POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 31, 1997
Marine Midland Bank
(Trustee)
and
THE MONEY STORE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
(Seller and Servicer)
and
THE MONEY STORE OF NEW YORK, INC.
(Seller)
and
THE MONEY STORE INC.
(Representative)
The Money Store SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1997-1, Class A and Class B
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Definitions ........................................................I-1
ARTICLE II
SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF THE TRUST FUND
2.01 Sale and Conveyance of Trust Fund.........II-1
2.02 Possession of SBA Files...................II-1
2.03 Books and Records.........................II-1
2.04 Delivery of SBA Loan Documents............II-2
2.05 Acceptance by Trustee of the Trust Fund;
Certain Substitutions;
Certification by Trustee................II-4
2.06 [Intentionally Omitted]...................II-6
2.07 Authentication of Certificates............II-6
2.08 Fees and Expenses of the Trustee..........II-7
2.09 Sale and Conveyance of the Subsequent
SBA Loans...............................II-7
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.01 Representations of the Sellers............III-1
3.02 Individual SBA Loans......................III-4
3.03 Purchase and Substitution of Defective
SBA Loans...............................III-9
ARTICLE IV
THE CERTIFICATES
4.01 The Certificates..........................IV-1
4.02 Registration of Transfer and Exchange
Of Certificates.........................IV-1
4.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or
Stolen Certificates.....................IV-4
4.04 Persons Deemed Owners.....................IV-4
ARTICLE V
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF SBA LOANS
5.01 Duties of the Servicer....................V-1
5.02 Liquidation of SBA Loans..................V-4
5.03 Establishment of Principal and
Interest Accounts; Deposits in
Principal and Interest Accounts.........V-5
5.04 Permitted Withdrawals From the
Principal and Interest Account..........V-7
5.05 [Intentionally Omitted]...................V-9
5.06 Transfer of Accounts......................V-9
5.07 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance...........V-9
5.08 [Intentionally Omitted]...................V-10
5.09 Fidelity Bond.............................V-10
5.10 Title, Management and Disposition
of Foreclosed Property..................V-10
5.11 [Intentionally Omitted]...................V-11
5.12 Collection of Certain SBA Loan Payments...V-11
5.13 Access to Certain Documentation and
Information Regarding the SBA Loans.....V-12
5.14 Superior Liens............................V-12
ARTICLE VI
PAYMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
6.01 Establishment of Certificate Account;
Deposits in Certificate Account; Permitted
Withdrawal From Withdrawal Account....... VI-1
6.02 Establishment of Spread Account;
Deposits in Spread Account;
Permitted Withdrawals from Spread Account...VI-2
6.03 Establishment of Expense Account;
Deposits in Expense Account; Permitted
Withdrawals from Expense Account...........VI-4
6.04 Pre-Funding Account and Capitalized
Interest Account...........................VI-5
6.05 [Intentionally Omitted]......................VI-7
6.06 Investment of Accounts.......................VI-7
6.07 Distributions................................VI-8
6.08 [Intentionally Omitted]......................VI-9
6.09 Statements...................................VI-9
6.10 Advances by the Servicer.....................VI-13
6.11 Compensating Interest........................VI-14
6.12 Reports of Foreclosure and Abandonment
of Mortgaged Property......................VI-14
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL SERVICING PROCEDURE
7.01 [Intentionally Omitted]......................VII-1
7.02 Satisfaction of Mortgages and Collateral
and Release of SBA Files...................VII-1
7.03 Servicing Compensation.......................VII-2
7.04 Annual Statement as to Compliance............VII-3
7.05 Annual Independent Public
Accountants' Servicing Report..............VII-3
7.06 SBA's, and Trustee's Right to Examine
Servicer Records and Audit Operations......VII-3
7.07 Reports to the Trustee; Principal and
Interest Account Statements................VII-4
7.08 Premium Protection Fee.......................VII-4
ARTICLE VIII
REPORTS TO BE PROVIDED BY SERVICER
8.01 Financial Statements........................VIII-1
ARTICLE IX
THE SERVICER
9.01 Indemnification; Third Party Claims.......IX-1
9.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Servicer...IX-2
9.03 Limitation on Liability of the
Servicer and Others.....................IX-2
9.04 Servicer Not to Resign....................IX-4
ARTICLE X
DEFAULT
10.01 Events of Default.........................X-1
10.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of............X-3
10.03 Waiver of Defaults........................X-5
10.04 Control by Majority Certificateholders
and Others.............................X-5
ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION
11.01 Termination...............................XI-1
11.02 Accounting Upon Termination of Servicer...XI-2
ARTICLE XII
THE TRUSTEE
12.01 Duties of Trustee.........................XII-1
12.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.....XII-2
12.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates
or SBA Loans............................XII-4
12.04 Trustee May Own Certificates..............XII-4
12.05 Servicer To Pay Trustee's Fees
and Expenses............................XII-4
12.06 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee......XII-5
12.07 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee....XII-6
12.08 Successor Trustee.........................XII-7
12.09 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee........XII-7
12.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee.................................XII-8
12.11 Authenticating Agent......................XII-9
12.12 Tax Returns and Reports...................XII-11
12.13 Protection of Trust Fund..................XII-11
12.14 Representations, Warranties and
Covenants of Trustee....................XII-12
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
13.01 Acts of Certificateholders................XIII-1
13.02 Amendment.................................XIII-1
13.03 Recordation of Agreement..................XIII-2
13.04 Duration of Agreement.....................XIII-2
13.05 Governing Law.............................XIII-2
13.06 Notices...................................XIII-2
13.07 Severability of Provisions................XIII-3
13.08 No Partnership............................XIII-3
13.09 Counterparts..............................XIII-3
13.10 Successors and Assigns....................XIII-3
13.11 Headings..................................XIII-4
13.12 Paying Agent..............................XIII-4
13.13 Notification to Rating Agencies...........XIII-5
13.14 Third Party Rights........................XIII-5
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT A Contents of SBA File
EXHIBIT B-1 Form of Class A Certificate
EXHIBIT B-2 Form of Class B Certificate
EXHIBIT C Principal and Interest Account
Letter Agreement
EXHIBIT D [Omitted]
EXHIBIT E [Omitted]
EXHIBIT E(1) Wiring Instructions Form
EXHIBIT F-1 Initial Certification
EXHIBIT F-2 Final Certification
EXHIBIT G [Omitted]
EXHIBIT H SBA Loan Schedule
EXHIBIT I Request for Release of Documents
EXHIBIT J Form of Liquidation Report
EXHIBIT K Form of Delinquency Report
EXHIBIT L Servicer's Monthly Computer Tape Format
EXHIBIT M Multi-Party Agreement
EXHIBIT N Spread Account Agreement
Agreement dated as of August 31, 1997, among Marine Midland Bank, as
trustee (the "Trustee"), The Money Store Inc., as Representative (the
"Representative"), The Money Store Investment Corporation, as Seller (a
"Seller") and as Servicer (the "Servicer"), and The Money Store of New York,
Inc. (individually, a "Seller" and, together with The Money Store Investment
Corporation, the "Sellers"):
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Sellers, in the ordinary course of their business, originate and
acquire SBA ss. 7(a) Loans (the "SBA ss. 7(a) Loans") to small businesses in
compliance with the provisions of the Small Business Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder and certain loans originated in connection with such
loans, which SBA ss. 7(a) Loans are evidenced by the SBA Notes in favor of the
Sellers.
Pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Small Business Act
and the Loan Guaranty Agreement, a portion of each SBA ss. 7(a) Loan has been
guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (the "SBA") (such portion, the
"Guaranteed Interest").
The Sellers have previously sold the Guaranteed Interest in the SBA ss.
7(a) Loans to certain Registered Holders pursuant to SBA Form 1086 Agreements
between such Registered Holders, the SBA and the applicable Seller. In
accordance with such SBA Form 1086 Agreements, the parties hereto acknowledge
that the SBA is the party in interest with respect to the Guaranteed Interest.
Pursuant to and in accordance with policies of the SBA, the Servicer is
required to retain a portion of the interest received on the Guaranteed Interest
of each SBA ss. 7(a) Loan sold to the Trust Fund (such portion, the "Premium
Protection Fee").
To facilitate the sale of (i) the entire portion of each SBA ss. 7(a) Loan
not guaranteed by the SBA and sold to Registered Holders or constituting part of
the Premium Protection Fee and (ii) the Excess Spread (collectively, the
"Unguaranteed Interest"), and the servicing of the SBA Loans by the Servicer,
the Sellers and the Servicer are entering into this Agreement with the Trustee.
The Sellers are transferring the SBA Loans to the Trustee for the benefit of the
SBA and the Certificateholders under this Agreement, pursuant to which
Certificates are being issued, denominated on the face thereof as The Money
Store SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate Certificates, Series 1997-1, Class A and
Class B, representing in the aggregate a 100% undivided beneficial ownership
interest in the right to receive the principal portion of the Unguaranteed
Interests of the SBA Loans together with interest thereon at the then applicable
Class A or Class B Remittance Rate, as the case may be. The Unguaranteed
Interest of the SBA Loans have an aggregate outstanding principal balance of
$124,075,084.21 as of August 31, 1997 (the "Cut-Off Date"), after application of
payments received by the Sellers on or before such date.
The offering of the Class A and Class B Certificates will be registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the
Representative, on behalf of itself, the Sellers and certain of their
affiliates. The Representative will be responsible for determining that the
issuance and offering of the Class A and Class B Certificates complies with the
provisions hereof and of such Registration Statement. Except for such
responsibility, the Representative shall have no obligations or duties
hereunder.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used herein, the following words and phrases, unless the context
otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings. This Agreement relates to
a Trust Fund evidenced by The Money Store SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1997-1, Class A and Class B. Unless otherwise provided, all
calculations of interest pursuant to this Agreement including, but not limited
to, the Class A and Class B Interest Distribution Amounts, are based on a
360-day year and twelve 30- day months.
ACCOUNT: The Certificate Account, the Pre-Funding Account and the
Capitalized Interest Account established by the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders; the Expense Account established by the Trustee for the
benefit of the Trustee; and the Spread Account held by the Spread Account
Custodian pursuant to the Spread Account Agreement. The Trustee's obligation to
establish and maintain the Certificate Account is not delegable.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: The 15 digit number assigned to each SBA Loan by the
applicable Seller, as set forth in Exhibit H hereto.
ADDITION NOTICE: With respect to the transfer of Subsequent SBA Loans to
the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 2.09 herein, notice, which shall be given not
later than three Business Days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date, of
the Representative's designation of Subsequent SBA Loans to be sold to the Trust
Fund and the aggregate Principal Balance of such Subsequent SBA Loans.
ADDITIONAL FEE: With respect to each Additional Fee SBA Loan, the fee
payable to the SBA by the related Seller equal to 40 basis points or 50 basis
points per annum, as the case may be, on the outstanding balance of the
Guaranteed Interest of such Additional Fee SBA Loan.
ADDITIONAL FEE SBA LOAN: An SBA ss. 7(a) Loan sold in the secondary market
on or after September 1, 1993 (unless the related SBA ss. 7(a) Loan was approved
by the SBA on or after October 12, 1995), for which the related Additional Fee
is 40 basis points per annum, or an SBA ss. 7(a) Loan approved by the SBA on or
after October 12, 1995 (regardless of whether they were sold in the secondary
market), for which the related Additional Fee is 50 basis points per annum.
ADJUSTED CLASS A INTEREST DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to each
Remittance Date, the product of (A) the aggregate amount of interest payable
with respect to each SBA Loan in accordance with its terms, net of the interest
payable to the Registered Holder, the Premium Protection Fee, the Excess Spread
(other than the portion thereof allocable to the Servicing Fee on the Guaranteed
Interest), the Servicing Fee, the FTA's Fee, the Additional Fee, the Extra
Interest and the Annual Expense Escrow Amount allocable to such interest (plus,
for the Remittance Dates occurring in October, November and December 1997, any
amounts transferred from the Pre-Funding Account and the Capitalized Interest
Account for such Remittance Date to be applied as a payment of interest on the
Certificates) and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amounts set
forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition of Class A Interest Distribution
Amount with respect to such Remittance Date, and the denominator of which is the
sum of the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition of Class
A Interest Distribution Amount and the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)
of the definition of Class B Interest Distribution Amount, each with respect to
such Remittance Date.
ADJUSTED CLASS B INTEREST DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to each
Remittance Date, the product of (A) the aggregate amount of interest payable
with respect to each SBA Loan in accordance with its terms, net of the interest
payable to the Registered Holder, the Premium Protection Fee, the Excess Spread
(other than the portion thereof allocable to the Servicing Fee on the Guaranteed
Interest), the Servicing Fee, the FTA's Fee, the Additional Fee, the Extra
Interest and the Annual Expense Escrow Amount allocable to such interest (plus,
for the Remittance Dates occurring in October, November and December 1997, any
amounts transferred from the Pre-Funding Account and the Capitalized Interest
Account for such Remittance Date to be applied as a payment of interest on the
Certificates) and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amounts set
forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition of Class B Interest Distribution
Amount with respect to such Remittance Date, and the denominator of which is the
sum of the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition of Class
A Interest Distribution Amount and the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)
of the definition of Class B Interest Distribution Amount, each with respect to
such Remittance Date.
ADJUSTED SBA LOAN REMITTANCE RATE: With respect to any SBA Loan, a
percentage per annum equal to the sum of (i) the then applicable weighted
average Class A and Class B Remittance Rates and (ii) .06% per annum, relating
to the Annual Expense Escrow Amount.
ADJUSTMENT DATE: The first Business Day of each January, April, July and
October, commencing January 1, 1998.
AGGREGATE CLASS A CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: As of any date of
determination, the Original Class A Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance less
the sum of all amounts previously distributed to the Class A Certificateholders
in respect of principal.
AGGREGATE CLASS B CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: As of any date of
determination, the Original Aggregate Class B Certificate Principal Balance less
the sum of all amounts previously distributed to the Class B Certificateholders
in respect of principal.
AGREEMENT: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments hereof
and supplements hereto.
ANNUAL EXPENSE ESCROW AMOUNT: The product of .06% per annum and the Pool
Principal Balance, which is computed and payable on a monthly basis and
represents the estimated annual Trustee's fees and Trust Fund expenses.
ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE: With respect to those SBA Loans secured by a
Mortgaged Property, an assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the
related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of record the transfer of the
related SBA Loan to the Trustee.
AUTHENTICATING AGENT: Initially, Marine Midland Bank and thereafter, any
successor appointed pursuant to Section 12.11.
AVAILABLE FUNDS: With respect to each Remittance Date, the sum of (i) all
amounts received from any source by the Servicer or any Subservicer during the
preceding calendar month (including Excess Spread) with respect to principal and
interest on the SBA Loans (net of the amount payable to the Registered Holders,
the Premium Protection Fee, the FTA's Fee, the Additional Fee, and the Servicing
Fee), (ii) advances by the Servicer, (iii) amounts to be transferred from the
Pre-Funding Account and the Capitalized Interest Account with respect to the
Remittance Dates in October, November and December 1997, and (iv) amounts in the
Spread Account.
BIF: The Bank Insurance Fund, or any successor thereto.
BUSINESS DAY: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day on
which banking institutions in the States of California, New York or New Jersey
are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
CAPITALIZED INTEREST ACCOUNT: As described in Section 6.04.
CAPITALIZED INTEREST REQUIREMENT: With respect to the Remittance Dates in
October, November and December 1997, the excess, if any, of (i) 30 days'
interest (or, with respect to the Remittance Date in October 1997, the actual
number of days from the Closing Date to but not including such Remittance Date)
calculated at the weighted average Class A and Class B Remittance Rates on the
excess of (a) the Aggregate Class A and Class B Certificate Principal Balances
for such Remittance Date over (b) the aggregate Principal Balances of the SBA
Loans for such Remittance Date over (ii) any Pre-Funding Earnings to be
transferred to the Certificate Account on such Remittance Date pursuant to
Section 6.04(d). With respect to the Special Remittance Date, accrued interest
calculated at the weighted average Class A and Class B Remittance Rates on the
amount to be transferred on the Special Remittance Date from the Pre-Funding
Account to the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 6.04(c).
CERTIFICATE: Any Class A or Class B Certificate executed by the Servicer
and authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibits B-1 and B-2.
CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT: As described in Section 6.01.
CERTIFICATEHOLDER or HOLDER: Each Person in whose name a Class A or Class B
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for
the purposes of giving any consent, waiver, request or demand pursuant to this
Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the Sellers, the Servicer,
any Subservicer or any affiliate of any of them, shall be deemed not to be
outstanding and the undivided Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be
taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of
Certificates necessary to effect any such consent, waiver, request or demand has
been obtained.
CERTIFICATE REGISTER: As described in Section 4.02.
CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR: Initially, Marine Midland Bank, and thereafter, any
successor appointed pursuant to Section 4.02.
CLASS A CARRY-FORWARD AMOUNT: The amount, if any, by which (i) the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any preceding Remittance Date
exceeded (ii) the amount of the actual principal distribution to the Class A
Certificates on such Remittance Date.
CLASS A CERTIFICATE: A Certificate denominated as a Class A Certificate.
CLASS A CERTIFICATEHOLDER: A holder of a Class A Certificate.
CLASS A INTEREST DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to each Remittance Date,
the sum of (i) the interest accrued for the related Interest Accrual Period at
the then applicable Class A Remittance Rate on the Aggregate Class A Certificate
Principal Balance outstanding immediately prior to such Remittance Date and (ii)
the amount of the shortfall, if any, of any interest that the Class A
Certificates were entitled to receive on a preceding Remittance Date but did not
receive plus interest thereon at the then applicable Class A Remittance Rate
compounded monthly; provided, however, that on each Remittance Date the Class A
Interest Distribution Amount will be increased or decreased, as the case may be,
to equal the Adjusted Class A Interest Distribution Amount for such Remittance
Date.
CLASS A PERCENTAGE: With respect to each Remittance Date, 93%, representing
the beneficial ownership interest of the Class A Certificates in the Trust Fund.
CLASS A PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to each Remittance
Date, the Class A Percentage multiplied by the sum of, without duplication, (i)
the Unguaranteed Percentage of all payments and other recoveries of principal of
an SBA Loan (net of amounts reimbursable to the Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement) received by the Servicer or any Subservicer in the related Due
Period, excluding amounts received relating to SBA Loans which have been
delinquent 24 months or have been determined to be uncollectible, in whole or in
part, by the Servicer to the extent that the Class A Certificateholders have
previously received the Class A Percentage of the Principal Balance of such SBA
Loans; (ii) the principal portion of any Unguaranteed Interest actually
purchased by a Seller for breach of a representation and warranty or other
defect and actually received by the Trustee as of the related Determination
Date; (iii) any Substitution Adjustments deposited in the Principal and Interest
Account and transferred to the Certificate Account as of the related
Determination Date; (iv) the Unguaranteed Percentage of all losses on SBA Loans
which were finally liquidated during the applicable Due Period; (v) the
Unguaranteed Percentage of the then outstanding principal balance of any SBA
Loan which, as of the first day of the related Due Period, has been delinquent
24 months or has been determined to be uncollectible, in whole or in part, by
the Servicer; and (vi) the amount, if any, released from the Pre-Funding Account
on the October, November and December 1997 Remittance Dates.
CLASS A REMITTANCE RATE: During the initial Interest Accrual Period 6.25%
per annum. During each subsequent Interest Accrual Period, the Prime Rate in
effect on the preceding Adjustment Date minus 2.25% per annum.
CLASS B CARRY-FORWARD AMOUNT: The amount, if any, by which (i) the Class B
Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any preceding Remittance Date
exceeded (ii) the amount of the actual principal distribution to the Class B
Certificates on such Remittance Date.
CLASS B CERTIFICATE: A Certificate denominated as a Class B Certificate.
CLASS B CERTIFICATEHOLDER: A holder of a Class B Certificate.
CLASS B INTEREST DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to each Remittance Date,
the sum of (i) the interest accrued for the related Interest Accrual Period at
the then applicable Class B Remittance Rate on the Aggregate Class B Certificate
Principal Balance outstanding immediately prior to such Remittance Date and (ii)
the amount of the shortfall, if any, of any interest that the Class B
Certificates were entitled to receive on a preceding Remittance Date but did not
receive plus interest thereon at the then applicable Class B Remittance Rate
compounded monthly; provided, however, that on each Remittance Date the Class B
Interest Distribution Amount will be increased or decreased, as the case may be,
to equal the Adjusted Class B Interest Distribution Amount for such Remittance
Date.
CLASS B PERCENTAGE: With respect to each Remittance Date, 7%, representing
the beneficial ownership interest of the Class B Certificates in the Trust Fund.
CLASS B PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to each Remittance
Date, the Class B Percentage multiplied by the sum of, without duplication, (i)
the Unguaranteed Percentage of all payments and other recoveries of principal of
an SBA Loan (net of amounts reimbursable to the Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement) received by the Servicer or any Subservicer in the related Due
Period, excluding amounts received relating to SBA Loans which have been
delinquent 24 months or have been determined to be uncollectible, in whole or in
part, by the Servicer to the extent that the Class B Certificateholders have
previously received the Class B Percentage of the Principal Balance of such SBA
Loans; (ii) the principal portion of any Unguaranteed Interest actually
purchased by a Seller for breach of a representation and warranty or other
defect and actually received by the Trustee as of the related Determination
Date; (iii) any Substitution Adjustments deposited in the Principal and Interest
Account and transferred to the Certificate Account as of the related
Determination Date; (iv) the Unguaranteed Percentage of all losses on SBA Loans
which were finally liquidated during the applicable Due Period; (v) the
Unguaranteed Percentage of the then outstanding principal balance of any SBA
Loan which, as of the first day of the related Due Period, has been delinquent
24 months or has been determined to be uncollectible, in whole or in part, by
the Servicer; and (vi) the amount, if any, released from the Pre-Funding Account
on the October, November and December 1997 Remittance Dates.
CLASS B REMITTANCE RATE: During the initial Interest Accrual Period 6.73%
per annum. During each subsequent Interest Accrual Period, the Prime Rate in
effect on the preceding Adjustment Date minus 1.77% per annum.
CLOSING DATE: September 29, 1997
CODE: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor
legislation thereto.
COLLATERAL: All items of property (including a Mortgaged Property), whether
real or personal, tangible or intangible, or otherwise, pledged by an Obligor or
others to a Seller (including guarantees on behalf of the Obligor) to secure
payment under an SBA Loan.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY: Real property (other than agricultural property or
Residential Property) that is generally used by the Obligor in the conduct of
its business.
COMPENSATING INTEREST: As defined in Section 6.11.
CURTAILMENT: With respect to an SBA Loan, any payment of principal received
during a Due Period as part of a payment that is in excess of five times the
amount of the Monthly Payment due for such Due Period and which is not intended
to satisfy the SBA Loan in full, nor is intended to cure a delinquency.
CUT-OFF DATE: August 31, 1997; provided, however, that for purposes of
determining characteristics of the Initial SBA Loans, the Cut-Off Date for those
Initial SBA Loans originated after August 31, 1997 shall be deemed to be the
date of the applicable SBA Note.
DELETED SBA LOAN: An SBA Loan replaced by a Qualified Substitute SBA Loan.
DEPOSITORY: The Depository Trust Company and any successor Depository
hereafter named.
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION: With respect to the Principal and
Interest Account, an entity which is an institution whose deposits are insured
by either the BIF or SAIF administered by the FDIC, the unsecured and
uncollateralized long-term debt obligations of which shall be rated A2 or better
by Moody's and A or better by Duff & Xxxxxx or P-1 by Moody's and A1 by Duff &
Xxxxxx, and which is either (i) a federal savings 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,
or (iv) a principal subsidiary of a bank holding company, in each case acting or
designated by the Servicer as the depository institution for the Principal and
Interest Account.
DETERMINATION DATE: That day of each month which is the third Business Day
prior to the 15th day of such month.
DIRECT PARTICIPANT: Any broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution
for which the Depository holds Certificates from time to time as a securities
depository.
DUE DATE: The day of the month on which the Monthly Payment is due from the
Obligor on an SBA Loan.
DUE PERIOD: With respect to each Remittance Date, the calendar month
preceding the month in which such Remittance Date occurs.
DUFF & XXXXXX: Xxxx & Xxxxxx Credit Rating Co. or any successor thereto.
EVENT OF DEFAULT: As described in Section 10.01.
EXCESS PAYMENTS: With respect to a Due Period, any amounts received on an
SBA Loan in excess of the Monthly Payment due on the Due Date relating to such
Due Period which does not constitute either a Curtailment or a Principal
Prepayment or payment with respect to an overdue amount. Excess Payments are
payments of principal for purposes of this Agreement.
EXCESS PROCEEDS: As of any Remittance Date, with respect to any Liquidated
SBA Loan, the excess, if any, of (a) the Unguaranteed Percentage of the total
Net Liquidation Proceeds, over (b) the Principal Balance of such SBA Loan as of
the date such SBA Loan became a Liquidated SBA Loan plus 30 days interest
thereon at the then applicable Adjusted SBA Loan Remittance Rate; provided,
however, that such excess shall be reduced by the amount by which interest
accrued on the advance, if any, made by the Servicer at the related SBA Loan
Interest Rate(s) exceeds interest accrued on such advance at the then applicable
weighted average Class A and Class B Remittance Rates.
EXCESS SPREAD: With respect to any Remittance Date, the amount by which (i)
the interest collected by the Servicer or any Subservicer on the principal
portion of the Guaranteed Interest of each SBA ss.7(a) Loan exceeds (ii) the sum
of (a) the interest payable to the Registered Holder, (b) the FTA's Fee, (c) the
Premium Protection Fee and (d) with respect to the Additional Fee SBA Loans, the
Additional Fee.
EXPENSE ACCOUNT: The expense account established and maintained by the
Trustee in accordance with Section 6.03 hereof.
EXTRA INTEREST: With respect to each SBA Loan, for each Remittance Date the
product of (i) the principal portion of the Unguaranteed Interest of such SBA
Loan for such Remittance Date and (ii) one-twelfth of the applicable Extra
Interest Percentage.
EXTRA INTEREST PERCENTAGE: With respect to each SBA Loan, the excess of (i)
the SBA Loan Interest Rate that would be in effect for such SBA Loan as of the
Cut-Off Date without giving effect to any applicable lifetime floors or caps
over (ii) the sum of the rates used in determining the Servicing Fee and the
Annual Expense Escrow Amount and 6.2836% per annum (i.e., the initial weighted
average Class A and Class B Remittance Rates without giving effect to any
applicable lifetime floors or caps on the SBA Loans).
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and any successor thereto.
FHLMC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and any successor
thereto.
FIDELITY BOND: As described in Section 5.09.
FNMA: The Federal National Mortgage Association and any successor thereto.
FORECLOSED PROPERTY: As described in Section 5.10.
FORECLOSED PROPERTY DISPOSITION: The final sale of a Foreclosed Property
acquired in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure. The proceeds of any
Foreclosed Property Disposition constitute part of the definition of Liquidation
Proceeds.
FTA: Xxxxxx Services Corp., in its capacity as the Fiscal and Transfer
Agent of the SBA under the Multi-Party Agreement, or any successor thereto
appointed by the SBA.
FTA'S FEE: With respect to the Guaranteed Interest of each SBA ss. 7(a)
Loan sold into the secondary market, the monthly fee payable to the FTA in
accordance with Form 1086 and the SBA Rules and Regulations.
FUNDING PERIOD: The period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the
earliest to occur of (i) the date on which the amount on deposit in the
Pre-Funding Account is less than $100,000, (ii) the date on which an Event of
Default occurs or (iii) at the close of business on December 22, 1997.
GUARANTEED INTEREST: As to any SBA ss. 7(a) Loan, the right to receive the
guaranteed portion of the principal balance thereof together with interest
thereon at a per annum rate in effect from time to time in accordance with the
terms of the related SBA Form 1086. Certificateholders have no right or interest
in the Guaranteed Interest.
INDIRECT PARTICIPANT: Any financial institution for whom any Direct
Participant holds an interest in any Certificate.
INITIAL DEPOSIT: A deposit of $620,375.42 required to be made by the Spread
Account Depositor into the Spread Account on the Closing Date, such deposit
being equal to 0.50% of the Original Pool Principal Balance.
INITIAL SBA LOANS: THE SBA Loans listed on Exhibit H hereto and delivered
to the Trustee on the Closing Date.
INSURANCE PROCEEDS: Proceeds paid by any insurer pursuant to any insurance
policy covering an SBA Loan, Collateral or Foreclosed Property, including but
not limited to title, hazard, life, health and/or accident insurance policies.
INTEREST ACCRUAL PERIOD: With respect to each Remittance Date, the period
commencing on the 15th day of the month preceding such Remittance Date and
ending on the 14th day of the month of such Remittance Date. However, for the
Remittance Date occurring in October 1997, the period commencing on September
15, 1997 and ending on October 14, 1997
LIQUIDATED SBA LOAN: Any defaulted SBA Loan or Foreclosed Property as to
which the Servicer has determined that all amounts which it reasonably and in
good faith expects to recover have been recovered from or on account of such SBA
Loan.
LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: Cash, including Insurance Proceeds, proceeds of any
Foreclosed Property Disposition, revenues received with respect to the
conservation and disposition of a Foreclosed Property, and any other amounts
received in connection with the liquidation of defaulted SBA Loans, whether
through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise.
LOAN GUARANTY AGREEMENT: The Loan Guaranty Agreement (Deferred
Participation) (SBA Form 750) dated August 13, 1980 between the SBA and The
Money Store Investment Corporation, as such agreement may be amended from time
to time, or such Loan Guaranty Agreement as applicable to a successor to the
Servicer, as the case may be.
LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO OR LTV: With respect to any SBA Loan, the gross amount
of the loan divided by the total net collateral value (as determined by the
Sellers in accordance with their underwriting criteria) of the primary and
secondary Collateral securing such loan.
MAJORITY CERTIFICATEHOLDERS: The Holder or Holders of Class A and Class B
Certificates evidencing an Aggregate Class A Certificate Principal Balance and
Aggregate Class B Certificate Principal Balance in excess of 50% of the
Aggregate Class A Certificate Principal Balance and Aggregate Class B
Certificate Principal Balance.
MONTHLY ADVANCE: An advance made by the Servicer pursuant to Section 6.10
hereof.
MONTHLY PAYMENT: The monthly payment of principal and/or interest required
to be made by an Obligor on the related SBA Loan, as adjusted pursuant to the
terms of the related SBA Note.
MOODY'S: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.
MORTGAGE: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a lien
on a Mortgaged Property.
MORTGAGED PROPERTY: The underlying real property, if any, securing an SBA
Loan, consisting of a Commercial Property or Residential Property and any
improvements thereon.
MULTI-PARTY AGREEMENT: That certain Multi-Party Agreement dated as of
August 31, 1997 among the Sellers, the Trustee, the SBA and the FTA,
substantially in the form of Exhibit M hereto, as amended from time to time by
the parties thereto.
NET LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: Liquidation Proceeds net of (i) any
reimbursements to the Servicer made therefrom pursuant to Section 5.04(b) and
(ii) amounts required to be released to the related Obligor pursuant to
applicable law.
1933 ACT: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
OBLIGOR: The obligor on an SBA Note.
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE: A certificate delivered to the Trustee signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the President, an Executive Vice President, a Vice
President, an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of
the Assistant Secretaries of a Seller or the Servicer as required by this
Agreement.
OPINION OF COUNSEL: A written opinion of counsel, who may, without
limitation, be counsel for the Sellers or Servicer, reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee and experienced in matters relating thereto.
ORIGINAL CLASS A CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: $130,200,000.
ORIGINAL CLASS B CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: $9,800,000.
ORIGINAL POOL PRINCIPAL BALANCE: $124,075,084.21.
ORIGINAL PRE-FUNDED AMOUNT: $15,924,915.79, representing the amount
deposited in the Pre-Funding Account on the Closing Date.
OVERFUNDED INTEREST AMOUNT: With respect to each Subsequent Transfer Date
occurring in October 1997, the difference between (i) three-months' interest on
the aggregate Principal Balances of the Subsequent SBA Loans acquired by the
Trust Fund on such Subsequent Transfer Date, calculated at the weighted average
Class A and Class B Remittance Rates, and (ii) three-months' interest on the
aggregate Principal Balances of the Subsequent SBA Loans acquired by the Trust
Fund on such Subsequent Transfer Date, calculated at the rate at which Pre-
Funding Account moneys are invested as of such Subsequent Transfer Date.
With respect to each Subsequent Transfer Date occurring in November 1997,
the difference between (i) two-months' interest on the aggregate Principal
Balances of the Subsequent SBA Loans acquired by the Trust Fund on such
Subsequent Transfer Date, calculated at the weighted average Class A and Class B
Remittance Rates, and (ii) two-months' interest on the aggregate Principal
Balances of the Subsequent SBA Loans acquired by the Trust Fund on such
Subsequent Transfer Date, calculated at the rate at which Pre-Funding Account
moneys are invested as of such Subsequent Transfer Date.
With respect to each Subsequent Transfer Date occurring in
December 1997, the difference between (i) one-month's interest on the aggregate
Principal Balances of the Subsequent SBA Loans acquired by the Trust Fund on
such Subsequent Transfer Date, calculated at the weighted average Class A and
Class B Remittance Rates, and (ii) one-month's interest on the aggregate
Principal Balances of the Subsequent SBA Loans acquired by the Trust Fund on
such Subsequent Transfer Date, calculated at the rate at which Pre-Funding
Account moneys are invested as of such Subsequent Transfer Date.
PAYING AGENT: Initially, Marine Midland Bank, and thereafter, any other
Person that meets the eligibility standards for the Paying Agent specified in
Section 13.12 hereof and is authorized by the Trustee to make payments on the
Certificates on behalf of the Trustee.
PERCENTAGE INTEREST: With respect to a Class A or Class B Certificate, the
portion of the Trust Fund evidenced by such Class A or Class B Certificate,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the denomination
represented by such Class A or Class B Certificate and the denominator of which
is the Original Class A Certificate Principal Balance or Original Class B
Certificate Principal Balance, as the case may be. The Certificates are issuable
only in the minimum Percentage Interest corresponding to a minimum denomination
of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, except for one
Certificate of each Class which may be issued in a different denomination to
equal the remainder of the Original Class A Certificate Principal Balance or
Original Class B Certificate Principal Balance, as the case may be.
PERMITTED INSTRUMENTS: As used herein, Permitted Instruments shall include
the following:
(i) 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, FHA debentures, Federal Home Loan Bank
consolidated 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;
(ii) federal funds, certificates of deposit, time deposits and
banker's acceptances (having original maturities of not more than 365
days) of any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the
United States or any state thereof, provided that the short-term debt
obligations of such bank or trust company at the date of acquisition
thereof have been rated Prime-1 or better by Moody's and Duff 1+ or
better by Duff & Xxxxxx;
(iii) deposits of any bank or savings and loan association which
has combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least
$3,000,000 which deposits are held only up to the limits insured by
the BIF or SAIF administered by the FDIC, provided that the unsecured
long-term debt obligations of such bank or savings and loan
association have been rated A3 or better by Moody's and A or better by
Duff & Xxxxxx;
(iv) commercial paper (having original maturities of not more
than 365 days) rated Prime-1 or better by Moody's and Duff 1+ or
better by Duff & Xxxxxx;
(v) debt obligations rated Aaa by Moody's and AAA by Duff &
Xxxxxx (other than any such obligations that do not have a fixed par
value and/or whose terms do not promise a fixed dollar amount at
maturity or call date);
(vi) investments in money market funds rated Aaa or better by
Moody's and Duff 1+ or better by Duff & Xxxxxx the assets of which are
invested solely in instruments described in clauses (i)-(v) above;
(vii) guaranteed investment contracts or surety bonds providing
for the investment of funds in an account or insuring a minimum rate
of return on investments of such funds, which contract or surety bond
shall:
(a) be an obligation of an insurance company or other
corporation whose debt obligations or insurance financial
strength or claims paying ability are rated "Aaa" by Moody's
and "AAA" by Duff & Xxxxxx; and
(b) provide that the Trustee may exercise all of the
rights of the Representative under such contract
or surety bond without the necessity of the taking of
any action by the Representative;
(viii) A repurchase agreement that satisfies the following
criteria:
(a) Must be between the Trustee and a dealer
bank or securities firm described in a. or b. below:
1. Primary dealers on the Federal Reserve
reporting dealer list which are rated
Aa" or better by Moody's and "AA" or
better by Duff & Xxxxxx, or
2. Banks rated "Aa" or better by Moody's
and "AA" or better by Duff & Xxxxxx.
(b) The written repurchase agreement must include the
following:
1. Securities which are acceptable for
the transfer are:
A. Direct U.S. governments, or
B. Federal Agencies backed by the full
faith and credit of the U.S.
government (and FNMA & FHLMC)
2. the term of the repurchase agreement may
be up to 60 days
3. the collateral must be delivered to
the Trustee or third party custodian
acting as agent for the Trustee by
appropriate book entries and
confirmation statements
must have been delivered before or
simultaneous with payment (perfection by
possession of certificated securities)
4. Valuation of collateral
A. The securities must be valued
weekly, marked-to-market at current
market price plus accrued interest
i. The value of the collateral
must be equal to at least 104%
of the amount of cash
transferred by the Trustee or
custodian for the Trustee to
the dealer bank or security
firm under the repurchase
agreement plus accrued
interest. If the value of
securities held as collateral
slips below 104% of the value
of the cash transferred by the
Trustee plus accrued
interest, then additional
cash and/or acceptable
securities must be
transferred. If, however, the
securities used as collateral
are FNMA or FHLMC, then the
value of collateral must equal
at least 105%; and
(ix) any other investment acceptable to the Rating Agencies,
written confirmation of which shall be furnished to the Trustee prior
to any such investment.
PERSON: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, national banking association,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
POOL PRINCIPAL BALANCE: The aggregate Principal Balances as of any date of
determination.
PRE-FUNDED AMOUNT: With respect to any date of determination, the amount on
deposit in the Pre-Funding Account.
PRE-FUNDING ACCOUNT: The Pre-Funding Account established in accordance with
Section 6.04 hereof and maintained by the Trustee.
PRE-FUNDING EARNINGS: With respect to the Remittance Date in October 1997,
the actual investment earnings earned during the period from the Closing Date
through the Business Day immediately preceding the Determination Date in October
1997 (inclusive) on the Pre-Funded Amount. With respect to the Remittance Dates
in November and December 1997, the actual investment earnings earned during the
period from the Determination Date in October and November 1997, respectively,
through the Business Day immediately preceding the Determination Date in
November and December 1997, respectively (inclusive), on the Pre-Funded Amount.
PREMIUM PROTECTION FEE: As to any SBA Loan and any date of determination,
an amount equal to 0.60% per annum of the then outstanding principal balance of
the related Guaranteed Interest.
PRIME RATE: With respect to any date of determination, the lowest prime
lending rate published in the Money Rate Section of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ACCOUNT: The principal and interest account
established by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof.
PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to any SBA Loan or related Foreclosed
Property, at any date of determination, (i) the Unguaranteed Percentage of the
principal balance of the SBA Loan outstanding as of the Cut-Off Date (or
applicable Subsequent Cut-Off Date with respect to Subsequent SBA Loans), after
application of principal payments received on or before such date, minus (ii)
the sum of (a) the Unguaranteed Percentage of the principal portion of the
Monthly Payments received during each Due Period ending prior to the most recent
Remittance Date, which were distributed pursuant to Section 6.07 on any previous
Remittance Date, and (b) the Unguaranteed Percentage of all Principal
Prepayments, Curtailments, Excess Payments, Insurance Proceeds, Released
Mortgaged Property Proceeds, Net Liquidation Proceeds and net income from a
Foreclosed Property to the extent applied by the Servicer as recoveries of
principal in accordance with the provisions hereof, which were distributed
pursuant to Section 6.07 on any previous Remittance Date. The Principal Balance
of any Liquidated SBA Loan or any SBA Loan that has been paid off will equal $0.
PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENT: Any payment or other recovery of principal on an SBA
Loan equal to the outstanding principal balance thereof, received in advance of
the final scheduled Due Date which is intended to satisfy an SBA Loan in full.
PRIOR LIEN: With respect to any SBA Loan secured by a lien on a Mortgaged
Property which is not a first priority lien, each mortgage loan relating to the
corresponding Mortgaged Property having a prior priority lien.
QUALIFIED SUBSTITUTE SBA LOAN: An SBA loan or SBA loans substituted for a
Deleted SBA Loan pursuant to Section 2.05 or 3.03 hereof, which (i) has or have
an SBA Loan interest rate or rates of not less than (and not more than two
percentage points more than) the SBA Loan Interest Rate for the Deleted SBA
Loan, (ii) relates or relate to the same type of Collateral as the Deleted SBA
Loan, (iii) matures or mature no later than (and not more than one year earlier
than) the Deleted SBA Loan, (iv) has or have a Loan-to-Value Ratio or
Loan-to-Value Ratios at the time of such substitution no higher than the Loan-to
Value Ratio of the Deleted SBA Loan at such time, (v) has or have a principal
balance or principal balances relating to an unguaranteed interest or
unguaranteed interests (after application of all payments received on or prior
to the date of substitution) equal to or less than the Principal Balance of the
Unguaranteed Interest or Unguaranteed Interests as of such date of the Deleted
SBA Loan, (vi) has or have the same Unguaranteed Percentage at the time of
substitution as the Deleted SBA Loan; (vii) was originated under the same
program type as the Deleted SBA Loan; and (viii) complies or comply as the date
of substitution with each representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.02.
RATING AGENCIES: Moody's and Duff & Xxxxxx.
RATING AGENCY CONDITION: With respect to any specified action, that each of
the Rating Agencies shall have notified the Servicer and the Trustee, orally or
in writing, that such action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the
rating assigned by the respective Rating Agency to either Class of Certificates.
RECORD DATE: With respect to any Remittance Date, the close of business on
the last day of the month immediately preceding the month of the related
Remittance Date. With respect to the Special Remittance Date, November 30, 1997.
REGISTERED HOLDER: With respect to any SBA ss. 7(a) Loan, the Person
identified as such in the applicable SBA Form 1086, and any permitted assignees
thereof.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT: The registration statement (File No. 333-32775)
filed by the Representative with the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Certificates, including the
Prospectus dated September 11, 1997 and the Prospectus Supplement dated
September 26, 1997.
REIMBURSABLE AMOUNTS: As of any date of determination, an amount payable to
the Servicer and/or a Seller with respect to (i) the Monthly Advances and
Servicing Advances reimbursable pursuant to Section 5.04(b), (ii) any advances
reimbursable pursuant to Section 9.01 and not previously reimbursed pursuant to
Section 6.03(c)(i), and (iii) any other amounts reimbursable to the Servicer or
a Seller pursuant to this Agreement.
RELEASED MORTGAGED PROPERTY PROCEEDS: As to any SBA Loan secured by a
Mortgaged Property, proceeds received by the Servicer in connection with (a) a
taking of an entire Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent
domain or condemnation or (b) any release of part of the Mortgaged Property from
the lien of the related Mortgage, whether by partial condemnation, sale or
otherwise, which are not released to the Obligor in accordance with applicable
law, the SBA or the Registered Holder in accordance with the SBA Rules and
Regulations, the Servicer's customary SBA loan servicing procedures and this
Agreement.
REMITTANCE DATE: The 15th day of any month or if such 15th day is not a
Business Day, the first Business Day immediately following, commencing in
October 1997.
REPRESENTATIVE: The Money Store Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and its
successors and assigns as Representative hereunder.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY: Any one or more of the following, (i) single family
dwelling unit not attached in any way to another unit, (ii) row house, (iii)
two-family house, (iv) low-rise condominium, (v) planned unit development, (vi)
three- or four-family house, (vii) high-rise condominium, (viii) mixed use
building or (ix) manufactured home (as defined in FNMA/FHLMC Seller-Servicers'
Guide) to the extent that it constitutes real property in the state in which it
is located.
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: When used with respect to the Trustee, any officer
assigned to the Corporate Trust Division, including any Vice President,
Assistant Vice President, any Assistant Secretary, any trust officer or any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a
particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of
such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. When
used with respect to a Seller, the President, any Vice President, Assistant Vice
President, or any Secretary or Assistant Secretary.
SAIF: The Savings Association Insurance Fund, or any successor thereto.
SBA: The United States Small Business Administration, an agency of the
United States Government.
SBA FILE: As described in Exhibit A.
SBA FORM 1086: The Secondary Participation Guaranty and Certification
Agreement on SBA Form 1086, pursuant to which investors purchase the Guaranteed
Interest.
SBA LOAN: An individual loan which is transferred to the Trust Fund
pursuant to this Agreement, together with the rights and obligations of a holder
thereof and payments thereon and proceeds therefrom, the SBA Loans originally
subject to this Agreement being identified on the SBA Loan Schedule. Any loan
which, although intended by the parties hereto to have been, and which
purportedly was, transferred and assigned to the Trust Fund by the Sellers (as
indicated by the SBA Loan Schedule), in fact was not transferred and assigned to
the Trust Fund for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, the
incorrectness of the statement set forth in Section 3.02(h) hereof with respect
to the loan, shall nevertheless be considered an "SBA Loan" for all purposes of
this Agreement. For the purposes of this Agreement, references to SBA Loans are
equivalent to references to SBA ss. 7(a) Loans.
SBA LOAN INTEREST RATE: With respect to any date of determination, the then
applicable annual rate of interest borne by an SBA Loan, pursuant to its terms,
which, as of the Cut-Off Date, is shown on the SBA Loan Schedule.
SBA LOAN SCHEDULE: The schedule of Initial SBA Loans listed on Exhibit H
attached hereto and delivered to the Trustee on the Closing Date, such schedule
identifying each Initial SBA Loan by address of the related premises, and the
name of the Obligor and setting forth as to each Initial SBA Loan the following
information: (i) the Principal Balance as of the close of business on the
Cut-Off Date, (ii) the Account Number, (iii) the original principal amount of
the SBA Loan, (iv) the Initial SBA Loan date and original number of months to
maturity, in months, (v) the SBA Loan Interest Rate as of the Cut-Off Date and
guaranteed rate payable to the Registered Holder and the FTA, (vi) when the
first Monthly Payment was due, (vii) the Monthly Payment as of the Cut-Off Date,
(viii) the remaining number of months to maturity as of the Cut-Off Date, (ix)
the Unguaranteed Percentage, (x) the SBA loan number, (xi) the margin which is
added to the Prime Rate to determine the SBA Loan Interest Rate, and (xii) the
lifetime minimum and maximum SBA Loan Interest Rates, if applicable.
SBA NOTE: The note or other evidence of indebtedness evidencing the
indebtedness of an Obligor under an SBA Loan.
SBA RULES AND REGULATIONS: The Small Business Act, as amended, codified at
15 U.S.C. 631 ET. SEQ., all rules and regulations promulgated from time to time
thereunder and the Loan Guaranty Agreement.
SBA SS. 7(A) LOAN: An SBA Loan originated pursuant to Section 7(a) of the
SBA Rules and Regulations. For purposes of this Agreement, references to SBA ss.
7(a) Loans are equivalent to references to SBA Loans.
SELLERS: The Money Store Investment Corporation, a New Jersey corporation,
The Money Store of New York, Inc., a New York corporation, and their respective
successors and assigns as Sellers hereunder.
SERIES: 1997-1.
SERVICER: The Money Store Investment Corporation, a New Jersey corporation,
and its successors and assigns as Servicer hereunder.
SERVICER'S CERTIFICATE: The certificate as defined in Section 6.09.
SERVICING ADVANCES: All reasonable and customary "out- of-pocket" costs and
expenses incurred in the performance by the Servicer of its servicing
obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the preservation,
restoration and protection of the Mortgaged Property or other Collateral, (ii)
any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the
management and liquidation of the Foreclosed Property, (iv) compliance with the
obligations under clause (iv) of Section 5.01(a) and Sections 5.02 and 5.07,
which Servicing Advances are reimbursable to the Servicer to the extent provided
in Section 5.04(b) and (v) in connection with the liquidation of an SBA Loan,
expenditures relating to the purchase or maintenance of any Prior Lien pursuant
to Section 5.14, for all of which costs and expenses the Servicer is entitled to
reimbursement thereon up to a maximum rate per annum equal to the related SBA
Loan Interest Rate, except that any amount of such interest accrued at a rate in
excess of the weighted average Class A and Class B Remittance Rates with respect
to the Remittance Date on or prior to which the Unguaranteed Percentage of the
Net Liquidation Proceeds will be distributed shall be reimbursable only from
Excess Proceeds.
SERVICING FEE: As to each SBA Loan, the annual fee payable to the Servicer.
Such fee shall be calculated and payable monthly from the amounts received in
respect of interest on the Guaranteed Interest and the Unguaranteed Interest of
such SBA Loan, shall accrue at the rate of 0.40% per annum and shall be computed
on the basis of the same principal amount and for the period respecting which
any related interest payment on an SBA Loan is computed. The Servicing Fee is
payable solely from the interest portion of related (i) Monthly Payments, (ii)
Liquidation Proceeds or (iii) Released Mortgaged Property Proceeds collected by
the Servicer, or as otherwise provided in Section 5.04. The Servicing Fee
includes any servicing fees owed or payable to any Subservicer.
SERVICING OFFICER: Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or responsible
for, the administration and servicing of the SBA Loans whose name appears on a
list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, as such
list may from time to time be amended.
SPECIAL REMITTANCE DATE: December 23, 1997.
SPECIFIED SPREAD ACCOUNT REQUIREMENT: The maximum amount of Spread Balance
required to be on deposit at any time in the Spread Account which, with respect
to any Remittance Date, shall be equal to the sum of (i) the then outstanding
Principal Balance with respect to all SBA Loans 180 days or more delinquent and
(ii) the greater of (a) 3.5% of the then outstanding Pool Principal Balance or
(b) 2.0% of the Original Pool Principal Balance; provided, however, that for
purposes of clauses (i) and (ii)(a), there shall be excluded the Principal
Balance of SBA Loans which have been delinquent 24 months or have been
determined to be uncollectible, in whole or in part, by the Servicer, to the
extent that the Certificateholders have previously received the Principal
Balance of such SBA Loans.
SPREAD ACCOUNT: The Spread Account established in accordance with the terms
of the Spread Account Agreement and maintained by the Spread Account Custodian
for distribution in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.02 hereof.
SPREAD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT: The Agreement dated as of September 29, 1997 by
and among the Spread Account Depositor and the Spread Account Custodian,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit N, as amended from time to
time by the parties thereto.
SPREAD ACCOUNT CUSTODIAN: Marine Midland Bank, in its capacity as Spread
Account Custodian under the Spread Account Agreement, or any successor thereto.
SPREAD ACCOUNT DEPOSITOR: TMS SBA Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary
of The Money Store Investment Corporation.
SPREAD ACCOUNT EXCESS: As defined in Section 6.02(b)(iii).
SPREAD BALANCE: As of any date of determination, the sum of the aggregate
amount then on deposit in the Spread Account.
SUBSEQUENT CUT-OFF DATE: The beginning of business on each date specified
in a Subsequent Transfer Agreement with respect to those Subsequent SBA Loans
which are transferred and assigned to the Trust Fund pursuant to the related
Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
SUBSEQUENT SBA LOANS: The SBA Loans sold to the Trust Fund pursuant to
Section 2.09, which shall be listed on the Schedule of SBA Loans attached to the
related Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT: Each Subsequent Transfer Agreement dated as
of a Subsequent Transfer Date executed by the Trustee and the applicable
Seller(s), by which Subsequent SBA Loans are sold and assigned to the Trust
Fund.
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER DATE: The date specified as such in each Subsequent
Transfer Agreement.
SUBSERVICER: The Money Store of New York, Inc. or any other person with
whom the Servicer has entered into a Subservicing Agreement and who satisfies
any requirements set forth in Section 5.01(b) hereof in respect of the
qualification of a Subservicer.
SUBSERVICING AGREEMENT: Any agreement between the Servicer and any
Subservicer relating to subservicing and/or administration of certain SBA Loans
as provided in Section 5.01(b), a copy of which shall be delivered, along with
any modifications thereto, to the Trustee and the SBA.
SUBSTITUTION ADJUSTMENT: As to any date on which a substitution occurs
pursuant to Sections 2.05 or 3.03, the amount (if any) by which the aggregate
unguaranteed portions of the principal balances (after application of principal
payments received on or before the date of substitution) of any Qualified
Substitute SBA Loans as of the date of substitution are less than the aggregate
of the Principal Balance of the related Deleted SBA Loans.
TAX RETURN: The federal income tax return to be filed on behalf of the
Trust Fund together with any and all other information reports or returns that
may be required to be furnished to the Certificateholders or filed with the
Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing authority under any
applicable provision of federal, state or local tax laws.
TERMINATION PRICE: The price defined in Section 11.01 hereof.
TRUST FUND: The segregated pool of assets subject hereto, constituting the
trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder, consisting of: (i) the
Unguaranteed Interest of such SBA Loans as from time to time are subject to this
Agreement, together with the SBA Files relating thereto and all proceeds
thereof, (ii) such assets (including any Permitted Instruments) as from time to
time are identified as Foreclosed Property or are deposited in or constitute the
Certificate Account, (iii) the Trustee's rights under all insurance policies
with respect to the SBA Loans required to be maintained pursuant to this
Agreement and the Unguaranteed Interest of any Insurance Proceeds, (iv) the
Unguaranteed Interest of any Liquidation Proceeds and (v) the Unguaranteed
Interest of any Released Mortgaged Property Proceeds, including all earnings
thereon and proceeds thereof. Amounts deposited in the Principal and Interest
Account, Spread Account, Pre-Funding Account and Capitalized Interest Account
shall be held by the Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian, as the case may
be, but shall not constitute part of the Trust Fund.
TRUSTEE: Marine Midland Bank, or its successor in interest, or any
successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
TRUSTEE'S DOCUMENT FILE: The documents delivered pursuant to Section 2.04.
UNGUARANTEED INTEREST: The sum of (i) that portion of an SBA Loan not
guaranteed by the SBA pursuant to the SBA Rules and Regulations and sold to
Registered Holders or constituting part of the Premium Protection Fee, and (ii)
the Excess Spread.
UNGUARANTEED PERCENTAGE: With respect to any SBA ss. 7(a) Loan, the
quotient, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which shall be the
principal portion of the Unguaranteed Interest of such SBA ss. 7(a) Loan as of
the Cut-Off Date and the denominator of which shall be the sum of the principal
portion of the Unguaranteed Interest and the principal portion of the Guaranteed
Interest of such SBA ss. 7(a) Loan as of the Cut-Off Date.
ARTICLE II
SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF THE TRUST FUND
Section 2.01 SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND.
(a) The Sellers hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the
Trustee without recourse and for the benefit of the SBA and the
Certificateholders, as their interests may appear, subject to the terms of this
Agreement and the Multi- Party Agreement, all of the right, title and interest
of the Sellers in and to the Unguaranteed Interests of the Initial SBA Loans and
all other assets included or to be included in the Trust Fund.
(b) The rights of the Certificateholders to receive payments with respect
to the SBA Loans in respect of the Certificates, and all ownership interests of
the Certificateholders in such payments, shall be as set forth in this
Agreement. The Servicing Fee shall not constitute part of the Trust Fund and
Certificateholders shall have no interest in, and are not entitled to receive
any portion of, the Servicing Fee.
Section 2.02 POSSESSION OF SBA FILES.
(a) Upon the issuance of the Certificates, the ownership of each SBA Note,
the Mortgage and the contents of the related SBA File relating to the Initial
SBA Loans is, and upon each Subsequent Transfer Date the ownership of each
Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and the contents of the related Mortgage File
relating to the applicable Subsequent SBA Loans will be, vested in the Trustee
for the benefit of the SBA and the Certificateholders, as their interests may
appear.
(b) Pursuant to Section 2.04, with respect to the Initial SBA Loans, the
Sellers have delivered or caused to be delivered, and, on each Subsequent
Transfer Date, the Sellers will deliver or cause to be delivered, each SBA Note
relating to an SBA ss. 7(a) Loan to the FTA.
Section 2.03 BOOKS AND RECORDS.
The sale of the Unguaranteed Interest of each SBA Loan shall be reflected
on the Sellers' balance sheets and other financial statements as a sale of
assets by the related Seller and each Seller shall respond to any third-party
inquiry that such transfer is so reflected as a sale. The Sellers shall be
responsible for maintaining, and shall maintain, a complete set of books and
records for each SBA Loan which shall be clearly marked to reflect the ownership
of each SBA Loan by the Trustee for the benefit of the SBA and the
Certificateholders, as their interests may appear.
Section 2.04 DELIVERY OF SBA LOAN DOCUMENTS.
The Sellers, (i) contemporaneously with the delivery of this Agreement,
have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee or, with respect to the
SBA Notes relating to the SBA ss. 7(a) Loans being delivered pursuant to (a)
below, to the FTA, each of the following documents for each Initial SBA Loan and
(ii) on each Subsequent Transfer Date, will deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Trustee or to the FTA, each of the following documents listed in (a) - (e)
below for each Subsequent SBA Loan originated by such Seller:
(a) The original SBA Note, endorsed by means of an allonge as follows: "Pay
to the order of Marine Midland Bank, and its successors and assigns, as trustee
under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 31, 1997,
for the benefit of the United States Small Business Administration and holders
of The Money Store SBA Loan-Backed Certificates, Series 1997-1, Class A and
Class B, as their respective interests may appear, without recourse" and signed,
by facsimile or manual signature, in the name of the applicable Seller by a
Responsible Officer, with all prior and intervening endorsements showing a
complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the applicable Seller, if
such Seller was not the originator;
(b) With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties,
either: (i) the original Mortgage, with evidence of recording thereon, (ii) a
copy of the Mortgage certified as a true copy by a Responsible Officer of the
applicable Seller where the original has been transmitted for recording until
such time as the original is returned by the public recording office or duly
licensed title or escrow officer or (iii) a copy of the Mortgage certified by
the public recording office in those instances where the original recorded
Mortgage has been lost;
(c) With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties,
either: (i) the original Assignment of Mortgage from the applicable Seller
endorsed as follows: "Marine Midland Bank, ("Assignee") its successors and
assigns, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August
31, 1997 subject to the Multi-Party Agreement dated as of August 31, 1997" with
evidence of recording thereon (provided, however, that where permitted under the
laws of the jurisdiction wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, the
Assignment of Mortgage may be effected by one or more blanket assignments for
SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same county), or (ii) a
copy of such Assignment of Mortgage certified as a true copy by a Responsible
Officer of the applicable Seller where the original has been transmitted for
recording (PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that where the original Assignment of Mortgage is
not being delivered to the Trustee, each such Responsible Officer may complete
one or more blanket certificates attaching copies of one or more Assignments of
Mortgage relating to the Mortgages originated by the applicable Seller);
(d) With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties,
either: (i) originals of all intervening assignments, if any, showing a complete
chain of title from the originator to the applicable Seller, including
warehousing assignments, with evidence of recording thereon if such assignments
were recorded, (ii) copies of any assignments certified as true copies by a
Responsible Officer of the applicable Seller where the originals have been
submitted for recording until such time as the originals are returned by the
public recording officer, or (iii) copies of any assignments certified by the
public recording office in any instances where the original recorded assignments
have been lost;
(e) With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties,
either: (i) originals of all title insurance policies relating to the Mortgaged
Properties to the extent the Sellers obtained such policies or (ii) copies of
any title insurance policies or other evidence of lien position, including but
not limited to PIRT policies, limited liability reports and lot book reports, to
the extent the Sellers obtain such policies or other evidence of lien position,
certified as true by the applicable Seller;
(f) For all SBA Loans, blanket assignment of all Collateral securing the
SBA Loan, including without limitation, all rights under applicable guarantees
and insurance policies;
(g) For all SBA Loans, irrevocable power of attorney of the applicable
Seller to the Trustee to execute, deliver, file or record and otherwise deal
with the Collateral for the SBA Loans in accordance with the Agreement. The
power of attorney will be delegable by the Trustee to the Servicer and any
successor servicer and will permit the Trustee or its delegate to prepare,
execute and file or record UCC financing statements and notices to insurers; and
(h) For all SBA Loans, blanket UCC-1 financing statements identifying by
type all Collateral for the SBA Loans in the SBA Loan Pool and naming the
Trustee and the SBA as Secured Parties and the applicable Seller as the Debtor.
The UCC-1 financing statements will be filed promptly following the Closing Date
in New York, New Jersey and California and will be in the nature of protective
notice filings rather than true financing statements.
The Sellers shall, within ten Business Days after the receipt thereof, and
in any event, within one year of the Closing Date (or with respect to the
Subsequent SBA Loans, within one year of the related Subsequent Transfer Date),
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee: (i) the original recorded
Mortgage in those instances where a copy thereof certified by the Seller was
delivered to the Trustee; (ii) the original recorded Assignment of Mortgage from
the applicable Seller to the Trustee, which, together with any intervening
assignments of Mortgage, evidences a complete chain of title from the originator
to the Trustee in those instances where copies thereof certified by such Seller
were delivered to the Trustee; and (iii) any intervening assignments of Mortgage
in those instances where copies thereof certified by the applicable Seller were
delivered to the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Section 2.04, in those instances where the public recording office retains
the original Mortgage, Assignment of Mortgage or the intervening assignments of
the Mortgage after it has been recorded, the Sellers shall be deemed to have
satisfied their obligations hereunder upon delivery to the Trustee of a copy of
such Mortgage, Assignment of Mortgage or assignments of Mortgage certified by
the public recording office to be a true copy of the recorded original thereof.
All SBA Loan documents held by the Trustee or the FTA, as the case may be, as to
each SBA Loan are referred to herein as the "Trustee's Document File."
Although it is the intent of the parties to this Agreement that the
conveyance of the Sellers' right, title and interest in and to the Unguaranteed
Interests of the SBA Loans and other assets in the Trust Fund pursuant to this
Agreement shall constitute a purchase and sale and not a loan, in the event that
such conveyance is deemed to be a loan, it is the intent of the parties to this
Agreement that the Sellers shall be deemed to have granted, and hereby do grant,
to the Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in all of the
Sellers' right, title and interest in, to and under the Unguaranteed Interests
of the SBA Loans and other assets in the Trust Fund, and that this Agreement
shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.
All recording required pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be accomplished
by and at the expense of the Servicer.
Section 2.05 ACCEPTANCE BY TRUSTEE OF THE TRUST FUND; CERTAIN
SUBSTITUTIONS; CERTIFICATION BY TRUSTEE.
(a) The SBA shall cause the FTA to execute and deliver on the Closing Date
(or, with respect to the Subsequent SBA Loans, on the related Subsequent Closing
Date), for each SBA ss. 7(a) Loan, an acknowledgment of receipt of the SBA Note
by the FTA in the form attached as Exhibit 1 to the Multi-Party Agreement, and
declares that the FTA will hold such documents and any amendments, replacements
or supplements thereto, as agent for the benefit of the SBA and the
Certificateholders. The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the SBA and the
Certificateholders, to review each Trustee's Document File within 90 days after
the Closing Date or Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be (or, with
respect to any Qualified Substitute SBA Loan, within 45 days after the
assignment thereof), and to deliver to the Certificateholders, the Sellers, the
SBA and the Servicer a certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-1.
Within 360 days after the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Qualified
Substitute SBA Loan, within 360 days after the assignment thereof), the Trustee
shall deliver to the Servicer, the applicable Seller, the SBA, each Rating
Agency and any Certificateholder who requests a copy from the Trustee a final
certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-2 evidencing the
completeness of the Trustee's Document Files.
(b) If the Trustee or the SBA, as the case may be, during the process of
reviewing the Trustee's Document Files finds any document constituting a part of
a Trustee's Document File which is not properly executed, has not been received,
is unrelated to an SBA Loan identified in the SBA Loan Schedule, or does not
conform in a material respect to the requirements of Section 2.04 or the
description thereof as set forth in the SBA Loan Schedule, the Trustee or the
SBA, as the case may be, shall promptly so notify the Servicer and the Sellers.
In performing any such review, the Trustee or the SBA, as the case may be, may
conclusively rely on the Sellers as to the purported genuineness of any such
document and any signature thereon. It is understood that the scope of the
Trustee's and the SBA's review of the SBA Files is limited solely to confirming
that the documents listed in Section 2.04 have been executed and received and
relate to the SBA Loans identified in the SBA Loan Schedule. The Sellers agree
to use reasonable efforts to remedy a material defect in a document constituting
part of an SBA File of which it is so notified by the Trustee or the SBA, as the
case may be. If, however, within 60 days after the Trustee's or the SBA's notice
to it respecting such material defect the applicable Seller has not remedied the
defect and such defect materially and adversely affects the value of the related
SBA Loan, the Seller will (i) substitute in lieu of such SBA Loan a Qualified
Substitute SBA Loan in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in
Section 3.03 or (ii) purchase the Unguaranteed Interest of such SBA Loan at a
purchase price equal to the Principal Balance of such Unguaranteed Interest as
of the date of purchase, plus 30 days' interest on such Principal Balance,
computed at the Adjusted SBA Loan Remittance Rate as of the next succeeding
Determination Date, plus any accrued unpaid Servicing Fees, Monthly Advances and
Servicing Advances reimbursable to the Servicer, which purchase price shall be
deposited in the Principal and Interest Account on the next succeeding
Determination Date.
(c) Upon receipt by the Trustee and the SBA of a certification of a
Servicing Officer of the Servicer of such purchase and the deposit of the
amounts described above in the Principal and Interest Account (which
certification shall be in the form of Exhibit I hereto), the Trustee and the SBA
shall release to the Servicer for release to the applicable Seller the related
Trustee's Document File and the Trustee and the SBA shall execute, without
recourse, and deliver such instruments of transfer necessary to transfer such
SBA Loan to the Seller. All costs of any such transfer shall be borne by the
Servicer.
(d) If in connection with taking any action the Servicer requires any item
constituting part of the Trustee's Document File, or the release from the lien
of the related SBA Loan of all or part of any Mortgaged Property or other
Collateral, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and the SBA a certificate
to such effect in the form attached as Exhibit I hereto. Upon receipt of such
certification, the Trustee or the SBA, as the case may be, shall deliver to the
Servicer the requested documentation and the Trustee shall execute, without
recourse, and deliver such instruments of transfer necessary to release all or
the requested part of the Mortgaged Property or other Collateral from the lien
of the related SBA Loan.
On the Remittance Date in March of each year, the Trustee shall deliver to
the Sellers, the SBA and the Servicer a certification detailing all transactions
with respect to the SBA Loans for which the Trustee holds a Trustee's Document
File pursuant to this Agreement during the prior calendar year. Such
certification shall list all Trustee's Document Files which were released by or
returned to the Trustee or the FTA during the prior calendar year, the date of
such release or return and the reason for such release or return.
Section 2.06 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 2.07 AUTHENTICATION OF CERTIFICATES.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Unguaranteed Interests
in the SBA Loans and the delivery to the Trustee and the FTA of the Trustee's
Document Files and, concurrently with such delivery, has authenticated or caused
to be authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Sellers, in
exchange for the Unguaranteed Interests in the SBA Loans, the Trustee's Document
Files and the other assets included in the definition of Trust Fund,
Certificates duly authenticated by the Trustee in authorized denominations.
Section 2.08 FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE TRUSTEE.
The fees and expenses of the Trustee including (i) the annual fees of the
Trustee, payable quarterly in advance, and subject to rebate to the Servicer as
additional servicing compensation hereunder for any fraction of a calendar
quarter in which this Agreement terminates, (ii) any other fees and expenses to
which the Trustee is entitled, and (iii) reimbursements to the Servicer for any
advances made by the Servicer to the Expense Account pursuant to Section 6.03
hereof, shall be paid from the Expense Account in the manner set forth in
Section 6.03 hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Sellers shall jointly and
severally be liable for any expenses of the Trust Fund incurred prior to the
Closing Date. The Servicer and the Trustee hereby covenant with the
Certificateholders that every material contract or other material agreement
entered into by the Trustee, or the Servicer, acting as attorney-in-fact for the
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund shall expressly state therein that no
Certificateholder shall be personally liable in connection with such contract or
agreement.
Section 2.09 SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF THE SUBSEQUENT SBA LOANS.
(a) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b) below, in
consideration of the Trustee's delivery on the related Subsequent Transfer Dates
to or upon the order of the Representative of all or a portion of the balance of
funds in the Pre-Funding Account, the Sellers shall on any Subsequent Transfer
Date sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey without recourse, to
the Trustee all right, title and interest of the applicable Seller in and to the
Unguaranteed Interest of each Subsequent SBA Loan listed on the SBA Loan
Schedule delivered by the Seller on such Subsequent Transfer Date, all their
right, title and interest in and to principal collected and interest accruing on
the Unguaranteed Interest of each such Subsequent SBA Loan on and after the
related Subsequent Cut-Off Date and all their right, title and interest in and
to all insurance policies; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Sellers reserve and
retain all their right, title and interest in and to principal (including
Principal Prepayments) collected and interest accruing on each such Subsequent
SBA Loan prior to the related Subsequent Cut-Off Date. The transfer by the
Sellers of the Unguaranteed Interest of the Subsequent SBA Loans set forth on
the SBA Loan Schedule to the Trustee shall be absolute and shall be intended by
all parties hereto to be treated as a sale by the Sellers.
The amount released from the Pre-Funding Account shall be one-hundred
percent (100%) of the aggregate Principal Balances as of the related Subsequent
Transfer Date of the Subsequent SBA Loans so transferred.
(b) The Sellers shall transfer to the Trustee the Unguaranteed Interest of
the Subsequent SBA Loans and the other property and rights related thereto
described in paragraph (a) above only upon the satisfaction of each of the
following conditions on or prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date:
(i) the Sellers shall have provided the
Trustee with a timely Addition Notice and shall have provided
any information reasonably requested by it with respect to the
Subsequent SBA Loans;
(ii) the Sellers shall have delivered to the
Trustee a duly executed written assignment (including an
acceptance by the Trustee) that shall include SBA Loan
Schedules, listing the Subsequent SBA Loans and any other
exhibits listed thereon;
(iii) the Sellers shall have deposited in
the Principal and Interest Account all collections in respect
of the Subsequent SBA Loans received on or after the related
Subsequent Cut-Off Date;
(iv) as of each Subsequent Transfer Date,
none of the related Seller, the Servicer or the Representative
was insolvent nor will any of them have been made insolvent
by such transfer nor is any of them aware of any pending
insolvency;
(v) such addition will not result in a
material adverse tax consequence to the Trust Fund or the
Holders of the Certificates;
(vi) the Pre-Funding Period shall not have
terminated;
(vii) the Representative shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate confirming
the satisfaction of each condition precedent specified in this
paragraph (b) and in the related Subsequent Transfer
Agreement;
(viii) the Representative shall have
delivered to the Rating Agencies and the Trustee, Opinions of
Counsel with respect to the transfer of the Subsequent SBA
Loans substantially in the form of the Opinions of Counsel
delivered to the Trustee on the Closing Date (bankruptcy,
corporate and tax opinions); and
(ix) the FTA shall have delivered, pursuant
to Section 2.05(a) hereof, an acknowledgment of
receipt of the SBA Note relating to such SBA ss. 7(a) Loan in
the form attached as Exhibit 1 to the Multi-Party Agreement.
(c) The obligation of the Trust Fund to purchase the Unguaranteed Interest
of a Subsequent SBA Loan on any Subsequent Transfer Date is subject to the
requirement, as evidenced by a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the
Representative, that such Subsequent SBA Loan conforms in all material respects
to the representations and warranties concerning the individual Initial SBA
Loans set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 (except that any reference therein to
the Cut-Off Date shall be deemed a reference to the applicable Subsequent
Cut-Off Date) and that the inclusion of all Subsequent SBA Loans being
transferred to the Trust Fund on such Subsequent Transfer Date will not change,
in any material respect, the characteristics of the Initial SBA Loans, in the
aggregate, set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 or in the Prospectus Supplement
dated September 26, 1997 forming a part of the Registration Statement under the
headings "Summary of Terms -- The SBA Loan Pool" and "The SBA Loan Pool."
Further, each Subsequent SBA Loan must be an SBA ss. 7(a) Loan. Additionally,
following each Subsequent Transfer Date, the weighted average number of months
since origination of all the SBA ss. 7(a) Loans (including the SBA ss.7(a) Loans
being purchased on such Subsequent Transfer Date) shall be no less than
approximately four months.
(d) In connection with the transfer and assignment of the Subsequent SBA
Loans, the Representative agrees to satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections
2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 and 2.05.
(e) In connection with each Subsequent Transfer Date, on the Remittance
Dates in October, November and December 1997 and the Special Remittance Date,
the Representative shall determine, and the Trustee shall cooperate with the
Representative in determining (i) the amount and correct dispositions of the
Capitalized Interest Requirements, Overfunded Interest Amounts, and Pre-Funding
Earnings and (ii) any other necessary matters in connection with the
administration of the Pre-Funding Account and of the Capitalized Interest
Account. If any amounts are incorrectly released to the Representative from the
Capitalized Interest Account, the Representative shall immediately repay such
amounts to the Trustee.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 3.01 REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SELLERS.
Each Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee and the
Certificateholders as of the Closing Date:
(a) Such Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has
all licenses necessary to carry on its business as now being conducted and is
licensed, qualified and in good standing in each state where the laws of such
state require licensing or qualification in order to conduct business of the
type conducted by such Seller and perform its obligations hereunder; such Seller
has corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each
Subservicing Agreement and to perform in accordance herewith and therewith; the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each Subservicing
Agreement (including all instruments of transfer to be delivered pursuant to
this Agreement and each Subservicing Agreement) by such Seller and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action; this Agreement and
each Subservicing Agreement evidences the valid, binding and enforceable
obligation of such Seller; and all requisite corporate action has been taken by
such Seller to make this Agreement and each Subservicing Agreement valid,
binding and enforceable upon such Seller in accordance with the respective terms
of each, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights
generally or the application of equitable principles in any proceeding, whether
at law or in equity, none of which will affect the ownership of the SBA Loans by
the Trustee, as trustee.
(b) 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 such 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 such Seller of the 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 each Subservicing Agreement and
the other documents on the part of such Seller and the performance by such
Seller of its obligations under this Agreement and each Subservicing Agreement
and such of the other documents to which it is a party;
(c) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
each Subservicing Agreement will not result in the breach of any terms or
provisions of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of such Seller or
result in the breach of any term or provision of, or conflict with or constitute
a default under or result in the acceleration of any obligation under, any
material agreement, indenture or loan or credit agreement or other material
instrument to which such Seller or its property is subject, or result in the
violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which such
Seller or its property is subject;
(d) Neither this Agreement or any Subservicing Agreement nor any statement,
report or other document furnished or to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement
and each Subservicing Agreement or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby contains any untrue statement of material fact
or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained
herein or therein not misleading;
(e) Such Seller does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to
believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this
Agreement or any Subservicing Agreement;
(f) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to
the best of such Seller's knowledge, threatened against such Seller which,
either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may (i) except as described in
the Registration Statement, result in any material adverse change in the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of such Seller
or in any material impairment of the right or ability of such Seller to carry on
its business substantially as now conducted, or in any material liability on the
part of such Seller or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the
obligations of such Seller contemplated herein, or which would be likely to
impair materially the ability of such Seller to perform under the terms of this
Agreement and each Subservicing Agreement or (ii) which would draw into question
the validity of this Agreement and each Subservicing Agreement or the SBA Loans;
(g) The Trust Fund will not constitute an "investment company" within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(h) Such 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 might have consequences that would materially
and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of such
Seller or its properties or might have consequences that would materially and
adversely affect its performance hereunder;
(i) The statements contained in the Registration Statement which describe
such Seller or the SBA Loans or matters or activities for which such Seller is
responsible in accordance with the Registration Statement, this Agreement and
all documents referred to therein or herein or delivered in connection therewith
or herewith, or which are attributable to such Seller therein or herein 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 such Seller or
the SBA Loans and does not omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained therein with respect to such Seller or the SBA Loans not
misleading. Such Seller is not aware that the Registration Statement contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading. There is no
fact peculiar to such Seller or the SBA Loans and known to such Seller that
materially adversely affects or in the future may (so far as such Seller can now
reasonably foresee) materially adversely affect such Seller or the SBA Loans or
the ownership interests therein represented by the Certificates that has not
been set forth in the Registration Statement;
(j) No Certificateholder is subject to state licensing requirements solely
by virtue of holding the Certificates;
(k) The transfer, assignment and conveyance of the SBA Notes and the
Mortgages by such Seller pursuant to this Agreement are not or, with respect to
the Subsequent SBA Loans, will not be, subject to the bulk transfer laws or any
similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction and do not
violate the SBA Rules and Regulations;
(l) The origination and collection practices used by such Seller with
respect to each SBA Note and Mortgage relating to the Initial SBA Loans have
been, and the origination and collection practices to be used by such Seller
with respect to each SBA Note and Mortgage relating to the Subsequent SBA Loans
will have been, in all material respects legal, proper, prudent and customary in
the SBA loan origination and servicing business;
(m) Each Initial SBA Loan was, and each Subsequent SBA Loan will be,
selected from among the existing SBA loans in such Seller's portfolio at the
date hereof or, in the case of the Subsequent SBA Loans, at the related
Subsequent Cut-Off Date, in a manner not designed to adversely affect the
Certificateholders;
(n) Such Seller received fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value
or, in the case of the Subsequent SBA Loans, will have received fair
consideration and reasonably equivalent value, in exchange for the sale of the
Unguaranteed Interest of the SBA Loans evidenced by the Certificates;
(o) Neither such Seller nor any of its affiliates sold or, in the case of
the Subsequent SBA Loans, will have sold any interest in any SBA Loan evidenced
by the Certificates with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of their
respective creditors;
(p) Such Seller is solvent, and such Seller will not be rendered insolvent
as a result of the transfer of the SBA Loans to the Trust Fund or the sale of
the Certificates;
(q) The Subservicing Agreement to which such Seller is a party conforms to
the requirements for a Subservicing Agreement contained in this Agreement; and
(r) The chief executive office and legal name of each Seller is as set
forth on the respective UCC-1 financing statement filed on behalf of such Seller
pursuant to Section 2.04(h), such office is the place where such Seller is
"located" for the purposes of Section 9-103(3)(d) of the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect in the State of New York, and neither the location of such office
nor the legal name of such Seller has changed in the past four months.
Section 3.02 INDIVIDUAL SBA LOANS.
Each Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, and the
Certificateholders, with respect to each Initial SBA Loan originated or acquired
by such Seller, as of the Closing Date, and with respect to each Subsequent SBA
Loan originated by such Seller, as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date:
(a) The information with respect to each SBA Loan set forth in the SBA Loan
Schedule is true and correct;
(b) All of the original or certified documentation set forth in Section
2.04 (including all material documents related thereto) has been or will be
delivered to the Trustee or the FTA, on behalf of the Trustee, on the Closing
Date or as otherwise provided in Section 2.04;
(c) Each Mortgaged Property is improved by a Commercial Property or a
Residential Property and does not constitute other than real property under
state law;
(d) Each SBA Loan has been originated by a Seller and each SBA Loan is
being serviced by the Servicer or one or more Subservicers;
(e) Each SBA Loan is an SBA ss. 7(a) Loan and is secured by one or more
items of Collateral;
(f) Each SBA Note will, with respect to principal payments, adjust
quarterly and provide for a schedule of Monthly Payments which are, if timely
paid, sufficient to fully amortize the principal balance of such SBA Note on its
maturity date;
(g) With respect to those SBA Loans secured by a Mortgaged Property, each
Mortgage is a valid and subsisting lien of record on the Mortgaged Property
subject only to any applicable Prior Liens on such Mortgaged Property and
subject in all cases to such exceptions that are generally acceptable to banking
institutions in connection with their regular commercial 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;
(h) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein contemplated,
the applicable Seller held good and indefeasible title to, and was the sole
owner of, the Unguaranteed Interest of each SBA Loan conveyed by the Seller
subject to no liens, charges, mortgages, encumbrances or rights of others except
as set forth in Section 3.02(g) 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 SBA Loan subject to no
liens, charges, mortgages, encumbrances or rights of others except (i) as set
forth in Section 3.02(g), (ii) the interests of the SBA or (iii) other liens
which will be released simultaneously with such transfer and assignment;
(i) As of the Cut-Off Date (or, with respect to any Subsequent SBA Loan, as
of the related Subsequent Cut-Off Date), no SBA Loan is 59 or more days
delinquent in payment;
(j) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, there is no delinquent tax or
assessment lien on any Mortgaged Property, and each Mortgaged Property is free
of material damage and is in good repair;
(k) The SBA Loan is not subject to any right of rescission, set-off,
counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, nor will the operation
of any of the terms of the SBA Note or any related Mortgage, or the exercise of
any right thereunder, render either the SBA Note or any related Mortgage
unenforceable in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission,
set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and no such
right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with
respect thereto;
(l) Each SBA Loan at the time it was made complied and, as of the Closing
Date, complies in all material respects with applicable state and federal laws
and regulations, including, without limitation, usury, equal credit opportunity,
disclosure and recording laws and, if applicable, the SBA Rules and Regulations;
(m) The SBA Loans were originated by a Seller in accordance with the
underwriting criteria set forth in the Registration Statement;
(n) Pursuant to the SBA Rules and Regulations, the Seller requires that the
improvements upon each Mortgaged Property are covered by a valid and existing
hazard insurance policy with a generally acceptable carrier that provides for
fire and extended coverage representing coverage described in Section 5.07;
(o) Pursuant to the SBA Rules and Regulations, the Seller requires that if
a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, a flood
insurance policy is in effect with respect to such Mortgaged Property with a
generally acceptable carrier in an amount representing coverage described in
Section 5.07;
(p) Each SBA Note, any related Mortgage and any other agreement pursuant to
which Collateral is pledged to a Seller is the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the maker thereof and is enforceable in accordance with its 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), none of which will
prevent the ultimate realization of the security provided by the Collateral or
other agreement, and all parties to each SBA Loan had full legal capacity to
execute all SBA Loan documents and convey the estate therein purported to be
conveyed;
(q) The Servicer has caused and will cause to be performed any and all acts
reasonably required to be performed to preserve the rights and remedies of the
Trustee in any insurance policies applicable to the SBA Loans including, without
limitation, in each case, 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 or Seller, respectively;
(r) Each original Mortgage was recorded, and all subsequent assignments of
the original Mortgage have been recorded in the appropriate jurisdictions
wherein such recordation is necessary to perfect the lien thereof as against
creditors of the Seller (or, subject to Section 2.04 hereof, are in the process
of being recorded);
(s) Each SBA Loan conforms, and all such SBA Loans in the aggregate
conform, to the description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement;
(t) The terms of the SBA Note and the related Mortgage or other security
agreement pursuant to which Collateral was pledged have not been impaired,
altered or modified in any respect, except by a written instrument which has
been recorded, if necessary, to protect the interest of the SBA and the
Certificateholders and which has been delivered to the Trustee;
(u) There are no material defaults in complying with the terms of any
applicable Mortgage, and all taxes, governmental assessments, insurance
premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents
which previously became due and owing have been paid, or an escrow of funds has
been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every such item which
remains unpaid and which has been assessed but is not yet due and payable;
(v) There is no proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial
condemnation of any Mortgaged Property, nor is such a proceeding currently
occurring, and such property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth
movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, so as to affect adversely
the value of the Mortgaged Property as security for the SBA Loan or the use for
which the premises were intended;
(w) Each Mortgaged Property which is the primary collateral for the related
SBA Loan was, at the time of origination of such SBA Loan, and to the best of
the Seller's knowledge, is, as of the Cut-off Date, free of contamination from
toxic substances or hazardous wastes or is subject to ongoing environmental
rehabilitation approved by the SBA;
(x) The proceeds of the SBA Loan have been fully disbursed, and there is no
obligation on the part of the Sellers to make future advances thereunder. Any
and all requirements as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been
complied with. All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or closing or
recording the SBA Loans were paid;
(y) There is no obligation on the part of the Sellers or any other party
(except for any guarantor of an SBA Loan) to make Monthly Payments in addition
to those made by the Obligor;
(z) No statement, report or other document signed by the Sellers
constituting a part of the SBA File contains any untrue statement of fact or
omits to state a fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not
misleading;
(aa) With respect to each Mortgage constituting a deed of trust, a trustee,
duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been properly
designated and currently so serves and is named in such Mortgage, and no fees or
expenses are or will become payable by the Certificateholders to the trustee
under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale after
default by the Obligor;
(bb) No SBA Loan has a shared appreciation feature, or other contingent
interest feature;
(cc) With respect to each SBA Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property and that
is not a first mortgage loan, either (i) no consent for the SBA Loan is required
by the holder of any related Prior Lien or (ii) such consent has been obtained;
(dd) Each SBA Loan was originated to a business located in the State
identified in the SBA Loan Schedule;
(ee) All parties which have had any interest in the SBA Loan, whether as
mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during the period in which
they held and disposed of such interest, were) (1) in compliance with any and
all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the state wherein any
Mortgaged Property is located, and (2)(A) organized under the laws of such
state, or (B) qualified to do business in such state, or (C) federal savings and
loan associations or national banks having principal offices in such state, or
(D) not doing business in such state;
(ff) Any related Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions
which render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the
realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security,
including, (i) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by
trustee's sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. There is no
homestead or other exemption available to the Mortgagor which would materially
interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee's sale or
the right to foreclose the Mortgage;
(gg) There is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration
existing under the SBA 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 Sellers have waived any default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration;
(hh) All parties to the SBA Note and any related Mortgage or other document
pursuant to which Collateral was pledged had legal capacity to execute the SBA
Note and any such Mortgage or other document and each SBA Note and Mortgage or
other document have been duly and properly executed by such parties;
(ii) The SBA Loan was not selected for inclusion under this Agreement from
the applicable Seller's portfolio of comparable SBA loans on any basis which
would have a material adverse affect on a Certificateholder; and
(jj) All amounts received after the Cut-Off Date (or, with respect to the
Subsequent SBA Loans, after the related Subsequent Cut-Off Date) with respect to
the SBA Loans have been, to the extent required by this Agreement, deposited
into the Principal and Interest Account and are, as of the Closing Date (or with
respect to the Subsequent SBA Loans, as of the related Subsequent Closing Date),
in the Principal and Interest Account.
Section 3.03 PURCHASE AND SUBSTITUTION OF DEFECTIVE SBA LOANS.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 shall survive delivery of the Certificates to
the Certificateholders. Upon discovery by the Servicer, any Subservicer or the
Trustee of a breach of any of such representations and warranties which
materially and adversely affects the value of the SBA Loans or the interest of
the Certificateholders or the SBA therein or which materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Certificateholders and the SBA in the related SBA
Loan in the case of a representation and warranty relating to a particular SBA
Loan (notwithstanding that such representation and warranty was made to the
Sellers' best knowledge), the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice to the others. Within 60 days of the earlier of its discovery or
its receipt of notice of any breach of a representation or warranty, the
appropriate Seller shall (a) promptly cure such breach in all material respects,
(b) purchase the Unguaranteed Interest of such SBA Loan by depositing in the
Principal and Interest Account, on the next succeeding Determination Date, an
amount and in the manner specified in Section 2.05(b), or (c) if within two
years of the Closing Date, remove such SBA Loan from the Trust Fund (in which
case it shall become a Deleted SBA Loan) and substitute one or more Qualified
Substitute SBA Loans. Any such substitution shall be accompanied by payment by
the appropriate Seller of the Substitution Adjustment, if any.
As to any Deleted SBA Loan for which the appropriate Seller substitutes a
Qualified Substitute SBA Loan or Loans, the Servicer shall effect such
substitution by delivering to the Trustee and the FTA a certification in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit I, executed by a Servicing Officer, and shall
also deliver to the Trustee and the FTA, as applicable, the documents
constituting the Trustee's Document File for such Qualified Substitute SBA Loan
or Loans.
The Servicer shall deposit in the Principal and Interest Account the
Unguaranteed Percentage of all payments of principal received in connection with
such Qualified Substitute SBA Loan or Loans after the date of such substitution
together with all interest (net of the portion thereof required to be paid to
the related Registered Holder, the FTA's Fee, the Premium Protection Fee and the
Servicing Fee with respect to each SBA Loan and the Additional Fee with respect
to each Additional Fee SBA Loan). Monthly Payments received with respect to
Qualified Substitute SBA Loans on or before the date of substitution will be
retained by the appropriate Seller. The Trust Fund will own all payments
received with respect to the Unguaranteed Interest on the Deleted SBA Loan on or
before the date of substitution, and the appropriate Seller shall thereafter be
entitled to retain all amounts subsequently received in respect of such Deleted
SBA Loan. The Servicer shall give written notice to the Trustee that such
substitution has taken place and shall amend the SBA Loan Schedule to reflect
the removal of such Deleted SBA Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the
substitution of the Qualified Substitute SBA Loan or Loans. Upon such
substitution, such Qualified Substitute SBA Loan or Loans shall be subject to
the terms of this Agreement in all respects, including Sections 2.04 and 2.05,
and the appropriate Seller shall be deemed to have made with respect to such
Qualified Substitute SBA Loan or Loans, as of the date of substitution, the
covenants, representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02.
On the date of such substitution, the appropriate Seller will remit to the
Servicer, and the Servicer will deposit into the Principal and Interest Account
an amount equal to the Substitution Adjustment.
In addition to the cure, purchase and substitution obligation in Section
2.05 and this Section 3.03, the Sellers shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Trust Fund, the Trustee and the Certificateholders against any loss, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs,
judgments and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim, demand, defense
or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach of the
Sellers' representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. It is
understood and agreed that the obligations of the Sellers set forth in Sections
2.05 and 3.03 to cure, purchase or substitute for a defective SBA Loan and to
indemnify the Certificateholders and the Trustee as provided in Sections 2.05
and 3.03 constitute the sole remedies of the Trustee and the Certificateholders
respecting a breach of the foregoing representations and warranties.
Any cause of action against the Servicer or the Sellers relating to or
arising out of the breach of any representations and warranties made in Sections
2.05, 3.01 or 3.02 shall accrue as to any SBA Loan upon (i) discovery of such
breach by any party and notice thereof to the appropriate Seller and or notice
thereof by the appropriate Seller to the Trustee, (ii) failure by the
appropriate Seller to cure such breach or purchase or substitute such SBA Loan
as specified above, and (iii) demand upon the appropriate Seller by the Trustee
for all amounts payable hereunder in respect of such SBA Loan.
ARTICLE IV
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 4.01 THE CERTIFICATES.
The Class A and Class B Certificates shall be substantially in the forms
annexed hereto as Exhibits B-1 and B-2 and shall, upon original issue, be
executed and delivered by the Servicer to the Trustee for authentication and
redelivery to or upon the order of the Seller, upon receipt by the Trustee and
the FTA of the documents specified in Section 2.04. All Certificates shall be
executed on behalf of the Servicer by its President, one of its Executive Vice
Presidents, one of its Vice Presidents or one of its Assistant Vice Presidents,
in the denominations specified in the definition of Percentage Interest, and
shall be authenticated on behalf of the Trustee by one of its Responsible
Officers. Certificates bearing the signatures of individuals who were at the
time of the execution or authentication of the Certificates the proper officers
of the Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, as the case may be,
shall bind the Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, notwithstanding that
such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Certificates. All Certificates issued hereunder shall be dated the date of their
authentication.
Section 4.02 REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES.
(a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at the office of the Certificate
Registrar, in New York, New York, a Certificate Register in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall provide for the
registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as
herein provided. The Certificate Register shall contain the name, remittance
instructions, Class and Percentage Interest of each Certificateholder, as well
as the Series and the number in the Series. Marine Midland Bank is initially
appointed Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and
transfer and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided.
(b) It is intended that the Certificates be registered so as to participate
in a global book-entry system with the Depository, as set forth herein. The
Class A Certificates shall initially be issued in the form of a single fully
registered Class A Certificate with an aggregate denomination equal to
$130,200,000. The Class B Certificates shall initially be issued in the form of
a single fully registered Class B Certificate with an aggregate denomination
equal to $9,800,000. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of such Certificates
shall be registered in the Register in the name of Cede & Co., or any successor
thereto, as nominee for the Depository.
The Sellers and the Trustee are hereby authorized to execute and deliver a
Letter of Representations with the Depository relating to the Certificates.
(c) With respect to Certificates registered in the Register in the name of
Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository, the Sellers, Servicer and the Trustee
shall have no responsibility or obligation to Direct or Indirect Participants or
beneficial owners for which the Depository holds Certificates from time to time
as a Depository. Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the
Sellers, Servicer and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation
with respect to (a) the accuracy of the records of the Depository, Cede & Co.,
or any Direct or Indirect Participant with respect to the ownership interest in
the Certificates, (b) the delivery to any Direct or Indirect Participant or any
other Person, other than a registered Holder of a Certificate, (c) the payment
to any Direct or Indirect Participant or any other Person, other than a
registered Holder of a Certificate as shown in the Register, of any amount with
respect to any distribution of principal or interest on the Certificates or (d)
the making of book-entry transfers among Participants of the Depository with
respect to Certificates registered in the Register in the name of the nominee of
the Depository. No Person other than a registered Holder of a Certificate as
shown in the Register shall receive a certificate evidencing such Certificate.
(d) 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 distributions by the mailing of checks or drafts to the registered Holders of
Certificates appearing as registered Owners in the Certificate Register on a
Record Date, the name "Cede & Co." in this Agreement shall refer to such new
nominee of the Depository.
(e) In the event that (i) the Depository or the Servicer 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
Certificates and the Servicer is unable to locate a qualified successor or (ii)
the Servicer at its sole option elects to terminate the book-entry system
through the Depository, the 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. At that time, the Servicer may determine that the
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
Servicer, or such depository's agent or designee but, if the Servicer does not
select such alternative global book-entry system, then the Certificates may be
registered in whatever name or names registered Holders of Certificates
transferring Certificates shall designate, in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary,
so long as any Certificates are registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee
of the Depository, all distributions of principal and interest on such
Certificates and all notices with respect to such Certificates shall be made and
given, respectively, in the manner provided in the Letter of Representations.
(g) No transfer of a Class A or Class B Certificate or Certificates or any
interest therein shall be made to any Employee Benefit Plan or other retirement
plan or arrangement which is subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and/or Section 4975 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any entity whose underlying
assets include plan assets by reason of such plan or account investing in such
entity (including insurance company separate or general accounts and collective
investment funds).
(h) Subject to the preceding paragraphs, upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Certificate at the office of the Certificate Registrar, the
Servicer shall execute in the name of the designated transferee or transferees,
a new Certificate of the same Percentage Interest and dated the date of
authentication by the Trustee. The Certificate Registrar shall notify the
Servicer and the Trustee of any such transfer.
At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for
other Certificates in authorized denominations of a like Class and aggregate
Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at such
office. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Servicer
shall execute the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange
is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for transfer
or exchange shall be accompanied by wiring instructions, if applicable, in the
form of Exhibit E(1).
(i) No service charge shall be made for any transfer or exchange of
Certificates, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment by the
transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may
be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be marked
canceled by the Authenticating Agent and retained for one year and destroyed
thereafter.
Section 4.03 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN CERTIFICATES.
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate
Registrar, or the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate, and (ii)
there is delivered to the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
such security or indemnity (which, in the case of an insurance company, shall be
limited to a letter of indemnity) as may be required by each of them to save
each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Servicer, the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar that such Certificate has been acquired by
a bona fide purchaser, the Servicer shall execute and deliver, and the Trustee
shall authenticate, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like Class, tenor and
Percentage Interest, but bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 4.03, the Servicer
and the Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses connected therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this
Section 4.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in
the Trust Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 4.04 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentation of a Certificate for registration of transfer,
the Servicer, the Sellers, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as
the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving remittances pursuant
to Section 6.07 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and the Sellers, the
Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall not be affected by
notice to the contrary.
ARTICLE V
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF SBA LOANS
Section 5.01 DUTIES OF THE SERVICER.
(a) The Servicer covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent (and the
Servicer is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of the Trust Fund and
that, in such capacity, it shall: (i) prepare and file, or cause to be prepared
and filed, in a timely manner, any Tax Return required to be filed by the Trust
Fund; (ii) prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and forwarded, to the
Trustee, the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue Service and any
other relevant governmental taxing authority all information returns or reports
as and when required to be provided to them in accordance with any provision of
federal, state or local income tax laws; (iii) to the extent that the affairs of
the Trust Fund are within its control, conduct such affairs at all times that
any Certificates are outstanding so as to maintain the status of the Trust Fund
as a grantor trust under any applicable federal, state and local laws; (iv) pay
the amount of any and all federal, state, and local taxes, imposed on the Trust
Fund when and as the same shall be due and payable (but such obligation shall
not prevent the Servicer or any other appropriate Person from contesting any
such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent the Servicer from
withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of
such proceedings); (v) ensure that any such returns or reports filed on behalf
of the Trust Fund are properly executed by the appropriate person; and (vi)
represent the Trust Fund in any administrative or judicial proceedings relating
to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing authority, request an
administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of the Trust Fund, enter into
settlement agreements with any governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of
limitations relating to any item of the Trust Fund and otherwise act on behalf
of the Trust Fund in relation to any tax matter involving the Trust Fund. The
Servicer shall indemnify the Trustee and the Trust Fund for any liability it may
incur in connection with this Section 5.01(a), which indemnification shall
survive the termination of the Trust Fund; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Servicer
shall not indemnify the Trustee for the Trustee's negligence or wilful
misconduct.
(b) The Servicer, as independent contract servicer, shall service and
administer the SBA Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone,
to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration
which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms
of this Agreement and the Multi-Party Agreement and the SBA Rules and
Regulations. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any
servicing and administration of SBA ss. 7(a) Loans with The Money Store of New
York, Inc. or any other entity approved with prior written consent by the SBA.
Any such Subservicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the
provisions of this Agreement and the Multi-Party Agreement. The Servicer shall
be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms
and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly
service the related SBA ss. 7(a) Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement
with a successor subservicer which qualifies hereunder.
(c) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of
this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and
Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise,
the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Trustee, the SBA
and the Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the SBA Loans
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Multi-Party
Agreement and the SBA Rules and Regulations, without diminution of such
obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or
arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the
same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone
were servicing and administering the SBA Loans. For purposes of this Agreement,
the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on SBA Loans when any
Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter
into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by
such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to
limit or modify such indemnification.
(d) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any
transactions or services relating to the SBA Loans involving a Subservicer in
its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the
Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Trustee, the SBA and
Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims,
rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer
except as set forth in Section 5.01(e).
(e) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the
Servicer (including by reason of an Event of Default), the Trustee or its
designee shall, subject to Section 10.02 hereof, thereupon assume all of the
rights and obligations of the Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that
the Servicer may have entered into, unless the Trustee is then permitted and
elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with its terms. The
Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed
to have assumed all of the Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the
Servicer as a party to each Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the
Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the assuming party, except that the
Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the
Subservicing Agreements. The Servicer at its expense and without right of
reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Trustee, deliver to the
assuming party all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement
and the SBA Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and
held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and
efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party.
(f) Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Multi-Party
Agreement, the SBA Agreement (as defined in the Multi-Party Agreement) and the
SBA Rules and Regulations, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of
any SBA Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such
term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Obligor if in the Servicer's
determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not
materially adverse to the interests of the SBA and the Certificateholders,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (unless (x) the Obligor is in default with respect to
the SBA Loan, or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, imminent and
(y) the Servicer determines that any modification would not be considered a new
loan for federal income tax purposes) the Servicer may not permit any
modification with respect to any SBA Loan that would change the SBA Loan
Interest Rate, defer (subject to Section 5.12), or forgive the payment of any
principal or interest (unless in connection with the liquidation of the related
SBA Loan), or extend the final maturity date on such SBA Loan without the
consent of the SBA, if such consent is then required by the SBA Rules and
Regulations. The Servicer may exercise all unilateral servicing actions
permitted by participating lenders in accordance with the SBA Rules and
Regulations. No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of
Servicing Advances shall for the purposes of distributions to Certificateholders
be added to the amount owing under the related SBA Loan. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trustee, the
SBA and each Certificateholder, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation,
or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments,
with respect to the SBA Loans and with respect to any Mortgaged Properties or
other Collateral. If reasonably required by the Servicer, each Certificateholder
and/or the Trustee shall furnish the Servicer, within 5 Business Days of receipt
of the Servicer's request, with any powers of attorney and other documents
necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and
administrative duties under this Agreement. Any such request to the Trustee
shall be accompanied by a certification in the form of Exhibit I attached hereto
signed by a Servicing Officer.
The Servicer, in servicing and administering the SBA Loans, shall employ or
cause to be employed procedures (including collection, foreclosure and
Foreclosed Property management procedures) and exercise the same care that it
customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering SBA Loans for
its own account, in accordance with the SBA Rules and Regulations and giving due
consideration to the Certificateholders' and the SBA's reliance on the Servicer.
(g) On and after such time as the Trustee receives the resignation of, or
notice of the removal of, the Servicer from its rights and obligations under
this Agreement, and with respect to resignation pursuant to Section 9.04, after
receipt of the Opinion of Counsel required pursuant to Section 9.04 addressed to
the SBA and the Trustee, the Trustee or its designee shall assume all of the
rights and obligations of the Servicer, subject to Section 10.02 hereof and the
Multi-Party Agreement. The Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee but at
the expense of the Servicer, deliver to the Trustee all documents and records
(including computer tapes and diskettes) relating to the SBA Loans and an
accounting of amounts collected and held by the Servicer and otherwise use its
best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of servicing rights
and obligations to the assuming party.
Section 5.02 LIQUIDATION OF SBA LOANS.
In the event that any payment due under any SBA Loan and not postponed
pursuant to Section 5.01 is not paid when the same becomes due and payable, or
in the event the Obligor fails to perform any other covenant or obligation under
the SBA Loan, the Servicer shall take such action in accordance with the
applicable SBA Rules and Regulations as it shall deem to be in the best
interests of the Certificateholders and the SBA. With respect to any such SBA
ss. 7(a) Loan for which the SBA has expressed to the Servicer the SBA's desire
to assume servicing of such SBA Loan consistent with the SBA Rules and
Regulations, the Trustee shall, upon written direction of the Servicer, deliver
to the SBA or its designee all or any portion of the Trustee's Document File
relating to such SBA ss. 7(a) Loan and the Trustee shall execute such documents,
including but not limited to an endorsement of the related SBA Note and an
assignment of the related Mortgage, as the Servicer shall request. Expenses
incurred in connection with any such action shall be the responsibility of the
Servicer and shall not be chargeable to the Principal and Interest Account or
the Certificate Account. Subject to the SBA Rules and Regulations and with the
prior written consent of the SBA (if required by the SBA Rules and Regulations),
the Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably effect the ownership
in the name of the SBA of Mortgaged Properties or other Collateral relating to
defaulted SBA ss. 7(a) Loans for which the related SBA ss. 7(a) Loan is still
outstanding, as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection
of delinquent payments in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.10. In
connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall
exercise collection and foreclosure procedures with the same degree of care and
skill in its exercise or use as it would exercise or use under the circumstances
in the conduct of its own affairs. The Unguaranteed Percentage of any amounts
advanced in connection with such foreclosure or other action shall constitute
"Servicing Advances." The Servicer shall take into account the existence of any
hazardous substances, hazardous wastes or solid wastes on Mortgaged Properties
in determining whether to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the
ownership of such Mortgaged Property, and will not foreclose on a Mortgaged
Property where it has cause to believe such substances exist unless it has
received a Phase I environmental report and such report reveals no environmental
problems, or such Mortgaged Property is subject to an environmental
rehabilitation for which the Sellers are not responsible.
After an SBA Loan has become a Liquidated SBA Loan, the Servicer shall
promptly prepare and forward to the Trustee and the SBA and upon request, any
Certificateholder, a Liquidation Report, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
J, detailing the Liquidation Proceeds received from the Liquidated SBA Loan,
expenses incurred with respect thereto, and any loss incurred in connection
therewith.
Section 5.03 ESTABLISHMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ACCOUNTS; DEPOSITS IN
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ACCOUNTS.
(a) The Servicer shall cause to be established and maintained one or more
Principal and Interest Accounts, in one or more Designated Depository
Institutions (provided, however, that one or more Principal and Interest
Accounts may be established and maintained with The Chase Manhattan Bank so long
as The Chase Manhattan Bank remains a Designated Depository Institution), in the
form of time deposit or demand accounts, which may be interest-bearing or such
accounts may be trust accounts wherein the moneys therein are invested in
Permitted Instruments, titled "The Money Store Investment Corporation and The
Money Store of New York, Inc., in trust for the registered holders of The Money
Store SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate Certificates, Series 1997- 1, Class A and
Class B." Such Principal and Interest Accounts shall be insured by the BIF or
SAIF administered by the FDIC to the maximum extent provided by law. The
creation of any Principal and Interest Account shall be evidenced by a letter
agreement in the form of Exhibit C hereto.
A copy of such letter agreement shall be furnished to the Trustee, the SBA
and, upon request, any Certificateholder.
(b) The Servicer and each Subservicer shall deposit without duplication
(within two Business Days of receipt thereof) in the Principal and Interest
Account and retain therein:
(i) the Unguaranteed Percentage of all
payments received after the Cut-Off Date on account of
principal on the SBA Loans, including the Unguaranteed
Percentage of all Excess Payments, Principal Prepayments and
Curtailments collected after the Cut- Off Date;
(ii) all payments received after the Cut-Off
Date on account of interest on the SBA Loans (net of the
portion thereof required to be paid to the related Registered
Holders, the Premium Protection Fee, the FTA's Fee and the
Servicing Fee with respect to each SBA Loan, the Additional
Fee with respect to each Additional Fee SBA Loan, and other
servicing compensation payable to the Servicer as permitted
herein);
(iii) the Unguaranteed Percentage of all
Net Liquidation Proceeds;
(iv) the Unguaranteed Percentage of all
Insurance Proceeds (other than amounts to be applied to
restoration or repair of any related Mortgaged Property, or to
be released to the Obligor in accordance with customary
servicing procedures);
(v) the Unguaranteed Percentage of all
Released Mortgaged Property Proceeds;
(vi) any amounts paid in connection with the
repurchase of the Unguaranteed Interest of any SBA Loan and
the amount of any Substitution Adjustment received pursuant to
Sections 2.05 and 3.03;
(vii) any amount required to be deposited in
the Principal and Interest Account pursuant to Section 5.04 or
5.10; and
(viii) the amount of any losses incurred in
connection with investments in Permitted Instruments.
(c) The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Principal and Interest
Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments with respect to the
Guaranteed Interest, the Premium Protection Fee and the Servicing Fee (to the
extent received and permitted by Section 7.03), with respect to each SBA Loan
and the Additional Fee with respect to each Additional Fee SBA Loan, together
with the difference between any Liquidation Proceeds and the related Net
Liquidation Proceeds, need not be deposited by the Servicer in the Principal and
Interest Account.
(d) Any interest earnings on funds held in the Principal and Interest
Account paid by a Designated Depository Institution shall be for the account of
the Servicer and may only be withdrawn from the Principal and Interest Account
by the Servicer immediately following its monthly remittance to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 5.04(a). Any reference herein to amounts on deposit in the
Principal and Interest Account shall refer to amounts net of such investment
earnings.
Section 5.04 PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS FROM THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ACCOUNT
The Servicer shall withdraw funds from the Principal and Interest Account
for the following purposes:
(a) to effect the remittance to the Trustee on each Determination Date for
deposit in the Certificate Account, the portion of the Available Funds for the
related Remittance Date that is net of Compensating Interest, Monthly Advances
and amounts then on deposit in the Spread Account;
(b) to reimburse itself for any accrued unpaid Servicing Fees, unreimbursed
Monthly Advances and for unreimbursed Servicing Advances to the extent deposited
in the Principal and Interest Account (and not netted from Monthly Payments
received). The Servicer's right to reimbursement for unpaid Servicing Fees and,
except as provided in the following sentence, Servicing Advances and Monthly
Advances shall be limited to Liquidation Proceeds, Released Mortgaged Property
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and such other amounts as may be collected by the
Servicer from the Obligor or otherwise relating to the SBA Loan in respect of
which such unreimbursed amounts are owed. The Servicer's right to reimbursement
for Servicing Advances and Monthly Advances in excess of such amounts shall be
limited to any late collections of interest received on the SBA Loans generally,
including Liquidation Proceeds, Released Mortgaged Property Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds and any other amounts; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Servicer's right to
such reimbursement pursuant hereto shall be subordinate to the rights of the
Certificateholders and the Registered Holders and may not be exercised until the
first Remittance Date on which the Spread Balance equals the then applicable
Specified Spread Account Requirement;
(c) to withdraw any amount received from an Obligor that is recoverable and
sought to be recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy
pursuant to the United States Bankruptcy Code in accordance with a final,
nonappealable order of a court having competent jurisdiction;
(d) (i) to make investments in Permitted Instruments and (ii) to pay to
itself, as permitted by Section 5.03(d), interest paid in respect of Permitted
Instruments or by a Designated Depository Institution on funds deposited in the
Principal and Interest Account;
(e) to withdraw any funds deposited in the Principal and Interest Account
that were not required to be deposited therein or were deposited therein in
error;
(f) to pay itself servicing compensation pursuant to Section 7.03 hereof or
interest as permitted under the definition of Excess Proceeds; and
(g) to clear and terminate the Principal and Interest Account upon the
termination of this Agreement.
So long as no default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, and consistent with any requirements of the Code, the Principal and
Interest Account shall either be maintained with a Designated Depository
Institution as an interest-bearing account meeting the requirements set forth in
Section 5.03(a), or the funds held therein may be invested by the Servicer (to
the extent practicable) in Permitted Instruments, as directed in writing by the
Servicer. In either case, funds in the Principal and Interest Account must be
available for withdrawal without penalty, and any Permitted Instruments must
mature not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the Determination
Date next following the date of such investment (except that if such Permitted
Instrument is an obligation of the institution that maintains such account, then
such Permitted Instrument shall mature not later than such Determination Date)
and shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All Permitted
Instruments must be held by or registered in the name of "The Money Store
Investment Corporation and The Money Store of New York, Inc. in trust for the
registered holders of The Money Store SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1997- 1." All interest or other earnings from funds on
deposit in the Principal and Interest Account (or any Permitted Instruments
thereof) shall be the exclusive property of the Servicer, and may be withdrawn
from the Principal and Interest Account pursuant to clause (d) above. The amount
of any losses incurred in connection with the investment of funds in the
Principal and Interest Account in Permitted Instruments shall be deposited in
the Principal and Interest Account by the Servicer from its own funds
immediately as realized without reimbursement therefor.
Section 5.05 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 5.06 TRANSFER OF ACCOUNTS.
The Servicer may, upon written notice to the Trustee and the SBA, transfer
any Principal and Interest Account to a different Designated Depository
Institution.
Section 5.07 MAINTENANCE OF HAZARD INSURANCE.
The Servicer shall comply with the SBA Rules and Regulations concerning the
issuance and maintenance of fire and hazard insurance with extended coverage
customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located. If at origination
of an SBA Loan, to the best of the Servicer's knowledge after reasonable
investigation, the related Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the
Federal Register by the Flood Emergency Management Agency as having special
flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) consistent with
the SBA Rules and Regulations, the Servicer will require the related Obligor to
purchase a flood insurance policy with a generally acceptable insurance carrier,
in an amount representing coverage not less than the least of (i) the full
insurable value of the Mortgaged Property, or (ii) the maximum amount of
insurance available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended.
The Servicer shall also maintain, to the extent such insurance is available, and
in accordance with the SBA Rules and Regulations and the Servicer's policies, on
Foreclosed Property constituting real property, fire and hazard insurance in the
amounts described above and liability insurance. Any amounts collected by the
Servicer under any such policies (other than amounts to be applied to the
restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property, or to be released to the
Obligor in accordance with the SBA Rules and Regulations) shall be deposited in
the Principal and Interest Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section
5.04. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or other additional
insurance need be required by the Servicer of any Obligor or maintained on
Foreclosed Property, other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations
as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such additional insurance.
All policies required hereunder shall be endorsed with standard mortgagee
clauses with losses payable to the Servicer or its affiliates.
Section 5.08 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 5.09 FIDELITY BOND.
The Servicer shall maintain with a responsible company, and at its own
expense, a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy,
in a minimum amount equal to $1,500,000,and a maximum deductible of $100,000, if
commercially available, with coverage on all employees acting in any capacity
requiring such persons to handle funds, money, documents or papers relating to
the SBA Loans ("Servicer Employees"). The fidelity bond shall insure the
Trustee, its officers and employees against losses resulting from forgery,
theft, embezzlement or fraud by such Servicer Employees. The errors and
omissions policy shall insure against losses resulting from the errors,
omissions and negligent acts of such Servicer employees. No provision of this
Section 5.09 requiring such fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance
shall relieve the Servicer from its duties as set forth in this Agreement. Upon
the request of the Trustee, the SBA or any Certificateholder, the Servicer shall
cause to be delivered to the Trustee, the SBA or such Certificateholder a
certified true copy of such fidelity bond and insurance policy. The current
issuer of such fidelity bond and insurance policy is National Union Fire
Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Section 5.10 TITLE, MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSITION OF FORECLOSED PROPERTY
In the event that title to a Mortgaged Property is acquired in foreclosure
or by deed in lieu of foreclosure (a "Foreclosed Property"), the deed or
certificate of sale may be taken in the name of the Trustee on behalf of the
Trust for the benefit of the Certificates and the SBA, as their interests may
appear.
Unless the servicing of a Foreclosed Property relating to an SBA ss. 7(a)
Loan is assumed by the SBA pursuant to the SBA Rules and Regulations, the
Servicer, subject to Sections 5.01 and 5.02 hereof, shall manage, conserve,
protect and operate each Foreclosed Property for the SBA and the
Certificateholders solely for the purpose of its prudent and prompt disposition
and sale. The Servicer shall, either itself or through an agent selected by the
Servicer, manage, conserve, protect and operate the Foreclosed Property in the
same manner that it manages, conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed
property for its own account, and in the same manner that similar property in
the same locality as the Foreclosed Property is managed. The Servicer shall
attempt to sell the same (and may temporarily rent the same) on such terms and
conditions as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the SBA and the
Certificateholders.
The Servicer shall cause to be deposited in the Principal and Interest
Account, no later than five Business Days after the receipt thereof, the
Unguaranteed Percentage of all revenues received with respect to the
conservation and disposition of the related Foreclosed Property net of Servicing
Advances.
The disposition of Foreclosed Property shall be carried out by the Servicer
at such price, and upon such terms and conditions, as the Servicer, with SBA
concurrence (if required by the SBA Rules and Regulations), deems to be in the
best interest of the SBA and the Certificateholders. The Unguaranteed Percentage
of the proceeds of sale of the Foreclosed Property shall promptly, but in no
event later than two Business Days after receipt, be deposited in the Principal
and Interest Account as received from time to time and, as soon as practicable
thereafter, the expenses of such sale shall be paid, the Servicer shall, subject
to Section 5.04, reimburse itself for any related unreimbursed Servicing
Advances, unpaid Servicing Fees and unreimbursed Monthly Advances, and the
Servicer shall deposit in the Principal and Interest Account the Unguaranteed
Percentage of the net cash proceeds of such sale to be distributed to the
Certificateholders in accordance with Section 6.07 hereof.
In the event any Mortgaged Property is acquired as aforesaid or otherwise
in connection with a default or imminent default on an SBA Loan, the Servicer
shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property within two years after its acquisition
unless the Servicer and the Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel
also addressed to the SBA with respect to such longer retention.
Section 5.11 [Intentionally Omitted.]
Section 5.12 COLLECTION OF CERTAIN SBA LOAN PAYMENTS.
The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called
for under the terms and provisions of the SBA Loans, and shall, to the extent
such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement, comply with the terms
and provisions of any applicable hazard insurance policy. Consistent with the
foregoing and the SBA Rules and Regulations, the Servicer may in its discretion
waive or permit to be waived any fee or charge (other than the Servicing Fee,
without the written consent of the SBA) which the Servicer would be entitled to
retain hereunder as servicing compensation and extend the due date for payments
due on an SBA Note for a period (with respect to each payment as to which the
due date is extended) not greater than 180 days after the initially scheduled
due date for such payment provided that the Servicer determines such extension
would not be considered a new mortgage loan for federal income tax purposes. In
the event the Servicer shall consent to the deferment of the due dates for
payments due on an SBA Note, the Servicer shall nonetheless make payment of any
required Monthly 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 5.04(b) hereof.
Section 5.13 ACCESS TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE
SBA LOANS.
The Servicer shall provide to the Trustee, the SBA, the FDIC, the Office of
Thrift Supervision and the supervisory agents and examiners of each of the
foregoing access to the documentation regarding the SBA Loans required by
applicable local, state and federal regulations, 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.
Section 5.14 SUPERIOR LIENS.
If the Servicer is notified that any superior lienholder has accelerated or
intends to accelerate the obligations secured by a Prior Lien, 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
SBA and the Trust Fund, whatever actions are necessary to protect the interests
of the Certificateholders and the SBA, and/or to preserve the security of the
related SBA Loan. The Servicer shall immediately notify the Trustee, each of the
Rating Agencies and the SBA of any such action or circumstances. The Servicer
will advance the necessary funds to cure the default or reinstate the superior
lien, if such advance is in the best interests Certificateholders and the SBA.
The Servicer shall thereafter take such action as is necessary to recover the
amount so advanced.
ARTICLE VI
PAYMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 6.01 ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT; DEPOSITS IN CERTIFICATE
ACCOUNT; PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS FROM CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee will establish and maintain
with itself in its trust department a trust account, which shall not be
interest-bearing, titled "Certificate Account, Marine Midland Bank, as trustee
for the registered holders of The Money Store SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1997-1, Class A and Class B" (the "Certificate Account").
The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit in the Certificate Account and
retain therein:
(i) the Available Funds (net of the amount
of Monthly Advances and Compensating Interest deposited
pursuant to subclause (ii) below and amounts then on deposit
in the Spread Account) remitted by the Servicer;
(ii) the Compensating Interest and the
portion of the Monthly Advance remitted to the Trustee
by the Servicer;
(iii) amounts transferred from the Spread
Account pursuant to Section 6.02(b)(i);
(iv) amounts required to be paid by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 6.06(e) in connection with losses
on investments of amounts in the Certificate Account; and
(v) amounts transferred from the Pre-Funding
Account and the Capitalized Interest Account on the Special
Remittance Date pursuant to Sections
6.04(c) and (h), respectively.
(b) Amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account shall be withdrawn on
each Remittance Date by the Trustee, or the Paying Agent, on its behalf, to
effect the distribution described in Section 6.07(b) and thereafter by the
following parties in no particular order of priority:
(i) by the Trustee, to invest amounts on
deposit in the Certificate Account in Permitted Instruments
pursuant to Section 6.06;
(ii) by the Trustee, to pay on a monthly
basis to the Servicer as additional servicing compensation
interest paid and earnings realized on Permitted Instruments;
(iii) by the Trustee, to withdraw any amount
not required to be deposited in the Certificate Account or
deposited therein in error; and
(iv) by the Trustee, to clear and terminate
the Certificate Account upon the termination of this
Agreement in accordance with the terms of Section 11.01
hereof.
Section 6.02 ESTABLISHMENT OF SPREAD ACCOUNT; DEPOSITS IN SPREAD ACCOUNT;
PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS FROM SPREAD ACCOUNT.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee will establish with the
Spread Account Custodian an Account in accordance with the terms of the Spread
Account Agreement (the "Spread Account"). The Spread Account shall be the
property of the Spread Account Depositor, subject to the terms hereof and of the
Spread Account Agreement, and the funds held therein may be invested in
Permitted Instruments. The Spread Account shall not constitute part of the Trust
Fund. The Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian, as the case may be, shall,
promptly upon receipt, deposit into the Spread Account or, in the case of the
Trustee, transfer to the Spread Account Custodian for deposit in the Spread
Account:
(i) on the Closing Date, the Initial
Deposit made by the Spread Account Depositor;
(ii) on each Remittance Date, that portion
of the Available Funds, if any, required to be
deposited into the Spread Account pursuant to Section
6.07(b)(vii) until the Spread Balance equals the then
applicable Specified Spread Account Requirement; and
(iii) amounts required to be paid by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 6.06(e) in connection with losses
on investments of amounts in the Spread Account.
(b) Amounts on deposit in the Spread Account shall be withdrawn by the
Spread Account Custodian and transferred to the Trustee for distribution in the
manner set forth in subclause (c) below on each Remittance Date in the following
order of priority:
(i) to deposit in the Certificate Account an
amount by which (a) the sum of the Class A and Class B
Interest Distribution Amounts, the Class A and Class B
Principal Distribution Amounts and the Class A and Class B
Carry Forward Amounts exceeds (b) the Available Funds for such
Remittance Date (but excluding from such definition of
Available Funds, amounts in the Spread Account);
(ii) to deposit in the Certificate Account
the amount, if any, required to make the full distribution to
the Expense Account pursuant to Section 6.07(b)(v); and
(iii) to the extent that the amount then on
deposit in the Spread Account after giving effect to
all required transfers from the Spread Account to the
Certificate Account on such Remittance Date then exceeds the
Specified Spread Account Requirement as of such Remittance
Date (such excess, a "Spread Account Excess"), an amount equal
to such Spread Account Excess shall be distributed by the
Spread Account Custodian to the Spread Account Depositor;
and also, in no particular order of priority:
(iv) to invest amounts on deposit in the
Spread Account in Permitted Instruments pursuant to
Section 6.06;
(v) to withdraw any amount not required to
be deposited in the Spread Account or deposited therein in
error; and
(vi) to clear and terminate the Spread
Account upon the termination of this Agreement in accordance
with the terms of Section 11.01.
(c) Any amounts which are required to be withdrawn from the Spread Account
pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall be withdrawn from the Spread Account in
the following order of priority: (i) FIRST, from any uninvested funds therein,
and (ii) SECOND, from the proceeds of the liquidation of any investments therein
pursuant to Section 6.06(b).
Section 6.03 ESTABLISHMENT OF EXPENSE ACCOUNT; DEPOSITS IN EXPENSE ACCOUNT;
PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS FROM EXPENSE ACCOUNT
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee will establish with itself
an account for the benefit of the Trustee to pay its fees and expenses related
to the Trust Fund (the "Expense Account"). The Expense Account shall not
constitute part of the Trust Fund and is for the benefit of the Trustee and, on
a subordinate basis, for the benefit of the Servicer as described in (b)(ii) and
(c) below. The Trustee shall deposit into the Expense Account:
(i) on each Remittance Date from the amounts
on deposit in the Certificate Account an amount equal to
one-twelfth of the Annual Expense Escrow Amount; and
(ii) upon receipt, amounts required to be
paid by the Servicer pursuant to Section 6.06(e) in connection
with losses on investments of amounts in the Expense Account.
If, at any time the amount then on deposit in the Expense Account shall be
insufficient to pay in full the fees and expenses of the Trustee then due, the
Trustee shall make demand on the Servicer to advance the amount of such
insufficiency, and the Servicer shall promptly advance such amount. Thereafter,
the Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Expense Account for the
amount of any such advance from any excess funds available pursuant to subclause
(c)(ii) below. Without limiting the obligation of the Servicer to advance such
insufficiency, in the event the Servicer does not advance the full amount of
such insufficiency by the Business Day immediately preceding the Determination
Date, the amount of such insufficiency shall be deposited into the Expense
Account for payment to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07(b)(v), to the extent
of available funds in the Certificate Account.
(b) The Trustee may invest amounts on deposit in the Expense Account in
Permitted Instruments pursuant to Section 6.06 hereof, and the Trustee shall
withdraw amounts on deposit in the Expense Account to:
(i) pay the Trustee's fees and expenses as
described in Section 2.08 hereof;
(ii) pay on a monthly basis to the Servicer
as additional servicing compensation interest paid
and earnings realized on Permitted Instruments;
(iii) withdraw any amounts not required to
be deposited in the Expense Account or deposited therein in
error; and
(iv) clear and terminate the Expense Account
upon the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the
terms of Section 11.01.
(c) On the twelfth Remittance Date following the Closing Date, and on each
twelfth Remittance Date thereafter, the Trustee shall determine that all
payments required to be made during the prior twelve month period pursuant to
subclauses (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) above, have been made, and, if all such
payments have been made, from the amounts remaining in the Expense Account, the
Trustee shall (in the following order of priority):
(i) reimburse the Servicer and/or the
Seller, for reimbursable advances made pursuant to Section
9.01;
(ii) reimburse the Servicer for advances
made by it pursuant to the last paragraph of subclause
(a) above; and
(iii) remit to the Servicer as additional
servicing compensation any amounts remaining in the Expense
Account after payments made pursuant to subclauses (b)(i),
(b)(ii), (b)(iii), (c)(i) and (c)(ii), above.
Section 6.04 PRE-FUNDING ACCOUNT AND CAPITALIZED INTEREST ACCOUNT.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Representative shall establish and
maintain with the Trustee in its trust department a trust account, which shall
not be interest-bearing, titled "The Money Store SBA Pre-Funding Account 1997-1"
(the "Pre-Funding Account"). The Pre-Funding Account shall not constitute part
of the Trust Fund. The Representative shall be deemed the owner of the
Pre-Funding Account for Federal income tax purposes. The Trustee shall, promptly
upon receipt, deposit into the Pre-Funding Account and retain therein the
Original Pre- Funded Amount from the proceeds of the sale of the Certificates.
(b) On each Subsequent Transfer Date, the Representative shall instruct the
Trustee to withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account an amount equal to 100% of the
aggregate Principal Balances of the Subsequent SBA Loans sold to the Trust Fund
on such Subsequent Transfer Date and pay such amount to or upon the order of the
Representative with respect to such transfer.
(c) If at the end of the Funding Period amounts still remain in the
Pre-Funding Account, the Servicer shall instruct the Trustee to withdraw from
the Pre-Funding Account on the immediately following Remittance Date and deposit
such amounts in the Certificate Account. However, if at the close of business on
December 22, 1997, amounts still remain in the Pre-Funding Account, the Servicer
shall instruct the Trustee to withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account on the
Special Remittance Date and deposit in the Certificate Account any Pre-Funded
Amount then remaining in the Pre-Funding Account.
(d) On the Remittance Dates occurring in October, November and December
1997, the Trustee shall transfer from the Pre-Funding Account to the Certificate
Account, the Pre-Funding Earnings, if any, applicable to each such Remittance
Date.
(e) No later than the Closing Date, the Representative shall establish and
maintain with the Trustee in its trust department a trust account, which shall
not be interest-bearing, titled "The Money Store SBA Capitalized Interest
Account 1997-1" (the "Capitalized Interest Account"). The Capitalized Interest
Account shall not constitute part of the Trust Fund. The Representative shall be
deemed the owner of the Capitalized Interest Account for Federal income tax
purposes. The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit into the Capitalized
Interest Account $150,633.78. If prior to the end of the Funding Period the
funds on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account are invested in a guaranteed
investment contract, repurchase agreement or other arrangement acceptable to the
Rating Agencies, that constitutes a Permitted Instrument, the Trustee shall,
within one Business Day of its receipt of notification of satisfaction of the
Rating Agency Condition, withdraw from the Capitalized Interest Account and pay
to the Representative the amount set forth in such notification.
(f) On each Subsequent Transfer Date the Representative may instruct the
Trustee to withdraw from the Capitalized Interest Account and pay on such
Subsequent Transfer Date to the Representative the Overfunded Interest Amount
for such Subsequent Transfer Date, as calculated by the Representative pursuant
to Section 2.09(e) hereof.
(g) On the Remittance Dates occurring in October, November and December
1997 the Trustee shall transfer from the Capitalized Interest Account to the
Certificate Account, the Capitalized Interest Requirement, if any, for such
Remittance Dates.
(h) On the Special Remittance Date, the Trustee shall transfer from the
Capitalized Interest Account to the Certificate Account the Capitalized Interest
Requirement, if any, for such Special Remittance Date. Any amounts remaining in
the Capitalized Interest Account after taking into account such transfer shall
be paid on such Special Remittance Date to the Representative, and the
Capitalized Interest Account shall be closed.
Section 6.05 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 6.06 INVESTMENT OF ACCOUNTS.
(a) So long as no default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, and consistent with any requirements of the Code, all or a portion
of any Account which is not by the terms of this Agreement to be held uninvested
held by the Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian shall be invested and
reinvested by the Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian, as directed in
writing by the Servicer, in one or more Permitted Instruments in the name of the
Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian, as the case may be, bearing interest or
sold at a discount. No such investment in the Certificate Account, the
Pre-Funding Account, the Capitalized Interest Account and the Spread Account
shall mature later than the Business Day immediately preceding the next
Remittance Date and no such investment in the Expense Account shall mature later
than the Business Day immediately preceding the date such funds will be needed
to pay fees or premiums; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the Trustee or any affiliate
thereof, may be the obligor on any investment which otherwise qualifies as a
Permitted Instrument and any investment on which the Trustee is the obligor may
mature on such Remittance Date or date when needed, as the case may be.
(b) If any amounts are needed for disbursement from any Account held by the
Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian and sufficient uninvested funds are not
available to make such disbursement, the Trustee or the Spread Account
Custodian, as the case may be, shall cause to be sold or otherwise converted to
cash a sufficient amount of the investments in such Account. Neither the Trustee
nor the Spread Account Custodian shall be liable for any investment loss or
other charge resulting therefrom.
(c) Subject to Section 12.01 hereof, neither the Trustee nor the Spread
Account Custodian shall in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency
in any Account held by the Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian resulting
from any investment loss on any Permitted Instrument included therein (except to
the extent that the Trustee is the obligor thereon).
(d) The Trustee and the Spread Account Custodian shall invest and reinvest
funds in the Accounts held by the Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian, to
the fullest extent practicable, in such manner as the Servicer shall from time
to time direct in writing, but only in one or more Permitted Instruments.
(e) All income or other gain from investments in any Account held by the
Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian shall be deposited in such Account, as
the case may be, immediately on receipt, and the Trustee or the Spread Account
Custodian shall notify the Servicer of any loss resulting from such investments.
The Servicer shall remit the amount of any such loss from its own funds, without
reimbursement therefor, to the Trustee or the Spread Account Custodian, as the
case may be, for deposit in the Account from which the related funds were
withdrawn for investment by the next Determination Date following receipt by the
Servicer of such notice.
Section 6.07 DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) The rights of the Certificateholders to receive distributions from the
proceeds of the Trust Fund, and all ownership interests of the
Certificateholders in such distributions, shall be as set forth in this
Agreement.
(b) On each Remittance Date the Trustee shall withdraw from the Certificate
Account the sum of (A) that portion of the Available Funds received from the
Servicer pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(i), (ii) and (iv),(B) the amounts deposited
therein pursuant to Section 6.02(b)(i) and make distributions thereof in the
following order of priority:
(i) First, to the Class A Certificates in an
amount up to the Class A Interest Distribution Amount;
(ii) Second, to the Class B Certificates in
an amount up to the Class B Interest Distribution
Amount;
(iii) Third, to the Class A Certificates in
an amount up to the sum of (a) the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount and (b) the Class A Carry Forward
Amount;
(iv) Fourth, to the Class B Certificates, in
an amount up to the sum of (a) the Class B Principal
Distribution Amount and (b) the Class B Carry Forward Amount;
(v) Fifth, to the Expense Account in an
amount up to one-twelfth of the Annual Expense Escrow Amount
plus any amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.03(a) resulting from insufficiencies in the Expense
Account;
(vi) Sixth, to the Servicer in an amount up
to the Reimbursable Amounts;
(vii) Seventh, to the Spread Account, any
remaining Available Funds unless and until the amount therein
equals the Specified Spread Account Requirement; and
(viii) Eighth, to the Spread Account
Depositor, any amounts in excess of the Specified Spread
Account Requirement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not be entitled to
receive Reimburseable Accounts pursuant to clause (vi) above until the first
Remittance Date on which the Spread Balance equals the then applicable Specified
Account Requirement.
Additionally, on the Special Remittance Date, the Trustee shall withdraw
from the Certificate Account the amount, if any, deposited therein pursuant to
Section 6.01(a)(v) and make distributions thereof as follows: (i) from amounts
transferred from the Pre-Funding Account, distributions of principal to the
Class A and Class B Certificates pro rata based upon the Class A and Class B
Percentages and (ii) from amounts transferred from the Capitalized Interest
Account, distributions of interest to such Class A and Class B Certificates
equal to the applicable Capitalized Interest Requirement.
(c) All distributions made to the Certificateholders of a particular Class
will be made on a pro rata basis among the Certificateholders of record of the
applicable Class on the next preceding Record Date based on the Percentage
Interest represented by their respective Certificates, and shall be made by
check or, upon request by a Certificateholder, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, and, in the case of wire
transfers, at the expense of such Certificateholder unless such
Certificateholder shall own of record Certificates which have initial
Certificate Principal Balances aggregating at least $5,000,000.
Section 6.08 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 6.09 STATEMENTS.
Each month, not later than 12:00 noon New York time on the Determination
Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, by telecopy, for distribution
to the Certificateholders, the receipt and legibility of which shall be
confirmed telephonically, with hard copy thereof and the Servicer's Monthly
Computer Tape in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L (both in hard copy and in
computer tape form) to be delivered on the Business Day following the
Determination Date, a certificate signed by a Servicing Officer (a "Servicer's
Certificate") stating the date (day, month and year), the Series number of the
Certificates, the date of this Agreement, and, as of the close of business on
the Record Date for such month:
(i) Available Funds for the related
Remittance Date;
(ii) The Aggregate Class A Certificate
Principal Balance, the Aggregate Class B Certificate Principal
Balance and the Pool Principal Balance as reported in the
prior Servicer's Certificate pursuant to subclause (xii)
below, or, in the case of the first Determination
Date, the Original Class A and Class B Certificate
Principal Balance and the Original Pool Principal Balance;
(iii) The number and Principal Balances of
all SBA Loans which were the subject of Principal Prepayments
during the Due Period;
(iv) The product of the Unguaranteed
Percentage multiplied by all Curtailments which were received
during the Due Period;
(v) The product of the Unguaranteed
Percentage multiplied by all Excess Payments and the product
of the Unguaranteed Percentage multiplied by all Monthly
Payments in respect of principal received during the Due
Period;
(vi) The aggregate amount of interest
received on each SBA Loan net of the FTA's Fee, the Premium
Protection Fee, the Additional Fee and the portion thereof
payable to the Registered Holders;
(vii) The amount of the Monthly Advances to
be made on the Determination Date and the Compensating
Interest payment to be made on the Determination Date;
(viii) The delinquency and foreclosure
information set forth in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
K;
(ix) The product of the Unguaranteed
Percentage multiplied by the amount of any losses realized on
a Liquidated SBA Loan;
(x) The Class A and Class B Interest
Distribution Amounts and Principal Distribution Amounts for
the Remittance Date with the components thereof stated
separately;
(xi) The amount available in the Spread
Account as of the related Record Date in cash and from
liquidation of Permitted Instruments and the amount,
if any, to be transferred from the Spread Account to
the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 6.02(b)(i);
(xii) The Aggregate Class A Certificate
Principal Balance, Aggregate Class B Certificate
Principal Balance and the Pool Principal Balance after
giving effect to the distribution to be made on the
Remittance Date;
(xiii) The Excess Spread, the Spread
Balance and the Specified Spread Account Requirement
with respect to such Remittance Date;
(xiv) The weighted average maturity and
weighted average SBA Loan Interest Rate;
(xv) The Servicing Fees and amounts to be
deposited to the Expense Account;
(xvi) The amount of all payments and
reimbursements to the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.04 (b),
(c), (d)(ii), (e) and (f);
(xvii) The Class A and Class B Remittance
Rates with respect to such Remittance Date;
(xviii) During the Funding Period, the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans purchased during the prior Due Period and the
amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account as of the
end of such Due Period; and
(xix) Such other information as the
Certificateholders or the Rating Agencies may reasonably
require.
The Trustee shall forward such report to the Certificateholders and the
Rating Agencies on the Remittance Date, together with a separate report
indicating the amount of funds deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to
Section 6.01(a)(iv); and the amounts which are reimbursable to the Servicer or
the Seller pursuant to Sections 6.03(c)(i), 6.03(c)(ii) and 6.07(b)(vi) (all
reports prepared by the Trustee of such withdrawals and deposits will be based
in whole or in part upon the information provided to the Trustee by the
Servicer).
To the extent that there are inconsistencies between the telecopy of the
Servicer's Certificate and the hard copy thereof, the Trustee shall be entitled
to rely upon the telecopy. In the case of information furnished pursuant to
subclauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (x) and (xii), above, the amounts shall be
expressed in a separate section of the report as a dollar amount for each Class
per $1,000 original dollar amount as of the Cut-Off Date.
Additionally, on the Special Remittance Date the Trustee shall, based upon
information received from the Servicer, forward to the Certificateholders and
the Rating Agencies a report setting forth the amount of principal and interest,
if any, being paid to each Class of Certificates on the Special Remittance Date.
(a) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year,
the Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee for distribution to each Person who at
any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder such information as is
reasonably necessary to provide to such Person a statement containing the
information set forth in subclauses (vi), (x), and (xiv), above, aggregated for
such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such Person was a
Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Servicer shall be deemed to have been
satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be
provided by the Servicer pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time
to time are in force.
(b) Upon reasonable advance notice in writing, the Servicer will provide to
each Certificateholder which is a savings and loan association, bank or
insurance company certain reports and access to information and documentation
regarding the SBA Loans sufficient to permit such Certificateholder to comply
with applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision or other
regulatory authorities with respect to investment in the Certificates.
(c) The Servicer shall furnish to each Certificateholder, during the term
of this Agreement, such periodic, special, or other reports or information,
whether or not provided for herein, as shall be necessary, reasonable, or
appropriate with respect to the Certificateholder or otherwise with respect to
the purposes of this Agreement, all such reports or information to be provided
by and in accordance with such applicable instructions and directions as the
Certificateholder may reasonably require; provided, that the Servicer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed by such Certificateholder for the Servicer's actual
expenses incurred in providing such reports if such reports are not producible
in the ordinary course of the Servicer's business. The Rating Agencies shall
receive copies of any such reports or information furnished to the
Certificateholders.
Section 6.10 ADVANCES BY THE SERVICER.
Not later than the close of business on each Determination Date, the
Servicer shall remit to the Trustee for deposit in the Certificate Account an
amount (as indicated in the Servicer's Certificate prepared pursuant to Section
6.09), to be distributed on the related Remittance Date pursuant to Section
6.07, equal to the amount by which (i) 30 days' interest at a rate equal to the
then applicable Adjusted SBA Loan Remittance Rate on the aggregate Class A and
Class B Principal Balances immediately prior to the related Remittance Date
(plus or minus the difference, if any, between (A) the sum of the Class A and
Class B Interest Distribution Amounts and (B) the sum of the Adjusted Class A
and Adjusted Class B Interest Distribution Amounts for the related Remittance
Date) exceeds (ii) the amount received by the Servicer as of the related Record
Date in respect of interest on the SBA Loans minus the interest payable to the
Registered Holders, the Premium Protection Fee, the Additional Fee and the FTA's
Fee (plus, for the Remittance Dates in October, November and December 1997, the
sum of (i) all funds to be transferred to the Certificate Account from the
Capitalized Interest Account for such Remittance Date pursuant to Section
6.04(g) and (ii) the Pre-Funding Earnings for the applicable Remittance Date),
such excess being defined herein as the "Monthly Advance." The Servicer may
reimburse itself for Monthly Advances made pursuant to Section 5.04.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not be required to make a
Monthly Advance with respect to an SBA Loan if it determines, in good faith,
that such advance would be nonrecoverable from amounts received in respect of
the SBA Loans.
Section 6.11 COMPENSATING INTEREST.
The Certificateholders shall be entitled to a full month's interest on the
principal portion of the Unguaranteed Interest of each SBA Loan at the then
applicable Class A or Class B Remittance Rate, as the case may be. Not later
than the close of business on each Determination Date, with respect to each SBA
Loan for which a Principal Prepayment or Curtailment was received during the
related Due Period, the Servicer shall remit to the Trustee for deposit in the
Certificate Account from amounts otherwise payable to it as servicing
compensation, an amount (such amount required to be delivered to the Trustee is
referred to herein as "Compensating Interest") (as indicated in the Servicer's
Certificate prepared pursuant to Section 6.09) equal to the difference between
(a) 30 days' interest at the Adjusted SBA Loan Remittance Rate on the Principal
Balance of each such SBA Loan as of the beginning of the Due Period applicable
to the Remittance Date on which such amount will be distributed, and (b) the
amount of interest actually received on each such SBA Loan for such Due Period
net of the portion thereof payable to the Registered Holder, the Premium
Protection Fee, the FTA's Fee, the Servicing Fee, the Excess Spread and the fees
and expenses of the Trustee allocable to such interest and, with respect to each
Additional Fee SBA Loan, the Additional Fee.
Section 6.12 REPORTS OF FORECLOSURE AND ABANDONMENT OF MORTGAGED PROPERTY
Each year the Trustee shall make the reports of foreclosures and
abandonments of any Mortgaged Property required by Section 6050J of the Code. In
order to facilitate this reporting process, the Servicer, on or before February
15th of each year, shall provide to the Trustee, reports relating to each
instance occurring during the previous calendar year in which the Servicer (i)
on behalf of the Trust Fund acquires an interest in a Mortgaged Property through
foreclosure or other comparable conversion in full or partial satisfaction of
the SBA Loan, or (ii) knows or has reason to know that a Mortgaged Property has
been abandoned.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL SERVICING PROCEDURE
Section 7.01 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 7.02 SATISFACTION OF MORTGAGES AND COLLATERAL AND RELEASE OF SBA
FILES
The Servicer shall maintain the Fidelity Bond as provided for in Section
5.09 insuring the Servicer against any loss it may sustain with respect to any
SBA Loan not satisfied in accordance with the procedures set forth herein.
Upon the payment in full of any SBA Loan, 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 will immediately notify the FTA and the Trustee by a
certification in the form of Exhibit I attached hereto (which certification
shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received or to be
received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in
the Principal and Interest Account pursuant to Section 5.03 have been or will be
so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request delivery to it of the
Trustee's Document File. Upon receipt of such certification and request, the FTA
and the Trustee shall release, within 3 Business Days, the related Trustee's
Document File to the Servicer. Expenses incurred in connection with any
instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be payable only from
and to the extent of servicing compensation and shall not be chargeable to the
Principal and Interest Account or the Certificate Account.
From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of
any SBA Loan, the FTA and the Trustee shall, upon request of the Servicer and
delivery to the FTA and the Trustee of a certification in the form of Exhibit I
attached hereto signed by a Servicing Officer, release the related Trustee's
Document File to the Servicer within 3 Business Days, and the Trustee shall
execute such documents as shall be necessary to the prosecution of any such
proceedings. The Servicer shall return the Trustee's Document File to the FTA
and the Trustee when the need therefor by the Servicer no longer exists, unless
the SBA Loan has been liquidated and the Unguaranteed Percentage of the
Liquidation Proceeds relating to the SBA Loan have been deposited in the
Principal and Interest Account and remitted to the Trustee for deposit in the
Certificate Account or the SBA File or such document has been delivered to an
attorney, or to a public trustee or other public official as required by law,
for purposes of initiating or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for the
foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property or other Collateral either judicially or
non-judicially, and the Servicer has delivered to the FTA and the Trustee a
certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the
Person to which such SBA File or such document was delivered and the purpose or
purposes of such delivery. Upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer
stating that such SBA Loan was liquidated, the servicing receipt shall be
released by the Trustee to the Servicer.
The Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Servicer any court pleadings,
requests for trustee's sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or
trustee's sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or other Collateral or to any
legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Obligor on the SBA Note or
Mortgage or other agreement securing Collateral or to obtain a deficiency
judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the SBA Note or
Mortgage or other agreement securing Collateral or otherwise available at law or
in equity. Together with such documents or pleadings, the Servicer shall deliver
to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer requesting that such
pleadings or documents be executed by the Trustee and certifying as to the
reason such documents or pleadings are required and that the execution and
delivery thereof by the Trustee will not invalidate or otherwise affect the lien
of the Mortgage or other agreement securing Collateral, except for the
termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee's sale.
The Trustee shall, upon receipt of a written request from a Servicing Officer,
execute any document provided to the Trustee by the Servicer or take any other
action requested in such request, that is, in the opinion of the Servicer as
evidenced by such request, required by any state or other jurisdiction to
discharge the lien of a Mortgage or other agreement securing Collateral upon the
satisfaction thereof and the Trustee will sign and post, but will not guarantee
receipt of, any such documents to the Servicer, or such other party as the
Servicer may direct, within five Business Days of the Trustee's receipt of such
certificate or documents. Such certificate or documents shall establish to the
Trustee's satisfaction that the related SBA Loan has been paid in full by or on
behalf of the Obligor and that such payment has been deposited in the Principal
and Interest Account.
Section 7.03 SERVICING COMPENSATION.
As compensation for its services hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled
to withdraw from the Principal and Interest Account or to retain from interest
payments on the SBA Loans the Servicer's Servicing Fee in accordance with
Section 5.04(b). Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption and
other administrative fees, interest paid on funds on deposit in the Principal
and Interest Account, interest paid and earnings realized on Permitted
Instruments and amounts remitted pursuant to Section 6.03(c)(iii) shall be
retained by or remitted to the Servicer to the extent not required to be
remitted to the Trustee for deposit in the Certificate Account. The Servicer
shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its
servicing activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement
therefor except as specifically provided for herein.
Section 7.04 ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE.
The Servicer will deliver to the Trustee, the SBA and the Rating Agencies
on or before March 31 of each year beginning March 31, 1998, an Officer's
Certificate stating that (i) the Servicer has fully complied with the provisions
of Articles V and VII, (ii) a review of the activities of the Servicer during
the preceding calendar year and of performance under this Agreement has been
made under such officers' supervision, and (iii) to the best of such officers'
knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations
under this Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in
the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to
such officers and the nature and status thereof and the action being taken by
the Servicer to cure such default.
Section 7.05 ANNUAL INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS' SERVICING REPORT
On or before March 31 of each year beginning March 31, 1998, the Servicer,
at its expense, shall cause one of the "big six" accounting firms to furnish a
letter or letters to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies to the effect that such
firm has with respect to the Servicer's overall servicing operations examined
such operations in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Single Audit
Program for Mortgage Bankers, and stating such firm's conclusions relating
thereto.
Section 7.06 SBA'S, AND TRUSTEE'S RIGHT TO EXAMINE SERVICER RECORDS AND
AUDIT OPERATIONS
The SBA and the Trustee shall have the right upon reasonable prior notice,
during normal business hours and as often as reasonably required, to examine and
audit any and all of the books, records or other information of the Servicer,
whether held by the Servicer or by another on behalf of the Servicer, which may
be relevant to the performance or observance by the Servicer of the terms,
covenants or conditions of this Agreement. No amounts payable in respect of the
foregoing shall be paid from the Trust Fund.
Section 7.07 REPORTS TO THE TRUSTEE; PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ACCOUNT
STATEMENTS.
Not later than 20 days after each Record Date, the Servicer shall forward
to the Trustee and the SBA a statement, certified by a Servicing Officer,
setting forth the status of the Principal and Interest Account as of the close
of business on the preceding Record Date and showing, for the period covered by
such statement, the aggregate of deposits into the Principal and Interest
Account for each category of deposit specified in Section 5.03, the aggregate of
withdrawals from the Principal and Interest Account for each category of
withdrawal specified in Section 5.04, the aggregate amount of permitted
withdrawals not made in the related Due Period, and the amount of any Monthly
Advances or payments of Compensating Interest, in each case, for the related Due
Period.
Section 7.08 PREMIUM PROTECTION FEE.
Pursuant to and in accordance with the policies of the SBA and SBA Form
1086, the Servicer shall retain the Premium Protection Fee for each SBA ss. 7(a)
Loan. The Premium Protection Fee shall not constitute part of the Trust Fund and
Certificateholders shall have no interest in, and are not entitled to receive
any portion of, the Premium Protection Fee. If the Servicer is replaced as
servicer pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, it shall no longer be
entitled to the Premium Protection Fee but, instead, the successor Servicer
shall be entitled thereto.
ARTICLE VIII
REPORTS TO BE PROVIDED BY SERVICER
Section 8.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
The Servicer understands that, in connection with the transfer of the
Certificates, Certificateholders may request that the Servicer make available to
prospective Certificateholders the annual audited financial statements of the
Servicer's parent for one or more of the most recently completed five fiscal
years for which such statements are publicly available, which request shall not
be unreasonably denied.
The Servicer also agrees to make available on a reasonable basis to any
prospective Certificateholder a knowledgeable financial or accounting officer
for the purpose of answering reasonable questions respecting recent developments
affecting the Servicer or the financial statements of the Servicer and to permit
any prospective Certificateholder or to inspect the Servicer's servicing
facilities during normal business hours for the purpose of satisfying such
prospective Certificateholder that the Servicer has the ability to service the
SBA Loans in accordance with this Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
THE SERVICER
Section 9.01 INDEMNIFICATION; THIRD PARTY CLAIMS.
(a) The Servicer agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee, the SBA, and
each Certificateholder 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 SBA, and any Certificateholder
may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Servicer to perform its
duties and service the SBA Loans in compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
The Servicer shall immediately notify the Trustee, the SBA and each
Certificateholder if a claim is made by any 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 Servicer, the Trustee, the
SBA, and/or Certificateholder in respect of such claim. The Trustee may
reimburse the Servicer from the Expense Account pursuant to Section 6.03(c)(i)
for all amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding sentence except when
the claim relates directly to the failure of the Servicer to service and
administer the SBA Loans in compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) The Sellers agree to indemnify and hold the Trustee, the SBA and each
Certificateholder 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 SBA, and any Certificateholder may sustain in
any way related to the failure of the Servicer, if it is an affiliate thereof,
or the failure of the Sellers to perform their respective duties in compliance
with the terms of this Agreement and in the best interests of the SBA and the
Certificateholders. The Sellers shall immediately notify the Trustee, the SBA,
and each Certificateholder if a claim is made by a third party with respect to
this Agreement, and the Sellers 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 Servicer, the Sellers, the
Trustee, the SBA and/or Certificateholder in respect of such claim. The Trustee
may reimburse the Sellers from the Expense Account pursuant to Section
6.03(c)(i) for all amounts advanced by them pursuant to the preceding sentence
except when the claim relates directly to the Sellers indemnification pursuant
to Section 2.05 and Section 3.03 or to the failure of the Servicer, if it is an
affiliate of a Seller, to perform its obligations to service and administer the
Mortgages in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, or the failure of the
Sellers to perform their duties in compliance with the terms of this Agreement
and in the best interests of the SBA and the Certificateholders.
Section 9.02 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF THE SERVICER.
The Servicer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises
as a corporation, and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business
as a foreign corporation, in each jurisdiction necessary to protect the validity
and enforceability of this Agreement or any of the SBA Loans and to perform its
duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the
Servicer, shall be an established mortgage loan servicing institution that has a
net worth of at least $15,000,000 and shall be an approved SBA guaranteed lender
in good standing, operating pursuant to an effective Loan Guaranty Agreement,
and 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,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Servicer shall send notice
of any such merger or consolidation to the Trustee, the Rating Agencies and the
SBA.
Section 9.03 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF THE SERVICER AND OTHERS.
The Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer
may rely on any document of any kind which it in good faith reasonably believes
to be genuine and to have been adopted or signed by the proper authorities
respecting any matters arising hereunder. Subject to the terms of Section 9.01
herein, the Servicer shall have no obligation to appear with respect to,
prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to the Servicer's
duty to service the SBA Loans in accordance with this Agreement.
Section 9.04 SERVICER NOT TO RESIGN.
The Servicer shall not assign this Agreement nor resign from the
obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except by mutual consent of the
Servicer, the SBA, the Trustee and the Majority Certificateholders, or upon the
determination that the Servicer's duties hereunder are no longer permissible
under applicable law or administrative determination and such incapacity cannot
be cured by the Servicer. Any such determination permitting the resignation of
the Servicer shall be evidenced by a written Opinion of Counsel (who may be
counsel for the Servicer) to such effect delivered to the Trustee, the SBA and
to each Certificateholder, which Opinion of Counsel shall be in form and
substance acceptable to the Trustee. No such resignation shall become effective
until a successor has assumed the Servicer's responsibilities and obligations
hereunder in accordance with Section 10.02.
ARTICLE X
DEFAULT
Section 10.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
(a) In case one or more of the following Events of Default by the Servicer
shall occur and be continuing, that is to say:
(i) (A) the failure by the Servicer to make any required
Servicing Advance, to the extent such failure materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Certificateholders; (B) the failure by
the Servicer to make any required Monthly Advance; (C) the failure by
the Servicer to remit any Compensating Interest; or (D) any failure by
the Servicer to remit to Certificateholders, or to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, any payment required to be made
under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied after the
date upon which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to
be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer by the Trustee or
to the Servicer and the Trustee by any Certificateholder; or
(ii) failure by the Servicer or the Sellers duly to observe or
perform, in any material respect, any other covenants, obligations or
agreements of the Servicer or the Sellers as set forth in this
Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of 60 days
after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the
same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer or the
Sellers, as the case may be, by the Trustee or to the Servicer, or the
Sellers, as the case may be, and the Trustee by any Certificateholder;
or
(iii) 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 Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in
force, undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or
(iv) the Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a
conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment
of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings
of or relating to the Servicer or of or relating to all or
substantially all of the Servicer's property; or
(v) the Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any
applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment
for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of
its obligations;
(b) then, and in each and every such case, so long as an Event of Default
shall not have been remedied, and in the case of clause (i) above (except for
clause (i)(B)), if such Event of Default shall not have been remedied within 30
days after the Servicer has received notice of such Event of Default, (x) with
respect solely to clause (i)(B) above, if such Monthly Advance is not made
earlier than 4:00 p.m. New York time on the Determination Date, the Trustee
shall give immediate telephonic notice of such failure to a Servicing Officer of
the Servicer and, unless such failure is cured, either by receipt of payment or
receipt of evidence (E.G., a wire reference number communicated by the sending
bank) that such funds have been sent, by 12:00 Noon New York time on the
following Business Day, the Trustee shall immediately assume, pursuant to
Section 10.02 hereof, the duties of a successor Servicer; and (y) in the case of
clauses (i)(A), (i)(C), (i)(D), (iii), (iv) and (v), the Majority
Certificateholders, by notice in writing to the Servicer (except with respect to
(iii), (iv) and (v) for which no notice is required) may, in addition to
whatever rights such Certificateholders may have at law or equity including
damages, injunctive relief and specific performance, in each case immediately
terminate all the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement
and in and to the SBA Loans and the proceeds thereof, as Servicer. Upon such
receipt by the Servicer of a second written notice from the Majority
Certificateholders stating that they or it intend to terminate the Servicer as a
result of such Event of Default, all authority and power of the Servicer under
this Agreement, whether with respect to the SBA Loans or otherwise, shall,
subject to Section 10.02, pass to and be vested in the Trustee and the Trustee
is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other
instruments and do or cause to be done all other acts or things necessary or
appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, including, but
not limited to, the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the SBA Loans and
related documents. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee in
effecting the termination of the Servicer's responsibilities and rights
hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the Trustee for
administration by it of all amounts which shall at the time be credited by the
Servicer to each Principal and Interest Account or thereafter received with
respect to the SBA Loans. The Trustee shall provide notice to the SBA of any
Event of Default hereunder.
Section 10.02 TRUSTEE TO ACT; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR
On and after the time of the Servicer's immediate termination, or the
Servicer's receipt of notice if required by Section 10.01, or at any time if the
Trustee receives the resignation of the Servicer evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel pursuant to Section 9.04 or the Servicer is removed as Servicer pursuant
to this Article X, the Trustee shall be the successor in all respects to the
Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this Agreement and the transactions
set forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer
by the terms and provisions hereof; provided, however, that the Trustee shall
not be liable for any actions of any Servicer prior to it, and that the Trustee
shall not be obligated to make advances or payments pursuant to Sections 6.03,
6.10, 6.11, 5.10 or 5.14 but only to the extent the Trustee determines
reasonably and in good faith that such advances would not be recoverable, such
determination to be evidenced with respect to each such advance by a
certification of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee. As compensation therefor,
the Trustee shall be entitled to all funds relating to the SBA Loans which the
Servicer would have been entitled to receive from the Principal and Interest
Account pursuant to Section 5.04 if the Servicer had continued to act as
Servicer hereunder, together with other servicing compensation in the form of
assumption fees, late payment charges or otherwise as provided in Sections 7.01
and 7.03.
Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee shall, if it is unable to so act or
if the SBA so requests in writing to the Trustee, appoint, or petition a court
of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established servicing institution
acceptable to the SBA and satisfying the Rating Agency Condition that has a net
worth of not less than $15,000,000, and which is an approved SBA guaranteed
lender in good standing, operating pursuant to an effective Loan Guaranty
Agreement, 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. Any collections received by the Servicer after removal or resignation
shall be endorsed by it to the Trustee and remitted directly to the Trustee or,
at the direction of the Trustee, to the successor servicer. The compensation of
any successor servicer (including, without limitation, the Trustee) so appointed
shall be the aggregate Servicing Fees and other servicing compensation in the
form of assumption fees, late payment charges or otherwise. In the event the
Trustee is required to solicit bids as provided herein, the Trustee shall
solicit, by public announcement, bids from banks and mortgage servicing
institutions meeting the qualifications set forth above. Such public
announcement shall specify that the successor servicer shall be entitled to the
full amount of the aggregate Servicing Fees as servicing compensation, together
with the other servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, late
payment charges or otherwise. 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 qualifying bid. 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 and the amount of any unreimbursed
Servicing Advances and Monthly Advances. After such deductions, the remainder of
such sum shall be paid by the Trustee as a servicing fee to the SBA at the time
of such sale, transfer and assignment to the Servicer's successor. The Trustee
and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as
shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. The Servicer agrees to
cooperate with the Trustee and any successor servicer in effecting the
termination of the 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 or
Spread Account by the Servicer or which are thereafter received with respect to
the SBA Loans. 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 hereunder. No appointment of a successor to the Servicer
hereunder shall be effective until written notice of such proposed appointment
shall have been provided by the Trustee to each Certificateholder and the SBA
and the Trustee and the SBA shall have consented thereto. The Trustee shall not
resign as servicer until a successor servicer reasonably acceptable to the SBA
has been appointed.
Pending appointment of a successor to the Servicer hereunder, the Trustee
shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with such
appointment and assumption, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the
compensation of such successor out of payments on SBA Loans as it and such
successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in
excess of that permitted the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.03 or otherwise as
provided in this Agreement. The Servicer, the Trustee and such successor shall
take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to
effectuate any such succession.
Section 10.03 WAIVER OF DEFAULTS.
The SBA or the Majority Certificateholders may, on behalf of all
Certificateholders, and subject to the consent of the SBA, which consent may not
be unreasonably withheld, and satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, waive
any events permitting removal of the Servicer pursuant to this Article X;
provided, however, that the Majority Certificateholders or the SBA may not waive
a default in making a required distribution on a Certificate without the consent
of the holder of such Certificate. Upon any waiver of a past default, such
default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall
be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right
consequent thereto except to the extent expressly so waived.
Section 10.04. CONTROL BY MAJORITY CERTIFICATEHOLDERS AND OTHERS.
The SBA or the Majority Certificateholders with the consent of the SBA may
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding relating to the
Trust Fund or the Certificates or 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 Fund PROVIDED THAT:
(i) such direction shall not be in conflict
with any rule of law or with this Agreement;
(ii) the Trustee shall have been provided
with indemnity satisfactory to it; and
(iii) the Trustee may take any other action
deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with
such direction; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee, as the
case may be, need not take any action which it
determines might involve it in liability or may be unjustly
prejudicial to the Holders not so directing.
ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION
Section 11.01 TERMINATION.
This Agreement shall terminate upon notice to the Trustee of the earlier of
the following events: (a) the final payment or other liquidation of the last SBA
Loan or the disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in
lieu of foreclosure of any SBA Loan and the remittance of all funds due
thereunder, or (b) mutual consent of the Servicer and all Certificateholders in
writing; provided, however, that in no event shall the Trust established by this
Agreement terminate later than twenty-one years after the death of the last
surviving lineal descendant of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, late Ambassador of the United
States to the Court of St. Xxxxx, alive as of the date hereof.
The Servicer may, at its option, terminate this Agreement on any date on
which the Pool Principal Balance is less than 10% of the sum of (i) the Original
Pool Principal Balance and (ii) the Original Pre-Funded Amount by purchasing, on
the next succeeding Remittance Date, all of the Unguaranteed Interests in the
SBA Loans and Foreclosed Properties at a price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of
the then outstanding Aggregate Class A and Class B Certificate Principal
Balances, and (ii) 30 days' interest thereon at the then applicable Class A and
Class B Remittance Rates, as the case may be (the "Termination Price").
Notwithstanding the prior sentence, if at the time the Servicer determines to
exercise such option the unsecured long-term debt obligations of the Servicer
are not rated at least Baa3 by Moody's and BBB- by Duff & Xxxxxx, if such Rating
Agencies are still rating the Certificates, the Servicer shall give such Rating
Agencies prior written notice of the Servicer's determination to exercise such
option and shall not exercise such option, without the consent of each such
Rating Agency, prior to furnishing each such Rating Agency with an Opinion of
Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each such Rating
Agency, that the exercise of such option would not be deemed a fraudulent
conveyance by the Servicer.
Notice of any termination, specifying the Remittance Date upon which the
Trust Fund will terminate and that the Certificateholders shall surrender their
Certificates to the Trustee for payment of the final distribution and
cancellation shall be given promptly by the Servicer by letter to
Certificateholders mailed during the month of such final distribution before the
Determination Date in such month, specifying (i) the Remittance Date upon which
final payment of the Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender
of Certificates at the office of the Trustee therein designated, (ii) the amount
of any such final payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to
such Remittance Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Trustee
therein specified. The Servicer shall give such notice to the Trustee therein
specified. The Servicer shall give such notice to the Trustee at the time such
notice is given to Certificateholders. Any obligation of the Servicer to pay
amounts due to the Trustee shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
In the event that all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender their
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the time specified in the
above-mentioned written notice, the Servicer shall give a second written notice
to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto and shall
at the expense of the Trust Fund cause to be published once, in the national
edition of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL notice that such money remains unclaimed. If
within six months after the second notice all of the Certificates shall not have
been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take appropriate steps, or
may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates and the cost
thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets which remain subject
hereto. If within the period then specified in the escheat laws of the State of
New York after the second notice all the Certificates shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, the Seller shall be entitled to all unclaimed
funds and other assets which remain subject hereto and the Trustee upon transfer
of such funds subject hereto and the Trustee upon transfer of such funds shall
be discharged of any responsibility for such funds and the Certificateholders
shall look to the Seller for payment.
Section 11.02 ACCOUNTING UPON TERMINATION OF SERVICER
Upon termination of the Servicer under Article X hereof, the Servicer
shall:
(a) deliver to their successor or, if none shall yet have been appointed,
to the Trustee the funds in any Principal and Interest Account;
(b) deliver to their successor or, if none shall yet have been appointed,
to the Trustee all SBA Files and related documents and statements held by it
hereunder and a SBA Loan portfolio computer tape;
(c) deliver to their successor or, if none shall yet have been appointed,
to the Trustee and, upon request, to the Certificateholders a full accounting of
all funds, including a statement showing the Monthly Payments collected by it
and a statement of monies held in trust by it for the payments or charges with
respect to the SBA Loans; and
(d) execute and deliver such instruments and perform all acts reasonably
requested in order to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of servicing of
the SBA Loans to their successor and to more fully and definitively vest in such
successor all rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and
liabilities of the Servicer under this Agreement.
ARTICLE XII
THE TRUSTEE
Section 12.01 DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform
such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. If an Event of Default 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 its exercise as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements,
opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the
Trustee which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they
conform to the requirements of this Agreement, 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 or the Sellers hereunder. If any such instrument is
found not to conform to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner,
the Trustee shall take action as it deems appropriate to have the instrument
corrected, and if the instrument is not corrected to the Trustee's satisfaction,
the Trustee will provide notice thereof to the Certificateholders.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or
its own willful misconduct; provided, however, that:
(a) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after the curing of
all such Events of Default which may have occurred, the duties and obligations
of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this
Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such
duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the
Trustee and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee
may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement;
(b) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error of judgment
made in good faith by officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(c) The Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect to any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
the direction of the Certificateholders, 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;
(d) In the absence of actual knowledge of an Event of Default, the Trustee
shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or knowledge of
any default or Event of Default unless the Trustee shall be specifically
notified in writing by the Servicer or any of the Certificateholders. In the
absence of actual knowledge or receipt of such notice, the Trustee may
conclusively assume that there is no default or Event of Default; and
(e) The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur financial liability for the performance of any of its duties
hereunder or the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there is reasonable
ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Section 12.02 CERTAIN MATTERS AFFECTING THE TRUSTEE.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 12.01:
(i) The Trustee may request and rely and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer's
Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(ii) The Trustee may consult with counsel and any opinion of
counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with such opinion of counsel;
(iii) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute,
conduct or defend by litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the
request, order or direction of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall
have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against
the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or
thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee
of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (which
has not been cured), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested
in it by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill
in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs;
(iv) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to
be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred
upon it by this Agreement;
(v) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and
after the curing of all Events of Default which may have occurred, the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or
other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by
Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating
not less than 25% provided, however, that if the payment within a
reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities
likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in
the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by
the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the
Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expense or
liability as a condition to taking any such action. The reasonable
expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Servicer or, if
paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Servicer upon demand from
the Servicer's own funds;
(vi) 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;
(vii) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or
surety in respect of the execution of the trust created hereby or the
powers granted hereunder; and
(viii) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys.
Section 12.03 TRUSTEE NOT LIABLE FOR CERTIFICATES OR SBA LOANS.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the
certificate of authentication on the Certificates) shall be taken as the
statements of the Servicer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates or of any SBA Loan or
related document. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Servicer of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of
such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the
Servicer in respect of the SBA Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the
Principal and Interest Account by the Servicer. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for the legality or validity of the Agreement or the validity,
priority, perfection or sufficiency of the security for the Certificates issued
or intended to be issued hereunder.
Section 12.04 TRUSTEE MAY OWN CERTIFICATES.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or
pledgee of Certificates with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee, and may otherwise deal with the parties hereto.
Section 12.05 SERVICER TO PAY TRUSTEE'S FEES AND EXPENSES.
The Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time,
and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation (which shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of
an express trust) for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts
hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and
duties hereunder of the Trustee, and the Servicer will pay or reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this
Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ)
except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its
negligence or bad faith, provided that the Trustee shall have no lien on the
Trust Fund for the payment of its fees and expenses. To the extent that actual
fees and expenses of the Trustee exceed the amount available for payment thereof
on deposit in the Expense Account as of the date such fees and expenses are due
and payable, the Servicer shall reimburse the Trustee for such shortfall out of
its own funds without reimbursement therefor, except as provided in Section
6.03. The Trustee and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee
shall be indemnified by the Servicer and held harmless against any loss,
liability or expense (i) incurred in connection with any legal action relating
to this Agreement or the Certificates, 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, and (ii) resulting from any error in any tax
or information return prepared by the Servicer. The obligations of the Servicer
under this Section 12.05 shall survive payment of the Certificates, and shall
extend to any co-trustee appointed pursuant to this Article XII.
Section 12.06 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUSTEE.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be (i) a national banking
association or banking corporation or trust company organized and doing business
under the laws of any state or the United States of America, (ii) authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, (iii) having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $30,000,000, (iv) having unsecured and
unguaranteed long-term debt obligations rated at least Baa3 by Moody's and BBB-
by Duff & Xxxxxx (provided Duff & Xxxxxx is rating the unsecured and
unguaranteed long-term debt obligations of the Trustee) or such other rating as
is acceptable to the SBA, (v) is subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authority, (vi) is an approved SBA guaranteed lender in good
standing, operating pursuant to an effective Loan Guaranty Agreement, and (vii)
is reasonably acceptable to the SBA. If such banking association publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of
this Section its combined capital and surplus shall be deemed to be as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, the Trustee shall (a) give prompt notice that it has so ceased to be
eligible to be the Trustee (which shall give prompt notice to the SBA and each
Certificateholder) and (b) resign, upon the request of the SBA or the Majority
Certificateholders, in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
12.07.
Section 12.07 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF THE TRUSTEE.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby
created by giving written notice thereof to the Servicer, the SBA, and to all
Certificateholders. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Servicer
shall with the consent of the SBA promptly appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the
resigning Trustee and to the successor trustee. A copy of such instrument shall
be delivered to the Certificateholders by the Servicer. Unless a successor
trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60
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. If the resigning Trustee fails to petition an appropriate court, the
SBA may, after such 60 day period, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of Section 12.06 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Servicer, or if at any time the Trustee shall become incapable
of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the
Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose
of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Servicer may remove the
Trustee and appoint, subject to the approval of the SBA, a successor trustee by
written instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the
Trustee so removed and to the successor trustee. A copy of such instrument shall
be delivered to the Certificateholders and the SBA by the Servicer.
The Majority Certificateholders with the consent of the SBA, which consent
will not be unreasonably withheld, and upon satisfaction of the Rating Agency
Condition, or the SBA may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee by written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such
Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which
instruments shall be delivered to the Servicer, one complete set to the Trustee
so removed and one complete set to the successor Trustee so appointed.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective
upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section
12.08.
Section 12.08 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 12.07 shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Servicer and to its predecessor trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation
or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor
trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested
with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor
hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as trustee herein. The
predecessor trustee shall deliver to the successor trustee all SBA Files and
related documents and statements held by it hereunder, and the Servicer and the
predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other
things as may reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting and
confirming in the successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and
obligations.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section
unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be eligible
under the provisions of Section 12.06.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this
Section, the Servicer shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee
hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as shown in the
Certificate Register. If the Servicer fails to mail such notice within 10 days
after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee
shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Servicer.
Section 12.09 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF TRUSTEE.
Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it may be consolidated or any corporation or national banking association
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee
shall be a party, or any corporation or national banking association succeeding
to the business of the trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation or national banking association shall be eligible
under the provisions of Section 12.06, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Trustee shall send notice of any
such merger or consolidation to the Rating Agencies.
Section 12.10 APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE TRUSTEE.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the purpose
of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the
Trust Fund or property securing the same 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, the SBA pursuant to the procedure set forth below, to act as co-trustee
or co-trustees, jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate
trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or
Persons, in such capacity, such title to the Trust Fund, or any part thereof,
and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 12.10, 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
case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee
alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate
trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a
successor trustee under Section 12.06 hereunder. No notice to Holders of
Certificates of the appointment of co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be
required under Section 12.08 hereof. The Trustee shall notify the SBA prior to
the appointment of any co- trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) and the SBA shall
have ten Business Days from its receipt of such notice to notify the Trustee
whether it, in its reasonable judgment, disapproves of such co-trustee(s) or
separate trustee(s). If the SBA does not notify the Trustee within such time
frame, it will be deemed to have approved such co-trustee(s) or separate
trustee(s). If the SBA notifies the Trustee within such time frame that they, in
their reasonable judgment, disapproves of such co-trustee(s) or separate
trustee(s) (which notice shall be accompanied by the name(s) of the SBA's
alternative proposed co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s)), such appointments
shall not be effective.)
In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee pursuant
to this Section 12.10, 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 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 Fund or any portion thereof in any
such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by such separate trustee or
co-trustee at the direction of the 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 Article XII. 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.
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. The Trustee shall not be responsible
for any action or inaction of any such separate trustee or co- trustee. 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 12.11 AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
Upon the request of the Servicer, the Trustee shall appoint an
Authenticating Agent, initially, Marine Midland Bank, with power to act on the
Trustee's behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication and delivery
of the Certificates in connection with transfers and exchanges under Section
4.02, as fully to all intents and purposes as though the Authenticating Agent
had been expressly authorized by that Section to authenticate and deliver
Certificates. For all purposes of this Agreement, the authentication and
delivery of Certificates by the Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section
shall be deemed to be the authentication and delivery of Certificates by the
Trustee. Such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a Person meeting the
requirements for the Trustee set forth in Section 12.06.
Any corporation or national banking association into which any
Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation or national banking association resulting from
any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall
be a party, or any corporation or national banking association succeeding to the
corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of
the Authenticating Agent hereunder, if such successor corporation or national
banking association is otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the
Authenticating Agent or such successor corporation.
Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving notice of
resignation to the Trustee and the Servicer. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of
termination to such Authenticating Agent and the Servicer. Upon receiving such a
notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section, the Trustee
shall promptly appoint a successor Authenticating Agent and shall give written
notice of such appointment to all Certificateholders as their names and
addresses appear on the Certificate Register. The Servicer agrees to pay to the
Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services.
The provisions of Sections 4.04 and 12.03 shall be applicable to any
Authenticating Agent.
Section 12.12 TAX RETURNS AND REPORTS.
The Trustee, upon request, will furnish the Servicer with all such
information as may be reasonably required in connection with the Servicer's
preparation of all Tax Returns of the Trust Fund and, upon request within five
(5) Business Days after its receipt thereof, shall (i) sign on behalf of the
Trust Fund any Tax Return that the Trustee is required to sign pursuant to
applicable federal, state or local tax laws, and (ii) cause such Tax Return to
have been returned to the Servicer for filing.
The Servicer shall prepare and file or cause to be filed with the Internal
Revenue Service Federal tax information returns with respect to the Trust Fund
and the Certificates containing such information and at the times and in the
manner as may be required by the Code or applicable Treasury regulations, and
shall furnish to each Holder of Certificates at any time during the calendar
year for which such returns or reports are made such statements or information
at the times and in the manner as may be required thereby. The Trustee shall
sign all tax information returns filed pursuant to this Section and any other
returns as may be required by the Code, and in doing so shall rely entirely
upon, and shall have no liability for information provided by, or calculations
provided by, the Servicer.
Section 12.13 PROTECTION OF TRUST FUND.
(a) The Trustee will hold the Trust Fund and such other assets as may from
time to time be deposited with it hereunder in trust for the benefit of the
Holders and the SBA and at the request of the Sellers or the SBA will from time
to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto pursuant
to Section 13.02 hereof and all instruments of further assurance and other
instruments, and will take such other action upon such request as it deems
reasonably necessary or advisable, to:
(i) more effectively hold in trust all or any portion
of the Trust Fund or such other assets;
(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 SBA Loans; or
(iv) preserve and defend title to the Trust Fund and the
rights of the Trustee, and the ownership interests of the
Certificateholders represented thereby, in such Trust Fund
against the claims of all Persons and parties.
The Trustee shall send copies of any request received from the Sellers or
the SBA to take any action pursuant to this Section 12.13 to the Holders.
(b) Subject to Article X hereof, the Trustee shall have the power to
enforce, and shall enforce the obligations of the other parties to this
Agreement 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 Holders; provided, however,
that nothing in this Section 12.13 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 to take such
action by the Majority Certificateholders, the SBA or the Sellers in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
(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.
Section 12.14 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee hereby makes the following representations, warranties and
covenants on which the Seller, the Servicer, the SBA and the Certificateholders
shall rely:
(a) The Trustee is a banking corporation and trust company duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York.
(b) The Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement, and shall have taken all necessary action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement.
(c) The execution, delivery and performance by the Trustee of this
Agreement shall not (i) violate any provision of any law or any order, writ,
judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority applicable
to the Trustee or any of its assets, (ii) violate any provision of the corporate
charter or By-laws of the Trustee or (iii) violate any provision of, or
constitute, with or without notice or lapse of time, a default under, or result
in the creation or imposition of any lien on any properties included in the
Trust Fund pursuant to the provisions of, any mortgage, indenture, contract,
agreement or other undertaking to which it is a party, which violation, default
or lien could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the
Trustee's performance or ability to perform its duties under this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.
(d) The execution, delivery and performance by the Trustee of this
Agreement shall not require the authorization, consent or approval of, the
giving of notice to, the filing or registration with or the taking of any other
action in respect of any governmental authority or agency regulating the banking
and corporate trust activities of the Trustee.
(e) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Trustee and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Trustee, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors' rights generally or the application of equitable principles in any
proceeding, whether at law or in equity. The Trustee hereby agrees and covenants
that it will not at any time in the future, deny that this Agreement constitutes
the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Trustee.
(f) The Trustee shall not take any action, or fail to take any action, if
such action or failure to take action will materially interfere with the
enforcement of any rights of the SBA or the Certificateholders under this
Agreement or the Certificates.
(g) The Trustee will comply at all times with the provisions of the SBA
Rules and Regulations in respect of its activities concerning the SBA Loans, and
will at all times hold an effective Loan Guaranty Agreement.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 13.01 ACTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS.
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, whenever
Certificateholder action, consent or approval is required under this Agreement,
such action, consent or approval shall be deemed to have been taken or given on
behalf of, and shall be binding upon, all Certificateholders if the Majority
Certificateholders agree to take such action or give such consent or approval.
Section 13.02 AMENDMENT.
(a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Sellers, the
Servicer and the Trustee by written agreement, upon the prior written consent of
the SBA, without the notice to or consent of the Certificateholders, to cure any
ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein, to comply with any
changes in the Code, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that such action shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee, adversely affect
the interests of any Certificateholder or any other party and further provided
that no such amendment shall reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the
timing of, any amounts received on SBA Loans which are required to be
distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such
Certificate, or change the rights or obligations of any other party hereto
without the consent of such party.
(b) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Sellers, the
Servicer, the Trustee and the Majority Certificateholders, upon the prior
written consent of the SBA, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided, however, that no
such amendment shall reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of,
any amounts which are required to be distributed on any Certificate without the
consent of the Holder of such Certificate or reduce the percentage of Holders
which are required to consent to any such amendment without the consent of the
Holders of 100% of the Certificates affected thereby and, provided further, that
no amendment affecting only one class of Certificates shall require the approval
of holders of Certificates of the other Class.
(c) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Holders under this Section
to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be
sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 13.03 RECORDATION OF AGREEMENT.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is subject to
recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all
of the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the
properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate
public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the
Servicer at the Certificateholders' expense on direction of the Majority
Certificateholders, but only when accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests
of the Certificateholders or is necessary for the administration or servicing of
the SBA Loans.
Section 13.04 DURATION OF AGREEMENT.
This Agreement shall continue in existence and effect until terminated as
herein provided.
SECTION 13.05 GOVERNING LAW.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER
SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
Section 13.06 NOTICES.
All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed by
overnight mail, certified mail or registered mail, postage prepaid, to (i) in
the case of the Servicer and the Sellers, The Money Store Investment
Corporation, 0000 X Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000-X, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxx Leliakov, and The Money Store of New York, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: Executive Vice President or such
other addresses as may hereafter be furnished to the Certificateholders in
writing by the Sellers and the Servicer, (ii) in the case of the Trustee, Marine
Midland Bank, 000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, 12th Floor, Attention:
Corporate Trust Department, (iii) in the case of the Certificateholders, as set
forth in the Certificate Register, (iv) in the case of Moody's, to Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, ABS Monitoring Department, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, (v) in the case of Duff & Xxxxxx, to Xxxx & Xxxxxx Credit
Rating Co., 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Asset
Backed Monitoring Group, and (vi) in the case of the SBA, the United States
Small Business Administration, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000,
Attention: Associate Administrator for Financial Assistance. Any such notices
shall be deemed to be effective with respect to any party hereto upon the
receipt of such notice by such party, except that notices to the
Certificateholders shall be effective upon mailing or personal delivery.
Section 13.07 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be held invalid for any reason whatsoever, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement.
Section 13.08 NO PARTNERSHIP.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to create a
co-partnership or joint venture between the parties hereto and the services of
the Servicer shall be rendered as an independent contractor and not as agent for
the Certificate- holders.
Section 13.09 COUNTERPARTS.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the
different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so
executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such counterparts, together, shall
constitute one and the same agreement.
Section 13.10 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
Sellers and the Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificateholders and their
respective successors and assigns.
Section 13.11 HEADINGS.
The headings of the various sections of this Agreement have been inserted
for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to be part of this
Agreement.
Section 13.12 PAYING AGENT.
The Trustee hereby appoints Marine Midland Bank as Paying Agent. The
Trustee may appoint one or more other Paying Agents or successor Paying Agents
meeting the eligibility requirements of a Trustee set forth in Section 12.06
(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vii) hereof.
Each Paying Agent, immediately upon such appointment, 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 6.06, that such Paying Agent will:
(a) allocate all sums received for distribution to the Holders of
Certificates for which it is acting as Paying Agent on each Remittance Date
among such Holders 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 Holders entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Holders 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 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 Certificateholders by mailing notice thereof to
their addresses appearing on the Certificate Register.
Section 13.13 NOTIFICATION TO RATING AGENCIES.
The Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Rating Agencies of the
occurrence of any of the following events of which it has received notice: (1)
any modification or amendment to this Agreement, (2) any change of the Trustee,
the Servicer or Paying Agent, (3) any Event of Default or waiver of an Event of
Default, (4) that any superior lienholder has accelerated or intends to
accelerate the obligations secured by a Prior Lien, and (5) the final payment of
all the Certificates. The Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Rating Agencies
a copy of each of the Servicer's Certificates. Further, the Servicer shall give
prompt notice to the Rating Agencies if the Servicer or any of its affiliates
acquire any Certificates.
Section 13.14 THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
The Trustee, the FTA, the Spread Account Custodian and the Servicer agree
that the SBA shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement
entitled to all the rights and benefits set forth herein as fully as if it were
a party hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sellers, the Representative, the Servicer and the
Trustee have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
THE MONEY STORE INVESTMENT
CORPORATION, as
Seller and Servicer
By:____________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
THE MONEY STORE OF NEW YORK, INC.,
as Seller
By:_______________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
THE MONEY STORE INC.,
as Representative
By:________________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
as Trustee
By:________________________________
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:
ACCEPTANCE OF MARINE MIDLAND BANK
Marine Midland Bank hereby accepts its appointment under the within
instrument to serve as initial Authenticating Agent, Certificate Registrar and
Paying Agent. In connection therewith, Marine Midland Bank agrees to be bound by
all applicable provisions of such instrument.
MARINE MIDLAND BANK, as initial
Authenticating Agent, Certificate
Registrar and Paying Agent
By:______________________________
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:
STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK)
On the ____ day of September, 1997 before me, a Notary Public in and for
said State, personally appeared ____________________ known to me to be an
officer of the Trustee, the trust company that executed the within instrument,
and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said banking
corporation, and acknowledged to me that such banking corporation executed the
within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
___________________________
Notary Public
My Commission expires________
STATE OF NEW JERSEY )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF __________)
On the ____ day of September, 1997 before me, a Notary Public in and for
the State of New York, personally appeared ___________ known to me to be the
_______________ of The Money Store Investment Corporation, one of the
corporations that executed the within instrument and also known to me to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me
that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
__________________________
Notary Public
My Commission expires_______
STATE OF NEW JERSEY )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF __________)
On the ____ day of September, 1997 before me, a Notary Public in and for
the State of New York, personally appeared ___________ known to me to be the
____________ of The Money Store of New York Inc., one of the corporations that
executed the within instrument and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
____________________________
Notary Public
My Commission expires_________
STATE OF NEW JERSEY )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF __________)
On the ____ day of September, 1997 before me, a Notary Public in and for
the State of New York, personally appeared ______________ known to me to be the
________________ of The Money Store Inc., one of the corporations that executed
the within instrument and also known to me to be the person who executed it on
behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation
executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
______________________________
Notary Public
My Commission expires___________
EXHIBIT A
CONTENTS OF SBA FILE
With respect to each SBA Loan, the SBA File shall include a copy of any of
the following items delivered to the Trustee or, with respect to 1 below for the
SBA ss. 7(a) Loans, the FTA:
1. The original SBA Note, endorsed by means of an
allonge as follows: "Pay to the order of Marine
Midland Bank, and its successors and assigns, as
trustee under that certain Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of August 31, 1997, for the
benefit of the United States Small Business
Administration and holders of The Money Store SBA
Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate Certificates, Series
1997-1, Class A and Class B, as their respective
interests may appear, without recourse" and signed,
by facsimile or manual signature, in the name of the
applicable Seller by a Responsible Officer, with all
prior and intervening endorsements showing a
complete chain of endorsement from the originator to
the applicable Seller, if such Seller was not the
originator;
2. With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged
Properties, either: (i) the original Mortgage, with
evidence of recording thereon, (ii) a copy of the
Mortgage certified as a true copy by a Responsible
Officer of the applicable Seller where the original
has been transmitted for recording until such time
as the original is returned by the public recording
office or duly licensed title or escrow officer or
(iii) a copy of the Mortgage certified by the public
recording office in those instances where the
original recorded Mortgage has been lost;
3. With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged
Properties, either: (i) the original Assignment of
Mortgage from the applicable Seller endorsed as
follows: "Marine Midland Bank, ("Assignee") its
successors and assigns, as trustee under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 31, 1997
subject to the Multi- Party Agreement dated as of
August 31, 1997" with evidence of recording thereon
(provided, however, that where permitted under the
laws of the jurisdiction wherein the Mortgaged
Property is located, the Assignment of Mortgage may
be effected by one or more blanket assignments for
SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties located in
the same county), or (ii) a copy of such Assignment
of Mortgage certified as a true copy by a
Responsible Officer of the applicable Seller where
the original has been transmitted for recording
(PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that where the original
Assignment of Mortgage is not being delivered to the
Trustee, each such Responsible Officer may complete
one or more blanket certificates attaching copies of
one or more Assignments of Mortgage relating to the
Mortgages originated by the applicable Seller);
4. With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged
Properties, either: (i) originals of all intervening
assignments, if any, showing a complete chain of
title from the originator to the applicable Seller,
including warehousing assignments, with evidence of
recording thereon if such assignments were recorded,
(ii) copies of any assignments certified as true
copies by a Responsible Officer of the applicable
Seller where the originals have been submitted for
recording until such time as the originals are
returned by the public recording officer, or (iii)
copies of any assignments certified by the public
recording office in any instances where the original
recorded assignments have been lost;
5. With respect to those SBA Loans secured by Mortgaged
Properties, either: (i) originals of all title
insurance policies relating to the Mortgaged
Properties to the extent the Sellers obtained such
policies or (ii) copies of any title insurance
policies or other evidence of lien position,
including but not limited to PIRT policies, limited
liability reports and lot book reports, to the
extent the Sellers obtain such policies or other
evidence of lien position, certified as true by the
applicable Seller;
6. For all SBA Loans, blanket assignment of all
Collateral securing the SBA Loan, including without
limitation, all rights under applicable guarantees
and insurance policies;
7. For all SBA Loans, irrevocable power of attorney of
the applicable Seller to the Trustee to execute,
deliver, file or record and otherwise deal with the
Collateral for the SBA Loans in accordance with the
Agreement. The power of attorney will be delegable
by the Trustee to the Servicer and any successor
servicer and will permit the Trustee or its delegate
to prepare, execute and file or record UCC financing
statements and notices to insurers; and
8. For all SBA Loans, blanket UCC-1 financing
statements identifying by type all Collateral for
the SBA Loans in the SBA Loan Pool and naming the
Trustee and the SBA as Secured Parties and the
applicable Seller as the Debtor. The UCC-1 financing
statements will be filed promptly following the
Closing Date in New York, New Jersey and California
and will be in the nature of protective notice
filings rather than a true financing statement.
EXHIBIT B-1
[FORM OF CLASS A CERTIFICATE]
NO TRANSFER OF A CLASS A CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN SHALL BE MADE TO ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT
ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), AND/OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR ANY ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING
ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF SUCH PLAN OR ACCOUNT INVESTING IN SUCH
ENTITY (INCLUDING INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE OR GENERAL ACCOUNTS AND COLLECTIVE
INVESTMENT FUNDS).
THE RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS OF THE CLASS B CERTIFICATES TO RECEIVE
DISTRIBUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL WILL BE SUBORDINATED TO
SUCH RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS OF THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED
IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THE MONEY STORE SBA LOAN-BACKED ADJUSTABLE RATE CERTIFICATES
Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized representative
of The Depository Trust Company to the issuer or its agent for registration of
transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the
name of CEDE & CO. or such other name as requested by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment is made to CEDE &
CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, CEDE & CO., has an
interest herein.
Series 1997-1 Original Class A Certificate
Class A Principal Balance:
No. 1 $130,200,000
Original Dollar Amount as
of the Cut-Off Date
Represented by this
Certificate:
$130,200,000
Remittance Rate: Percentage Interest of
Variable the Class A Certificates
Evidenced by this
Certificate: 100%
Date of Pooling and Servicer:
Servicing Agreement The Money Store Investment
and Cut-Off Date: Corporation
August 31, 1997
First Remittance Date: Latest Maturity Date:
October 15, 1997 January 15, 2025
CUSIP No.: 00000XXX0
Closing Date: Trustee:
September 29, 1997 Marine Midland Bank
The Money Store Investment Corporation certifies that Cede & Co. is
the registered owner of a percentage interest (the "Percentage Interest") in the
Unguaranteed Interest in a pool of loans partially guaranteed by the U.S. Small
Business Administration and, to the extent delivered pursuant to the Agreement
referred to below, certain loans originated in connection with such loans (the
"SBA Loans") and serviced by The Money Store Investment Corporation (hereinafter
called the "Servicer," in its capacity as the Servicer, and together with The
Money Store of New York, Inc., the "Sellers," in their capacity as Sellers,
which terms include any successor entity under the Agreement referred to below).
The SBA Loans were originated or purchased by the Sellers. The SBA Loans will be
serviced pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of August 31, 1997 (the "Agreement") by and among
The Money Store Investment Corporation, The Money Store of New York, Inc., and
Marine Midland Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"), certain of the pertinent
provisions of which are set forth herein. To the extent not defined herein, the
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This
Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the holder of this Certificate
by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such holder is bound.
On each Remittance Date, commencing on October 15, 1997, the Trustee
or Paying Agent shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered at the close of business on the last day of the month next preceding
the month of such distribution (the "Record Date"), an amount equal to the
product of the Percentage Interest of the Class A Certificates evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to Holders of Class A
Certificates on such Remittance Date pursuant to Section 6.07 of the Agreement.
During the initial Interest Accrual Period, this Certificate will bear
interest at the rate of 6.25% per annum. During each subsequent Interest Accrual
Period, this Certificate will bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the
Prime Rate in effect on the preceding Adjustment Date minus 2.25% per annum,
subject to the limits described in the Agreement.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Trustee or
Paying Agent by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as
such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register or, upon written
request to the Trustee, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
account of the Person entitled thereto as shall appear on the Certificate
Register without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate or the making
of any notation thereon, at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities
therefor, and, in the case of wire transfers, at the expense of such Person
unless such Person shall own of record Certificates which have initial
Certificate Principal Balances aggregating at least $5,000,000.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Class A
Certificate at the office or agency maintained for that purpose by the
Certificate Registrar in New York, New York.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as The Money Store SBA Loan-Backed, Adjustable Rate Certificates,
Series 1997-1, Class A and Class B (herein called the "Certificates") and
representing undivided ownership in the right to receive the principal portion
of the Unguaranteed Interests of the SBA Loans together with interest thereon at
the then applicable Class A or Class B Remittance Rate, as the case may be.
Neither the Certificates nor the SBA Loans represent an obligation of,
or an interest in, the Servicer and (except for the Excess Spread) are not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Small
Business Administration, the Government National Mortgage Association or the
Veterans Administration or any other governmental agency. The Certificates are
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the
SBA Loans, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. In
the event Servicer funds are advanced with respect to any SBA Loan, such advance
is reimbursable to the Servicer from late recoveries of interest on the SBA
Loans generally.
As provided in the Agreement, deposits and withdrawals from the
Certificate Account, the Spread Account and the Expense Account may be made by
the Trustee from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement to the Servicer of
advances made, or certain expenses incurred, by it, and investment in Permitted
Instruments.
Subject to certain restrictions, the Agreement permits the amendment
thereof with respect to certain modifications (a) by the Sellers, the Servicer
and the Trustee without the consent of the Certificateholders and (b) by the
Sellers, the Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Majority
Certificateholders. The Agreement permits the Majority Certificateholders to
waive, on behalf of all Certificateholders, any default by the Servicer in the
performance of its obligations under the Agreement and its consequences, except
in a default in making any required distribution on a Certificate. Any such
consent or waiver by the Majority Certificateholders shall be conclusive and
binding on the holder of this Certificate and upon all future holders of this
Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement permits the Majority
Certificateholders to waive, on behalf of all Certificateholders, any default by
the Servicer in the performance of its obligations under the Agreement and its
consequences, except in a default in making any required distribution on a
Certificate. Any such consent or waiver by the Majority Certificateholders shall
be conclusive and binding on the holder of this Certificate and upon all future
holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent is made upon this Certificate.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies maintained by the Certificate Registrar in
New York, New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to, the Trustee, duly executed by the holder
hereof or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate undivided Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates. As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the Certificate is exchangeable for a new Certificate evidencing the same
undivided ownership interest, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
The Servicer, the Seller, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar,
and any agent of any of the foregoing, may treat the person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
foregoing shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Except for certain obligations of the Servicer to the Trustee, the
obligations created by the Agreement shall terminate upon notice to the Trustee
of: (i) the later of the final payment or other liquidation of the last SBA Loan
or the disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure of any SBA Loan and the remittance of all funds due thereunder or
(ii) mutual consent of the Servicer and all Certificateholders in writing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Servicer has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
THE MONEY STORE INVESTMENT
CORPORATION, Servicer
By::__________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated:_________________
Attest:
-------------------------
Assistant Secretary
This is one of the
Certificates referred
to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.
MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
as Trustee
By:______________________
Authorized Signatory
or
MARINE MIDLAND BANK
as Authenticating Agent
By: ______________________
Authorized Signatory
EXHIBIT B-2
[FORM OF CLASS B CERTIFICATE]
NO TRANSFER OF A CLASS B CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATES OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN SHALL BE MADE TO ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT
ARRANGEMENT, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), AND/OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR ANY ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING
ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF SUCH PLAN OR ACCOUNT INVESTING IN SUCH
ENTITY (INCLUDING INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE OR GENERAL ACCOUNTS AND COLLECTIVE
INVESTMENT FUNDS).
THE RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS OF THE CLASS B CERTIFICATES TO RECEIVE
DISTRIBUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL WILL BE SUBORDINATED TO
SUCH RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS OF THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED
IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THE MONEY STORE SBA LOAN-BACKED ADJUSTABLE RATE CERTIFICATES
Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized representative
of The Depository Trust Company to the issuer or its agent for registration of
transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the
name of CEDE & CO. or such other name as requested by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment is made to CEDE &
CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, CEDE & CO., has an
interest herein.
Series 1997-1 Original Class B
Certificate
Class B Principal Balance:
No. 1 $9,800,000
Original Dollar Amount as
of the Cut-Off Date
Represented by this
Certificate:
$9,800,000
Remittance Rate: Percentage Interest of
Variable the Class B
Certificates
Evidence by this
Certificate: 100%
Date of Pooling and Servicer:
Servicing Agreement The Money Store
Investment
and Cut-Off Date: Corporation
August 31, 1997
First Remittance Latest Maturity Date:
Date: January 15, 2025
October 15, 1997
CUSIP NO.: 00000XXX0
Closing Date: Trustee:
September 25, 1997 Marine Midland Bank
The Money Store Investment Corporation certifies that Cede & Co. is
the registered owner of a percentage interest (the "Percentage Interest") in the
Unguaranteed Interest in a pool of loans partially guaranteed by the U.S. Small
Business Administration and, to the extent delivered pursuant to the Agreement
referred to below, certain loans originated in connection with such loans (the
"SBA Loans") and serviced by The Money Store Investment Corporation (hereinafter
called the "Servicer," in its capacity as the Servicer, and together with The
Money Store of New York, Inc. the "Sellers," in their capacity as Sellers, which
terms include any successor entity under the Agreement referred to below). The
SBA Loans were originated or purchased by the Sellers. The SBA Loans will be
serviced pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of August 31, 1997 (the "Agreement") by and among
The Money Store Investment Corporation, The Money Store of New York, Inc. and
Marine Midland Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"), certain of the pertinent
provisions of which are set forth herein. To the extent not defined herein, the
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This
Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the holder of this Certificate
by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such holder is bound.
The Unguaranteed Interests of the SBA Loans have aggregate outstanding principal
balances, at the close of business on the Cut-Off Date herein referred to, after
application of payments received by the Servicer on or before such date, of
$______________
On each Remittance Date, commencing on October 15, 1997, the Trustee
or Paying Agent shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered at the close of business on the last day of the month next preceding
the month of such distribution (the "Record Date"), an amount equal to the
product of the Percentage Interest of the Class B Certificates evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to Holders of Class B
Certificates on such Remittance Date pursuant to Section 6.07 of the Agreement.
During the initial Interest Accrual Period, this Certificate will bear
interest at the rate of 6.73% per annum. During each subsequent Interest Accrual
Period, this Certificate will bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the
Prime Rate in effect on the preceding Adjustment Date minus 1.77% per annum,
subject to the limits described in the Agreement.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Trustee or
Paying Agent by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as
such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register or, upon written
request to the Trustee, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
account of the Person entitled thereto as shall appear on the Certificate
Register without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate or the making
of any notation thereon, at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities
therefor, and, in the case of wire transfers, at the expense of such Person
unless such Person shall own of record Certificates which have initial
Certificate Principal Balances aggregating at least $5,000,000.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency maintained for that purpose by the Certificate Registrar in New
York, New York.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as The Money Store SBA Loan-Backed, Adjustable Rate Certificates,
Series 1997-1, Class A and Class B (herein called the "Certificates") and
representing undivided ownership in the right to receive the principal portion
of the Unguaranteed Interests of the SBA Loans together with interest thereon at
the then applicable Class A or Class B Remittance Rate, as the case may be.
Neither the Certificates nor the SBA Loans represent an obligation of,
or an interest in, the Servicer and (except for the Excess Spread) are not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Small
Business Administration, the Government National Mortgage Association or the
Veterans Administration or any other governmental agency. The Certificates are
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the
SBA Loans, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. In
the event Servicer funds are advanced with respect to any SBA Loan, such advance
is reimbursable to the Servicer from late recoveries of interest on the SBA
Loans generally.
As provided in the Agreement, deposits and withdrawals from the
Certificate Account, the Spread Account and the Expense Account may be made by
the Trustee from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement to the Servicer of
advances made, or certain expenses incurred, by it, and investment in Permitted
Instruments.
Subject to certain restrictions, the Agreement permits the amendment
thereof with respect to certain modifications (a) by the Sellers, the Servicer
and the Trustee without the consent of the Certificateholders and (b) by the
Sellers, the Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Majority
Certificateholders. The Agreement permits the Majority Certificateholders to
waive, on behalf of all Certificateholders, any default by the Servicer in the
performance of its obligations under the Agreement and its consequences, except
in a default in making any required distribution on a Certificate. Any such
consent or waiver by the Majority Certificateholders shall be conclusive and
binding on the holder of this Certificate and upon all future holders of this
Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement permits the Majority
Certificateholders to waive, on behalf of all Certificateholders, any default by
the Servicer in the performance of its obligations under the Agreement and its
consequences, except in a default in making any required distribution on a
Certificate. Any such consent or waiver by the Majority Certificateholders shall
be conclusive and binding on the holder of this Certificate and upon all future
holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent is made upon this Certificate.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies maintained by the Certificate Registrar in
New York, New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to, the Trustee, duly executed by the holder
hereof or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate undivided Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates. As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the Certificate is exchangeable for a new Certificate evidencing the same
undivided ownership interest, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
The Servicer, the Seller, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar,
and any agent of any of the foregoing, may treat the person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
foregoing shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Except for certain obligations of the Servicer to the Trustee, the
obligations created by the Agreement shall terminate upon notice to the Trustee
of: (i) the later of the final payment or other liquidation of the last SBA Loan
or the disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure of any SBA Loan and the remittance of all funds due thereunder or
(ii) mutual consent of the Servicer and all Certificateholders in writing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Servicer has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
THE MONEY STORE INVESTMENT
CORPORATION, Servicer
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated:_________________
Attest:
-------------------------
Assistant Secretary
This is one of the
Certificates referred
to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.
MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
as Trustee
By:_____________________
Authorized Signatory
or
MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
as Authenticating Agent
By:_____________________
Authorized Signatory
EXHIBIT C
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT
(date)
To: _______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________ (the "Depository")
As "Servicer" under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
August 31, 1997, The Money Store SBA Loan- Backed Adjustable Rate Certificates,
Series 1997-1 Class A and Class B (the "Agreement"), we hereby authorize and
request you to establish an account, as a Principal and Interest Account
pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Agreement, to be designated as "The Money Store
Investment Corporation and The Money Store of New York, Inc., in trust for the
registered holders of The Money Store SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1997- 1." All deposits in the account shall be subject to
withdrawal therefrom by order signed by the Servicer. You may refuse any deposit
which would result in violation of the requirement that the account be fully
insured as described below. This letter is submitted to you in duplicate. Please
execute and return one original to us.
THE MONEY STORE INVESTMENT
CORPORATION
By:
Name:
Title:
The undersigned, as Depository, hereby certifies that the above
described account has been established under Account Number __________, at the
office of the depository indicated above, and agrees to honor withdrawals on
such account as provided above. The amounts deposited at any time in the account
will be insured to the maximum amount provided by applicable law by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
____________________________
(Name of Depository)
By:__________________________
Name:_____________________
Title:____________________
EXHIBIT D
[OMITTED]
EXHIBIT E
[OMITTED]
EXHIBIT E(1)
WIRING INSTRUCTIONS FORM
_______________, 19__
[Paying Agent]
[Trustee]
________________________
________________________
Re: The Money Store SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1997-1,
[CLASS A] [CLASS B] NUMBER ____
Dear Sir:
In connection with the sale of the above-captioned Certificate by
___________________________________ to ___________________________________,
("Transferee") you, as Paying Agent, are instructed to make all remittances to
Transferee as Certificateholder as of ____________, 19__ by wire transfer. For
such wire transfer, the wiring instructions are as follows:
___________________________
___________________________
________________________________
Transferee
Certificateholder's mailing address:
Name:
Address:
EXHIBIT F-1
FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION
_____________ , 1996
[Sellers]
[Servicer]
[SBA]
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement
The Money Store SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate
Certificates, Series 1997-1, dated
as of August 31, 1997 among The Money
Store Investment Corporation, The Money
Store of New York, Inc., The Money Store
Inc. and Marine Midland Bank, as Trustee
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.05 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), the undersigned, as Trustee, hereby
certifies that, except as noted on the attachment hereto, if any (the "Loan
Exception Report"), it has received each of the documents required to be
delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Agreement (not including the
original SBA Notes relating to the SBA ss. 7(a) Loans, which are to be delivered
to the FTA) with respect to each [Initial] [Subsequent] SBA Loan listed in the
SBA Loan Schedule and the documents contained therein appear to bear original
signatures.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any such documents
beyond the review specifically required in the above-referenced Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
The Trustee makes no representations as to: (i) the validity,
legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any such documents or
any of the SBA Loans identified on the SBA Loan Schedule, or (ii) the
collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such SBA Loan.
MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
as Trustee
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT F-2
FORM OF FINAL CERTIFICATION
[date]
[Servicer]
[Seller]
[SBA]
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, The Money Store
SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable Rate Certificates,
Series 1997-1, dated as of August 31, 1997
among The Money Store Investment Company,
The Money Store of New York, Inc.,
The Money Store Inc. and Marine Midland Bank,
As Trustee
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.05 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Trustee, hereby certifies that, except
as noted on the attachment hereto, as to each SBA Loan listed in the SBA Loan
Schedule (other than any SBA Loan paid in full or listed on the attachment
hereto) it has reviewed the documents delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.04
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and has determined that (i) all such
documents are in its possession, (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it
and have not been mutilated, damaged, torn or otherwise physically altered and
relate to such SBA Loan and (iii) based on its examination, and only as to the
foregoing documents, the information set forth in the SBA Loan Schedule
respecting such SBA Loan is correct. The SBA has made no independent examination
of such documents beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The SBA makes no
representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, enforceability or genuineness
of any such documents contained in each or any of the Loans identified on the
SBA Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or
suitability of any such SBA Loan.
MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
as Trustee
By:________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT G
[OMITTED]
EXHIBIT H
SBA LOAN SCHEDULE
[NOT ATTACHED]
EXHIBIT I
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
To: [Trustee]
[FTA]
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
The Money Store SBA Loan-Backed Adjustable
Rate Certificates, Series 1997-1,
Dated as of August 31, 1997
In connection with the administration of the pool of SBA Loans held by
you, we request the release, and acknowledge receipt, of the (Trustee's SBA
File/[specify document]) for the SBA Loan described below, for the reason
indicated.
OBLIGOR'S NAME, ADDRESS & ZIP CODE:
SBA LOAN NUMBER:
REASON FOR REQUESTING DOCUMENTS (check one)
____ 1. SBA Loan Paid in Full
(Servicer hereby certifies that all amounts received
in connection therewith have been credited to the
Principal and Interest Account and remitted to the
Trustee for deposit into the Certificate Account
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.)
____ 2. SBA Loan Liquidated
(Servicer hereby certifies that all proceeds of
foreclosure, insurance or other liquidation have been
finally received and credited to the Principal and
Interest Account and remitted to the Trustee for
deposit into the Certificate Account pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.)
____ 3. SBA Loan in Foreclosure
_____4. SBA Loan Repurchased Pursuant to Section 11.01
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
_____5. SBA Loan Repurchased or Substituted Pursuant to
Article II or III of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (Servicer hereby
certifies that the repurchase price or
Substitution Adjustment has been credited to
the Principal and Interest Account and/or
remitted to the Trustee for deposit into the
Certificate Account pursuant to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.)
____ 6. Collateral Being Released Pursuant to Section
5.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
____ 7. SBA Loan Collateral being substituted or
subordinated.
If box 1 or 2 above is checked, and if all or part of the Trustee's
SBA File was previously released to us, please release to us our previous
receipt on file with you, as well as any additional documents in your possession
relating to the above specified SBA Loan.
If box 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 above is checked, upon our return of all of the
above documents to you, please acknowledge your receipt by signing in the space
indicated below, and returning this form.
THE MONEY STORE INVESTMENT
CORPORATION, as Servicer
BY:______________________
Name:
Date:
Documents returned to Trustee:
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Trustee
By:____________________________
Date:__________________________
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF LIQUIDATION REPORT
Customer Name:
Account number:
Original Principal Balance:
1. Unguaranteed Percentage of Liquidation Proceeds
Principal Prepayment $________
Property Sale Proceeds ________
Insurance Proceeds ________
Other (Itemize) ________
Unguaranteed Percentage of
Total Proceeds $_______
2. Servicing Advances $________
Monthly Advances ________
Total Advances $_______
3. Net Liquidation Proceeds $_______
(Line 1 minus Line 2)
4. Principal Balance of the SBA
Loan on date of liquidation $_______
5. Realized (Loss) or Gain $_______
(Line 3 minus Line 4)
EXHIBIT K
FORM OF DELINQUENCY REPORT
DELINQUENCY AND FORECLOSURE INFORMATION
RANGES # GROSS GROSS CERT. UNGTD
SERIES (IN DAYS) ACCT AMOUNT PCT AMOUNT PCT
1 TO 29 DAYS
30 TO 59 DAYS
60 TO 89 DAYS
90 TO 179 Days
180 to 719 Days
720 AND OVER
FORECLOSURE
REO PROPERTY
DELINQUENCY
OUTSTANDING
EXHIBIT L
SERVICER'S MONTHLY COMPUTER TAPE FORMAT
The computer tape to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section
6.09 shall contain the following information for each SBA Loan as of the related
Record Date:
1. Name of the Obligor, address of the Mortgaged Property,
if applicable, and Account Number.
2. The SBA Loan Interest Rate.
3. The Monthly Payment.
4. The dates on which the payments were received for
the applicable Due Period and the amount of such
payments segregated into the following categories;
(a) total interest received (including Servicing
Fee, interest payable to holder of the Guaranteed
Interest, the Premium Protection Fee, FTA's Fee,
Excess Spread, Extra Interest and, if applicable,
Additional Fee); (b) interest payable to the holder
of the Guaranteed Interest and FTA's Fee; (c) principal
and Excess Payments received; (d) Curtailments received;
and (e) Principal Prepayments received.
5. The SBA Loan principal balance.
6. The SBA Loan date and original term to maturity.
7. A "Delinquency Flag" noting that the SBA Loan is current
or delinquent. If delinquent, state the date on which the
last payment was received.
8. For any SBA Loan that is not either 24 months delinquent
or otherwise determined to be uncollectible, a
"Foreclosure Flag" noting that the
SBA Loan is the subject of foreclosure proceedings.
9. For any SBA Loan that is not either 24 months delinquent
or otherwise determined to be uncollectible, an "REO
Flag" noting that the Mortgaged Property is an REO
Property.
10. A "Liquidated SBA Loan Flag" noting that the SBA Loan is
a Liquidated SBA Loan and the Net Liquidation Proceeds
received in connection therewith.
11. Any additional information reasonably requested by the
Trustee.
EXHIBIT M
MULTI-PARTY AGREEMENT
AMONG THE MONEY STORE INVESTMENT CORPORATION, THE MONEY
STORE OF NEW YORK, INC, MARINE MIDLAND BANK, XXXXXX SERVICES
CORP. AND SBA
This Multi-Party Agreement is entered into as of August 31, 1997 (this
"Agreement"), by and among The Money Store Investment Corporation ("TMSIC"), The
Money Store of New York, Inc. ("MSNY") (each, individually, an "SBA Lender" and
collectively "SBA Lenders"), Marine Midland Bank, as Trustee ("Trustee"), Xxxxxx
Services Corp. ("FTA"), and the United States Small Business Administration
("SBA").
Each SBA Lender has made and intends to continue to make loans to
small businesses under the Small Business Act, as amended ("SBA Lender Loans").
SBA guarantees a portion of each SBA Lender Loan in accordance with 13
C.F.R. Part 120 and a Small Business Administration Loan Guaranty Agreement (SBA
Form 750), dated August 13, 1980, between SBA and TMSIC ("the SBA Agreement").
Because SBA guarantees a portion of each SBA Lender Loan, SBA has an
interest in the SBA Lender Loans, the underlying collateral, and Loan Documents.
Each SBA Lender has entered into certain Secondary Participation
Guaranty Agreements on SBA Form 1086 (each, a "Participation Agreement") with a
purchaser (each, a "Guaranteed Holder"), SBA and FTA. Under the Participation
Agreements, each SBA Lender has sold the guaranteed portion (the "Guaranteed
Interest") in certain SBA Lender Loans (the "Loan Pool"). SBA has caused FTA to
issue a certificate to each Guaranteed Holder which entitles the Guaranteed
Holder to receive the payments and other recoveries of principal relating to the
Guaranteed Interest on the related SBA Lender Loans, together with interest on
the Guaranteed Interest at a per annum rate in effect from time to time in
accordance with the Participation Agreement.
The SBA Lenders, The Money Store Inc. and the Trustee have entered
into a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 31, 1997 (the "Pooling
and Servicing Agreement") which establishes a trust (the "Trust"). Under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each SBA Lender will convey the Conveyed
Interest to the Trust. The Trust will issue certificates (the "Certificates")
evidencing the right to receive the Unguaranteed Interest in the SBA Lender
Loans in the Loan Pool together with interest.
13 C.F.R. Section 120.420 and the SBA Agreement require the SBA
Lenders to obtain SBA's written consent before they sell the Unguaranteed
Interest.
The SBA Lenders, the Trustee and SBA want to assure consistency
between the SBA Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and clarify
the respective rights of the parties.
SBA Lenders, Trustee, FTA and SBA agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. In this Agreement, the
following terms have the following meanings:
a. "Conveyed Interest": the Unguaranteed
Interest plus the amount by which the interest
collected by the Servicer on the principal portion of
the Guaranteed Interest of each SBA Lender Loan in
the Loan Pool exceeds the sum of (a) the interest
payable to the Registered Holder, (b) the fees
payable to SBA and FTA and (c) the Premium Protection
Fee.
b. "Event of Default": as defined in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
c. "Loan Documents": all Notes, mortgages,
deeds of trust, security deeds, security
agreements, instruments of hypothecation, guarantees
and other agreements and documents that relate to the
SBA Lender Loans.
d. "Notes": the notes evidencing the SBA
Lender Loans in the Loan Pool.
e. "Premium Protection Fee": 0.6% per
annum of the then outstanding principal balance
of the Guaranteed Interest.
f. "SBA Lender Loan Debtor": any debtor
obligated under an SBA Lender Loan.
g. "SBA Rules and Regulations": the Small
Business Act, as amended, the SBA Agreement, all
rules and regulations promulgated from time to time
under the Small Business Act, and SBA Standard
Operating Procedures and official Notices as from
time to time in effect.
h. "Servicer": the Servicer (as defined in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, as
applicable, the Subservicer (as defined in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement).
i. "Unguaranteed Interest": the portion of
each SBA Lender Loan in the Loan Pool not
guaranteed by SBA.
2. SBA'S GUARANTEED INTEREST. Each of the SBA Lenders, Trustee (on
behalf of itself and the holders of the Certificates) and FTA acknowledges SBA's
interest in the Guaranteed Interest of all SBA Lender Loans, together with the
collateral securing the SBA Lender Loans and the Loan Documents and agree to
recognize and uphold such interest under SBA Rules and Regulations. SBA Lenders
and Trustee will execute any release, assignment, endorsement or other document
that SBA may from time to time reasonably request with respect to the Guaranteed
Interest. Each SBA Lender and Trustee will remit funds it receives in respect of
the Guaranteed Interest in the SBA Lender Loans to FTA or SBA, as required. If
SBA purchases the Guaranteed Interest in any SBA Lender Loan, any recoveries
from the SBA Lender Loan Debtor or the collateral underlying the SBA Lender Loan
will be distributed pro rata to SBA as holder of the Guaranteed Interest and to
Trustee as holder of the Unguaranteed Interest.
3. UNGUARANTEED INTEREST. SBA acknowledges that it has no interest in
the Conveyed Interest or the Premium Protection Fee. SBA further acknowledges
that it has no interest in any collateral that secures any SBA Lender Loan or
any Loan Document, except to the extent the collateral secures or a Loan
Document relates to the Guaranteed Interest. The collateral for an SBA Lender
Loan secures the Guaranteed Interest and the Unguaranteed Interest pari passu.
If SBA receives any amount in respect of the Conveyed Interest, SBA will remit
the sum to Trustee for the credit of the SBA Lenders, provided that in no event
will SBA have any obligation to pay any interest not owed by SBA under SBA Rules
and Regulations. If SBA receives any amount in respect of the Premium Protection
Fee, SBA will remit the sum to TMSIC for distribution to itself or MSNY, as
applicable. This Agreement constitutes a notice of claims assignment for the
full term of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement under the Federal Assignment of
Claims Act of 1940, as amended, 31 U.S.C. Section 3727, with respect to any
right to payment of any Unguaranteed Interest or the Premium Protection Fee.
4. SBA CONSENT TO LENDER AGREEMENT. (a) SBA consents to SBA Lenders'
execution and performance of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the
transactions contemplated in it including, but not limited to, the sales of
Certificates.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, a default by either SBA Lender under another agreement
or a default by an entity other than SBA Lenders under another agreement may not
be an event of default under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Trustee waives
any rights it may have, including rights of set- off and banker's liens, to any
account of either SBA Lender into which payments from SBA Lender Loan Debtors
are received and the Principal and Interest Account (as defined in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement).
5. SBA LENDERS TO RETAIN ULTIMATE RISK OF LOSS. As required by 13
C.F.R. Section 120.420(b)(2), each SBA Lender must retain an economic risk in
and bear the ultimate risk of loss on the Unguaranteed Interest. SBA Lenders
will establish the Spread Account under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
6. PREMIUM PROTECTION FEE. Each SBA Lender will retain the Premium
Protection Fee with respect to its SBA Lender Loans.
7. RESTRICTION ON USE OF SBA LENDER LOANS. Neither SBA Lender will use
the SBA Lender Loans or the collateral supporting the SBA Lender Loans for any
borrowing or other financing not related to financing of the guaranteed or
unguaranteed portions of the SBA Lender Loans.
8. FTA TO HOLD ORIGINAL SBA LENDER NOTES; POSSESSION OF LOAN
DOCUMENTS. (a) SBA Lenders will deliver all original Notes to FTA prior to the
issuance of the Certificates. Each Note will be endorsed by means of an allonge
(an endorsement of the Note constituting a separate piece of paper) as follows:
"Pay to the order of Marine Midland Bank, and its successors and assigns, as
trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 31, 1997,
for the benefit of the United States Small Business Administration and the
holders of The Money Store SBA Loan Backed Certificates, Series 1997-1, Class A
and Class B as their respective interests may appear, without recourse." Upon
receiving the Note, FTA will deliver to the SBA Lenders and the Trustee a
receipt for such Note in the form of Exhibit 1.
(b) The Notes are being delivered to FTA for the purposes of
protecting the SBA's and the Certificateholders' respective interests. SBA
appoints FTA as its fiscal and transfer agent and each of SBA and Trustee
appoint FTA as its agent to hold the Notes. FTA does not and will not during the
term of this Agreement have any interest in the SBA Lender Loans in the Loan
Pool or the related Loan Documents.
(c) FTA will not release any Note to either SBA Lender or any other
person except (i) upon receipt from an SBA Lender of a Request for Release of
Note in the form of Exhibit 3, along with a confirmation of release from the
Trustee, or (ii) with SBA's prior written consent. Upon receipt of the required
request and confirmation or consent, FTA shall release, within 3 Business Days,
the related Note.
(d) Upon reasonable notice to FTA, SBA will have the right during
normal business hours to inspect the original Notes at FTA's office.
(e) SBA Lenders will deliver to the Trustee the Loan Documents and
assignments of Loan Documents in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. All instruments of assignment shall assign the applicable collateral
to "Marine Midland Bank, ("Assignee") its successors and assigns, as trustee
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 31, 1997, subject
to the Multi-Party Agreement dated as of August 31, 1997". All financing
statements will name the Trustee as secured party. Any power of attorney from
either SBA Lender to Trustee must require the Trustee to deal with the
collateral in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and this Agreement.
(f) If the Servicer or the SBA must be the record owner or secured
party with respect to any Note or any collateral securing any Note for any
purpose including, without limitation, to liquidate (including by any judicial
means) or otherwise pursue remedies against any SBA Lender Loan Debtor, Trustee
will assign such Note or collateral to the Servicer, or SBA, as necessary.
9. SERVICING OF SBA LENDER LOANS. TMSIC will service the SBA Lender
Loans in the Loan Pool, provided that MSNY may service the SBA Lender Loans it
originated. Any servicing actions required of TMSIC under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or this Agreement may be performed by MSNY, but performance
by MSNY will not limit or reduce TSMIC's obligations or liabilities as Servicer
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or this Agreement. The Servicer will
remit funds to which the Guaranteed Holders or SBA is entitled in accordance
with the terms of the Participation Agreements, and will remit funds which are
required to be remitted to the Trustee to the Trustee in accordance with the
terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. TMSIC must proceed with all
collection, enforcement of remedies and liquidation actions against SBA Lender
Loan Debtors in default in accordance with SBA Rules and Regulations. TMSIC must
perform all servicing activities in accordance with SBA Rules and Regulations,
the Participation Agreements and, to the extent there is no conflict, the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Property acquired through foreclosure or deed
in lieu of foreclosure will be titled in the name of the Trustee for the benefit
of the SBA and the holders of the Certificates, as their interests may appear,
subject to the terms of this Agreement. TMSIC will continue to administer such
property and will be responsible for its disposition in accordance with the
terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. TMSIC will distribute disposition
proceeds to the SBA, as party in interest with respect to the Guaranteed
Interest, and to the Trustee in respect of the Unguaranteed Interest, PRO RATA.
SBA may, at its option, assume servicing of any SBA Lender Loan in accordance
with SBA Rules and Regulations. Prior to an Event of Default, Trustee will not
take (i) any action regarding the servicing of any SBA Lender Loan or (ii) any
action with respect to any SBA Lender Loan Debtor or any collateral securing any
SBA Lender Loan.
10. DEFAULT UNDER POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. Trustee will give
SBA prompt written notice of an Event of Default and prompt written notice of
any termination of TMSIC as Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Upon an Event of Default and termination of TMSIC as Servicer in accordance with
the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Trustee may be substituted as
Servicer so long as Trustee is then an approved SBA participating lender in good
standing, operating under a current Small Business Administration Loan Guaranty
Agreement (Deferred Participation) (Form 750). If the Trustee does not meet that
condition or is otherwise unable to act or if SBA requests in writing, the
Trustee will appoint another Servicer in accordance with the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. Any successor Servicer must agree to be bound by the terms
of this Agreement and must execute an agreement in the form of Exhibit 2. Any
substitute Servicer will be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee (as defined in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and the Premium Protection Fee.
11. TRANSFEREES. Other than the issuance of the Certificates, Trustee
will not sell, participate, pledge, hypothecate, enter into any repurchase
agreement with respect to, or otherwise transfer any of its interest in any SBA
Lender Loan or any Note without SBA's prior written consent. The proposed
transferee must be an approved SBA participating lender in good standing,
operating under a current Small Business Administration Loan Guaranty Agreement
(Deferred Participation) (Form 750) and must be acceptable to SBA. Upon
consenting to any proposed transfer, SBA will give FTA prompt written notice.
Any transferee must agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
12. SBA LENDER ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF CONTINUING OBLIGATION; NO ASSUMPTION
OF LIABILITIES. No action taken by Trustee, SBA or a Servicer under this
Agreement, the SBA Agreement, or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will
release or relieve either SBA Lender of any of its obligations to SBA or
Trustee. None of SBA, Trustee, FTA or a Servicer will incur any liability or
obligation to either SBA Lender by reason of any reasonable or customary action
taken in carrying out the provisions of this Agreement. Neither the execution of
this Agreement, nor the taking of any action by Trustee, SBA, FTA or a servicer
under this Agreement will be an assumption by Trustee, SBA, FTA or a Servicer of
any liabilities or obligations of either SBA Lender. The provisions of this
Section will survive termination of this Agreement.
13. FTA'S AND SBA'S LIMITED LIABILITY AND EXPENSES. (a) FTA may rely
upon any signature, notice, certificate, or other document reasonably believed
by it to be genuine and to have been signed by SBA or Trustee. SBA Lenders will
assume liability for and indemnify, protect, and hold harmless FTA from any
liabilities or losses arising out of this Agreement, except in the case of FTA's
gross negligence or willful misconduct. SBA Lenders will reimburse FTA for all
expenses, taxes, and other charges that FTA incurs in administering this
Agreement. SBA Lenders will pay FTA its standard fee for its services under this
Agreement. In performing its obligations under this Agreement, FTA will not
follow instructions from any party other than SBA or, pursuant to Section 8(c),
upon the request of an SBA Lender and concurring instructions of the Trustee.
SBA Lenders will not hold FTA liable for any action taken in accordance with
such instructions.
(b) SBA may rely on any signature, notice, certificate, request or
other document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
by any party to this Agreement. SBA Lenders will assume liability for and
indemnify, protect and hold harmless SBA from all liabilities or losses arising
out of this Agreement, except in the case of gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Upon request by SBA, SBA Lenders will reimburse SBA for all expenses
and other charges that SBA incurs in connection with this Agreement.
(c) The provisions of this Section 13 shall survive any termination of
this Agreement.
14. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts each of which will be an original.
15. INCONSISTENCIES. If any provision of this Agreement is
inconsistent with any provision in any other agreement, including but not
limited to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the provision of this Agreement
controls. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any agreements entered into in
connection with such agreement are amended to the extent necessary to give
effect to the prior sentence. The SBA Agreement is amended to provide that FTA
will hold the Notes that are transferred pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and that Trustee may hold the Loan Documents as provided in this
Agreement.
16. AMENDMENT AND TERM. This Agreement may not be terminated or
amended without the prior written consent of the parties. Neither the SBA
Agreement nor the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended in any manner
that would impair the respective rights of the SBA or the Trustee under this
Agreement without the prior written consent of the party so affected.
17. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement will be interpreted and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its
conflict of laws rules.
18. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement binds and benefits the
parties and their respective successors and assigns.
19. SECTION HEADINGS. The section headings in this Agreement are for
convenience only, and are without substantive meaning or content.
20. SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction will be given no effect and shall not
invalidate any other provision of this Agreement.
21. NOTICES AND DELIVERIES. Except as otherwise expressly provided in
this document, all notices or deliveries under this Agreement will be given by
actual delivery to the parties at the addresses below or to such other addresses
that any party may designate for itself by written notice to each of the other
parties. All notices will be effective upon receipt by the applicable party.
If to either SBA Lender, at:
The Money Store Investment Corporation
0000 X Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000-X
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
Telecopy No.:
Attention:
If to Trustee, at:
Marine Midland Bank
000 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
If to FTA, at:
Xxxxxx Services Corp.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: President
If to SBA, at:
U.S. Small Business Administration
000 0xx Xxxxxx, X.X.
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attn: Associate Administrator for
Financial Assistance
In witness whereof SBA Lenders, Trustee, FTA, and SBA have
executed this Agreement below.
THE MONEY STORE INVESTMENT
CORPORATION
By:___________________
THE MONEY STORE OF NEW YORK, INC.
By:___________________
MARINE MIDLAND BANK , as Trustee
By:_____________________
UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
By:______________________
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
XXXXXX SERVICES CORP.
By:________________
EXHIBIT 1
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF NOTE
________, 1997
In accordance with Section 8 of the Multi-Party Agreement, dated as of
August 31, 1997, by and among The Money Store Investment Corporation, The Money
Store of New York, Inc., Marine Midland Bank, Xxxxxx Services Corp. ("Xxxxxx")
and the United States Small Business Administration ("SBA"), Xxxxxx, as agent
for SBA, hereby acknowledges receipt of the SBA guaranteed Note described below
with respect to the following:
MAKER:
ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
DATE OF NOTE:
SBA LOAN NUMBER (GP NUMBER):
TMSIC ACCOUNT NUMBER:
XXXXXX SERVICES CORP.,
AS AGENT FOR THE UNITED STATES
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
By:_______________________________
Its:______________________________
INSTRUCTIONS TO XXXXXX SERVICES CORP. One original executed copy of this receipt
should be made available for pick-up at the office of Xxxxxx or delivered to
Marine Midland Bank, as trustee, 000 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, and a copy The Money Store Investment Corporation, 0000 Xx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000.
EXHIBIT 2
The undersigned consent and agree to be bound by the terms of
foregoing Multi-Party Agreement.
________________________________
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT 3
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF NOTE
_____________, 1997
Xxxxxx Services Corp.
As Agent for the United States
Small Business Administration
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
In accordance with Section 8(c) of the Multi-Party Agreement dated as
of August 31, 1997 by and among The Money Store Investment Corporation, The
Money Store of New York, Inc., Marine Midland Bank, Xxxxxx Services Corp.
("Xxxxxx") and the United States Small Business Administration ("SBA") and,
subject to your receipt of concurrence from Marine Midland Bank, as Trustee, The
Money Store Investment Corporation hereby requests release of the Note described
below:
OBLIGOR'S NAME AND ADDRESS:
SBA LOAN NUMBER (GP NUMBER):
Reason for Requesting Note
(ONE OF THESE MUST BE CHECKED)
____1. SBA Loan Paid in Full
____2. SBA Loan Liquidated
____3. SBA Loan in Foreclosure
____4. SBA Loan repurchased pursuant to Section 11.01 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 31,
1997, relating to The Money Store SBA Loan- Backed
Adjustable Rate Certificates, Series 1997-1 (The "Pooling
and Servicing Agreement")
____5. SBA Loan repurchased or substituted pursuant to Article
II or Article III of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
____6. Collateral being released pursuant to Section 5.01(f)
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
____7. SBA Loan collateral being substituted or subordinated
THE MONEY STORE
INVESTMENT CORPORATION
By: ________________________
Its: ________________________
EXHIBIT N
SPREAD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT
This Spread Account Agreement is dated as of September 29, 1997 (the
"Agreement") among TMS SBA Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Spread
Account Depositor (the "Spread Account Depositor"), Marine Midland Bank, as
trustee (the "Trustee"), and Marine Midland Bank, in its capacity as custodian
hereunder (the "Spread Account Custodian"). All capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement referred to below.
WHEREAS, The Money Store Investment Corporation and The Money Store of
New York, Inc. (collectively the "Sellers"), The Money Store Inc., and Marine
Midland Bank, in its capacity as Trustee, have entered into a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 31, 1997 (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), in connection with the establishment of a Trust (the "Trust") and
the issuance of The Money Store SBA Loan-Backed, Adjustable Rate Certificates,
Series 1997-1, representing an undivided beneficial ownership interest in the
Trust;
WHEREAS, the Spread Account Depositor wishes to establish the Spread
Account (the "Account") with the Spread Account Custodian, to be used in
accordance with the provisions of Section 6.02 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Spread Account Custodian herein agrees to maintain the
Account in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. DEFINITIONS. In addition to those terms defined in the
pooling and Servicing Agreement and otherwise herein, the following words and
phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following
meanings:
"Account Property" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3 hereof.
"Account" has the meaning set forth in the second
WHEREAS clause hereof.
"Certificated Securities" has the meaning set
forth in Section 8-102(l)(a) of the UCC.
"Clearing Corporation" has the meaning set forth
in Section 8-102(3) of the UCC.
"Delivery" when used with respect to Account
Property means:
(i) with respect to Certificated Securities,
bankers' acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable
certificates of deposit and other obligations that
constitute Instruments and are susceptible of
physical delivery (collectively, the "Physical
Property"), transfer thereof into the possession of
the Spread Account Custodian, or a bailee who has
received notice from the Sellers and the Spread
Account Custodian of the Spread Account Custodian's
security interest in such Physical Property, or a
Financial Intermediary acting with
respect to such Physical Property on behalf of the
Spread Account Custodian, provided that any such
Physical Property that is in registered form has been
registered in the name of the Spread Account
Custodian or the Financial Intermediary or the
nominee of either of them, delivery by the Financial
Intermediary taking possession of a Physical Property
of a confirmation to the Spread Account Custodian of
the receipt of the Physical Property and
identification by book-entry or other equivalent
means of such Physical Property as belonging to the
Spread Account Custodian and the making by the Spread
Account Custodian of entries in its books and records
establishing that it holds such Account Property
solely as Spread Account Custodian under the terms of
this Agreement;
(ii) with respect to any type of Account Property
that is a book-entry security held through the
Federal Reserve System pursuant to federal book-entry
regulations, the following procedures, all in
accordance with applicable law, including applicable
federal regulations and Articles VIII and IX of the
UCC: book-entry registration of such Account Property
to an appropriate book-entry account maintained with
a Federal Reserve Bank by the Spread Account
Custodian or by another Depositary acting on behalf
of the Spread Account Custodian and issuance to the
Spread Account Custodian or such Depositary, as the
case may be, of a deposit advice or other written
confirmation of such book-entry registration; the
delivery of a confirmation by the Depositary to the
Spread Account Custodian of such book-entry
registration to the Depositary and the making by the
Depositary of entries in its books and records
identifying such book-entry
security held through the Federal Reserve
System pursuant to federal book-entry regulations as
belonging to the Spread Account Custodian and
indicating that the Depositary holds such Account
Property solely as agent for the Spread Account
Custodian, and the making by the Spread Account
Custodian of entries in its books and records
establishing that it holds such Account Property
solely as Spread Account Custodian under the terms of
this Agreement; and such additional or alternative
procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to
effect complete transfer to ownership of any such
Account Property to the Spread Account Custodian,
consistent with changes in applicable law or
regulations or the interpretation thereof;
(iii) with respect to any type of Account Property
that is a Certificated or Uncertificated
Security which is subject to the control of a
Clearing Corporation, (x) the making of appropriate
entries on the books of such Clearing
Corporation, decreasing the account of the
transferor by the amount of such Clearing
Corporation's Securities and increasing the
appropriate account of the Spread Account Custodian
or the Financial Intermediary on behalf
of the Spread Account Custodian maintained at such
Clearing Corporation by the amount of such
Securities, (y) the issuance by the Clearing
Corporation to the Spread Account Custodian or the
Financial Intermediary of a written confirmation of
the registration of such Securities to an account of
the Spread Account Custodian of Financial
Intermediary and (z) the delivery of a confirmation
by the Financial Intermediary to the Spread Account
Custodian of such registration to the account of the
Financial Intermediary and the making by the
Financial Intermediary of entries in its books and
records identifying such Securities held through the
Clearing Corporation as belonging to the Spread
Account Custodian and indicating that the Financial
Intermediary holds such Account Property solely for
the Spread Account Custodian, and the making by the
Spread Account Custodian of entries in its books and
records establishing that it holds such Account
Property solely as Spread Account Custodian under the
terms of this Agreement; and
(iv) with respect to any item of Account Property
that is an Uncertificated Security under
Article VIII of the UCC and that is not governed
by clause (ii) or (iii) above, registration of
the transfer to and interest in such Account Property
by the Spread Account Custodian or its nominee by the
issuer of such Account Property.
"Depositary" has the meaning set forth in 31 C.F.R.
306.118 or similar federal regulations governing the transfer
of securities issued by the United States Treasury which are
maintained in book-entry form.
"Financial Intermediary" has the meaning set
forth in Section 8-313(4) of the UCC.
"Instruments" has the meaning set forth in Section
9-105(l)(ii) of the UCC but excludes any "instruments" that
are "certificated securities" as defined in Section 8-102(l)
(a) of the UCC.
"Physical Property" has the meaning set forth in
clause (i) of the definition of "Delivery" in this
Section 1.
"UCC" means the New York Uniform Commercial Code.
"Uncertificated Security" has the meaning set
forth in Section 8-102(1)(b) of the UCC.
Section 2. APPOINTMENT OF SPREAD ACCOUNT CUSTODIAN. The Spread Account
Depositor and the Trustee hereby appoint Marine Midland Bank as their agent
under this Agreement to act on their behalf in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement with respect to their interests in the Account and all amounts and
investments deposited therein or credited thereto. Marine Midland Bank hereby
accepts and acknowledges its appointment as agent on behalf of the Spread
Account Depositor and the Trustee.
Section 3. PLEDGE OF SECURITY INTEREST. The Spread Account Depositor
hereby assigns, sells, conveys and transfers to the Spread Account Custodian and
its successors and assigns, and grants thereto a security interest in, all of
its right, title and interest in and to all amounts payable to the Spread
Account pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Account, all amounts deposited therein or credited thereto, from time to time,
and all proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, all other
amounts and investments held from time to time in the Account (whether in the
form of deposit accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities,
Uncertificated Securities, or otherwise) in consideration of its right to
receive Excess Spread in accordance with Section 6.02 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (all of the foregoing, collectively, the "Account
Property"), to have and to hold all the aforesaid property, rights and
privileges unto the Spread Account Custodian, its successors and assigns, in
trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, subject to the
terms and provisions, set forth in this Agreement. The Spread Account Custodian
hereby acknowledges such transfer and, upon receipt, shall hold and distribute
the Account Property in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.
Section 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ACCOUNT. In consideration of its right
to receive Excess Spread in accordance with Section 6.02 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the Spread Account Depositor hereby establishes and shall
hereafter maintain with the Spread Account Custodian the Account as a separate
trust account to include the money and other property deposited and held therein
pursuant hereto. The Account shall be a segregated trust account maintained in
New York and initially established with the Spread Account Custodian and
maintained with the Spread Account Custodian in the Corporate Trust Department
of the Spread Account Custodian. The Spread Account Custodian acknowledges the
interest of the Trustee in the Account, as set forth herein and in Article VI of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Spread Account Custodian further
acknowledges and agrees that (i) any deposits to the Account shall be made
solely by the Servicer or the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02(a) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) any withdrawals from the Account shall be
made by the Spread Account Custodian solely upon instructions therefor given by
the Trustee as specifically set forth in Section 6.02(b) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the Seller and the Servicer and the Spread
Account Depositor shall have no rights to receive any amounts in the Account
other than as specifically set forth herein and in Section 6.02(b) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 5. DELIVERY OF ACCOUNT PROPERTY. With respect to the Account
Property, the Spread Account Depositor and the Spread Account Custodian agree
that:
(a) Any Account Property that is held in deposit
accounts shall be held solely in the name of the
Spread Account Custodian in the Corporate Trust Department of
the Spread Account Custodian. Each such deposit account shall
be subject to the exclusive custody and control of the Spread
Account Custodian, and the Spread Account Custodian shall have
the sole signature authority with respect thereto.
(b) Any Account Property that constitutes Physical
Property shall be delivered to the Spread Account Custodian in
accordance with paragraph (i) of the definition of "Delivery"
in Section 1 hereof and shall be held, pending maturity or
disposition, solely
by the Spread Account Custodian, a Financial Intermediary
acting solely for the Spread Account Custodian or a bailee to
whom the Seller and the Spread Account Custodian have given
notice of the Spread Account Custodian's security interest in
such Account Property.
(c) Any Account Property that is a book-entry
security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to
federal book-entry regulations shall be delivered in
accordance with paragraph (ii) of the definition of "Delivery"
in Section 1 hereof and shall
be maintained by the Spread Account Custodian and any
other Depositary acting on behalf of the Spread
Account Custodian, pending maturity or disposition, through
continued book-entry registration of such Account Property as
described in such paragraph.
(d) Any Account Property that is a Certificated or
Uncertificated Security subject to the control of a
Clearing Corporation shall be delivered to the Spread Account
Custodian or a Financial Intermediary for the benefit of the
Spread Account Custodian in accordance with paragraph (iii)
of the definition of "Delivery"
in Section 1 hereof and shall be maintained by the Spread
Account Custodian or a Financial Intermediary for the benefit
of the Spread Account Custodian, pending maturity or
disposition, through continued registration of such Account
Property as described in such paragraph.
(e) Any Account Property that is an Uncertificated
Security under Article 8 of the UCC and that is not
governed by clause (c) or (d) above shall be delivered to the
Spread Account Custodian in accordance with paragraph (iv) of
the definition of "Delivery" in Section 1 hereof and shall be
maintained by the Spread Account Custodian, pending maturity
or disposition, through continued registration of the Spread
Account Custodian's (or its nominee's) interest
in such security on the books of the issuer thereof.
(f) Effective upon Delivery of any Account Property
in the form of Physical Property, book-entry securities, or
Uncertificated Securities, the Spread Account Custodian shall
be deemed to have represented that it has purchased such
Account Property for value,
in good faith and without actual notice or actual knowledge
prior to or on the date of transfer of any adverse claims,
liens or encumbrances (including, without limitation, any
liens arising under the Code or ERISA) thereto.
Section 6. INVESTMENT. Amounts held in the Account shall be invested
in Permitted Instruments in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.06 of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such investments shall be made in the
name of the Spread Account Custodian or its nominee, and all income and gain
realized thereon shall be retained in the Account until withdrawals are
permitted under Section 6.02(b)(iii) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 7. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT. On or before each Determination Date,
the Spread Account Custodian shall deliver to the Trustee, the Insurer, the
Servicer and the Spread Account Depositor an Officer's Certificate of the Spread
Account Custodian setting forth, as of such date, (i) the amount on deposit in
the Account, (ii) the activity in the Account for the preceding month and (iii)
the amount of any income or gain (or loss) on amounts held in the Account.
Section 8. TERMINATION. This Agreement shall terminate upon the
termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with their
terms. Upon termination of this Agreement, any amounts on deposit in the Account
shall be paid by the Spread Account Custodian to the Spread Account Depositor in
accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 9. AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be amended by the Spread
Account Depositor and the Spread Account Custodian with the consent of the
Trustee and the Insurer. The parties hereto agree to make any changes to this
Agreement required by Xxxxx'x or Xxxx & Xxxxxx in order to obtain an
investment-grade rating.
Section 10. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts,
each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such
counterparts, together, shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
SECTION 11. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAW.
Section 12. NOTICES. All demands, notices and communications upon or
to the Spread Account Depositor, the Servicer, the Insurer, the Spread Account
Custodian or the Trustee under this Agreement shall be in writing, personally
delivered or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be
deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of the Spread
Account Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee, at the addresses therefor set
forth in Section 13.06 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (b) in the case
of the Spread Account Custodian, at 000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, 12th
Floor, Attention: Corporate Trust Department; and (c) in the case of the Spread
Account Depositor, c/o The Money Store Investment Corporation, 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000.
Section 13. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. If any one or more of the
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason
whatsoever held invalid, then such agreements, provisions or terms shall be
deemed severable from the remaining agreements, provisions or terms of this
Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other
provisions of this Agreement.
Section 14. ASSIGNMENT; BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement may not be assigned by the
Spread Account Depositor Spread Account Custodian without the prior written
consent of the Trustee and the Insurer. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement
will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and the
Trustee and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Spread Account Depositor, the Insurer and the
Spread Account Custodian have caused this Spread Account Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.
Marine Midland Bank,
as Trustee
By_____________________________
Authorized Officer
MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
as Spread Account Custodian
By_______________________________
TMS SBA HOLDINGS, INC.,
as Spread Account Depositor
By_______________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
