EXECUTION COPY
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Relating to
CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 1999-1
Among
CHEC ASSET RECEIVABLE CORPORATION,
as Depositor,
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION D/B/A CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION,
as Seller,
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION D/B/A CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION,
as Servicer
and
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
Dated as of February 1, 1999
Table of Contents
PAGE
ARTICLE I RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 1.01. Definitions.....................................................2
Section 1.02. Use of Words and Phrases.......................................35
Section 1.03. Captions; Table of Contents....................................35
Section 1.04. Opinions.......................................................35
ARTICLE II ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUST
Section 2.01. Establishment of the Trust.....................................35
Section 2.02. Office.........................................................36
Section 2.03. Purposes and Powers............................................36
Section 2.04. Appointment of the Trustee; Declaration of Trust...............36
Section 2.05. Expenses of the Trust..........................................36
Section 2.06. Ownership of the Trust.........................................37
Section 2.07. Situs of the Trust.............................................37
Section 2.08. Designation of Interests in REMICS.............................37
Section 2.09. Miscellaneous REMIC Provisions.................................40
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE
DEPOSITOR, THE SERVICER AND THE SELLER; COVENANT OF SELLER TO
CONVEY HOME EQUITY LOANS
Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor................41
Section 3.02. Representations and Warranties of the Servicer.................43
Section 3.03. Representations and Warranties of the Seller...................46
Section 3.04. Covenants of Seller to Take Certain Actions with Respect to
the Home Equity Loans in Certain Situations.................49
Section 3.06. Acceptance by Trustee; Certain Substitutions of Home Equity
Loans; Certification by Trustee.............................62
Section 3.07. [Reserved].....................................................64
Section 3.08. Custodian......................................................64
Section 3.09. Cooperation Procedures.........................................64
ARTICLE IV ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 4.01. Issuance of Certificates.......................................65
Section 4.02. Sale of Certificates...........................................65
ARTICLE V CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 5.01. Terms..........................................................66
Section 5.02. Forms..........................................................67
Section 5.03. Execution, Authentication and Delivery.........................67
Section 5.04. Registration and Transfer of Certificates......................67
Section 5.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates..............70
Section 5.06. Persons Deemed Owners..........................................70
Section 5.07. Cancellation...................................................71
Section 5.08. Limitation on Transfer of Ownership Rights.....................71
Section 5.09. Assignment of Rights...........................................72
ARTICLE VI COVENANTS
Section 6.01. Distributions..................................................73
Section 6.02. Money for Distributions to be Held in Trust; Withholding.......73
Section 6.03. Protection of Trust Estate.....................................74
Section 6.04. Performance of Obligations.....................................75
Section 6.05. Negative Covenants.............................................75
Section 6.06. No Other Powers................................................76
Section 6.07. Limitation of Suits............................................76
Section 6.08. Unconditional Rights of Owners to Receive Distributions........77
Section 6.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.................................77
Section 6.10. Delay or Omission Not Waiver...................................77
Section 6.11. Control by Owners..............................................78
Section 6.12. Indemnification by the Seller..................................78
ARTICLE VII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
Section 7.01. Collection of Money............................................79
Section 7.02. Establishment of Accounts......................................79
Section 7.03. Flow of Funds..................................................80
Section 7.04. [Reserved].....................................................85
Section 7.05. Investment of Accounts.........................................85
Section 7.06. Payment of Trust Expenses......................................85
Section 7.07. Eligible Investments...........................................86
Section 7.08. Accounting and Directions by Trustee...........................88
Section 7.09. Reports by Trustee to Owners and Certificate Insurer...........88
Section 7.10. Reports by Trustee.............................................91
ARTICLE VIII SERVICING AND ADMINISTRATION OF HOME EQUITY LOANS
Section 8.01. Servicer and Sub-Servicers.....................................92
Section 8.02. Collection of Certain Home Equity Loan Payments................93
Section 8.03. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Servicer and Sub- Servicers...94
Section 8.04. Successor Sub-Servicers........................................94
Section 8.05. Liability of Servicer; Indemnification.........................94
Section 8.06. No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicer, Trustee or
the Owners...................................................95
Section 8.07. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreement by
Trustee......................................................95
Section 8.08. Principal and Interest Account.................................96
Section 8.09. Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances....................98
Section 8.10. Compensating Interest; Repurchase of Home Equity Loans.........99
Section 8.11. Maintenance of Insurance......................................100
Section 8.12. Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and Substitution
Agreements..................................................100
Section 8.13. Realization Upon Defaulted Home Equity Loans; Workout of
Home Equity Loans...........................................101
Section 8.14. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Files........................103
Section 8.15. Servicing Compensation........................................104
Section 8.16. Annual Statement as to Compliance.............................105
Section 8.17. Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants' Reports......105
Section 8.18. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
the Home Equity Loans.......................................105
Section 8.19. Assignment of Agreement.......................................106
Section 8.20. Removal of Servicer; Retention of Servicer; Resignation of
Servicer....................................................106
Section 8.21. Inspections by Certificate Insurer; Errors and Omissions
Insurance...................................................111
Section 8.22. Additional Servicing Responsibilities for Second Mortgage
Loans.......................................................111
Section 8.23. The Group II Home Equity Loans................................112
Section 8.24. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
of Servicer.................................................112
Section 8.25. Notices of Material Events....................................112
Section 8.26. Indemnification by the Servicer...............................113
Section 8.27. Reports on Foreclosure and Abandonment of Properties..........113
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION OF TRUST
Section 9.01. Termination of Trust..........................................114
Section 9.02. Termination Upon Option of the Servicer.......................114
Section 9.03. Termination Upon Loss of REMIC Status.........................115
Section 9.04. Disposition of Proceeds.......................................117
Section 9.05. Netting of Amounts............................................117
ARTICLE X THE TRUSTEE
Section 10.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities...........................117
Section 10.02. Removal of Trustee for Cause..................................120
Section 10.03. Certain Rights of the Trustee.................................121
Section 10.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Certificates......122
Section 10.05. May Hold Certificates.........................................123
Section 10.06. Money Held in Trust...........................................123
Section 10.07. Compensation and Reimbursement................................123
Section 10.08. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.......................124
Section 10.09. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.............124
Section 10.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee................126
Section 10.11. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
of the Trustee..............................................126
Section 10.12. Reporting; Withholding........................................127
Section 10.13. Liability of the Trustee......................................127
Section 10.14. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.................128
Section 10.15. Appointment of Custodians.....................................129
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions..........................129
Section 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to the Trustee....................130
Section 11.03. Acts of Owners................................................131
Section 11.04. Notices, etc. to Trustee.....................................131
Section 11.05. Notices and Reports to Owners; Waiver of Notices..............132
Section 11.06. Rules by Trustee..............................................132
Section 11.07. Successors and Assigns........................................132
Section 11.08. Severability..................................................133
Section 11.09. Benefits of Agreement.........................................133
Section 11.10. Legal Holidays................................................133
Section 11.11. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.....................133
Section 11.12. Counterparts..................................................134
Section 11.13. Usury.........................................................134
Section 11.14. Amendment.....................................................135
Section 11.15. Paying Agent; Appointment and Acceptance of Duties............135
Section 11.16. REMIC Status..................................................136
Section 11.17. Additional Limitation on Action and Imposition of Tax.........138
Section 11.18. Appointment of Tax Matters Person.............................139
Section 11.19. The Certificate Insurer.......................................139
Section 11.20. Reserved......................................................139
Section 11.21. Third Party Rights............................................139
Section 11.22. Notices.......................................................139
Section 11.23. Rule 144A Information.........................................141
ARTICLE XII CERTAIN MATTERS REGARDING THE CERTIFICATE INSURER
Section 12.01. Trust Estate and Accounts Held for Benefit of the Certificate
Insurer.....................................................142
Section 12.02. Claims Upon the Policies; Policy Payments Account.............142
Section 12.03. Effect of Payments by the Certificate Insurer; Subrogation....144
Section 12.04. Notices to the Certificate Insurer............................144
Section 12.05. Third-Party Beneficiary.......................................144
Section 12.06. Rights to the Certificate Insurer To Exercise Rights of
Owners......................................................144
SCHEDULE I-A SCHEDULE OF THE GROUP I HOME EQUITY LOANS
SCHEDULE I-B SCHEDULE OF THE GROUP II HOME EQUITY LOANS
EXHIBIT A-1 FORM OF CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT A-2 FORM OF CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT A-3 FORM OF CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT A-4 FORM OF CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT A-5 FORM OF CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT A-6 FORM OF CLASS A-6 CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT A-7 FORM OF CLASS A-7 CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT A-8 FORM OF CLASS A-8 CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT B FORM OF X-IO CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT C FORM OF CLASS R CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT D [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT E FORM OF CERTIFICATE RE: HOME EQUITY LOANS PREPAID IN
FULL AFTER CUT-OFF DATE
EXHIBIT F FORM OF CUSTODIAN'S RECEIPT
EXHIBIT G FORM OF POOL CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT H FORM OF DELIVERY ORDER
EXHIBIT I FORM OF CLASS R TAX MATTERS TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT J-1 FORM OF CERTIFICATE REGARDING TRANSFER (ACCREDITED
INVESTOR)
EXHIBIT J-2 FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER (RULE 144A)
EXHIBIT K HOME EQUITY LOANS WITH DOCUMENT EXCEPTIONS
EXHIBIT L DEFINITION OF GROUP II SPECIFIED SUBORDINATED AMOUNT
EXHIBIT M DEFINITION OF GROUP I SPECIFIED SUBORDINATED AMOUNT
EXHIBIT N FORM OF LETTER REGARDING REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, relating to CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST
1999-1, dated as of February 1, 1999 by and among CHEC ASSET RECEIVABLE
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, in its capacity as Depositor (the
"Depositor"), CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION d/b/a CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION, a
Nevada corporation in its capacities as the Seller (in such capacity, the
"Seller") and as the Servicer (in such capacity, the "Servicer") and NORWEST
BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as the trustee (the
"Trustee").
WHEREAS, the Seller wishes to establish a trust and two subtrusts and
provide for the allocation and sale of the beneficial interests therein and the
maintenance and distribution of the trust estate;
WHEREAS, the Servicer has agreed to service the Home Equity Loans, which
constitute the principal assets of the trust estate;
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Certificates, when executed and
authenticated by the Trustee valid instruments, and to make this Agreement a
valid agreement, in accordance with their and its terms, have been done;
WHEREAS, Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, is willing to serve
in the capacity of Trustee hereunder; and
WHEREAS, MBIA Insurance Corporation (the "Certificate Insurer") is intended
to be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement and is hereby recognized by
the parties hereto to be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein contained, the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, and the Trustee
hereby agree as follows:
CONVEYANCE
The Seller hereby bargains, sells, conveys, assigns and transfers to the
Depositor, in trust, without recourse and for the exclusive benefit of the
Owners of the Certificates and the Certificate Insurer, all of its right, title
and interest in and to any and all benefits accruing from (a) the Home Equity
Loans (other than any principal payments received and interest payments due
prior to February 1, 1999) listed in Schedules I-A and I-B to this Agreement
which the Depositor is causing to be delivered to the Custodian on behalf of the
Trustee herewith, together with the related Home Equity Loan documents and the
Depositor's interest in any Property, and all payments thereon and proceeds of
the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing; (b) such amounts as
may be held by the Trustee in the Certificate Account, together with investment
earnings on such amounts and such amounts as may be held in the name of the
Trustee in the Principal and Interest Account, if any, inclusive of investment
earnings thereon, whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other
properties (including any Eligible Investments held by the Servicer), and (c)
proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not by way of limitation, all
proceeds of any mortgage insurance, flood insurance, hazard insurance and title
insurance policy relating to the Home Equity Loans, cash proceeds, accounts,
accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit
accounts, rights to payment of any and every kind, and other forms of
obligations and receivables which at any time constitute all or part of or are
included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing) to pay the Certificates as
specified herein ((a) through (c) above shall be collectively referred to herein
as the "Trust Estate").
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 and the Certificate Insurer, without
recourse, all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust
Estate. In addition to the foregoing, the Depositor shall cause the Certificate
Insurer to deliver two Certificate Insurance Policies to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Owners of the Class A Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges such sale, accepts the trusts hereunder in
accordance with the provisions hereof and the Trustee agrees to perform the
duties herein to the best of its ability to the end that the interests of the
Owners may be adequately and effectively protected.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 1.01. DEFINITIONS.
For all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"ACCOUNT": Any account established in accordance with Section 7.02, 8.08 or
12.02 hereof.
"ACCRUAL PERIOD": With respect to the Fixed Rate Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which
the Distribution Date occurs. A "calendar month" shall be deemed to be 30 days.
With respect to the Class A-7 Certificates and any Distribution Date, the period
commencing on the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or the Startup Day in
the case of the first Distribution Date) to and including the day prior to the
current Distribution Date. All calculations of interest on Fixed Rate
Certificates will be made on the basis of a 360-day year assumed to consist of
twelve 30-day months. Calculations of interest on the Class A-7 Certificates
will be made on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in the related
Accrual Period and a year of 360 days.
"ADJUSTED CERTIFICATE RATE": As of any date of determination thereof, a
rate equal to the sum of (a) the Weighted Average Certificate Rate and (b) any
portion of the Premium Amount (calculated as a percentage of the outstanding
principal amount of Certificates) and the Trustee Fee (calculated as a
percentage of the outstanding Loan Balances as of the first day of the related
Remittance Period) in each case then accrued and outstanding.
"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.
"AGREEMENT": This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as it may be amended
from time to time, including the Exhibits and Schedules hereto.
"ANNUAL LOSS PERCENTAGE (ROLLING TWELVE MONTH)": As of any date of
determination thereof, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of
which is the aggregate of the Realized Losses as of the last day of the calendar
month of each Remittance Period for the twelve immediately preceding Remittance
Periods and the denominator of which is the aggregate of the Loan Balances as of
the first day of the first such Remittance Period.
"APPRAISED VALUE": The appraised value of any Property based upon the
appraisal made at the time of the origination of the related Home Equity Loan,
or, in the case of a Home Equity Loan which is a purchase money mortgage, the
sales price of the Property if sold within 12 months preceding origination, if
such sales price is less than such appraised value.
"AUTHORIZED OFFICER": With respect to any Person, any officer of such
Person who is authorized to act for such Person in matters relating to this
Agreement, and whose action is binding upon such Person; with respect to the
Depositor, the Seller and the Servicer, initially including those individuals
whose names appear on the lists of Authorized Officers delivered at the Closing;
with respect to the Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust
Department (or any successor thereto), including any Vice President, Assistant
Vice President, Trust Officer, any Assistant Secretary, any trust officer or any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and having direct
responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.
"AVAILABLE FUNDS": The Group I Available Funds or the Group II Available
Funds, as the case may be.
"AVAILABLE FUNDS SHORTFALL": The Group I Available Funds Shortfall or the
Group II Available Funds Shortfall, as the case may be.
"BUSINESS DAY": Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which
commercial banking institutions in Xxx Xxxx xx Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, the
State of Maryland, the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located or
the city in which the Certificate Insurer is located are authorized or obligated
by law or executive order to be closed.
"CARRY-FORWARD AMOUNT": With respect to any Class of the Class A
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by
which (i) the related Current Interest for such Class for the immediately
preceding Distribution Date exceeded (ii) the amount of the actual distribution
made to the Owners of such Class of Class A Certificates on such immediately
preceding Distribution Date pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii) hereof plus (y)
interest on such excess for the related Interest Period at the Certificate Rate
for the related Class of Class A Certificates.
"CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Class A Certificates, the Class X-IO
Certificates or the Class R Certificates, each representing the interests and
the rights described in this Agreement.
"CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT": The segregated certificate account established in
accordance with Section 7.02(a) hereof and maintained at the Corporate Trust
Office entitled "Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee on
behalf of the Owners of the Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1, Home Equity
Loan Asset-Backed Certificates." The Certificate Account shall be an Eligible
Account.
"CERTIFICATE INSURANCE POLICIES": The Certificate Guaranty Insurance
Policies (numbers: 28635 and 28636) each dated February 25, 1999 with respect to
the Class A Certificates and all endorsements thereto, issued by the Certificate
Insurer for the benefit of the Owners of the Class A Certificates.
"CERTIFICATE INSURER": MBIA Insurance Corporation, a stock insurance
company organized under the laws of the State of New York and any successor
thereto.
"CERTIFICATE INSURER DEFAULT": The existence and continuance of any of the
following:
(a) the Certificate Insurer fails to make a payment required under either
of the Certificate Insurance Policies in accordance with their terms; or
(b) the Certificate Insurer shall have (i) filed a petition or commenced
any case or proceeding under any provision or chapter of the United States
Bankruptcy Code, the New York State Insurance Law or any other similar federal
or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation, or
reorganization, (ii) made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors
or (iii) had an order for relief entered against it under the United States
Bankruptcy Code, the New York State Insurance law or any other similar federal
or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation, or
reorganization that is final and nonappealable; or
(c) a court of competent jurisdiction, the New York Department of Insurance
or any other competent regulatory authority shall have entered a final and
nonappealable order, judgment or decree (i) appointing a custodian, trustee,
agent or receiver for the Certificate Insurer or for all or any material portion
of its property or (ii) authorizing the taking of possession by a custodian,
trustee, agent, or receiver of the Certificate Insurer of all or any material
portion of its property.
"CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE": As of the Startup Day as to each of the
following Classes of Class A Certificates, the Certificate Principal Balances
thereof, as follows:
Class A-l Certificates - $65,000,000
Class A-2 Certificates - $20,000,000
Class A-3 Certificates - $33,000,000
Class A-4 Certificates - $27,000,000
Class A-5 Certificates - $19,267,000
Class A-6 Certificates - $18,000,000
Class A-7 Certificates - $58,863,000
Class A-8 Certificates - $20,000,000
As of any day after the Startup Day, the Class A-1 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class A-2 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-3 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class A-4 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-5
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-6 Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class A-7 Certificate Principal Balance or the Class A-8 Certificate Principal
Balance, as applicable.
The Class X-IO Certificates and the Class R Certificates do not have a
Certificate Principal Balance.
"CERTIFICATE RATE": Means any of the Class A-1 Certificate Rate, the Class
A-2 Certificate Rate, the Class A-3 Certificate Rate, the Class A-4 Certificate
Rate, the Class A-5 Certificate Rate, the Class A-6 Certificate Rate, the Class
A-7 Certificate Rate or the Class A-8 Certificate Rate.
"CIVIL RELIEF ACT INTEREST SHORTFALLS": With respect to any Remittance
Period, for any Home Equity Loans as to which there has been a reduction in the
amount of interest collectible thereon for the most recently ended Remittance
Period as a result of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as
amended, the amount, if any, by which (i) interest collectible on such Home
Equity Loans during the most recently ended Remittance Period is less than (ii)
interest accrued thereon for such Remittance Period pursuant to the Note at the
related Coupon Rate.
"CLASS": Any Class of the Class A Certificates or the Class X-IO
Certificates or the Class R Certificates.
"CLASS A CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Group I Certificates or Group II
Certificates.
"CLASS A CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE": As of any time of determination,
the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all Class A
Certificates less the aggregate of all amounts actually distributed on account
of the related Principal Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii)
hereof with respect to principal thereon on all prior Distribution Dates;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that solely for purposes of determining the Certificate
Insurer's rights, as subrogee, the Class A Certificate Principal Balance shall
not be reduced by any principal amount paid to the Owner thereof from Insured
Payments.
"CLASS A DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": The sum of the Group I Distribution Amount
and the Group II Distribution Amount.
"CLASS A PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": The Group I Principal Distribution
Amount or the Group II Principal Distribution Amount, as applicable.
"CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the face
thereof as a Class A-l Certificate, substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A-1 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing the right
to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest designated
as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions .
"CLASS A-L CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE": As of any time of determination,
the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all Class A-l
Certificates less the aggregate of all amounts actually distributed with respect
to the Class A-l Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii)(B) hereof
with respect to principal thereon on all prior Distribution Dates; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that solely for the purposes of determining the Certificate Insurer's
rights, as subrogee, the Class A-l Certificate Principal Balance shall not be
reduced by any principal amounts paid to the Owners thereof from Insured
Payments.
"CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE RATE": 6.070% per annum.
"CLASS A-L CURRENT INTEREST": With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) 30 days' interest accrued on the Class A-l
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-l Certificate Rate and (ii) any prior
unpaid Carry-Forward Amount, if any, with respect to the Class A-l Certificates;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the amount described in clause (i) will be reduced by the
Class A-l Certificates' pro rata share of any Civil Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls relating to Home Equity Loans in Group I.
"CLASS A-L DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (x) the Class A-l Current Interest and (y) the Group I Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of the Class A-1 Certificates pursuant
to Section 7.03(b)(iii)(B)(II)(i) for such Distribution Date.
"CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the face
thereof as a Class A-2 Certificate, substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A-2 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing the right
to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest designated
as a "regular interest" in the REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of the
REMIC provisions.
"CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE": As of any time of determination,
the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all Class A-2
Certificates less the aggregate of all amounts actually distributed with respect
to the Class A-2 Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii)(B) hereof
on all prior Distribution Dates; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that solely for the purposes
of determining the Certificate Insurer's rights, as subrogee, the Class A-2
Certificate Principal Balance shall not be reduced by any principal amounts paid
to the Owners thereof from Insured Payments.
"CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE RATE": 6.045% per annum.
"CLASS A-2 CURRENT INTEREST": With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class A-2
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-2 Certificate Rate and (ii) any prior
unpaid Carry-Forward Amount, if any, with respect to the Class A-2 Certificates;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the amount described in clause (i) will be reduced by the
Class A-2 Certificates' pro rata share of any Civil Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls relating to Home Equity Loans in Group I.
"CLASS A-2 DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (x) Class A-2 Current Interest and (y) the Group I Principal Distribution
Amount payable to the Owners of the Class A-2 Certificates pursuant to Section
7.03(b)(iii)(B)(II)(ii) for such Distribution Date.
"CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the face
thereof as a Class A-3 Certificate, substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A-3 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing the right
to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest designated
as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of the REMIC
provisions.
"CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE": As of any time of determination,
the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all Class A-3
Certificates less the aggregate of all amounts actually distributed with respect
to the Class A-3 Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii)(B) hereof
on all prior Distribution Dates; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that solely for the purposes
of determining the Certificate Insurer's rights, as subrogee, the Class A-3
Certificate Principal Balance shall not be reduced by any principal amounts paid
to the Owners thereof from Insured Payments.
"CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATE RATE": 6.240% per annum.
"CLASS A-3 CURRENT INTEREST": With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class A-3
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-3 Certificate Rate and (ii) any prior
unpaid Carry-Forward Amount, if any, with respect to the Class A-3 Certificates;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the amount described in clause (i) will be reduced by the
Class A-3 Certificates' pro rata share of any Civil Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls relating to Home Equity Loans in Group I.
"CLASS A-3 DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (x) Class A-3 Current Interest and (y) the Group I Principal Distribution
Amount payable to the Owners of the Class A-3 Certificates pursuant to Section
7.03(b)(iii)(B)(II)(iii) for such Distribution Date.
"CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the face
thereof as a Class A-4 Certificate, substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A-4 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing the right
to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest designated
as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of the REMIC
provisions.
"CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE": As of any time of determination,
the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all Class A-4
Certificates less the aggregate of all amounts actually distributed with respect
to the Class A-4 Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii)(B) hereof
on all prior Distribution Dates; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that solely for the purposes
of determining the Certificate Insurer's rights, as subrogee, the Class A-4
Certificate Principal Balance shall not be reduced by any principal amounts paid
to the Owners thereof from Insured Payments.
"CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATE RATE": 6.390% per annum.
"CLASS A-4 CURRENT INTEREST": With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class A-4
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-4 Certificate Rate and (ii) any prior
unpaid Carry-Forward Amount, if any, with respect to the Class A-4 Certificates;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the amount described in clause (i) will be reduced by the
Class A-4 Certificates' pro rata share of any Civil Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls relating to Home Equity Loans in Group I.
"CLASS A-4 DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (x) Class A-4 Current Interest and (y) the Group I Principal Distribution
Amount payable to the Owners of the Class A-4 Certificates pursuant to Section
7.03(b)(iii)(B)(II)(iv) for such Distribution Date.
"CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the face
thereof as a Class A-5 Certificate, substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A-5 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing the right
to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest designated
as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of the REMIC
provisions.
"CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE": As of any time of determination,
the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all Class A-5
Certificates less the aggregate of all amounts actually distributed with respect
to the Class A-5 Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii)(B) hereof
on all prior Distribution Dates; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that solely for the purposes
of determining the Certificate Insurer's rights, as subrogee, the Class A-5
Certificate Principal Balance shall not be reduced by any principal amounts paid
to the Owners thereof from Insured Payments.
"CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATE RATE": 6.835% per annum.
"CLASS A-5 CURRENT INTEREST": With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class A-5
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-5 Certificate Rate and (ii) any prior
unpaid Carry-Forward Amount, if any, with respect to the Class A-5 Certificates;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the amount described in clause (i) will be reduced by the
Class A-5 Certificates' pro rata share of any Civil Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls relating to Home Equity Loans in Group I.
"CLASS A-5 DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (x) Class A-5 Current Interest and (y) the Group I Principal Distribution
Amount payable to the Owners of the Class A-5 Certificates pursuant to Section
7.03(b)(iii)(B)(II)(v) for such Distribution Date.
"CLASS A-6 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the face
thereof as a Class A-6 Certificate, substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A-6 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing the right
to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest designated
as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of the REMIC
provisions.
"CLASS A-6 CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE": As of any time of determination,
the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all Class A-6
Certificates less the aggregate of all amounts actually distributed with respect
to the Class A-6 Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii)(B) hereof
on all prior Distribution Dates; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that solely for the purposes
of determining the Certificate Insurer's rights, as subrogee, the Class A-6
Certificate Principal Balance shall not be reduced by any principal amounts paid
to the Owners thereof from Insured Payments.
"CLASS A-6 CERTIFICATE RATE": 6.450% per annum.
"CLASS A-6 CURRENT INTEREST": With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class A-6
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-6 Certificate Rate and (ii) any prior
unpaid Carry-Forward Amount, if any, with respect to the Class A-6 Certificates;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the amount described in clause (i) will be reduced by the
Class A-6 Certificates' pro rata share of any Civil Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls relating to Home Equity Loans in Group I.
"CLASS A-6 DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (x) Class A-6 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-6 Lockout Distribution
Amount payable to the owners of the Class A-6 Certificates pursuant to Section
7.03(b)(iii)(B)(I) and (z) the Group I Principal Distribution Amount payable to
the Owners of the Class A-6 Certificates pursuant to Section
7.03(b)(iii)(B)(II)(vi) for such Distribution Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Class A-6 Distribution Amount shall in no event be greater than the sum of (a)
the Class A-6 Current Interest and (b) lesser of (i) the Class A-6 Certificate
Principal Balance and (ii) the Group I Principal Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date.
"CLASS A-6 LOCKOUT DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": For any Distribution Date, the
product of (i) the applicable Class A-6 Lockout Percentage for such Distribution
Date and (ii) the Class A-6 Lockout Pro Rata Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date; PROVIDED, that the Class A-6 Lockout Distribution Amount
shall not exceed the Class A-6 Certificate Principal Balance.
"CLASS A-6 LOCKOUT PERCENTAGE": For each Distribution Date, the percentage
set forth below:
Class A-6
DISTRIBUTION DATE Lockout Percentage
-----------------
March 1999 - February 2002 0%
March 2002 - February 2004 45%
March 2004 - February 2005 80%
March 2005 - February 2006 100%
March 2006 and thereafter 300%
"CLASS A-6 LOCKOUT PRO RATA DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": For any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to the product of (x) a fraction, the numerator of which
is the Class A-6 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate of Certificate
Principal Balances of the Group I Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and (y) the Group I Principal Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date.
"CLASS A-7 AVAILABLE FUNDS CAP RATE": With respect to any Accrual Period
and any Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to the fraction, expressed as
a percentage, the numerator of which is an amount equal to (i) the product of
(A) the weighted average of the Net Coupon Rates of the Home Equity Loans in
Group II (by outstanding principal balance) at the beginning of the related
Remittance Period, and (B) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans
in Group II as of the beginning of the Remittance Period, minus (ii) the product
of (A) the Class A-8 Certificate Rate for such Distribution Date and (B) the
outstanding Class A-8 Certificate Principal Balance before giving effect to
payments of principal on such Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is
the outstanding Class A-7 Certificate Principal Balance before giving effect to
payments of principal on such Distribution Date such rate, as calculated on the
basis of a 360 day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the related
Accrual Period.
"CLASS A-7 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the face
thereof as a Class A-7 Certificate, substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A-7 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing the right
to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest designated
as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of the REMIC
provisions.
"CLASS A-7 CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE": As of any time of determination,
the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all Class A-7
Certificates less the aggregate of all amounts actually distributed with respect
to the Class A-7 Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii)(C) hereof
on all prior Distribution Dates; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that solely for the purposes
of determining the Certificate Insurer's rights, as subrogee, the Class A-7
Certificate Principal Balance shall not be reduced by any principal amounts paid
to the Owners thereof from Insured Payments.
"CLASS A-7 CERTIFICATE RATE": For any Distribution Date, the lesser of (A)
the Class A-7 Formula Rate and (B) the Class A-7 Available Funds Cap Rate for
such Distribution Date.
"CLASS A-7 CERTIFICATEHOLDERS' INTEREST INDEX CARRYOVER": With respect to
any Accrual Period and any related Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum
of (A) the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest the Class A-7
Certificates would otherwise be entitled to receive on such Distribution Date
had such rate been calculated at the Class A-7 Formula Rate for such
Distribution Date over (ii) the amount of interest payable on the Class A-7
Certificates at the Class A-7 Available Funds Cap Rate for such Distribution
Date and (B) the Class A-7 Certificateholders' Interest Index Carryover for all
previous Distribution Dates not previously paid to Class A-7 Certificateholders
(plus interest on such excess at the Class A-7 Formula Rate).
"CLASS A-7 CURRENT INTEREST": With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class A-7
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-7 Certificate Rate and (ii) any prior
unpaid Carry-Forward Amount, if any, with respect to the Class A-7 Certificates;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the amount described in clause (i) will be reduced by the
Class A-7 Certificates' pro rata share of any Civil Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls relating to Home Equity Loans in Group II.
"CLASS A-7 DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (x) Class A-7 Current Interest and (y) the Group II Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of the Class A-7 Certificates pursuant
to Section 7.03(b)(iii)(C)(II)(i) for such Distribution Date.
"CLASS A-7 FORMULA RATE": For any Distribution Date, the lesser of (A) the
sum of (1) LIBOR and (2) in any month up to and including the month in which the
Clean-Up Call Date occurs, 0.32% per annum (or for any month following the month
in which the Clean-Up Call Date occurs, 0.64% per annum) and (B) 14.5% per
annum.
"CLASS A-8 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the face
thereof as a Class A-8 Certificate, substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A-8 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing the right
to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest designated
as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of the REMIC
provisions.
"CLASS A-8 CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE": As of any time of determination,
the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all Class A-8
Certificates less the aggregate of all amounts actually distributed with respect
to the Class A-8 Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii)(C) hereof
on all prior Distribution Dates; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that solely for the purposes
of determining the Certificate Insurer's rights, as subrogee, the Class A-8
Certificate Principal Balance shall not be reduced by any principal amounts paid
to the Owners thereof from Insured Payments.
"CLASS A-8 CERTIFICATE RATE": For any Distribution Date, the lesser of (A)
6.000% per annum and (B) the Group II Net WAC Cap for such Distribution Date.
"CLASS A-8 CURRENT INTEREST": With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class A-8
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-8 Certificate Rate and (ii) any prior
unpaid Carry-Forward Amount, if any, with respect to the Class A-8 Certificates;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the amount described in clause (i) will be reduced by the
Class A-8 Certificates pro rata share of any Civil Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls relating to Home Equity Loans in Group II.
"CLASS A-8 DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (x) Class A-8 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-8 Lockout Distribution
Amount payable to the owners of the Class A-8 Certificates pursuant to Section
7.03(b)(iii)(C)(I) and (z) the Group II Principal Distribution Amount payable to
the Owners of the Class A-8 Certificates pursuant to Section
7.03(b)(iii)(C)(II)(ii) for such Distribution Date, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Class A-8 Distribution Amount shall in no event be greater than the sum of (a)
the Class A-8 Current Interest and (b) the lesser of (i) the Class A-8
Certificate Principal Balance and (ii) the Group II Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date.
"CLASS A-8 LOCKOUT DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": For any Distribution Date (I)
prior to the Distribution Date in March 2002, the product of (i) the applicable
Class A-8 Lockout Percentage for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Class A-8
Lockout Pro Rata Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (II) on and
after the Distribution Date in March 2002, 100% of the Group II Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date; PROVIDED, that the Class A-8
Lockout Distribution Amount shall not exceed the Class A-8 Certificate Principal
Balance.
"CLASS A-8 LOCKOUT PERCENTAGE": For each Distribution Date, the percentage
set forth below:
CLASS A-8
DISTRIBUTION DATE LOCKOUT PERCENTAGE
March 1999 - May 2000 0%
June 2000 - February 2002 500%
"CLASS A-8 LOCKOUT PRO RATA DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": For any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to the product of (x) a fraction, the numerator of which
is the Class A-8 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate of Certificate
Principal Balances of the Group II Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and (y) the Group II Principal Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date.
"CLASS R CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the face
thereof as a Class R Certificate, substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit C, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein. The Class R Certificate shall evidence (i) an
interest designated as the Class R-1 Certificate which is the "residual
interest" in REMIC I and (ii) an interest designated as the Class R-2
Certificate which is the residual interest in REMIC II for the purposes of the
REMIC Provisions. The Owner of the Class R Certificate shall be entitled to
separate such Certificate into its component Class R-1 and Class R-2 Certificate
parts, as further described on the Class R Certificate legend attached hereto as
Exhibit C.
"CLASS X-IO CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the
face thereof as a Class X-IO Certificate, substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit B, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein, and evidencing an interest
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for the purposes
of the REMIC Provisions.
"CLASS X-IO DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": With respect to any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (i) the aggregate Total Monthly Excess Cashflow, if any, remaining
after the making of all applications, transfers and disbursements described in
Sections 7.03(b)(i), 7.03(b)(ii), and 7.03(b)(iii) hereof and (ii) the sum of
the amounts described in footnotes (5) and (6) of Section 2.08(b) for the
current and for all prior Distribution Dates less amounts distributed with
respect to the Class X-IO Certificates on prior Distribution Dates.
"CLEAN-UP CALL DATE": The first Monthly Remittance Date on which the
aggregate outstanding principal balances of the Home Equity Loans as of the
close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Remittance Period
has declined to 10% or less of the aggregate Loan Balance of all Home Equity
Loans as of the Cut-Off Date.
"CLOSING": As defined in Section 4.02 hereof.
"CODE": The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"COMPENSATING INTEREST": As defined in Section 8.10(a) hereof.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE": The principal office of the Trustee at Xxxxx
Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000 or the principal
office of any successor Trustee hereunder.
"COUPON RATE": The rate of interest borne by each Note from time to time.
"CRAM DOWN LOSS": With respect to a Home Equity Loan, if a court of
appropriate jurisdiction in an insolvency proceeding shall have issued an order
reducing the Loan Balance of such Home Equity Loan, the amount of such
reduction. A "Cram Down Loss" shall be deemed to have occurred on the date of
issuance of such order.
"CUMULATIVE LOSS PERCENTAGE": As of any date of determination thereof, the
aggregate of all Realized Losses since the Startup Day as a percentage of the
aggregate Loan Balance of all Home Equity Loans as of the Cut-Off Date.
"CURRENT INTEREST": With respect to any Distribution Date, (a) the Class
A-1 Current Interest, (b) the Class A-2 Current Interest, (c) the Class A-3
Current Interest, (d) the Class A-4 Current Interest, (e) the Class A-5 Current
Interest, (f) the Class A-6 Current Interest, (g) the Class A-7 Current Interest
or (h) the Class A-8 Current Interest for such Distribution Date, as applicable.
"CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT": The Custodial Agreement dated as of February 1, 1999
among the Custodian and the Trustee.
"CUSTODIAN": First Chicago National Processing, as Custodian on behalf of
the Trustee pursuant to the Custodial Agreement and any successor Custodian.
"CUT-OFF DATE": February 1, 1999.
"DAILY COLLECTIONS": As defined in Section 8.08(c) hereof.
"DELINQUENCY ADVANCE": As defined in Section 8.09(a) hereof.
"DELINQUENT": A Home Equity Loan is "Delinquent" if any payment due thereon
is not made by the Mortgagor by the close of business on the related Due Date. A
Home Equity Loan is "30 days Delinquent" if such payment has not been received
by the close of business on the corresponding day of the month immediately
succeeding the month in which such payment was due, or, if there is no such
corresponding day (e.g., as when a 30-day month follows a 31-day month in which
a payment was due on the 31st day of such month) then on the last day of such
immediately succeeding month. Similarly for "60 days Delinquent," "90 days
Delinquent" and so on.
"DELIVERY ORDER": The delivery order in the form set forth as Exhibit H
hereto and delivered by the Depositor to the Trustee on the Startup Day pursuant
to Section 4.01 hereof.
"DEPOSITOR": CHEC Asset Receivable Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or
any successor thereto.
"DEPOSITORY": The Depository Trust Company, 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, 00000, and any successor Depository.
"DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION": With respect to the Principal and
Interest Account, a trust account maintained by the trust department of a
federal or state chartered depository institution acceptable to the Certificate
Insurer, acting in its fiduciary capacity, having combined capital and surplus
of at least $100,000,000; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Principal and Interest
Account is not maintained with the Trustee, (i) such institution shall have a
long-term debt rating of at least "A" by Standard & Poor's and "A2" by Moody's
and (ii) the Servicer shall provide the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer with
a statement, which the Trustee will send to the Owners, identifying the location
and account information of the Principal and Interest Account upon a change in
the location of such account.
"DETERMINATION DATE": The 15th day of each month, or if such day is not a
Business Day, on the preceding Business Day, commencing in March 1999.
"DIRECT PARTICIPANT" or "DTC PARTICIPANT": Any broker-dealer, bank or other
financial institution for which the Depository holds Class A Certificates from
time to time as a securities depository.
"DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION": "Disqualified Organization" shall have the
meaning set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section
860E(e)(5) of the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the
Trust.
"DISTRIBUTION DATE": Any date on which the Trustee is required to make
distributions to the Owners, which shall be the 25th day of each month or if
such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day thereafter, commencing in
the month following the Startup Day. The first Distribution Date will be March
25, 1999.
"DUE DATE": With respect to any Home Equity Loan, the date on which the
Monthly Payment with respect to such Home Equity Loan is required to be paid
pursuant to the related Note exclusive of any days of grace.
"ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT": Either (A) a segregated account or accounts maintained
with an institution whose deposits are insured by the FDIC, the unsecured and
uncollateralized long term date obligations of which institution shall be rated
AA or higher by Standard & Poor's and Aa2 or higher by Moody's and in the
highest short term rating category by each of the Rating Agencies, and which is
(i) a federal savings and loan association duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the federal banking laws, (ii) an institution duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the applicable banking
laws of any state, (iii) a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the federal banking laws, (iv) a principal
subsidiary of a bank holding company, or (v) approved in writing by the
Certificate Insurer and each of the Rating Agencies or (B) a segregated trust
account or accounts maintained with the trust department of a federal or state
chartered depository institution acceptable to each Rating Agency and the
Certificate Insurer, having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000,
acting in its fiduciary capacity.
"ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS": Those investments so designated pursuant to Section
7.07 hereof.
"EXCESS SUBORDINATED AMOUNT": With respect to either Home Equity Loan Group
and Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the Subordinated Amount that
would apply to such Home Equity Loan Group on such Distribution Date after
taking into account the payment of the related Principal Distribution Amount on
such Distribution Date (except for any distributions of related Subordination
Reduction Amounts on such Distribution Date), over (y) the related Specified
Subordinated Amount for such Distribution Date.
"EXCHANGE ACT": The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"FDIC": The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States, or any successor thereto.
"FHLMC": The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created pursuant to the Emergency Home
Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereof.
"FILE": The documents delivered to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.05(b) hereof pertaining to a particular Home Equity Loan
and any additional documents required to be added to the File pursuant to this
Agreement.
"FINAL CERTIFICATION": As defined in Section 3.06(c) hereof.
"FINAL DETERMINATION": As defined in Section 9.03(a) hereof.
"FINAL MATURITY DATE": With respect to (i) the Group I Certificates and the
Class A-8 Certificates, the Distribution Date occurring in March 2030 and (ii)
the Class A-7 Certificates, the Distribution Date occurring in February 2029.
"FINAL RECOVERY DETERMINATION": With respect to any defaulted Home Equity
Loan or REO Property (other than a Home Equity Loan purchased by the Seller, the
Depositor or the Servicer), a determination made by the Servicer that all
recoveries which the Servicer, in its reasonable business judgment expects to be
finally recoverable in respect thereof have been so recovered or that the
Servicer believes in its reasonable business judgment the cost of obtaining any
additional recoveries therefrom would exceed the amount of such recoveries. The
Servicer shall maintain records of each Final Recovery Determination.
"FINAL SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE": As set out in Section 2.08(a) hereof.
"FIRST MORTGAGE LOAN": A Home Equity Loan which constitutes a first
priority mortgage lien with respect to any Property.
"FIXED RATE CERTIFICATES": Any one of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2
Certificates, Class A-3 Certificates, Class A-4 Certificates, Class A-5
Certificates, Class A-6 Certificates and Class A-8 Certificates.
"FNMA": The Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally-chartered
and privately-owned corporation existing under the Federal National Mortgage
Association Charter Act, as amended, or any successor thereof.
"FNMA GUIDE": FNMA's Servicing Guide, as the same may be amended by FNMA
from time to time.
"GROUP I": With respect to the Home Equity Loans, the pool of Home Equity
Loans identified in the related Schedule of Home Equity Loans as having been
assigned to Group I in Schedule I-A hereto, including any Qualified Replacement
Mortgage delivered in replacement thereof. With respect to the Certificates, the
Group I Certificates.
"GROUP I AVAILABLE FUNDS": As defined in Section 7.02(b) hereof.
"GROUP I AVAILABLE FUNDS SHORTFALL": As defined in Section 7.03(b)(ii)(A).
"GROUP I CERTIFICATES": Any of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2
Certificates, Class A-3 Certificates, Class A-4 Certificates, Class A-5
Certificates and Class A-6 Certificates.
"GROUP I DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": The sum of the Class A-1 Distribution
Amount, Class A-2 Distribution Amount, Class A-3 Distribution Amount, Class A-4
Distribution Amount, Class A-5 Distribution Amount and Class A-6 Distribution
Amount.
"GROUP I GUARANTEED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT": As defined in the Certificate
Insurance Policy relating to the Group I Certificates.
"GROUP I INTEREST REMITTANCE AMOUNT": As of any Monthly Remittance Date,
the sum, without duplication, of (i) all interest due during the related
Remittance Period with respect to the Home Equity Loans in Group I (net of the
Group I Servicing Fees), (ii) all Compensating Interest paid by the Servicer on
such Monthly Remittance Date with respect to Group I, (iii) the portions of the
Loan Purchase Prices and the Substitution Amount relating to interest on the
Home Equity Loans in Group I paid by the Seller or Servicer on or prior to such
Monthly Remittance Date and (iv) the interest portion of all Net Liquidation
Proceeds actually collected by the Servicer with respect to such Home Equity
Loans in Group I during the related Remittance Period.
"GROUP I MONTHLY REMITTANCE AMOUNT": As of any Monthly Remittance Date, the
sum of (i) the Group I Interest Remittance Amount for such Monthly Remittance
Date and (ii) the Group I Principal Remittance Amount for such Monthly
Remittance Date.
"GROUP I PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": With respect to the Group I
Certificates for any Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(a) the Group I Total Available Funds plus any Insured Payment with
respect to the Group I Certificates minus the sum of the related Current
Interest with respect to the Group I Certificates, the related Premium Amount
with respect to the Group I Certificates and the related Trustee Fee allocable
to Group I for such Distribution Date; and
(b) the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of (without duplication):
(A) the principal portion of all scheduled monthly payments on
the Home Equity Loans in Group I due on or prior to the related Due
Date thereof actually received by the Servicer during the related
Remittance Period, and any Prepayments made by the Mortgagors and
actually received by the Servicer during the related Remittance Period
to the extent such amount is actually received on or prior to the
related Monthly Remittance Date,
(B) the outstanding principal balance of each Home Equity Loan in
Group I that was repurchased by the Seller or purchased by the
Servicer on or prior to the related Monthly Remittance Date to the
extent such amount is actually received on or prior to the related
Monthly Remittance Date,
(C) any Substitution Amounts delivered by the Seller on the
related Monthly Remittance Date in connection with a substitution of a
Home Equity Loan in Group I (to the extent such Substitution Amounts
relate to principal to the extent such Subscription Amounts are
actually received by the Trustee on or prior to the related Monthly
Remittance Date,
(D) all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the
Servicer with respect to the Home Equity Loans in Group I during the
related Remittance Period (to the extent such Net Liquidation Proceeds
relate to principal, to the extent such Net Liquidation Proceeds are
actually received by the Trustee on or prior to the related Monthly
Remittance Date,
(E) the amount of any Subordination Deficit with respect to Group
I for such Distribution Date,
(F) the principal portion of the proceeds received by the Trustee
with respect to Group I from any termination of the Trust (to the
extent such proceeds related to principal), and
(G) the amount of any Subordination Increase Amount with respect
to Group I for such Distribution Date to the extent of any Total
Monthly Excess Cashflow available for such purpose,
OVER
(ii) the amount of any Subordination Reduction Amount with respect to
Group I for such Distribution Date; provided, however, on the Final Maturity
Date for the Group I Certificates, the Group I Principal Distribution Amount
shall equal the aggregate Certificate Balances of the Group I Certificates
immediately prior to such Final Maturity Date.
"GROUP I PRINCIPAL REMITTANCE AMOUNT": As of any Monthly Remittance Date,
the sum, without duplication, of (i) the principal actually collected by the
Servicer with respect to Home Equity Loans in Group I during the related
Remittance Period, (ii) the outstanding principal balance of each such Home
Equity Loan in Group I that was purchased from the Trustee on or prior to such
Monthly Remittance Date, to the extent such outstanding principal balance was
actually deposited in the Principal and Interest Account, (iii) any Substitution
Amounts relating to principal delivered by the Seller in connection with a
substitution of a Home Equity Loan in Group I, to the extent such Substitution
Amounts were actually deposited in the Principal and Interest Account on or
prior to such Monthly Remittance Date, (iv) the principal portion of all Net
Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the Servicer with respect to such
Home Equity Loans in Group I during the related Remittance Period (to the extent
such Net Liquidation Proceeds related to principal) and (v) the amount of
investment losses required to be deposited pursuant to Section 8.08(b).
"GROUP I SERVICING FEE": With respect to any Home Equity Loan in Group I
and each Remittance Period, an amount retained by the Servicer as compensation
for servicing and administration duties relating to such Home Equity Loan
pursuant to Section 8.15 and equal to one month's interest at 0.50% per annum of
the then outstanding principal balance of such Home Equity Loan as of the first
day of each Remittance Period payable on a monthly basis; provided, however,
that if a successor Servicer is appointed pursuant to Section 8.20 hereof, the
Group I Servicing Fee shall be the amount as agreed upon by the Trustee, the
Certificate Insurer and the successor Servicer, and the per annum rate at which
the Group I Servicing Fee is calculated shall not exceed 0.50% per annum.
"GROUP I SPECIFIED SUBORDINATED AMOUNT": As defined in Exhibit M.
"GROUP I SUBORDINATED AMOUNT": As of any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (x) the aggregate Loan Balances of the Home Equity Loans in Group I as
of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Remittance
Period over (y) the aggregate of Certificate Principal Balances of the Group I
Certificates for such Distribution Date (after taking into account the payment
of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount thereon (except for any
Subordination Reduction Amount relating to the Group I and Subordination
Increase Amount relating to Group I) on such Distribution Date).
"GROUP I TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS": As defined in Section 7.02(b) hereof.
"GROUP I TOTAL MONTHLY EXCESS SPREAD": With respect to Group I and any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the aggregate of all interest which is
collected on the Home Equity Loans in Group I during the related Remittance
Period (net of the Servicing Fee and the Trustee Fee with respect to Group I and
net of any reimbursement for Nonrecoverable Advances) plus the sum of (x) any
Delinquency Advances and (y) Compensating Interest paid by the Servicer with
respect to Group I for such Remittance Period over (ii) the sum of the Current
Interest on the Group I Certificates and the Premium Amount relating to Group I
for such Distribution Date.
"GROUP II": With respect to the Home Equity Loans, the pool of Home Equity
Loans identified in the related Schedule of Home Equity Loans as having been
assigned to Group II in Schedule I-B hereto, including any Qualified Replacement
Mortgage delivered in replacement thereof. With respect to the Certificates, the
Group II Certificates.
"GROUP II AVAILABLE FUNDS": As defined in Section 7.02(c) hereof.
"GROUP II AVAILABLE FUNDS SHORTFALL": As defined in Section 7.03(b)(ii)(A).
"GROUP II CERTIFICATES": Any of the Class A-7 Certificates or the Class A-8
Certificates.
"GROUP II DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": The sum of the Class A-7 Distribution
Amount and the Class A-8 Distribution Amount.
"GROUP II GUARANTEED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT": As defined in the Certificate
Insurance Policy relating to the Group II Certificates.
"GROUP II INTEREST REMITTANCE AMOUNT": As of any Monthly Remittance Date,
the sum, without duplication, of (i) all interest due during the related
Remittance Period with respect to the
Home Equity Loans in Group II (net of the Group II Servicing Fee), (ii) all
Compensating Interest paid by the Servicer on such Monthly Remittance Date with
respect to Group II and (iii) the portion of the Loan Purchase Prices and
Substitution Amount relating to interest on the Home Equity Loans in Group II
paid by the Seller or the Servicer on or prior to such Monthly Remittance Date
and (iv) the interest portion of all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected
by the Servicer with respect to the Home Equity Loans in Group II during the
related Remittance Period.
"GROUP II MONTHLY REMITTANCE AMOUNT": As of any Monthly Remittance Date,
the sum of (i) the Group II Interest Remittance Amount for such Monthly
Remittance Date and (ii) the Group II Principal Remittance Amount for such
Monthly Remittance Date.
"GROUP II NET WAC CAP": With respect to any Distribution Date, means a rate
per annum equal to the weighted average of the Net Coupon Rates on the Home
Equity Loans in Group II as of the beginning of the related Remittance Period.
"GROUP II PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": With respect to the Group II
Certificates for any Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(a) the Group II Total Available Funds plus any Insured Payment with
respect to the Group II Certificates minus the sum of the related Current
Interest with respect to the Group II Certificates, the related Premium Amount
with respect to the Group II Certificates and the related Trustee Fee allocable
to Group II for such Distribution Date; and
(b) the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of (without duplication):
(A) the principal portion of all scheduled monthly payments on
the Home Equity Loans in Group II due on or prior to the related Due
Date thereof actually received by the Servicer during the related
Remittance Period, and any Prepayments made by the Mortgagors and
actually received by the Servicer during the related Remittance
Period, to the extent such amount is actually received on or prior to
the related Monthly Remittance Date,
(B) the outstanding principal balance of each Home Equity Loan in
Group II that was repurchased by the Seller or purchased by the
Servicer on or prior to the related Monthly Remittance Date, to the
extent such principal balance is actually received by the Trustee on
or prior to the related Monthly Remittance Date,
(C) any Substitution Amounts delivered by the Seller on the
related Monthly Remittance Date in connection with a substitution of a
Home Equity Loan in Group II (to the extent such Substitution Amounts
relate to principal), to the extent such Substitution Amounts are
actually received by the Trustee on or prior to the related Monthly
Remittance Date,
(D) all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the
Servicer with respect to the Home Equity Loans in Group II during the
related Remittance Period (to the extent such Net Liquidation Proceeds
relate to principal), to the extent such Net Liquidation proceeds are
actually received by the Trustee on or prior to the related Monthly
Remittance Date,
(E) the amount of any Subordination Deficit with respect to Group
II for such Distribution Date,
(F) the principal portion of the proceeds received by the Trustee
with respect to Group II from any termination of the Trust (to the
extent such proceeds related to principal), and
(G) the amount of any Subordination Increase Amount with respect
to Group II for such Distribution Date to the extent of any Total
Monthly Excess Cashflow available for such purpose,
OVER
(ii) the amount of any Subordination Reduction Amount with respect to
Group II for such Distribution Date; provided, however, on the Final Maturity
Date for a Class of Group II Certificates, the Group II Principal Distribution
Amount payable to such Class of Class A Certificates shall be no less than the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class of Class A Certificates on such
Final Maturity Date.
"GROUP II PRINCIPAL REMITTANCE AMOUNT": As of any Monthly Remittance Date,
the sum, without duplication, of (i) the principal actually collected by the
Servicer with respect to Home Equity Loans in Group II during the related
Remittance Period, (ii) the outstanding principal balance of each such Home
Equity Loan in Group II that was purchased from the Trustee on or prior to such
Monthly Remittance Date, to the extent such outstanding principal balance was
actually deposited in the Principal and Interest Account, (iii) any Substitution
Amounts relating to principal delivered by the Seller in connection with a
substitution of a Home Equity Loan in Group II, to the extent such Substitution
Amounts were actually deposited in the Principal and Interest Account on or
prior to such Monthly Remittance Date, (iv) the principal portion of all Net
Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the Servicer with respect to such
Home Equity Loans in Group II during the related Remittance Period (to the
extent such Net Liquidation Proceeds related to principal) and (v) the amount of
investment losses required to be deposited pursuant to Section 8.08(b).
"GROUP II SERVICING FEE": With respect to any Home Equity Loan in Group II,
an amount retained by the Servicer as compensation for servicing and
administration duties relating to such Home Equity Loan pursuant to Section 8.15
and equal to one month's interest at 0.50% per annum of the then outstanding
principal balance of such Home Equity Loan as of the first day of each
Remittance Period payable on a monthly basis, provided, however, that if a
successor Servicer is appointed pursuant to Section 8.20 hereof, the Group II
Servicing Fee shall be such amount as agreed upon by the Trustee, the
Certificate Insurer and the successor Servicer, and the per annum rate at which
the Group II Servicing Fee is calculated shall not to exceed 0.50% per annum.
"GROUP II SPECIFIED SUBORDINATED AMOUNT": As defined in Exhibit L.
"GROUP II SUBORDINATED AMOUNT": As of any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (x) the aggregate Loan Balances of the Home Equity Loans in Group II as
of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Remittance
Period over (y) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of the Group II
Certificates for such Distribution Date (after taking into account the payment
of the Group II Principal Distribution Amount thereon (except for any
Subordination Reduction Amount relating to Group II or Subordination Increase
Amount relating to the Group II) on such Distribution Date).
"GROUP II TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS": As defined in Section 7.02(c) hereof.
"GROUP II TOTAL MONTHLY EXCESS SPREAD": With respect to Group II and any
Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the aggregate of all interest which is
collected on the Home Equity Loans in Group II during the related Remittance
Period (net of the Servicing Fee and the Trustee Fee with respect to Group II
and net of any reimbursement for Nonrecoverable Advances) plus the sum of (x)
any Delinquency Advances and (y) Compensating Interest paid by the Servicer with
respect to Group II for such Remittance Period over (ii) the sum of the Current
Interest on the Group II Certificates and the Premium Amount relating to Group
II for such Distribution Date.
"HIGHEST LAWFUL RATE": As defined in Section 11.13 hereof.
"HOME EQUITY LOAN GROUP" or "GROUP": Group I or Group II, as the case may
be. References herein to the related Class of Class A Certificates, when used
with respect to a Home Equity Loan Group, shall mean (A) in the case of Group I,
the Group I Certificates and (B) in the case of Group II, the Group II
Certificates.
"HOME EQUITY LOANS": Such home equity loans transferred and assigned to the
Trust pursuant to the second paragraph under the caption "CONVEYANCE", which
appears after the whereas clauses in this Agreement, hereof, together with any
Qualified Replacement Mortgages substituted therefor in accordance with this
Agreement, as from time to time are held as a part of the Trust Estate, the Home
Equity Loans originally so held being identified in the Schedules of Home Equity
Loans. The term "Home Equity Loan" includes the terms "First Mortgage Loan" and
"Second Mortgage Loan." The term "Home Equity Loan" includes any Home Equity
Loan which is Delinquent, which relates to a foreclosure or which relates to a
Property which is REO Property prior to such REO Property's disposition by the
Trust. Any home equity loan which, although intended by the parties hereto to
have been, and which purportedly was, transferred and assigned to the Trust by
the Depositor, in fact was not transferred and assigned to the Trust for any
reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, the incorrectness of the
statement set forth in Section 3.04(b)(x) hereof with respect to such home
equity loan, shall nevertheless be considered a "Home Equity Loan" for all
purposes of this Agreement.
"INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT": The Indemnification Agreement dated as of
February 22, 1999 between the Certificate Insurer, the Seller and the
Underwriters.
"INDIRECT PARTICIPANT": Any financial institution for whom any Direct
Participant holds an interest in a Class A Certificate.
"INSURANCE AGREEMENT": The Insurance Agreement dated as of February 1,
1999, among the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer, as it may be amended from time to time.
"INSURANCE POLICY": Any hazard, flood, title or primary mortgage insurance
policy relating to a Home Equity Loan plus any amount remitted under Section
8.11 hereof.
"INSURED PAYMENT": As defined in the Certificate Insurance Policies.
"INTEREST REMITTANCE AMOUNT": The sum of the Group I Interest Remittance
Amount and the Group II Interest Remittance Amount.
"LATE PAYMENT RATE": As defined in the Insurance Agreement.
"LIBOR": With respect to any Accrual Period for the Class A-7 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 Servicer, 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 DETERMINATION DATE": With respect to any Accrual Period for the
Class A-7 Certificates, the second London Business Day preceding the
commencement of such Accrual Period (or in the case of the initial Accrual
Period, February 23, 1999).
"LIQUIDATED LOAN": A Home Equity Loan as to which a Final Recovery
Determination has been made.
"LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS": With respect to any Liquidated Loan, all amounts
(including the proceeds of any Insurance Policy) recovered by the Servicer in
connection with such Liquidated Loan, whether through trustee's sale,
foreclosure sale or otherwise.
"LOAN BALANCE": With respect to each Home Equity Loan and as of any date of
determination, the actual outstanding principal balance thereof on the Cut-Off
Date with respect to the Home Equity Loans or relevant Replacement Cut-Off Date
with respect to the Qualified Replacement Mortgages excluding payments of
principal due prior to the Cut-Off Date or Replacement Cut-Off Date, as the case
may be, whether or not received, less any principal payments relating to such
Home Equity Loan included in previous Monthly Remittance Amounts, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Loan Balance for any Home Equity Loan that has become a
Liquidated Loan shall be zero as of the first day of the Remittance Period
following the Remittance Period in which such Home Equity Loan becomes a
Liquidated Loan, and at all times thereafter.
"LOAN PURCHASE PRICE": With respect to any Home Equity Loan purchased from
the Trust on or prior to a Monthly Remittance Date pursuant to Section 3.03,
3.04, 3.06(b) or 8.10(b) hereof, an amount equal to the outstanding principal
balance of such Home Equity Loan as of the date of purchase (assuming that the
Monthly Remittance Amount remitted by the Servicer on such Monthly Remittance
Date has already been remitted), plus all accrued and unpaid interest on such
Home Equity Loan at the Coupon Rate to but not including the date of such
purchase together with (without duplication) the aggregate amounts of (i) all
unreimbursed Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances theretofore made with
respect to such Home Equity Loan, (ii) all Delinquency Advances which the
Servicer has theretofore failed to remit with respect to such Home Equity Loan
and (iii) all reimbursed Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances to the
extent that reimbursement is not made from the Mortgagor.
"LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO": As of any particular date (i) with respect to any
First Mortgage Loan, the percentage obtained by dividing the Appraised Value
into the original principal balance of the Note relating to such First Mortgage
Loan and (ii) with respect to any Second Mortgage Loan, the percentage obtained
by dividing the Appraised Value as of the date of origination of such Second
Mortgage Loan into an amount equal to the sum of (a) the remaining principal
balance of the Senior Lien note relating to such First Mortgage Loan as of the
date of origination of the related Second Mortgage Loan and (b) the original
principal balance of the Note relating to such Second Mortgage Loan.
"LONDON BUSINESS DAY": Any day on which dealings in deposits of United
States dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
"MAXIMUM RATE": With respect to any Home Equity Loan in Group II, means the
maximum rate at which interest may accrue on such Home Equity Loan.
"MINIMUM SPREAD": Shall be a percentage per annum equal to 0% for
Distribution Dates which occur prior to March 2000 and equal to 0.50% for
Distribution Dates which occur in March 2000 or thereafter.
"MONTHLY PAYMENT": With respect to any Home Equity Loan and any Remittance
Period, the payment of principal, if any, and interest due on the Due Date in
such Remittance Period pursuant to the related Note.
"MONTHLY REMITTANCE AMOUNT": The sum of the Group I Monthly Remittance
Amount and the Group II Monthly Remittance Amount.
"MONTHLY REMITTANCE DATE": The 18th day of each month, or if such day is
not a Business Day, on the preceding Business Day, commencing in March 1999.
"MOODY'S": Xxxxx'x Investors Service Inc. or any successor thereto.
"MORTGAGE": The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a
first or second lien on an estate in fee simple interest in real property
securing a Note.
"MORTGAGOR": The obligor on a Note.
"NET COUPON RATE": With respect to any Home Equity Loan in Group I or Group
II, means a rate per annum equal to the Coupon Rate of such Home Equity Loan
minus the sum of (i) the rate at which the Servicing Fee accrues, (ii) the rate
at which the Trustee Fee accrues, (iii) the applicable Premium Amount (expressed
as a per annum percentage of the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans
in Group I or Group II, as applicable) and (iv) the Minimum Spread.
"NET LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS": As to any Liquidated Loan, Liquidation Proceeds
net of expenses incurred by the Servicer (including unreimbursed Servicing
Advances) in connection with the liquidation of such Home Equity Loan and
unreimbursed Delinquency Advances relating to such Home Equity Loan. In no event
shall Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to any Liquidated Loan be less than
zero.
"90-DAY DELINQUENT LOAN": With respect to any Determination Date, all REO
Properties and each Home Equity Loan, with respect to which any portion of a
Monthly Payment is, as of the last day of the prior Remittance Period, three
months (calculated from Due Date with respect to such Home Equity Loan to Due
Date) or more past due (without giving effect to any grace period).
"90+ DELINQUENCY PERCENTAGE (ROLLING THREE MONTH)": With respect to any
Determination Date, the average of the percentage equivalents of the fractions
determined for each of the three immediately preceding Remittance Periods (or
such fewer number of Remittance Periods since the Cut-Off Date, in the case of
the first three Determination Dates) the numerator of each of which is equal to
the sum of (without duplication) (i) the aggregate Loan Balance of 90-Day
Delinquent Loans, (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of Home
Equity Loans in foreclosure and (iii) the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of Home Equity Loans relating to REO Properties as of the end of such
Remittance Period and the denominator of which is the Loan Balance of all of the
Home Equity Loans as of the end of such Remittance Period.
"NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCE" means with respect to any Home Equity Loan for
which a Final Recovery Determination has been made, any Delinquency Advance
previously made and not reimbursed from proceeds on the related Home Equity Loan
or under Section 7.03(b)(iii)(F) hereof which the Servicer has determined, in
good faith business judgment, as evidenced by an
Officer's Certificate delivered to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee no
later than the Business Day following such determination, would not be
ultimately recovered.
"NOTE": The note or other evidence of indebtedness evidencing the
indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Home Equity Loan.
"OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE": A certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of
any Person delivering such certificate and delivered to the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer.
"OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS": Collectively, this Agreement, the Certificate
Insurance Policies, the Certificates, the Custodial Agreement, the
Indemnification Agreement and the Insurance Agreement.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL": A written Opinion of Counsel acceptable, in form and
substance, to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer and delivered to the
Trustee and the Certificate Insurer.
"ORIGINAL AGGREGATE LOAN BALANCE": The aggregate Loan Balances of all Home
Equity Loans as of the Cut-Off Date, which is $261,131,543.24.
"OUTSTANDING": With respect to all Certificates of a Class, as of any date
of determination, all such Certificates theretofore executed and delivered
hereunder except:
(i) Certificates theretofore cancelled by the Registrar or delivered
to the Registrar for cancellation;
(ii) Certificates or portions thereof for which full and final payment
of money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Owners of such Certificates;
(iii) Certificates in exchange for or in lieu of which other
Certificates have been executed and delivered pursuant to this Agreement,
unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such
Certificates are held by a bona fide purchaser;
(iv) Certificates alleged to have been destroyed, lost or stolen for
which replacement Certificates have been issued as provided for in Section
5.05 hereof; and
(v) Certificates as to which the Trustee has made the final
distribution thereon, whether or not such Certificate is ever returned to
the Trustee.
"OWNER": The Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the
Register, and the Certificate Insurer, to the extent described in Section 12.06
hereof.
"PAYING AGENT": Initially, the Trustee, and thereafter, the Trustee or any
other Person that meets the eligibility standards for the Paying Agent specified
in Section 11.15 hereof and is authorized by the Trustee and the Depositor to
make payments on the Certificates on behalf of the Trustee.
"PERCENTAGE INTEREST": With respect to a Class of Class A Certificates, a
fraction, expressed as a decimal, the numerator of which is the initial Class A
Certificate Principal Balance represented by such Class A Certificate and the
denominator of which is the aggregate initial Class A Certificate Principal
Balance represented by all the Class A Certificates of such Class. With respect
to the Class X-IO or Class R Certificates, the portion of the Class evidenced
thereby, expressed as a percentage, as stated on the face of such Certificate,
all of which shall total 100% with respect to the related Class.
"PERSON": Any individual, corporation, limited partnership, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"POLICY PAYMENTS ACCOUNT": The policy payments account maintained by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 12.02(b) hereof. The Policy Payments Account shall
be an Eligible Account.
"PREMIUM AMOUNT": With respect to each of Group I and Group II as defined
in the Insurance Agreement.
"PREPAYMENT": Any payment of principal of a Home Equity Loan which is
received by the Servicer in advance of the scheduled due date for the payment of
such principal and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest
representing the full amount of scheduled interest due on any Due Date in any
month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment, Substitution Amounts, the
portion of the purchase price of any Home Equity Loan purchased from the Trust
pursuant to Section 3.03, 3.04, 3.06(b) or 8.10(b) hereof representing principal
and the proceeds of any Insurance Policy which are to be applied as a payment of
principal on the related Home Equity Loan shall be deemed to be Prepayments for
all purposes of this Agreement.
"PRESERVATION EXPENSES": Expenditures made by the Servicer in connection
with a foreclosed Home Equity Loan prior to the liquidation thereof, including,
without limitation, expenditures for real estate property taxes, hazard
insurance premiums, property restoration or preservation.
"PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": The Group I Principal Distribution Amount
or the Group II Principal Distribution Amount.
"PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ACCOUNT": The principal and interest account
created by the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.08(a) hereof. The Principal and
Interest Account shall be an Eligible Account.
"PRINCIPAL REMITTANCE AMOUNT": The Group I Principal Remittance Amount or
the Group II Principal Remittance Amount.
"PROHIBITED TRANSACTION": "Prohibited Transaction" shall have the meaning
set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860F(a)(2) of
the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the Trust.
"PROPERTY": The underlying property securing a Home Equity Loan.
"PROSPECTUS": The Depositor's Prospectus dated February 22, 1999
constituting part of the Registration Statement.
"PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT": The Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1
Prospectus Supplement dated February 22, 1999 to the Prospectus.
"PURCHASE OPTION PERIOD": As defined in Section 9.03(a) hereof.
"QUALIFIED LIQUIDATION": The meaning set forth from time to time in the
definition thereof at Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code (or any successor statute
thereto) and applicable to the Trust.
"QUALIFIED MORTGAGE": The meaning set forth from time to time in the
definition thereof at Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (or any successor statute
thereto) and applicable to the Trust.
"QUALIFIED REPLACEMENT MORTGAGE": A Home Equity Loan substituted for
another pursuant to Section 3.03, 3.04 and 3.06(b) hereof, which (i) has a
Coupon Rate at least equal to the Coupon Rate of the Home Equity Loan being
replaced; (ii) is of the same or better property type or is a single family
dwelling and the same or better occupancy status or is a primary residence as
the Home Equity Loan being replaced, (iii) shall mature no later than the Final
Scheduled Distribution Date with respect to the related Home Equity Loan Group,
(iv) has a Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the Replacement Cut-Off Date no higher than
the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the replaced Home Equity Loan at such time, (v) shall
be of the same or higher credit quality classification (determined in accordance
with the Seller's credit underwriting guidelines set forth in the Seller's
underwriting manual) as the Home Equity Loan which such Qualified Replacement
Mortgage replaces, (vi) shall be a First Mortgage Loan if the Home Equity Loan
which such Qualified Replacement Mortgage replaces was a First Mortgage Loan and
shall be a First Mortgage Loan or Second Mortgage Loan if the Home Equity Loan
which such Qualified Replacement Mortgage replaces was a Second Mortgage Loan,
(vii) has an outstanding principal balance as of the related Replacement Cut-Off
Date equal to or less than the outstanding principal balance of the replaced
Home Equity Loan as of such Replacement Cut-Off Date, (viii) shall not provide
for a "balloon" payment if the related Home Equity Loan did not provide for a
"balloon" payment (and if such related Home Equity Loan provided for a "balloon"
payment, such Qualified Replacement Mortgage shall have an original maturity of
not less than the original maturity of such related Home Equity Loan), (ix)
shall be a fixed rate Home Equity Loan if the Home Equity Loan being replaced is
in Group I or an adjustable rate Home Equity Loan if the Home Equity Loan being
replaced is in Group II, (x) satisfies the criteria set forth from time to time
in the definition thereof at Section 860G(a)(4) of the Code (or any successor
statute thereto) and applicable to the Trust, (xi) satisfies the representations
and warranties set forth in Section 3.04(b) hereof, (xii) shall not be 30 days
or more delinquent and (xiii) if such Home Equity Loan being replaced is in the
Group II, shall adjust based on the same index, have no lower margin, have the
same interval between adjustment dates and have a maximum Coupon Rate no lower
than, and a minimum Coupon Rate no lower than the Home Equity Loan being
replaced. In the event that one or more home equity loans are proposed to be
substituted for one or more Home Equity Loans, the Certificate Insurer may allow
the foregoing tests to be met on a weighted average basis or other aggregate
basis acceptable to the Certificate Insurer, as evidenced by a written approval
delivered to the Trustee by the Certificate Insurer, except that the
requirements of clauses (i), (iii), (iv), (ix), (x), (xi) and (xii) hereof must
be satisfied as to each Qualified Replacement Mortgage.
"RATING AGENCIES": Collectively, Xxxxx'x and Standard & Poor's.
"REALIZED LOSS": As to any Liquidated Loan (or, in the case of a Cram Down
Loss a Home Equity Loan that is not a Liquidated Loan), the amount (not less
than zero), if any, by which (A) the sum of (x) the Loan Balance thereof as of
the date of liquidation, (y) the amount of accrued but unpaid interest thereon
and (z) the amount of any Cram Down Loss with respect thereto is in excess of
(B) the Net Liquidation Proceeds, if any, realized thereon applied in reduction
of such Loan Balance.
"RECORD DATE": With respect to each Distribution Date, the last Business
Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
"REFERENCE BANKS": Bankers Trust Company, Barclays Bank PLC, The Bank of
Tokyo and National Westminster Bank PLC, PROVIDED that if any of the foregoing
banks are not suitable to serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading banks
selected by the Seller which are engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits
in the international Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place of
business in London, (ii) which are not Affiliates of the Seller, (iii) whose
quotations appear on Telerate Page 3750 on the relevant LIBOR Determination Date
and (iv) which have been designated as such by the Seller.
"REGISTER": The register maintained by the Registrar in accordance with
Section 5.04 hereof, in which the names of the Owners are set forth.
"REGISTRAR": The Trustee, acting in its capacity as Registrar appointed
pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof, or any duly appointed and eligible successor
thereto.
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT": The Registration Statement filed by the Depositor
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Registration Number 333-54027),
including all amendments thereto and including the Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement relating to the Class A Certificates.
"REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT": With respect to each Home Equity Loan Group and any
Distribution Date, the sum of (x)(i) all Insured Payments previously paid to the
Trustee by the Certificate Insurer and not previously repaid to the Certificate
Insurer pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii) hereof plus (ii) interest accrued on
each such Insured Payment not previously repaid calculated at the Late Payment
Rate and (y)(i) any amounts then due and owing to the Certificate Insurer under
the Insurance Agreement (including, without limitation, any unpaid Premium
Amount relating to such Distribution Date or an earlier Distribution Date) plus
(ii) interest on such amounts at the Late Payment Rate. The Certificate Insurer
shall notify the Trustee, the Depositor and the Seller in writing of the amount
of any Reimbursement Amount.
"REMIC": A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of
Section 860D of the Code.
"REMIC I": The segregated group of assets consisting of the REMIC II
Regular Interests as defined in Section 2.08 and constituting a REMIC created
hereunder.
"REMIC II": The segregated pool of assets consisting of all the assets of
the Trust Estate and constituting a REMIC created hereunder. Expenses and fees
of the Trust shall be paid from REMIC II.
"REMIC OPINION": As defined in Section 3.03 hereof.
"REMIC PROVISIONS": Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to
real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Section 860A through
860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and
regulations and revenue rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be
in effect from time to time.
"REMITTANCE PERIOD": With respect to each Monthly Remittance Date, the
calendar month immediately preceding such Monthly Remittance Date.
"REO PROPERTY": A Property acquired by the Servicer on behalf of the Trust
through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a
defaulted Home Equity Loan.
"REPLACEMENT CUT-OFF DATE": With respect to any Qualified Replacement
Mortgage, the first day of the calendar month in which such Qualified
Replacement Mortgage is conveyed to the Trust.
"REPRESENTATION LETTER": Letters to, or agreements with, the Depository to
effectuate a book entry system with respect to the Class A Certificates
registered in the Register under the nominee name of the Depository.
"RESIDUAL NET MONTHLY EXCESS CASHFLOW": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the aggregate Total Monthly Excess Cashflow, if any, remaining after the
making of all applications, transfers and disbursements described in Sections
7.03(b)(i), 7.03(b)(ii), 7.03(b)(iii) and 7.03(b)(iv) hereof. It is anticipated
that there will not be any Residual Net Monthly Excess Cashflow.
"SCHEDULE OF HOME EQUITY LOANS": The schedules of Home Equity Loans with
respect to the Home Equity Loans listing each Home Equity Loan to be conveyed on
the Startup Day. Such Schedule of Home Equity Loans shall identify each Home
Equity Loan by the Servicer's loan number, borrower's name and address
(including the state and zip code) of the Property and shall set forth as to
each Home Equity Loan the lien status thereof, the Loan-to-Value Ratio and the
Loan Balance as of the Cut-Off Date, the Coupon Rate thereof, the original loan
balance thereof, the current scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest
and the maturity date of the related Note, the property type, occupancy status,
Appraised Value and the original term-to- maturity thereof and whether or not
such Home Equity Loan (including related Note) has been modified and in the case
of the Group II Home Equity Loans, the Maximum Rate, the minimum rate at which
the interest may accrue and the next adjustment date.
"SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL PAYMENT": As of any date of calculation, with respect
to a Home Equity Loan, the then stated scheduled monthly installment of
principal payable thereunder which, if timely paid, would result in the full
amortization of principal over the term thereof (or, in the case of a "balloon"
Note, the term to the nominal maturity date for amortization purposes, without
regard to the actual maturity date), without taking into account any Prepayment
made on such Home Equity Loan during the then-current Remittance Period.
"SECOND MORTGAGE LOAN": A Home Equity Loan which constitutes a second
priority mortgage lien with respect to the related Property.
"SECURITIES ACT": The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"SELLER": Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity Corporation, a
Nevada corporation.
"SENIOR LIEN": With respect to any Second Mortgage Loan, the home equity
loan relating to the corresponding Property having a first priority lien.
"SERVICER": Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity Corporation,
a Nevada corporation, and its permitted successors and assigns.
"SERVICER AFFILIATE": An Affiliate of the Servicer that is qualified to
service residential home equity loans.
"SERVICER LOSS TEST": The Servicer Loss Test for any period set out below
is satisfied, if the Cumulative Loss Percentage for such period does not exceed
the percentage set out for such period below (provided, that for purposes of the
Servicer Loss Test, Realized Losses attributable solely to Cram Down Losses
should be excluded from the calculation of Cumulative Loss Percentage):
Cumulative Loss
PERIOD PERCENTAGE
March 1999 - February 2000 1.25%
March 2000 - February 2001 2.00%
March 2001 - February 2002 2.75%
March 2002 - February 2003 3.75%
March 2003 - February 2004 4.25%
March 2004 and thereafter 5.00%
"SERVICER TERMINATION EVENT": As defined in Section 8.20(a) hereof.
"SERVICER TERMINATION TEST": The Servicer Termination Test is satisfied for
any date of determination thereof, if (w) the Servicer's Tangible Net Worth is
at least the greater of (a) $35,000,000 and (b) the amount required pursuant to
any credit facility of the Servicer, (x) the 90+ Delinquency Percentage (Rolling
Three Month) is less than or equal to 13.00%, (y) the Servicer Loss Test is
satisfied and (z) the Annual Loss Percentage (Rolling Twelve Month) for the
twelve month period immediately preceding the date of determination thereof is
not greater than 1.25%.
"SERVICING ADVANCE": As defined in Section 8.09(b) and Section 8.13(a)
hereof.
"SERVICING FEE": The Group I Servicing Fee or the Group II Servicing Fee,
as the context may require.
"SPECIFIED SUBORDINATED AMOUNT": The Group I Specified Subordinated Amount
or the Group II Specified Subordinated Amount.
"STANDARD & POOR'S": Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc. or any successor thereto.
"STARTUP DAY": February 25, 1999.
"SUBORDINATED AMOUNT": The Group I Subordinated Amount or the Group II
Subordinated Amount, as the case may be.
"SUBORDINATION DEFICIENCY AMOUNT": With respect to either Home Equity Loan
Group and Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the Specified
Subordinated Amount applicable to such Home Equity Loan Group and Distribution
Date over (ii) the Subordinated Amount applicable to such Home Equity Loan Group
and Distribution Date prior to taking into account the payment of any related
Subordination Increase Amounts on such Distribution Date.
"SUBORDINATION DEFICIT": With respect to either Home Equity Loan Group and
Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (x) the related aggregate of the
Certificate Principal Balances with respect to such Group, after taking into
account the payment of the related Class A Distribution Amount with respect to
such Group on such Distribution Date (without regard to any Insured Payment to
be made on such Distribution Date and except for any Subordination Deficit with
respect to such Group), exceeds (y) the aggregate Loan Balances of the Home
Equity Loans in such Home Equity Loan Group as of the close of business on the
last day of the related Remittance Period.
"SUBORDINATION INCREASE AMOUNT": With respect to any Home Equity Loan Group
and Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) the related Subordination Deficiency
Amount as of such Distribution Date (after taking into account the payment of
the related Class A Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date (except for
any Subordination Increase Amount with respect to such Group)) and (ii) the
aggregate amount of Total Monthly Excess Cashflow allocated to such Home Equity
Loan Group pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(ii)(E) or (G) on such Distribution Date.
"SUBORDINATION REDUCTION AMOUNT": With respect to any Home Equity Loan
Group and Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Excess
Subordinated Amount for such Home Equity Loan Group and Distribution Date and
(y) the Principal Remittance Amount with respect to such Group for the related
Remittance Period.
"SUB-SERVICER": Any Person with whom the Servicer has entered into a
Sub-Servicing Agreement and who satisfies any requirements set forth in Section
8.03 hereof in respect of the qualification of a Sub-Servicer.
"SUB-SERVICING AGREEMENT": The written contract between the Servicer and
any Sub- Servicer relating to servicing and/or administration of certain Home
Equity Loans as permitted by Section 8.03.
"SUBSTITUTION AMOUNT": As defined in Section 3.03 hereof.
"TANGIBLE NET WORTH": Shall mean the difference between: (A) the tangible
assets of the Seller or Servicer, as applicable, and its Affiliates calculated
in accordance with GAAP, as reduced by adequate reserves in each case where a
reserve is appropriate; and (B) all indebtedness, including subordinated debt,
of the Seller or Servicer, as applicable, and its Affiliates; provided, however,
that (i) intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights,
licenses, good will, organization costs, advances or loans to, or receivables
from directors, officers, employees or affiliates, prepaid assets, amounts
relating to covenants not to compete, pension assets, deferred charges or
treasury stock of any securities unless the same are readily marketable in the
United States of America or are entitled to be used as a credit against federal
income tax liabilities, shall not be included in the calculation of (A) above,
(ii) securities included as tangible assets shall be valued at their current
market price or costs, whichever is lower and (iii) any write-up in book value
of any assets shall not be taken into account.
"TAX MATTERS PERSON": The Person designated pursuant to Section 11.18
hereof to act as the Tax Matters Person under the Code.
"TAX MATTERS PERSON RESIDUAL INTEREST": The 0.001% interest in the Class R
Certificates which shall be issued to and held by Norwest Bank Minnesota,
National Association throughout the term hereof unless another person shall
accept an assignment of such interest and the designation of Tax Matters Person
pursuant to Section 11.18 hereof.
"TELERATE PAGE 3750": The display designated as page "3750" on the Bridge
Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace page 3750 on that report for
the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of major banks).
"TERMINATION NOTICE": As defined in Section 9.03(a) hereof.
"TERMINATION PRICE": Means, with respect to Sections 9.02 and 9.03 hereof,
and on any date of determination thereof, an amount equal to the sum of (w) the
greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate outstanding principal balances of the Home
Equity Loans as of such date of determination less amounts remitted to the
Principal and Interest Account representing collections of principal on the Home
Equity Loans during the current Remittance Period, and (ii) the greater of (A)
the outstanding Class A Certificate Principal Balance and (B) the fair market
value of such Home Equity Loans (disregarding accrued interest), (x) one month's
interest on such amount (calculated at the Adjusted Certificate Rate), (y) all
Reimbursement Amounts and (z) the sum of the aggregate amount of any
unreimbursed Delinquency Advances, Servicing Advances, Compensating Interest and
any Delinquency Advances which the Servicer has theretofore failed to remit.
"TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS": The Group I Total Available Funds or the Group II
Total Available Funds.
"TOTAL MONTHLY EXCESS CASHFLOW": As defined in Section 7.03(b)(ii) hereof.
"TOTAL MONTHLY EXCESS SPREAD": The Group I Total Monthly Excess Spread and
the Group II Total Monthly Excess Spread.
"TRUST": Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1, the trust created under this
Agreement which shall be comprised of two sub-trusts; one for Group I and any
Trust assets allocable to such Group I and the other for Group II and any Trust
assets allocable to such Group II.
"TRUST ESTATE": As defined in the conveyance clause under this Agreement.
"TRUSTEE": Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, the Corporate
Trust Department of which is located on the date of execution of this Agreement
at Xxxxx Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Trustee under this Agreement, and any
successor hereunder.
"TRUSTEE FEE": With respect to each Home Equity Loan Group, the fee payable
monthly to the Trustee on each Distribution Date in an amount equal to 0.005%
per annum, on the sum of the outstanding aggregate Loan Balances of the Home
Equity Loans in such Home Equity Loan Group as of the first day of the related
Remittance Period.
"TRUSTEE REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES": Any amounts payable pursuant to Section
11.16(a)(v) and Section 11.16(g) and pursuant to the second sentence of Section
10.07.
"UNDERWRITERS": Prudential Securities Incorporated and Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
"WEIGHTED AVERAGE CERTIFICATE RATE": As to the Class A Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the weighted average of the Class A-l Certificate Rate, the
Class A-2 Certificate Rate, the Class A-3 Certificate Rate, the Class A-4
Certificate Rate, the Class A-5 Certificate Rate, the Class A-6 Certificate
Rate, the Class A-7 Certificate Rate and the Class A-8 Pass Through Rate,
weighted by, respectively, the Class A-l Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class A-2 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-3 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class A-4 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-5 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class A-6 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-7
Certificate Principal Balance and the Class A-8 Certificate Principal Balance as
of such Distribution Date prior to taking into account any distributions to be
made on such Distribution Date.
Section 1.02. USE OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
"Herein," "hereby," "hereunder," "hereof," "hereinbefore," "hereinafter"
and other equivalent words refer to this Agreement as a whole and not solely to
the particular section of this Agreement in which any such word is used. The
definitions set forth in Section 1.01 hereof include both the singular and the
plural. Whenever used in this Agreement, any pronoun shall be deemed to include
both singular and plural and to cover all genders.
Section 1.03. CAPTIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The captions or headings in this Agreement and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and in no way define, limit or describe the scope and
intent of any provisions of this Agreement.
Section 1.04. OPINIONS.
Each opinion with respect to the validity, binding nature and
enforceability of documents or Certificates may be qualified to the extent that
the same may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting the of creditors' rights generally
and by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding or
action in equity or at law) and may state that no opinion is expressed on the
availability of the remedy of specific enforcement, injunctive relief or any
other equitable remedy. Any opinion required to be furnished by any Person
hereunder must be delivered by counsel upon whose opinion the addressee of such
opinion may reasonably rely, and such opinion may state that it is given in
reasonable reliance upon an opinion of another, a copy of which must be
attached, concerning the laws of a foreign jurisdiction. Any opinion delivered
hereunder shall be addressed to the Rating Agencies, the Certificate Insurer and
the Trustee.
END OF ARTICLE I
ARTICLE II
ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUST
Section 2.01. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST.
The parties hereto do hereby create and establish, pursuant to the laws of
the State of New York and this Agreement, the Trust, which, for convenience,
shall be known as "Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1" and which shall contain
two subtrusts.
Section 2.02. OFFICE.
The office of the Trust shall be in care of the Trustee, addressed to
Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, Xxxxx Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, or at such other address as the Trustee may
designate by notice to the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the Owners and
the Certificate Insurer.
Section 2.03. PURPOSES AND POWERS.
The purpose of the Trust is to engage in the following activities and only
such activities: (i) the issuance of the Certificates and the acquiring, owning
and holding of Home Equity Loans and the Trust Estate in connection therewith;
(ii) activities that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the
foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected therewith, including the
investment of moneys in accordance with this Agreement; and (iii) such other
activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust
Estate and distributions to the Owners; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing
contained herein shall permit the Trustee to take any action which would
adversely affect the status of either REMIC I or REMIC II as a REMIC.
Section 2.04. APPOINTMENT OF THE TRUSTEE; DECLARATION OF TRUST.
The Depositor hereby appoints the Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective
as of the Startup Day, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth
herein. The Trustee hereby acknowledges and accepts such appointment, represents
and warrants its eligibility as of the Startup Day to serve as Trustee pursuant
to Section 10.08 hereof and declares that it will hold the Trust Estate in trust
upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the benefit of the
Owners and the Certificate Insurer.
Section 2.05. EXPENSES OF THE TRUST.
All expenses of the Trust, including (i) the fees and reimbursable expenses
of the Trustee in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder,
(including, but not limited to, any portion of the Trustee Fee and Trustee
Reimbursable Expenses not paid pursuant to Sections 7.03(b)(i)(A) and
7.03(b)(iii)(G), respectively, hereof) and (ii) to the extent not set forth
herein, any other expenses of the Trustee that have been reviewed and approved
by the Seller, which review shall not be required in connection with the
enforcement of a remedy by the Trustee resulting from a default under this
Agreement shall be paid directly by the Seller. Failure by the Seller to pay any
such fees or other expenses shall not relieve the Trustee of its obligations
hereunder.
Section 2.06. OWNERSHIP OF THE TRUST.
On the Startup Day the ownership interests in the Trust shall be
transferred as set forth in Section 4.02 hereof, such transfer to be evidenced
by sale of the Certificates as described therein. Thereafter, transfer of any
ownership interest shall be governed by Sections 5.04 and 5.08 hereof.
Section 2.07. SITUS OF THE TRUST.
It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a trust
under the laws of the State of New York. The Trust will be created in the State
of New York. The Trust's only office will be at the office of the Trustee as set
forth in Section 2.02 hereof.
Section 2.08. DESIGNATION OF INTERESTS IN REMICS.
(a) The Trustee shall elect that each of REMIC I and REMIC II (which
together constitute the Trust) shall be treated as a REMIC under Section 860D of
the Code. Any inconsistencies or ambiguities in this Agreement or in the
administration of this Agreement shall be resolved in a manner that preserves
the validity of such REMIC elections. The assets of REMIC II shall include the
Home Equity Loans, the Accounts, any REO Property and any proceeds of the
foregoing. The REMIC II Regular Interests shall constitute the assets of REMIC
I.
(b) REMIC II will be evidenced by (x) the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class
II-A-3, Class II-A-4, Class II-A-5, Class II-A-6, Class II-A-7, Class II-A-8,
Class II-M-1 and Class II-M-2 Interests (the "REMIC II Regular Interests"),
which will be uncertificated and non-transferable and are hereby designated as
the "regular interests" in REMIC II and (y) the Class R- 2 Certificates, which
are hereby designated as the single "residual interest" in REMIC II (the REMIC
II Regular Interests, together with the Class R-2 Certificates, the "REMIC II
Certificates"). The REMIC II Regular Interests shall be recorded on the records
of REMIC II as being issued to and held by the Trustee on behalf of REMIC I.
Any Total Monthly Excess Cashflow that is used to pay a Subordination
Increase Amount pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(ii)(E) or (G) (the "Turbo Amount")
and that is payable from interest on the Home Equity Loans will not be paid as
principal to the REMIC II Regular Interests, but instead a portion of the
interest payable with respect to the Class II-M-1 Interest which equals 1% of
the Turbo Amount that is applied to Group I Certificates and a portion of the
interest payable with respect to the Class II-M-2 Interest which equals 1% of
the Turbo Amount that is applied to the Group II Certificates will be payable as
a reduction of the principal balances of the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2,
ClassII-A-3, Class II-A-4, Class II-A-5, Class II-A-6, Class II-A-7, and Class
II-A-8 Interests in the same manner in which the Turbo Amount is allocated among
the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7
and Class A-8 Certificates, respectively (and will be accrued and added to
principal on the Class II-M-1 and Class II-M-2 Interests in the same proportion
as interest payable on such REMIC II Regular Interests is used to reduce
principal on other REMIC II Regular Interests as just described). Principal
payments on Group I shall be allocated 99% to the Class II-M-1 Interest, and 1%
to the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4, Class II-A-5 and
Class II-A-6 Interests until paid in full. The aggregate amount of principal
allocated to the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4, Class
II-A-5 and Class II-A-6 Interests shall be apportioned among such REMIC II
Regular interests in the same manner in which principal from Group I is payable
with respect to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and
Class A-6 Certificates, respectively. Notwithstanding the above, principal
payments on Group I that are attributable to the Subordination Reduction Amount
shall be allocated 100% to the Class II-M-1 Interest. Principal payments on
Group II shall be allocated 99% to the Class II-M-2 Interest and 1% to the Class
II-A-7 and Class II-A-8 Interests until paid in full. The aggregate amount of
principal allocated to the Class II-A-7 and Class II-A-8 Interests shall be
apportioned among such REMIC II Regular Interests in the same manner in which
principal from Group II is payable with respect to the Class A-7 and Class A-8
Certificates, respectively. Notwithstanding the above, the principal payments on
Group II that are attributable to the Subordination Reduction Amount shall be
allocated 100% to the Class II-M-2 Interest. Realized losses shall be applied
such that after all distributions have been made on such Distribution Date: (i)
the principal balances of the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class
II-A-4, Class II-A-5, Class II-A-6, Class II-A-7 and Class II-A-8 Interests are
each 1% of the principal balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class
A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7 and Class A-8 Certificates, respectively;
(ii) the principal balance of the Class II-M-1 Interest is equal to the
aggregate Loan Balance of Group I less the sum of the principal balances of the
Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4, Class II-A-5 and Class
II-A-6 Interests; and (iii) the principal balance of the Class II-M-2 Interest
is equal to the aggregate Loan Balance of Group II less the sum of the principal
balances of the Class II-A-7 and Class II-A-8 Interests. The REMIC II
Certificates will have the following designations and Certificate Rates, and
distributions of principal and interest thereon shall be allocated to the
Certificates in the following manner:
Pass- Allocation Allocation
REMIC II Initial Through of of
CERTIFICATES BALANCE RATE PRINCIPAL INTEREST
------------ ------- ---- --------- --------
II-A-1 $ 650,000 (1) (3) (4)(5)
II-A-2 $ 200,000 (1) (3) (4)(5)
II-A-3 $ 330,000 (1) (3) (4)(5)
II-A-4 $ 270,000 (1) (3) (4)(5)
II-A-5 $ 192,670 (1) (3) (4)(5)
II-A-6 $ 180,000 (1) (3) (4)(5)
II-A-7 $ 588,630 (2) (3) (4)(6)
II-A-8 $ 200,000 (2) (3) (4)(6)
II-M-1 $ 180,444,954.54 (1) (3) (4)(5)
II-M-2 $ 78,075,288.70 (2) (3) (4)(6)
R-2 $ 0 0% N/A N/A(7)
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(1) The Certificate Rate on this REMIC II Regular Interest shall at any
time of determination equal the weighted average of the Net Coupon Rates (each
calculated without regard to the subtraction of the Minimum Spread) of the Home
Equity Loans in Group I.
(2) The Certificate Rate on this REMIC II Regular Interest shall at any
time of determination equal the weighted average of the Net Coupon Rates (each
calculated without regard to the subtraction of the Minimum Spread) of the Home
Equity Loans in Group II.
(3) Principal will be allocated to and apportioned among the Class A-1,
Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7 and Class A-8
Certificates in the same proportion as principal from the Home Equity Loans is
payable with respect to such Certificates, except that a portion of such
principal in an amount equal to the Subordination Reduction Amount shall first
be allocated to the Class X-IO Certificates, and all principal will be allocated
to the Class X-IO Certificates after the principal balances of the Group I and
Group II Certificates have been reduced to zero.
(4) Except as provided in footnotes (5) and (6), interest will be allocated
among the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6,
Class A-7 and Class A-8 Certificates in the same proportion as interest is
payable on such Certificates.
(5) Any interest with respect to this REMIC II Certificate in excess of the
product of (i) 100 times the weighted average coupon of the Class II-A-1, Class
II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4, Class II-A-5, Class II-A-6 and Class II-M-1
Interests, where each of such REMIC II Regular Interests (other than the Class
II-M-1 Interests) is subject to a cap and floor equal to the Class A-1, Class
A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-6 Certificate Rates,
respectively, and the Class II-M-1 Interest is subject to a cap equal to 0% and
(ii) the principal balance of this REMIC II Certificate, shall not be allocated
to the Group I or Group II Certificates but will be allocated to the Class X-IO
Certificates. However, the Class X-IO Certificates shall be subordinated to the
extent provided in Section 7.03.
(6) Any interest with respect to this REMIC II Certificate in excess of the
product of (i) 100 times the weighted average coupon of the Class II-A-7, Class
II-A-8 and Class II-M-2 Interests, where the Class II-A-7 and Class II-A-8
Interests are subject to a cap and floor equal to the Class A-7 and Class A-8
Certificate Rates, respectively, and the Class II-M-2 Interest is subject to a
cap equal to 0% and (ii) the principal balance of this REMIC II Certificate,
shall not be allocated to the Group I or Group II Certificates, but will be
allocated to the Class X-IO Certificates. However, the Class X-IO Certificates
shall be subordinated to the extent provided in Section 7.03.
(7) On each Distribution Date, available funds, if any, remaining in REMIC
II after payments of interest and principal and expenses of the Trust, as
designated above, will be distributed to the Class R-2 Certificate. It is
expected that there shall not be any distributions on the Class R-2
Certificates.
(c) The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6,
Class A-7, Class A-8 and Class X-IO Certificates are hereby designated as
"regular interests" with respect to REMIC I (the "REMIC I Regular Certificates")
and the Class R-1 Certificate is hereby designated as the single "residual
interest" with respect to REMIC I. On each Distribution Date, available funds,
if any, remaining in REMIC I after payments of interest and principal as
designated herein shall be distributed to the Class R-1 Certificates. The
beneficial ownership interest in the REMIC I created hereunder shall be
evidenced by the interests having the following characteristics and terms:
Initial Certificate Final Scheduled
CLASS DESIGNATION PRINCIPAL BALANCE DISTRIBUTION DATE
Class A-1 $65,000,000 March 25, 2018
Class A-2 $20,000,000 September 25, 2021
Class A-3 $33,000,000 August 25, 2025
Class A-4 $27,000,000 October 25, 2027
Class A-5 $19,267,000 March 25, 2030
Class A-6 $18,000,000 March 25, 2030
Class A-7 $58,863,000 February 25, 2029
Class A-8 $20,000,000 March 25, 2030
Class X-IO (1) March 25, 2030
Class R-1 (1) March 25, 2030
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(1) The Class X-IO and Class R-1 Certificates do not have a Certificate
Principal Balance.
(d) For federal income tax purposes, the "latest possible maturity date"
for each of the REMIC I Regular Certificates and the REMIC II Regular Interests
is March 25, 2030.
Section 2.09. MISCELLANEOUS REMIC PROVISIONS.
(a) The Startup Day is hereby designated as the "startup day" of each REMIC
created hereunder within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code.
(b) The Owner of the Tax Matters Person Residual Interest in each REMIC created
hereunder is hereby designated as "tax matters person" as defined in the REMIC
Provisions with respect to the REMIC.
(c) The Trust and each REMIC created hereunder shall, for federal income
tax purposes, maintain books on a calendar year basis and report income on an
accrual basis.
(d) The Trustee shall cause each REMIC created hereunder to elect to be
treated as a REMIC under Section 860D of the Code. Any inconsistencies or
ambiguities in this Agreement or in the administration of the Trust shall be
resolved in a manner that preserves the validity of such election to be treated
as a REMIC. The Trustee shall report all expenses of the Trust Estate to each
REMIC created hereunder.
(e) For all federal tax law purposes, amounts transferred by the Trustee to
the Owners of the Class R Certificates shall be treated as distributions by each
respective REMIC created hereunder.
(f) The Trustee shall provide to the Internal Revenue Service and to the
person described in Section 860E(e)(3) and (6) of the Code the information
described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.860D-l(b)(5)(ii), or any successor
regulation thereto with respect to each REMIC created hereunder. Such
information will be provided in the manner described in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.860E-2(a)(5), or any successor regulation thereto.
END OF ARTICLE II
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE
SERVICER AND THE SELLER; COVENANT OF SELLER TO CONVEY HOME
EQUITY LOANS
Section 3.01. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE DEPOSITOR.
The Depositor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee and
the Certificate Insurer that as of the Startup Day:
(a) The Depositor is a corporation duly formed and validly existing under
the laws governing its creation and existence, is in compliance with the laws of
each state in which any Property or the Depositor is located or doing business
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its
business, or the properties owned or leased by it make such qualification
necessary. The Depositor has all requisite authority to own and operate its
properties, to carry out its business as presently conducted and as proposed to
be conducted and to enter into and discharge its obligations under this
Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which it is a party.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Operative
Documents to which it is a party by the Depositor and its performance and
compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Operative Documents to
which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Depositor and will not violate the Depositor's Charter or
Bylaws or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time,
or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in a breach of, any
material contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a
party or by which the Depositor is bound or violate any statute or any order,
rule or regulation of any court, governmental agency or body or other tribunal
having jurisdiction over the Depositor or any of its properties.
(c) This Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which the Depositor
is a party, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other
parties hereto and thereto, each constitutes a valid, legal and binding
obligation of the Depositor, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law).
(d) The 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, which default could materially and adversely affect the
condition (financial or other) or operations of the Depositor or its properties
or the consequences of which could materially and adversely affect its
performance hereunder and under the other Operative Documents to which the
Depositor is a party.
(e) No litigation, proceeding or investigation is pending with respect to
which the Depositor has received service of process or, to the best of the
Depositor's knowledge, threatened against the Depositor which litigation,
proceeding or investigation might have consequences that would prohibit its
entering into this Agreement or any other Operative Documents to which it is a
party or that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or
otherwise) or operations of the Depositor or its properties or might have
consequences that would materially and adversely affect the validity or
enforceability of the Home Equity Loans or the Depositor's performance hereunder
and under the other Operative Documents to which the Depositor is a party.
(f) The statements contained in the Registration Statement which describe
the Depositor or matters or activities for which the Depositor is responsible in
accordance with the Operative Documents or which are attributed to the Depositor
therein are true and correct in all material respects, and the Registration
Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact with respect
to the Depositor or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements contained therein with respect to
the Depositor not misleading.
(g) Immediately prior to the sale and assignment by the Depositor to the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust of each Home Equity Loan, the Depositor had good
and equitable title to each Home Equity Loan (insofar as such title was conveyed
to it by the Seller) subject to no prior lien, claim, participation interest,
mortgage, security interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance or other
interest of any nature;
(h) As of the Startup Date, the Depositor has transferred all right, title
and interest in the Home Equity Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust; and
(i) The Depositor has not transferred the Home Equity Loans to the Trustee
on behalf of the Trust with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its
creditors.
(j) All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions, variances,
franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and licenses required to be
taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or from any federal, state or
other governmental authority or agency (other than any such actions, approvals,
etc. under any state securities laws, real estate syndication or "Blue Sky"
statutes, as to which the Depositor makes no such representation or warranty),
that are necessary or advisable in connection with the purchase and sale of the
Certificates and the execution and delivery by the Depositor of the Operative
Documents to which it is a party, have been duly taken, given or obtained, as
the case may be, are in full force and effect on the date hereof, are not
subject to any pending proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial or
otherwise) and either the time within which any appeal therefrom may be taken or
review thereof may be obtained has expired or no review thereof may be obtained
or appeal therefrom taken, and are adequate to authorize the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Operative Documents on
the part of the Depositor and the performance by the Depositor of its
obligations under this Agreement and such of the other Operative Documents to
which it is a party.
Section 3.02. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SERVICER.
The Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Depositor,
the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Owners that as of the Startup Day:
(a) The Servicer is a corporation duly formed and validly existing under
the laws governing its creation and existence, is in compliance with the laws of
each state in which any Property is located to the extent necessary to enable it
to perform its obligations hereunder and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of its business, or the properties owned or
leased by it make such qualification necessary. The Servicer has all requisite
corporate power and authority to own and operate its or their properties, to
carry out its or their business as presently conducted and as proposed to be
conducted and to enter into and discharge its or their obligations under this
Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which the Servicer is a party.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any other Operative
Document to which it is a party by the Servicer and its performance and
compliance with the terms hereof and thereof have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of the Servicer and will not violate the Servicer's
Certificate of Incorporation or by-laws or constitute a default (or an event
which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under,
or result in the breach of, any material contract, agreement or other instrument
to which the Servicer is a party or by which the Servicer is bound or violate
any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court, governmental agency
or body or other tribunal having jurisdiction over the Servicer or any of its
properties.
(c) This Agreement and the Operative Documents which the Servicer is a
party, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties
hereto and thereto, each constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of
the Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof, except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law).
(d) The Servicer is not in default with respect to any order or decree of
any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or
governmental agency, which might have consequences that would materially and
adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the
Servicer or its properties or might have consequences that would materially and
adversely affect its performance hereunder or under the other Operative
Documents to which the Servicer is a party.
(e) No litigation, proceeding or investigation is pending with respect to
which the Servicer has received service of process or, to the best of the
Servicer's knowledge, threatened against the Servicer which litigation,
proceeding or investigation might have consequences that would prohibit its
entering into this Agreement or any other Operative Document or that would
materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or
operations of the Servicer or its properties or might have consequences that
would materially and adversely affect the validity or the enforceability of the
Home Equity Loans or its performance hereunder and the other Operative Documents
to which the Servicer is a party.
(f) The statements contained in the Registration Statement which describe
the Servicer or matters or activities for which the Servicer is responsible in
accordance with the Operative Documents or which are attributed to the Servicer
therein are true and correct in all material respects, and the Registration
Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact with respect
to the Servicer or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements contained therein with respect to the
Servicer not misleading.
(g) The Servicing Fee is a "current (normal) servicing fee rate" as that
term is used in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 65 issued by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board. Neither the Servicer nor any affiliate
thereof will report on any financial statements any part of the Servicing Fee as
an adjustment to the sales price of the Home Equity Loans.
(h) All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions, variances,
franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and licenses required to be
taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or from any federal, state or
other governmental authority or agency (other than any such actions, approvals,
etc. under any state securities laws, real estate syndication or "Blue Sky"
statutes, as to which the Servicer makes no such representation or warranty),
that are necessary or advisable in connection with the execution and delivery by
the Servicer of the Operative Documents to which it is a party, have been duly
taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, are in full force and effect on
the date hereof, are not subject to any pending proceedings or appeals
(administrative, judicial or otherwise) and either the time within which any
appeal therefrom may be taken or review thereof may be obtained has expired or
no review thereof may be obtained or appeal therefrom taken, and are adequate to
authorize the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the other Operative Documents on the part of the Servicer and the
performance by the Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement and such of
the other Operative Documents to which it is a party.
(i) The collection practices used by the Servicer with respect to the Home
Equity Loans have been, in all material respects, legal, proper, prudent and
customary in the home equity mortgage servicing business.
(j) The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary
course of business of the Servicer.
(k) The Servicer is not in default under any agreement involving financial
obligations or on any outstanding obligation which would materially adversely
impact the financial condition or operations of the Servicer or legal documents
associated with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
(l) There are no Sub-Servicers as of the Startup Day.
(m) The Servicer covenants that it will terminate any Sub-Servicer within
ninety (90) days after being directed by the Certificate Insurer to do so.
(n) The Servicer represents and warrants that its computer and other
systems used in servicing the Home Equity Loans currently are capable of
operating in a manner so that on and after January 1, 2000 (i) the Servicer can
service the Home Equity Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and
(ii) the Servicer can operate its business in the same manner as it is operating
on the date hereof.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 3.02 shall survive delivery of the Home Equity Loans to
the Trustee.
Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the
Custodian, any Sub- Servicer, the Certificate Insurer, any Owner or the Trustee
(each, for purposes of this paragraph, a party) of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.02 which materially
and adversely affects the interests of the Owners or of the Certificate Insurer,
the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other
parties. As promptly as practicable, but in any event, within 60 days of its
discovery or its receipt of notice of breach, the Servicer shall cure such
breach in all material respects and, upon the Servicer's continued failure to
cure such breach, may thereafter be removed by the Certificate Insurer or by the
Trustee with the written consent of the Certificate Insurer pursuant to Section
8.20 hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Servicer can establish to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer that it is diligently
pursuing remedial action, then the cure period may be extended for an additional
90 days with the written approval of the Certificate Insurer.
Section 3.03. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER.
The Seller hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Depositor, the
Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Owners that as of the Startup Day:
(a) The Seller is a corporation duly formed and validly existing under the
laws governing its creation and existence, is in compliance with the laws of
each state in which any Property or the Seller is located or doing business and
is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business, or
the properties owned or leased by it make such qualification necessary. The
Seller has all requisite authority to own and operate its properties, to carry
out its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted and to
enter into and discharge its obligations under this Agreement and the other
Operative Documents to which it is a party.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Operative
Documents to which it is a party by the Seller and its performance and
compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Operative Documents to
which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Seller and will not violate the Seller's Charter or Bylaws or
constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute a default) under, or result in a breach of, any material
contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by
which the Seller is bound or violate any statute or any order, rule or
regulation of any court, governmental agency or body or other tribunal having
jurisdiction over the Seller or any of its properties.
(c) This Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which the Seller is
a party, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties
hereto and thereto, each constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of
the Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law).
(d) The Seller is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any
court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or
governmental agency, which default could materially and adversely affect the
condition (financial or other) or operations of the Seller or its properties or
the consequences of which could materially and adversely affect its performance
hereunder and under the other Operative Documents to which the Seller is a
party.
(e) No litigation, proceeding or investigation is pending with respect to
which the Seller has received service of process or, to the best of the Seller's
knowledge, threatened against the Seller which litigation, proceeding or
investigation might have consequences that would prohibit its entering into this
Agreement or any other Operative Documents to which it is a party or that would
materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or
operations of the Seller or its properties or might have consequences that would
materially and adversely affect the validity or enforceability of the Home
Equity Loans or the Seller's performance hereunder and under the other Operative
Documents to which the Seller is a party.
(f) The statements contained in the Registration Statement which describe
the Seller or matters or activities for which the Seller is responsible in
accordance with the Operative Documents or which are attributed to the Seller
therein are true and correct in all material respects, and the Registration
Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact with respect
to the Seller or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements contained therein with respect to the
Seller not misleading.
(g) Upon the receipt of each Home Equity Loan (including the related Note)
and other items of the Trust Estate by the Trustee under this Agreement, the
Trust will have good title to such Home Equity Loan (including the related Note)
and such other items of the Trust Estate free and clear of any lien, charge,
mortgage, encumbrance or rights of others, except as set forth in Section 3.04
(b) (ix) (other than liens which will be simultaneously released).
(h) All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions, variances,
franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and licenses required to be
taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or from any federal, state or
other governmental authority or agency (other than any such actions, approvals,
etc. under any state securities laws, real estate syndication or "Blue Sky"
statutes, as to which the Seller makes no such representation or warranty), that
are necessary or advisable in connection with the purchase and sale of the
Certificates and the execution and delivery by the Seller of the Operative
Documents to which it is a party, have been duly taken, given or obtained, as
the case may be, are in full force and effect on the date hereof, are not
subject to any pending proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial or
otherwise) and either the time within which any appeal therefrom may be taken or
review thereof may be obtained has expired or no review thereof may be obtained
or appeal therefrom taken, and are adequate to authorize the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Operative Documents on
the part of the Seller and the performance by the Seller of its obligations
under this Agreement and such of the other Operative Documents to which it is a
party.
(i) The origination practices used by the Seller with respect to the Home
Equity Loans have been, in all material respects, legal, proper, prudent and
customary in the mortgage lending business.
(j) The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary
course of business of the Seller.
(k) Neither the Trustee nor the Seller has any obligation to register the
Trust and the Trust has no obligation to register as an investment company under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(l) The Seller is not insolvent, nor will it be made insolvent by the
transfer of the Home Equity Loans, nor is the Seller aware of any pending
insolvency.
(m) The Seller received fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value
in exchange for the sale of the interests in the Home Equity Loans.
(n) The Seller did not sell any interest in any Home Equity Loan with any
intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors.
(o) No material adverse change affecting any security for the Class A
Certificates has occurred prior to delivery of and payment for the Class A
Certificates.
(p) The Seller is not in default under any agreement involving financial
obligations or on any outstanding obligation which would materially adversely
impact the financial condition or operations of the Seller or legal documents
associated with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
(q) To the best knowledge of the Seller, there has been no material adverse
change in any information submitted by the Seller in writing to the Certificate
Insurer with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (unless
such information was subsequently supplemented in writing to the Certificate
Insurer).
(r) The sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of Home Equity Loans by
the Seller pursuant to this Agreement is not subject to and will not result in
any tax, fee or governmental charge payable by the Seller, the Depositor or the
Trustee to any federal, state or local government ("Transfer Taxes") other than
Transfer Taxes which have or will be paid by the Seller as due. The Seller shall
pay, and otherwise indemnify and hold the Certificate Insurer harmless, on an
after-tax basis, from and against any and all such Transfer Taxes (it being
understood that the Certificate Insurer shall have no obligation to pay such
Transfer Taxes).
(s) No certificate of an officer, statement furnished in writing or report
delivered pursuant to the terms hereof by the Seller contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to
make the certificate, statement or report not misleading.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 3.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Home Equity
Loans to the Trustee.
Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Custodian, any
Sub-Servicer, any Owner, the Seller, the Certificate Insurer or the Trustee
(each, for purposes of this paragraph, a "party") of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.03 which materially
and adversely affects the interests of the Owners or the interests of the
Certificate Insurer, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice to the other parties. The Seller hereby covenants and agrees that within
60 days of its discovery or its receipt of notice of breach, it shall cure such
breach in all material respects or, with respect to a breach of clause (g)
above, the Seller may (or may cause an affiliate of the Seller to) on or prior
to the second Monthly Remittance Date next succeeding such discovery or receipt
of notice (i) substitute in lieu of any Home Equity Loan not in compliance with
clause (g) a Qualified Replacement Mortgage and, if the outstanding principal
amount of such Qualified Replacement Mortgage as of the applicable Replacement
Cut-Off Date is less than the outstanding principal balance of such Home Equity
Loan as of such Replacement Cut-Off Date, deliver an amount (a "Substitution
Amount") equal to such difference together with the aggregate amount of (A) all
Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances theretofore made with respect to
such Home Equity Loan and (B) all accrued and unpaid interest with respect to
such Home Equity Loan to the Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest
Account or (ii) purchase such Home Equity Loan from the Trust at the Loan
Purchase Price, which purchase price shall be delivered to the Servicer for
deposit in the Principal and Interest Account. Notwithstanding any provision of
this Agreement to the contrary, with respect to any Home Equity Loan which is
not in default or as to which no default is imminent, no repurchase or
substitution pursuant to Section 3.03, 3.04 or 3.06 shall be made unless the
Seller obtains for the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer at the Seller's
expense an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters to the
effect that such a repurchase or substitution would not constitute a Prohibited
Transaction for the Trust or either REMIC created hereunder or otherwise subject
the Trust or either REMIC created hereunder to tax and would not jeopardize the
status of either REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC (a "REMIC Opinion")
addressed to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer and acceptable to the
Certificate Insurer and the Trustee. The Seller shall also deliver an Officer's
Certificate to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer concurrently with the
delivery of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage pursuant to Sections 3.03, 3.04 and
3.06(b) stating that such Home Equity Loan meets the requirements of the
definition of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage and that all other conditions to
the substitution thereof have been satisfied. Any Home Equity Loan as to which
repurchase or substitution was delayed pursuant to this Section shall be
repurchased or substituted for (subject to compliance with Section 3.03, 3.04 or
3.06(b), as the case may be) upon the earlier of (a) the occurrence of a default
or imminent default with respect to such Home Equity Loan and (b) receipt by the
Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of a REMIC Opinion.
Section 3.04. COVENANTS OF SELLER TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO
THE HOME EQUITY LOANS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.
(a) Upon the discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the
Certificate Insurer, any Sub-Servicer, any Owner, the Custodian or the Trustee
that the representations and warranties set forth in clause (b) below were
untrue in any material respect, without regard to any limitation set forth
therein concerning the knowledge of the Seller as to the facts stated therein as
of the Startup Day (or in the case of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage, as of
the respective replacement date) with the result that the interests of the
Owners or of the Certificate Insurer in the related Home Equity Loan are, or may
be, materially and adversely affected, the party discovering such breach shall
give prompt written notice to the other parties. Upon the earliest to occur of
the Seller's discovery, its receipt of notice of breach from any one of the
other parties or such time as a situation resulting from an existing statement
which is untrue materially and adversely affects the interests of the Owners or
of the Certificate Insurer, without regard to any limitation set forth therein
concerning the knowledge of the Seller as to the facts stated therein, the
Seller hereby covenants and warrants that it shall promptly cure such breach in
all material respects or subject to the last three sentences of Section 3.03 it
shall on or before the second Monthly Remittance Date next succeeding such
discovery, receipt of notice or such time (i) substitute in lieu of each Home
Equity Loan which has given rise to the requirement for action by the Seller a
Qualified Replacement Mortgage and deliver the Substitution Amount to the
Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest Account or (ii) purchase such
Home Equity Loan from the Trust at a purchase price equal to the Loan Purchase
Price thereof, which purchase price shall be delivered to the Servicer for
deposit in the Principal and Interest Account; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the
Seller can establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer
that it is diligently pursuing remedial action, the period of time in which the
Seller must substitute a Qualified Replacement Mortgage or purchase such Home
Equity Loan may be extended with the written approval of the Certificate
Insurer. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller so to
substitute or purchase any Home Equity Loan as to which such a statement set
forth below is untrue in any material respect and has not been remedied shall
constitute the sole remedy respecting a discovery of any such statement which is
untrue in any material respect in this Section 3.04 available to the Owners and
the Trustee on behalf of the Owners.
(b) The Seller hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee,
the Depositor, the Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and the Owners that as of
the Startup Day:
(i) The information with respect to each Home Equity Loan set forth in
the Schedule of Home Equity Loans is true and correct as of the Cut-Off
Date;
(ii) All the original or certified documentation set forth in Section
3.05 (including all material documents related thereto) with respect to
each Home Equity Loan has been or will be delivered to the Custodian on
behalf of the Trustee on the Startup Day or as otherwise provided in
Section 3.05. To the Seller's best knowledge, no documentation contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a fact necessary to
make the statements contained therein not misleading.
(iii) Each Home Equity Loan being transferred to the Trust is a
Qualified Mortgage and is a Mortgage;
(iv) Each Property is a fee simple estate (except for one leasehold
estate in Group I) in the amount of $59,985.96 in a single parcel of real
property improved by a single (one-to-four) family residential dwelling
(except for 285 and 118 Home Equity Loans in Group I and Group II,
respectively, in the amount of $21,671,868.42 and $13,367,718.29,
respectively, that are condominiums, townhouses, manufactured housing,
cooperative rowhouses, two-to-four family residential dwellings or PUDs),
provided that no more than 1.25% and 1.47%, respectively, of the Properties
are secured by manufactured homes, each of which is considered to be real
property under the applicable local law;
(v) As of the Cut-Off Date or Replacement Cut-Off Date, as applicable,
no Home Equity Loan has a combined Loan-to-Value Ratio in excess of 90.00%
other than, as of the Cut-Off Date, 1.82% of the Home Equity Loans, which
have a combined Loan- to-Value Ratio between 90.00% to 120.00%;
(vi) Each Home Equity Loan is being serviced by the Servicer in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(vii) The Note related to each Home Equity Loan in Group I bears a
current Coupon Rate of at least 7.190% per annum and the Note related to
each Home Equity Loan in Group II bears a current Coupon Rate of at least
7.200%;
(viii) Each Note with respect to the Home Equity Loans will provide
for a schedule of substantially level and equal Monthly Payments (or
periodic rate adjustments in the case of the Home Equity Loans in Group
II), which are sufficient to amortize fully the principal balance of such
Note on or before its maturity date, except for Home Equity Loans
representing 0.14% of the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans
in Group I as of the Cut-Off Date which may provide for a "balloon" payment
due at the end of the 15th year and no Home Equity Loan is a graduated
payment loan;
(ix) As of the Startup Day, each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable
first or second lien of record (or is in the process of being recorded) on
the Property subject in the case of any Second Mortgage Loan only to a
Senior Lien on such Property and subject in all cases to the exceptions to
title set forth in the title insurance policy or attorney's opinion of
title, with respect to the related Home Equity Loan, which exceptions are
generally acceptable to banking institutions in connection with their
regular mortgage lending activities, and such other exceptions to which
similar properties are commonly subject and which do not individually, or
in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the benefits of the
security intended to be provided by such Mortgage;
(x) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the Home
Equity Loans by the Seller to the Depositor and by the Depositor to the
Trustee herein contemplated, the Seller and the Depositor, as the case may
be, held good and indefeasible title to, and was the sole owner of, each
Home Equity Loan (including the related Note) conveyed by the Seller
subject to no liens, charges, mortgages, encumbrances or rights of others
except as set forth in clause (ix) or other liens which will be released
simultaneously with such transfer and assignment; and immediately upon the
transfer and assignment herein contemplated, the Trustee will hold good and
indefeasible title to, and be the sole owner of, each Home Equity Loan
subject to no liens, charges, mortgages, encumbrances or rights of others
except as set forth in paragraph (ix) or other liens which will be released
simultaneously with such transfer and assignment;
(xi) As of the Cut-Off Date, approximately 0.24% of the aggregate Loan
Balance of the Home Equity Loans are 30-59 days Delinquent and no Home
Equity Loan is 60 or more days Delinquent;
(xii) There is no delinquent tax or assessment lien on any Property,
and each Property is free of substantial damage and is in good repair;
(xiii) There is no valid and enforceable right of offset, claim,
defense or counterclaim to any Note or Mortgage, including the obligation
of the related Mortgagor to pay the unpaid principal of or interest on such
Note nor has any such claim, defense, offset or counterclaim been asserted;
(xiv) There is no mechanics' lien or claim for work, labor or material
affecting any Property which is or may be a lien prior to, or equal with,
the lien of the related Mortgage except those which are insured against by
any title insurance policy referred to in paragraph (xvi) below;
(xv) Each Home Equity Loan at the time it was made complied in all
material respects with applicable state and federal laws and regulations,
including, without limitation, the federal Truth-in-Lending Act (as amended
by the Xxxxxx Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994)
and other consumer protection laws, usury, equal credit opportunity,
disclosure and recording laws;
(xvi) With respect to each Home Equity Loan either (a) if a title
insurance policy is not available in the applicable state, an attorney's
opinion of title has been obtained but no title policy has been obtained,
or (b) a lender's title insurance policy, issued in standard American Land
Title Association form by a title insurance company authorized to transact
business in the state in which the related Property is situated, in an
amount at least equal to the original balance of such Home Equity Loan
together, in the case of a Second Mortgage Loan, with the then-original
principal amount of the mortgage note relating to the Senior Lien, insuring
the mortgagee's interest under the related Home Equity Loan as the holder
of a valid first or second mortgage lien of record on the real Property
described in the related Mortgage, as the case may be, subject only to
exceptions of the character referred to in paragraph (ix) above, was
effective on the date of the origination of such Home Equity Loan, and, as
of the Startup Day, such policy is valid and thereafter such policy shall
continue in full force and effect;
(xvii) The improvements upon each Property are covered by a valid and
existing hazard insurance policy with a carrier generally acceptable to the
Servicer that provides for fire and extended coverage representing coverage
not less than the least of (A) the outstanding principal balance of the
related Home Equity Loan (together, in the case of a Second Mortgage Loan,
with the outstanding principal balance of the Senior Lien), (B) the minimum
amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost
basis or (C) the full insurable value of the Property;
(xviii) If any Property is in an area identified in the Federal
Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood
hazards, a flood insurance policy in a form meeting the requirements of the
current guidelines of the Flood Insurance Administration is in effect with
respect to such Property with a carrier generally acceptable to the
Servicer in an amount representing coverage not less than the least of (A)
the outstanding principal balance of the related Home Equity Loan
(together, in the case of a Second Mortgage Loan, with the outstanding
principal balance of the Senior Lien), (B) the minimum amount required to
compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis or (C) the
maximum amount of insurance that is available under the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973;
(xix) Each Mortgage and Note are the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the maker thereof and are enforceable in accordance with
their terms, except only as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general principles of
equity (whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law),
and all parties to each Home Equity Loan had full legal capacity to execute
all documents relating to such Home Equity Loan and convey the estate
therein purported to be conveyed;
(xx) The Seller has caused and will cause to be performed any and all
acts required to be performed to preserve the rights and remedies of the
Trustee in any Insurance Policies applicable to any Home Equity Loans
delivered by the Seller including, without limitation, any necessary
notifications of insurers, assignments of policies or interests therein,
and establishments of co-insured, joint loss payee and mortgagee rights in
favor of the Trustee;
(xxi) As of the Startup Day, no more than 0.34% of the aggregate Loan
Balance of the Home Equity Loans will be secured by Properties located
within any single zip code area;
(xxii) Each original Mortgage was recorded or is in the process of
being recorded, and all subsequent assignments of the original Mortgage
have been delivered for recordation or have been recorded in the
appropriate jurisdictions wherein such recordation is necessary to perfect
the lien thereof as against creditors of or purchasers from the Seller (or,
subject to Section 3.05 hereof, are in the process of being recorded); each
Mortgage and assignment of Mortgage is in recordable form and is acceptable
for recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the property
securing such Mortgage is located;
(xxiii) The terms of each Note and each 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 interest
of the Owners and the Certificate Insurer and which has been delivered to
the Trustee. The substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification
is reflected on the related Schedule of Home Equity Loans;
(xxiv) The proceeds of each Home Equity Loan have been fully
disbursed, and there is no obligation on the part of the mortgagee to make
future advances thereunder. Any and all requirements as to completion of
any on-site or off-site improvements and as to disbursements of any escrow
funds therefor have been complied with. All costs, fees and expenses
incurred in making or closing or recording such Home Equity Loans were paid
and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due
under the related Note or Mortgage;
(xxv) The related Note is not and has not been secured by any
collateral, pledged account or other security except the lien of the
corresponding Mortgage;
(xxvi) No Home Equity Loan has a shared appreciation feature, or other
contingent interest feature;
(xxvii) Each Property is located in the state identified in the
respective Schedule of Home Equity Loans and consists of one or more
parcels of real property with a residential dwelling erected thereon;
(xxviii) Each Mortgage contains a provision for the acceleration of
the payment of the unpaid principal balance of the related Home Equity Loan
in the event the related Property is sold without the prior consent of the
mortgagee thereunder;
(xxix) Any advances made after the date of origination of a Home
Equity Loan but prior to the Cut-Off Date have been consolidated with the
outstanding principal amount secured by the related Mortgage, and the
secured principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest rate and
single repayment term reflected on the respective Schedule of Home Equity
Loans. The consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original
principal amount of the related Home Equity Loan. No Note permits or
obligates the Servicer to make future advances to the related Mortgagor at
the option of the Mortgagor;
(xxx) There is no proceeding pending or threatened for the total or
partial condemnation of any Property, nor is such a proceeding currently
occurring, and each Property is undamaged by waste, fire, water, flood,
earthquake, earth movement or other casualty;
(xxxi) All of the improvements which were included for the purposes of
determining the Appraised Value of any Property lie wholly within the
boundaries and building restriction lines of such Property, and no
improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon such Property, and are
stated in the title insurance policy and affirmatively insured;
(xxxii) No improvement located on or being part of any Property is in
violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation. All inspections,
licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with respect to all
occupied portions of each 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 and such Property is lawfully occupied
under the applicable law;
(xxxiii) With respect to each Mortgage constituting a deed of trust, a
trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been
properly designated and currently so serves and is named in such Mortgage,
and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Owners or the
Trust to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a
trustee's sale after default by the related Mortgagor;
(xxxiv) Each Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions
which render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the
realization against the related Property of the benefits of the security,
including (A) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by
trustee's sale and (B) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. There is no
homestead or other exemption other than any applicable Mortgagor redemption
rights available to the related Mortgagor which would materially interfere
with the right to sell the related Property at a trustee's sale or the
right to foreclose the related Mortgage;
(xxxv) There is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration
existing under any Mortgage or the related Note and no event which, with
the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure
period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration; and neither the Servicer nor the Seller has waived any
default, breach, violation or event of acceleration or advanced funds,
directly or indirectly for the payment of any amount required under any
Home Equity Loan;
(xxxvi) No instrument of release or waiver has been executed in
connection with any Home Equity Loan, and no Mortgagor has been released,
in whole or in part, except in connection with an assumption agreement
which has been approved by the primary mortgage guaranty insurer, if any,
and which has been delivered to the Trustee;
(xxxvii) [Reserved]
(xxxviii) Each Home Equity Loan was underwritten in accordance with
the credit underwriting guidelines of the Seller as set forth in the
Seller's Policies and Procedures Manual, as in effect on the date hereof
and such Manual conforms in all material respects to the description
thereof set forth in the Registration Statement;
(xxxix) Each Home Equity Loan was originated based upon a full
appraisal, which included an interior inspection of the subject property;
(xl) The Home Equity Loans were not selected for inclusion in the
Trust by the Seller on any basis intended to adversely affect the Trust or
the Certificate Insurer;
(xli) No more than 4.99% and 3.31% of the aggregate Loan Balance of
the Home Equity Loans in Group I and Group II, respectively, are secured by
Properties that are non-owner occupied Properties (I.E., investor-owned and
vacation);
(xlii) The Seller has no actual knowledge that there exist any
hazardous substances, hazardous wastes or solid wastes, as such terms are
defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and
Liability Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, or other
federal, state or local environmental legislation on any Property, and no
violations of any local, state or federal environmental law, rule or
regulation exist with respect to any Property;
(xliii) The Seller (and the originator, if not the Seller) was
properly licensed or otherwise authorized, to the extent required by
applicable law, to originate or purchase each Home Equity Loan; and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, including, without
limitation, the receipt of interest by the Owners and the ownership of the
Home Equity Loans by the Trustee as trustee of the Trust will not involve
the violation of such laws;
(xliv) With respect to each Property subject to a ground lease (i) the
current ground lessor has been identified and all ground rents which have
previously become due and owing have been paid; (ii) the ground lease term
extends, or is automatically renewable, for at least five years beyond the
maturity date of the related Home Equity Loan; (iii) the ground lease has
been duly executed and recorded; (iv) the amount of the ground rent and any
increases therein are clearly identified in the lease and are for
predetermined amounts at predetermined times; (v) the ground rent payment
is included in the borrower's monthly payment as an expense item in
determining the qualification of the borrower for such Home Equity Loan;
(vi) the Trust has the right to cure defaults on the ground lease; and
(vii) the terms and conditions of the leasehold do not prevent the free and
absolute marketability of the Property. As of the Cut-Off Date, the Loan
Balance of the Home Equity Loans with related Properties subject to ground
leases does not exceed 1% of the Original Aggregate Loan Balance;
(xlv) As of the Startup Day, with respect to any Second Mortgage Loan,
the Seller has not received a notice of default of any Senior Lien secured
by any Property which has not been cured by a party other than the Seller;
(xlvi) No Home Equity Loan is subject to a rate reduction pursuant to
a buydown program;
(xlvii) Reserved;
(xlviii) The Coupon Rate on each Home Equity Loan is calculated on the
basis of a year of 360 days with twelve 30-day months;
(xlix) Each Home Equity Loan was originated by the Seller or its
affiliate;
(l) Neither the operation of any of the terms of each Note and each
Mortgage nor the exercise of any right thereunder will render either the
Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, nor subject it to
any right of rescission, claim set-off, counterclaim or defense, including,
without limitation, the defense of usury;
(li) Any adjustment to the Coupon Rate on a Home Equity Loan in Group
II has been legal, proper and in accordance with the terms of the related
Note;
(lii) No Home Equity Loan in Group II is subject to negative
amortization;
(liii) As of the Cut-Off Date, the FTC holder regulation provided in
16 C.F.R. Part 433 applies to none of the Home Equity Loans;
(liv) As of the Cut-Off Date with respect to the Home Equity Loans and
the Replacement Cut-Off Date with respect to the Qualified Replacement
Mortgages, a portion of the Home Equity Loans are "mortgages" as defined in
15 U.S.C. 1602(aa), and with respect to each such Home Equity Loan, no
Mortgagor has or will have a claim or defense under such Home Equity Loan;
(lv) To the knowledge of the Seller, there does not exist any
circumstances or conditions with respect to the Mortgage, the Property, the
Mortgagor or the Mortgagor's credit standing that reasonably can be
expected to cause private institutional investors to regard the related
Home Equity Loan as an unacceptable investment, cause the Home Equity Loan
to become delinquent, or adversely affect the value or marketability of the
Home Equity Loan;
(lvi) The rights with respect to each Home Equity Loan are assignable
by the Seller without the consent of any Person other than consents which
will have been obtained on or before the Startup Day;
(lvii) The Seller has duly fulfilled all obligations to be fulfilled
on the lender's part under or in connection with the origination,
acquisition and assignment of the Home Equity Loans and the related
Mortgage and Note, and has done nothing to impair the rights of the
Trustee, the Certificate Insurer or the Owners in payments with respect
thereto;
(lviii) To the Seller's knowledge, the documents, instruments and
agreements submitted by each Mortgagor for loan underwriting were not
falsified and contain no untrue statement of a material fact and do not
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the information and statements contained therein not misleading;
(lix) No Home Equity Loan matures later than February 2029;
(lx) The first date on which the applicable Mortgagor must make a
payment on each Home Equity Loan is no later than February 1, 1999, except
with respect to 719 Home Equity Loans, which represent 19.91% of the
Original Aggregate Loan Balance as of the Cut-Off Date, that provide for a
first payment on March 1, 1999; and
(lxi) With respect to each Home Equity Loan that is a Second Mortgage
Loan:
(a) The related Senior Lien does not provide for negative
amortization.
(b) The Seller has not received, and is not aware of, a notice of
default of any Senior Lien which has not been cured.
(c) To the best of the knowledge of the Seller, no funds provided
to the Mortgagor from a Second Mortgage Loan were concurrently used as
a down payment for the Senior Lien.
(c) In the event that any such repurchase pursuant to this Section results
in a prohibited transaction tax as specified in the REMIC Opinion delivered
pursuant to Section 3.03, the Trustee shall immediately notify the Seller in
writing thereof and the Seller will, within 10 days of receiving notice thereof
from the Trustee, deposit the amount due from the Trust with the Trustee for the
payment thereof, including any interest and penalties, in immediately available
funds. In the event that any Qualified Replacement Mortgage is delivered by the
Seller to the Trust pursuant to Section 3.03, Section 3.04 or Section 3.06
hereof, the Seller shall be obligated to take the actions described in Section
3.04(a) with respect to such Qualified Replacement Mortgage upon the discovery
by any of the Owners, the Seller, the Servicer, the Certificate Insurer, any
Sub-Servicer, the Custodian or the Trustee that the statements set forth in
subsection (b) above are untrue in any material respect, without regard to any
limitation set forth therein concerning the knowledge of the Seller as to facts
stated therein, on the date such Qualified Replacement Mortgage is conveyed to
the Trust such that the interests of the Owners or the Certificate Insurer in
the related Qualified Replacement Mortgage are, or may be, materially and
adversely affected; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for the purposes of this subsection
(c) the statements in subsection (b) above referring to items "as of the Cut-Off
Date" or "as of the Startup Day" shall be deemed to refer to such items as of
the date such Qualified Replacement Mortgage is conveyed to the Trust.
Notwithstanding the fact that a representation contained in subsection (b) above
may be limited to the Seller's knowledge, such limitation shall not relieve the
Seller of its repurchase obligation under this Section and Section 3.05 hereof.
(d) It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties and
covenants set forth in this Section 3.04 shall survive delivery of the
respective Home Equity Loans (including Qualified Replacement Mortgage) to the
Trustee or the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee.
(e) The Trustee shall have no duty to conduct any affirmative investigation
other than as specifically set forth in this Agreement as to the occurrence of
any condition requiring the repurchase or substitution of any Home Equity Loan
pursuant to this Article III or the eligibility of any Home Equity Loan for the
purpose of this Agreement.
Section 3.05. SALE TREATMENT OF THE HOME EQUITY LOANS AND QUALIFIED
REPLACEMENT MORTGAGES.
(a) The transfer by the Seller and the Depositor of the Home Equity Loans
set forth on the Schedule of Home Equity Loans to the Trustee is absolute and is
intended by the Owners and all parties hereto to be treated as a sale by the
Seller and the Depositor.
In the event that either such conveyance is deemed to be a loan, the
parties intend that the Seller shall be deemed to have granted to the Depositor
and the Depositor shall be deemed to have granted to the Trustee a security
interest in the Trust Estate, and that this Agreement shall constitute a
security agreement under applicable law.
(b) In connection with the transfer and assignment of the Home Equity Loans
the Seller agrees to:
(i) deliver without recourse to the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, on the Startup Day with respect to each Home Equity Loan, (A) the
original Notes endorsed in blank or to the order of the Trustee ("Pay to
the order of Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee for
Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1, without recourse") and signed by
manual signature of the Seller, (B) (I) if the original title insurance
policy is not available, the original title insurance commitment or a copy
thereof certified as a true copy by the closing agent or the Seller, and
when available, the original title insurance policy or a copy certified by
the issuer of the title insurance policy or (II) if title insurance is not
available in the applicable state, the attorney's opinion of title, (C)
originals or copies of all intervening assignments certified as true copies
by the closing agent or the Seller, showing a complete chain of title from
origination to the Trustee, if any, including warehousing assignments, if
recorded, (D) originals of all assumption and modification agreements, if
any, (E) either: (1) the original Mortgage, with evidence of recording
thereon (if such original Mortgage has been returned to the Seller from the
applicable recording office) or a copy of the Mortgage certified as a true
copy by the closing attorney or an Authorized Officer of the Seller, or (2)
a copy of the Mortgage certified by the public recording office in those
instances where the original recorded Mortgage has been lost and (F) the
original assignments of Mortgages (as described in clause (b)(ii)) in
recordable form and acceptable for recording in the state or other
jurisdiction where the Property is located.;
(ii) cause, within 60 days following the Startup Day with respect to
the Home Equity Loans, assignments of the Mortgages to "Norwest Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee of Centex Home Equity Loan
Trust 1999-1 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February
1, 1999" to be submitted for recording in the appropriate jurisdictions;
PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the Seller shall not be required to record an
assignment of a Mortgage if the Seller furnishes to the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer, on or before the Startup Day, at the Seller's expense,
an Opinion of Counsel with respect to the relevant jurisdiction that such
recording is not necessary to PERFECT the Trustee's interest in the related
Home Equity Loans (in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, the
Certificate Insurer and the Rating Agencies); PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER,
notwithstanding the delivery of any legal opinions, each assignment of
Mortgage shall be recorded by the Trustee or the Custodian on behalf of the
Trustee upon the earliest to occur of: (i) reasonable direction by the
Certificate Insurer, (ii) the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event,
(iii) the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to
the Seller, or (iv) if the Seller is not Servicer and with respect to any
one assignment of Mortgage, the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or
foreclosure relating to the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage;
(iii) deliver the title insurance policy or title searches, the
original Mortgages and such recorded assignments, together with originals
or duly certified copies of any and all prior assignments (other than
unrecorded warehouse assignments), to the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, within 15 days of receipt thereof by the Seller (but in any event,
with respect to any Mortgage as to which original recording information has
been made available to the Seller, within one year after the Startup Day);
and
(iv) furnish to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Rating
Agencies at the Seller's expense, an Opinion of Counsel with respect to the
sale and perfection of the Home Equity Loans delivered to the Trust in form
and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Insurer.
In instances where the original recorded Mortgage cannot be delivered by
the Seller to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee prior to or concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement due to a delay in connection
with recording, the Seller may in lieu of delivering such original recorded
Mortgage, deliver to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee a copy thereof,
provided that the Seller certifies that the original Mortgage has been delivered
to a title insurance company for recordation after receipt of its policy of
title insurance or binder therefor. In all such instances, the Seller will
deliver or cause to be delivered the original recorded Mortgage to the Custodian
on behalf of the Trustee promptly upon receipt of the original recorded Mortgage
but in no event later than one year after the Startup Day.
The Seller hereby confirms to the Trustee that it has made the appropriate
entries in its general accounting records, to indicate that such Home Equity
Loans have been transferred to the Trustee and constitute part of the Trust in
accordance with the terms of the trust created hereunder.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.05, in
those instances where the public recording office retains the original Mortgage,
the assignment of a Mortgage or the intervening assignments of the Mortgage
after it has been recorded, the Depositor and Seller shall be deemed to have
satisfied its obligations hereunder upon delivery to the Custodian, on behalf of
the Trustee of a copy of such Mortgage, such assignment or assignments of
Mortgage certified by the public recording office to be a true copy of the
recorded original thereof.
Not later than ten days following the end of the 60-day period referred in
clause (b)(ii) above, the Seller shall deliver to the Custodian, on behalf of
the Trustee, a list of all Mortgages for which no Mortgage assignment has yet
been submitted for recording by the Seller, which list shall state the reason
why the Seller has not yet submitted such Mortgage assignments for recording.
With respect to any Mortgage assignment disclosed on such list as not yet
submitted for recording for a reason other than a lack of original recording
information, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall make an immediate
demand on the Seller to prepare such Mortgage assignments, and shall inform the
Certificate Insurer, in writing, of the Seller's failure to prepare such
Mortgage assignments. Thereafter, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall
cooperate in executing any documents prepared by the Certificate Insurer and
submitted to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee in connection with this
provision. Following the expiration of the 60- day period referred to in clause
(b)(ii) above, the Seller shall promptly prepare a Mortgage assignment for any
Mortgage for which original recording information is subsequently received by
the Seller, and shall promptly deliver a copy of such Mortgage assignment to the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee. The Seller agrees that it will follow its
normal servicing procedures and attempt to obtain the original recording
information necessary to complete a Mortgage assignment. In the event that the
Seller is unable to obtain such recording information with respect to any
Mortgage prior to the end of the 18th calendar month following the Startup Day
with respect to the Home Equity Loans and has not provided to the Custodian, on
behalf of the Trustee a Mortgage assignment with evidence of recording thereon
relating to the assignment of such Mortgage to the Trustee, the Custodian, on
behalf of the Trustee shall notify the Seller of the Seller's obligation to
provide a completed assignment (with evidence of recording thereon) on or before
the end of the 20th calendar month following the Startup Day with respect to the
Home Equity Loans. A copy of such notice shall be sent by the Custodian, on
behalf of the Trustee to the Certificate Insurer. If no such completed
assignment (with evidence of recording thereon) is provided before the end of
such 20th calendar month, the related Home Equity Loan shall be deemed to have
breached the representation contained in clause (xxii) of Section 3.04(b)
hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if as of the end of such 20th calendar month the
Seller demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer that it is
exercising its best efforts to obtain such completed assignment and, during each
month thereafter until such completed assignment is delivered to the Custodian,
on behalf of the Trustee, the Seller continues to demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer that it is exercising its best efforts
to obtain such completed assignment, the related Home Equity Loan will not be
deemed to have breached such representation. The requirement to deliver a
completed assignment with evidence of recording thereon will be deemed satisfied
upon delivery of a copy of the completed assignment certified by the applicable
public recording office.
Copies of all Mortgage assignments received by the Custodian on behalf of
the Trustee shall be retained in the related File.
All recording required pursuant to this Section 3.05 shall be accomplished
at the expense of the Seller.
(c) In the case of Home Equity Loans which have been prepaid in full on or
after the Cut-Off Date and prior to the Startup Day, the Seller, in lieu of the
foregoing, will deliver within six (6) days after the Startup Day to the Trustee
a certification of an Authorized Officer in the form set forth in Exhibit E.
(d) The Seller shall transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey
without recourse, to the Trustee all right, title and interest of the Seller in
and to any Qualified Replacement Mortgage delivered to the Custodian, on behalf
of the Trustee on behalf of the Trust by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.03,
3.04 or 3.06 hereof and all its right, title and interest to principal and
interest due on such Qualified Replacement Mortgage on and after the applicable
Replacement Cut-Off Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Seller shall reserve and
retain all right, title and interest in and to payments of principal and
interest due on such Qualified Replacement Mortgage prior to the applicable
Replacement Cut-Off Date.
(e) As to each Home Equity Loan released from the Trust in connection with
a repurchase or the conveyance of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage therefor, the
Trustee will transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey without recourse or
representation, on the Seller's order, all of its right, title and interest in
and to such released Home Equity Loan and all the Trust's right, title and
interest to principal and interest due on such released Home Equity Loan after
the applicable Replacement Cut-Off Date, as the case may be; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Trust shall reserve and or and retain all right, title and interest in
and to payments of principal and interest due on such released Home Equity Loan
prior to such repurchase or the applicable Replacement Cut-Off Date, as the case
may be.
(f) In connection with any transfer and assignment of a Qualified
Replacement Mortgage to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, the Seller agrees to
(i) deliver without recourse to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee on the
date of delivery of such Qualified Replacement Mortgage the original Note
relating thereto, endorsed in blank or to the order of the Trustee, (ii) cause
promptly to be recorded an assignment in the appropriate jurisdictions, (iii)
deliver the original Qualified Replacement Mortgage and such recorded
assignment, together with original or duly certified copies of any and all prior
assignments, to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee within 15 days of
receipt thereof by the Seller (but in any event within 120 days after the date
of conveyance of such Qualified Replacement Mortgage) and (iv) deliver the title
insurance policy, or where no such policy is required to be provided under
Section 3.05(b)(i)(B), the other evidence of title required in Section
3.05(b)(i)(B).
(g) As to each Home Equity Loan released from the Trust in connection with
a repurchase or the conveyance of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee shall deliver on the date of such repurchase
or conveyance of such Qualified Replacement Mortgage and on the order of the
Seller (i) the original Note relating thereto, endorsed without recourse or
representation, in blank or to the order of, to the Seller, (ii) the original
Mortgage so released and all assignments relating thereto and (iii) such other
documents as constituted the File with respect thereto.
(h) If a Mortgage assignment is lost during the process of recording, or is
returned from the recorder's office unrecorded due to a defect therein, the
Seller shall prepare a substitute assignment or cure such defect, as the case
may be, and thereafter cause each such assignment to be duly recorded.
Section 3.06. ACCEPTANCE BY TRUSTEE; CERTAIN SUBSTITUTIONS OF HOME EQUITY
LOANS; CERTIFICATION BY TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver and to cause the Custodian to
execute and deliver on the Startup Day an acknowledgment of receipt of the items
delivered by the Seller in the forms attached as Exhibit F hereto, and declares
through the Custodian that it will hold such documents and any amendments,
replacement or supplements thereto, as well as any other assets included in the
definition of Trust Estate and delivered to the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, as Trustee in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein
for the benefit of the Owners and the Certificate Insurer. The Trustee agrees,
for the benefit of the Owners and the Certificate Insurer, to cause the
Custodian to review such items within 45 days after the Startup Day (or, with
respect to any document delivered after the Startup Day, within 45 days of
receipt and with respect to any Qualified Replacement Mortgage, within 45 days
after the assignment thereof) and to deliver to the Depositor, the Seller, the
Servicer and the Certificate Insurer a certification in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit G (a "Pool Certification") to the effect that, as to each Home Equity
Loan listed in the Schedule of Home Equity Loans (other than any Home Equity
Loan paid in full or any Home Equity Loan specifically identified in such Pool
Certification as not covered by such Pool Certification), (i) all documents
required to be delivered to it pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(i) of this Agreement
have been executed and are in its possession and that the Notes have been
endorsed as set forth in Section 3.05(b)(i) hereof, (ii) such documents have
been reviewed by it and have not been mutilated, damaged or torn and relate to
such Home Equity Loan and (iii) based on its examination and only as to the
foregoing documents, the information set forth on the Schedule of Home Equity
Loans accurately reflects the information set forth in the File. The Trustee
shall have no responsibility for reviewing any File except as expressly provided
in this subsection 3.06(a). Without limiting the effect of the preceding
sentence, in reviewing any File, the Trustee shall have no responsibility for
determining whether any document is valid and binding, whether the text of any
assignment is in proper form (except to determine if the Trustee is the
assignee), whether any document has been recorded in accordance with the
requirements of any applicable jurisdiction or whether a blanket assignment is
permitted in any applicable jurisdiction, but shall only be required to
determine whether a document has been executed, that it appears to be what it
purports to be, and, where applicable, that it purports to be recorded. The
Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine any
such documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that they
are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or that
they are other than what they purport to be on their face, nor shall the Trustee
be under any duty to determine independently whether there are any intervening
assignments or assumption or modification agreements with respect to any Home
Equity Loan.
(b) If the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee during such 45-day period
finds any document constituting a part of a File which is not executed, has not
been received, or is unrelated to the Home Equity Loans identified in the
Schedule of Home Equity Loans, or that any Home Equity Loan does not conform to
the description thereof as set forth in the Schedule of Home Equity Loans, the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee shall promptly so notify the Depositor, the
Seller, the Owners and the Certificate Insurer. In performing any such review,
the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee may conclusively rely on the Seller as
to the purported genuineness of any such document and any signature thereon. It
is understood that the scope of the review of the items delivered by the Seller
pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(i) is limited solely to confirming that the
documents listed in Section 3.05(b)(i) have been executed and received, relate
to the Files identified in the Schedule of Home Equity Loans and conform to the
description thereof in the Schedule of Home Equity Loans. The Seller agrees to
use reasonable efforts to remedy a material defect in a document constituting
part of a File of which it is so notified by the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee. If, however, within 90 days after such notice to it respecting such
defect the Seller has not remedied the defect and the defect materially and
adversely affects the interest in the related Home Equity Loan of the Owners or
the Certificate Insurer, the Seller will (or will cause an affiliate of the
Seller to) on the next succeeding Monthly Remittance Date (i) substitute in lieu
of such Home Equity Loan a Qualified Replacement Mortgage and deliver the
Substitution Amount to the Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest
Account or (ii) purchase such Home Equity Loan at a purchase price equal to the
Loan Purchase Price thereof, which purchase price shall be delivered to the
Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest Account. In connection with
any proposed purchase or substitution of a Home Equity Loan, the Seller shall
cause at the Seller's expense to be delivered to the Trustee and to the
Certificate Insurer an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax
matters stating whether or not such a proposed purchase or substitution would
constitute a Prohibited Transaction for the Trust or would jeopardize the status
of either REMIC I or REMIC II as a REMIC, and the Seller shall only be required
to take either such action to the extent such action would not constitute a
Prohibited Transaction for the Trust or would not jeopardize the status of
either REMIC I or REMIC II as a REMIC. Any required purchase or substitution, if
delayed by the absence of such opinion, shall nonetheless occur upon the earlier
of (i) the occurrence of a default or imminent default with respect to the Home
Equity Loan or (ii) the delivery of such opinion.
(c) In addition to the foregoing, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee
also agrees to make a review during the 12th month after the Startup Day
indicating the current status of the exceptions previously indicated on the Pool
Certification (the "Final Certification"). After delivery of the Final
Certification, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee and the Servicer shall
provide to the Certificate Insurer no less frequently than monthly updated
certifications indicating the then current status of exceptions, until all such
exceptions have been eliminated.
Section 3.07. [Reserved]
Section 3.08. CUSTODIAN.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the parties
hereto acknowledge that the functions of the Trustee with respect to the
custody, acceptance, inspection and release of the Files pursuant to Sections
3.05, 3.06, and 8.14 and the related Pool Certification and Final Certification
shall be performed by the Custodian on the Trustee's behalf pursuant to the
Custodial Agreement; provided, however, the Trustee shall remain primarily
liable for such obligations. The fees and expenses of the Custodian will be paid
by the Servicer.
If, pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Custodial Agreement, the Custodian
shall request written instructions from the Trustee, the Trustee hereby agrees
to promptly provide such instructions.
Section 3.09. COOPERATION PROCEDURES. The Seller shall, in connection with
the delivery of each Qualified Replacement Mortgage to the Custodian, on behalf
of the Trustee, provide the Trustee with information set forth in the Schedules
of Home Equity Loans with respect to such Qualified Replacement Mortgage.
(a) The Seller, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee covenant to
provide each other with all data and information required to be provided by them
hereunder at the times required hereunder, and additionally covenant reasonably
to cooperate with each other in providing any additional information required to
be obtained by any of them in connection with their respective duties hereunder.
(b) The Servicer shall maintain such accurate and complete accounts,
records and computer systems pertaining to each File as shall enable it and the
Trustee to comply with this Agreement. In performing its recordkeeping duties
the Servicer shall act in accordance with the servicing standards set forth in
this Agreement. The Servicer shall conduct, or cause to be conducted, periodic
audits of its accounts, records and computer systems as set forth in Section
8.16 and 8.17 hereof. The Servicer shall promptly report to the Trustee any
failure on its part to maintain its accounts, records and computer systems
herein provided and promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such failure.
(c) The Seller further confirms to the Trustee that it has caused the
portions of the electronic ledger relating to the Home Equity Loans to be
clearly and unambiguously marked to indicate that such Home Equity Loans have
been sold, transferred, assigned and conveyed through the Depositor to the
Trustee and constitute part of the Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of
the trust created hereunder and that the Seller will treat the transaction
contemplated by such sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance as a sale for
accounting purposes.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the parties
hereto acknowledge that the functions of the Trustee with respect to the
custody, acceptance, inspection and release of the Files pursuant to Sections
3.05, 3.06 and 8.14 and the related Pool Certification and Final Certification
shall be performed by the Custodian pursuant to the Custodial Agreement. The
fees and expenses of the Custodian will be paid by the Servicer.
END OF ARTICLE III
ARTICLE IV
ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 4.01. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES.
On the Startup Day, upon the Trustee's receipt from the Depositor of an
executed Delivery Order in the form set forth as Exhibit H hereto, the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver the Certificates on behalf of the Trust.
Section 4.02. SALE OF CERTIFICATES.
At 11 a.m. New York City time on the Startup Day, at the offices of Stroock
& Stroock & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (or at such
other location acceptable to the Seller), the Seller will sell and convey the
Home Equity Loans and the money, instruments and other property related thereto
to the Depositor and the Depositor will convey the Home Equity Loans and the
money, instruments and other property related thereto to the Trustee, and the
Depositor will cause the Certificate Insurance Policies to be delivered to the
Trustee and the Trustee will deliver (i) to the Underwriters (as designee of the
Depositor), the Class A Certificates with an aggregate Percentage Interest in
each Class equal to 100% registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other
names as the Underwriters shall direct, against payment to the Depositor of the
purchase price thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
Trustee as designee of the Depositor and (ii) to the respective registered
owners thereof (as designees of the Depositor), Class R Certificates with a
Percentage Interest equal to 99.999%, registered in the name of the initial
purchasers thereof, a Class R Certificate with a Percentage Interest equal to
0.001%, registered in the name of the Tax Matters Person and the Class X-IO
Certificates, registered in the name of the initial purchasers thereof (all such
events shall be referred to herein as the "Closing").
Upon the Trustee's receipt of the entire net proceeds of the sale of the
Class A Certificates, the Trustee on behalf of the Depositor shall remit the
entire balance of such net proceeds in accordance with instructions delivered by
the Depositor.
END OF ARTICLE IV
ARTICLE V
CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 5.01. TERMS.
(a) The Certificates are pass-through securities having the rights
described therein and herein. Notwithstanding references herein or therein with
respect to the Certificates as to "principal" and "interest" thereof, no debt of
any Person is represented thereby, nor are the Certificates or the underlying
Notes guaranteed by any Person (except that the Notes may be recourse to the
Mortgagors thereof to the extent permitted by law and the terms of the related
Note and except for the rights of the Trustee on behalf of the Owners of the
Class A Certificates with respect to the Certificate Insurance Policies). The
Class A Certificates are payable solely from payments received on or with
respect to the Home Equity Loans (net of the Servicing Fees, Trustee Fees, and
Premium Amounts), moneys in the Principal and Interest Account, except as
otherwise provided herein, and moneys initially deposited into the Certificate
Account in respect of loans that will not accrue a full 30 days interest for the
first Distribution Date, from earnings on moneys and the proceeds of property
held as a part of the Trust Estate and, upon the occurrence of certain events,
from Insured Payments. Each Certificate entitles the Owner thereof to receive
monthly on each Distribution Date, in order of priority of distributions with
respect to such Class of Certificates as set forth in Section 7.03, a specified
portion of such payments with respect to the Home Equity Loans, certain related
Insured Payments, PRO RATA in accordance with such Owner's Percentage Interest.
(b) Each Owner is required, and hereby agrees, to return to the Trustee,
any Certificate prior to the Trustee making the final distribution due thereon.
Any such Certificate as to which the Trustee has made the final distribution
thereon shall be deemed canceled and shall no longer be Outstanding for any
purpose of this Agreement.
Section 5.02. FORMS.
The Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class A-3
Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates, the Class
A-6 Certificates, the Class A-7 Certificates, the Class A-8 Certificates, the
Class X-IO Certificates and the Class R Certificates shall be in substantially
the forms set forth in Exhibits X-0, X-0, X-0, X-0, X-0, X-0, X-0, X-0, B and C
hereof, respectively.
Section 5.03. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY.
Each Certificate shall be executed on behalf of the Trust, by the manual
signature of one of the Trustee's Authorized Officers. In addition, each
Certificate shall be authenticated by the manual signature of one of the
Trustee's Authorized Officers.
Certificates bearing the manual signature of individuals who were at any
time the proper officers of the Trustee shall, upon proper authentication by the
Trustee, bind the Trust, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them
have ceased to hold such offices prior to the execution and delivery of such
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of authentication of such
Certificates.
The initial Certificates shall be dated as of the Startup Day and delivered
at the Closing to the parties specified in Section 4.02 hereof. Subsequently
issued Certificates will be dated as of the issuance of the Certificate.
No Certificate shall be valid until executed and authenticated as set forth
above.
Section 5.04. REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATES.
(a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept a register (the "Register") in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee
shall provide for the registration of Certificates and the registration of
transfer of Certificates. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed Registrar
for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers of Certificates as
herein provided. The Certificate Insurer, the Owners and the Trustee shall have
the right to inspect the Register during the Trustee's normal hours and to
obtain copies thereof, and the Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a
certificate executed on behalf of the Registrar by an Authorized Officer thereof
as to the names and addresses of the Owners of the Certificates and the
principal amounts and numbers of such Certificates.
If a Person other than the Trustee is appointed as Registrar by the Owners
of a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests represented by the Class A
Certificates then Outstanding with the consent of the Certificate Insurer or if
there are no longer any Class A Certificates then Outstanding, by such majority
of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class X-IO and the Class R
Certificates, such Owners shall give the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and
the Owners prompt written notice of the appointment of such Registrar and of the
location, and any change in the location, of the Register. In connection with
any such appointment the reasonable fees of the Registrar shall be paid, as
expenses of the Trust, pursuant to Section 7.06 hereof.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 5.08 hereof, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office designated as the
location of the Register, upon the direction of the Registrar, the Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Certificates of a like Class and in the aggregate
outstanding principal amount or Percentage Interest of the Certificate so
surrendered.
(c) At the option of any Owner, Certificates of any Class owned by such
Owner may be exchanged for other Certificates authorized of like Class and tenor
and a like aggregate outstanding principal amount or Percentage Interest and
bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding, upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office designated as the location of the
Register. Whenever any Certificate is so surrendered for exchange, upon the
direction of the Registrar, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver
the Certificate or Certificates which the Owner making the exchange is entitled
to receive.
(d) All Certificates issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange
of Certificates shall be valid evidence of the same ownership interests in the
Trust and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Certificates
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(e) Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Owner
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(f) No service charge shall be made to an Owner for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Registrar or Trustee may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Certificates; any other expenses in connection with such transfer or exchange
shall be an expense of the Trust.
(g) It is intended that the Class A Certificates be registered so as to
participate in a global book-entry system with the Depository, as set forth
herein. Each Class of Class A Certificates shall, except as otherwise provided
in Subsection (h), be initially issued in the form of a single fully registered
Class A Certificate of such Class. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of each
such Class A Certificate shall be registered in the Register in the name of Cede
& Co., or any successor thereto, as nominee for the Depository.
On the Startup Day, the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class
A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7 and Class A-8 Certificates shall be issued in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof.
The Depositor and the Trustee are hereby authorized to execute and deliver
the Representation Letter with the Depository in the form provided to the
Trustee by the Depositor.
With respect to the Class A Certificates registered in the Register in the
name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository, the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Seller, the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee shall have no responsibility
or obligation to Direct or Indirect Participants or beneficial owners for which
the Depository holds Class A Certificates from time to time as a Depository.
Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the Depositor, the
Servicer, the Seller, the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee shall have no
responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of
the Depository, Cede & Co., or any Direct or Indirect Participant with respect
to the ownership interest in the Class A Certificates, (ii) the delivery to any
Direct or Indirect Participant or any other Person, other than a registered
Owner of a Class A Certificate as shown in the Register, of any notice with
respect to the Class A Certificates or (iii) the payment to any Direct or
Indirect Participant or any other Person, other than a registered Owner of a
Class A Certificate as shown in the Register, of any amount with respect to any
distribution of principal or interest on the Class A Certificates. No Person
other than a registered Owner of a Class A Certificate as shown in the Register
shall receive a certificate evidencing such Class A Certificate.
Upon delivery by the Depository to the Trustee of written notice to the
effect that the Depository has determined to substitute a new nominee in place
of Cede & Co., and subject to the provisions hereof with respect to the payment
of interest by the mailing of checks or drafts to the registered Owners of Class
A Certificates appearing as registered Owners in the registration books
maintained by the Trustee at the close of business on a Record Date, the name
"Cede & Co." in this Agreement shall refer to such new nominee of the
Depository.
(h) In the event that (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the
Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge
properly its responsibilities as nominee and depository with respect to the
Class A Certificates and the Seller or the Trustee is unable to locate a
qualified successor or (ii) the Depositor at its sole option elects to terminate
the book-entry system through the Depository, the Class A Certificates shall no
longer be restricted to being registered in the Register in the name of Cede &
Co. (or a successor nominee) as nominee of the Depository or (iii) after the
occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event, the beneficial owners of each Class
of Class A Certificates representing Percentage Interests aggregating not less
than 51% advises the Trustee and Depository through the Direct or Indirect
Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the
Depository to the exclusion of definitive, fully registered certificates (the
"Definitive Certificates") to Owners is no longer in the best interests of the
Owners. In the case of (i) and (ii) above, the Seller may determine that the
Class A Certificates shall be registered in the name of and deposited with a
successor depository operating a global book-entry system, as may be acceptable
to the Seller and at the Seller's expense, or such depository's agent or
designee but, if the Seller does not select such alternative global book-entry
system and in the case of (iii) above, then the Class A Certificates may be
registered in whatever name or names registered Owners of Class A Certificates
transferring Class A Certificates shall designate, in accordance with the
provisions hereof.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary,
so long as any Class A Certificate is registered in the name of Cede & Co., as
nominee of the Depository, all distributions of principal or interest on such
Class A Certificates and all notices with respect to such Class A Certificates
shall be made and given, respectively, in the manner provided in the
Representation Letter.
Section 5.05. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN CERTIFICATES.
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee, or the
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft
of any Certificate, and (ii) in the case of any mutilated Certificate, such
mutilated Certificate shall first be surrendered to the Trustee, and in the case
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, there shall be first delivered to
the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be reasonably required by it to
hold the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer harmless (PROVIDED, THAT with
respect to an Owner which is an institutional investor, a letter of indemnity
furnished by it shall be sufficient for this purpose), then, in the absence of
notice to the Trustee or the Registrar that such Certificate has been acquired
by a bona fide purchaser, the Seller shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like Class, tenor
and aggregate principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, the Registrar
or Trustee may require the payment from the transferor or transferee of the
related Certificate of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto; any other expenses in connection
with such issuance shall be an expense of the Trust.
Every new Certificate issued pursuant to this Section in exchange for or in
lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall constitute
evidence of a substitute interest in the Trust, and shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other
Certificates of the same Class duly issued hereunder and such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificates.
Section 5.06. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Certificate,
the Certificate Insurer, the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the Owner of such
Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions with respect to such
Certificate and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Certificate
Insurer, the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
Section 5.07. CANCELLATION.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the
Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. No Certificate shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Certificate canceled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement. All canceled
Certificates may be held by the Trustee in accordance with its standard
retention policy.
Section 5.08. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP RIGHTS.
(a) No sale or other transfer of record or beneficial ownership of a Class
R Certificate (whether pursuant to a purchase, a transfer resulting from a
default under a secured lending agreement or otherwise) shall be made to a
Disqualified Organization or an agent of a Disqualified Organization. The
transfer, sale or other disposition of a Class R Certificate (whether pursuant
to a purchase, a transfer resulting from a default under a secured lending
agreement or otherwise) to a Disqualified Organization shall be deemed to be of
no legal force or effect whatsoever and such transferee shall not be deemed to
be an Owner for any purpose hereunder, including, but not limited to, the
receipt of distributions on such Class R Certificate. Furthermore, in no event
shall the Trustee accept surrender for transfer, registration of transfer, or
register the transfer, of any Class R Certificate nor authenticate and make
available any new Class R Certificate unless the Trustee has received an
affidavit from the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I.
Each holder of a Class R Certificate by his acceptance thereof, shall be deemed
for all purposes to have consented to the provisions of this Section 5.08(a).
(b) No other sale or other transfer of record or beneficial ownership of a
Class X-IO or Class R Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and any applicable
state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Securities Act and
laws. In the event of any such a transfer: (i) in the case of transfers for
which an investment letter in the form of Exhibit J-1 is provided by the
transferee to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, the Trustee or the
Depositor shall require a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form
and substance satisfactory to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificate
Insurer to the effect that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption,
describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Securities
Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Securities Act and laws, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Trust Estate or the Certificate Insurer; and (ii) in the case of transfers for
which an investment letter in the form of Exhibit J-1 or J-2 is provided, the
investment letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Trust Estate or the Certificate Insurer. The Owner of a Class X-IO or Class R
Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to,
indemnify the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer, the Depositor and the Seller
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.
(c) No transfer of a Class X-IO or Class R Certificate shall be made unless
the Trustee shall have received either: (i) a representation letter from the
transferee of such Class X-IO or Class R Certificate, acceptable to and in form
and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer (which may
be combined with the investment letter required by subsection (b) above), to the
effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to Section
406 of ERISA nor a plan or other arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA nor
a plan or other arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (collectively, a
"Plan"), nor is acting on behalf of any Plan nor using the assets of any Plan to
effect such transfer or (ii) in the event that any Class X-IO or Class R
Certificate is purchased by a Plan, or by a person or entity acting on behalf of
any Plan or using the assets of any Plan to effect such transfer (including the
assets of any Plan held in an insurance company separate or general account), an
Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at
the expense of either the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer or the Trust, to the
effect that the purchase or holding of any Class X-IO or Class R Certificates
will not result in the assets of the Trust being deemed to be "plan assets,"
will not cause the Trust to be subject to the fiduciary requirements and
prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code, and will not subject
the Trustee to any obligation or liability in addition to those expressly
undertaken under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary
herein, any purported transfer of a Certificate to or on behalf of any Plan
without the delivery to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of an Opinion of
Counsel as described above shall be null and void and of no effect.
(d) No sale or other transfer of any Class A Certificate may be made to the
Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates.
(e) No sale or other transfer of any Class R Certificate shall be made to
the Seller. (f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 5.08, the Class R Certificates may be transferred to CHEC Residual
Corporation, a Nevada corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Seller,
without regard to Sections 5.08(b), (c) or (e) above.
Section 5.09. ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS.
Other than with respect to any Class R Certificates (unless the Trustee
shall have received a satisfactory Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
action with respect to a Class R Certificate will not have an adverse effect on
the status of either REMIC I or REMIC II as a "REMIC") an Owner may pledge,
encumber, hypothecate or assign all or any part of its right to receive
distributions hereunder, but such pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or
assignment shall not constitute a transfer of an ownership interest sufficient
to render the transferee an Owner of the Trust without compliance with the
provisions of Section 5.04 and Section 5.08 hereof.
END OF ARTICLE V
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
Section 6.01. DISTRIBUTIONS.
On each Distribution Date, the Trustee will withdraw amounts from the
Certificate Account and make the distributions with respect to the Certificates
in accordance with the terms of the Certificates and this Agreement. Such
distributions shall be made (i) in the case of the Class A Certificates
registered in the name of the Depository, by wire transfer to the Depository or
(ii) in each other case, by check or draft mailed on each Distribution Date or,
if requested by any Owner (other than the Depository) of (A) a Class A
Certificate having an original principal balance of not less than $1,000,000 or
(B) a Class X-IO or Class R Certificate having a Percentage Interest of not less
than 10% in writing not later than one Business Day prior to the applicable
Record Date (which request does not have to be repeated unless it has been
withdrawn), to such Owner by wire transfer to an account within the United
States designated no later than five Business Days prior to the related Record
Date, made on each Distribution Date, in each case to each Owner of record on
the immediately preceding Record Date.
Section 6.02. MONEY FOR DISTRIBUTIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST; WITHHOLDING.
(a) All payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Certificate
that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Certificate Account or from
Insured Payments shall be made by and on behalf of the Trustee or by a Paying
Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Certificate Account for payments of
Certificates and no Insured Payment shall be paid over to the Trustee except as
provided in this Section.
(b) If the Seller has appointed a Paying Agent pursuant to Section 11.15
hereof, the Trustee will, on the Business Day immediately preceding each
Distribution Date, deposit with such Paying Agent in immediately available funds
an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due (to the extent
funds are then available for such purpose in the Certificate Account for the
Class to which such amounts are due) such sum to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Owners entitled thereto.
(c) The Seller may at any time direct any Paying Agent to pay to the
Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such
Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
(d) The Seller shall require the Paying Agent, including the Trustee on
behalf of the Trust to comply with all requirements of the Code and applicable
state and local law with respect to the withholding from any distributions made
by it to any Owner of any applicable withholding
taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements
in connection therewith.
(e) Any money held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent in trust for the
payment of any amount due with respect to any Class A Certificate remaining
unclaimed by the Owner of such Certificate for the period then specified in the
escheat laws of the State of New York after such amount has become due and
payable shall be discharged from such trust and be paid first to the Certificate
Insurer on account of any Reimbursement Amount and second to the Owners of the
Class X-IO and Class R Certificates; and the Owner of such Class A Certificate
shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Owners of
the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates and not to the Certificate Insurer for
payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the Owners of
the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates) and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent before being required
to make any such payment, may at the expense of the Trust cause to be published
once, in the eastern edition of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, notice that such money
remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall be not
fewer than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of
such money then remaining will be paid to the Certificate Insurer on account of
any Reimbursement Amount or to the Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R
Certificates. The Trustee shall, at the direction of the Seller, also adopt and
employ, at the expense of the Seller, any other reasonable means of notification
of such payment (including but not limited to mailing notice of such payment to
Owners whose right to or interest in moneys due and payable but not claimed is
determinable from the records of the Registrar, the Trustee or any Paying Agent,
at the last address of record for each such Owner).
Section 6.03. PROTECTION OF TRUST ESTATE.
(a) The Trustee will hold the Trust Estate in trust for the benefit of the
Owners and the Certificate Insurer and, upon request of the Certificate Insurer
or, with the consent of the Certificate Insurer, at the request of the
Depositor, will from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and
amendments hereto pursuant to Section 11.14 hereof and all instruments of
further assurance and other instruments, and will take such other action upon
such request from the Depositor (with the consent of the Certificate Insurer) or
the Certificate Insurer, to:
(i) more effectively hold in trust all or any portion of the Trust
Estate;
(ii) perfect, publish notice of, or protect the validity of any grant
made or to be made by this Agreement;
(iii) enforce any of the Home Equity Loans; or
(iv) preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of
the Trustee, and the ownership interests of the Owners represented thereby,
in such Trust Estate against the claims of all Persons and parties.
To the extent not covered by the indemnity or other security contemplated
by 10.01(e) and 10.01(g), the Trustee shall be reimbursed for any costs or
expenses associated with this section pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii)(G)
hereof.
(b) The Trustee shall have the power to enforce, and shall enforce the
obligations and rights of the other parties to this Agreement, and of the
Certificate Insurer or the Owners, by action, suit or proceeding at law or
equity, and shall also have the power to enjoin, by action or suit in equity,
any acts or occurrences which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of
the Certificate Insurer or the Owners as such rights are set forth in this
Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this Section shall require any
action by the Trustee unless the Trustee shall first (i) have been furnished
indemnity satisfactory to it and (ii) when required by this Agreement, have been
requested by the Certificate Insurer or the Owners of a majority of the
Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates then Outstanding
with the consent of the Certificate Insurer (unless a Certificate Insurer
Default under clause (a) of the definition thereof has occurred and is
continuing) or, if there are no longer any Class A Certificates then
outstanding, by such majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the
Class X-IO and Class R Certificates; PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, that if there
is a dispute with respect to payments under the Certificate Insurance Policies
the Trustee's first responsibility is to the Owners.
(c) The Trustee shall execute any instrument required pursuant to this
Section so long as such instrument does not conflict with this Agreement or with
the Trustee's fiduciary duties, or adversely affect its rights and immunities
hereunder.
Section 6.04. PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS.
The Trustee will not take any action that would release any Person from any
of such Person's covenants or obligations under any instrument or document
relating to the Certificates or which would result in the amendment,
hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the
validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or document, except as
expressly provided in this Agreement or such other instrument or document.
The Trustee may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its
duties hereunder pursuant to Section 10.03(g); provided, that the Trustee shall
remain liable for the performance of any such duties notwithstanding any such
contractual arrangement.
Section 6.05. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.
The Trustee will not:
(i) sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust
Estate except as expressly permitted by this Agreement;
(ii) claim any credit on or make any deduction from the distributions
payable in respect of, the Certificates (other than amounts properly
withheld from such payments under the Code) or assert any claim against any
present or former Owner by reason of the payment of any taxes levied or
assessed upon any of the Trust Estate;
(iii) incur, assume or guaranty, on behalf of the Trust, any
indebtedness of any Person except pursuant to this Agreement;
(iv) dissolve or liquidate the Trust in whole or in part, except
pursuant to Article IX hereof; or
(v) (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Agreement to be
impaired, or permit any Person to be released from any covenant or
obligation with respect to the Trust or to the Certificates under this
Agreement, except as may be expressly permitted hereby or (B) permit any
lien, charge, adverse claim, security interest, mortgage or other
encumbrance to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden
the Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the
proceeds thereof.
Section 6.06. NO OTHER POWERS.
The Trustee will not permit the Trust to engage in any business activity or
transaction other than those activities permitted by Section 2.03 hereof.
Section 6.07. LIMITATION OF SUITS.
No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to this Agreement or the Certificate Insurance Policies,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee of the Trust, or for any other
remedy with respect to an event of default hereunder, unless:
(1) such Owner has previously given written notice to the Seller and the
Trustee of such Owner's intention to institute such proceeding;
(2) the Owners of not less than 25% of the Percentage Interests
represented by the Class A Certificates then Outstanding or, if there
are no Class A Certificates then Outstanding, by a majority of the
Percentage Interests represented by the Class X-IO and the Class R
Certificates, shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute such proceeding in its own name as Trustee establishing the
Trust;
(3) such Owner or Owners have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity has failed to institute such proceeding;
(5) as long as any Class A Certificates are Outstanding or any
Reimbursement Amounts are owed to the Certificate Insurer, the
Certificate Insurer has consented in writing thereto (unless a
Certificate Insurer Default as defined in clause (a) of the definition
thereof has occurred and is continuing); and
(6) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to
the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Owners of a majority of
the Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates or,
if there are no Class A Certificates then Outstanding, by such
majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class X-IO and
Class R Certificates;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Owners shall have any right
in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing themselves of, any provision
of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Owner
of the same Class or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over
any other Owner of the same Class or to enforce any right under this Agreement,
except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of
all the Owners of the same Class.
In the event the Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests
and indemnity from two or more groups of Owners, each representing less than a
majority of the applicable Class of Certificates and each conforming to
paragraphs (1)-(6) of this Section 6.07, the Certificate Insurer in its sole
discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement.
Section 6.08. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHTS OF OWNERS TO RECEIVE DISTRIBUTIONS.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Owner of any
Certificate shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive distributions to the extent provided herein and therein with respect to
such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
distribution, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Owner.
Section 6.09. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided herein, no right or remedy herein conferred
upon or reserved to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer or to the Owners is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. Except as otherwise provided herein, the assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 6.10. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay of the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer or any Owner of any
Certificate to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of such right or remedy. Every
right and remedy given by this Article VI or by law to the Trustee, the
Certificate Insurer or to the Owners may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer, or by
the Owners, as the case may be.
Section 6.11. CONTROL BY OWNERS.
The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of a majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class A Certificates then Outstanding with the
consent of the Certificate Insurer or, if there are no longer any Class A
Certificates then Outstanding, by such majority of the Percentage Interests
represented by the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates then Outstanding may
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee with respect to the Certificates or exercising any
trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Certificates or the
Trust Estate, including, but not limited to, those powers set forth in Section
6.03 and Section 8.20 hereof, PROVIDED THAT:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with
this Agreement;
(2) the Trustee shall have been provided with indemnity satisfactory to
it; and
(3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee, as
the case may be, which is not inconsistent with such direction (and
which does not require Certificate Insurer consent or direction
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Trustee need not take any action which it determines might involve it
in liability or may be unjustly prejudicial to the Owners not so
directing.
Section 6.12. INDEMNIFICATION BY THE SELLER.
The Seller agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Certificate Insurer and each Owner harmless against any and all claims, losses,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any
other costs, fees and expenses that the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate
Insurer and any Owner sustain in any way related to the failure of Seller to
perform its duties in compliance with the terms of this Agreement. The Seller
shall immediately notify the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and
each Owner if a claim is made by a third party that the Servicer has failed to
perform its obligations to service and administer the Home Equity Loans in
compliance with the terms of this Agreement, and the Seller shall assume (with
the consent of 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 the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and/or
Owner in respect of such claim. The Trustee shall, in accordance with
instructions received from the Seller, reimburse the Seller only from amounts
otherwise distributable on the Class X-IO and the Class R Certificates for all
amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding sentence, except when a final
nonappealable adjudication determines that the claim relates directly to the
failure of the Seller to perform its duties in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement. The provisions of this Section 6.12 shall survive the termination of
this Agreement and the payment of the outstanding Certificates.
END OF ARTICLE VI
ARTICLE VII
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
Section 7.01. COLLECTION OF MONEY.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Trustee shall demand
payment or delivery of all money and other property payable to or receivable by
the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement or the Certificate Insurance Policies,
including (a) all payments due on the Home Equity Loans in accordance with the
respective terms and conditions of such Home Equity Loans and required to be
paid over to the Trustee by the Servicer or by any Sub-Servicer and (b) Insured
Payments. The Trustee shall hold all such money and property received by it as
part of the Trust Estate and shall apply it as provided in this Agreement.
Section 7.02. ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS.
(a) The Depositor shall cause to be established on the Startup Day, and the
Trustee shall maintain, at the Corporate Trust Office, the Certificate Account
as an Eligible Account to be held by the Trustee in the name of the Trust on
behalf of the Owners of the Certificates and the Certificate Insurer.
(b) On each Determination Date the Trustee shall determine (subject to the
terms of Section 10.03(j) hereof, based solely on information provided to it in
writing by the Servicer) with respect to the immediately following Distribution
Date, the amounts that are expected to be on deposit in the Certificate Account
as of such Distribution Date with respect to Group I (disregarding the amounts
of any Insured Payments) and equal to the sum of (x) such amounts on deposit
therein excluding the amount of any Total Monthly Excess Cashflow from Group I
included in such amounts plus (y) any amounts of related Total Monthly Excess
Cashflow from either Group to be applied on such Distribution Date to the Group
I Certificates. The amount described in clause (x) of the preceding sentence
with respect to each Distribution Date is the "Group I Available Funds" and the
sum of the amounts described in clauses (x) and (y) of the preceding sentence
with respect to each Distribution Date is the "Group I Total Available Funds."
(c) On each Determination Date the Trustee shall determine (subject to the
terms of Section 10.03(j) hereof, based solely on information provided to it in
writing by the Servicer) with respect to the immediately following Distribution
Date, the amounts that are expected to be on deposit in the Certificate Account
as of such date on such Distribution Date with respect to Group II (disregarding
the amounts of any Insured Payments) and equal to the sum of (x) such amounts on
deposit therein excluding the amount of any Total Monthly Excess Cashflow for
Group II included in such amounts plus (y) any amounts of related Total Monthly
Excess Cashflow from either Group to be applied on such Distribution Date to the
Group II Certificates. The amount described in clause (x) of the preceding
sentence with respect to each Distribution Date is the "Group II Available
Funds" and the sum of the amounts described in clauses (x) and (y) of the
preceding sentence with respect to each Distribution Date is the "Group II Total
Available Funds."
Section 7.03. FLOW OF FUNDS.
(a) (i) The Trustee shall deposit in the Certificate Account without
duplication, upon receipt, with respect to Group I, the proceeds of any
liquidation of the assets of the Trust insofar as such assets relate to Group I,
all remittances made to the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.08(d)(i) with respect
to Group I and the Group I Monthly Remittance Amount remitted by the Servicer.
(ii) The Trustee shall deposit in the Certificate Account without
duplication, upon receipt, with respect to Group II, the proceeds of any
liquidation of the assets of the Trust insofar as such assets relate to Group
II, all remittances made to the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.08(d)(i) with
respect to Group II and the Group II Monthly Remittance Amount remitted by the
Servicer.
(b) Subject to the provisions of clause (c) below on each Distribution
Date, the Trustee shall make the following allocations, disbursements and
transfers (based solely on information provided by the Servicer in writing), for
each Home Equity Loan Group from amounts deposited in the Certificate Account
pursuant to subsections (a) and (e) for the related Home Equity Loan Group in
the following order of priority, and each such allocation, transfer and
disbursement shall be treated as having occurred only after all preceding
allocations, transfers and disbursements have occurred; provided, however,
amounts related to Insured Payments shall be used only to make payments set
forth in clauses (b)(iii)(A)-(C) below to the related Class A Certificates:
(i) FIRST, on each Distribution Date (x) from amounts then on deposit in
the Certificate Account for the related Home Equity Loan Group, (A)
the Trustee Fee allocable to the related Home Equity Loan Group shall
be paid to the Trustee and (B) provided that no Certificate Insurer
Default as defined in clause (a) of the definition thereof has
occurred and is continuing, the Premium Amount for the related Classes
of Class A Certificates for such Distribution Date shall be paid to
the Certificate Insurer and (y) from amounts thereon deposit in the
Certificate Account for the unrelated Home Equity Loan Group, amounts
necessary to pay unpaid amounts pursuant to clause (x)(A) and (B)
above;
(ii) SECOND, on each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall allocate an
amount equal to the sum of (x) the Total Monthly Excess Spread with
respect to the related Home Equity Loan Group and Distribution Date
plus (y) any Subordination Reduction Amount with respect to the
related Home Equity Loan Group and Distribution Date (such sum being
the "Total Monthly Excess Cashflow" for the related Home Equity Loan
Group and Distribution Date) to the related Classes of Class A
Certificates and the Certificate Insurer in the following order of
priority:
(A) FIRST, such Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to each
Group shall be allocated to the payment of the related Class A
Distribution Amount pursuant to clause (b)(iii) below (excluding
any related Subordination Increase Amount) in an amount equal to
the amount, if any, by which (x) the related Class A Distribution
Amount (excluding any related Subordination Increase Amount)
exceeds (y) the Available Funds with respect to such Home Equity
Loan Group (net of the related Trustee Fee and the related
Premium Amount) and shall be paid as part of the Class A
Distribution Amount, first pursuant to clause (b)(iii)(A) below,
and then as applicable pursuant to clause (b)(iii)(B) or (C)
below (the amount of such difference being the "Group I Available
Funds Shortfall" with respect to Group I and the "Group II
Available Funds Shortfall" with respect to Group II);
(B) SECOND, any portion of the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with
respect to such Home Equity Loan Group remaining after the
allocation described in clause (b)(ii)(A) above shall be
allocated against any Available Funds Shortfall with respect to
the other Home Equity Loan Group;
(C) THIRD, provided that no Certificate Insurer Default as defined in
clause (a) of the definition thereof has occurred and is
continuing, any portion of the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with
respect to a Home Equity Loan Group remaining after the
allocations described in clauses (b)(ii)(A) and (B) above shall
be paid to the Certificate Insurer in respect of amounts owed on
account of any Reimbursement Amount with respect to the related
Classes of Class A Certificates;
(D) FOURTH, provided that no Certificate Insurer Default as defined
in clause (a) of the definition thereof has occurred and is
continuing, any portion of the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with
respect to a Home Equity Loan Group remaining after the
allocations described in clauses (b)(ii)(A), (B) and (C) above
shall be paid to the Certificate Insurer in respect of any
Reimbursement Amount with respect to the unrelated Classes of
Class A Certificates;
(E) FIFTH, any portion of the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with
respect to a Home Equity Loan Group remaining after the
application described in clauses (b)(ii)(A), (B), (C) and (D)
above shall be used to reduce to zero, through the payment to the
Owners of the related Classes of Class A Certificates of a
Subordination Increase Amount included in the related Principal
Distribution Amount, which shall be paid pursuant to clause
(b)(iii)(B) or (C) below, any Subordination Deficiency Amount
with respect to the related Home Equity Loan Group as of such
Distribution Date;
(F) SIXTH, if a Certificate Insurer Default, as defined in clause (a)
of the definition thereof has occurred and is continuing, then
any portion of the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to
a Home Equity Loan Group remaining after the allocations
described in clauses (b)(ii)(A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) above
shall be paid to the Certificate Insurer in respect of amounts
owed on account of any Reimbursement Amount with respect to the
related Classes of Class A Certificates;
(G) SEVENTH, any portion of the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow
remaining after the application described in clauses (b)(ii)(A),
(B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) above shall be used to reduce to zero,
through the payment to the Owners of the unrelated Classes of
Class A Certificates of a Subordination Increase Amount included
in the Principal Distribution Amount for such unrelated Classes
pursuant to clauses (b)(iii)(B) or (C) below, any related
Subordination Deficiency Amount, as of such Distribution Date;
(H) EIGHTH, if a Certificate Insurer Default, as defined in clause
(a) of the definition thereof, has occurred and is continuing,
then any portion of the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with
respect to a Home Equity Loan Group remaining after the
allocations described in clauses (b)(ii)(A), (B), (C), (D), (E),
(F) and (G) above shall be paid to the Certificate Insurer in
respect of any Reimbursement Amount with respect to the unrelated
Classes of Class A Certificates;
(I) NINTH, any portion of Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect
to Group II remaining after application of clauses (b)(ii)(A),
(B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G) and (H) above shall be allocated to
the Owners of Class A-7 Certificates pursuant to clause
(b)(iii)(E) below, to the extent of any Class A-7
Certificateholders' Interest Index Carryovers from prior
Distribution Dates; and
(J) TENTH, any Total Monthly Excess Cashflow remaining after the
application described in clauses (b)(ii)(A), (B), (C), (D), (E),
(F), (G), (H) and (I) above shall be allocated to the Servicer
pursuant to clause (b)(iii)(F) below to the extent of any
unreimbursed Delinquency Advances, unreimbursed Servicing
Advances and unreimbursed Compensating Interest;
(iii) THIRD, following the making by the Trustee of all allocations,
transfers and disbursements described in clause (b)(ii) above from
amounts (including any related Insured Payment which shall be used
only to make the payments set forth in clauses (iii)(A)-(C)) then on
deposit in the Certificate Account for the related Home Equity Loan
Group (after giving effect to the allocations provided in clause
(b)(ii) above from the other Home Equity Loan Group), the Trustee
shall distribute:
(A) to the Owners of each Class of related Class A Certificates, the
related Current Interest for each Class (including the related
proceeds of any related Insured Payments made by the Certificate
Insurer in respect of the related Current Interest) on a pro rata
basis based on such Class A Certificate's Current Interest
without priority among the Class A Certificates;
(B) the Group I Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed as
follows: (I) to the Owners of the Class A-6 Certificates an
amount equal to the Class A-6 Lockout Distribution Amount and
(II) the remainder as follows: (i) FIRST, to the Owners of the
Class A-1 Certificates until the Class A-1 Certificate Principal
Balance is reduced to zero; (ii) SECOND, to the Owners of the
Class A-2 Certificates until the Class A-2 Certificate Principal
Balance is reduced to zero; (iii) THIRD, to the Owners of the
Class A-3 Certificates until the Class A-3 Certificate Principal
Balance is reduced to zero; (iv) FOURTH, to the Owners of the
Class A-4 Certificates until the Class A-4 Certificates are
reduced to zero; (v) FIFTH, to the Owners of the Class A-5
Certificates until the Class A-5 Certificate Principal Balance is
reduced to zero; and (vi) SIXTH, to the Owners of the Class A-6
Certificates until the Class A-6 Certificate Principal Balance is
reduced to zero;
(C) the Group II Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed
as follows: (I) to the Owners of the Class A-8 Certificates an
amount equal to the Class A-8 Lockout Distribution Amount and
(II) thereunder as follows: (i) first, to the Owners of the Class
A-7 Certificates until the Class A-7 Certificate Principal
Balance is reduced to zero and (ii) second, to the Owners of the
Class A-8 Certificates until the Class A-8 Certificate Principal
Balance is reduced to zero;
(D) to the Certificate Insurer the amounts described in clauses
(b)(ii)(C), (D), (F) and (H) above;
(E) to the Owners of the Class A-7 Certificates, the aggregate amount
of any Class A-7 Certificateholders' Interest Index Carryover
from prior Distribution Dates;
(F) to the Servicer the amounts set forth in clause (b)(ii)(J) above;
(G) to the Trustee, any unreimbursed Trustee Reimbursable Expenses,
and to any successor Servicer, amounts owed pursuant to Section
8.20;
(iv) FOURTH, from remaining amounts on deposit in the
Certificate Account following the making by the Trustee of all
allocations, transfers and disbursements described above, the
Trustee shall distribute to the Owners of the Class X-IO
Certificates, the Class X-IO Distribution Amount, if any, for
such Distribution Date; and
(v) FIFTH, from remaining amounts on deposit in the Certificate
Account following the making by the Trustee of all
allocations, transfers and disbursements described above, the
Trustee shall distribute to the Owners of the Class R
Certificates, the Residual Net Monthly Excess Cashflow, if
any, for such Distribution Date.
(c) On any Distribution Date during the continuance of any Certificate
Insurer Default, if there is a Subordination Deficit with respect to Group I or
Group II, then the Group I Principal Distribution Amount or the Group II
Principal Distribution Amount, as applicable, for such Distribution Date shall
be distributed PRO RATA to the Owners of any related Outstanding Class A
Certificates on such Distribution Date.
(d) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, the aggregate amounts
distributed on all Distribution Dates to the Owners of the related Class A
Certificates on account of principal pursuant to clause (b)(iii)(B) and (C)
shall not exceed the original Certificate Principal Balance of the related Class
A Certificates.
(e) Upon receipt of Insured Payments from the Certificate Insurer on behalf
of Owners of the Class A Certificates, the Trustee shall deposit such Insured
Payments in the Policy Payments Account. On each Distribution Date, pursuant to
Section 12.02(b) hereof, such amounts will be transferred from the Policy
Payments Account to the Certificate Account and the Trustee shall distribute
such Insured Payments, or the proceeds thereof in accordance with Section
7.03(b), to the Owners of such Class A Certificates.
(f) The Trustee or Paying Agent shall (i) receive for each Owner of the
Class A Certificates any Insured Payment from the Certificate Insurer and (ii)
disburse the same to the Owners of the related Class A Certificates as set forth
in Section 7.03(b). Insured Payments disbursed by the Trustee or Paying Agent
from proceeds of the related Certificate Insurance Policy shall not be
considered payment by the Trust, nor shall such payments discharge the
obligation of the Trust with respect to such Class A Certificates and the
Certificate Insurer shall be entitled to receive the Reimbursement Amount
pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii)(D) hereof. Nothing contained in this paragraph
shall be construed so as to impose duties or obligations on the Trustee that are
different from or in addition to those expressly set forth in this Agreement.
The rights of the Owners to receive distributions from the proceeds of the
Trust Estate, and all ownership interests of the Owners in such distributions,
shall be as set forth in this Agreement. In this regard, all rights of the
Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates to receive distributions in
respect of the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates shall be subject and
subordinate to the preferential rights of the holders of the Class A
Certificates to receive distributions thereon and the ownership interests of
such Owners in such distributions, as described herein. In accordance with the
foregoing, the ownership interests of the Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R
Certificates in amounts deposited in the Accounts from time to time shall not
vest unless and until such amounts are distributed in respect of the Class X-IO
and Class R Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, and the
Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates shall not be required to
refund any amount properly distributed on the Class X-IO and Class R
Certificates pursuant to this Section 7.03.
Section 7.04. [Reserved]
Section 7.05. INVESTMENT OF ACCOUNTS.
(a) Consistent with any requirements of the Code, all or a portion of any
Account held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Owners may (i) remain
uninvested or (ii) be invested and reinvested by the Trustee in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Owners and the Certificate Insurer in one or more
Eligible Investments bearing interest or sold at a discount. The bank serving as
Trustee or any affiliate thereof may be the obligor on any investment which
otherwise qualifies as an Eligible Investment. No investment in any Account
shall mature later than the Business Day immediately preceding the next
Distribution Date. Amounts held in the Certificate Account shall be invested in
Eligible Investments, which Eligible Investments shall mature no later than the
Business Day preceding the immediately following Distribution Date or, if such
Eligible Investments are an obligation of the Trustee or are money market funds
for which the Trustee or any affiliate is the manager or the adviser, such
Eligible Investments shall mature no later than the following Distribution Date.
(b) If any amounts are needed for disbursement from any Account held by the
Trustee and sufficient uninvested funds are not available to make such
disbursement, the Trustee shall cause to be sold or otherwise converted to cash
a sufficient amount of the investments in such Account. No investments will be
liquidated prior to maturity unless the proceeds thereof are needed for
disbursement.
(c) All income or other gain from investment in the Certificate Account
held by the Trustee shall be withdrawn and retained by the Trustee. Any
investment losses on amounts held in the Certificate Account shall be for the
account of the Trustee and promptly upon the realization of such loss shall be
contributed by the Trustee to the Certificate Account.
Section 7.06. PAYMENT OF TRUST EXPENSES.
(a) The Trustee shall make demand on the Seller to pay and the Seller shall
pay the amount of the expenses of the Trust referred to in Section 2.05 (other
than payments of premiums to the Certificate Insurer) (including Trustee's fees
and expenses not covered by Sections 7.03(b)(i)(A) and 7.03(b)(iii)(G)
respectively), and the Seller shall promptly pay such expenses directly to the
Persons to whom such amounts are due. With respect to the Certificate Account
the Trustee shall receive all income and other gains from investments as
described in Section 7.05(c).
(b) The Seller shall pay directly on the Startup Day the reasonable fees
and expenses of counsel to the Trustee.
Section 7.07. ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS.
The following are Eligible Investments:
(a) direct general obligations of, or obligations fully and unconditionally
guaranteed as to the 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, FHLMC senior debt
obligations, and FNMA senior debt obligations, but excluding any of such
securities whose terms do not provide for payment of a fixed dollar amount upon
maturity or call for redemption;
(b) Federal Housing Administration debentures;
(c) FHLMC participation certificates which guaranty timely payment of
principal and interest and senior debt obligations;
(d) Consolidated senior debt obligations of any Federal Home Loan Banks;
(e) FNMA mortgage-backed securities (other than stripped mortgage
securities) and senior debt obligations;
(f) Federal funds, certificates of deposit, time deposits, and bankers'
acceptances (having original maturities of not more than 365 days) of any
domestic bank, the short-term debt obligations of which have been rated A-l by
Standard & Poor's and P-l by Moody's; provided that any such certificates of
deposit must be secured at all times by collateral described in clause (a) or
(b) above, such collateral must be held by a third party and the Trustee must
have a perfected first priority security interest in such collateral;
(g) Deposits of any bank or savings and loan association (the long-term
deposit rating of which is Baa3 or better by Moody's and BBB by Standard &
Poor's) which has combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least
$50,000,000 which deposits are insured by the FDIC and held up to the limits
insured by the FDIC;
(h) Repurchase agreements collateralized by securities described in (a),
(c), or (e) above with any registered broker/dealer subject to the Securities
Investors Protection Corporation's jurisdiction and subject to applicable limits
therein promulgated by Securities Investors Protection Corporation or any
commercial bank, if such broker/dealer or bank has an uninsured, unsecured and
unguaranteed short-term or long term obligation rated P-l or Aa2, respectively,
or better by Moody's and A-1+ or AA, respectively, or better by Standard &
Poor's, provided:
a. A master repurchase agreement or specific written repurchase
agreement governs the transaction, and
b. The securities are held free and clear of any lien by the Trustee
or an independent third party acting solely as agent for the Trustee, and
such third party is (a) a Federal Reserve Bank, (b) a bank which is a
member of the FDIC and which has combined capital, surplus and undivided
profits of not less than $125,000,000, or (c) a bank approved in writing
for such purpose by the Certificate Insurer, and the Trustee shall have
received written confirmation from such third party that it holds such
securities, free and clear of any lien, as agent for the Trustee, and
c. A perfected first security interest under the Uniform Commercial
Code, or book entry procedures prescribed at 31 CFR 306.1 ET SEQ. or 31 CFR
350.0 ET SEQ., in such securities is created for the benefit of the
Trustee, and
d. The repurchase agreement has a term of thirty days or less and the
Trustee will value the collateral securities no less frequently than weekly
marked-to-market at current market price plus interest and will liquidate
the collateral securities if any deficiency in the required collateral
percentage is not restored within two business days of such valuation, and
e. The fair market value of the collateral securities in relation to
the amount of the repurchase obligation, including principal and interest,
is equal to at least 106%;
(i) Commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than 270 days)
rated in the highest short-term rating categories of Standard & Poor's and
Moody's;
(j) Any money market fund rated AAAm or AAAm-G by Standard & Poor's and Aaa
by Moody's which funds are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940
and whose shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, including any
such fund that is managed by the Trustee or any affiliate of the Trustee or for
which the Trustee or any of its affiliates acts as an adviser; and
(k) Any other investment permitted by each of the Rating Agencies and the
Certificate Insurer;
provided that no instrument described above 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 provided a yield to maturity at par greater than 120% of the
yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations; and provided, further,
that all instruments described hereunder shall mature at par on or prior to the
next succeeding Distribution Date unless otherwise provided in this Agreement
and that no instrument described hereunder may be purchased at a price greater
than par if such instrument may be prepaid or called at a price less than its
purchase price prior to stated maturity.
Section 7.08. ACCOUNTING AND DIRECTIONS BY TRUSTEE.
By 12:00 noon New York time, on each Distribution Date (or such earlier
period as shall be agreed by the Seller and the Trustee), the Trustee shall
notify (subject to the terms of Section 10.03(j) hereof, based solely on
information provided to the Trustee by the Servicer and upon which the Trustee
may rely) the Seller, the Depositor, each Owner and the Certificate Insurer, of
the following information with respect to such Distribution Date (which
notification may be given by facsimile, or by telephone promptly confirmed in
writing):
(1) The aggregate amount on deposit in the Certificate Account as of the
related Determination Date;
(2) The Class A Distribution Amount, with respect to each Class
individually, and all Classes in the aggregate on the next
Distribution Date;
(3) The amount of any Subordination Increase Amount for each Group;
(4) The amount of any Insured Payment to be made by the Certificate
Insurer on such Distribution Date;
(5) The application of the amounts described in clauses (1), (3) and (4)
above in respect of the distribution of the Class A Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date in accordance with Section 7.03
hereof;
(6) The Class A Certificate Principal Balance, the aggregate amount of the
principal of each Class of the Class A Certificates to be paid on such
Distribution Date and the remaining Certificate Principal Balance of
each Class of Class A Certificates following any such payment;
(7) The amount, if any, of any Realized Losses for each Group for the
related Remittance Period;
(8) The amount of any Subordination Deficit, any Subordination Reduction
Amount and the Specified Subordination Amount for each Group;
(9) [Reserved]
Section 7.09. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO OWNERS AND CERTIFICATE INSURER.
(a) On each Distribution Date the Trustee shall transmit a report in
writing to each Owner, the Underwriters, the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer,
Standard & Poor's and Moody's setting forth:
(i) the amount of the distribution with respect to such Owners'
Certificates (based on a Certificate in the original principal amount of
$1,000);
(ii) the amount of such Owner's distributions allocable to principal,
separately identifying the aggregate amount of any Prepayments in full or
other Prepayments or other recoveries of principal included therein with
respect to Group I and Group II (based on a Certificate in the original
principal amount of $1,000) and any related Subordination Increase Amount;
(iii) the amount of such Owner's distributions allocable to interest
(based on a Certificate in the original principal amount of $1,000);
(iv) if the distribution to the Owners of any Class of the Class A
Certificates on such Distribution Date was less than the related Class A
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, the related Carry Forward
Amount and the allocation thereof to the related Classes of Class A
Certificates resulting therefrom;
(v) the amount of any Insured Payment included in the amounts
distributed to the Owners of Class A Certificates on such Distribution
Date;
(vi) the principal amount of each Class of Class A Certificate which
will be Outstanding and the aggregate Loan Balance of each Group after
giving effect to any payment of principal on such Distribution Date;
(vii) the Subordinated Amount, Specified Subordinated Amount and
Subordination Deficit for each Group, if any, remaining after giving effect
to all distributions and transfers on such Distribution Date;
(viii) based upon information furnished by the Servicer, such
information as may be required by Section 6049(d)(7)(C) of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder to assist the Owners in computing their
market discount;
(ix) the total of any Substitution Amounts and any Loan Purchase Price
amounts included in such distribution with respect to each Group;
(x) the weighted average Coupon Rate of the Home Equity Loans in each
Group;
(xi) the amount of any Carry-Forward Amounts;
(xii) [Reserved]
(xiii) such other information as the Certificate Insurer or any Owner
may reasonably request with respect to Delinquent Home Equity Loans;
(xiv) the weighted average gross margin of the Home Equity Loans in
Group II; (xv) the largest home equity loan balance outstanding in each
Group; (xvi) the Class A-7 Certificate Rate for the related Distribution
Date; and
(xvii) the Class A-7 Certificateholders' Interest Index Carryover paid
to the Owners of the Class A-7 Certificates for such Distribution Date and
any Class A-7 Certificateholders' Interest Index Carryover remaining
unpaid.
The Servicer shall provide to the Trustee the information described in
Section 8.08(d)(ii) and in clause (b) below to enable the Trustee to perform its
reporting obligations under this Section, and such obligations of the Trustee
under this Section are conditioned upon such information being received and the
information provided in clauses (ii), (ix) and (x) above shall be based solely
upon information contained in the monthly servicing report provided by the
Servicer to the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.08 hereof.
(b) In addition, on each Distribution Date the Trustee will distribute to
each Owner, the Certificate Insurer, the Underwriters, Standard & Poor's and
Xxxxx'x, together with the information described in Subsection (a) preceding,
the following information with respect to each Home Equity Loan Group and for
both Groups in the aggregate which is hereby required to be prepared by the
Servicer and furnished to the Trustee for such purpose on or prior to the
related Monthly Remittance Date:
(i) the number and aggregate principal balances of Home Equity Loans
(a) 30-59 days Delinquent, (b) 60-89 days Delinquent and (c) 90 or more
days Delinquent, as of the close of business on the last Business Day of
the calendar month immediately preceding the Distribution Date, (d) the
numbers and aggregate Loan Balances of all Home Equity Loans as of such
Distribution Date after giving effect to any payment of principal on the
last day of the Remittance Period immediately preceding the Distribution
Date and (e) the percentage that each of the amounts represented by clauses
(a), (b) and (c) represent as a percentage of the respective amounts in
clause (d);
(ii) the status and the number and dollar amounts of all Home Equity
Loans in foreclosure proceedings as of the close of business on the last
Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding such Distribution
Date, separately stating, for this purpose, all Home Equity Loans with
respect to which foreclosure proceedings were commenced in the immediately
preceding calendar month;
(iii) the number of Mortgagors and the Loan Balances of (a) the
related Mortgages involved in bankruptcy proceedings as of the close of
business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately
preceding such Distribution Date and (b) Home Equity Loans that are
"balloon" loans;
(iv) the existence and status of any REO Properties, as of the close
of business of the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the
Distribution Date;
(v) the book value of any REO Property as of the close of business on
the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the
Distribution Date;
(vi) cumulative Realized Losses, incurred on the Home Equity Loans
from the Startup Day to and including the Remittance Period immediately
preceding the Distribution Date;
(vii) the amount of Net Liquidation Proceeds realized on the Home
Equity Loans during the Remittance Period immediately preceding the
Distribution Date;
(viii) the Annual Loss Percentage (Rolling Twelve Month) with respect
to such Distribution Date; and
(ix) the 90+ Delinquency Percentage (Rolling Three Month) with respect
to such Distribution Date.
The Trustee shall forward such report (together with the information
described in (a) above) concurrently with each distribution to the
Certificateholders, the Rating Agencies, the Certificate Insurer, Bloomberg (at
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx) and Intex
Solutions (at 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx) on the related Distribution Date.
(c) The Trustee shall, on behalf of the Trust, cause to be filed with the
Commission any periodic reports required to be filed on behalf of the Trust
under the provisions of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder. Upon the request of the Trustee, each of the Seller, the
Servicer and the Depositor shall cooperate with the Trustee in the preparation
of any such report and shall provide to the Trustee in a timely manner all such
information or documentation as is in the possession of such Person and that the
Trustee may reasonably request in connection with the performance of its duties
and obligations under this Section.
(i) The Trustee shall file with the Commission a Form 15 with respect
to the Trust as soon as practicable following the first date on which the
conditions to filing thereof have been satisfied. Following the filing of
such Form 15, the Trustee will submit a certificate addressed to an officer
of the Depositor certifying that all filings under the Exchange Act have
been made and shall attach a copy of acceptance slips for such filings. On
the Startup Day, the Depositor shall provide the Trustee with a letter at
Closing, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit N,
instructing the Trustee, as filing agent, to comply with the reporting
obligations for the Trust under the Exchange Act.
Section 7.10. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee shall report to the Depositor, the Seller, the Certificate
Insurer and each Owner, with respect to the amount on deposit in the Certificate
Account (including the amount therein relating to each Group) and the identity
of the investments included therein, as the Depositor, the Seller, any Owner or
the Certificate Insurer may from time to time reasonably request. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall, at the reasonable
request of the Depositor, the Seller, any Owner or the Certificate Insurer
transmit promptly to the Depositor, the Seller, any Owner and the Certificate
Insurer copies of all accountings of receipts in respect of the Home Equity
Loans furnished to it by the Servicer and shall notify the Seller and the
Certificate Insurer if any Monthly Remittance Amount has not been received by
the Trustee when due.
(b) The Trustee shall report to the Certificate Insurer and each Owner with
respect to any written notices it may from time to time receive which provide an
Authorized Officer with actual knowledge that any of the statements set forth in
Section 3.04(b) hereof are inaccurate.
END OF ARTICLE VII
ARTICLE VIII
SERVICING AND ADMINISTRATION OF HOME EQUITY LOANS
Section 8.01. SERVICER AND SUB-SERVICERS.
Acting directly or through one or more Sub-Servicers as provided in Section
8.03, the Servicer shall service and administer the Home Equity Loans in
accordance with this Agreement and the terms of the respective Home Equity
Loans, and with prudent and reasonable care, using the degree of skill and
attention that the Servicer exercises with respect to comparable home equity
loans that it services for itself or others and shall have full power and
authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things in
connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or
desirable but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Servicer, any
Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer or any Sub- Servicer may have with
the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or
any Affiliate of the Servicer; (iii) the Servicer's obligation to make
Delinquency Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Servicer's or any
Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with
respect to any particular transaction.
Subject to Section 8.03 hereof, the Servicer may, and is hereby authorized
to, perform any of its servicing responsibilities with respect to all or certain
of the Home Equity Loans through a Sub-Servicer as it may from time to time
designate, but no such designation of a Sub-Servicer shall serve to release the
Servicer from any of its obligations under this Agreement. Such Sub- Servicer
shall have the rights and powers of the Servicer which have been delegated to
such Sub- Servicer with respect to such Home Equity Loans under this Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to Sections
8.13 and 8.14, the Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is
hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the
Owners and the Trustee or any of them, (i) any and all instruments of
satisfaction or cancellation or of partial or full release or discharge and all
other comparable instruments with respect to the Home Equity Loans and with
respect to the Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a
deed in lieu of foreclosure so as to effect ownership of any Property in the
name of the Servicer on behalf of the Trustee, and (iii) to hold title to any
Properly upon such foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure on behalf of the
Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that to the extent any instrument described in
clause (i) preceding would be delivered by the Servicer outside of its usual
procedures for home equity loans held in its own portfolio the Servicer shall,
prior to executing and delivering such instrument, obtain the prior written
consent of the Certificate Insurer, and PROVIDED, FURTHER, however, that Section
8.13(a) and Section 8.14(a) shall each constitute a revocable power of attorney
from the Trustee to the Servicer to execute an instrument of satisfaction (or
assignment of mortgage without recourse) with respect to any Home Equity Loan
held by the Trustee hereunder paid in full or foreclosed (or with respect to
which payment in full has been escrowed). Revocation of the power of attorney
created by the final proviso of the preceding sentence shall take effect upon
(i) the receipt by the Servicer of written notice thereof from the Trustee, (ii)
a Servicer Termination Event or (iii) the termination of the Trust. The Trustee
shall execute any documentation furnished to it by the Servicer for recordation
by the Servicer in the appropriate jurisdictions, as shall be necessary to
effectuate the foregoing. Subject to Sections 8.13 and 8.14, the Trustee shall,
if necessary, execute a power of attorney to the Servicer or any Sub-Servicer
and furnish them with any other documents as the Servicer or such Sub-Servicer
shall reasonably request to enable the Servicer and such Sub-Servicer to carry
out their respective servicing and administrative duties hereunder.
Upon the request of the Trustee, the Servicer shall send to the Trustee,
the details concerning the servicing of the Home Equity Loans on computer
generated tape, diskette or other machine readable format which is mutually
agreeable.
The Servicer shall give prompt notice to the Trustee of any action, of
which the Servicer has actual knowledge, to (i) assert a claim against the Trust
or (ii) assert jurisdiction over the Trust.
Servicing Advances incurred by the Servicer or any Sub-Servicer in
connection with the servicing of the Home Equity Loans (including any penalties
in connection with the payment of any taxes and assessments or other charges) on
any Property shall be recoverable by the Servicer or such Sub-Servicer to the
extent described in Section 8.09(b) hereof.
Section 8.02. COLLECTION OF CERTAIN HOME EQUITY LOAN PAYMENTS.
The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called
for under the terms and provisions of the Home Equity Loans, and shall, to the
extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and the terms and
provisions of any applicable Insurance Policy, follow collection procedures for
all Home Equity Loans at least as rigorous as those described in the FNMA Guide.
Consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer may in its discretion waive or
permit to be waived any late payment charge, prepayment charge, assumption fee
or any penalty interest in connection with the prepayment of a Home Equity Loan
or any other fee or charge which the Servicer would be entitled to retain
hereunder as servicing compensation. In the event the Servicer shall consent to
the deferment of the due dates for payments due on a Note, the Servicer shall
nonetheless make payment of any required Delinquency Advance with respect to the
payments so extended to the same extent as if such installment were due, owing
and Delinquent and had not been deferred, and shall be entitled to reimbursement
therefor in accordance with Section 8.09(a) hereof.
Section 8.03. SUB-SERVICING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN SERVICER AND SUB-SERVICERS.
The Servicer may, with the prior written consent of the Certificate
Insurer, enter into Sub- Servicing Agreements for any servicing and
administration of Home Equity Loans with any institution which is acceptable to
the Certificate Insurer and which, (x) is in compliance with the laws of each
state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under such Sub-Servicing
Agreement, (y) has experience servicing home equity loans that are similar to
the Home Equity Loans and (z) has equity of not less than $5,000,000 (as
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles). The
Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, the Owners, the Certificate Insurer
and the Rating Agencies of the appointment of any Sub-Servicer (and shall
receive the confirmation of the Rating Agencies that such Sub-Servicer shall not
result in a withdrawal or downgrading by any Rating Agency of the rating or the
shadow rating of the Class A Certificates). For purposes of this Agreement, the
Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Home Equity Loans when any
Sub-Servicer has received such payments. Each Sub-Servicer shall be required to
service the Home Equity Loans in accordance with this Agreement and any such
Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions
of this Agreement. Each Sub-Servicing Agreement shall provide that the Trustee
(if acting as successor Servicer) or any other successor Servicer shall have the
option to terminate such agreement without payment of any fees if the original
Servicer is terminated or resigns. The Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and
the Certificate Insurer copies of all Sub-Servicing Agreements, and any
amendments or modifications thereof promptly upon the Servicer's execution and
delivery of such instrument.
Section 8.04. SUCCESSOR SUB-SERVICERS.
The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreement in
accordance with the terms and conditions of such Sub-Servicing Agreement and to
either itself directly service the related Home Equity Loans or enter into a
Sub-Servicing Agreement with a successor Sub-Servicer which qualifies under
Section 8.03.
Section 8.05. LIABILITY OF SERVICER; INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) The Servicer shall not be relieved of its obligations under this
Agreement notwithstanding any Sub-Servicing Agreement or any of the provisions
of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer
and a Sub-Servicer and the Servicer shall be obligated to the same extent and
under the same terms and conditions as if it alone were servicing and
administering the Home Equity Loans. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter
into any agreement with a Sub-Servicer for indemnification of the Servicer by
such Sub-Servicer and nothing contained in such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be
deemed to limit or modify this Agreement.
(b) The Servicer agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee, the Depositor,
the Certificate Insurer and each Owner harmless against any and all claims,
losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments,
and any other costs, fees and expenses that the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Certificate Insurer and any Owner may sustain in any way related to the failure
of the Servicer to perform its duties and service the Home Equity Loans in
compliance with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer shall immediately
notify the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and each Owner if a
claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement, and the Servicer
shall assume (with the consent of the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer) 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 the Servicer, the Trustee, the
Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and/or Owner in respect of such claim. The
Trustee shall, in accordance with instructions received from the Servicer,
reimburse the Servicer only from amounts otherwise distributable on the Class R
Certificates for all amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding sentence,
except when a final nonpayable adjudication determines that the claim relates
directly to the failure of the Servicer to perform its duties in compliance with
the Agreement. The provisions of this Section 8.05(b) shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the payment of the outstanding Certificates.
Section 8.06. NO CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUB-SERVICER, TRUSTEE OR
THE OWNERS.
Any Sub-Servicing Agreement and any other transactions or services relating
to the Home Equity Loans involving a Sub-Servicer shall be deemed to be between
the Sub-Servicer and the Servicer alone and the Trustee and the Owners shall not
be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties
or liabilities with respect to any Sub-Servicer except as set forth in Section
8.07.
Section 8.07. ASSUMPTION OR TERMINATION OF SUB-SERVICING AGREEMENT BY
TRUSTEE.
In connection with the assumption of the responsibilities, duties and
liabilities and of the authority, power and rights of the Servicer hereunder by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.20 or another successor Servicer, it is
understood and agreed that the Servicer's rights and obligations under any
Sub-Servicing Agreement then in force between the Servicer and a Sub-Servicer
shall be assumed simultaneously by the Trustee or another successor Servicer
without act or deed on part of the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee
(if acting as successor Servicer) or any other successor Servicer may terminate
the Sub-Servicer as provided in Section 8.03.
The Servicer shall, upon the reasonable request of the Trustee, but at the
expense of the Servicer, deliver to the assuming party documents and records
relating to each Sub-Servicing Agreement and an accounting of amounts collected
and held by it and otherwise use its best reasonable efforts to effect the
orderly and efficient transfer of the Sub-Servicing Agreements to the assuming
party.
Section 8.08. PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ACCOUNT.
(a) The Servicer shall establish and maintain at one or more Designated
Depository Institutions the Principal and Interest Account to be held as a trust
account. The Principal and Interest Account shall be an Eligible Account. Each
Principal and Interest Account shall be identified on the records of the
Designated Depository Institution as follows: Norwest Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as Trustee on behalf of MBIA Insurance Corporation and the Owners
of the Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1 Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates. If the institution at any time holding the Principal and Interest
Account ceases to be eligible as a Designated Depository Institution hereunder,
then the Servicer shall immediately be required to name a successor institution
meeting the requirements for a Designated Depository Institution hereunder. If
the Servicer fails to name such a successor institution, then the Principal and
Interest Account shall thenceforth be held as a trust account with a qualifying
Designated Depository Institution selected by the Trustee. The Servicer shall
notify the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Owners if there is a change
in the name, account number or institution holding the Principal and Interest
Account.
Subject to Subsection (c) below, the Servicer shall deposit all receipts
required pursuant to Subsection (c) below and related to the Home Equity Loans
to the Principal and Interest Account on a daily basis (but no later than the
first Business Day after receipt).
(b) All funds in the Principal and Interest Account shall be held (i)
uninvested up to the amount insured by the FDIC or (ii) invested in Eligible
Investments. Any investments of funds in the Principal and Interest Account
shall mature or be withdrawable at par on or prior to the immediately succeeding
Monthly Remittance Date. The Principal and Interest Account shall be held in
trust in the name of the Trust for the benefit of the Owners. The Trust shall be
divided into two separate sub-trusts; one for Group I and any Trust assets
allocable to such Group I and the other for Group II and any Trust assets
allocable to such Group II. Any investment earnings on funds held in the
Principal and Interest Account shall be for the account of the Servicer and may
only be withdrawn from the Principal and Interest Account by the Servicer
immediately following the remittance of the Monthly Remittance Amount (and the
Total Monthly Excess Spread included therein) by the Servicer in accordance with
the terms hereof. Any investment losses on amounts held in the Principal and
Interest Account shall be for the account of the Servicer and promptly upon the
realization of such loss shall be contributed by the Servicer to the Principal
and Interest Account. Any references herein to amounts on deposit in the
Principal and Interest Account shall refer to amounts net of such investment
earnings.
(c) The Servicer shall deposit to the Principal and Interest Account on the
Business Day after receipt, all principal collected and interest due on the Home
Equity Loans (net of the Servicing Fee related to such Home Equity Loans) on and
after the Cut-Off Date and the Replacement Cut-Off Date, as applicable,
including any Prepayments and Net Liquidation Proceeds, other recoveries or
amounts related to the Home Equity Loans received by the Servicer and any income
from REO Properties, but net of (i) Net Liquidation Proceeds to the extent such
Net Liquidation Proceeds exceed the sum of (I) the Loan Balance of the related
Home Equity Loan immediately prior to liquidation, plus (II) accrued and unpaid
interest on such Home Equity Loan (net of the related Servicing Fee) and (III)
any unrecovered Cram Down Losses, (ii) principal received and interest due on
the Home Equity Loans prior to the Cut-Off Date or the related Replacement
Cut-Off Date, as the case may be, (iii) reimbursements for unreimbursed
Delinquency Advances (but solely from amounts received on the related Home
Equity Loan) and (iv) reimbursements for amounts deposited in the Principal and
Interest Account representing payments of principal and/or interest on a Note by
a Mortgagor which are subsequently returned by a depository institution as
unpaid (all such net amount herein referred to as "Daily Collections").
(d) The Servicer may make withdrawals from the Principal and Interest
Account, with respect to each Home Equity Loan Group, only in the following
priority and for the following purposes:
(A) on each Monthly Remittance Date, to pay itself the related
Servicing Fees to the extent such Servicing Fees are not retained
by the Servicer;
(B) to withdraw investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the
Principal and Interest Account;
(C) to withdraw amounts that have been deposited to the Principal and
Interest Account in error;
(D) to reimburse itself pursuant to Section 8.09(a) for unrecovered
Delinquency Advances and unrecovered Servicing Advances (in each
case, solely from amounts recovered on the related Home Equity
Loan);
(E) Nonrecoverable Advances; and
(F) to clear and terminate the Principal and Interest Account
following the termination of the Trust pursuant to Article IX;
(i) The Servicer shall (a) remit to the Trustee for deposit in the
Certificate Account by wire transfer, or otherwise make funds available in
immediately available funds, without duplication, the Monthly Remittance
Amount allocable to a Remittance Period not later than the related Monthly
Remittance Date, and (b) on each Monthly Remittance Date, deliver to the
Trustee, the Depositor and the Certificate Insurer, a monthly servicing
report, with respect to each Home Equity Loan Group, containing (without
limitation) the following information: principal and interest collected in
respect of the Home Equity Loans, scheduled principal and interest that was
due on the Home Equity Loans, relevant information with respect to
Liquidated Loans, if any, summary and detailed delinquency reports,
Liquidation Proceeds and other similar information concerning the servicing
of the Home Equity Loans and any other information requested by the
Certificate Insurer (including, without limitation, a liquidation report
with respect to each Liquidated Loan). In addition, the Servicer shall
inform the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer on each Monthly Remittance
Date, with respect to each Home Equity Loan Group, of the amounts of any
Loan Purchase Prices or Substitution Amounts so remitted during the related
Remittance Period, and of the Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loan having
the largest Loan Balance as of such date.
(ii) The Servicer shall provide to the Trustee the information
described in Section 8.08(d)(i)(b) and in Section 7.09(b) to enable the
Trustee to perform its reporting requirements under Section 7.09 and to
make the allocations and disbursements set forth in Sections 7.02 and 7.03.
Section 8.09. DELINQUENCY ADVANCES AND SERVICING ADVANCES.
(a) On or before each Monthly Remittance Date, the Servicer shall be
required to remit to the Trustee for deposit to the Certificate Account out of
the Servicer's own funds or from collections on any Home Equity Loans that are
not required to be distributed on the Distribution Date occurring during the
month in which such reimbursement is made (all or any portion of such amount to
be replaced on future Monthly Remittance Dates to the extent required for
distribution) any Delinquent payment of interest with respect to each Delinquent
Home Equity Loan, which payment was not received on or prior to the last day of
the related Remittance Period. Such amounts of the Servicer's own funds so
deposited are "Delinquency Advances".
The Servicer shall be permitted to reimburse itself on any Business Day for
any Delinquency Advances paid from the Servicer's own funds, from late
collections on the related Home Equity Loan or as provided in Section
7.03(b)(iii)(F).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Servicer determines in
its reasonable business judgment in accordance with the servicing standards set
out herein that any proposed Delinquency Advance would not be recoverable, the
Servicer shall not be required to make Delinquency Advances with respect to such
Home Equity Loan. To the extent that the Servicer previously has made
Delinquency Advances with respect to a Home Equity Loan that the Servicer
subsequently determines is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Servicer shall be
entitled to reimbursement for such aggregate Nonrecoverable Advances from
collections on any Home Equity Loan on deposit in the Principal and Interest
Account. The Servicer shall give written notice of such determination as to why
such amount would not be recoverable to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer;
the Trustee shall promptly furnish a copy of such notice to the Owners of the
Class R Certificates; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the Servicer shall be entitled to
recover any unreimbursed Delinquency Advances from Liquidation Proceeds for the
related Home Equity Loan.
(b) The Servicer will pay all "out-of-pocket" costs and expenses incurred
in the performance of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to,
(i) Preservation Expenses, (ii) the cost of any enforcement or judicial
proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the cost of the management and
liquidation of REO Property, (iv) advances required by Section 8.13(a), except
to the extent that such amounts are determined by the Servicer in its reasonable
business judgment not to be recoverable and (v) expenses incurred pursuant to
Section 8.22. Such costs will constitute "Servicing Advances". The Servicer may
recover a Servicing Advance (x) from the Mortgagors to the extent permitted by
the Home Equity Loans or, if not theretofore recovered from the Mortgagor on
whose behalf such Servicing Advance was made, from Liquidation Proceeds realized
upon the liquidation of the related Home Equity Loan and (y) as provided in
Section 7.03(b)(iii)(F). The Servicer shall be entitled to recover the Servicing
Advances from the Liquidation Proceeds on the related Home Equity Loan prior to
the payment of the Liquidation Proceeds to any other party to this Agreement. In
no case may the Servicer recover Servicing Advances from the principal and
interest payments on any other Home Equity Loan except as provided in Section
7.03(b)(iii)(F).
Section 8.10. COMPENSATING INTEREST; REPURCHASE OF HOME EQUITY LOANS.
(a) If a Prepayment in full of a Home Equity Loan or a Prepayment of at
least six times a Mortgagor's Monthly Payment occurs during any calendar month,
any shortfall between (x) the interest collected from the Mortgagor in
connection with such payoff, and (y) the full months interest at the Coupon Rate
that would be due on the related Due Date for such Home Equity Loan
("Compensating Interest") (but not in excess of the aggregate Servicing Fee for
the related Remittance Period) shall be deposited by the Servicer to the
Principal and Interest Account (or if such difference is an excess, the Servicer
shall retain such excess) on the next succeeding Monthly Remittance Date and
shall be included in the Monthly Remittance Amount to be made available to the
Trustee on such Monthly Remittance Date. The Servicer may recover any
unreimbursed payments of Compensating Interest as provided in Section
7.03(b)(iii)(F).
(b) Subject to the clause (c) below, the Servicer has the right and the
option, but not the obligation, to purchase for its own account any Home Equity
Loan which becomes a 90-Day Delinquent Loan, in whole or in part, as to at least
three consecutive monthly installments or any Home Equity Loan as to which
enforcement proceedings have been brought by the Servicer pursuant to Section
8.13; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Servicer may not purchase any such Home Equity
Loan unless the Servicer has delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate
Insurer at the Servicer's expense, an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the
Certificate Insurer and to the Trustee to the effect that such a purchase would
not constitute a Prohibited Transaction for the Trust or otherwise subject the
Trust to tax and would not jeopardize the status of REMIC I or REMIC II as
REMICs. Any such Home Equity Loan so purchased shall be purchased by the
Servicer on or prior to a Monthly Remittance Date at a purchase price equal to
the Loan Purchase Price thereof, which purchase price shall be deposited in the
Principal and Interest Account.
(c) If a Home Equity Loan to be purchased by the Servicer pursuant to
clause (b) above, is the greatest number of days Delinquent of all then
Delinquent Home Equity Loans (including Home Equity Loans relating to REO
Property), the Servicer may purchase such Home Equity Loan without having first
notified the Certificate Insurer of such purchase. In all other cases, the
Servicer must notify the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee, in writing, of its
intent to purchase a Home Equity Loan and the Servicer may not purchase such
Home Equity Loan without the written consent of the Certificate Insurer.
(d) The Net Liquidation Proceeds from the disposition of any REO Property
shall be deposited in the Principal and Interest Account and remitted to the
Trustee as part of the Monthly Remittance Amount remitted by the Servicer to the
Trustee.
Section 8.11. MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE.
(a) The Servicer shall cause to be maintained with respect to each Home
Equity Loan a hazard insurance policy with a carrier generally acceptable to the
Servicer that provides for fire and extended coverage, and which provides for a
recovery by the Trust of insurance proceeds relating to such Home Equity Loan in
an amount not less than the least of (i) the outstanding principal balance of
the Home Equity Loan (plus the related senior lien loan, if any), (ii) the
minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost
basis and (iii) the full insurable value of the premises. The Servicer shall
maintain the insurance policies required hereunder in the name of the mortgagee,
its successors and assigns, and shall be named as loss payee. The policies shall
require the insurer to provide the mortgagee with 30 days' notice prior to any
cancellation or as otherwise required by law. The Servicer may also maintain a
blanket hazard insurance policy or policies if the insurer or insurers of such
policies are rated investment grade by Xxxxx'x and Standard & Poor's.
(b) If the Home Equity Loan at the time of origination (or if required by
federal law, at any time thereafter) relates to a Property in an area identified
in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having
special flood hazards, the Servicer will cause to be maintained with respect
thereto a flood insurance policy in a form meeting the requirements of the then
current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration with a carrier
generally acceptable to the Servicer in an amount representing coverage, and
which provides for a recovery by the Trust of insurance proceeds relating to
such Home Equity Loan of not less than the least of (i) the outstanding
principal balance of the Home Equity Loan (plus the related senior lien loan, if
any), (ii) the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a
replacement cost basis and (iii) the maximum amount of insurance that is
available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. The Servicer shall
indemnify the Trust and the Certificate Insurer out of the Servicer's own funds
for any loss to the Trust or the Certificate Insurer resulting from the
Servicer's failure to advance premiums for such insurance required by this
Section when so permitted by the terms of the Mortgage as to which such loss
relates.
(c) Amounts collected by the Servicer under any Insurance Policies shall be
deposited into the Principal and Interest Account.
Section 8.12. DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSES; ASSUMPTION AND SUBSTITUTION AGREEMENTS.
When a Property has been or is about to be conveyed by the Mortgagor, the
Servicer shall (except as provided below), to the extent it has knowledge of
such conveyance or prospective conveyance, exercise its rights to accelerate the
maturity of the related Home Equity Loan under any "due-on-sale" clause
contained in the related Mortgage or Note; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Servicer
shall not exercise any such right if the "due-on-sale" clause, in the reasonable
belief of the Servicer, is not enforceable under applicable law, or the
Servicer, in a manner consistent with reasonable commercial practice, and only
if the Servicer reasonably believes assumption by the purchaser would not
materially and adversely affect the interests of the Owners or of the
Certificate Insurer, permits the purchaser of the related Property to assume
such Home Equity Loan. An Opinion of Counsel, provided at the expense of the
Servicer, to the foregoing effect shall conclusively establish the
reasonableness of such belief. In such event, the Servicer shall enter into an
assumption and modification agreement with the person to whom such property has
been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable
under the Note and, unless prohibited by applicable law or the Mortgage
documents, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon. If the foregoing is not
permitted under applicable law, the Servicer is authorized to enter into a
substitution of liability agreement with such person, pursuant to which the
original Mortgagor is released from liability and such person is substituted as
Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Note; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that to the
extent any such substitution of liability agreement would be delivered by the
Servicer outside of its usual procedures for home equity loans held in its own
portfolio the Servicer shall, prior to executing and delivering such agreement,
obtain the prior written consent of the Certificate Insurer. The Home Equity
Loan, as assumed, shall conform in all material respects to the requirements,
representations and warranties of this Agreement. The Servicer shall notify the
Trustee that any such assumption or substitution agreement has been completed by
forwarding to the Trustee or to the Custodian on the Trustee's behalf the
original copy of such assumption or substitution agreement (indicating the File
to which it relates) which copy shall be added by the Trustee or by the
Custodian on the Trustee's behalf to the related File and which shall, for all
purposes, be considered a part of such File to the same extent as all other
documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. The Servicer shall be
responsible for recording any such assumption or substitution agreements. In
connection with any such assumption or substitution agreement, no material term
of the Home Equity Loan (including, without limitation, the required monthly
payment on the related Home Equity Loan, the stated maturity, the outstanding
principal amount or the Coupon Rate) shall be changed nor shall any required
monthly payments of principal or interest be deferred or forgiven. Any fee
collected by the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer for consenting to any such
conveyance or entering into an assumption or substitution agreement shall be
retained by or paid to the Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of this
Agreement, the 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
Home Equity Loan by operation of law or any assumption which the Servicer may be
restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
Section 8.13. REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED HOME EQUITY LOANS; WORKOUT OF HOME
EQUITY LOANS.
(a) The Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably effect the
ownership in the name of the Trustee on behalf of the Trust of Properties
relating to defaulted Home Equity Loans as to which no satisfactory arrangements
can be made for collection of Delinquent payments and which the Servicer has not
purchased pursuant to Section 8.10(b). In connection with such foreclosure or
other conversion, the Servicer shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it hereunder, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise or use, as prudent mortgage lenders would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of their own affairs and consistent with the
servicing standards set forth in the FNMA Guide, including, but not limited to,
advancing funds for the payment of taxes, amounts due with respect to Senior
Liens, and insurance premiums. Any amounts so advanced shall constitute
"Servicing Advances" within the meaning of Section 8.09(b) hereof. The Servicer
shall sell any REO Property within 35 months from the close of the taxable year
of its acquisition by the Trust, at such price as the Servicer in good xxxxx
xxxxx necessary to comply with this covenant unless the Servicer obtains for the
Certificate Insurer and the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel (the expense of which
opinion shall be a Servicing Advance) experienced in federal income tax matters
acceptable to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee, addressed to the
Certificate Insurer, the Trustee and the Servicer, to the effect that the
holding by the Trust of such REO Property for any greater period will not result
in the imposition of taxes on "Prohibited Transactions" of the Trust or either
REMIC as defined in Section 860F of the Code or cause either REMIC to fail to
qualify as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions at any time that any Certificates
are Outstanding. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing provisions, the
Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property for the
Owners solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in a manner
which does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure
property within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or result in the
receipt by either REMIC created hereunder of any "income from non-permitted
assets" within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or any "net
income from foreclosure property" which is subject to taxation under the REMIC
Provisions. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer
shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and
conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary
in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its
conservation and protection of the interests of the Owners, rent the same, or
any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Owners
for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer shall take
into account the existence of any hazardous substances, hazardous wastes or
solid wastes, as such terms are defined in the Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act of 1976, or other federal, state or local environmental legislation, on a
Property in determining whether to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably
convert the ownership of such Property. If the Servicer has actual knowledge of
any environmental or hazardous waste risk with respect to the Property that the
Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure, the Servicer will cause an environmental inspection of the Property
in accordance with the servicing standards set forth in this Agreement. The
Servicer shall not take any such action with respect to any Property known by
the Servicer to contain such wastes or substances or to be within one mile of
the site of such wastes or substances, without the prior written consent of the
Certificate Insurer.
(b) The Servicer shall determine, with respect to each defaulted Home
Equity Loan, when it has recovered, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure
sale or otherwise, all amounts it expects to recover from or on account of such
defaulted Home Equity Loan, whereupon such Home Equity Loan shall become a
"Liquidated Loan" and the Servicer shall promptly submit a liquidation report to
the Certificate Insurer in form acceptable to the Certificate Insurer.
(c) The Servicer shall not agree to any modification, waiver or amendment
of any provision of any Home Equity Loan unless, in the Servicer's good faith
judgment, such modification, waiver or amendment would minimize the loss that
might otherwise be experienced with respect to such Home Equity Loan and only in
the event of a payment default with respect to such Home Equity Loan or in the
event that a payment default with respect to such Home Equity Loan is reasonably
foreseeable by the Servicer; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such modification,
waiver or amendment shall extend the maturity date of such Home Equity Loan
beyond the Remittance Period related to the Final Scheduled Distribution Date of
the latest Class of Class A Certificates remaining in the Trust. Notwithstanding
anything set out in this Section 8.13(c) or elsewhere in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Servicer shall be permitted to modify, waive or amend any
provision of a Home Equity Loan if required by statute or a court of competent
jurisdiction to do so.
(d) The Servicer has no intent to foreclose on any Mortgage based on the
delinquency characteristics as of the Startup Day; provided, that the foregoing
does not prevent the Servicer from initiating foreclosure proceedings on any
date hereafter if the facts and circumstances of such Mortgage including
delinquency characteristics in the Servicer's discretion so warrant such action.
Section 8.14. TRUSTEE TO COOPERATE; RELEASE OF FILES.
(a) Upon the payment in full of any Home Equity Loan (including any
liquidation of such Home Equity Loan through foreclosure or otherwise), or the
receipt by the Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed
in a manner customary for such purposes, the Servicer shall deliver to the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, a written request of the Servicer signed by
an Authorized Officer which states the purpose of the release of a File. Upon
receipt of such written request, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee shall
promptly release the related File, in trust, in its reasonable discretion to (i)
the Servicer, (ii) an escrow agent or (iii) any employee, agent or attorney of
the Trustee. Upon any such payment in full, or the receipt of such notification
that such funds have been placed in escrow, the Servicer is authorized to give,
as attorney-in-fact for the Trustee and the mortgagee under the Mortgage which
secured the Note, an instrument of satisfaction (or assignment of Mortgage
without recourse) regarding the Property relating to such Mortgage, which
instrument of satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, shall be delivered
to the Person or Persons entitled thereto against receipt therefor of payment in
full, it being understood and agreed that no expense incurred in connection with
such instrument of satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, shall be
chargeable to the Principal and Interest Account or to the Trustee. In lieu of
executing any such satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, the Servicer
may prepare and submit to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, a
satisfaction (or assignment without recourse, if requested by the Person or
Persons entitled thereto) in form for execution by the Trustee with all
requisite information completed by the Servicer; in such event, the Custodian,
on behalf of the Trustee shall execute and acknowledge such satisfaction or
assignment, as the case may be, and deliver the same with the related File, as
aforesaid.
(b) The Servicer shall have the right (upon receiving the prior written
consent of the Certificate Insurer) to accept applications of Mortgagors for
consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations and (iii)
removal, demolition or division of properties subject to Mortgages. No
application for approval shall be considered by the Servicer unless: (x) the
provisions of the related Note and Mortgage have been complied with; (y) the
Loan-to-Value Ratio and debt-to-income ratio after any release does not exceed
the Loan-to-Value Ratio and debt-to-income ratio of such Note on the Cut-Off
Date and any increase in the Loan-to-Value Ratio shall not exceed 5% unless
approved in writing by the Certificate Insurer; and (z) the lien priority of the
related Mortgage is not affected. Upon receipt by the Trustee of an Officer's
Certificate executed on behalf of the Servicer setting forth the action proposed
to be taken in respect of a particular Home Equity Loan and certifying that the
criteria set forth in the immediately preceding sentence have been satisfied,
the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Servicer the consent or partial
release so requested by the Servicer. A proposed form of consent or partial
release, as the case may be, shall accompany any Officer's Certificate delivered
by the Servicer pursuant to this paragraph. The Servicer shall notify the
Certificate Insurer and the Rating Agencies if an application is approved under
clause (y) above without approval in writing by the Certificate Insurer.
(c) From time to time and as appropriate in the servicing of any Home
Equity Loan, including, without limitation, foreclosure or other comparable
conversion of a Home Equity Loan or collection under any applicable Insurance
Policy, the Trustee shall release the related File to the Servicer, promptly
upon a written request of the Servicer signed by an Authorized Officer, which
states the purpose of the release of a File; provided, however, that no more
than 5% of the outstanding Home Equity Loans (by number) shall be released to
the Servicer at any time. Such receipt shall obligate the Servicer to return the
File to the Trustee when the need therefore by the Servicer no longer exists.
(d) In all cases where the Servicer needs the Trustee to sign any document
or to release a File within a particular period of time, the Servicer shall
notify an Authorized Officer of the Trustee by telephone of such need and the
Trustee shall thereon use its best efforts to comply with the Servicer's needs,
but in any event will comply within two Business Days of such request.
(e) No costs associated with the procedures described in this Section 8.14
shall be an expense of the Trust.
Section 8.15. SERVICING COMPENSATION.
As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Servicer shall be
entitled to retain the amount of the related Servicing Fee with respect to each
Home Equity Loan. Additional servicing compensation in the form of prepayment
charges, release fees, bad check charges, assumption fees, late payment charges,
prepayment penalties, or any other servicing-related fees, Net Liquidation
Proceeds not required to be deposited in the Principal and Interest Account
pursuant to Section 8.08(c)(i) and similar items may, to the extent collected
from Mortgagors, be retained by the Servicer, unless a successor Servicer is
appointed pursuant to Section 8.20 hereof, in which case the successor Servicer
shall be entitled to such fees as are agreed upon by the Trustee, the
Certificate Insurer and the successor Servicer.
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 the Servicer's
responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement.
Section 8.16. ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE.
The Servicer, at its own expense, will deliver to the Trustee, the
Certificate Insurer, the Depositor, and the Rating Agencies, on or before July
31 of each year, commencing in 2000, an Officer's Certificate stating, as to
each signer thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during
such preceding calendar year and of performance under this Agreement has been
made under such officers' supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officers'
knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations
under this Agreement for such year, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of all such obligations, specifying each such default known to such
officers and the nature and status thereof including the steps being taken by
the Servicer to remedy such default.
The Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate
Insurer and the Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge
thereof but in no event later than five Business Days thereafter, written notice
by means of an Officer's Certificate of any event which with the giving of
notice or the lapse of time would become a Servicer Termination Event.
Section 8.17. ANNUAL INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS' REPORTS.
On or before July 31 of each year, commencing in 2000, the Servicer, at its
own expense (or if the Trustee is then acting as Servicer, at the expense of the
Seller, which in no event shall exceed $1,000 per annum), shall cause to be
delivered to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer, the Depositor, and the Rating
Agencies a letter or letters of a firm of independent, nationally recognized
certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Insurer
stating that such firm has examined the Servicer's overall servicing operations
in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Single Attestation Program
for Mortgage Bankers, and stating such firm's conclusions relating thereto.
Section 8.18. ACCESS TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE
HOME EQUITY LOANS.
The Servicer shall provide to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer
access to the documentation regarding the Home Equity Loans, such access being
afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request and during normal
business hours at the offices of the Servicer designated by it.
Upon any change in the format of the computer tape maintained by the
Servicer in respect of the Home Equity Loans, the Servicer shall deliver a copy
of such computer tape to the Trustee and in addition shall provide a copy of
such computer tape to the Trustee, and the Certificate Insurer at such other
times as the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer may reasonably request.
Section 8.19. ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT.
Other than with respect to entering into Sub-Servicing Agreements pursuant
to Section 8.03 hereof, the Servicer may not assign its obligations under this
Agreement, in whole or in part, unless it shall have first obtained the written
consent of the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, which such consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any assignee must meet the
eligibility requirements set forth in Section 8.20(h) hereof for a successor
servicer.
Section 8.20. REMOVAL OF SERVICER; RETENTION OF SERVICER; RESIGNATION OF
SERVICER.
(a) The Certificate Insurer or the Trustee (with the prior written consent
of the Certificate Insurer) may remove the Servicer upon the occurrence of any
of the following events (each a "Servicer Termination Event"):
(i) The Servicer shall (I) apply for or consent to the appointment of
a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian or similar entity with respect
to itself or its property, (II) admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, (III) make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, (IV) be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (V)
commence a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws of the United
States of America or any state bankruptcy law or similar laws or file a
voluntary petition or answer seeking reorganization, an arrangement with
creditors or an order for relief or seeking to take advantage of any
insolvency law or file an answer admitting the material allegations of a
petition filed against it in any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency
proceeding or (VI) take corporate action for the purpose of effecting any
of the foregoing; or
(ii) If without the application, approval or consent of the Servicer,
a proceeding shall be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction,
under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief
of debtors, seeking in respect of the Servicer an order for relief or an
adjudication in bankruptcy, reorganization, dissolution, winding up,
liquidation, a composition or arrangement with creditors, a readjustment of
debts, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator or custodian or
similar entity with respect to the Servicer or of all or any substantial
part of its assets, or other like relief in respect thereof under any
bankruptcy or insolvency law, and, if such proceeding is being contested by
the Servicer in good faith, the same shall (A) result in the entry of an
order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) continue
undismissed or pending and unstayed for any period of seventy-five (75)
consecutive days; or
(iii) The Servicer shall fail to perform any one or more of its
obligations hereunder and shall continue in default thereof for a period of
thirty (30) days (one (1) Business Day in the case of a delay in making a
payment or deposit required of the Servicer under this Agreement) after the
earlier of (a) actual knowledge of an officer of the Servicer or (b)
receipt of notice from the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer of said
failure; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Servicer can demonstrate to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer that it is diligently
pursuing remedial action, then the cure period may be extended with the
written approval of the Certificate Insurer; or
(iv) The Servicer shall fail to cure any breach of any of its
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.02 or in the other
Operative Documents which materially and adversely affects the interests of
the Owners or the Certificate Insurer which remains unremedied for a period
of sixty (60) days after the earlier of the Servicer's discovery or receipt
of notice thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Servicer can demonstrate
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer that it is
diligently pursuing remedial action, then the cure period may be extended
with the written approval of the Certificate Insurer; or
(v) The merger, consolidation or other combination of the Servicer
with or into any other entity, unless (1) the Servicer or an Affiliate of
the Servicer is the surviving entity of such combination or (2) the
surviving entity (A) is servicing at least $300,000,000 of home equity
loans that are similar to the Home Equity Loans, (B) has Tangible Net Worth
of not less than $35,000,000 (as determined in accordance with generally
acceptable account principles), (C) is consented to by the Certificate
Insurer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) and (D) agrees to
assume the Servicer's obligations thereunder; or
(vi) The failure of the Servicer to satisfy the Servicer Termination
Test; or
(vii) The Servicer shall be declared in default of its credit facility
by its credit facility provider, which default, if left uncured, would
result in termination or acceleration of amounts owed thereunder; or
(viii) Centex Corporation or its successors shall fail to own,
directly or indirectly, at least 51% of the Servicer unless (a) the
Servicer shall be rated at least investment grade by each Rating Agency
or (b) the Servicer shall have at all times committed financing
capacity in a total amount of at least three times the Servicer's
average loan originations funded during the immediately preceding three
calendar months.
(b) Upon the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event, the Servicer shall
continue to act as servicer under this Agreement until removed as set forth in
this Section 8.20 and a successor Servicer has assumed the servicing
obligations. After the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event, the
Certificate Insurer or the Trustee (with the prior written consent of the
Certificate Insurer) may remove the Servicer by written notice to the Servicer.
Such termination shall be effective on the date specified in such notice,
provided that a successor Servicer or the Trustee has assumed the servicing
obligations. Upon the effective date of termination of the Servicer, the Trustee
(or another successor Servicer appointed by the Certificate Insurer) shall
assume the servicing obligations hereunder. The Certificate Insurer may appoint
a successor Servicer other than the Trustee. Until a successor Servicer has been
appointed by the Certificate Insurer, the Trustee shall be the successor
Servicer in all respects without further action, and all authority and power of
the Servicer under this agreement shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee on
and after the effective date of termination.
(c) [Reserved]
(d) The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it, except upon (i) determination that its duties hereunder are no
longer permissible under applicable law or are in material conflict by reason of
applicable law with any other activities carried on by it, the other activities
of the Servicer so causing such a conflict being of a type and nature carried on
by the Servicer at the date of this Agreement or (ii) written consent of the
Certificate Insurer and the Trustee. Any such determination under clause (i)
shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer at the expense of the Servicer to such effect which shall be
delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer.
(e) No removal or resignation of the Servicer shall become effective until
the Trustee or a successor Servicer shall have assumed the Servicer's
responsibilities and obligations in accordance with this Section.
(f) Upon removal or resignation of the Servicer, the Servicer at its own
expense also shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to a successor
servicer or the Trustee all the books and records (including, without
limitation, records kept in electronic form) that the Servicer has maintained
for the Home Equity Loans, including all tax bills, assessment notices,
insurance premium notices and all other documents as well as all original
documents then in the Servicer's possession.
(g) Any collections due to the Trust then being held by the Servicer prior
to its removal and any collections received by the Servicer after removal or
resignation shall be endorsed by it to the Trustee and remitted directly and
immediately to the Trustee or the successor Servicer.
(h) Upon removal or resignation of the Servicer, the Trustee (A) may,
unless the Certificate Insurer has appointed a successor Servicer other than the
Trustee, solicit bids for a successor servicer as described below and (B) until
such time as another successor Servicer is appointed by the Certificate Insurer,
shall assume the duties and obligations of the Servicer hereunder. The Trustee
agrees to act as Servicer during the solicitation process and shall assume all
duties and obligations of the Servicer. The Certificate Insurer may appoint a
successor Servicer other than the Trustee. If the Certificate Insurer fails to
appoint a successor Servicer, the Trustee shall, if it is unable to obtain a
qualifying bid and is prevented by law from acting as Servicer, appoint, or
petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any housing and home
finance institution, bank or mortgage servicing institution which has been
designated as an approved seller-servicer by FNMA or FHLMC for first and second
home equity loans and having equity of not less than $5,000,000 (or such lower
level as may be acceptable to the Certificate Insurer), as determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and acceptable to the
Certificate Insurer as the successor to the Servicer hereunder in the assumption
of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the
Servicer hereunder. The compensation of any successor Servicer (other than the
Trustee in its capacity as successor Servicer) so appointed shall be the amount
agreed to between the successor Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and the
Trustee (up to a maximum of 0.50% per annum on the outstanding principal balance
of each Home Equity Loan), together with the other servicing compensation in the
form of assumption fees, late payment charges or otherwise as provided in
Sections 8.08 and 8.15; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Trustee becomes the
successor Servicer it shall receive as its compensation the same compensation
paid to the Servicer immediately prior to the Servicer's removal or resignation;
PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, that the predecessor Servicer agrees to pay to the
Trustee or other successor Servicer at such time that it becomes such successor
Servicer a set-up fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each Home Equity Loan
then included in the Trust Estate. The amount payable in excess of twenty-five
dollars ($25) per Home Equity Loan, if any, shall be payable to the successor
Servicer and reimbursable pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii)(G) hereof. The
Trustee shall be obligated to serve as successor Servicer whether or not the fee
described in this section is paid by the Servicer, but shall in any event be
entitled to receive, and to enforce payment of, such fee from the Servicer.
(i) In the event the Trustee elects to solicit bids as provided above, the
Trustee shall solicit, by public announcement, bids from housing and home
finance institutions, banks and mortgage servicing institutions meeting the
qualifications set forth above. Such public announcement shall specify that the
successor Servicer shall be entitled to servicing compensation in accordance
with clause (h) above, together with the other servicing compensation in the
form of assumption fees, late payment charges or otherwise as provided in
Sections 8.08 and 8.15. Within thirty days after any such public announcement,
the Trustee shall negotiate and effect the sale, transfer and assignment of the
servicing rights and responsibilities hereunder to the qualified party
submitting the highest satisfactory bid as to the price it will pay to obtain
servicing provided that the Certificate Insurer has given its prior written
consent. The Trustee shall deduct from any sum received by the Trustee from the
successor to the Servicer in respect of such sale, transfer and assignment all
costs and expenses of any public announcement and of any sale, transfer and
assignment of the servicing rights and responsibilities hereunder. After such
deductions, the remainder of such sum less any amounts due the Trustee or the
Trust from the Servicer shall be paid by the Trustee to the predecessor Servicer
at the time of such sale, transfer and assignment to the Servicer's successor.
(j) The Trustee and such successor Servicer shall take such action,
consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such
succession, including the notification to all Mortgagors of the transfer of
servicing. The predecessor Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee and any
successor Servicer in effecting the termination of the predecessor Servicer's
servicing responsibilities and rights hereunder and shall promptly provide the
Trustee or such successor Servicer, as applicable, all documents and records
reasonably requested by it to enable it to assume the Servicer's functions
hereunder and shall promptly also transfer to the Trustee or such successor
Servicer, as applicable, all amounts which then have been or should have been
deposited in the Principal and Interest Account by the Servicer or which are
thereafter received with respect to the Home Equity Loans. Any amounts and
documents which are property of the Trust held by the predecessor Servicer shall
be held in trust on behalf of the Trustee until transferred to the successor
Servicer or Trustee. Neither the Trustee nor any other successor Servicer shall
be held liable by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in making, any
distribution hereunder or any portion thereof caused by (i) the failure of the
Servicer to deliver, or any delay in delivering, cash, documents or records to
it, or (ii) restrictions imposed by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction
over the Servicer. If the Servicer resigns or is replaced hereunder, the
Servicer agrees to reimburse the Trust, the Owners and the Certificate Insurer
for the costs and expenses associated with the transfer of servicing to the
replacement Servicer, but subject to a maximum reimbursement to all such parties
in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each Home Equity Loan then
included in the Trust Estate. The amount payable in excess of twenty-five
dollars ($25) per Home Equity Loan, if any, shall be payable to the successor
Servicer and reimbursable pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(iii)(G) hereof.
(k) The Trustee or any other successor Servicer, upon assuming the duties
of Servicer hereunder, shall immediately (i) record all assignments of Home
Equity Loans not previously recorded in the name of the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.05(b)(ii) as a result of an Opinion of Counsel and (ii) make all
Delinquency Advances and Compensating Interest payments and deposit them to the
Principal and Interest Account which the Servicer has theretofore failed to
remit with respect to the Home Equity Loans.
(l) The Servicer which is being removed or is resigning shall give notice
to the Mortgagors, to Moody's and to Standard & Poor's of the transfer of the
servicing to the successor.
(m) The Trustee shall give notice to the Certificate Insurer, the
Depositor, the Owners, the Trustee, the Seller, Moody's and Standard & Poor's of
the occurrence of any event described in paragraphs (a) above of which the
Trustee is aware.
(n) Upon appointment, the successor Servicer shall be the successor in all
respects to the predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the predecessor Servicer including,
but not limited to, the maintenance of the hazard insurance policy(ies), the
fidelity bond and an errors and omissions policy pursuant to Section 8.21(b) and
shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and all of the rights granted to the
predecessor Servicer by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The
appointment of a successor Servicer shall not affect any liability of the
predecessor Servicer which may have arisen under this Agreement prior to its
termination as Servicer (including, without limitation, any deductible under an
insurance policy) nor shall any successor Servicer be liable for any acts or
omissions of the predecessor Servicer or for any breach by such Servicer of any
of its representations or warranties contained herein or in any related document
or agreement.
(o) The Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to Section
7.03(b)(iii)(G) for all actual and reasonable costs associated with the transfer
of servicing from the predecessor Servicer, including, without limitation, any
costs or expenses associated with the complete transfer of all servicing data
and the completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be
required by the Trustee to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the
servicing data or otherwise to enable the Trustee to service the Home Equity
Loans properly and effectively.
Section 8.21. INSPECTIONS BY CERTIFICATE INSURER; ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
INSURANCE.
(a) At any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable notice,
the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer, any Owner of a Class X-IO or Class R
Certificate, or any agents thereof may inspect the Servicer's servicing
operations and discuss the servicing operations of the Servicer during the
Servicer's normal business hours with any of its officers or directors;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the costs and expenses incurred by the Servicer or its
agents or representatives in connection with any such examinations or
discussions shall be paid by the Servicer.
(b) The Servicer (including the Trustee if it shall become the Servicer
hereunder) agrees to maintain errors and omissions coverage and a fidelity bond,
each at least to the extent required by Section 305 of Part I of FNMA Guide or
any successor provision thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in any event that the
fidelity bond or the errors and omissions coverage is no longer in effect, the
Servicer shall notify the Trustee and the Trustee shall promptly give such
notice to the Certificate Insurer and the Owners.
Section 8.22. ADDITIONAL SERVICING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SECOND MORTGAGE
LOANS.
The Servicer shall file (or cause to be filed) a request for notice of any
action by a superior lienholder under a superior lien for the protection of the
Trustee's interest, where permitted by local law and whenever applicable state
law does not require that a junior lienholder be named as a party defendant in
foreclosure proceedings in order to foreclose such junior lienholder's equity of
redemption.
If the Servicer is notified that any superior lienholder has accelerated or
intends to accelerate the obligations under a First Mortgage Loan, or has
declared or intends to declare a default under the mortgage or the promissory
note secured thereby, or has filed or intends to file an election to have the
Mortgaged Property sold or foreclosed, the Servicer shall take, on behalf of the
Trust, whatever actions are necessary to protect the interests of the Owners and
the Certificate Insurer, and/or to preserve the security of the related Home
Equity Loan, subject to the application of the REMIC Provisions. The Servicer
shall advance the necessary funds to cure the default or reinstate the lien
securing a First Mortgage Loan, if such advance is in the best interests of the
Certificate Insurer and the Owners; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such additional
advance need be made if such advance would be nonrecoverable from Liquidation
Proceeds on the related Home Equity Loan. The Servicer shall thereafter take
such action as is necessary to recover the amount so advanced. Any expenses
incurred by the Servicer pursuant to this Section 8.22 shall be Servicing
Advances.
Section 8.23. THE GROUP II HOME EQUITY LOANS.
The Servicer shall enforce each Home Equity Loan in Group II in accordance
with its terms and shall timely calculate, record, report and apply all interest
rate adjustments in accordance with the related Note. The Servicer's records
shall, at all times, reflect the then Coupon Rate and monthly payment and the
Servicer shall timely notify the Mortgagor of any changes to the Coupon Rate or
the Mortgagor's monthly payment. If the Servicer fails to make either a timely
or accurate adjustment to the Coupon Rate or monthly payment or to notify the
Mortgagor of such adjustments, upon the Servicer's discovery of such error and
such continued failure, the Servicer shall pay from its own funds any shortage.
If the Servicer's continued failure after notice thereof to make a scheduled
change affects the Trust's rights to make future adjustments under the terms of
such Home Equity Loan, the Servicer shall repurchase such Home Equity Loan in
accordance with the provisions hereof. Any amounts paid by the Servicer pursuant
to this Section shall not be an advance and shall not be reimbursable from the
proceeds of any Home Equity Loan.
Section 8.24. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS
OF SERVICER. Any corporation into which the Servicer may be merged or converted
or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party or
any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the business of the
Servicer shall be the successor of the Servicer hereunder, without the execution
or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto provided that such corporation meets the qualifications set forth in
Section 8.20(h) and the resulting corporation has a Tangible Net Worth of at
least $35,000,000.
Section 8.25. NOTICES OF MATERIAL EVENTS. The Servicer shall give prompt
notice to the Certificate Insurer, the Trustee, Moody's and Standard & Poor's of
the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) Any default or any fact or event of which the Servicer has knowledge
which results, or which with notice or the passage of time, or both, would
result in the occurrence of a default by the Seller, or the Servicer under any
Operative Document or would constitute a material breach of a representation,
warranty or covenant under any Operative Document;
(b) The submission of any claim or the initiation of any legal process,
litigation or administrative or judicial investigation against the Seller or the
Servicer to which the Servicer has knowledge in any federal, state or local
court or before any governmental body or agency or before any arbitration board
or any such proceedings threatened by any governmental agency, which, if
adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect upon any of the
Seller's or the Servicer's ability to perform its obligations under any
Operative Document;
(c) The commencement of any proceedings by or against the Seller or the
Servicer under any applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or of any proceeding
in which a receiver, liquidator, trustee or other similar official shall have
been, or may be, appointed or requested for the Seller or the Servicer; and
(d) The receipt of notice from any agency or governmental body having
authority over the conduct of any of the Seller's or the Servicer's business
that the Seller or the Servicer is to cease or desist, or to undertake any
practice, program, procedure or policy employed by the Seller or the Servicer in
the conduct of the business of any of them, and such cessation or undertaking
will materially and adversely affect the conduct of the Seller's or the
Servicer's business or its ability to perform under the Operative Documents or
materially and adversely affect the financial affairs of the Seller or the
Servicer.
Section 8.26. INDEMNIFICATION BY THE SERVICER. The Servicer agrees to
indemnify and hold the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and each
Owner harmless against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees
and expenses that the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and any
Owner may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Servicer to perform
its duties and service the Home Equity Loans in compliance with the terms of
this Agreement. A party against whom a claim is brought shall immediately notify
the other parties and the Rating Agencies if a claim is made by a third party
with respect to this Agreement, and the Servicer shall assume (with the consent
of 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 the Certificate
Insurer, the Servicer, the Trustee and/or Owner in respect of such claim.
Section 8.27. REPORTS ON FORECLOSURE AND ABANDONMENT OF PROPERTIES. On or
before February 28 of each year beginning in 2000, the Servicer shall file the
reports of foreclosures and abandonments of any Property required by Code
Section 6050J with the Internal Revenue Service and provide a copy of such
filing to the Trustee. The reports from the Servicer shall be in a form and
substance sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed by such Section
6050J.
END OF ARTICLE VIII
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION OF TRUST
Section 9.01. TERMINATION OF TRUST.
The Trust created hereunder and all obligations created by this Agreement
will terminate upon the payment to the Owners of all Certificates from amounts
other than those available under the Certificate Insurance Policies of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to such Owners pursuant to
this Agreement and payment in full of all amounts owed to the Certificate
Insurer upon the later to occur of (a) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance made with respect thereto) of the last Home Equity Loan in the
Trust Estate, (b) the disposition of all property acquired in respect of any
Home Equity Loan remaining in the Trust Estate and (c) at any time if a
Qualified Liquidation of both Home Equity Loan Groups within the Trust is
effected as described in Section 9.02. To effect a termination of this Agreement
pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners of all Certificates then Outstanding
shall provide to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, at their expense, an
Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters acceptable to the
Certificate Insurer and the Trustee to the effect that each such liquidation
constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, and the Servicer either shall sell or
purchase the Home Equity Loans and the Trustee shall distribute the proceeds of
the liquidation of the Trust Estate. In no event, however, will the Trust
created by this Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one (21)
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living
on the date hereof. The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the
Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth in Section 11.05.
Section 9.02. TERMINATION UPON OPTION OF THE SERVICER.
(a) On any Monthly Remittance Date after the Clean-Up Call Date, the
Servicer may determine to purchase, in whole only, and may cause the purchase
from the Trust of all (but not fewer than all) Home Equity Loans and all
property theretofore acquired in respect of any Home Equity Loan by foreclosure,
deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise then remaining in the Trust Estate (i)
on terms agreed upon between the Certificate Insurer, the Servicer and the
Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates, or (ii) in the absence of
such an agreement, at a price equal to the Termination Price. In connection with
such purchase, the Servicer shall remit to the Trustee all amounts then on
deposit in the Principal and Interest Account for deposit to the Certificate
Account, which deposit shall be deemed to have occurred immediately preceding
such purchase.
(b) In the event that the Servicer purchases all Home Equity Loans and each
REO Property remaining in the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 9.02(a), the
Trust Estate shall be terminated in accordance with the following additional
requirements:
(i) The Trustee shall specify the first day in the 90-day liquidation
period in a statement attached to the final Tax Return of the REMICs
created hereunder pursuant to Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-1 and
shall satisfy all requirements of a qualified liquidation under Section
860F of the Code and any regulations thereunder;
(ii) During such 90-day liquidation period, and at or prior to the
time of making the final payment on the Certificates, the Trustee shall
sell all of the assets of the Trust Estate to the Servicer for cash; and
(iii) At the time of the making of the final payment on the
Certificates and payment of all amounts owed to the Certificate Insurer,
the Trustee shall distribute or credit, or cause to be distributed or
credited, to the Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates all cash
on hand in the Trust Estate (other than cash retained to meet claims), and
the Trust Estate shall terminate at that time.
(c) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Owners thereof hereby
agree to authorize the Trustee to specify the first day in the 90-day
liquidation period in a statement attached to the Trust Estate's final Tax
Return, which shall be binding upon all successor Owners.
(d) In connection with any such purchase, the Servicer shall provide to the
Trustee and the Certificate Insurer an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the
Servicer experienced in federal income tax matters acceptable to the Certificate
Insurer and the Trustee to the effect that such purchase and liquidation
constitutes a Qualified Liquidation of REMIC I and REMIC II.
(e) Promptly following any purchase described in this Section 9.02, the
Trustee will release the Files to the Servicer or the Certificate Insurer, as
the case may be, or otherwise upon their order, in a manner similar to that
described in Section 8.14 hereof.
Section 9.03. TERMINATION UPON LOSS OF REMIC STATUS.
(a) Following a final determination by the Internal Revenue Service or by a
court of competent jurisdiction, in either case from which no appeal is taken
within the permitted time for such appeal, or if any appeal is taken, following
a final determination of such appeal from which no further appeal can be taken,
to the effect that either REMIC created hereunder does not and will no longer
qualify as a REMIC pursuant to Section 860D of the Code (the "Final
Determination"), at any time on or after the date which is 30 calendar days
following such Final Determination (i) the Certificate Insurer or the Owners of
a majority in Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates then
Outstanding with the consent of the Certificate Insurer may direct the Trustee
on behalf of the Trust to adopt a plan of complete liquidation, as contemplated
by Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code and (ii) the Certificate Insurer may notify
the Trustee of the Certificate Insurer's determination to purchase from the
Trust all (but not fewer than all) Home Equity Loans and all property
theretofore acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise
in respect of any Home Equity Loan then remaining in the Trust Estate at a price
equal to the Termination Price. Upon receipt of such direction from the
Certificate Insurer, the Trustee shall notify the Owners of the Class X-IO and
Class R Certificates of such election to liquidate or such determination to
purchase, as the case may be (the "Termination Notice"). The Owners of a
majority of the Percentage Interest of the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates
then Outstanding may, within 60 days from the date of receipt of the Termination
Notice (the "Purchase Option Period"), at their option, purchase from the Trust
all (but not fewer than all) Home Equity Loans and all property theretofore
acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise in respect of
any Home Equity Loan then remaining in the Trust Estate at a purchase price
equal to the Termination Price. If, during the Purchase Option Period, the
Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates have not exercised the option
described in the immediately preceding paragraph, then upon the expiration of
the Purchase Option Period (i) in the event that the Certificate Insurer or the
Owners of the Class A Certificates with the consent of the Certificate Insurer
have given the Trustee the direction described in clause (a)(i) above, the
Trustee shall sell the Home Equity Loans and distribute the proceeds of the
liquidation of the Trust Estate, each in accordance with the plan of complete
liquidation, such that, if so directed, the liquidation of the Trust Estate, the
distribution of the proceeds of the liquidation and the termination of this
Agreement occur no later than the close of the 60th day, or such later day as
the Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the Class A Certificates with the
consent of the Certificate Insurer shall permit or direct in writing, after the
expiration of the Purchase Option Period and (ii) in the event that the
Certificate Insurer has given the Trustee notice of the Certificate Insurer's
determination to purchase the Trust Estate described in clause (a)(ii) preceding
the Certificate Insurer shall, within 60 days, purchase all (but not fewer than
all) Home Equity Loans and all property theretofore acquired by foreclosure,
deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise in respect of any Home Equity Loan then
remaining in the Trust Estate. In connection with such purchase, the Servicer
shall remit to the Trustee all amounts then on deposit in the Principal and
Interest Account for deposit to the Certificate Account, which deposit shall be
deemed to have occurred immediately preceding such purchase.
(b) Following a Final Determination, the Owners of a majority of the
Percentage Interest of the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates then Outstanding
may, at their option and upon delivery to the Certificate Insurer of an Opinion
of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters, acceptable to the
Certificate Insurer and selected by the Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R
Certificates, which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Certificate Insurer, to the effect that the effect of the Final
Determination is to increase substantially the probability that the gross income
of the Trust will be subject to federal taxation, purchase from the Trust all
(but not fewer than all) Home Equity Loans and all property theretofore acquired
by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise in respect of any Home
Equity Loan then remaining in the Trust Estate at a purchase price equal to the
Termination Price. In connection with such purchase, the Servicer shall remit to
the Trustee all amounts then on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account
for deposit to the Certificate Account, which deposit shall be deemed to have
occurred immediately preceding such purchase. The foregoing opinion shall be
deemed satisfactory unless the Certificate Insurer gives the Owners of a
majority of the Percentage Interest of the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates
notice that such opinion is not satisfactory within thirty days after receipt by
the Certificate Insurer of such opinion.
Section 9.04. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.
The Trustee shall, upon receipt thereof, deposit the proceeds of any
Termination Price or other liquidation of the Trust Estate pursuant to this
Article IX to the Certificate Account for distribution in accordance with the
priorities set forth in Section 7.03(b) hereof; provided, however, that any
amounts representing unreimbursed Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances
theretofore funded by the Servicer from the Servicer's own funds shall be paid
by the Trustee to the Servicer from the proceeds of the Trust Estate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no distribution of the proceeds of any
Termination Price shall be made to the Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R
Certificates until all such amounts have been applied in reduction of any
outstanding Class A-7 Certificateholders' Interest Index Carryover.
Section 9.05. NETTING OF AMOUNTS.
If any Person paying the Termination Price would receive a portion of the
amount to be paid, such Person may net any such amount against the Termination
Price otherwise payable.
END OF ARTICLE IX
ARTICLE X
THE TRUSTEE
Section 10.01. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) The Trustee (i) (A) undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee and (B) the
banking institution that is the Trustee shall serve as the Trustee at all times
under this Agreement, and (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions or any other
resolutions, statements, reports, documents, orders or other instruments
furnished pursuant to and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement; but
in the case of any such certificates or opinions or any other resolutions,
statements, reports, documents, orders or other instruments which by any
provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, shall
be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not on their face
they conform to the requirements of this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Trustee shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any resolution,
Certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument
furnished by the Servicer, the Certificate Insurer, the Seller or the Depositor
hereunder. If any such instrument is found not to conform in any material
respect to the requirements of this Agreement, the Trustee shall notify the
Certificate Insurer of such instrument in the event that the Trustee, after so
requesting does not receive a satisfactorily corrected instrument.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Servicer Termination Event of which a
responsible officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge has occurred and
has not been cured or waived, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill
in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(b) Notwithstanding the appointment of the Servicer hereunder, the Trustee
is hereby empowered to perform the duties of the Servicer it being expressly
understood, however, that the foregoing describes a power and not an obligation
of the Trustee (unless the Servicer shall have resigned or been terminated and a
successor Servicer shall not have been appointed pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement), and that all parties hereto agree that, prior to any termination of
the Servicer, the Servicer and, thereafter, the Trustee or any other successor
servicer shall perform such duties. Specifically, and not in limitation of the
foregoing, the Trustee shall upon termination or resignation of the Servicer,
and pending the appointment of any other Person as successor Servicer have the
power and duty during its performance as successor Servicer:
(i) to collect Mortgagor payments;
(ii) to foreclose on defaulted Home Equity Loans;
(iii) to enforce due-on-sale clauses and to enter into assumption and
substitution agreements as permitted by Section 8.12 hereof;
(iv) to deliver instruments of satisfaction pursuant to Section 8.14;
(v) to enforce the Home Equity Loans; and (vi) to make Delinquency
Advances and Servicing Advances and to pay Compensating Interest.
(c) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) This subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
subsection (a) of this Section;
(ii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by an Authorized Officer, unless it shall be
proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts;
(iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Certificate Insurer or of the Owners of a majority
in Percentage Interest of the Certificates of the affected Class or
Classes and the Certificate Insurer relating to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Trustee, under this Agreement relating to such Certificates;
(iv) The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to
have notice or knowledge of any default unless an Authorized Officer
of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof or an
Authorized Officer shall have actual knowledge thereof. In the
absence of receipt of such notice, the Trustee may conclusively
assume that there is no default; and
(v) Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement and without
limiting the generality of this Section l0.01, the Trustee shall
have no duty (A) to see to any recording, filing, or depositing of
this Agreement or any agreement referred to herein or any financing
statement or continuation statement evidencing a security interest,
or to see to the maintenance of any such recording or filing or
depositing or to any rerecording, refiling or redepositing of any
thereof, (B) to see to any insurance or (C) to see to the payment or
discharge of any tax, assessment, or other governmental charge or
any lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to, assessed
or levied against, any part of the Trust Estate from funds available
in the Certificate Account.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
(e) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance
of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or
powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such
funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it. None of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any
event require the Trustee to perform, or be responsible for the manner of
performance of, any of the obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement,
except during such time, if any, as the Trustee shall be the successor to, and
be vested with the rights, duties, powers and privileges of, the Servicer in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(f) The permissive right of the Trustee to take actions enumerated in this
Agreement shall not be construed as a duty and the Trustee shall not be
answerable for other than its own negligence or willful misconduct.
(g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to institute any suit, or to
take any remedial proceeding under this Agreement, or to take any steps in the
execution of the trusts hereby created or in the enforcement of any rights and
powers hereunder until it shall be indemnified to its satisfaction against any
and all costs and expenses, outlays and counsel fees and other reasonable
disbursements and against all liability, except liability which is adjudicated
to have resulted from its negligence or willful misconduct, in connection with
any action so taken.
(h) The Trustee hereby undertakes to provide the Seller with notice of any
correspondence relating to any Property.
(i) The Trustee hereby agrees to disclose the Premium Amount to any Person
upon request.
Section 10.02. REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE FOR CAUSE.
(a) The Trustee may be removed pursuant to paragraph (b) hereof upon the
occurrence of any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event
and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of
law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule
or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) the Trustee shall fail to distribute to the Owners entitled hereto
on any Distribution Date any amounts available for distribution that it has
received in accordance with the terms hereof; (PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any
such failure which is due to circumstances beyond the control of the
Trustee shall not be a cause for removal hereunder); or
(2) the Trustee shall fail in the performance of, or breach, any
covenant or agreement of the Trustee in this Agreement, or if any
representation or warranty of the Trustee made in this Agreement or in any
certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection
herewith shall prove to be incorrect in any material respect as of the time
when the same shall have been made, and such failure or breach shall
continue or not be cured for a period of 30 days after there shall have
been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Trustee by the Seller,
the Certificate Insurer, or by the Owners of at least 25% of the aggregate
Percentage Interests in the Trust Estate represented by the Class A
Certificates then Outstanding, or, if there are no Class A Certificates
then Outstanding, by such Percentage Interests represented by the Class
X-IO Certificates, or if there are no Class X-IO Certificates then
Outstanding, by such Percentage Interests represented by the Class R
Certificates, a written notice specifying such failure or breach and
requiring it to be remedied; or
(3) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority
having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets
and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or
liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Trustee,
and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or
unstayed for a period of 75 days; or
(4) a conservator or receiver or liquidator or sequestrator or
custodian of the property of the Trustee is appointed in any insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings of or relating to the Trustee or relating to all or
substantially all of its property; or
(5) the Trustee shall become insolvent (however insolvency is
evidenced), generally fail to pay its debts as they come due, file or
consent to the filing of a petition to take advantage of any applicable
insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of
its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations, or take
corporate action for the purpose of any of the foregoing.
The Depositor shall give to the Certificate Insurer, Moody's and Standard &
Poor's notice of the occurrence of any such event of which the Depositor is
aware.
(b) If any event described an Paragraph (a) occurs and is continuing, then
and in every such case (i) the Certificate Insurer or (ii) with the prior
written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) of the Certificate
Insurer, the Depositor and the Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interests
represented by the Class A Certificates or if there are no Class A Certificates
then outstanding by such majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the
Class X-IO Certificates or if there are no Class X-IO Certificates then
Outstanding by such majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the
Class R Certificates, may, whether or not the Trustee resigns pursuant to
Section l0.09(b) hereof, immediately, concurrently with the giving of notice to
the Trustee, and without delaying the 30 days required for notice therein,
appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to the terms of Section l0.09 hereof.
Section 10.03. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF THE TRUSTEE.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.01 hereof:
(a) the Trustee (acting as Trustee or Tax Matters Person) may request and
may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, note or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Depositor, the Seller, the Certificate
Insurer, or the Owners of any Class of Certificates mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced in writing;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Agreement the Trustee shall deem
it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering
or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon
an Officer's Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice of such counsel
(selected in good faith by the Trustee) shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reasonable reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights
or powers vested in it by this Agreement at the request or direction of any of
the Owners pursuant to this Agreement, unless such Owners shall have offered to
the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts
or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, note or other paper or
document, unless requested in writing to do so by the Owners; provided, however,
that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs,
expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such
investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the
Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the
Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such cost, expense or liability
as a condition to taking any such action;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys
or custodian;
(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized by the
Authorized Officer of any Person and within its rights or powers under this
Agreement other than as to validity and sufficiency of its authentication of the
Certificates;
(i) the right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in
this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be
answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the
performance of such act;
(j) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer is required to
furnish to the Trustee from time to time certain information and make various
calculations which are relevant to the performance of the Trustee's duties under
the Agreement. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely in good faith on any such
information and calculations in the performance of its duties hereunder, (i)
unless and until an Authorized Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, or
is advised by any Owner of a Certificate or the Certificate Insurer (either in
writing or orally with prompt written or telecopy confirmations), that such
information or calculations is or are incorrect, or (ii) unless there is a
manifest error in any such information; and
(k) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect
of the execution of the Trust Estate created hereby or the powers granted
hereunder.
Section 10.04. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES.
The recitals and representations contained herein and in the Certificates,
except the execution and authentication of the Certificates, shall be taken as
the statements of the Depositor, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for
their correctness (other than with respect to such execution and
authentication). The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Agreement, of the Certificates, or any Home Equity Loan or
document related thereto other than as to validity and sufficiency of its
authentication of the Certificates. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Depositor of any of the Certificates or of the
proceeds of such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid
to the Depositor, the Seller or the Servicer in respect of the Home Equity Loans
or deposited into or withdrawn from the Principal and Interest Account or the
Certificate Account by the Depositor, the Servicer or the Seller, and shall have
no responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any
public office at any time or otherwise to perfect or maintain the perfection of
any security interest or lien or to prepare or file any tax returns or
Securities and Exchange Commission filings for the Trust or to record this
Agreement. The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have
notice or knowledge of any default unless an Authorized Officer of the Trustee
shall have received written notice thereof or an Authorized Officer has actual
knowledge thereof. In the absence of receipt of such notice, the Trustee may
conclusively assume that no default has occurred.
Section 10.05. MAY HOLD CERTIFICATES.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Registrar or any other agent of the Trust,
in its individual or any other capacity, may become an Owner or pledged of
Certificates and may otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, any Paying Agent, Registrar or such other agent.
Section 10.06. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from
other trust funds except to the extent required herein or required by law. The
Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it
hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Depositor and except to the extent
of income or other gain on investments which are deposits in or certificates of
deposit of the Trustee in its commercial capacity and income or other gain
actually received by the Trustee on Eligible Investments.
Section 10.07. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Trustee shall receive compensation for fees and reimbursement for
expenses pursuant to Section 2.05, Section 6.12, Section 7.03(b)(i)(A),
7.03(b)(iii)(G), Section 7.06 and Section 10.13 hereof. Except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, the Trustee and any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Trustee shall be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against
any loss, liability, or "unanticipated out-of-pocket" expense incurred or paid
to third parties (which expenses shall not include salaries paid to employees,
or allocable overhead, of the Trustee) in connection with or any claim or legal
action or any pending or threatened claim or legal action arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of its trusts hereunder or the
Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties
hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties
hereunder. All such amounts described in the preceding sentence shall be payable
as provided in Section 7.03(b)(iii)(G). It is understood by the parties hereto
that a "claim" as used in this paragraph includes any claim for indemnification
made by the Custodian under the applicable provisions of the Custodial
Agreement. The Trustee and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Trustee shall be indemnified by the Seller and held harmless against any loss,
liability or reasonable expenses incurred by the Trustee in performing its
duties as Tax Matters Person for the REMICs created under this Agreement, other
than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance,
bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties as Tax Matters Person
for the REMIC created hereunder. The provisions of this Section 10.07 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 10.08. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a
corporation or association organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America or of any State authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 subject to supervision or examination by the United States of
America, or any state, acceptable to the Certificate Insurer and having a
deposit rating of at least A- from Standard & Poor's and A2 by Moody's. If such
Trustee publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to
the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for
the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at
any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, it shall, upon the request of the Certificate
Insurer, resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter
specified in this Article X.
Section 10.09. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to this Article X shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee under Section 10.10 hereof.
(b) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may resign
at any time by giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor and the
Seller and by mailing notice of resignation by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to the Certificate Insurer and the Owners at their addresses appearing
on the Register. A copy of such notice shall be sent by the resigning Trustee to
the Rating Agencies. Upon receiving notice of resignation, the Depositor shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees acceptable to the Certificate
Insurer by written instrument, in duplicate, executed on behalf of the Trust by
an Authorized Officer of the Depositor, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the Trustee so resigning and one copy to the successor Trustee or
Trustees. If no successor Trustee shall have been appointed and have accepted
appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee, or any Owner may, on behalf of himself and
all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a
successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it
may deem proper and appropriate, appoint a successor Trustee.
(c) If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section
10.08 hereof and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the
Depositor or by the Certificate Insurer, the Certificate Insurer or the
Depositor with the written consent of the Certificate Insurer may remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee acceptable to the Certificate Insurer by
written instrument, in duplicate, executed on behalf of the Trust by an
Authorized Officer of the Depositor, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Trustee.
(d) The Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the
Class A Certificates with the prior written consent of the Certificate Insurer,
or, if there are no Class A Certificates then Outstanding, by such majority of
the Percentage Interests represented by the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates,
may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee acceptable to
the Certificate Insurer by delivering to the Trustee to be removed, to the
successor Trustee so appointed, to the Depositor, to the Servicer and to the
Certificate Insurer, copies of the record of the act taken by the Owners, as
provided for in Section 11.03 hereof.
(e) If the Trustee fails to perform its duties in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement, or becomes ineligible pursuant to Section 10.08 to serve as
Trustee, the Certificate Insurer may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
Trustee by written instrument, in triplicate, signed by the Certificate Insurer
duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered to the
Depositor, one complete set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to
the successor Trustee so appointed.
(f) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Trustee for any cause, the
Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee acceptable to the
Certificate Insurer. If within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be
appointed by act of the Certificate Insurer or the Owners of a majority of the
Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates then Outstanding
with the consent of the Certificate Insurer, the successor Trustee so appointed
shall forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment become the successor
Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Depositor. If no
successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Depositor or the Owners
and shall have accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any
Owner may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such
court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, appoint a successor Trustee.
(g) The Servicer shall give notice of any removal of the Trustee by mailing
notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Certificate
Insurer, to the Rating Agencies and to the Owners as their names and addresses
appear in the Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor
Trustee and the address of its corporate trust office.
Section 10.10. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.
Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the Depositor on behalf of the Trust to the Certificate Insurer and
to its predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder
and stating its eligibility to serve as Trustee hereunder, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee shall become effective and
such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations of its
predecessor hereunder; but, on request of the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer
or the successor Trustee, such predecessor Trustee shall, upon payment of its
charges then unpaid, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all of the rights, powers and trusts of the Trustee so ceasing
to act, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee
all property and money held by such Trustee so ceasing to act hereunder. Upon
request of any such successor Trustee, the Depositor on behalf of the Trust
shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in
and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided in this
Section, the Depositor shall mail notice thereof by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to the Owners at their last addresses appearing upon the Register and
to the Certificate Insurer. The Depositor shall send a copy of such notice to
the Rating Agencies. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice within ten days
after acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the successor Trustee
shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Trust.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor shall be qualified and eligible under this
Article X.
Section 10.11. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS
OF THE TRUSTEE.
Any corporation or association into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or
association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or association succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the
successor of the Trustee hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper
or any further act on the pan of any of the parties hereto; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that such corporation or association shall be otherwise qualified and eligible
under this Article X. In case any Certificates have been executed, but not
delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such Trustee may adopt such execution and deliver the
Certificates so executed with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had
itself executed such Certificates.
Section 10.12. REPORTING; WITHHOLDING.
(a) The Trustee shall timely provide to the Owners the Internal Revenue
Service's Form 1099 and any other statement required by applicable Treasury
regulations as determined by the Tax Matters Person, and shall withhold, as
required by applicable law, federal, state or local taxes, if any, applicable to
distributions to the Owners, including but not limited to backup withholding
under Section 3406 of the Code and the withholding tax on distributions to
foreign investors under Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code.
(b) As required by law or upon request of the Tax Matters Person and except
as otherwise specifically set forth in (a) preceding, the Trustee shall timely
file all reports prepared by the Seller and required to be filed by the Trust,
including other reports that must be filed with the Owners, such as the Internal
Revenue Service's Form 1066 and Schedule Q. The Trustee shall, upon request of
the Seller, collect any forms or reports from the Owners determined by the
Seller to be required under applicable federal, state and local tax laws.
(c) Except as otherwise provided, the Trustee shall have the responsibility
for preparation and execution of those returns, forms, reports and other
documents referred to in this Section.
(d) The Seller covenants and agrees that it shall provide to the Trustee
any information necessary to enable the Trustee to meet its obligations under
subsections (a), (b) and (c) above.
Section 10.13. LIABILITY OF THE TRUSTEE.
The Trustee shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of
the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by the Trustee herein.
Neither the Trustee nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of
the Trustee shall be under any liability on any Certificate or otherwise to the
Certificate Account, the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer or any Owner for
any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith
pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
this provision shall not protect the Trustee, its directors, officers, employees
or agents or any such Person against any liability which would otherwise be
imposed by reason of negligent action, negligent failure to act or willful
misconduct in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Trustee
shall not be liable for losses on investments of amounts in the Certificate
Account (except for any losses on obligations on which the bank serving as
Trustee is the obligor). In addition, the Depositor, the Seller and Servicer
covenant and agree to indemnify the Trustee and the Servicer (if the Servicer is
also the Trustee) from, and hold it harmless against, any and all losses,
liabilities, damages, claims or expenses (including legal fees and expenses) of
whatsoever kind arising out of or in connection with the performance of its
duties hereunder other than those resulting from the negligence or bad faith of
the Trustee, and the Seller shall pay all amounts not otherwise paid or
reimbursed pursuant to Sections 2.05, 6.12 and 7.06 hereof. The Trustee and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee may rely and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting in good faith on any Certificate,
notice or other document of any kind PRIMA FACIE properly executed and submitted
by the Authorized Officer of any Person respecting any matters arising
hereunder. The provisions of this Section 10.13 shall survive the termination of
this Agreement and the payment of the outstanding Certificates.
Section 10.14. APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE TRUSTEE.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for
the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any
part of the Trust Estate or Property may at the time be located, the Servicer
and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and
deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee
and reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Insurer to act as co-Trustee or
co-Trustees, jointly with the Trustee, of all or any part of the Trust Estate or
separate Trustee or separate Trustees of any part of the Trust Estate, and to
vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Owners and the Certificate Insurer, such title to the Trust Estate, or any part
thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 10.14, such
powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Servicer and the Trustee
may consider necessary or desirable. If the Servicer shall not have joined in
such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do,
or in the case any event indicated in Section 8.20(a) shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Trustee subject to reasonable approval of the Certificate
Insurer 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 10.08 and no notice to Owner of the
appointment of any co-Trustee or separate Trustee shall be required under
Section 10.09.
Every separate Trustee and co-Trustee shall, to the extent permitted, be
appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
performed by the Trustee and such separate Trustee or co-Trustee jointly
(it being understood that such separate Trustee or co-Trustee is not
authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act),
except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any
particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or
as successor to the Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent
or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights,
powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust
Estate or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised
and performed singly by such separate Trustee or co-Trustee, but solely at
the direction of the Trustee;
(ii) No co-Trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by reason
of any act or omission of any other co-Trustee hereunder; and
(iii) The Servicer, and the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee acting
jointly may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate
Trustee or co-Trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed
to have been given to each of the then separate Trustees and co-Trustees, as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate Trustee or co-Trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Section 10.14. Each separate Trustee and co-Trustee, upon its acceptance
of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified
in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately,
as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the
Servicer and the Certificate Insurer.
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 10.15. APPOINTMENT OF CUSTODIANS.
The Trustee may appoint one or more Custodians to hold all or a portion of
the Files as agent for the Trustee, by entering into a Custodial Agreement
acceptable to the Certificate Insurer. Subject to this Article X, the Trustee
agrees to comply with the terms of the Custodial Agreement and to enforce the
terms and provisions thereof against the Custodian for the benefit of the Owners
of the Certificates and the Certificate Insurer.
END OF ARTICLE X
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Upon any application or request by the Depositor, the Seller, the
Certificate Insurer or the Owners to the Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Agreement, the Depositor, the Seller, the Certificate Insurer
or the Owners, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee a certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement
relating to the proposed action have been complied with, except that in the case
of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
is specifically required by any provision of this Agreement relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate need be furnished.
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, each certificate or
opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in
this Agreement (including one furnished pursuant to specific requirements of
this Agreement relating to a particular application or request) shall include:
(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based; and
(c) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 11.02. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Trustee may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of,
or representations by counsel, unless such Authorized Officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of an Authorized
Officer of the Trustee or any Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matter upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, one or more Authorized Officers of the Depositor, the Seller or the
Servicer, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is
in the possession of the Depositor, the Seller or the Servicer, unless such
Authorized Officer or counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
such matters are erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may also be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an Authorized Officer of the Trustee, stating that the
information with respect to such matters is in the possession of the Trustee,
unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know,
that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters
are erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may be based on the written opinion of
other counsel, in which event such Opinion of Counsel shall be accompanied by a
copy of such other counsel's opinion and shall include a statement to the effect
that such counsel believes that such counsel and the Trustee may reasonably rely
upon the opinion of such other counsel.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Agreement, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Section 11.03. ACTS OF OWNERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by the Owners
may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially
similar tenor signed by such Owners in person or by agent duly appointed in
writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the
Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Seller. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "act" of the Owners signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Trust, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by
the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Whenever such execution is
by an officer of a corporation or a member of a partnership on behalf of such
corporation or partnership, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of his authority.
(c) The ownership of Certificates shall be proved by the Register. (d) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action by the Owner of any Certificate shall bind the Owner of every Certificate
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in
lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Trustee or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action
is made upon such Certificates.
Section 11.04. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
act of the Owners or other documents provided or permitted by this Agreement to
be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with the Trustee by any Owner, the
Certificate Insurer, the Depositor, the Seller shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with and
received by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as set forth in Section
2.02 hereof.
Section 11.05. NOTICES AND REPORTS TO OWNERS; WAIVER OF NOTICES.
Where this Agreement provides for notice to Owners of any event or the
mailing of any report to Owners, such notice or report shall be sufficiently
given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each Owner affected by such event or to whom such report is
required to be mailed, at the address of such Owner as it appears on the
Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest
date, prescribed for the giving of such notice or the mailing of such report. In
any case where a notice or report to Owners is mailed in the manner provided
above, neither the failure to mail such notice or report nor any defect in any
notice or report so mailed to any particular Owner shall affect the sufficiency
of such notice or report with respect to other Owners, and any notice or report
which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to
have been duly given or provided. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Servicer
is removed or resigned or the Trust is terminated, notice of any such events
shall be made by overnight courier, registered mail or telecopy followed by a
telephone call.
Where this Agreement provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Owners shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing
shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of
a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail
notice of any event to Owners when such notice is required to be given pursuant
to any provision of this Agreement, then any manner of giving such notice as
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving
of such notice.
Where this Agreement provides for notice to any Rating Agency that rated
any Certificates, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights
or obligations created hereunder.
Section 11.06. RULES BY TRUSTEE.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for any meeting of Owners.
Section 11.07. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Agreement by any party hereto shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 11.08. SEVERABILITY.
In case any provision in this Agreement or in the Certificates shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 11.09. BENEFITS OF AGREEMENT.
Nothing in this Agreement or in the Certificates, expressed or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the Owners, the Certificate Insurer and the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement.
Section 11.10. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where the date of any Distribution Date, any other date on
which any distribution to any Owner is proposed to be paid, or any date on which
a notice is required to be sent to any Person pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement (with the exception of any Monthly Remittance Date) shall not be a
Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Certificates or
this Agreement) payment or mailing need not be made on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if
made or mailed on the nominal date of any such Distribution Date, or such other
date for the payment of any distribution to any Owner or the mailing of such
notice, as the case may be, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and
after any such nominal date, provided such payment is made in full on such next
succeeding Business Day. In any case where the date of any Monthly Remittance
Date or any Monthly Reporting Date shall not be a Business Day, then payment or
mailing need not be made on such date, but must be made on the preceding
Business Day.
Section 11.11. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION.
(a) In view of the fact that Owners are expected to reside in many states
and outside the United States and the desire to establish with certainty that
this Agreement will be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance
with the law of a state having a well-developed body of commercial and financial
law relevant to transactions of the type contemplated herein, this Agreement and
each Certificate shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws
of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed
therein, without giving effect to the conflicts of law principles thereof.
(b) The parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and any court
in the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, and any
appellate court from any thereof, in any action, suit or proceeding brought
against it or in connection with this Agreement or any of the related documents
or the transactions contemplated hereunder or for recognition or enforcement of
any judgment, and the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
agree that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard
or determined in such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law,
in such federal court. The parties hereto agree that a final judgment in any
such action, suit or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. To
the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto hereby waive and
agree not to assert by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise in any such
suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of such courts, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in
an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is
improper or that the related documents or the subject matter thereof may not be
litigated in or by such courts.
(c) Each of the Depositor, Seller and Servicer hereby irrevocably appoints
and designates the Trustee as its true and lawful attorney and duly authorized
agent for acceptance of service of legal process with respect to any action,
suit or proceeding set forth in paragraph (b) hereof. Each of the Seller and
Servicer agrees that service of such process upon the Trustee shall constitute
personal service of such process upon it.
(d) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall limit or affect the right of
the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer or the Certificate Insurer or
third-party beneficiary hereunder, as the case may be, to serve process in any
other manner permitted by law or to start legal proceedings relating to any of
the Home Equity Loans against any Mortgagor in the courts of any jurisdiction.
Section 11.12. COUNTERPARTS.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 11.13. USURY.
The amount of interest payable or paid on any Certificate under the terms
of this Agreement shall be limited to an amount which shall not exceed the
maximum nonusurious rate of interest allowed by the applicable laws of the State
of New York or any applicable law of the United States permitting a higher
maximum nonusurious rate that preempts such applicable New York laws, which
could lawfully be contracted for, charged or received (the "Highest Lawful
Rate"). In the event any payment of interest on any Certificate exceeds the
Highest Lawful Rate, the Trust stipulates that such excess amount will be deemed
to have been paid to the Owner of such Certificate as a result of an error on
the part of the Trustee acting on behalf of the Trust and the Owner receiving
such excess payment shall promptly, upon discovery of such error or upon notice
thereof from the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, refund the amount of such
excess or, at the option of such Owner, apply the excess to the payment of
principal of such Certificate, if any, remaining unpaid. In addition, all sums
paid or agreed to be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of Owners of
Certificates for the use, forbearance or detention of money shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread
throughout the full term of such Certificates.
Section 11.14. AMENDMENT.
(a) The Trustee, the Depositor, the Seller and the Servicer, may at any
time and from time to time, with the prior written approval of the Certificate
Insurer but without the giving of notice to or the receipt of the consent of the
Owners, amend this Agreement, and the Trustee shall consent to the amendment for
the purposes of (i) if accompanied by an approving Opinion of Counsel which
shall not be at the expense of the Trustee experienced in federal income tax
matters, removing the restriction against the transfer of a Class R Certificate
to a Disqualified Organization (as such term is defined in the Code), (ii)
complying with the requirements of the Code including any amendments necessary
to maintain REMIC status of each REMIC, (iii) curing any ambiguity, (iv)
correcting or supplementing any provisions of this Agreement which are
inconsistent with any other provisions of this Agreement or (v) for any other
purpose, provided that in the case of clause (v), such amendment shall not
adversely affect in any material respect any Owner. Any such amendment shall be
deemed not to adversely affect in any material respect any Owner if such Owner
shall have consented thereto in writing or if there is delivered to the Trustee
written notification from each Rating Agency that such amendment will not cause
such Rating Agency to reduce its then current rating assigned to the Class A
Certificates without regard to the related Certificate Insurance Policy.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no such amendment shall (a) change in
any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments which are required to
be distributed to any Owner without the consent of the Owner of such
Certificate, (b) change the percentages of Percentage Interest which are
required to consent to any such amendments, without the consent of the Owners of
all Certificates of the Class or Classes affected then outstanding or (c) affect
in any manner the terms or provisions of the related Certificate Insurance
Policy.
(b) The Certificate Insurer and the Rating Agencies shall be provided by
the Seller and the Depositor with copies of any amendments to this Agreement,
together with copies of any opinions or other documents or instruments executed
in connection therewith.
(c) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee
shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have first
received an Opinion of Counsel (provided by the Person requesting such
amendment) to the effect that such amendment will not result in the imposition
of any tax on the Trust pursuant to the REMIC Provisions or cause either REMIC
created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any of the
Certificates are outstanding.
Section 11.15. PAYING AGENT; APPOINTMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF DUTIES.
The Trustee is hereby appointed Paying Agent. The Seller may, subject to
the eligibility requirements for the Trustee set forth in Section 10.08 hereof,
including, without limitation, the prior written consent of the Certificate
Insurer, appoint one or more other Paying Agents or successor Paying Agents.
Each Paying Agent, immediately upon such appointments shall signify its
acceptance of the duties and obligations imposed upon it by this Agreement by
written instrument of acceptance deposited with the Trustee.
Each such Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall execute and deliver to
the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.02, that such Paying Agent will:
(a) allocate all sums received for distribution to the Owners of
Certificates of each Class for which it is acting as Paying Agent on each
Distribution Date among such Owners in the proportion specified by the
Trustee; and
(b) hold all sums held by it for the distribution of amounts due with
respect to the Certificates in trust for the benefit of the Owners entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Owners or otherwise disposed
of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein provided.
Any Paying Agent other than the Trustee may at any time resign and be
discharged of the duties and obligations created by this Agreement by
giving at least sixty (60) days written notice to the Trustee. Any such
Paying Agent may be removed at any time by an instrument filed with such
Paying Agent and signed by the Trustee.
In the event of the resignation or removal of any Paying Agent other than
the Trustee such Paying Agent shall pay over, assign and deliver any moneys held
by it as Paying Agent to its successor, or if there be no successor, to the
Trustee.
Upon the appointment, removal or notice of resignation of any Paying Agent,
the Trustee shall notify the Certificate Insurer and the Owners by mailing
notice thereof at their addresses appearing on the Register.
Section 11.16. REMIC STATUS.
(a) The parties hereto intend that each REMIC created hereunder shall
constitute, and that the affairs of each REMIC created hereunder shall be
conducted so as to qualify it as a REMIC in accordance with the REMIC
Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, Norwest Bank Minnesota, National
Association or such other person designated pursuant to Section 11.18 hereof
shall act as agent for the Trust and as Tax Matters Person for the Trust and
that in such capacity it shall: (i) prepare or cause to be prepared and filed,
at its own expense, in a timely manner, annual tax returns and any other tax
return required to be filed by each REMIC created hereunder using a calendar
year as the taxable year for such REMIC; (ii) in the related first such tax
return, make (or cause to be made) an election satisfying the requirements of
the REMIC Provisions, on behalf of each REMIC created hereunder, for it to be
treated as a REMIC; (iii) at the Tax Matters Person's expense, prepare and
forward, or cause to be prepared and forwarded, to the Owners all information,
reports or tax returns required with respect to each REMIC created hereunder,
including Schedule Q to Form 1066, as, when and in the form required to be
provided to the Owners, and to the Internal Revenue Service and any other
relevant governmental taxing authority in accordance with the REMIC Provisions
and any other applicable federal, state or local laws, including without
limitation information reports relating to "original issue discount" as defined
in the Code based upon the prepayment assumption and calculated by using the
"Issue Price" (within the meaning of Section 1273 of the Code) of the
Certificates of the related Class; PROVIDED that the tax return filed on
Schedule Q to Form 1066 shall be prepared and forwarded to the Owners of the
Class R Certificates no later than 50 days after the end of the period to which
such tax return was due; (iv) not take any action or omit to take any action
that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of either REMIC created
hereunder, except as provided under this Agreement; (v) represent, the Trust or
each 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 a taxable year of the Trust or each
REMIC created hereunder, enter into settlement agreements with any governmental
taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any tax item of the
Trust or each REMIC created hereunder, and otherwise act on behalf of the Trust
or each REMIC created hereunder in relation to any tax matter involving the
Trust or each REMIC created hereunder (the legal expenses and costs of any such
action described in this subsection (v) and any liability resulting therefrom
shall constitute expenses of the Trust and the Trustee shall be entitled to
reimbursement therefor as provided in Section 7.03(b)(iii)(G) unless such legal
expenses and costs are incurred by reason of the Trustee's willful misfeasance,
bad faith or negligence); (vi) comply with all statutory or regulatory
requirements with regard to its conduct of activities pursuant to the foregoing
clauses of this Section 11.16, including, without limitation, providing all
notices and other information to the Internal Revenue Service and Owners of
Class R Certificates required of a "tax matters person" pursuant to subtitle F
of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder; (vii) make available
information necessary for the computation of any tax imposed (A) on transferor
of residual interests to certain Disqualified Organizations or (B) on
pass-through entities, any interest in which is held by a Disqualified
Organization; and (viii) acquire and hold the Tax Matters Person Residual
Interest. The obligations of the Trustee or such other designated Tax Matters
Person pursuant to this Section 11.16 shall survive the termination or discharge
of this Agreement.
(b) The Seller, the Depositor, the Trustee and the Servicer covenant and
agree for the benefit of the Owners and the Certificate Insurer (i) to take no
action which would result in the termination of REMIC status for either REMIC
created hereunder, (ii) not to engage in any "prohibited transaction", as such
term is defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, (iii) not to engage in any
other action which may result in the imposition on the Trust of any other taxes
under the Code and (iv) to cause the Servicer not to take or engage in any such
action, to the extent the Seller is aware of any such proposed action by the
Servicer.
(c) Each REMIC created hereunder shall, for federal income tax purposes,
maintain books on a calendar year basis and report income on an accrual basis.
(d) Except as otherwise permitted by Section 7.05(b), no Eligible
Investment shall be sold prior to its stated maturity (unless sold pursuant to a
plan of liquidation in accordance with Article IX hereof).
(e) None of the Depositor, the Seller or the Trustee shall enter into any
arrangement by which the Trustee will receive a fee or other compensation for
services rendered pursuant to this Agreement, other than as expressly
contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (d) and (e), the Trustee or the
Seller may engage in any of the transactions prohibited by such clauses,
provided that the Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel experienced
in federal income tax matters acceptable to the Certificate Insurer to the
effect that such transaction does not result in a tax imposed on the Trustee or
cause a termination of REMIC status for either REMIC created hereunder;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such transaction is otherwise permitted under this
Agreement.
(g) In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of
the Trust created hereunder as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on
"net income from foreclosure property" of the Trust as defined in Section
860G(c) of the Code, on any contributions to the Trust after the Startup Date
therefor pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is imposed by
the Code or any applicable provisions of state or local tax laws, such tax shall
be charged (i) to the Trustee if such tax arises out of or results from the
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in performance by the Trustee of
any of its obligations under Article X, (ii) to the Servicer if such tax arises
out of or results from a breach by the Servicer of any of its obligations under
Article VIII or otherwise.
Section 11.17. ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON ACTION AND IMPOSITION OF TAX.
Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall not, without having obtained an Opinion of Counsel experienced in
federal income tax matters acceptable to the Certificate Insurer at the expense
of the party seeking to take such action but in no event at the expense of the
Trust to the effect that such transaction does not result in a tax imposed on
the Trust or either REMIC created hereunder or cause a termination of REMIC
status for either REMIC created hereunder, (i) sell any assets in the Trust
Estate, (ii) accept any contribution of assets after the Startup Day, (iii)
allow the Servicer to foreclose upon any Home Equity Loan if such foreclosure
would result in a tax on the Trust or either REMIC created hereunder or cause
termination of REMIC status for either REMIC created hereunder or (iv) agree to
any modification of this Agreement. To the extent that sufficient amounts cannot
be so retained to pay or provide for the payment of such tax, the Trustee is
hereby authorized to and shall segregate, into a separate non-interest bearing
account, the net income from any such Prohibited Transactions of each REMIC
created hereunder and use such income, to the extent necessary, to pay such tax;
PROVIDED THAT, to the extent that any such income is paid to the Internal
Revenue Service, the Trustee shall retain an equal amount from future amounts
otherwise distributable to the Owners of Class R Certificates and shall
distribute such retained amounts to the Owners of Class A Certificates to the
extent they are fully reimbursed and then to the Owners of the Class R
Certificates. If any tax, including interest penalties or assessments,
additional amounts or additions to tax, is imposed on the Trust, such tax shall
be charged against amounts otherwise distributable to the owners of the Class R
Certificates on a PRO RATA basis. The Trustee is hereby authorized to and shall
retain from amounts otherwise distributable to the Owners of the Class R
Certificates sufficient funds to pay or provide for the payment of, and to
actually pay, such tax as is legally owed by the Trust (but such authorization
shall not prevent the Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate
proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending
the outcome of such proceedings).
Section 11.18. APPOINTMENT OF TAX MATTERS PERSON.
A Tax Matters Person will be appointed for each REMIC created hereunder for
all purposes of the Code and such Tax Matters Person will perform, or cause to
be performed, such duties and take, or cause to be taken, such actions as are
required to be performed or taken by the Tax Matters Person under the Code. The
Tax Matters Person for each REMIC created hereunder shall be the Trustee as long
as it owns a Class R Certificate. If the Trustee does not own a Class R
Certificate, the Tax Matters Person may be any other entity that owns a Class R
Certificate and accepts a designation hereunder as Tax Matters person by
delivering an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I.
Section 11.19. THE CERTIFICATE INSURER.
Any right conferred to the Certificate Insurer hereunder, including but not
limited to consent rights, shall be suspended and shall run to the benefit of
the Owners during any period in which there exists a Certificate Insurer
Default; PROVIDED, that the right of the Certificate Insurer to receive the
Premium Amount shall not be suspended if such Certificate Insurer Default was a
default other than a default under clause (a) of the definition thereof. If a
Certificate Insurer Default shall cease to exist, the rights of the Certificate
Issuer shall be immediately restored. At such time as the Class A Certificates
are no longer Outstanding hereunder and the Certificate Insurer has received all
Reimbursement Amounts, the Certificate Insurer's rights hereunder shall
terminate.
Section 11.20. RESERVED.
Section 11.21. THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.
The Trustee, the Seller, the Servicer, the Depositor and the Owners agree
that the Certificate Insurer shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of this
Agreement as if it were a party hereto.
Section 11.22. NOTICES.
All notices hereunder shall be given as follows, until any superseding
instructions are given to all other Persons listed below:
THE TRUSTEE: Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association
Xxxxx Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
with a copy to the following:
Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association
Corporate Trust Services
00000 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
THE DEPOSITOR: CHEC Asset Receivable Corporation
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
THE SELLER: Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity
Corporation
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation: (000) 000-0000
THE SERVICER: Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity
Corporation
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation: (000) 000-0000
THE CERTIFICATE
INSURER: MBIA Insurance Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Insured Portfolio Management-
Structured Finance (IPM-SF)
Re: Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
THE UNDERWRITERS: Prudential Securities Incorporated
One Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
MOODY'S: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: The Residential Mortgage
Monitoring Department
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
STANDARD & POOR'S: Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc.
00 Xxxxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Residential Mortgage Group
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Section 11.23. RULE 144A INFORMATION. For so long as any of the Class R or
Class X-IO Certificates are "restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule
144A under the Securities Act, the Servicer (or if the Trustee is then acting as
Servicer, the Seller) agrees to provide to any Owner of the Class R or Class
X-IO Certificate and to any prospective purchaser of Class R or Class X-IO
Certificates designated by such an Owner, upon the request of such Owner or
prospective purchaser, the information specified below which is intended to
satisfy the conditions set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act;
PROVIDED that this Section 11.23 shall require, as to the Trustee or the
Servicer, only that the Servicer (or if the Trustee is then acting as Servicer,
the Seller) provide publicly available information regarding it or the Trustee
in response to any such request; and PROVIDED FURTHER that the Servicer (or if
the Trustee is then acting as Servicer, the Seller) shall be obligated to
provide only such basic, material information concerning the structure of the
Class R or Class X-IO Certificates and distributions thereon, the nature,
performance and servicing of the Home Equity Loans supporting the Certificates,
and any credit enhancement mechanism, if any, associated with the Certificates.
Any recipient of information provided pursuant to this Section 11.23 shall agree
that such information shall not be disclosed or used for any purpose other than
the evaluation of the Class R or Class X-IO Certificates by the prospective
purchaser. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for the sufficiency under
Rule 144A of any information so provided by the Servicer to any Owner or
prospective purchaser of Class R or Class X-IO Certificates.
END OF ARTICLE XI
ARTICLE XII
CERTAIN MATTERS REGARDING THE CERTIFICATE INSURER
Section 12.01. TRUST ESTATE AND ACCOUNTS HELD FOR BENEFIT OF THE
CERTIFICATE INSURER.
The Trustee shall hold the Trust Estate for the benefit of the related
Owners and the Certificate Insurer and all references in this Agreement and in
the Certificates to the benefit of Owners of the Certificates shall be deemed to
include the Certificate Insurer. The Trustee shall cooperate in all reasonable
respects with any reasonable request by the Certificate Insurer for action to
preserve or enforce the Certificate Insurer's rights or interests under this
Agreement and the Certificates.
The Servicer hereby acknowledges and agrees that it shall service and
administer the Home Equity Loans and any REO Properties, and shall maintain the
Principal and Interest Account, for the benefit of the Owners and for the
benefit of the Certificate Insurer, and all references in this Agreement to the
benefit of or actions on behalf of the Owners shall be deemed to include the
Certificate Insurer. Unless a Certificate Insurer Default exists, the Servicer
shall not terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreements without cause without the prior
consent of the Certificate Insurer.
Section 12.02. CLAIMS UPON THE POLICIES; POLICY PAYMENTS ACCOUNT.
(a) In the event that an Insured Payment becomes due pursuant to the terms
of a Certificate Insurance Policy, the Trustee shall submit a Notice (in the
form attached to such Certificate Insurance Policy) in accordance with the terms
of such Certificate Insurance Policy.
(b) The Trustee shall establish and maintain a separate special purpose
trust account for the benefit of the Owners of the Class A Certificates and the
Certificate Insurer referred to herein as the "Policy Payments Account" over
which the Trustee shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal. The
Policy Payments Account shall be an Eligible Account. The Trustee shall deposit
any amount paid under the Certificate Insurance Policies into the Policy
Payments Account and distribute such amount only for purposes of payment to the
Owners of the related Class A Certificates of the Insured Payments for which a
claim was made and such amount may not be applied to satisfy any costs, expenses
or liabilities of the Servicer, the Seller, the Depositor, the Custodian, the
Trustee or the Trust. Amounts paid under the related Certificate Insurance
Policy shall be transferred to the Certificate Account in accordance with the
next succeeding paragraph and disbursed by the Trustee to Owners of the related
Class A Certificates in accordance with Section 7.03. It shall not be necessary
for such payments to be made by checks or wire transfers separate from the
checks or wire transfers used to pay the Insured Payments with other funds
available to make such payment. However, the amount of any payment of principal
of or interest on the related Class A Certificates to be paid from funds
transferred from the Policy Payments Account shall be noted as provided in
paragraph (c) below in the Register and in the statement to be furnished to
Owners of the Class A Certificates pursuant to Section 7.08. Funds held in the
Policy Payments Account shall not be invested by the Trustee.
On any Distribution Date with respect to which a claim has been made under
the related Certificate Insurance Policy, the amount of funds received by the
Trustee as a result of any claim under the related Certificate Insurance Policy,
to the extent required to make the Insured Payment on such Distribution Date
shall be withdrawn from the Policy Payments Account and deposited in the
Certificate Account and applied by the Trustee, together with the other funds to
be withdrawn from the Certificate Account, directly to the payment in full of
the Insured Payment due on the related Class of Class A Certificates. Funds
received by the Trustee as a result of any claim under either Certificate
Insurance Policy shall be deposited by the Trustee in the Policy Payments
Account and used solely for payment to the Owners of the Class A Certificates
and may not be applied to satisfy any costs, expenses or liabilities of the
Servicer, the Seller, the Depositor, the Custodian, the Trustee or the Trust.
Any funds remaining in the Policy Payments Account on the first Business Day
following a Distribution Date shall be remitted to the Certificate Insurer,
pursuant to the instructions of the Certificate Insurer, by the end of such
Business Day.
(c) The Trustee shall keep a complete and accurate record of the amount of
interest and principal paid in respect of any Class A Certificate from moneys
received under the Certificate Insurance Policies. The Certificate Insurer shall
have the right to inspect such records at reasonable times during normal
business hours upon one Business Day's prior notice to the Trustee.
(d) The Trustee shall promptly notify the Certificate Insurer and Fiscal
Agent (as defined in the Certificate Insurance Policies) of any proceeding or
the institution of any action, of which an Authorized Officer of the Trustee has
actual knowledge, seeking the avoidance as a preferential transfer under
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law (a "Preference
Claim") of any distribution made with respect to the Class A Certificates. Each
Owner of a Class A Certificate by its purchase of such Certificate, the Servicer
and the Trustee hereby agree that, the Certificate Insurer (so long as no
Certificate Insurer Default exists) may at any time during the continuation of
any proceeding relating to a Preference Claim direct all matters relating to
such Preference Claim, including without limitation, (i) the direction of any
appeal of any order relating to such Preference Claim and (ii) the posting of
any surety, supersedeas or performance bond pending any such appeal. In addition
and without limitation of the foregoing, the Certificate Insurer shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Servicer, the Trustee and each Owner of a Class
A Certificate in the conduct of any such Preference Claim, including, without
limitation, all rights of any party to an adversary proceeding action with
respect to any court order issued in connection with any such Preference Claim.
Section 12.03. EFFECT OF PAYMENTS BY THE CERTIFICATE INSURER; SUBROGATION.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment with respect
to principal of or interest on any of the Class A Certificates which is made
with moneys received pursuant to the terms of the Certificate Insurance Policies
shall not be considered payment of such Certificates from the Trust and shall
not result in the payment of or the provision for the payment of the principal
of or interest on such Certificates within the meaning of Section 7.03. The
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee acknowledge, and each Owner by its
acceptance of a Certificate agrees, that without the need for any further action
on the part of the Certificate Insurer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee
or the Registrar (a) to the extent the Certificate Insurer makes payments,
directly or indirectly, on account of principal of or interest on any Class A
Certificates to the Owners of such Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be
fully subrogated to the rights of such holders to receive such principal and
interest from the Trust and (b) the Certificate Insurer shall be paid such
principal and interest but only from the sources and in the manner provided
herein for the payment of such principal and interest.
The Trustee, the Seller, the Depositor and the Servicer shall cooperate in
all respects with any reasonable request by the Certificate Insurer for action
to preserve or enforce the Certificate Insurer's rights or interests under this
Agreement without limiting the rights or affecting the interests of the Owners
as otherwise set forth therein.
Section 12.04. NOTICES TO THE CERTIFICATE INSURER.
All notices, statements, reports, certificates or opinions required by this
Agreement to be sent to any other party hereto or to any of the Owners shall
also be sent to the Certificate Insurer.
Section 12.05. THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY.
The Certificate Insurer shall be a third-party beneficiary of this
Agreement, entitled to enforce the provisions hereof as if a party hereto.
Section 12.06. RIGHTS TO THE CERTIFICATE INSURER TO EXERCISE RIGHTS OF
OWNERS.
By accepting its Certificate, each Owner of a Class A Certificate agrees
that unless a Certificate Insurer Default exists, the Certificate Insurer shall
have the right to exercise all rights of the Owners of the Class A Certificates
as specified under this Agreement without any further consent of the Owners of
the Class A Certificates.
END OF ARTICLE XII
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee
have caused this Agreement to be duly executed their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
CHEC ASSET RECEIVABLE CORPORATION,
as Depositor
/S/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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By: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION d/b/a
CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION,
as Seller
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx
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By: Xxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION d/b/a
CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION,
as Servicer
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx
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By: Xxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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By: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the 25th day of February, 1999, before me personally came
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, to me known that she is a Senior Vice President of CHEC Asset
Receivable Corporation, a Nevada corporation; and that he signed his name
thereto by order of the respective Boards of Directors of said corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
NOTARIAL SEAL
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxx
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Notary Public
STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the 25th day of February, 1999, before me personally came Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
to me known that he is President of Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a
Centex Home Equity Corporation, a Nevada corporation and that he signed his name
thereto by order of the respective Boards of Directors of said corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
NOTARIAL SEAL
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxx
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Notary Public
STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the 25th day of February, 1999, before me personally came Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx to me, known that he/she is a Trust Officer of Norwest Bank Minnesota,
National Association described in and that executed the above instrument as
Trustee; and that he/she signed his/her name thereto by order of the Board of
Directors of said national banking association.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
NOTARIAL SEAL
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxx
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Notary Public
SCHEDULE I-A
SCHEDULE OF HOME EQUITY LOANS
A copy of this Schedule is maintained by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust
Office and by the Servicer.
SCHEDULE I-B
SCHEDULE OF HOME EQUITY LOANS
A copy of this Schedule is maintained by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust
Office and by the Servicer.
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A CLASS OF
"REGULAR INTERESTS" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" ("REMIC") AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.
CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 1998-4
HOME EQUITY LOAN PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
CLASS A-1
(__% PASS-THROUGH RATE)
Representing Certain Interests in a Pool of Group I Home Equity
Loans Originated and Serviced by
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION D/B/A CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION
(This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation of,
nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed by CHEC Asset
Receivable Corporation (the "Depositor") or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a
Centex Home Equity Corporation (the "Seller" or the "Servicer"). This
Certificate represents a fractional ownership interest in the Group I Home
Equity Loans and certain other property held by the Trust.)
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer ("Centex
Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-4") 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.
NO: A-1-1 CUSIP
$ NOVEMBER , 1998
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Original Class A-1 Certificate Date Final Scheduled
Principal Balance Payment Date
CEDE & CO.
Registered Owner
The registered Owner named above is the registered beneficial Owner of a
fractional interest in (a) the Home Equity Loans in the Group I (other than any
principal received and interest due thereon prior to November 1, 1998) listed in
SCHEDULE I-A to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement which the Seller is causing
to be delivered to the Depositor and the Depositor is causing to be delivered to
the Trustee (and all substitutions therefor as provided by Section 3.03, 3.04
and 3.06 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), together with the related Home
Equity Loan documents and the Depositor's interest in any Property, and all
payments thereon and proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of
the foregoing; (b) such amounts allocable to the Group I as may be held by the
Trustee in the Certificate Account, together with investment earnings on such
amounts and such amounts as may be held in the name of the Trustee in the
Principal and Interest Account, if any, exclusive of investment earnings thereon
(except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), whether
in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other properties (including any
Eligible Investments held by the Servicer), and (c) proceeds of all the
foregoing (including, but not by way of limitation, all proceeds of any mortgage
insurance, flood insurance, hazard insurance and title insurance policy relating
to the Home Equity Loans, cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes,
drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment
of any and every kind, and other forms of obligations and receivables which at
any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the
foregoing) to pay the Certificates as specified in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement ((a) - (c) above shall be collectively referred to herein as the
"Trust Estate").
The Owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each Payment Date, as
hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such original Class A-1
Certificate Principal Balance over the period from the date of initial issuance
of the Certificates to the final Payment Date for the Class A-1 Certificates.
Therefore, the actual Outstanding principal amount of this Certificate may, on
any date subsequent to December 28, 1998 (the first Payment Date) be less than
the Original Class A Certificate Principal Balance set forth above.
Upon receiving the final distribution hereon, the Owner hereof is required
to send this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as
defined below) provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final
distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed canceled
for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING HOME EQUITY LOANS ARE INSURED
OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS. THEREFORE,
THE ACTUAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ON ANY DATE
SUBSEQUENT TO DECEMBER 28, 1998 (THE FIRST PAYMENT DATE) BE LESS THAN ITS
ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING
REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS
REPRESENTED HEREBY.
This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-4, Home Equity Loan
Pass-Through Certificates, Class A-1 (the "Class A-1 Certificates") and issued
under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of that certain
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 1998 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement") by and among Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation, in its capacity as the Seller (the "Seller") and as the
Servicer (the "Servicer"), CHEC Asset Receivable Corporation, in its capacity as
Depositor (the "Depositor") and Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, in
its capacity as the Trustee (the "Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing
Agreement the Owner of this Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents
and by which such Owner is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement are Certificates designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-4
Home Equity Loan Pass- Through Certificates, Class A-2 (the "Class A-2
Certificates") and Class R (Residual Interest) (the "Class R Certificates"). The
Class A-1 Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates shall be together referred
to as the "Class A Certificates" and the Class A Certificates and the Class R
Certificates are together referred to herein as the "Certificates." Terms
capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then
the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a "Payment Date")
commencing December 28, 1998, the Owners of the Class A-1 Certificates as of the
close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately
preceding the calendar month in which a Payment Date occurs (the "Record Date")
will be entitled to receive the Class A-1 Distribution Amount relating to such
Certificate on such Payment Date. Distributions will be made in immediately
available funds to Owners of Certificates having an aggregate original
Certificate Principal Balance of at least $1,000,000 (by wire transfer or
otherwise) to the account of an Owner at a domestic bank or other entity having
appropriate facilities therefor, if such Owner has so notified the Trustee, or
by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on
the Register.
Each Owner of record of a Class A-l Certificate will be entitled to receive
such Owner's Percentage Interest in the amounts due on such Payment Date to the
Owners of the Class A-1 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of each Class A-1
Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage
obtained by dividing the original Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
A-1 Certificate on the Startup Day by the aggregate Class A-l Certificate
Principal Balance on the Startup Day.
The Certificate Insurer is required, subject to the terms of the
Certificate Insurance Policy to make Insured Payments available to the Trustee
on or prior to the related Payment Date for distribution to the Owners provided
that timely notice has been given to the Certificate Insurer by the Trustee.
"Insured Payments" shall have the meaning as provided therefor in the
Certificate Insurance Policy.
Upon receipt of amounts under the Certificate Insurance Policy on behalf of
the Owners of the Class A Certificates, the Trustee shall distribute in
accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement such amounts (directly or
through a Paying Agent) to the Owners of the appropriate Class of the Class A
Certificates.
The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and punctually pay
distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms
hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under
the Code by any Person from a distribution to any Owner shall be considered as
having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
The Home Equity Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions
eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration
of certain Home Equity Loans. No appointment of any Sub- Servicer shall release
the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an
interest in, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed by
CHEC Asset Receivable Corporation or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation or any of their affiliates. This Certificate is limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Home
Equity Loans and amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account and the Principal
and Interest Account (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) and payments received by the Trustee pursuant to the Certificate
Insurance Policy, all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute
and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Owner. The Owner of this Certificate, by
its acceptance hereof, agrees, however, that to the extent the Certificate
Insurer makes Insured Payments, either directly or indirectly (as by paying
through the Trustee or Paying Agent), to the Owners of such Class A-l
Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be subrogated to the rights of such
Owners of Class A-l Certificates with respect to such Insured Payment, shall be
deemed to the extent of the payments so made to be a registered Owner of such
Class A-1 Certificates and shall receive all future distributions of the Class
A-l Distribution Amount until all such Insured Payments by the Certificate
Insurer have been fully reimbursed.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the obligations created
thereby will terminate upon the payment to the Owners of all Certificates from
amounts other than those available under the Certificate Insurance Policy of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to such Owners pursuant to
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and payment in full of all amounts owed to
the Certificate Insurer upon the latest to occur of (a) the final payment or
other liquidation (or any advance made with respect thereto) of the last Home
Equity Loan in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition of all property acquired in
respect of any Home Equity Loan remaining in the Trust Estate or (c) at any time
if a Qualified Liquidation of the Trust Estate is effected as described below.
To effect a termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to
clause (c) above, the Owners of all Certificates then Outstanding shall provide
the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, at such Owners' expense, an Opinion of
Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters acceptable to the Certificate
Insurer and the Trustee to the affect that each such liquidation constitutes a
Qualified Liquidation, and the Servicer shall either sell the Home Equity Loans
and the Trustee shall distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of the Trust
Estate, or the Servicer shall distribute equitably in kind all of the assets of
the Trust Estate to the remaining Owners of the Certificates to the effect that
each such liquidation constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, each in accordance
with such plan, so that the liquidation or distribution of the Trust Estate, the
distribution of any proceeds of the liquidation and the termination of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th day
after the date of adoption of the plan of liquidation and such liquidation
qualifies as a Qualified Liquidation.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally provides that the Servicer
may, at its option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Home Equity Loans and
other property then constituting the Trust Estate, and thereby effect early
retirement of the Certificates, on any Monthly Remittance Date after the
Clean-Up Call Date. Under certain circumstances, the Certificate Insurer may
also exercise such purchase rights if the Servicer does not do so. In addition,
under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of the REMIC as a
REMIC under the Code, the Home Equity Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the
early retirement of the Certificates.
The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth therein.
The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class A Certificates with the prior written consent
of the Certificate Insurer have the right to exercise any trust or power set
forth in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer
of this Certificate is registrable in the Register upon surrender of this
Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the
location of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by,
the Owner hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Certificates of the like Class, tenor and a like Percentage Interest
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of rights and
obligations of the parties provided therein by the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Seller and the Servicer at any time and from time to time, with the prior
written approval of the Certificate Insurer and without the consent of the
Owners; provided that in certain other circumstances provided for in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement such consent of the Owners will be required prior to
amendments. Any such consent by the Owner at the time of the giving thereof, of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding upon such Owner and upon all
future Owners of the Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
registration of Transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Certificate.
The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Payment Date
to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
The Class A-1 Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates in
minimum denominations of $1,000 original Certificate Principal Balance. As
provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Class A-1 Certificates are exchangeable for new
Class A-1 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
principal amount.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither
the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary,
except as may otherwise be specifically provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed on behalf of the Trust.
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:
Title:
Trustee Authentication
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:
Title:
EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A CLASS
OF "REGULAR INTERESTS" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" ("REMIC")
AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH
THE REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.
CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 1998-4
HOME EQUITY LOAN PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
CLASS A-2
(VARIABLE PASS-THROUGH RATE)
Representing Certain Interests in a Pool of Group II Home Equity
Loans Originated and Serviced by
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION D/B/A CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION
(This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation of,
nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed by CHEC Asset
Receivable Corporation (the "Depositor") or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a
Centex Home Equity Corporation (the "Seller" or the "Servicer"). This
Certificate represents a fractional ownership interest in the Group II Home
Equity Loans and certain other property held by the Trust.)
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer ("Centex
Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-4") 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.
NO: A-2-1 CUSIP
$ NOVEMBER 24, 1998
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Original Class A-2 Certificate Date Final Scheduled
Principal Balance Payment Date
CEDE & CO.
Registered Owner
The registered Owner named above is the registered beneficial Owner of a
fractional interest in (a) the Home Equity Loans in Group II (other than any
principal received and interest due thereon prior to November 1, 1998) listed in
SCHEDULE I-B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement which the Seller is causing
to be delivered to the Depositor and the Depositor is causing to be delivered to
the Trustee (and all substitutions therefor as provided by Section 3.03, 3.04
and 3.06 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), together with the related Home
Equity Loan documents and the Depositor's interest in any Property, and all
payments thereon and proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of
the foregoing; (b) such amounts allocable to Group II as may be held by the
Trustee in the Certificate Account, together with investment earnings on such
amounts and such amounts as may be held in the name of the Trustee in the
Principal and Interest Account, if any, exclusive of investment earnings thereon
(except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), whether
in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other properties (including any
Eligible Investments held by the Servicer), and (c) proceeds of all the
foregoing (including, but not by way of limitation, all proceeds of any mortgage
insurance, flood insurance, hazard insurance and title insurance policy relating
to the Home Equity Loans, cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes,
drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment
of any and every kind, and other forms of obligations and receivables which at
any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the
foregoing) to pay the Certificates as specified in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement ((a) - (c) above shall be collectively referred to herein as the
"Trust Estate").
The Owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each Payment Date, as
hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such original Class A-2
Certificate Principal Balance over the period from the date of initial issuance
of the Certificates to the final Payment Date for the Class A-2 Certificates.
Therefore, the actual Outstanding principal amount of this Certificate may, on
any date subsequent to December 28, 1998 (the first Payment Date) be less than
the Original Class A Certificate Principal Balance set forth above.
Upon receiving the final distribution hereon, the Owner hereof is required
to send this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as
defined below) provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final
distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed canceled
for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING HOME EQUITY LOANS ARE INSURED
OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS. THEREFORE,
THE ACTUAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ON ANY DATE
SUBSEQUENT TO DECEMBER 28, 1998 (THE FIRST PAYMENT DATE) BE LESS THAN ITS
ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING
REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS
REPRESENTED HEREBY.
This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-4, Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-2 (the "Class A-2 Certificates") and issued
under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of that certain
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 1998 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement") by and among Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation, in its capacity as the Seller (the "Seller") and as the
Servicer (the "Servicer"), CHEC Asset Receivable Corporation, in its capacity as
Depositor (the "Depositor") and Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, in
its capacity as the Trustee (the "Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing
Agreement the Owner of this Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents
and by which such Owner is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement are Certificates designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-4
Home Equity Loan Pass- Through Certificates, Class A-1 (the "Class A-1
Certificates") and Class R (Residual Interest) (the "Class R Certificates"). The
Class A-1 Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates shall be together referred
to as the "Class A Certificates" and the Class A Certificates and the Class R
Certificates are together referred to herein as the "Certificates." Terms
capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then
the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a "Payment Date")
commencing December 28, 1998, the Owners of the Class A-2 Certificates as of the
close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately
preceding the calendar month in which a Payment Date occurs (the "Record Date")
will be entitled to receive the Class A-2 Distribution Amount relating to such
Certificate on such Payment Date. Distributions will be made in immediately
available funds to Owners of Certificates having an aggregate original
Certificate Principal Balance of at least $1,000,000 (by wire transfer or
otherwise) to the account of an Owner at a domestic bank or other entity having
appropriate facilities therefor, if such Owner has so notified the Trustee, or
by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on
the Register.
Each Owner of record of a Class A-2 Certificate will be entitled to receive
such Owner's Percentage Interest in the amounts due on such Payment Date to the
Owners of the Class A-2 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of each Class A-2
Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage
obtained by dividing the original Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
A-2 Certificate on the Startup Day by the aggregate Class A-2 Certificate
Principal Balance on the Startup Day.
The Certificate Insurer is required, subject to the terms of the
Certificate Insurance Policy to make Insured Payments available to the Trustee
on or prior to the related Payment Date for distribution to the Owners provided
that timely notice has been given to the Certificate Insurer by the Trustee.
"Insured Payments" shall have the meaning as provided therefor in the
Certificate Insurance Policy.
Upon receipt of amounts under the Certificate Insurance Policy on behalf of
the Owners of the Class A Certificates, the Trustee shall distribute in
accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement such amounts (directly or
through a Paying Agent) to the Owners of the appropriate Class of the Class A
Certificates.
The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and punctually pay
distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms
hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under
the Code by any Person from a distribution to any Owner shall be considered as
having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
The Home Equity Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions
eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration
of certain Home Equity Loans. No appointment of any Sub- Servicer shall release
the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an
interest in, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed by,
CHEC Asset Receivable Corporation or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation or any of their affiliates. This Certificate is limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Home
Equity Loans and amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account and the Principal
and Interest Account (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) and payments received by the Trustee pursuant to the Certificate
Insurance Policy all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute
and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Owner. The Owner of this Certificate, by
its acceptance hereof, agrees, however, that to the extent the Certificate
Insurer makes Insured Payments, either directly or indirectly (as by paying
through the Trustee or Paying Agent), to the owners of such Class A-2
Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be subrogated to the rights of such
Owners of Class A-2 Certificates with respect to such Insured Payment, shall be
deemed to the extent of the payments so made to be a registered Owner of such
Class A-2 Certificates and shall receive all future distributions of the Class
A-2 Distribution Amount until all such Insured Payments by the Certificate
Insurer have been fully reimbursed.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the obligations created
thereby will terminate upon the payment to the Owners of all Certificates from
amounts other than those available under the Certificate Insurance Policy of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to such Owners pursuant to
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and payment in full of all amounts owed to
the Certificate Insurer upon the latest to occur of (a) the final payment or
other liquidation (or any advance made with respect thereto) of the last Home
Equity Loan in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition of all property acquired in
respect of any Home Equity Loan remaining in the Trust Estate or (c) at any time
if a Qualified Liquidation of the Trust Estate is effected as described below.
To effect a termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to
clause (c) above, the Owners of all Certificates then Outstanding shall provide
the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, at such Owners' expense, an Opinion of
Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters acceptable to the Certificate
Insurer and the Trustee to the effect that each such liquidation constitutes a
Qualified Liquidation, and the Servicer shall either sell the Home Equity Loans
and the Trustee shall distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of the Trust
Estate, or the Servicer shall distribute equitably in kind all of the assets of
the Trust Estate to the remaining Owners of the Certificates to the effect that
each such liquidation constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, each in accordance
with such plan, so that the liquidation or distribution of the Trust Estate, the
distribution of any proceeds of the liquidation and the termination of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th day
after the date of adoption of the plan of liquidation and such liquidation
qualifies as a Qualified Liquidation.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally provides that the Servicer
may, at its option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Home Equity Loans and
other property then constituting the Trust Estate, and thereby effect early
retirement of the Certificates, on any Monthly Remittance Date after the
Clean-Up Call Date. Under certain circumstances, the Certificate Insurer may
also exercise such purchase rights if the Servicer does not do so. In addition,
under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of the REMIC as a
REMIC under the Code, the Home Equity Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the
early retirement of the Certificates.
The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth therein.
The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class A Certificates with the prior written consent
of the Certificate Insurer have the right to exercise any trust or power set
forth in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer
of this Certificate is registrable in the Register upon surrender of this
Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the
location of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by,
the Owner hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Certificates of the like Class, tenor and a like Percentage interest
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of rights and
obligations of the parties provided therein by the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Seller and the Servicer at any time and from time to time, with the prior
written approval of the Certificate Insurer and without the consent of the
Owners; provided, that in certain other circumstances provided for in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement such consent of the Owners will be required
prior to amendment. Any such consent by the Owner at the time of the giving
thereof, of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding upon such Owner and
upon all future Owners of the Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
registration of Transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Certificate.
The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Payment Date
to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
The Class A-2 Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates in
minimum denominations of $1,000 original Certificate Principal Balance. As
provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Class A-2 Certificates are exchangeable for new
Class A-2 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
principal amount.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither
the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary,
except as may otherwise be specifically provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed on behalf of the Trust.
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:
Title:
Trustee Authentication
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:
Title:
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CLASS R CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A CLASS OF
"RESIDUAL INTERESTS" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" ("REMIC") AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"). ANY RESALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT
REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER THE ACT MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF SECTION 5.08 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED AS SET FORTH IN THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. NO TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE TO A "DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 860E(E)(5) OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"). SUCH TERM INCLUDES THE
UNITED STATES, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY
OF THE FOREGOING (OTHER THAN CERTAIN TAXABLE INSTRUMENTALITIES), ANY COOPERATIVE
ORGANIZATION FURNISHING ELECTRIC ENERGY OR PROVIDING TELEPHONE SERVICE TO
PERSONS IN RURAL AREAS, OR ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN A XXXXXX'X COOPERATIVE)
THAT IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO
THE TAX ON UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. NO TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE
WILL BE REGISTERED BY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR UNLESS THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE
HAS DELIVERED AN AFFIDAVIT AFFIRMING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE HAS DELIVERED AN AFFIDAVIT AFFIRMING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS NOT A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND IS NOT ACQUIRING THE
CLASS R CERTIFICATE FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION. A COPY OF
THE FORM OF AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED OF EACH PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS ON FILE AND
AVAILABLE FROM THE TRUSTEE.
A TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF THE APPLICABLE RESTRICTIONS MAY GIVE RISE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL TAX UPON THE TRANSFEROR OR, IN CERTAIN CASES, UPON AN AGENT ACTING
FOR THE TRANSFEREE. A PASS-THROUGH ENTITY THAT HOLDS THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE
AND THAT HAS A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AS A RECORD OWNER IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR
GENERALLY WILL BE SUBJECT TO A TAX FOR EACH SUCH YEAR EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF
(A) THE AMOUNT OF EXCESS INCLUSIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PORTION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE OWNED THROUGH SUCH PASS- THROUGH ENTITY BY SUCH DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION, AND (B) THE HIGHEST MARGINAL FEDERAL TAX RATE ON CORPORATIONS. FOR
PURPOSES OF THE PRECEDING SENTENCE, THE TERM "PASS-THROUGH" ENTITY INCLUDES
REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS, COMMON TRUST
FUNDS, PARTNERSHIPS, TRUSTS, ESTATES, COOPERATIVES TO WHICH PART I OF SUBCHAPTER
1T OF THE CODE APPLIES AND, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN REGULATIONS, NOMINEES.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING HOME EQUITY LOANS ARE INSURED
OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A RESIDUAL INTEREST IN EACH OF REMIC I
AND REMIC II FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.
CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 1999-1
HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
CLASS R
(RESIDUAL INTEREST)
Representing Certain Interests Relating to two Pools of
Home Equity Loans Originated or Purchased
and Serviced by
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION D/B/A CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION
(This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation of,
nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed by CHEC Asset
Receivable Corporation or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity
Corporation This Certificate represents a fractional ownership interest in the
Trust Estate as defined below.)
NO: R-_ Date
Percentage Interest _____%
CHEC RESIDUAL CORPORATION
Registered Owner
The registered Owner named above is the registered beneficial Owner of a
fractional interest in (a) the Home Equity Loans (other than any principal and
interest due thereon on or prior to February 1, 1999 whether or not received)
listed in SCHEDULE I-A and SCHEDULE I-B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
which the Seller is causing to be delivered to the Depositor and the Depositor
is causing to be delivered to the Trustee (and all substitutions therefor as
provided by Section 3.03, 3.04 and 3.06 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement),
together with the related Home Equity Loan documents and the Seller's interest
in any Property which secured a Home Equity Loan but which has been acquired by
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, and all payments thereon and
proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing; (b) such
amounts as may be held by the Trustee in the Certificate Account, together with
investment earnings on such amounts and such amounts as may be held in the name
of the Trustee in the Principal and Interest Account, if any, exclusive of
investment earnings thereon (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement), whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or
other properties (including any Eligible Investments held by the Servicer) and
(c) proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not by way of limitation, all
proceeds of any mortgage insurance, hazard insurance and title insurance policy
relating to the Home Equity Loans, cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable,
notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, rights to
payment of any and every kind, and other forms of obligations and receivables
which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of
any of the foregoing) to pay the Certificates as specified in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement ((a) - (d) above shall be collectively referred to herein as
the "Trust Estate").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS AN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING
REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS
REPRESENTED HEREBY.
This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1, Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class R (the "Class R Certificates") and issued under
and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of that certain Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 1999 (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement") by and among Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity
Corporation, in its capacity as the Seller (the "Seller") and as the Servicer
(the "Servicer"), CHEC Asset Receivable Corporation, in its capacity as
Depositor, (the "Depositor") and Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, a
national banking association, in its capacity as the Trustee (the "Trustee"), to
which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Owner of this Certificate by virtue of
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Owner is bound. Also issued under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are Certificates designated as Centex Home
Equity Loan Trust 1999-1 Home Equity Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Class A-1,
Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7 and Class A-8
(collectively, the "Class A Certificates") and the Class X Certificates. The
Class A Certificates, the Class X Certificates and the Class R Certificates are
together referred to are together referred to herein as the "Certificates."
Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then
the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a "Payment Date")
commencing March 25, 1999, each owner of a Class R Certificate as of the close
of business on the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the
calendar month in which a Payment Date occurs (the "Record Date") will be
entitled to receive the Residual Net Monthly Excess Cashflow relating to such
Certificate on such Payment Date. Distributions will be made in immediately
available funds to Owners of Class R Certificates having an aggregate Percentage
Interest of at least 10% (by wire transfer or otherwise) to the account of an
Owner at a domestic bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor,
if such Owner has so notified the Trustee, or by check mailed to the address of
the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Register.
The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and punctually pay
distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms
hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under
the Code by any Person from a distribution to any Owner shall be considered as
having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
The Home Equity Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions
eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration
of certain Home Equity Loans. No appointment of any Sub- Servicer shall release
the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an
interest in, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed by
CHEC Asset Receivable Corporation or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation or any of their affiliates. This Certificate is limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Home
Equity Loans, all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute
and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Owner.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the obligations created
thereby will terminate upon the payment to the Owners of all Certificates from
amounts other than those available under the Certificate Insurance Policy of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to such Owners pursuant to
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement upon the latest to occur of (a) the final
payment or other liquidation (or any advance made with respect thereto) of the
last Home Equity Loan in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition of all property
acquired in respect of any Home Equity Loan remaining in the Trust Estate or (c)
at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of the Trust Estate is effected as
described below. To effect a termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners of all Certificates then Outstanding
shall provide the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, at such Owners' expense,
an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters acceptable to
the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee to the effect that each such liquidation
constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, and the Servicer shall either sell the Home
Equity Loans and the Trustee shall distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of
the Trust Estate, or the Servicer shall distribute equitably in kind all of the
assets of the Trust Estate to the remaining Owners of the Certificates to the
effect that each such liquidation constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, each in
accordance with such plan, so that the liquidation or distribution of the Trust
Estate, the distribution of any proceeds of the liquidation and the termination
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th
day after the date of adoption of the plan of liquidation and such liquidation
qualifies as a Qualified Liquidation.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally provides that the Servicer
may, at its option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Home Equity Loans and
other property then constituting the Trust Estate, and thereby effect early
retirement of the Certificates, on any Monthly Remittance Date after the
Clean-Up Call Date. Under certain circumstances, the Certificate Insurer may
also exercise such purchase rights if the Owners of the Class R Certificates do
not do so. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the
qualification of REMIC I and REMIC II as REMICs under the Code, the Home Equity
Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early retirement of the Certificates.
[The registered Owner of a Class R Certificate will be entitled to separate
such Certificate into its component parts. The Trustee shall, upon delivery to
it of this Class R Certificate and a written request of the registered Owner
thereof to separate such Certificate into its component parts, issued to such
registered Owner in exchange for such Class R Certificate (i) a separately
transferable, certified and fully registered security (a "Class R-1 Certificate)
that will, from the date of its issuance, represent the Owner's Percentage
Interest in the residual interest in the related REMIC and (ii) a separately
transferable, certified and fully registered security (a "Class R-2
Certificate") that will, from the date of its issuance, represent the Owner's
Percentage Interest in the residual interest in the related REMIC. The Trustee
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge payable in connection with such exchange of this Class R Certificate.]
The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth therein.
The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class A Certificates with the prior written consent
of the Certificate Insurer have the right to exercise any trust or power set
forth in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer
of this Certificate is registrable in the Register upon surrender of this
Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the
location of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by,
the Owner hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Certificates of the like Class, tenor and a like aggregate
fractional undivided interest in the Trust Estate will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of rights and
obligations of the parties provided therein by the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Seller and the Servicer at any time and from time to time, with the prior
written approval of the Certificate Insurer and without the consent of the
Owners; provided, that in certain other circumstances provided for in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement such consent of the Owners will be required
prior to amendment. Any such consent by the Owner at the time of the giving
thereof, of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding upon such Owner and
upon all future Owners of the Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
registration of Transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Certificate.
The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Payment Date
to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
The Class R Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates. As
provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Class R Certificates are exchangeable for new
Class R Certificates evidencing the same Percentage Interest as the Class R
Certificates exchanged.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither
the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary,
except as may otherwise be specifically provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed on behalf of the Trust.
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:
Title:
Trustee Authentication
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:
Title:
EXHIBIT D
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF CERTIFICATE RE: HOME EQUITY LOANS
PREPAID IN FULL AFTER CUT-OFF DATE
CERTIFICATE RE: PREPAID LOANS
I, __________________________, ______________________ of Centex Credit
Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity Corporation ("Centex"), hereby certify that
between the "Cut-Off Date" (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of February 1, 1999 among CHEC Asset Receivable Corporation, as
Depositor, Centex as Seller and Servicer, and Norwest Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as Trustee) and the "Startup Day," the following schedule of "Home
Equity Loans" (each as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) have been
prepaid in full.
Account Original Current Date
NUMBER NAME AMOUNT BALANCE PAID OFF
Dated: ____ __, 199_
By:
Title:
CUSTODIAN'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT
The First Chicago National Processing Corporation, in its capacity as
custodian (the "Custodian") under the Custodial Agreement dated as of February
1, 1999 among the Custodian and Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, in
its capacity as Trustee (the "Trustee") under that certain Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of February 1, 1999 ("the Pooling and Servicing Agreement")
among CHEC Asset Receivable Corporation, as Depositor, Centex Credit Corporation
d/b/a Centex Home Equity Corporation, a Nevada corporation, as seller and
servicer ("Centex"), and Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, as
Trustee (the "Trustee"), hereby acknowledges receipt (subject to review as
required by Section 3.06(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) of the items
delivered to it by Centex with respect to the Home Equity Loans pursuant to
Section 3.05(b)(i) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Schedule of Home Equity Loans is attached to this Receipt.
The Custodian hereby additionally acknowledges that it shall review such
items as required by Section 3.06(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
shall otherwise comply with Section 3.06(b) and 3.06(c) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement as required thereby.
THE FIRST CHICAGO NATIONAL
PROCESSING CORPORATION,
as Custodian
By:
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Staff Officers
Dated: February 25, 1999
POOL CERTIFICATION
WHEREAS, the undersigned is an Authorized Officer of First Chicago National
Processing Corporation, in its capacity as Custodian (the "Custodian") under the
Custodial Agreement dated February 1, 1999 between the Custodian and Norwest
Bank Minnesota, National Association, acting in its capacity as trustee (the
"Trustee") of a certain pool of mortgage loans (the "Pool") heretofore conveyed
in trust to the Trustee, pursuant to that certain Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of February 1, 1999 the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")
among CHEC Asset Receivable Corporation, as Depositor, Centex Credit Corporation
d/b/a Centex Home Equity Corporation, as Seller (the "Seller") and Servicer, and
Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee; and
WHEREAS, the Custodian is required, pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to review the Files relating to the Home Equity
Loans within a specified period following the Startup Day and to notify the
Seller promptly of any defects with respect to the Home Equity Loans, and the
Seller is required to remedy such defects or take certain other action, all as
set forth in Section 3.06(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.06(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement requires
the Custodian to deliver this Pool Certification upon the satisfaction of
certain conditions set forth therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Custodian hereby certifies that it has determined that
all required documents (or certified copies of documents listed in Section 3.05
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) have been executed or received, and that
such documents relate to the Home Equity Loans identified in the Schedule of
Home Equity Loans pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement or, in the event that such documents have not been executed and
received or do not so relate to such Home Equity Loans, any remedial action by
the Seller pursuant to Section 3.06(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
has been completed. The Custodian makes no certification hereby, however, with
respect to any intervening assignments or assumption and modification
agreements.
FIRST CHICAGO NATIONAL PROCESSING
CORPORATION, as Custodian
By:
Title:
Dated: ______, 199_
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF DELIVERY ORDER
DELIVERY ORDER
Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee
Xxxxx Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
Pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of February 1, 1999 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") among CHEC Asset
Receivable Corporation, as Depositor, Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex
Home Equity Corporation, a Nevada corporation, as Seller and Servicer, and
Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), THE
DEPOSITOR HEREBY CERTIFIES that all conditions precedent to the issuance of the
Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1 Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7,
Class A-8, Class X-IO and Class R (the "Certificates"), HAVE BEEN SATISFIED, and
HEREBY REQUESTS YOU TO AUTHENTICATE AND DELIVER said Certificates, and to
RELEASE said Certificates to the owners thereof, or otherwise upon their order.
Instructions regarding the registration of the Certificates are attached hereto.
Very truly yours,
CHEC ASSET RECEIVABLE
CORPORATION
By:
Title:
Dated: ____ __, 199_
EXHIBIT I
FORM OF CLASS R TAX MATTERS TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO SECTION
860E(e) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE
CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED
STATE OF )
) ss:
COUNTY OF )
[NAME OF OFFICER], being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
1. That he is [Title of Officer] of [Name of Investor] (the "Investor"), a
[savings institution] [corporation] duly organized and existing under the laws
of [the State of _________] [the United States], on behalf of which he makes
this affidavit.
2. That (i) the Investor is not a "disqualified organization" and will not
be a "disqualified organization" as of [date of transfer] (For this purpose, a
"disqualified organization" means the United States, any state or political
subdivision thereof, any foreign government, any international organization, any
agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than certain taxable
instrumentalities), any cooperative organization furnishing electric energy or
providing telephone service to persons in rural areas, or any organization
(other than a farmers' cooperative) that is exempt from federal income tax
unless such organization is subject to the tax on unrelated business income.);
(ii) it is not acquiring the Class R Certificate for the account of a
disqualified organization; (iii) it consents to any amendment of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement that shall be deemed necessary by the Trustee (upon advice
of counsel) to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Class R
Certificates will not be owned directly or indirectly by a disqualified
organization; and (iv) it will not transfer such Class R Certificate unless (a)
it has received from the transferee an affidavit in substantially the same form
as this affidavit containing these same four representations and (b) as of the
time of the transfer, it does not have actual knowledge that such affidavit is
false.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has caused this instrument to be executed
on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by its [Title of
Officer] and its corporate seal to be hereunto attached, attested by its
[Assistant] Secretary, this ___ day of __________, ____.
[NAME OF INVESTOR]
By:
[Name of Officer]
[Title of Officer]
[Corporate Seal]
Attest:
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[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named [Name of Officer], known or
proved to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be the
[Title of Officer] of the Investor, and acknowledged to me that he executed the
same as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Investor.
Subscribed and sworn before me this __ day of ____________, ____.
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NOTARY PUBLIC
COUNTY OF __________________
STATE OF ____________________
My commission expires the _ day of _______________, ____.
EXHIBIT J-1
FORM OF CERTIFICATE REGARDING TRANSFER
(ACCREDITED INVESTOR)
[DATE]
Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee
Xxxxx Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Advanced Structured Products Services
Re: Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1
Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates
("CERTIFICATES")
Gentlemen:
In connection with our purchase on the date hereof of the above-referenced
Certificates from ___________________ ("Seller"), [PURCHASER] (the "Purchaser")
hereby certifies that:
1. The Purchaser is acquiring the Certificates for [investment purposes
only for]/ the Purchaser's own account and not with a view to or for sale or
transfer in connection with any distribution thereof in any manner which would
violate Section 5 ofthe Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), provided
that the disposition of its property shall at all times be and remain within its
control.
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1 Not required if the Purchase is a broker/dealer.
2. The Purchaser understands that the Certificates have not been and will
not be registered under the Act and may not be resold or transferred unless they
are (a) registered pursuant to the Act or (b) sold or transferred in
transactions which are exempt from registration;
3. The Purchaser has received a copy of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of February 1, 1999 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") pursuant to
which the Certificates are being sold, and such other documents and information
concerning the Certificates and the home equity loans in which the Certificates
represent interests which it has requested;
4. The Purchaser believes it has such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an
investment in the Certificates and that it is able to bear the economic risks of
such an investment;
5. [The Purchaser is not an "employee benefit plan," within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA") that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA or a
"plan" described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986] OR
[The source of funds to be used by the Purchaser to purchase the Certificates is
a general account and either (i) no part of such assets constitutes assets of an
"employee benefit plan," within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employment
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA") that is subject to
the provisions of Title I of ERISA or a "plan" described in Section 4975(e)(1)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or (ii) to the extent that such assets
constitute assets of an "employee benefits plan" within the meaning of Section
3(3) of ERISA, or a "plan" within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code,
it acknowledges that in the discharge of its duty as a plan fiduciary in
connection with the purchase of the Certificates it has concluded that such
purchase will not constitute a violation of Section 404(a) of ERISA];
6. If the Purchaser sells any of the Certificates at its option, it will
(i) obtain from any investor that purchases any Certificate from it a letter
substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 or J-2 to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and (ii) to the extent required by the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, cause an Opinion of Counsel to be delivered, addressed and
satisfactory to the Seller and the Trustee, to the effect that such sale is in
compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws; and
7. The Purchaser certifies that for purposes of the Certificate Register,
its address, including telecopier number and telephone number, is as follows:
telecopier:
telephone:
8. The purchase of the Certificates by the Purchaser does not violate the
provisions of the first sentence of Section 5.08(d) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this letter to be executed by
its signatory, duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
[PURCHASER]
By:
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT J-2
FORM OF CERTIFICATE REGARDING TRANSFER
(Rule 144A)
[Date]
Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association
Xxxxx Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Advanced Structured Products Services
Re: Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1
Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
Class ___-_____ ("Certificates")
Dear Gentlemen or Ladies:
In connection with our purchase on the date hereof of the above-referenced
Certificates from ______________________ ("Seller") hereby certify that:
1. We are acquiring the Certificates for our own account for investment and
not with a view to or for sale or transfer in connection with any distribution
thereof in any manner which would violate the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"), provided that the disposition of our property shall at all times be
and remain within our control;
2. We understand that the Certificates have not been and will not be
registered under the Act and may not be resold or transferred unless they are
(a) registered pursuant to the Act or (b) sold or transferred in transactions
which are exempt from registration;
3. We have received a copy of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as
of November 1, 1998 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") pursuant to which
the Certificates are being sold, and such other documents and information
concerning the Certificates and the home equity loans in which the Certificates
represent interests which we have requested;
4. We believe we have such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an
investment in the Certificates and that we are able to bear the economic risks
of such an investment;
5. If we sell any of the Certificates at our option, we will either (i)
obtain from any institutional investor that purchases any Certificate from us a
certificate containing the same representations, warranties and agreements
contained in the foregoing paragraphs 1, 2 through 4 and this paragraph 5 or
(ii) deliver an Opinion of Counsel to such institutional investor, addressed and
satisfactory to the Seller and the Trustee, to the effect that such sale is in
compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws;
6. We are acquiring the Certificates for our own account and the source of
funds to be used by us to purchase the Certificates is a general account and
either (i) no part of such assets constitutes assets of an "employee benefit
plan," within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employment Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA") that is subject to the provisions of
Title I of ERISA or a "plan" described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, or (ii) to the extent that such assets constitute assets
of an "employee benefits plan" within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, or a
"plan" within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, we acknowledge that
in the discharge of our duty as a plan fiduciary in connection with the purchase
of the Certificates we have concluded that such purchase will not constitute a
violation of Section 404(a) of ERISA;
7. We certify that for purposes of the Certificate Register, our address,
including telecopier number and telephone number, is as follows:
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telecopier: ________________________________
telephone: _________________________________
8. If we sell any of the Certificates, we will obtain from any purchaser
from us the same representations contained in the foregoing paragraph 6 and this
paragraph 7; and
9. Our purchase of the Certificates does not violate the provisions of the
first sentence of Section 5.08(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed this certificate as of the date first
written above.
By:
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT K TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
HOME EQUITY LOANS WITH DOCUMENT EXCEPTIONS
LOAN NUMBER BORROWER NAME ORIGINAL LOAN AMOUNT EXCEPTION
EXHIBIT L
DEFINITION OF GROUP II SPECIFIED SUBORDINATED AMOUNT
(AND RELATED DEFINITIONS)
"GROUP II DELINQUENCY AMOUNT" means, with respect to each Distribution
Date, the product of (i) the Group II Delinquency Percentage and (ii) the
aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in Group II as of the end of the
related Remittance Period.
"GROUP II DELINQUENCY PERCENTAGE" means with respect to any date of
determination, the average of the percentage equivalents of the fractions
determined for each of the three immediately preceding Remittance Periods the
numerator of each of which is equal to (x) the sum (without duplication) of (i)
the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in Group II which are 90-Day
Delinquent Loans, (ii) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in
Group II in foreclosure and (iii) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity
Loans in Group II relating to REO Properties, in each case as of the end of such
Remittance Period and the denominator of which is (y) the aggregate Loan Balance
of the Home Equity Loans in Group II as of the end of such Remittance Period.
"GROUP II INITIAL SPECIFIED SUBORDINATED AMOUNT" means the Group II Target
Percentage times the Original Group II Pool Balance.
"GROUP II SPECIFIED SUBORDINATED AMOUNT" means:
(a) for any Distribution Date occurring during the period commencing on the
Startup Day and ending on the later of (A) the date upon which principal in the
amount equal to one half of the Original Group II Pool Balance has been received
by the Owners of the Class A-7 and Class A-8 Certificates and (B) the thirtieth
Distribution Date following the Startup Day, the greater of: (i) the Group II
Initial Specified Subordinated Amount, and (ii) 65% of the Group II Delinquency
Amount.
(b) for any Distribution Date occurring after the end of the period in
clause (a) above, the greatest of (i)(x) TWO times the Group II Target
Percentage times (y) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in
Group II AS OF THE END OF THE PRECEDING REMITTANCE PERIOD, (ii) 0.75% of the
Original Group II Pool Balance, (iii) 65% of the Group II Delinquency Amount and
(iv) the aggregate principal balance of the three Home Equity Loans with the
largest outstanding principal balances in Group II AS OF THE END OF THE
PRECEDING REMITTANCE PERIOD;
provided, however, for any Distribution Date occurring after the end of the
period specified in clause (a) above, if the Group II Delinquency Percentage
exceeds 10.50%, the Group II Specified Subordinated Amount shall be no less than
the Group II Specified Subordinated Amount as of the previous Distribution Date.
The Certificate Insurer may, in its sole discretion, modify this definition
of Group II Specified Subordinated Amount for the purpose of reducing or
eliminating, in whole or in part, the definition hereof. The Trustee and the
Rating Agencies shall be notified in writing of such modification prior to the
related Distribution Date and such modification shall not result in a
downgrading of the then-current ratings of the Class A Certificates, without
regard to the Certificate Insurance Policies.
"GROUP II TARGET PERCENTAGE" means 4.35%.
"ORIGINAL GROUP II POOL BALANCE" means the aggregate Loan Balance of the
Home Equity Loans in Group II as of the Cut-Off Date.
EXHIBIT M
DEFINITION OF GROUP I SPECIFIED SUBORDINATED AMOUNT
(AND RELATED DEFINITIONS)
"GROUP I DELINQUENCY AMOUNT" means, with respect to each Distribution Date,
the product of (i) the Group I Delinquency Percentage and (ii) the aggregate
Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in Group I as of the end of the related
Remittance Period.
"GROUP I DELINQUENCY PERCENTAGE" means with respect to any date of
determination, the average of the percentage equivalents of the fractions
determined for each of the three immediately preceding Remittance Periods the
numerator of each of which is equal to (x) the sum (without duplication) of (i)
the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in Group I which are 90-Day
Delinquent Loans, (ii) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in
Group I in foreclosure and (iii) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity
Loans in Group I relating to REO Properties, in each case as of the end of such
Remittance Period and the denominator of which is (y) the aggregate Loan Balance
of the Home Equity Loans in Group I as of the end of such Remittance Period.
"GROUP I INITIAL SPECIFIED SUBORDINATED AMOUNT" means the Group I Target
Percentage times the Original Group I Pool Balance.
"GROUP I SPECIFIED SUBORDINATED AMOUNT" means:
(a) for any Distribution Date occurring during the period commencing on the
Startup Day and ending on the later of (A) the date upon which principal in the
amount equal to one half of the Original Group I Pool Balance has been received
by the Owners of the Group I Certificates and (B) the thirtieth Distribution
Date following the Startup Day, the greater of: (i) the Group I Initial
Specified Subordinated Amount, and (ii) 45% of the Group I Delinquency Amount.
(b) for any Distribution Date occurring after the end of the period in
clause (a) above, the greatest of (i)(x) TWO times the Group I Target Percentage
times (y) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in the Group I as
of the end of the preceding Remittance Period, (ii) 0.75% of the Original Group
I Pool Balance, (iii) 45% of the Group I Delinquency Amount and (iv) the
aggregate principal balance of the three Home Equity Loans with the largest
outstanding principal balances in Group I as of the end of preceding Remittance
Period;
provided, however, for any Distribution Date occurring after the end of the
period specified in clause (a) above, if the Group I Delinquency Percentage
exceeds 8.50%, the Group I Specified Subordinated Amount shall be no less than
the Group I Specified Subordinated Amount as of the previous Distribution Date.
The Certificate Insurer may, in its sole discretion, modify the definition
of Group I Specified Subordinated Amount for the purpose of reducing or
eliminating, in whole or in part, the definition hereof. The Trustee and the
Rating Agencies shall be notified in writing of such modification prior to the
related Distribution Date and such modification shall not result in a
downgrading of the then-current ratings of the Class A Certificates, without
regard to the Certificate Insurance Policies.
"GROUP I TARGET PERCENTAGE" means 2.10%.
"ORIGINAL GROUP I POOL BALANCE" means the aggregate Loan Balance of the
Home Equity Loans in Group I as of the Cut-Off Date.
EXHIBIT N
FORM OF LETTER REGARDING REPORTING OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
February __, 1999
Norwest Bank Minnesota,
National Association
0xx & Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx
Re: Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1
Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
SERIES 1999-1
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to and in reference to Section 7.09(c) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 1998 relating to the above
referenced Certificates, please note the following:
(a) CIK Number for Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1 (the "Trust"):
(b) CCC for the Trust: .
In order to comply with the reporting obligations for the Trust under the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the
Trustee must file within 15 days following each Payment Date a copy of the
report distributed by the Trustee to the Certificateholders in a current report
on Form 8-K. Such reports provide all current information ordinarily of interest
to the Certificateholders. The Trustee must also report on a current report on
Form 8-K any significant occurrences during the reporting period that would be
reportable under Item 1, Item 2, Item 4 and Item 5. In addition, the Trustee
should cause the filing of an annual report on Form 10-K within 90 days
following the end of the Trust's fiscal year containing the following
information:
Part I, Item 3. A description of any material pending litigation;
Part I, Item 4. A description of any submission matters to vote of
Certificateholders;
Part II, Item 5. A statement of the number of Certificateholders and the
principal market, if any, in which the Certificates
trade;
Part II, Item 9. A statement as to any changes in or disagreements with
the independent public accounts for the Trust;
Part IV, Item 14. A copy of the annual certificate of compliance by an
officer of the Servicer, and any Subservicer and the
audit of the servicing by the independent accounting
firm.
Promptly after filing the Form 10-K, the Trustee should file a Form 15 in
accordance with Section 7.09(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
deregistering the Trust and terminating the reporting obligations under the
Exchange Act. All filings must be made through the Xxxxx System and all
acceptance slips from the filings should be saved as they will be needed for the
annual certificate.
CHEC ASSET RECEIVABLE CORPORATION
By:
Name:
Title:
