortgage Loan commenced no more than sixty (60)
days after the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan were disbursed. The Mortgage
Loans have an original term to maturity of not more than 30 years, with
interest payable in arrears on the first day of each month. As to each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan on each applicable Adjustment Date, the
Mortgage Interest Rate will be adjusted to equal the sum of the Index plus
the applicable Gross Margin, rounded up or down to the nearest multiple of
0.125% indicated by the Mortgage Note; provided that the Mortgage Interest
Rate will not increase by more than the Periodic Interest Rate Cap or
decrease by less than the Periodic Interest Rate Floor on any Adjustment
Date, and will in no event exceed the Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate or be
lower than the Minimum Mortgage Interest Rate listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule for such Mortgage Loan. Each Mortgage Note related to an
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan requires a monthly payment which is
sufficient, during the period prior to the first adjustment to the
Mortgage Interest Rate, to fully amortize the outstanding principal
balance as of the first day of such period over the then remaining term of
such Mortgage Note and to pay interest at the related Mortgage Interest
Rate. As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, if the related Mortgage
Interest Rate changes on an Adjustment Date, the then outstanding
principal balance will be reamortized over the remaining life of such
Mortgage Loan. No Mortgage Loan contains terms or provisions which would
result in negative amortization;
(v) Customary Provisions.
The Mortgage and related Mortgage Note contain customary and enforceable
provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof
adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the
benefits of the security provided thereby, including, (i) in the case of a
Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (ii)
otherwise by judicial foreclosure and upon the exercise of such rights and
remedies under the law, the holder of the Mortgage and Mortgage Note will
be able to deliver good and merchantable title to the Mortgaged Property.
There is no homestead or other exemption available to a Mortgagor which
would interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a
trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage;
(w) Occupancy of the Mortgaged Property.
As of the date of origination, the Mortgaged Property was lawfully
occupied under applicable law;
(x) No Additional Collateral.
The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by any collateral,
pledged account or other security except the lien of the corresponding
Mortgage and the security interest of any applicable security agreement or
chattel mortgage referred to in Section 3.02(k) above;
(y) Deeds of Trust.
In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust, a trustee, duly
qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been properly
designated and currently so serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no
fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Mortgagee to the
trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's
sale after default by the Mortgagor;
(z) Acceptable Investment.
The Company has no knowledge of any circumstances or conditions with
respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or the
Mortgagor's credit standing that can reasonably be expected to cause
private institutional investors to regard the Mortgage Loan as an
unacceptable investment, cause the Mortgage Loan to become delinquent, or
adversely affect the value or marketability of the Mortgage Loan;
(aa) Transfer of Mortgage Loans.
The Assignment of Mortgage, upon the insertion of the name of the assignee
and recording information, is in recordable form and is acceptable for
recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged
Property is located;
(bb) Mortgaged Property Undamaged.
The Mortgaged Property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth
movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty so as to affect
adversely the value of the Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage
Loan or the use for which the premises were intended;
(cc) Collection Practices; Escrow Deposits.
The origination, servicing and collection practices used with respect to
the Mortgage Loan have been in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices, and have been in all material respects legal and proper. With
respect to escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, all such payments are in
the possession of the Company and there exist no deficiencies in
connection therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment
thereof have not been made. All Escrow Payments have been collected in
full compliance with state and federal law. No escrow deposits or Escrow
Payments or other charges or payments due the Company have been
capitalized under the Mortgage Note;
(dd) No Condemnation.
There is no proceeding pending or to the best of the Company's knowledge
threatened for the total or partial condemnation of the related Mortgaged
Property;
(ee) The Appraisal.
The Mortgage Loan File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged
Property by an appraiser licensed in the state where the Mortgaged
Property is located, and 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, and the appraisal and the appraiser both satisfy the
applicable requirements of Title XI of the Financial Institution Reform,
Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was originated;
(ff) Insurance.
The Mortgaged Property securing each Mortgage Loan is insured by an
insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac against loss by fire and
such hazards as are covered under a standard extended coverage endorsement
and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged
Property is located pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the
requirements of Section 4.10, in an amount which is not less than the
lesser of 100% of the insurable value of the Mortgaged Property and the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, but in no event less
than the minimum amount necessary to fully compensate for any damage or
loss on a replacement cost basis. If the Mortgaged Property is a
condominium unit, it is included under the coverage afforded by a blanket
policy for the project. If the improvements on the Mortgaged Property are
in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency as having special flood hazards, a flood insurance
policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal
Insurance Administration is in effect with a generally acceptable
insurance carrier, in an amount representing coverage not less than the
least of (A) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (B)
the full insurable value and (C) the maximum amount of insurance which was
available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended. All
individual insurance policies contain a standard mortgagee clause naming
the Company and its successors and assigns as mortgagee, and all premiums
thereon have been paid. The Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to
maintain a hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor's cost and expense,
and on the Mortgagor's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the
Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor's cost
and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. The
hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the
insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect
and inure to the benefit of the Purchaser upon the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company has not acted or
failed to act so as to impair the coverage of any such insurance policy or
the validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof;
(gg) Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act.
The Mortgagor has not notified the Company, and the Company has no
knowledge of any relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended;
(hh) Balloon Payments, Graduated Payments or Contingent Interests.
The Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment mortgage loan and the
Mortgage Loan does not have a shared appreciation or other contingent
interest feature. If a Mortgage Loan is a Balloon Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage Note is payable in monthly payments based on a fifteen or thirty
year amortization schedule and a final monthly payment substantially
greater than the preceding monthly payment which is sufficient to amortize
the remaining principal of the Mortgage Loan;
(ii) No Construction Loans.
No Mortgage Loan was made in connection with (i) the construction or
rehabilitation of a Mortgage Property or (ii) facilitating the trade-in or
exchange of a Mortgaged Property other than a construction-to-permanent
loan which has converted to a permanent Mortgage Loan;
(jj) Underwriting.
Each Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the Underwriting
Guidelines of the Company attached as Exhibit E; and the Mortgage Note and
Mortgage are on forms acceptable to Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Mae;
(kk) No Bankruptcy.
No Mortgagor was a debtor in any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding at the time the Mortgage Loan was originated and as of the
Closing Date, the Company has not received notice that any Mortgagor is a
debtor under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;
(ll) Interest Rate Adjustments.
With respect to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, all such adjustments
have been made in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note
and all applicable laws;
(mm) The Mortgagor.
The Mortgagor is one or more natural persons and/or trustees for an
Illinois land trust or a trustee under a "living trust" and such "living
trust" is in compliance with the Underwriting Guidelines;
(nn) Single Premium Credit Life Insurance.
None of the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan were used to finance
single-premium credit life insurance policies;
(oo) Delivery of Mortgage Files.
The Mortgage Loan Documents and any other documents required to be
delivered by the Company hereunder have been delivered to the Custodian
(except for those submitted for recordation). The Company is in possession
of a complete Mortgage File in compliance with Exhibit B, except for such
documents the originals of which have been delivered to the Custodian or
submitted for recordation;
(pp) No Buydowns.
No Mortgage Loan contains provisions pursuant to which Monthly payments
are (a) paid or partially paid with funds deposited in any separate
account established by the Company, the Mortgagor or anyone on behalf of
the Mortgagor, (b) paid by any source other than the Mortgagor or (c)
contains any other similar provisions which may constitute a "buydown"
provision;
(qq) Interest Calculation.
Interest on each Mortgage Loan is calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months;
(rr) Violation of Environmental Laws.
There is no pending action or proceeding directly involving any Mortgaged
Property of which the Company is aware in which compliance with any
environmental law, rule or regulation is an issue; and to the best of the
Company's knowledge, nothing further remains to be done to satisfy in full
all requirements of each such law, rule or regulation constituting a
prerequisite to use and enjoyment of said property;
(ss) Servicing.
From and after the date of origination, each Mortgage Loan has been
serviced in accordance with the terms of all federal, state and local laws
and regulations, the terms of the Mortgage Note and Accepted Servicing
Practices in all respects;
(tt) HOEPA.
No Mortgage Loan is classified as "high cost" mortgage loans under Section
32 of the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, as amended and
no Mortgage Loan is considered a "high cost" or "threshold" mortgage loan
under any applicable federal, state or local laws;
(uu) Due on Sale.
With respect to each Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage contains an
enforceable provision, to the extent allowed under applicable law, for the
acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan in the event that the Mortgaged Property is sold or
transferred without the prior written consent of the mortgagee;
(vv) Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The Company, in its capacity as servicer for each Mortgage Loan, has fully
furnished, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its
implementing regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g.,
favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to Equifax,
Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company (three of the credit
repositories), on a monthly basis;
(ww) Georgia Fair Lending Act.
There shall be no Mortgage Loan secured by mortgaged property located in
the State of Georgia that was originated during the period beginning on
and including October 1, 2002 and ending on and including March 7, 2003;
(xx) Prepayment Penalty.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan that has a prepayment penalty feature,
each such prepayment penalty shall be enforceable and will be enforced by
the Seller for the benefit of the Purchaser, and each prepayment penalty
shall be permitted pursuant to federal, state and local law. Each such
prepayment penalty is in an amount equal to the maximum amount permitted
under applicable law and no such prepayment penalty may be imposed for a
term in excess of five (5) years with respect to Mortgage Loans originated
prior to October, 1, 2002. With respect to Mortgage Loans originated on or
after October 1, 2002, no such prepayment penalty may be imposed for a
term in excess of five (5) years; and
(yy) Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
The Company has complied with all applicable anti-money laundering laws
and regulations (the "Anti-Money Laundering Laws"), and has established an
antimoney laundering compliance program as required by the Anti-Money
Laundering Laws.
Section 3.03 Repurchase.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 shall survive the sale of the Mortgage Loans
to the Purchaser and the delivery of the Mortgage Loan Documents to the
Custodian and shall inure to the benefit of the Purchaser, notwithstanding any
restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or Assignment of
Mortgage or the examination or failure to examine any Mortgage File. Upon
discovery by either the Company or the Purchaser of a breach of any of the
foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach
shall give prompt written notice to the other.
Within 90 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to
the Company of any breach of a representation or warranty which materially and
adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans or the interest of the
Purchaser therein (or which materially and adversely affects the value of the
applicable Mortgage Loan or the interest of the Purchaser therein in the case of
a representation and warranty relating to a particular Mortgage Loan), the
Company shall use its best efforts promptly to cure such breach in all material
respects and, if such breach cannot be cured, the Company shall, at the
Purchaser's option, repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price. In
the event that a breach shall involve any representation or warranty set forth
in Section 3.01, and such breach cannot be cured within 90 days of the earlier
of either discovery by or notice to the Company of such breach, all of the
Mortgage Loans shall, at the Purchaser's option, be repurchased by the Company
at the Repurchase Price. However, if the breach shall involve a representation
or warranty set forth in Section 3.02 and the Company discovers or receives
notice of any such breach within 120 days of the Closing Date, the Company
shall, if the breach cannot be cured, at the Purchaser's option and provided
that the Company has a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, rather than
repurchase the Mortgage Loan as provided above, remove such Mortgage Loan (a
"Deleted Mortgage Loan") and substitute in its place a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans, provided that any such substitution shall be effected
not later than 120 days after the Closing Date. If the Company has no Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan, it shall repurchase the deficient Mortgage Loan within
90 days of the written notice of the breach or the failure to cure, whichever is
later. Any repurchase of a Mortgage Loan or Loans pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this Section 3.03 shall be accomplished by deposit in the
Custodial Account of the amount of the Repurchase Price for distribution to
Purchaser on the next scheduled Remittance Date, after deducting therefrom any
amount received in respect of such repurchased Mortgage Loan or Loans and being
held in the Custodial Account for future distribution.
At the time of repurchase or substitution, the Purchaser and the
Company shall arrange for the reassignment of the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the
Company and the delivery to the Company of any documents held by the Custodian
relating to the Deleted Mortgage Loan. In the event of a repurchase or
substitution, the Company shall, simultaneously with such reassignment, give
written notice to the Purchaser that such repurchase or substitution has taken
place, amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the withdrawal of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan from this Agreement, and, in the case of substitution, identify a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan and amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to
reflect the addition of such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan to this
Agreement. In connection with any such substitution, the Company shall be deemed
to have made as to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan the representations
and warranties set forth in this Agreement except that all such representations
and warranties set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed made as of the date
of such substitution. The Company shall effect such substitution by delivering
to the Custodian for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan the documents
required by Section 2.03, with the Mortgage Note endorsed as required by Section
2.03. No substitution will be made in any calendar month after the Determination
Date for such month. The Company shall deposit in the Custodial Account the
Monthly Payment less the Servicing Fee due on such Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan or Loans in the month following the date of such substitution. Monthly
Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of
substitution shall be retained by the Company. With respect to any Deleted
Mortgage Loan, distributions to Purchaser shall include the Monthly Payment due
on any Deleted Mortgage Loan in the month of substitution, and the Company shall
thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts subsequently received by the
Company in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
For any month in which the Company substitutes a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, the Company shall
determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all Deleted Mortgage Loans (after
application of scheduled principal payments due in the month of substitution).
The amount of such shortfall shall be distributed by the Company in the month of
substitution pursuant to Section 5.01. Accordingly, on the date of such
substitution, the Company shall deposit from its own funds into the Custodial
Account an amount equal to the amount of such shortfall.
In addition to such repurchase or substitution obligation, the
Company shall indemnify the Purchaser and hold it harmless against any losses,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and
related costs, judgments, and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim,
demand, defense or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from a
breach of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. It is
understood and agreed that the obligations of the Company set forth in this
Section 3.03 to cure, substitute for or repurchase a defective Mortgage Loan and
to indemnify the Purchaser as provided in this Section 3.03 constitute the sole
remedies of the Purchaser respecting a breach of the foregoing representations
and warranties.
Any cause of action against the Company relating to or arising out
of the breach of any representations and warranties made in Sections 3.01 and
3.02 shall accrue as to any Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such breach by
the Purchaser or notice thereof by the Company to the Purchaser, (ii) failures
by the Company to cure such breach or repurchase such Mortgage Loan as specified
above, and (iii) demand upon the Company by the Purchaser for compliance with
this Agreement.
Section 3.04 Premium Recapture.
If any Mortgage Loan without a prepayment penalty prepays in full
either (a) within the one (1) months immediately following the Closing Date, or
(b) prior to a Pass-Through Transfer, whichever is earlier, the Company will
reimburse the Purchaser for the amount paid by the Purchaser in excess over par.
With respect to any Mortgage Loan that provides for a prepayment penalty which
prepays in full within the one (1) months immediately following the Closing
Date, the Company shall pay to the Purchaser such prepayment penalty, plus the
amount, if any, by which the purchase price premium in excess of par paid by the
Purchaser exceeds the amount of such prepayment penalty. Upon receipt of the
monthly remittance advice, the Purchaser or its designee shall xxxx the Company
for any amounts payable pursuant to this Section. The foregoing premium
protection provision shall survive the closing of the transaction contemplated
hereby, shall not merge with the closing documents and shall be independently
enforceable; provided, however, that such provision shall terminate in respect
of any Mortgage Loans which shall have been securitized by the Purchaser. Unless
so terminated, the benefit of such provisions shall be assignable by the
Purchaser.
Section 3.05 First Payment Default.
If the related Mortgagor either (i) becomes 30 or more days delinquent
with respect to the Mortgage Loan's first contractual Monthly Payment or (ii)
fails to make its first payment to the Purchaser and has not been remedied
within 45 days of the date such payment is due, the Company, at the Purchaser's
option, shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan from the Purchaser at the purchase
price set forth in the Commitment Letter, together with any adjustments as
provided therein.
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 4.01 Company to Act as Servicer.
The Company, as an independent contractor, shall service and
administer the Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting
alone or through the utilization of a third party servicing provider, to do any
and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the
Company may deem necessary or desirable, consistent with the terms of this
Agreement and with Accepted Servicing Practices. The Company shall be
responsible for any and all acts of a third party servicing provider, and the
Company's utilization of a third party servicing provider shall in no way
relieve the liability of the Servicer under this Agreement.
Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Company may waive,
modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of
strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any
Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver,
modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the
Purchaser, provided, however, the Company shall not make any future advances
with respect to a Mortgage Loan. Unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect
to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Company,
imminent, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any
Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the
payment thereof of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding
principal amount (except for actual payments of principal) or change the final
maturity date on such Mortgage Loan. The Company shall request written consent
from the Purchaser to permit such a modification and the Purchaser shall provide
written consent or notify the Company of its objection to such modification
within three (3) Business Days of its receipt of the Company's request. In the
event of any such modification which permits the deferral of interest or
principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall, on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Remittance Date in any month in which any such
principal or interest payment has been deferred, deposit in the Custodial
Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 5.03, the difference
between (a) such month's principal and one month's interest at the Mortgage Loan
Remittance Rate on the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan and (b)
the amount paid by the Mortgagor. The Company shall be entitled to reimbursement
for such advances to the same extent as for all other advances made pursuant to
Section 5.03. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company
shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered, to execute and deliver
on behalf of itself and the Purchaser, all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable
instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the
Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Company, the Purchaser shall
furnish the Company with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or
appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its servicing and administrative
duties under this Agreement.
In servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the Company shall
employ procedures (including collection procedures) and exercise the same care
that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering
mortgage loans for its own account, giving due consideration to Accepted
Servicing Practices where such practices do not conflict with the requirements
of this Agreement, and the Purchaser's reliance on the Company.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Company shall not waive a prepayment penalty or charge except under the
following circumstances: (i) such waiver would, in the reasonable judgment of
the Company, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value
of such prepayment penalty or charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such
waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan,
such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default; or
(ii) the Company obtains a written Opinion of Counsel, which may be in-house
counsel for the Company, opining that any prepayment penalty or charge is not
legally enforceable in the circumstances under which the related Principal
Prepayment occurs. In the event the Company waives any prepayment penalty, other
than as set forth in (i) and (ii) above, the Company shall deposit the amount of
any such prepayment penalty in the Custodial Account for distribution to the
Purchaser on the next Remittance Date.
Section 4.02 Liquidation of Mortgage Loans.
In the event that any payment due under any Mortgage Loan and not
postponed pursuant to Section 4.01 is not paid when the same becomes due and
payable, or in the event the Mortgagor fails to perform any other covenant or
obligation under the Mortgage Loan and such failure continues beyond any
applicable grace period, the Company shall take such action as (1) the Company
would take under similar circumstances with respect to a similar mortgage loan
held for its own account for investment, (2) shall be consistent with Accepted
Servicing Practices, (3) the Company shall determine prudently to be in the best
interest of Purchaser, and (4) is consistent with any related PMI Policy. In the
event that any payment due under any Mortgage Loan is not postponed pursuant to
Section 4.01 and remains delinquent for a period of 90 days or any other default
continues for a period of 90 days beyond the expiration of any grace or cure
period, the Company shall commence foreclosure proceedings, the Company shall
notify the Purchaser in writing of the Company's intention to do so, and the
Company shall not commence foreclosure proceedings if the Purchaser objects to
such action within three (3) Business Days of receiving such notice. In the
event the Purchaser objects to such foreclosure action, the Company shall not be
required to make Monthly Advances with respect to such Mortgage Loan, pursuant
to Section 5.03, and the Company's obligation to make such Monthly Advances
shall terminate on the 90th day referred to above. In such connection, the
Company shall from its own funds make all necessary and proper Servicing
Advances, provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to expend
its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or towards the restoration or
preservation of any Mortgaged Property, unless it shall determine (a) that such
preservation, restoration and/or foreclosure will increase the proceeds of
liquidation of the Mortgage Loan to Purchaser after reimbursement to itself for
such expenses and (b) that such expenses will be recoverable by it either
through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for
purposes of withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05) or
through Insurance Proceeds (respecting which it shall have similar priority).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in
connection with a foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, in
the event the Company has reasonable cause to believe that a Mortgaged Property
is contaminated by hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, or if the Purchaser
otherwise requests an environmental inspection or review of such Mortgaged
Property, such an inspection or review is to be conducted by a qualified
inspector. The cost for such inspection or review shall be borne by the
Purchaser. Upon completion of the inspection or review, the Company shall
promptly provide the Purchaser with a written report of the environmental
inspection.
After reviewing the environmental inspection report, the Purchaser
shall determine how the Company shall proceed with respect to the Mortgaged
Property. In the event (a) the environmental inspection report indicates that
the Mortgaged Property is contaminated by hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes and (b)the Purchaser directs the Company to proceed with foreclosure or
acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Company shall be reimbursed for
all reasonable costs associated with such foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in
lieu of foreclosure and any related environmental clean up costs, as applicable,
from the related Liquidation Proceeds, or if the Liquidation Proceeds are
insufficient to fully reimburse the Company, the Company shall be entitled to be
reimbursed from amounts in the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05
hereof. In the event the Purchaser directs the Company not to proceed with
foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Company shall be
reimbursed for all Servicing Advances made with respect to the related Mortgaged
Property from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof.
Section 4.03 Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments.
Continuously from the date hereof until the principal and interest on all
Mortgage Loans are paid in full, the Company shall proceed diligently to collect
all payments due under each of the Mortgage Loans when the same shall become due
and payable and shall take special care in ascertaining and estimating Escrow
Payments and all other charges that will become due and payable with respect to
the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property, to the end that the installments
payable by the Mortgagors will be sufficient to pay such charges as and when
they become due and payable.
Section 4.04 Establishment of Custodial Account.
The Company shall segregate and hold all funds collected and
received in connection with a Mortgage Loan separate and apart from any of its
own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more
Custodial Accounts, in the form of time deposit or demand accounts, titled
"Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., in trust for the Purchaser and/or subsequent
purchasers of Mortgage Loans, and various Mortgagors - P & I." The Custodial
Account shall be established with a Qualified Depository. Upon request of the
Purchaser and within ten (10) days thereof, the Company shall provide the
Purchaser with written confirmation of the existence of such Custodial Account.
Any funds deposited in the Custodial Account shall at all times be insured to
the fullest extent allowed by applicable law. Funds deposited in the Custodial
Account may be drawn on by the Company in accordance with Section 4.05.
The Company shall deposit in the Custodial Account within two (2)
Business Days of Company's receipt, and retain therein, the following
collections received by the Company and payments made by the Company after the
Cut-off Date, or received by the Company prior to the Cut-off Date but allocable
to a period subsequent thereto, other than payments of principal and interest
due on or before the Cut-off Date:
(i) all payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans,
including all Principal Prepayments;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans adjusted
to the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate;
(iii) all Liquidation Proceeds;
(iv) all Insurance Proceeds including amounts required to be deposited
pursuant to Section 4.10 (other than proceeds to be held in the
Escrow Account and applied to the restoration or repair of the
Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with
Section 4.14), Section 4.11 and Section 4.15;
(v) all Condemnation Proceeds which are not applied to the restoration
or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with Section 4.14;
(vi) any amount required to be deposited in the Custodial Account
pursuant to Section 4.01, 5.03, 6.01 or 6.02;
(vii) any amounts payable in connection with the repurchase of any
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 and all amounts required to
be deposited by the Company in connection with a shortfall in
principal amount of any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant
to Section 3.03;
(viii) with respect to each Principal Prepayment an amount (to be paid by
the Company out of its funds) which, when added to all amounts
allocable to interest received in connection with the Principal
Prepayment, equals one month's interest on the amount of principal
so prepaid at the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate;
(ix) any amounts required to be deposited by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.11 in connection with the deductible clause in any blanket
hazard insurance policy; and
(x) any amounts received with respect to or related to any REO Property
and all REO Disposition Proceeds pursuant to Section 4.16.
The foregoing requirements for deposit into the Custodial Account
shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges,
assumption fees and similar fees and charges, to the extent permitted by
Sections 4.01 and 6.01, need not be deposited by the Company into the Custodial
Account. Any interest paid on funds deposited in the Custodial Account by the
depository institution shall accrue to the benefit of the Company and the
Company shall be entitled to retain and withdraw such interest from the
Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05.
Section 4.05 Permitted Withdrawals From Custodial Account.
The Company shall, from time to time, withdraw funds from the
Custodial Account for the following purposes:
(i) to make payments to the Purchaser in the amounts and in the manner
provided for in Section 5.01;
(ii) to reimburse itself for Monthly Advances of the Company's funds made
pursuant to Section 5.03, the Company's right to reimburse itself
pursuant to this subclause (ii) being limited to amounts received on
the related Mortgage Loan which represent late Monthly Payments,
Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and
such other amounts as may be collected by the Company respecting
which any such advance was made, it being understood that, in the
case of any such reimbursement, the Company's right thereto shall be
prior to the rights of Purchaser, except that, where the Company is
required to repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 or
6.02, the Company's right to such reimbursement shall be subsequent
to the payment to the Purchaser of the Repurchase Price pursuant to
such sections and all other amounts required to be paid to the
Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage Loan;
(iii) to reimburse itself for unreimbursed Servicing Advances, and for any
unpaid Servicing Fees, the Company's right to reimburse itself
pursuant to this subclause (iii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan
being limited to related Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and such other amounts as may be
collected by the Company from the Mortgagor or otherwise relating to
the Mortgage Loan, it being understood that, in the case of any such
reimbursement, the Company's right thereto shall be prior to the
rights of Purchaser, except that where the Company is required to
repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 or 6.02, in
which case the Company's right to such reimbursement shall be
subsequent to the payment to the Purchaser of the Repurchase Price
pursuant to such sections and all other amounts required to be paid
to the Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage Loan;
(iv) to pay itself interest on funds deposited in the Custodial Account;
(v) to reimburse itself for expenses incurred and reimbursable to it
pursuant to Section 8.01;
(vi) to pay any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.16
related to any REO Property, it being understood that, in the case
of any such expenditure or withdrawal related to a particular REO
Property, the amount of such expenditure or withdrawal from the
Custodial Account shall be limited to amounts on deposit in the
Custodial Account with respect to the related REO Property;
(vii) to reimburse itself for any Servicing Advances or REO expenses after
liquidation of the Mortgaged Property not otherwise reimbursed
above;
(viii) to remove funds inadvertently placed in the Custodial Account by
the Company; and
(ix) to clear and terminate the Custodial Account upon the termination of
this Agreement.
In the event that the Custodial Account is interest bearing, on each
Remittance Date, the Company shall withdraw all funds from the Custodial Account
except for those amounts which, pursuant to Section 5.01, the Company is not
obligated to remit on such Remittance Date. The Company may use such withdrawn
funds only for the purposes described in this Section 4.05.
Section 4.06 Establishment of and Deposits to Escrow Account.
The Company shall segregate and hold all funds collected and
received pursuant to a Mortgage Loan constituting Escrow Payments separate and
apart from any of its own funds and general assets and shall establish and
maintain one or more Escrow Accounts, in the form of time deposit or demand
accounts, titled, "Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., in trust for the Purchaser
and/or subsequent purchasers, Residential Mortgage Loans, and various Mortgagors
- T & I." The Escrow Accounts shall be established with a Qualified Depository,
in a manner which shall provide maximum available insurance thereunder. Upon
request of the Purchaser and within ten (10) days thereof, the Company shall
provide the Purchaser with written confirmation of the existence of such Escrow
Account. Funds deposited in the Escrow Account may be drawn on by the Company in
accordance with Section 4.07.
The Company shall deposit in the Escrow Account or Accounts within
two (2) Business Days of Company's receipt , and retain therein:
(i) all Escrow Payments collected on account of the Mortgage Loans, for
the purpose of effecting timely payment of any such items as
required under the terms of this Agreement; and
(ii) all amounts representing Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds
which are to be applied to the restoration or repair of any
Mortgaged Property.
The Company shall make withdrawals from the Escrow Account only to
effect such payments as are required under this Agreement, as set forth in
Section 4.07. The Company shall be entitled to retain any interest paid on funds
deposited in the Escrow Account by the depository institution, other than
interest on escrowed funds required by law to be paid to the Mortgagor. To the
extent required by law, the Company shall pay interest on escrowed funds to the
Mortgagor notwithstanding that the Escrow Account may be non-interest bearing or
that interest paid thereon is insufficient for such purposes. The Company shall
reimburse the Escrow Account for any losses incurred as a result of the
investment of amounts on deposit in the Escrow Account.
Section 4.07 Permitted Withdrawals From Escrow Account.
Withdrawals from the Escrow Account or Accounts may be made by the
Company only:
(i) to effect timely payments of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water
rates, mortgage insurance premiums, condominium charges, fire and
hazard insurance premiums or other items constituting Escrow
Payments for the related Mortgage;
(ii) to reimburse the Company for any Servicing Advances made by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.08 with respect to a related Mortgage
Loan, but only from amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan
which represent late collections of Escrow Payments thereunder;
(iii) to refund to any Mortgagor any funds found to be in excess of the
amounts required under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan;
(iv) for transfer to the Custodial Account and application to reduce the
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms
of the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note;
(v) for application to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged
Property in accordance with the procedures outlined in Section 4.14;
(vi) to pay to the Company, or any Mortgagor to the extent required by
law, any interest paid on the funds deposited in the Escrow Account;
(vii) to remove funds inadvertently placed in the Escrow Account by the
Company; and
(viii) to clear and terminate the Escrow Account on the termination of
this Agreement.
The Company shall be entitled to retain any interest paid on funds deposited in
the Escrow Account by the depository institution other than interest on escrowed
funds required by law to be paid to the Mortgagor and, to the extent required by
law, the Company shall pay interest on escrowed funds to the Mortgagor
notwithstanding that the Escrow Account is non-interest bearing or that interest
paid thereon is insufficient for such purposes. If Company elects or is required
by law to deposit a Mortgagor's escrow funds into an interest-bearing account,
the Company shall remain obligated to pay the Mortgagor's taxes and insurance
premiums when due, even if the Mortgagor's escrow funds are not withdrawable on
demand.
Section 4.08 Payment of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Company shall maintain accurate
records reflecting the status of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates,
sewer rents, and other charges which are or may become a lien upon the Mortgaged
Property and the status of PMI Policy premiums and fire and hazard insurance
coverage and shall obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such
charges (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof prior to
the applicable penalty or termination date, employing for such purpose deposits
of the Mortgagor in the Escrow Account (excluding the payment of LPMI Policy
premiums, which are to be paid from the Company's own funds without
reimbursement), which shall have been estimated and accumulated by the Company
in amounts sufficient for such purposes, as allowed under the terms of the
Mortgage. The Company assumes full responsibility for the timely payment of all
such bills and shall effect timely payment of all such charges irrespective of
each Mortgagor's faithful performance in the payment of same of the making of
the Escrow Payments, and the Company shall make advances from its own funds to
effect such payments.
Section 4.09 Protection of Accounts.
The Company may transfer the Custodial Account or the Escrow Account
to a different Qualified Depository from time to time; provided that the Company
give notice to the Purchaser of any such transfer.
Section 4.10 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.
The Company shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan
hazard insurance such that all buildings upon the Mortgaged Property are insured
by an insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac against loss by fire,
hazards of extended coverage and 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 and (ii) the greater of (a) the outstanding principal balance of
the Mortgage Loan and (b) an amount such that the proceeds thereof shall be
sufficient to prevent the Mortgagor or the loss payee from becoming a
co-insurer. In the event a hazard insurance policy shall be in danger of being
terminated, or in the event the insurer shall cease to be acceptable to Xxxxxx
Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac, the Company shall notify the Purchaser and the related
Mortgagor, and shall use its best efforts, as permitted by applicable law, to
obtain from another qualified insurer a replacement hazard insurance policy
substantially and materially similar in all respects to the original policy. In
no event, however, shall a Mortgage Loan be without a hazard insurance policy at
any time, subject only to Section 4.11 hereof.
If the related Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified
by the Flood Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and
such flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting
the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance
Administration is in effect with a generally acceptable insurance carrier
acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac in an amount representing coverage equal
to the lesser of (i) the minimum amount required, under the terms of coverage,
to compensate for any damage or loss on a replacement cost basis (or the unpaid
balance of the mortgage if replacement cost coverage is not available for the
type of building insured) and (ii) the maximum amount of insurance which is
available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended. If at any
time during the term of the Mortgage Loan, the Company determines in accordance
with the applicable law and pursuant to the Xxxxxx Mae guide, that the Mortgaged
Property is located in a special flood hazard area and is not covered by flood
insurance meeting the requirements of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,
as amended, the Company shall notify the related Mortgagor that they must obtain
such flood insurance coverage and if the Mortgagor fails to provide proof of
such coverage within forty-five (45) days of such notice, the Company shall
force place the required flood insurance on the Mortgagor's behalf. If a
Mortgage is secured by a unit in a condominium project, the Company shall verify
that the coverage required of the owner's association, including hazard, flood,
liability, and fidelity coverage, is being maintained in accordance with then
current Xxxxxx Xxx requirements, and secure from the owner's association its
agreement to notify the Company promptly of any change in the insurance coverage
or of any condemnation or casualty loss that may have a material effect on the
value of the Mortgaged Property as security.
In the event that any Purchaser or the Company shall determine that
the Mortgaged Property should be insured against loss or damage by hazards and
risks not covered by the insurance required to be maintained by the Mortgagor
pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, the Company shall communicate and consult
with the Mortgagor with respect to the need for such insurance and bring to the
Mortgagor's attention the desirability of protection of the Mortgaged Property.
All policies required hereunder shall name the Company as loss payee
and shall be endorsed with standard or union mortgagee clauses, without
contribution, which shall provide for at least 30 days prior written notice of
any cancellation, reduction in amount or material change in coverage.
The Company shall not interfere with the Mortgagor's freedom of
choice in selecting either his insurance carrier or agent, provided, however,
that the Company shall not accept any such insurance policies from insurance
companies unless such companies are acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac and
are licensed to do business in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property
is located. The Company shall determine that such policies provide sufficient
risk coverage and amounts, that they insure the property owner, and that they
properly describe the property address.
Pursuant to Section 4.04, any amounts collected by the Company under
any such policies (other than amounts to be deposited in the Escrow Account and
applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property, or
property acquired in liquidation of the Mortgage Loan, or to be released to the
Mortgagor, in accordance with the Company's normal servicing procedures as
specified in Section 4.14) shall be deposited in the Custodial Account subject
to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.05.
Section 4.11 Maintenance of Mortgage Impairment Insurance.
In the event that the Company shall obtain and maintain a blanket
policy insuring against losses arising from fire and hazards covered under
extended coverage on all of the Mortgage Loans, then, to the extent such policy
provides coverage in an amount equal to the amount required pursuant to Section
4.10 and otherwise complies with all other requirements of Section 4.10, it
shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in
Section 4.10. The Company shall prepare and make any claims on the blanket
policy as deemed necessary by the Company in accordance with prudent servicing
practices. Any amounts collected by the Company under any such policy relating
to a Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the Custodial Account subject to
withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.05. Such policy may contain a deductible
clause, in which case, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on
the related Mortgaged Property a policy complying with Section 4.10, and there
shall have been a loss which would have been covered by such policy, the Company
shall deposit in the Custodial Account at the time of such loss the amount not
otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause,
such amount to be deposited from the Company's funds, without reimbursement
therefor. Upon request of any Purchaser, the Company shall cause to be delivered
to such Purchaser a certified true copy of such policy and a statement from the
insurer thereunder that such policy shall in no event be terminated or
materially modified without 30 days' prior written notice to such Purchaser.
Section 4.12 Maintenance of Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance.
The Company shall maintain with responsible companies, at its own
expense, a blanket Fidelity Bond and an Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy,
with broad coverage on all officers, employees or other persons acting in any
capacity requiring such persons to handle funds, money, documents or papers
relating to the Mortgage Loans ("Company Employees"). Any such Fidelity Bond and
Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy shall be in the form of the Mortgage
Banker's Blanket Bond and shall protect and insure the Company against losses,
including forgery, theft, embezzlement, fraud, errors and omissions and
negligent acts of such Company Employees. Such Fidelity Bond and Errors and
Omissions Insurance Policy also shall protect and insure the Company against
losses in connection with the release or satisfaction of a Mortgage Loan without
having obtained payment in full of the indebtedness secured thereby. No
provision of this Section 4.12 requiring such Fidelity Bond and Errors and
Omissions Insurance Policy shall diminish or relieve the Company from its duties
and obligations as set forth in this Agreement. The minimum coverage under any
such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy shall be at least
equal to the amounts acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. Upon the request
of any Purchaser, the Company shall cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a
certificate of insurance for such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions
Insurance Policy and a statement from the surety and the insurer that such
Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy shall in no event be
terminated or materially modified without 30 days' prior written notice to the
Purchaser.
Section 4.13 Inspections.
If any Mortgage Loan is delinquent, the Company shall inspect the
Mortgaged Property and shall conduct subsequent inspections in accordance with
Accepted Servicing Practices or as may be required by the primary mortgage
guaranty insurer. The Company shall produce a report of each such inspection.
Section 4.14 Restoration of Mortgaged Property.
The Company need not obtain the approval of the Purchaser prior to
releasing any Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds to the Mortgagor to be
applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property if such release
is in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. For claims greater than
$15,000, at a minimum the Company shall comply with the following conditions in
connection with any such release of Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds:
(i) The Company shall receive satisfactory independent verification of
completion of repairs and issuance of any required approvals with
respect thereto;
(ii) the Company shall take all steps necessary to preserve the priority
of the lien of the Mortgage, including, but not limited to requiring
waivers with respect to mechanics' and materialmen's liens;
(iii) the Company shall verify that the Mortgage Loan is not in default;
and
(iv) pending repairs or restoration, the Company shall place the
Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds in the Escrow Account.
If the Purchaser is named as an additional loss payee, the Company is
hereby empowered to endorse any loss draft issued in respect of such a claim in
the name of the Purchaser.
Section 4.15 Maintenance of PMI Policy; Claims.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan with an LTV of 80% or greater at the
time of origination, the Company shall, without any cost to the Purchaser
maintain in full force and effect a PMI Policy insuring that portion of the
Mortgage Loan over 78% of value until terminated pursuant to the Homeowners
Protection Act of 1998, 12 UCS ss.4901, et seq. In the event that such PMI
Policy shall be terminated other than as required by law, the Company shall
obtain from another Qualified Insurer a comparable replacement policy, with a
total coverage equal to the remaining coverage of such terminated PMI Policy. If
the insurer shall cease to be a Qualified Insurer, the Company shall determine
whether recoveries under the PMI Policy are jeopardized for reasons related to
the financial condition of such insurer, it being understood that the Company
shall in no event have any responsibility or liability for any failure to
recover under the PMI Policy for such reason. If the Company determines that
recoveries are so jeopardized, it shall notify the Purchaser and the Mortgagor,
if required, and obtain from another Qualified Insurer a replacement insurance
policy. The Company shall not take any action which would result in noncoverage
under any applicable PMI Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of the
Company would have been covered thereunder. In connection with any assumption or
substitution agreement entered into or to be entered into pursuant to Section
6.01, the Company shall promptly notify the insurer under the related PMI
Policy, if any, of such assumption or substitution of liability in accordance
with the terms of such PMI Policy and shall take all actions which may be
required by such insurer as a condition to the continuation of coverage under
such PMI Policy. If such PMI Policy is terminated as a result of such assumption
or substitution of liability, the Company shall obtain a replacement PMI Policy
as provided above.
In connection with its activities as servicer, the Company agrees to
prepare and present, on behalf of itself and the Purchaser, claims to the
insurer under any PMI Policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of
such PMI Policy and, in this regard, to take such action as shall be necessary
to permit recovery under any PMI Policy respecting a defaulted Mortgage Loan.
Pursuant to Section 4.04, any amounts collected by the Company under any PMI
Policy shall be deposited in the Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal
pursuant to Section 4.05.
Any premiums payable on LPMI Policies will be paid from the Company's own
funds without reimbursement.
Section 4.16 Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property.
In the event that title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired in
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale
shall be taken in the name of the Purchaser or the Purchaser's designee, or in
the event the Purchaser is not authorized or permitted to hold title to real
property in the state where the REO Property is located, or would be adversely
affected under the "doing business" or tax laws of such state by so holding
title, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of such Person
or Persons as shall be consistent with an Opinion of Counsel obtained by the
Company from any attorney duly licensed to practice law in the state where the
REO Property is located. The Person or Persons holding such title other than the
Purchaser shall acknowledge in writing that such title is being held as nominee
for the Purchaser.
The Company shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property
for the Purchaser solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale. The
Company, either itself or through an agent selected by the Company, shall
manage, conserve, protect and operate the REO Property in the same manner that
it manages, conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed property for its
own account, and in the same manner that similar property in the same locality
as the REO Property is managed. The Company shall attempt to sell the same (and
may temporarily rent the same for a period not greater than one year, except as
otherwise provided below) on such terms and conditions as the Company deems to
be in the best interest of the Purchaser.
The Company shall use its best efforts to dispose of the REO Property as
soon as possible and shall sell such REO Property in any event within one year
after title has been taken to such REO Property, unless (i) a REMIC election has
not been made with respect to the arrangement under which the Mortgage Loans and
the REO Property are held, and (ii) the Company determines that a longer period
is necessary for the orderly liquidation of such REO Property. If a period
longer than one year is permitted under the foregoing sentence and is necessary
to sell any REO Property, (i) the Company shall report monthly to the Purchaser
as to the progress being made in selling such REO Property and (ii) if a
purchase money mortgage is taken in connection with such sale, such purchase
money mortgage shall name the Company as mortgagee, and such purchase money
mortgage shall not be held pursuant to this Agreement.
The Company shall also maintain on each REO Property fire and hazard
insurance with extended coverage in amount which is at least equal to the
maximum insurable value of the improvements which are a part of such property,
liability insurance and, to the extent required and available under the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, flood insurance in the amount
required above.
The disposition of REO Property shall be carried out by the Company at
such price, and upon such terms and conditions, as the Company deems to be in
the best interests of the Purchaser. The proceeds of sale of the REO Property
shall be promptly deposited in the Custodial Account. As soon as practical
thereafter the expenses of such sale shall be paid and the Company shall
reimburse itself for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances, unpaid
Servicing Fees and unreimbursed advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. On the
Remittance Date immediately following the receipt of such sale proceeds, the net
cash proceeds of such sale remaining in the Custodial Account shall be
distributed to the Purchaser.
The Company shall withdraw from the Custodial Account funds necessary for
the proper operation management and maintenance of the REO Property, including
the cost of maintaining any hazard insurance pursuant to Section 4.10 and the
fees of any managing agent of the Company, or the Company itself. The Company
shall make monthly distributions on each Remittance Date to the Purchaser of the
net cash flow from the REO Property (which shall equal the revenues from such
REO Property net of the expenses described in this Section 4.16 and of any
reserves reasonably required from time to time to be maintained to satisfy
anticipated liabilities for such expenses).
Section 4.17 Real Estate Owned Reports.
Together with the statement furnished pursuant to Section 5.02, the
Company shall furnish to the Purchaser on or before the Remittance Date each
month a statement with respect to any REO Property covering the operation of
such REO Property for the previous month and the Company's efforts in connection
with the sale of such REO Property and any rental of such REO Property
incidental to the sale thereof for the previous month. That statement shall be
accompanied by such other information as the Purchaser shall reasonably request.
Section 4.18 Liquidation Reports.
Upon the foreclosure sale of any Mortgaged Property or the acquisition
thereof by the Purchaser pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Company
shall submit to the Purchaser a liquidation report with respect to such
Mortgaged Property.
Section 4.19 Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property.
Following the foreclosure sale or abandonment of any Mortgaged Property,
the Company shall report such foreclosure or abandonment as required pursuant to
Section 6050J of the Code. The Company shall file information reports with
respect to the receipt of mortgage interest received in a trade or business and
information returns relating to cancellation of indebtedness income with respect
to any Mortgaged Property as required by the Code. Such reports shall be in form
and substance sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed by the Code.
Section 4.20 Notification of Adjustments.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Company shall adjust the Mortgage
Interest Rate on the related Adjustment Date in compliance with the requirements
of applicable law and the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note. The Company shall
execute and deliver any and all necessary notices required under applicable law
and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage
Interest Rate adjustments. Upon the discovery by the Company or the receipt of
notice from the Purchaser that the Company has failed to adjust a Mortgage
Interest Rate in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note, the
Company shall immediately deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds
the amount of any interest loss or deferral caused the Purchaser thereby.
Section 4.21 Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The Company, in its capacity as servicer for each Mortgage Loan, shall
fully furnish, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its
implementing regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g., favorable and
unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union
Credit Information Company (three of the credit repositories), on a monthly
basis.
Section 4.22 Confidentiality/Protection of Customer Information.
The Company shall keep confidential and shall not divulge to any party,
without the Purchaser's prior written consent, the price paid by the Purchaser
for the Mortgage Loans, except to the extent that it is reasonable and necessary
for the Company to do so in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing
authorities or other governmental agencies. Each party agrees that it shall
comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding the privacy or
security of Customer Information shall maintain appropriate administrative,
technical and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality and
integrity of Customer Information, including maintaining security measures
designed to meet the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for
Safeguarding Customer Information, 66 Fed. Reg. 8616, and the rules promulgated
thereunder. For purposes of this Section, "Customer Information" means any
personal information concerning a Mortgagor that is disclosed by one party to
this Agreement to the other.
ARTICLE V
PAYMENTS TO PURCHASER
Section 5.01 Remittances.
On each Remittance Date the Company shall remit by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the Purchaser (a) all amounts deposited in the
Custodial Account as of the close of business on the Determination Date (net of
charges against or withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section
4.05), plus (b) all amounts, if any, which the Company is obligated to
distribute pursuant to Section 5.03, minus (c) any amounts attributable to
Principal Prepayments received after the applicable Principal Prepayment Period
which amounts shall be remitted on the following Remittance Date, together with
any additional interest required to be deposited in the Custodial Account in
connection with such Principal Prepayment in accordance with Section 4.04 minus
(d) any amounts attributable to Monthly Payments collected but due on a Due Date
or Dates subsequent to the first day of the month of the Remittance Date.
All cash flows from prepayment penalties shall be passed through to the
Purchaser and shall not be waived by the Company, except pursuant to Section
4.01.
With respect to any remittance received by the Purchaser after the second
Business Day following the Business Day on which such payment was due, the
Company shall pay to the Purchaser interest on any such late payment at an
annual rate equal to the Prime Rate, adjusted as of the date of each change,
plus three percentage points, but in no event greater than the maximum amount
permitted by applicable law. Such interest shall be deposited in the Custodial
Account by the Company on the date such late payment is made and shall cover the
period commencing with the day following such second Business Day and ending
with the Business Day on which such payment is made, both inclusive. Such
interest shall be remitted along with the distribution payable on the next
succeeding Remittance Date. The payment by the Company of any such interest
shall not be deemed an extension of time for payment or a waiver of any Event of
Default by the Company.
Section 5.02 Statements to Purchaser.
Not later than the Remittance Date, the Company shall furnish to the
Purchaser a monthly remittance advice, with a trial balance report attached
thereto, as to the preceding remittance and the period ending on the last day of
the preceding month.
Section 5.03 Monthly Advances by Company.
On the Business Day immediately preceding each Remittance Date, the
Company shall deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds or from
amounts held for future distribution an amount equal to all Monthly Payments
(with interest adjusted to the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate) which were due on
the Mortgage Loans during the applicable Due Period and which were delinquent at
the close of business on the immediately preceding Determination Date or which
were deferred pursuant to Section 4.01. Any amounts held for future distribution
and so used shall be replaced by the Company by deposit in the Custodial Account
on or before any future Remittance Date if funds in the Custodial Account on
such Remittance Date shall be less than payments to the Purchaser required to be
made on such Remittance Date. The Company's obligation to make such Monthly
Advances as to any Mortgage Loan will continue through the last Monthly Payment
due prior to the payment in full of the Mortgage Loan, or through the last
Remittance Date prior to the Remittance Date for the distribution of all
Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries (including REO Disposition
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds) with respect to the
Mortgage Loan, provided, however, that such obligation shall cease if the
Company determines, in its sole reasonable opinion, that advances with respect
to such Mortgage Loan are non-recoverable by the Company from Liquidation
Proceeds, REO Disposition Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds,
or otherwise with respect to a particular Mortgage Loan. In the event that the
Company determines that any such advances are non-recoverable, the Company shall
provide the Purchaser with a certificate signed by two officers of the Company
evidencing such determination. For purposes of this paragraph, "Rating Agency"
shall mean Xxxxx'x Investors Services, Inc., Standard & Poor's Ratings Services,
Fitch IBCA, Inc., or any other nationally recognized statistical credit rating
agency.
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL SERVICING PROCEDURES
Section 6.01 Transfers of Mortgaged Property.
The Company shall use its best efforts to enforce any "due-on-sale"
provision contained in any Mortgage or Mortgage Note and to deny assumption by
the person to whom the Mortgaged Property has been or is about to be sold
whether by absolute conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or not the
Mortgagor remains liable on the Mortgage and the Mortgage Note. When the
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Company shall, to the
extent it has knowledge of such conveyance, exercise its rights to accelerate
the maturity of such Mortgage Loan under the "due-on-sale" clause applicable
thereto, provided, however, that the Company shall not exercise such rights if
prohibited by law from doing so or if the exercise of such rights would impair
or threaten to impair any recovery under the related PMI Policy, if any.
If the Company reasonably believes it is unable under applicable law to
enforce such "due-on-sale" clause, the Company shall enter into (i) an
assumption and modification agreement with the person to whom such property has
been conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the Mortgage
Note and the original Mortgagor remains liable thereon or (ii) in the event the
Company is unable under applicable law to require that the original Mortgagor
remain liable under the Mortgage Note and the Company has the prior consent of
the primary mortgage guaranty insurer, a substitution of liability agreement
with the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to which the original
Mortgagor is released from liability and the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property
is substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note. If an
assumption fee is collected by the Company for entering into an assumption
agreement the fee will be retained by the Company as additional servicing
compensation. In connection with any such assumption, neither the Mortgage
Interest Rate borne by the related Mortgage Note, the term of the Mortgage Loan,
the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan nor any other materials
terms shall be changed without Purchaser's consent.
To the extent that any Mortgage Loan is assumable, the Company shall
inquire diligently into the credit worthiness of the proposed transferee, and
shall use the underwriting criteria for approving the credit of the proposed
transferee which are used with respect to underwriting mortgage loans of the
same type as the Mortgage Loans. If the credit worthiness of the proposed
transferee does not meet such underwriting criteria, the Company diligently
shall, to the extent permitted by the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and by
applicable law, accelerate the maturity of the Mortgage Loan.
Section 6.02 Satisfaction of Mortgages and Release of Mortgage Files.
Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the
Company of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner
customary for such purposes, the Company shall notify the Purchaser in the
monthly remittance advice as provided in Section 5.02, and may request the
release of any Mortgage Loan Documents.
If the Company satisfies or releases a Mortgage without first having
obtained payment in full of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage or should
the Company otherwise prejudice any rights the Purchaser may have under the
mortgage instruments, upon written demand of the Purchaser, the Company shall
repurchase the related Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price by deposit thereof
in the Custodial Account within 2 Business Days of receipt of such demand by the
Purchaser. The Company shall maintain the Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions
Insurance Policy as provided for in Section 4.12 insuring the Company against
any loss it may sustain with respect to any Mortgage Loan not satisfied in
accordance with the procedures set forth herein.
Section 6.03 Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for its services hereunder, the Company shall be entitled
to withdraw from the Custodial Account the amount of its Servicing Fee. The
Servicing Fee shall be payable monthly and shall be computed on the basis of the
same unpaid scheduled principal balance and for the period respecting which any
related interest payment on a Mortgage Loan is computed. The obligation of the
Purchaser to pay the Servicing Fee is limited to, and payable solely from, the
interest portion of such Monthly Payments.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, to the
extent provided in Section 6.01, and late payment charges shall be retained by
the Company to the extent not required to be deposited in the Custodial Account.
The Company shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection
with its servicing activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to
reimbursement thereof except as specifically provided for herein.
Section 6.04 Annual Statement as to Compliance.
The Company shall deliver to the Purchaser, on or before February 28, each
year beginning February 28, 2004, an Officer's Certificate, stating that (i) a
review of the activities of the Company during the preceding calendar year and
of performance under this Agreement or similar agreements has been made under
such officer's supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge,
based on such review, the Company 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 and the action being taken by the
Company to cure such default.
Section 6.05 Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report.
On or before February 28, of each year beginning February 28, 2004, the
Company, at its expense, shall cause a firm of independent public accountants
which is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to
furnish a statement to each Purchaser to the effect that such firm has examined
certain documents and records relating to the servicing of the mortgage loans
similar in nature and that such firm is of the opinion that the provisions of
this or similar Agreements have been complied with, and that, on the basis of
such examination conducted substantially in compliance with the Uniform Single
Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, nothing has come to their attention
which would indicate that such servicing has not been conducted in compliance
therewith, except for (i) such exceptions as such firm shall believe to be
immaterial, and (ii) such other exceptions as shall be set forth in such
statement. By providing Purchaser a copy of a Uniform Single Attestation Program
Report from their independent public accountant's on an annual basis, Company
shall be considered to have fulfilled its obligations under this Section 6.05.
Section 6.06 Right to Examine Company Records.
The Purchaser, or its designee, shall have the right to examine and audit
any and all of the books, records, or other information of the Company, whether
held by the Company or by another on its behalf, with respect to or concerning
this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, during business hours or at such other
times as may be reasonable under applicable circumstances, upon reasonable
advance notice. The Purchaser shall pay its own travel expenses associated with
such examination.
Section 6.07 Compliance with REMIC Provisions.
If a REMIC election has been made with respect to the arrangement under
which the Mortgage Loans and REO Property are held, the Company shall not take
any action, cause the REMIC to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause
to be taken) any action that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken,
as the case may be, could (i) endanger the status of the REMIC as a REMIC or
(ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon the REMIC (including but not limited
to the tax on "prohibited transactions" as defined in Section 860 (a) (2) of the
Code and the tax on "contributions" to a REMIC set forth in Section 860(d) of
the Code) unless the Company has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense
of the party seeking to take such action) to the effect that the contemplated
action will not endanger such REMIC status or result in the imposition of any
such tax.
Section 6.08 Section 6.08 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification
A. For so long as the Mortgage Loans are part of a securitization
transaction with respect to which a Sarbanes Certifying Party files a
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx certification directly with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (a "Transaction"), by February 28th of each year (or if not a
Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day), or in connection with any
additional Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx certifications directly filed by the Sarbanes
Certifying Party, upon thirty (30) days written request, an officer of the
Servicer shall execute and deliver an Officer's Certificate to the Sarbanes
Certifying Party for the benefit of such Sarbanes Certifying Party and its
officers, directors and affiliates, certifying as to the following matters:
(i) Based on my knowledge, the information relating to the Mortgage
Loans and the servicing thereof submitted by the Servicer to the
Sarbanes Certifying Party which is used in connection with
preparation of the reports on Form 8-K and the annual report on Form
10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect
to the Transaction, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which such statements were made, not misleading as of the date
of this certification;
(ii) The servicing information required to be provided to the Sarbanes
Certifying Party by the Servicer under the servicing agreement has
been provided to the Sarbanes Certifying Party;
(iii) I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the
Servicer under the relevant servicing agreement and based upon the
review required by the relevant servicing agreement, and except as
disclosed in the Annual Statement of Compliance, the Annual
Independent Public Accountant's Servicing Report and all servicing
reports, officer's certificates and other information relating to
the servicing of the Mortgage Loans submitted to the Sarbanes
Certifying Party, the Servicer has, as of the date of this
certification, fulfilled its obligations under the relevant
servicing agreement; and
(iv) I have disclosed to the Sarbanes Certifying Party all significant
deficiencies relating to the Servicer's compliance with the minimum
servicing standards in accordance with a review conducted in
compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage
Bankers or similar standard as set forth in the relevant servicing
agreement.
B. The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Sarbanes Certifying
Party and its officers, directors, agents and affiliates from and against any
losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and
related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based
upon a breach by the Servicer or any of its officers, directors, agents or
affiliates of its obligations under this Section 6.08 or the negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer in connection therewith. If the
indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold
harmless the Sarbanes Certifying Party, then the Servicer agrees that it shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Sarbanes Certifying Party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Sarbanes Certifying
Party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the
Sarbanes Certifying Party on the one hand and the Servicer on the other in
connection with a breach of the Servicer's obligations under this Section 6.08
or the Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection
therewith.
ARTICLE VII
COMPANY TO COOPERATE
Section 7.01 Provision of Information.
During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the
Purchaser such periodic, special, or other reports or information, and copies or
originals of any documents contained in the Servicing File for each Mortgage
Loan provided for herein. All other special reports or information not provided
for herein as shall be necessary, reasonable, or appropriate with respect to the
Purchaser or any regulatory agency will be provided at the Purchaser's expense.
All such reports, documents or information shall be provided by and in
accordance with all reasonable instructions and directions which the Purchaser
may give.
The Company shall execute and deliver all such instruments and take all
such action as the Purchaser may reasonably request from time to time, in order
to effectuate the purposes and to carry out the terms of this Agreement.
Section 7.02 Financial Statements; Servicing Facility.
In connection with marketing the Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser may make
available to a prospective purchaser a Consolidated Statement of Operations of
the Company for the most recently completed two fiscal years for which such a
statement is available, as well as a Consolidated Statement of Condition at the
end of the last two fiscal years covered by such Consolidated Statement of
Operations. The Company also shall make available any comparable interim
statements to the extent any such statements have been prepared by or on behalf
of the Company (and are available upon request to members or stockholders of the
Company or to the public at large).
The Company also shall make available to Purchaser or prospective
purchasers a knowledgeable financial or accounting officer for the purpose of
answering questions respecting recent developments affecting the Company or the
financial statements of the Company, and to permit any prospective Purchaser to
inspect the Company's servicing facilities for the purpose of satisfying such
prospective Purchaser that the Company has the ability to service the Mortgage
Loans as provided in this Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
THE COMPANY
Section 8.01 Indemnification; Third Party Claims.
The Company shall indemnify the Purchaser and hold it harmless against any
and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and
necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and
expenses that the Purchaser may sustain in any way related to the failure of the
Company to perform its duties and service the Mortgage Loans in strict
compliance with the terms of this Agreement. The Company immediately shall
notify the Purchaser if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this
Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, assume (with the prior written consent of the
Purchaser) the defense of any such claim and pay all expenses in connection
therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any
judgment or decree which may be entered against it or the Purchaser in respect
of such claim. The Company shall follow any written instructions received from
the Purchaser in connection with such claim. The Purchaser promptly shall
reimburse the Company for all amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding
sentence except when the claim is in any way related to the Company's
indemnification pursuant to Section 3.03, or the failure of the Company to
service and administer the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the terms of
this Agreement.
Section 8.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Company.
The Company shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises
as a corporation, and shall 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 duties under this Agreement.
Any person into which the Company may be merged or consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Company shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the
Company, shall be the successor of the Company 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 shall be an institution which is a Xxxxxx
Mae/Xxxxxxx Macapproved company in good standing. Furthermore, in the event the
Company transfers or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its
assets to an affiliate of the Company, such affiliate shall satisfy the
condition above, and shall also be fully liable to the Purchaser for all of the
Company's obligations and liabilities hereunder.
Section 8.03 Limitation on Liability of Company and Others.
Neither the Company nor any of the directors, officers, employees or
agents of the Company shall be under any liability to the Purchaser 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 Company or any such person against any
breach of warranties or representations made herein, or failure to perform its
obligations in strict compliance with any standard of care set forth in this
Agreement or any other liability which would otherwise be imposed under this
Agreement. The Company and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Company 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 Company shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend
any legal action which is not incidental to its duties to service the Mortgage
Loans in accordance with this Agreement and which in its opinion may involve it
in any expense or liability, provided, however, that the Company may, with the
consent of the Purchaser, undertake any such action which it may deem necessary
or desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the
parties hereto. In such event, the Company shall be entitled to reimbursement
from the Purchaser of the reasonable legal expenses and costs of such action.
Section 8.04 Limitation on Resignation and Assignment by Company.
The Purchaser has entered into this Agreement with the Company and
subsequent purchasers will purchase the Mortgage Loans in reliance upon the
independent status of the Company, and the representations as to the adequacy of
its servicing facilities, personnel, records and procedures, its integrity,
reputation and financial standing, and the continuance thereof. Therefore, the
Company shall neither assign this Agreement or the servicing hereunder or
delegate its rights or duties hereunder or any portion hereof or sell or
otherwise dispose of all of its property or assets without the prior written
consent of the Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The Company shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it except by mutual consent of the Company and the Purchaser or upon
the determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under
applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by the Company. Any such
determination permitting the resignation of the Company shall be evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Purchaser which Opinion of
Counsel shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser. No such
resignation shall become effective until a successor shall have assumed the
Company's responsibilities and obligations hereunder in the manner provided in
Section 12.01.
Without in any way limiting the generality of this Section 8.04, in the
event that the Company either shall assign this Agreement or the servicing
responsibilities hereunder or delegate its duties hereunder or any portion
thereof or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property
or assets, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, then the
Purchaser shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon notice given as
set forth in Section 10.01, without any payment of any penalty or damages and
without any liability whatsoever to the Company or any third party.
ARTICLE IX
REMOVAL OF MORTGAGE LOANS FROM AGREEMENT
Section 9.01 Removal of Mortgage Loans from Inclusion Under this Agreement
The Purchaser and the Company agree that with respect to some or all of
the Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser, at its sole option, shall effect up to four
Whole Loan Transfers or Pass- Through Transfers, retaining the Company as the
servicer thereof or subservicer if a master servicer is employed, or as
applicable the "seller/servicer." In the event that any Mortgage Loan
transferred pursuant to this Section 9.01 is rejected by the transferee, the
Company shall continue to service such rejected Mortgage Loan on behalf of the
Purchaser in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
The Company shall cooperate with the Purchaser in connection with each
Whole Loan Transfer or Pass-Through Transfer in accordance with this Section
9.01. In connection therewith the Company shall:
(a) make all representations and warranties with respect to the Mortgage
Loans as of the Closing Date and with respect to the Company itself
as of the closing date of each Whole Loan Transfer or Pass-Through
Transfer;
(b) negotiate in good faith and execute any seller/servicer agreements
required by the shelf registrant to effectuate the foregoing
provided such agreements create no greater obligation or cost on the
part of the Company than otherwise set forth in this Agreement;
provided, however, in connection with a sale of the Mortgage Loans
or securities to Xxxxxxx Mac, the Company shall agree that in the
event of a breach of Section 3.02 (nn), (tt) or (xx), within 90 days
of the earlier of either discovery by, or notice to, the Company of
any such breach, the Company shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan at
the Repurchase Price;
(c) represent to the Purchaser, the depositor, the trustee, and the
initial purchaser of the securities issued in connection with any
Pass-Through Transfer that: (1) that the Company has serviced the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and
has otherwise complied with all covenants and obligations hereunder,
and (2) that the Company has taken no action that would, nor omitted
to take any required action the omission of which would, have the
effect of impairing the mortgage insurance or guarantee on the
Mortgage Loans.
(d) deliver an opinion of counsel (which can be an opinion of in-house
counsel to the Company) reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser;
provided that any out-ofpocket, third party expenses incurred by the
Company in connection with the foregoing shall be paid by the
Purchaser;
(e) provide as applicable:
(i) any and all information and appropriate verification of
information which may be reasonably available to the Company,
including a description of the Company, the Company's
foreclosure and delinquency experience and the Company's
underwriting standards, whether through letters of its
auditors and counsel or otherwise, as the Purchaser shall
request; and
(ii) such additional representations, warranties, covenants,
opinions of counsel, letters from auditors, and certificates
of public officials or officers of the Company as are
reasonably believed necessary by the trustee, any rating
agency or the Purchaser, as the case may be, in connection
with such Whole Loan Transfers or Pass-Through Transfers. The
Purchaser shall pay all third party costs associated with the
preparation of such information. The Company shall execute any
seller/servicer agreements required within a reasonable period
of time after receipt of such seller/servicer agreements which
time shall be sufficient for the Company and Company's counsel
to review such seller/servicer agreements. Under this
Agreement, the Company shall retain a servicing fee at a rate
per annum equal to no less than 0.50% per Mortgage Loan; and
(f) indemnify the Purchaser for any material misstatements or omissions
contained in the information provided pursuant to (e) above,
provided that the Purchaser shall also provide indemnification to
the Company, its successors or assigns, with respect to any material
misstatements or omissions contained in any information (other than
the information provided by the Company pursuant to (e) above) the
Purchaser may disclose in any securitization offering materials; and
(g) If the Purchaser so requests, execute an Assignment, Assumption and
Recognition Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
In the event the Purchaser has elected to have the Company hold record
title to the Mortgages, prior to the date of any Whole Loan Transfer or
Pass-Through Transfer the Company shall prepare an Assignment in blank or to the
trustee from the Company acceptable to the trustee for each Mortgage Loan that
is part of the Whole Loan Transfers or Pass-Through Transfers. The Purchaser
shall pay all preparation and recording costs associated therewith if the
Assignments of Mortgage have not been previously prepared and recorded in the
name of the Purchaser or its designee. The Company shall execute each
Assignment, track such Assignments to ensure they have been recorded and deliver
them as required by the trustee upon the Company's receipt thereof.
Additionally, the Company shall prepare and execute, at the direction of the
Purchaser, any note endorsements in connection with any and all seller/servicer
agreements.
All Mortgage Loans not sold or transferred pursuant to Whole Loan
Transfers or Pass-Through Transfers shall remain subject to this Agreement and
shall continue to be serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and
with respect thereto this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE X
DEFAULT
Section 10.01 Events of Default.
Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default on the part of
the Company:
(i) any failure by the Company to remit to the Purchaser any payment
required to be made under the terms of this Agreement which
continues unremedied for a period of five days after the date upon
which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be
remedied, shall have been given to the Company by the Purchaser; or
(ii) failure by the Company duly to observe or perform in any material
respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the
Company set forth in this Agreement or in the Custodial Agreement
which continues unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on
which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be
remedied, shall have been given to the Company by the Purchaser or
by the Custodian; or
(iii) failure by the Company to maintain its license to do business in any
jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located if such license
is required; or
(iv) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority
having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or receiver
or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, including
bankruptcy, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs,
shall have been entered against the Company and such decree or order
shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period
of 60 days; or
(v) the Company shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or
receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or
relating to the Company or of or relating to all or substantially
all of its property; or
(vi) the Company shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of
any applicable insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization statute,
make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily
suspend payment of its obligations or cease its normal business
operations for three Business Days; or
(vii) the Company ceases to meet the qualifications of a Xxxxxx
Mae/Xxxxxxx Mac servicer; or
(viii) the Company attempts to assign its right to servicing compensation
hereunder or to assign this Agreement or the servicing
responsibilities hereunder or to delegate its duties hereunder or
any portion thereof in violation of Section 8.04.
In each and every such case, so long as an Event of Default shall not have
been remedied, in addition to whatever rights the Purchaser may have at law or
equity to damages, including injunctive relief and specific performance, the
Purchaser, by notice in writing to the Company, may terminate all the rights and
obligations of the Company under this Agreement, subject to Section 12.01, and
in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Company is
terminated pursuant to the terms of this Section 10.01, no liquidated damages
shall be payable to the Company pursuant to Section 11.02 hereof.
Upon receipt by the Company of such written notice, all authority and
power of the Company under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Mortgage
Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the successor appointed
pursuant to Section 12.01. Upon written request from any Purchaser, the Company
shall prepare, execute and deliver to the successor entity designated by the
Purchaser any and all documents and other instruments, place in such successor's
possession all Mortgage Files, and do or cause to be done all other acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, including but not limited to the transfer and endorsement or
assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, at the Company's sole
expense. The Company shall cooperate with the Purchaser and such successor in
effecting the termination of the Company's responsibilities and rights
hereunder, including without limitation, the transfer to such successor for
administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be credited by
the Company to the Custodial Account or Escrow Account or thereafter received
with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Section 10.02 Waiver of Defaults.
By a written notice, the Purchaser may waive any default by the Company in
the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences. Upon any
waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every
purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent
expressly so waived.
ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION
Section 11.01 Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate upon either: (i) the later of the final
payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last
Mortgage Loan or the disposition of any REO Property with respect to the last
Mortgage Loan and the remittance of all funds due hereunder; or (ii) mutual
consent of the Company and the Purchaser in writing.
Section 11.02 Termination Without Cause.
The Purchaser may terminate, at its sole option, any rights the Company
may have hereunder, without cause as provided in this Section 11.02. Any such
notice of termination shall be in writing and delivered to the Company by
registered mail as provided in Section 12.05.
Other than with respect to a termination of the Company, as servicer,
pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof, the Company shall be entitled to receive, as
such liquidated damages, upon the transfer of the servicing rights, an amount
equal to 1.50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage
Loans as of the termination date paid by the Purchaser to the Company with
respect to all of the Mortgage Loans for which a servicing fee rate of .50% is
paid per annum.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 12.01 Successor to Company.
Prior to termination of the Company's responsibilities and duties under
this Agreement pursuant to Sections 8.04, 10.01, 11.01(ii) or pursuant to
Section 11.02, the Purchaser shall, (i) succeed to and assume all of the
Company's responsibilities, rights, duties and obligations under this Agreement,
or (ii) appoint a successor having the characteristics set forth in Section 8.02
and which shall succeed to all rights and assume all of the responsibilities,
duties and liabilities of the Company under this Agreement prior to the
termination of Company's responsibilities, duties and liabilities under this
Agreement. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the Purchaser may
make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on
Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree. In the event that the
Company's duties, responsibilities and liabilities under this Agreement should
be terminated pursuant to the aforementioned sections, the Company shall
discharge such duties and responsibilities during the period from the date it
acquires knowledge of such termination until the effective date thereof with the
same degree of diligence and prudence which it is obligated to exercise under
this Agreement, and shall take no action whatsoever that might impair or
prejudice the rights or financial condition of its successor. The resignation or
removal of the Company pursuant to the aforementioned sections shall not become
effective until a successor shall be appointed pursuant to this Section 12.01
and shall in no event relieve the Company of the representations and warranties
made pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.02 and the remedies available to the
Purchaser under Section 3.03, it being understood and agreed that the provisions
of such Sections 3.01, 3.02, and 3.03 shall be applicable to the Company
notwithstanding any such sale, assignment, resignation or termination of the
Company, or the termination of this Agreement.
Any successor appointed as provided herein shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the Company and to the Purchaser an instrument accepting such
appointment, wherein the successor shall make the representations and warranties
set forth in Section 3.01, except for subsections (h), (i) and (k) thereof,
whereupon such successor shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers,
duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Company, with like
effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement. Any termination or
resignation of the Company or termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section
8.04, 10.01, 11.01 or 11.02 shall not affect any claims that any Purchaser may
have against the Company arising out of the Company's actions or failure to act
prior to any such termination or resignation.
The Company shall deliver promptly to the successor servicer the funds in
the Custodial Account and Escrow Account and all Mortgage Files and related
documents and statements held by it hereunder and the Company shall account for
all funds and shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other
things as may reasonably be required to more fully and definitively vest in the
successor all such rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and
liabilities of the Company. Upon a successor's acceptance of appointment as
such, the Company shall notify by mail the Purchaser of such appointment in
accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 12.05.
Section 12.02 Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by written agreement
signed by the Company and the Purchaser.
Section 12.03 Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder
shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
Section 12.04 Duration of Agreement.
This Agreement shall continue in existence and effect until terminated as
herein provided. This Agreement shall continue notwithstanding transfers of the
Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser.
Section 12.05 Notices.
All demands, notices andcommunications hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed by
registered mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
(i) if to the Company with respect to servicing issues:
Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.
0 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx, MAC X2401-042
Fax: 515/000-0000
If to the Company with respect to all other issues:
Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxx 0
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxx, MAC X3901-016
Fax: 301/000-0000
In each case with a copy to:
Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.
0 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: General Counsel MAC X2401-06T
or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Purchaser in
writing by the Company;
(ii) if to Purchaser:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Whole Loan Operations Manager
Fax: 212/000-0000
or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Company in
writing by the Purchaser;
Section 12.06 Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be held invalid for any reason whatsoever, 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.
Section 12.07 Relationship of Parties.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to create a
partnership or joint venture between the parties hereto and the services of the
Company shall be rendered as an independent contractor and not as agent for the
Purchaser.
Section 12.08 Execution; Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the
different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so
executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such counterparts, together, shall
constitute one and the same agreement. Subject to Section 8.04, this Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by,
the Company and the Purchaser and their respective successors and assigns,
including without limitation, any trustee appointed by the Purchaser with
respect to any Whole Loan Transfer or Pass-Through Transfer.
Section 12.09 Recordation of Assignments of Mortgage.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Assignments of
Mortgage is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real
property records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which
any or all of the Mortgaged Properties are situated, and in any other
appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be
effected at the Company's expense in the event recordation is either necessary
under applicable law or requested by the Purchaser at its sole option.
Section 12.10 Assignment by Purchaser.
This Agreement shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the
Company to a third party without the prior written consent of the Purchaser,
which consent may be withheld by the Purchaser in its sole discretion, except
that Company may assign this Agreement to any parent, subsidiary, or other
affiliated entity of Company, without the consent of Purchaser. The Purchaser
shall have the right, without the consent of the Company but subject to the
limit set forth in Section 2.02 hereof, to assign, in whole or in part, its
interest under this Agreement with respect to some or all of the Mortgage Loans,
and designate any person to exercise any rights of the Purchaser hereunder by
executing an Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement substantially in
the form attached as Exhibit D. In the event the Purchaser assigns this
Agreement, and the assignee assumes any of the Purchaser's obligations
hereunder, the Company acknowledges and agrees to look solely to such assignee,
and not to the Purchaser, for performance of the obligations so assumed and the
Purchaser shall be relieved from any liability to the Company with respect
thereto. All references to the Purchaser in this Agreement shall be deemed to
include its assignee or designee.
Section 12.11 Solicitation of Mortgagor.
The Purchaser, its affiliates, successors or assigns shall not, without
the prior written consent of the Company, take any action to solicit or make
direct contact with the Mortgagor under any Mortgage Loan except to the extent
required by the Company's breach of this Agreement or as required under
applicable law or regulatory authority. It is understood and agreed that
promotions undertaken by the Purchaser which are directed to the general public
at large, including, without limitation, mass mailings based upon commercially
acquired mailing lists, newspaper, radio, television advertisements or from
servicing needs of a Mortgagor who, without solicitation, contacts the
Purchaser, shall not constitute solicitation under this Section. Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Purchaser, its
affiliates, successors or assigns fails to obtain such written consent, the
Company shall be entitled, in its sole discretion, to terminate its obligations
and duties under this Agreement. Upon such transfer of the servicing rights and
obligations under this Agreement to the Purchaser or Purchaser's designee, the
Company shall be entitled to received as such liquidated damages, upon the
transfer of the servicing rights, an amount equal to 1.50% of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loans as of the termination date
paid by the Purchaser to the Company with respect to all of the Mortgage Loans
for which a servicing fee rate of .50% is paid per annum.
The Company agrees that, after the Closing Date, it will not take any
action to solicit the refinancing of any Mortgage Loan. It is understood and
agreed that promotions undertaken by the Company or any affiliate of the Company
which are directed to the general public at large, including, without
limitation, mass mailings based upon commercially acquired mailing lists,
newspaper, radio, television advertisements or from servicing the refinancing
needs of a Mortgagor who, without solicitation, contacts the Company in
connection with the refinance of such Mortgage or Mortgage Loan, shall not
constitute solicitation under this Section. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary, this Section shall not prohibit the Company from soliciting any
Mortgagor to provide other services including but not limited to credit cards,
insurance investments and banking related services.
Section 12.12 Further Agreements.
The Purchaser and the Company each agree to execute and deliver to the
other such additional documents, instruments or agreements as may be necessary
or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Purchaser have caused their names
to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of
the day and year first above written.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.
(Purchaser)
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
XXXXX FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC.
(Company)
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
STATE OF )
) ss:
COUNTY OF ___________ )
On the _____ day of _______________, 20___ before me, a Notary Public in
and for said State, personally appeared ____________________ , known to me to be
________________________ of Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., the corporation
that executed the within instrument and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand affixed my office seal the
day and year in this certificate first above written.
_____________________________________
Notary Public
My Commission expires _______________
STATE OF )
) ss:
COUNTY OF ___________ )
On the _____ day of _______________, 20___ before me, a Notary Public in
and for said State, personally appeared _____________________________________,
known to me to be the ______________________________ of
______________________________, the corporation that executed the within
instrument and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of
said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the
within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand affixed my office seal the
day and year in this certificate first above written.
_____________________________________
Notary Public
My Commission expires _______________
EXHIBIT A
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT B
CONTENTS OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include each
of the following items, which shall be available for inspection by the Purchaser
and any prospective Purchaser, and which shall be retained by the Company in the
Servicing File or delivered to the Custodian pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03
of the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement to which this Exhibit is
attached (the "Agreement"):
1. The original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening endorsements,
endorsed "Pay to the order of without recourse" and signed in the
name of the Company by an authorized officer (in the event that the
Mortgage Loan was acquired by the Company in a merger, the signature
must be in the following form: "[Company], successor by merger to
[name of predecessor]"; and in the event that the Mortgage Loan was
acquired or originated by the Company while doing business under
another name, the signature must be in the following form:
"[Company], formerly known as [previous name]").
2. The original of any guarantee executed in connection with the
Mortgage Note (if any).
3. The original Mortgage, with evidence of recording thereon or a
certified true and correct copy of the Mortgage sent for
recordation. If in connection with any Mortgage Loan, the Company
cannot deliver or cause to be delivered the original Mortgage with
evidence of recording thereon on or prior to the Closing Date
because of a delay caused by the public recording office where such
Mortgage has been delivered for recordation or because such Mortgage
has been lost or because such public recording office retains the
original recorded Mortgage, the Company shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Custodian, a photocopy of such Mortgage, together
with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording
office, an Officer's Certificate of the Company stating that such
Mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate public recording
office for recordation and that the original recorded Mortgage or a
copy of such Mortgage certified by such public recording office to
be a true and complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage will
be promptly delivered to the Custodian upon receipt thereof by the
Company; or (ii) in the case of a Mortgage 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, a
copy of such Mortgage certified by such public recording office or
by the title insurance company that issued the title policy to be a
true and complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage.
4. the originals or certified true copies of any document sent for
recordation of all assumption, modification, consolidation or
extension agreements, with evidence of recording thereon.
5. The original Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan, in form
and substance acceptable for recording (except for the insertion of
the name of the assignee and recording information). The Assignment
of Mortgage must be duly recorded only if recordation is either
necessary under applicable law or commonly required by private
institutional mortgage investors in the area where the Mortgaged
Property is located or on direction of the Purchaser. If the
Assignment of Mortgage is to be recorded, the Mortgage shall be
assigned to the Purchaser. If the Assignment of Mortgage is not to
be recorded, the Assignment of Mortgage shall be delivered in blank.
If the Mortgage Loan was acquired by the Company in a merger, the
Assignment of Mortgage must be made by "[Company], successor by
merger to [name of predecessor]." If the Mortgage Loan was acquired
or originated by the Company while doing business under another
name, the Assignment of Mortgage must be by "[Company], formerly
know as [previous name]."
6. Originals or certified true copies of documents sent for recordation
of all intervening assignments of the Mortgage with evidence of
recording thereon, or if any such intervening assignment has not
been returned from the applicable recording office or has been lost
or if such public recording office retains the original recorded
assignments of mortgage, the Company shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Custodian, a photocopy of such intervening
assignment, together with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the
public recording office, an Officer's Certificate of the Company
stating that such intervening assignment of mortgage has been
dispatched to the appropriate public recording office for
recordation and that such original recorded intervening assignment
of mortgage or a copy of such intervening assignment of mortgage
certified by the appropriate public recording office or by the title
insurance company that issued the title policy to be a true and
complete copy of the original recorded intervening assignment of
mortgage will be promptly delivered to the Custodian upon receipt
thereof by the Company; or (ii) in the case of an intervening
assignment where a public recording office retains the original
recorded intervening assignment or in the case where an intervening
assignment is lost after recordation in a public recording office, a
copy of such intervening assignment certified by such public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original
recorded intervening assignment.
7. The original mortgagee policy of title insurance or evidence of
title or, in the event such original title policy is unavailable, a
certified true copy of the related policy binder or commitment for
title certified to be true and complete by the title insurance
company.
8. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent executed in
connection with the Mortgage.
9. Original or a copy of a power of attorney, if applicable
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include each of the
following items to the extent in the possession of the Company or in the
possession of the Company's agent(s):
10. The original hazard insurance policy and, if required by law, flood
insurance policy, in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Agreement.
11. Residential loan application.
12. Mortgage Loan closing statement.
13. Verification of employment and income, unless originated under the
Company's Limited Documentation program, Xxxxxx Mae Timesaver Plus.
14. Verification of acceptable evidence of source and amount of down
payment.
15. Credit report on the Mortgagor.
16. Residential appraisal report.
17. Photograph of the Mortgaged Property.
18. Survey of the Mortgage property, if required by the title company or
applicable law.
19. Copy of each instrument necessary to complete identification of any
exception set forth in the exception schedule in the title policy,
i.e. map or plat, restrictions, easements, sewer agreements, home
association declarations, etc.
20. All required disclosure statements.
21. If available, termite report, structural engineer's report, water
potability and septic certification.
22. Sales contract, if applicable.
23. Evidence of payment of taxes and insurance premiums, insurance claim
files, correspondence, current and historical computerized data
files, and all other processing, underwriting and closing papers and
records which are customarily contained in a mortgage loan file and
which are required to document the Mortgage Loan or to service the
Mortgage Loan.
24. Amortization schedule, if available.
25. Payment history for any Mortgage Loan that has been closed for more
than ninety (90) days.
In the event an Officer's Certificate of the Company is delivered to the
Custodian because of a delay caused by the public recording office in returning
any recorded document, the Company shall deliver to the Custodian, within 240
days of the Closing Date, an Officer's Certificate which shall (i) identify the
recorded document, (ii) state that the recorded document has not been delivered
to the Custodian due solely to a delay caused by the public recording office,
(iii) state the amount of time generally required by the applicable recording
office to record and return a document submitted for recordation, and (iv)
specify the date the applicable recorded document will be delivered to the
Custodian. The Company shall be required to deliver to the Custodian the
applicable recorded document by the date specified in (iv) above. An extension
of the date specified in (iv) above may be requested from the Purchaser, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
THIS ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT, dated May 30, 2003,
("Agreement") among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. ("Assignor"),
[_____________________] ("Assignee") and Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. (the
"Company"):
For and in consideration of the sum of TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) and other
valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are
acknowledged, and of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
Assignment and Conveyance
1. The Assignor hereby conveys, sells, grants, transfers and assigns to
the Assignee all of the right, title and interest of the Assignor, as purchaser,
in, to and under (a) those certain mortgage loans listed on the schedule (the
"Mortgage Loan Schedule") attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Mortgage Loans")
and (b) except as described below, that certain Seller's Warranties and
Servicing Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement"), dated as May 1, 2003, between
the Assignor, as purchaser, and the Company, as seller, solely insofar as the
Purchase Agreement relates to the Mortgage Loans.
The Assignor specifically reserves and does not assign to the Assignee
hereunder any and all right, title and interest in, to and under and any
obligations of the Assignor with respect to any mortgage loans subject to the
Purchase Agreement which are not the Mortgage Loans set forth on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule and are not the subject of this Agreement.
Recognition of the Company
2. From and after the date hereof (the "Closing Date"), the Company shall
and does hereby recognize that the Assignor will transfer the Mortgage Loans and
assign its rights under the Purchase Agreement (solely to the extent set forth
herein) to the Assignee [and that the Assignee will thereafter transfer the
Mortgage Loans and assign its rights under the Purchase Agreement and this
Agreement to [________________] (the "Trust") created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of [________________] (the "Pooling Agreement"),
among the Assignor, [________________], as trustee (including its successors in
interest and any successor trustees under the Pooling Agreement, the "Trustee")
and [________________], as servicer (including its successors in interest and
any successor servicer under the Pooling Agreement, the "Servicer")]. The
Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that from and after the date hereof (i)
the [Assignee] [Trust] will be the owner of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) the Company
shall look solely to the [Assignee] [Trust] for performance of any obligations
of the Assignor [insofar as they relate to the enforcement of the
representations, warranties and covenants with respect to the Mortgage Loans],
(iii) the [Assignee] [Trust (including the Trustee and the Servicer acting on
the Trust's behalf)] shall have all the rights and remedies available to the
Assignor, insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, under the Purchase
Agreement, including, without limitation, the enforcement of the document
delivery requirements set forth in Section [___] of the Purchase Agreement, and
shall be entitled to enforce all of the obligations of the Company thereunder
insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, and (iv) all references to the
Purchaser [(insofar as they relate to the rights, title and interest and, with
respect to obligations of the Purchaser, only insofar as they relate to the
enforcement of the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company)]
under the Purchase Agreement insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, shall
be deemed to refer to the [Assignee] [Trust (including the Trustee and the
Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf)]. [Neither the Company nor the Assignor
shall amend or agree to amend, modify, waiver, or otherwise alter any of the
terms or provisions of the Purchase Agreement which amendment, modification,
waiver or other alteration would in any way affect the Mortgage Loans or the
Company's performance under the Purchase Agreement with respect to the Mortgage
Loans without the prior written consent of the Trustee.]
3. Notwithstanding any statement to the contrary in Section 2 above, the
Company shall and does hereby acknowledge that the indemnification provisions
set forth in the sixth paragraph of Section 3.03, Section 8.01 and Section
9.01(f) of the Purchase Agreement shall be available to and for the benefit of
the Assignor, the Assignee [and the Trust (including the Trustee and the
Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf)], as provided in the Purchase Agreement.
[SECTIONS 4 AND 5 TO BE INCLUDED WITH RESPECT TO WHOLE LOAN TRANSFERS ONLY]
Representations and Warranties of the Assignor
4. The Assignor warrants and represents to the Assignee as of the date
hereof that:
a. The Assignor is the lawful owner of the Mortgage Loans with the
full right to transfer the Mortgage Loans free from any and all claims and
encumbrances whatsoever;
b. The Assignor has not received notice of, and has no knowledge of,
any offsets, counterclaims or other defenses available to the Company with
respect to the Purchase Agreement or the Mortgage Loans;
c. The Assignor has not waived or agreed to any waiver under, or
agreed to any amendment or other modification of, the Purchase Agreement
or the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation the transfer of the
servicing obligations under the Purchase Agreement. The Assignor has no
knowledge of, and has not received notice of, any waivers under or
amendments or other modifications of, or assignments of rights or
obligations under, the Purchase Agreement or the Mortgage Loans; and
d. Neither the Assignor nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Mortgage Loans,
any interest in the Mortgage Loans or any other similar security to, or
solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other
disposition of the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage Loans or
any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated
with respect to the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage Loans 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 which would constitute a distribution of
the Mortgage Loans under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "33 Act") or
which would render the disposition of the Mortgage Loans a violation of
Section 5 of the 33 Act or require registration pursuant thereto.
Representations and Warranties of the Assignee
5. The Assignee warrants and represents to the Assignor and the Company as
of the date hereof that:
a. The Assignee agrees to be bound, as Purchaser, by all of the
terms, covenants and conditions of the Purchase Agreement and the Mortgage
Loans, and from and after the date hereof, the Assignee assumes for the
benefit of each of the Company and the Assignor all of the Assignor's
obligations as purchaser thereunder;
b. The Assignee understands that the Mortgage Loans have not been
registered under the 33 Act or the securities laws of any state;
c. The Assignee is acquiring the Mortgage Loans for investment for
its own account only and not for any other person. In this connection,
neither the Assignee nor any person authorized to act therefor has offered
to sell the Mortgage Loans by means of any general advertising or general
solicitation within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of US Securities and
Exchange Commission Regulation D, promulgated under the 1933 Act;
d. The Assignee considers itself a substantial sophisticated
institutional investor having such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks
of investment in the Mortgage Loans;
e. The Assignee has been furnished with all information regarding
the Mortgage Loans that it has requested from the Assignor or the Company;
f. Neither the Assignee nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Mortgage Loans,
any interest in the Mortgage Loans or any other similar security to, or
solicited any offer to buy or accepted a transfer, pledge or other
disposition of the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage Loans or
any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated
with respect to the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage Loans or
any other similar security with, any person in any manner which would
constitute a distribution of the Mortgage Loans under the 33 Act or which
would render the disposition of the Mortgage Loans a violation of Section
5 of the 33 Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will it act,
nor has it authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in such
manner with respect to the Mortgage Loans; and
g. Either (1) the Assignee is not an employee benefit plan ("Plan")
within the meaning of section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA") or a plan (also "Plan") within
the meaning of section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
("Code"), and the Assignee is not directly or indirectly purchasing the
Mortgage Loans on behalf of, investment manager of, as named fiduciary of,
as Trustee of, or with assets of, a Plan; or (2) the Assignee's purchase
of the Mortgage Loans will not result in a prohibited transaction under
section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code.]
Miscellaneous
6. The Assignee's address for purposes of all notices and correspondence
related to the Mortgage Loans and the Purchase Agreements is:
____________[____________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
____________Attention:___________
7. The Assignee's wire transfer instructions for purposes of all
remittances and payments related to the Mortgage Loans and the Purchase
Agreement is:
[
Attention: ___________
8. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles, and the
obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in
accordance with such laws.
9. No term or provision of this Agreement may be waived or modified unless
such waiver or modification is in writing and signed by the party against whom
such waiver or modification is sought to be enforced.
10. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of [(i)] the successors and
assigns of the parties hereto [and (ii) the Trust (including the Trustee and the
Servicer acting on the Trust's behalf)]. Any entity into which Assignor,
Assignee or Company may be merged or consolidated shall, without the requirement
for any further writing, be deemed Assignor, Assignee or Company, respectively,
hereunder.
11. Each of this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement shall survive the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans and the assignment of the Purchase Agreement
(solely with respect to the Mortgage Loans) by Assignor to Assignee and nothing
contained herein shall supersede or amend the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
12. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts. Each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original and all such
counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.
13. In the event that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with any
provision of the Purchase Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the
terms of this Agreement shall control.
14. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including the exhibits
hereto) but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to such
terms in the Purchase Agreement.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.
By:________________________________
Name: _____________________________
Its: ______________________________
[____________________________]
By:________________________________
Name: _____________________________
Its: ______________________________
XXXXX FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC.
By:________________________________
Name: _____________________________
Its: ______________________________
EXHIBIT A
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT E
UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES OF COMPANY
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF XXXXXXXX-XXXXX CERTIFICATE
I, __________________________, certify to ____________________________,
and its officers, directors, agents and affiliates (the "[ ]") , and with the
knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
(i) Based on my knowledge, the information relating to the Mortgage
Loans and the servicing thereof submitted by the Servicer to the [ ]
which is used in connection with preparation of the reports on Form
8-K and the annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission with respect to the Securitization, taken as a
whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,
in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
not misleading as of the date of this certification;
(ii) The servicing information required to be provided to the [ ] by the
Servicer under the [applicable servicing agreement] has been
provided to the [ ];
(iii) I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the
Servicer under the [applicable servicing agreement] and based upon
the review required by the [applicable servicing agreement], and
except as disclosed in the Annual Statement of Compliance, the
Annual Independent Public Accountant's Servicing Report and all
servicing reports, officer's certificates and other information
relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans submitted to the [
], the Servicer has, as of the date of this certification, fulfilled
its obligations under the [applicable servicing agreement];
(iv) I have disclosed to the [ ] all significant deficiencies relating to
the Servicer's compliance with the minimum servicing standards in
accordance with a review conducted in compliance with the Uniform
Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or similar standard
as set forth in the [applicable servicing agreement]; and
(v) The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the [ ] and its
officers, directors, agents and affiliates from and against any
losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal
fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses
arising out of or based upon a breach by the Servicer or any of its
officers, directors, agents or affiliates of its obligations or
representations under this Certification or the negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer in connection therewith.
If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless the [ ], then the Servicer agrees that
it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the [ ] as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the [ ] in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of
the [ ] on the one hand and the Servicer on the other in connection
with a breach of the Servicer's obligations under this Certification
or the Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in
connection therewith.
Capitalized words not otherwise defined herein have the meaning assigned to them
in the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement dated May 1, 2003 by and
between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc., as Purchaser and the Servicer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of
the Company.
Dated:_______________________________ By:
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT G
DATA FILE
(1) the Seller's Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(2) the Mortgagor's and Co-Mortgagor's name;
(3) the Mortgagor's and Co-Mortgagor's (if applicable) social security
numbers;
(4) the Mortgagor's and Co-Mortgagor's (if applicable) FICO score;
(5) the street address of the Mortgaged Property including the city, state,
county and zip code;
(6) term of prepayment penalty;
(7) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is a single family
residence, a 2-4 family dwelling, a PUD, a townhouse, manufactured
housing, a unit in a condominium project, or a mobile home;
(8) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Loan is a 2/28, 3/27, CMT, 6 month
Libor, or a fixed rate;
(9) a code indicating the Credit Grade of the Mortgage Loan;
(10) a code indicating the Prepayment Penalty Term;
(11) a code indicating the method of calculation of the Prepayment Penalty;
(12) the original months to maturity or the remaining months to maturity from
the Cutoff Date;
(13) the Loan to Value Ratio at origination;
(14) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of the Cut-off Date;
(15) the first payment date of the Mortgage Loan;
(16) the stated maturity date;
(17) the amount of the Monthly Principal and Interest Payment as of the Cut-off
Date;
(18) the actual next due date of the Mortgage Loan;
(19) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(20) the scheduled principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of
business on the Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments of principal due
on or before the Cut-off Date;
(21) the Mortgage Loan purpose type;
(22) the occupancy status of the Mortgaged Property;
(23) the Index;
(24) the next Interest Rate Adjustment Date;
(25) next Payment Adjustment Date;
(26) the Gross Margin;
(27) the Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate under the terms of the Mortgage Note;
(28) the Mortgagor's Mailing address (if different then the #'s above);
(29) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan the documentation type ( full,
limited etc.);
(30) the origination date of the Mortgage Loan;
(31) the Purchase Price of the property (if a purchase);
(32) the Appraisal value;
(33) the Mortgagor's and Co-Mortgagor's race;
(34) the Mortgagor's and Co-Mortgagor's gender;
(35) the qualifying monthly income of the Mortgagor or Co-Mortgagor;
(36) a code indicating whether the loan was originated through a correspondent,
retail or wholesale channel;
(37) the Mortgage Interest Rate at the time of origination;
(38) the amount of the monthly principal and interest payment at the time of
origination;
(39) the initial Interest Rate Adjustment Date;
(40) the initial Payment Adjustment Date;
(41) the minimum Mortgage Interest Rate under the terms of the Mortgage Note;
(42) the rounding provisions under the terms of the Mortgage Note;
(43) a code indicating the Mortgage Insurance provider and percent of coverage,
if applicable;
(44) the Mortgage Insurance Certificate Number; a code indicating the method of
payment for Mortgage Insurance Premiums and cost (Lender Paid MI), if
applicable;
(45) number of borrowers;
(46) borrower date of birth;
(47) co-borrower date of birth;
(48) a code indicating first time buyer;
(49) the monthly servicing fee;
(50) the lookback provisions (# of days) under the terms of the Mortgage Note;
(51) the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment cap at the initial Interest Rate
Adjustment Date;
(52) the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment cap at all subsequent Interest Rate
Adjustment Dates; and
(53) a code indicating whether PMI Policy premiums for the loan are paid by the
Company or by the Mortgagor.
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This is a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of
May 1, 2003 by and between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc., having an
office at 1221 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (the
"Purchaser") and Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., having an xxxxxx xx 0 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000 (the "Seller").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase,
certain conventional residential fixed and adjustable rate mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") on a servicing retained basis as described herein:
WHEREAS, the Mortgage Loans shall be delivered as whole loans; and
WHEREAS, the parties intend hereby to set forth the terms and conditions
upon which the proposed transactions will be effected.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual agreements
set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the
respective meanings set forth in the Seller's Warranties and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of the date herewith (the "Seller's Warranties and Servicing
Agreement"), between the Purchaser and the Seller. The following terms are
defined as follows (except as otherwise agreed by the parties):
Cut-off Date: May 1, 2003
Closing Date: May 28, 2003
First Remittance Date: June 18, 2003
Servicing Fee Rate: 0.500%
SECTION 2. Agreement to Purchase. The Seller agrees to sell, and the
Purchaser agrees to purchase, Mortgage Loans having an aggregate principal
balance on the Cut-off Date in an amount as set forth in the Commitment Letter,
dated as of April 24, 2003 (the "Commitment Letter"), between the Seller and the
Purchaser, or in such other amount as agreed by the Purchaser and the Seller as
evidenced by the actual aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans
accepted by the Purchaser on the Closing Date. The Mortgage Loans will be
delivered pursuant to a Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3. Mortgage Schedules. The Seller has provided the Purchaser with
certain information constituting a listing of the Mortgage Loans to be purchased
under this Agreement (the "Mortgage Loan Schedule") substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit 1. The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall conform to the
definition of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" under the Seller's Warranties and
Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 4. Purchase Price. The purchase price for the Mortgage Loans (the
"Purchase Price") shall be the percentage of par as stated in the Commitment
Letter, multiplied by the aggregate scheduled principal balance, as of the
Cut-off Date, of the Mortgage Loans listed on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule, after application of scheduled payments of principal due on or before
the Cut-off Date whether or not collected. The Purchase Price may be adjusted as
stated in the Commitment Letter.
In addition to the Purchase Price as described above, the Purchaser shall
pay to the Seller, at closing, accrued interest on the aggregate scheduled
principal amount of the Mortgage Loans at the weighted average Mortgage Loan
Remittance Rate from the Cut-off Date through the day prior to the Closing Date,
inclusive.
The Purchaser shall be entitled to (1) all scheduled principal due after
the Cut-off Date, (2) all other recoveries of principal collected after the
Cut-off Date (provided, however, that all scheduled payments of principal due on
or before the Cut-off Date and collected by the Seller after the Cut-off Date
shall belong to the Seller), and (3) all payments of interest on the Mortgage
Loans at the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate (minus that portion of any such
payment which is allocable to the period prior to the Cut-off Date). The
principal balance of each Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date is determined
after application of payments of principal due on or before the Cut-off Date
whether or not collected. Therefore, payments of scheduled principal and
interest prepaid for a Due Date beyond the Cut-off Date shall not be applied to
the principal balance as of the Cut-off Date. Such prepaid amounts (minus
interest at the Servicing Fee Rate) shall be the property of the Purchaser. The
Seller shall deposit any such prepaid amounts into the Custodial Account, which
account is established for the benefit of the Purchaser for subsequent
remittance by the Seller to the Purchaser.
SECTION 5. Examination of Mortgage Files. Prior to the Closing Date, the
Seller shall (a) deliver to the Purchaser in escrow, for examination, the
Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan, including a copy of the Assignment of
Mortgage, pertaining to each Mortgage Loan, or (b) make the Mortgage Files
available to the Purchaser for examination at the Seller's offices or such other
location as shall otherwise be agreed upon by the Purchaser and the Seller. Such
examination may be made by the Purchaser, or by any prospective purchaser of the
Mortgage Loans from the Purchaser, at any time before or after the Closing Date
upon prior reasonable notice to the Seller. The fact that the Purchaser or any
prospective purchaser of the Mortgage Loans has conducted or has failed to
conduct any partial or complete examination of the Mortgage Files shall not
affect the Purchaser's (or any of its successor's) rights to demand repurchase,
substitution or other relief or remedy as provided under the related Seller's
Warranties and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 6. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of Seller. The
Seller agrees and acknowledges that it shall, as a condition to the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby, make the representations and warranties
specified in Section 3.01 and 3.02 of the Seller's Warranties and Servicing
Agreement, as of the Closing Date. The meaning of the term "Agreement" as used
in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 of the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement
shall include this Agreement. The Seller, without conceding that the Mortgage
Loans are securities, hereby makes the following additional representations,
warranties and agreements which shall be deemed to have been made as of the
Closing Date:
a) neither the Seller nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of any Mortgage Loans,
any interest in any Mortgage Loans or any other similar security to, or
solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other
disposition of any Mortgage Loans, any interest in any Mortgage Loans or
any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated
with respect to any Mortgage Loans, any interest in any Mortgage Loans 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 which would constitute a distribution of
the Mortgage Loans under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") or
which would render the disposition of any Mortgage Loans a violation of
Section 5 of the 1933 Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor
will it act, nor has it authorized or will it authorize any person to act,
in such manner with respect to the Mortgage Loans; and
b) the Seller has not dealt with any broker or agent or anyone else who
might be entitled to a fee or commission in connection with this
transaction other than the Purchaser.
SECTION 7. Representation, Warranties and Agreement of Purchaser. The
Purchaser, without conceding that the Mortgage Loans are securities, hereby
makes the following representations, warranties and agreements, which shall have
been deemed to have been made as of the Closing Date.
a) the Purchaser understands that the Mortgage Loans have not been
registered under the 1933 Act or the securities laws of any state;
b) the Purchaser is acquiring the Mortgage Loans for its own account only
and not for any other person;
c) the Purchaser considers itself a substantial, sophisticated
institutional investor having such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks
of investment in the Mortgage Loans;
d) the Purchaser has been furnished with all information regarding the
Mortgage Loans which it has requested from the Seller; and
e) neither the Purchaser nor anyone acting on its behalf offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of any Mortgage Loan, any
interest in any Mortgage Loan or any other similar security to, or
solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other
disposition of any Mortgage Loan, any interest in any Mortgage Loan or any
other similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with
respect to any Mortgage Loan, any interest in any Mortgage Loan 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 which would constitute a distribution of the
Mortgage Loans under the 1933 Act or which would render the disposition of
any Mortgage Loan a violation of Section 5 of the 1933 Act or require
registration pursuant thereto, nor will it act, nor has it authorized or
will it authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to the
Mortgage Loans.
SECTION 8. Closing. The closing for the purchase and sale of the Mortgage
Loans, shall take place on the Closing Date. At the Purchaser's option, the
Closing shall be either: by telephone, confirmed by letter or wire as the
parties shall agree; or conducted in person, at such place as the parties shall
agree.
The closing shall be subject to each of the following conditions:
a) all of the representations and warranties of the Seller under this
Agreement and under the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement shall
be true and correct as of the Closing Date and no event shall have
occurred which, with notice or the passage of time, would constitute a
default under this Agreement or an Event of Default under the related
Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement;
b) the Purchaser shall have received, or the Purchaser's attorneys shall
have received in escrow, all Closing Documents as specified in Section 9
of this Agreement, in such forms as are agreed upon and acceptable to the
Purchaser, duly executed by all signatories other than the Purchaser as
required pursuant to the respective terms thereof;
c) the Seller shall have delivered and released to the Custodian under the
Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement all documents required
pursuant to the related Custodial Agreement; and
d) all other terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Seller's
Warranties and Servicing Agreement shall have been complied with.
Subject to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller
on the Closing Date the Purchase Price, plus accrued interest pursuant to
Section 4 of this Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
the account designated by the Seller.
SECTION 9. Closing Documents. With respect to the Mortgage Loans, the
Closing Documents shall consist of fully executed originals of the following
documents:
1. the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the
Cut-off Date, in two counterparts;
2. this Agreement in two counterparts;
3. the Custodial Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date, in three
counterparts, in the form attached as an exhibit to the Seller's
Warranties and Servicing Agreement;
4. the Mortgage Loan Schedule, one copy to be attached to each
counterpart of the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement, to
each counterpart of this Agreement, and to each counterpart of the
Custodial Agreement, as the Mortgage Loan Schedule thereto;
5. a Receipt and Certification, as required under the Custodial
Agreement;
6. an Opinion of Counsel of the Seller, in the form of Exhibit 2
hereto; and
7. an Officer's Certificate of the Seller, in the form of Exhibit 3
hereto.
SECTION 10. Costs. The Purchaser shall pay any commissions due its
salesmen, the legal fees and expenses of its attorneys and the costs and
expenses associated with the Custodian. The Seller shall be responsible for
reasonable costs and expenses associated with any preparation and recording of
the initial Assignments of Mortgage. All other costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the transfer and delivery of the Mortgage Loans, including fees
for title policy endorsements and continuations and the Seller's attorney fees,
shall be paid by the Seller.
SECTION 11. Servicing The Mortgage Loans shall be serviced by the Seller
in accordance with the terms of the applicable Seller's Warranties and Servicing
Agreement. The Seller shall be entitled to servicing fees calculated as provided
therein, at the Servicing Fee Rate shown on the first page of this Agreement
unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
SECTION 12. Financial Statements. The Seller understands that in
connection with the Purchaser's marketing of the Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser
shall make available to prospective purchasers a Consolidated Statement of
Operations of the Seller for the most recently completed two fiscal years
respecting which such a statement is available, as well as a Consolidated
Statement of Condition at the end of the last two fiscal years covered by such
Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Purchaser shall also make available
any comparable interim statements to the extent any such statements have been
prepared by the Seller in a format intended or otherwise suitable for the public
at large. The Seller, if it has not already done so, agrees to furnish promptly
to the Purchaser copies of the statements specified above. The Seller shall also
make available information on its servicing performance with respect to loans in
its own portfolio and loans serviced for others (if any), including loss and
delinquency ratios.
The Seller also agrees to allow access to a knowledgeable (as shall be
determined by the Seller) financial or accounting officer for the purpose of
answering questions asked by any prospective purchaser regarding recent
developments affecting the Seller or the financial statements of the Seller.
SECTION 13. Mandatory Delivery. The sale and delivery on the Closing Date
of the Mortgage Loans described on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is mandatory, it
being specifically understood and agreed that each Mortgage Loan is unique and
identifiable on the date hereof and that an award of money damages would be
insufficient to compensate the Purchaser for the losses and damages incurred by
the Purchaser (including damages to prospective purchasers of the Mortgage
Loans) in the event of the Seller's failure to deliver the Mortgage Loans on or
before the Closing Date. All rights and remedies of the Purchaser under this
Agreement are distinct from, and cumulative with, any other rights or remedies
under this Agreement or afforded by law or equity and all such rights and
remedies may be exercised concurrently, independently or successively.
SECTION 14. Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed, by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or, if by other means,
when received by the other party at the address shown on the first page hereof,
or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the other party by like
notice. Any such demand, notice of communication hereunder shall be deemed to
have been received on the date delivered to or received at the premises of the
addressee (as evidenced, in the case of registered or certified mail, by the
date noted on the return receipt).
SECTION 15. Severability Clause. Any part, provision, representation or
warranty of this Agreement which is prohibited or which is held to be void or
unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof. Any part,
provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable or is held to be void or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall
be ineffective, as to such jurisdiction, to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction as to any Mortgage Loan
shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other
jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto
waive any provision of law which prohibits or renders void or unenforceable any
provision hereof. If the invalidity of any part, provision, representation or
warranty of this Agreement shall deprive any party of the economic benefit
intended to be conferred by this Agreement, the parties shall negotiate, in
good-faith, to develop a structure the economic effect of which is as close as
possible to the economic effect of this Agreement without regard to such
invalidity.
SECTION 16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in
any number of counterparts. Each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original,
and all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.
SECTION 17. Place of Delivery and Governing Law. This Agreement shall be
deemed in effect when a fully executed counterpart thereof is received by the
Purchaser in New York and shall be deemed to have been made in New York. The
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be
determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except to the
extent preempted by Federal Law.
SECTION 18. Further Agreements. The Purchaser and the Seller each agree to
execute and deliver to the other such additional documents, instruments or
agreements as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this
Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Seller shall
reasonably cooperate with the Purchaser in connection with the initial resales
of the Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser. In that connection, the Seller shall
provide to the Purchaser: (i) any and all information and appropriate
verification of information, whether through letters of its auditors and counsel
or otherwise, as the Purchaser shall reasonably request, and (ii) such
additional representations, warranties, covenants, opinions of counsel, letters
from auditors and certificates of public officials or officers of the Seller as
are reasonably believed necessary by the Purchaser in connection with such
resales. Prior to incurring any out-of-pocket expenses pursuant to this
paragraph, the Seller shall notify the Purchaser in writing of the estimated
amount of such expense. The Purchaser shall reimburse the Seller for any such
expense following its receipt of appropriate details thereof.
SECTION 19. Intention of the Parties. It is the intention of the parties
that the Purchaser is purchasing, and the Seller is selling, an undivided 100%
ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans and not a debt instrument of the Seller
or another security. Accordingly, the parties hereto each intend to treat the
transaction for Federal income tax purposes as a sale by the Seller, and a
purchase by the Purchaser, of the Mortgage Loans. The Purchaser shall have the
right to review the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgage Loan Files to
determine the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans which shall affect the
Federal income tax consequences of owning the Mortgage Loans and the Seller
shall cooperate with all reasonable requests made by the Purchaser in the course
of such review.
SECTION 20. Successors and Assigns; Assignment of Purchase Agreement. This
Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit and be enforceable by the Seller
and the Purchaser and the respective successors and assigns of the Seller and
the Purchaser. This Agreement shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by
the Seller to a third party without the consent of the Purchaser.
SECTION 21. Waivers; Other Agreements. No term or provision of this
Agreement may be waived or modified unless such waiver or modification is in
writing and signed by the party against whom such waiver or modification is
sought to be enforced.
SECTION 22. Exhibits. The exhibits to this Agreement are hereby
incorporated and made a part hereof and are an integral part of this Agreement.
SECTION 23. General Interpretive Principles. For purposes of this
Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires:
a) the terms defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them
in this Agreement and include the plural as well as the singular, and the
use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other gender;
b) accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
c) references herein to "Articles", "Sections", "Subsections",
"Paragraphs", and other subdivisions without reference to a document are
to designated Articles, Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs and other
subdivisions of this Agreement;
d) a reference to a Subsection without further reference to a Section is a
reference to such Subsection as contained in the same Section in which the
reference appears, and this rule shall also apply to Paragraphs and other
subdivisions;
e) the words "herein", "hereof", "hereunder" and other words of similar
import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision; and
f) the term "include" or "including" shall mean without limitation by
reason of enumeration.
SECTION 24. Reproduction of Documents. This Agreement and all documents
relating thereto, including, without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and
modifications which may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by any
party at the closing, and (c) financial statements, certificates and other
information previously or hereafter furnished, may be reproduced by any
photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature photographic or
other similar process. The parties agree that any such reproduction shall be
admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative
proceeding, whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such
reproduction was made by a party in the regular course of business, and that any
enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall
likewise be admissible in evidence.
[Signatures Follow]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Purchaser have caused their names
to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of
the date first above written.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX MORTGAGE
CAPITAL INC.
(Purchaser)
By:____________________________
Name:__________________________
Title:_________________________
XXXXX FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC.
(Seller)
By:____________________________
Name:__________________________
Title:_________________________
EXHIBIT 1
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT 2
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
(date)
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc.
1221 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.
Mortgage Loan Series WFMR 2003-M04
Dear Sir/Madam:
I am [______________] of Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. and have acted as
counsel to Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. (the "Company"), with respect to
certain matters in connection with the sale by the Company of the mortgage loans
designated as Mortgage Loan Series WFMR 2003-M04 (the "Mortgage Loans") pursuant
to that certain Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement and that certain
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, each by and between the Company and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. (the "Purchaser"), and each dated as of May 1,
2003, (together, the "Agreements"), which sale is in the form of whole Mortgage
Loans. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set
forth in the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement.
I have examined the following documents:
1. the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement;
2. the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement;
3. the Custodial Agreement;
4. the form of endorsement of the Mortgage Notes; and
5. such other documents, records and papers as I have deemed necessary and
relevant as a basis for this opinion.
To the extent I have deemed necessary and proper, I have relied upon the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Agreements. I
have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the
genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons and the
conformity to the originals of all documents.
Based upon the foregoing, it is my opinion that;
1. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the state of California.
2. The Company has the power to engage in the transactions contemplated by
the Agreements, the Custodial Agreement and all requisite power, authority
and legal right to execute and deliver the Agreements, the Custodial
Agreement and the Mortgage Loans, and to perform and observe the terms and
conditions of such instruments.
3. Each person who, as an officer or attorney-in-fact of the Company, signed
(a) the Agreements, each dated as of May 1, 2003, by and between the
Company and the Purchaser, and (b) any other document delivered prior
hereto or on the date hereof in connection with the sale and servicing of
the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the Agreements and the person was,
at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is, as of the
date hereof, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting and as such
officer or attorney-in-fact, and the signatures of such persons appearing
on such documents are their genuine signatures.
4. Each of the Agreements, the Custodial Agreement, and the Mortgage Loans,
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a
legal, valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with its
terms, subject to bankruptcy laws and other similar laws of general
application affecting rights of creditors and subject to the application
of the rules of equity, including those respecting the availability of
specific performance, none of which will materially interfere with the
realization of the benefits provided thereunder or with the Purchaser's
ownership of the Mortgage Loans.
5. The Company has been duly authorized to allow any of its officers to
execute any and all documents by original signature in order to complete
the transactions contemplated by the Agreements and the Custodial
Agreement, and by original or facsimile signature in order to execute the
endorsements to the Mortgage Notes and the assignments of the Mortgages,
and the original or facsimile signature of the officer at the Company
executing the endorsements to the Mortgage Notes and the assignments of
the Mortgages represents the legal and valid signature of said officer of
the Company.
6. Either (i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company with the
Agreements, the Custodial Agreement or the sale and delivery of the
Mortgage Loans or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Agreements, and the Custodial Agreement; or (ii) any required consent,
approval, authorization or order has been obtained by the Company.
7. Neither the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, nor the
fulfillment of the terms of the Agreements and the Custodial Agreement,
will conflict with or results in or will result in a breach of or
constitutes or will constitute a default under the charter, bylaws or
other organizational documents of the Company, the terms of any indenture
or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound or to which it is subject, or violates any statute or
order, rule, regulations, writ, injunction or decree of any court,
governmental authority or regulatory body to which the Company is subject
or by which it is bound.
8. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or
threatened against the Company which, in my opinion, either in any one
instance or in the aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in
the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the
Company or in any material impairment of the right or ability of the
Company to carry on its business substantially as now conducted or in any
material liability on the part of the Company or which would draw into
question the validity of the Agreements, and the Custodial Agreement, or
of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions
contemplated thereby, or which would be likely to impair materially the
ability of the Company to perform under the terms of the Agreements and
the Custodial Agreement.
9. For purposes of the foregoing, I have not regarded any legal or
governmental actions, investigations or proceedings to be "threatened"
unless the potential litigant or governmental authority has manifested to
the legal department of the Company or an employee of the Company
responsible for the receipt of process a present intention to initiate
such proceedings; nor have I regarded any legal or governmental actions,
investigations or proceedings as including those that are conducted by
state or federal authorities in connection with their routine regulatory
activities. The sale of each Mortgage Note and Mortgage as and in the
manner contemplated by the Agreements is sufficient fully to transfer all
right, title and interest of the Company thereto as noteholder and
mortgagee, apart from the rights to service the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
the Agreements.
10. The form of endorsement that is to be used with respect to the Mortgage
Loans is legally valid and sufficient to duly endorse the Mortgage Notes
to the Purchaser. Upon the completion of the endorsement of the Mortgage
Notes and the completion of the Assignments of the Mortgages, and the
recording thereof, the endorsement of the Mortgage Notes, the delivery to
the Custodian of the completed Assignments of the Mortgages, and the
delivery of the original endorsed Mortgage Notes to the Custodian would be
sufficient to permit the entity to which such Mortgage Note is initially
endorsed at the Purchaser's direction, and to whom such Assignments of
Mortgage is initially assigned at the Purchaser's direction, to avail
itself of all protection available under applicable law against the claims
of any present or future creditors of the Company, and would be sufficient
to prevent any other sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation
of the Mortgages and the Mortgage Notes by the Company from being
enforceable.
This opinion is given to you for your sole benefit, and no other person or
entity is entitled to rely hereon except that the purchaser or purchasers to
which you initially and directly resell the Mortgage Loans may rely on this
opinion as if it were addressed to them as of its date.
Sincerely,
EXHIBIT 3
FORM OF COMPANY OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
I, ____________, hereby certify that I am the duly elected ____________ of
Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., an institution organized under the laws of the
state of California (the "Company") and state as follows:
1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true, correct and complete copy of the
Articles of Incorporation of the Company which are in full force and
effect on the date hereof and which have been in effect without amendment,
waiver, rescission or modification since ____________.
2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true, correct and complete copy of the
bylaws of the Company which are in effect on the date hereof and which
have been in effect without amendment, waiver, rescission or modification
since ___________.
3. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is an original certificate of good standing
of the Company issued _________, and no event has occurred since the date
thereof which would impair such standing.
4. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true, correct and complete copy of the
corporate resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing
the Company to execute and deliver each of the Seller's Warranties and
Servicing Agreement dated as of _________ by and between the Company and
the Purchaser (The "Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement"), the
Mortgage Loan Purchaser Agreement dated as of ________ by and between the
Company and the Purchaser and the Custodial Agreement among the Purchaser,
the Company and ____________ as ("Custodian"), collectively (the
"Agreements"), by original signature, and to endorse the Mortgage Notes
and execute the Assignments of Mortgages by original or facsimile
signature, and each such resolutions are in effect on the date hereof and
have been in effect without amendment, waiver rescission or modification.
5. Either (i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company with the
Agreements or the sale of the Mortgage Loans or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Agreements; or (ii) any required consent,
approval, authorization or order has been obtained by the Company.
6. To the best of my knowledge, neither the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by, nor the fulfillment of the terms of the Agreements,
conflicts or will conflict with or results or will result in a breach of,
or constitutes or will constitute a default under, the charter or by-laws
of the Company, the terms of any indenture or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or to
which it is subject, or any statute or order, rule, regulation, writ,
injunction or decree of any court, governmental authority or regulatory
body to which the Company is subject or by which it is bound.
7. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of my
knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Company that would
materially and adversely affect the Company's ability to perform its
obligations under the Agreements. No proceedings looking toward merger,
consolidation or liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of the Company are
pending or contemplated.
8. The Company is duly authorized to engage in the transactions described and
contemplated by the Agreements.
9. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned in the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed by name and affixed the seal of
the Company.
Dated: By:________________________________
Name:______________________________
[Seal] Title:_____________________________
I, _____________, ______________ of Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.,
hereby certify that _____________ is the duly elected, qualified and
acting _____________ of the Company and that the signature appearing above
is his genuine signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.
Dated: By:________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
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1 Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
$100,000,000 in securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case, Buyer
must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in
securities.
