CWHEQ, INC. Depositor COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. Sponsor and Master Servicer CWHEQ REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-G Trust THE BANK OF NEW YORK Indenture Trustee SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT Dated as of August 15, 2007 REVOLVING HOME...
EXHIBIT
99.1
EXECUTION
COPY
CWHEQ,
INC.
Depositor
COUNTRYWIDE
HOME LOANS, INC.
Sponsor
and Master Servicer
CWHEQ
REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST,
SERIES
2007-G
Trust
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK
Indenture
Trustee
________________________________
Dated
as
of August 15, 2007
________________________________
REVOLVING
HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET BACKED NOTES,
SERIES
2007-G
Page
ARTICLE
I
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Definitions
and Other Provisions of General Application
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Section
1.01 Definitions.
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Section
1.02 Other Terms.
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Section
1.03 Rules of Construction.
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Section
1.04 Interest Calculations.
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ARTICLE
II
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Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans; Tax Treatment
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Section
2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans; Retention of Obligation to
Fund
Advances Under Credit Line Agreements.
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Section
2.02 Acceptance by Indenture Trustee.
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Section
2.03 Representations, Warranties, and Covenants Regarding the
Master
Servicer.
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Section
2.04 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Mortgage Loans;
Retransfer of Certain Mortgage Loans.
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Section
2.05 Covenants of the Depositor.
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Section
2.06 Transfers of Mortgage Loans at Election of the Holder of
the Class
R-1 Certificates.
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Section
2.07 Retransfers and Transfer Deficiencies.
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Section
2.08 Tax Reporting.
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Section
2.09 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.
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Section
2.10 Substitution and Repurchase Opinions.
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ARTICLE
III
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Administration
and Servicing of Mortgage Loans
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Section
3.01 The Master Servicer.
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Section
3.02 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments; Establishment
of
Accounts.
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Section
3.03 Deposits to Payment Account.
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Section
3.04 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Property Protection
Expenses.
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Section
3.05 Assumption and Modification Agreements.
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Section
3.06 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Repurchase of
Certain
Mortgage Loans.
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Section
3.07 Indenture Trustee to Cooperate.
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Section
3.08 Servicing Compensation; Payment of Certain Expenses by Master
Servicer.
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Section
3.09 Annual Statement as to Compliance.
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Section
3.10 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
the
Mortgage Loans.
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Section
3.11 Maintenance of Certain Servicing Insurance Policies.
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ARTICLE
IV
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Servicing
Certificate
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Section
4.01 Servicing Certificate.
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Section
4.02 [Reserved]
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Section
4.03 Optional Advances of the Master Servicer.
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Section
4.04 Statements to Noteholders.
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ARTICLE
V
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The
Master Servicer, the Sponsor, and the Depositor
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Section
5.01 Liability of the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, and the
Depositor.
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Section
5.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations
of, the
Master Servicer or the Depositor.
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Section
5.03 Limitation on Liability of the Master Servicer and
Others.
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Section
5.04 Master Servicer not to Resign.
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Section
5.05 Delegation of Duties.
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Section
5.06 Indemnification by the Master Servicer.
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ARTICLE
VI
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Servicing
Termination
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Section
6.01 Events of Servicing Termination.
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Section
6.02 Indenture Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
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Section
6.03 Notification to Noteholders and the Transferor.
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ARTICLE
VII
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Exchange
Act Reporting
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Section
7.01 Filing Obligations.
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Section
7.02 Form 10-D Filings.
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Section
7.03 Form 8-K Filings.
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Section
7.04 Form 10-K Filings.
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Section
7.05 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification.
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Section
7.06 Form 15 Filing.
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Section
7.07 Report on Assessment of Compliance And Attestation.
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Section
7.08 Use of Subservicers and Subcontractors.
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Section
7.09 Amendments.
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ARTICLE
VIII
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Termination
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Section
8.01 Termination.
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Section
8.02 Additional Termination Requirements.
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ARTICLE
IX
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Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Section
9.01 Amendment.
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Section
9.02 Governing Law.
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Section
9.03 Notices.
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Section
9.04 Severability of Provisions.
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Section
9.05 [Reserved]
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Section
9.06 Third-Party Beneficiaries.
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Section
9.07 Counterparts; Electronic Delivery.
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Section
9.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
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EXHIBIT
A - MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
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A-1
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EXHIBIT
B - FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
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B-1
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EXHIBIT
C – [RESERVED]
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X-0
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XXXXXXX
X - XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
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X-0
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EXHIBIT
E-1 - FORM OF PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATION
(SUBSERVICER)
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EXHIBIT
E-2 - FORM OF PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATION (INDENTURE
TRUSTEE)
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EXHIBIT
F - FORM OF SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT
OF
COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
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F-1
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EXHIBIT
G - XXXXXXXX-XXXXX CERTIFICATION (REPLACEMENT OF MASTER
SERVICER)
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EXHIBIT
H - FORM OF RELIANCE CERTIFICATE
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H-1
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This
Sale
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2007, among CWHEQ, Inc.,
as
depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as sponsor and master servicer,
CWHEQ
Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-G, and The Bank of New
York, as
Indenture Trustee,
Witnesseth
That:
The
parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
and Other Provisions of General Application
Section
1.01 Definitions.
Unless
the context requires a different meaning, capitalized terms are used
in this
Agreement as defined in the Master Glossary of Defined Terms attached
as Annex 1
to the Indenture dated as of the date hereof between CWHEQ Revolving
Home Equity
Loan Trust, Series 2007-G and The Bank of New York, as indenture
trustee.
Section
1.02 Other
Terms.
Defined
terms used in this Agreement are sometimes defined after their first
use without
a reference such as “(as hereinafter defined).”
Section
1.03 Rules
of Construction.
Except
as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or unless the context
clearly
requires otherwise:
(a) Defined
terms include, as appropriate, all genders and the plural as well as
the
singular.
(b) References
to designated articles, sections, subsections, exhibits, and other subdivisions
of this Agreement, such as “Section 6.12 (a),” refer to the designated
article, section, subsection, exhibit, or other subdivision of this Agreement
as
a whole and to all subdivisions of the designated article, section, subsection,
exhibit, or other subdivision. The exhibits and other attachments to
this
Agreement are a part of this Agreement. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto,”
“hereunder,” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular article, section, exhibit, or other subdivision
of this Agreement.
(c) Any
term
that relates to a document or a statute, rule, or regulation includes
any
amendments, modifications, supplements, or any other changes that may
have
occurred since the document, statute, rule, or regulation came into being,
including changes that occur after the date of this Agreement. References
to law
are not limited to statutes. References to statutes include any rules
or
regulations promulgated under them by a governmental authority
charged
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with
the
administration of the statute. Any reference to any person includes references
to its successors and assigns.
(d) Any
party
may execute any of the requirements under this Agreement either directly
or
through others, and the right to cause something to be done rather than
doing it
directly shall be implicit in every requirement under this Agreement.
Unless a
provision is restricted as to time or limited as to frequency, all provisions
under this Agreement are implicitly available from time to time.
(e) The
term
“including” and all its variations mean “including but not limited to.” Except
when used in conjunction with the word “either,” the word “or” is always used
inclusively (for example, the phrase “A or B” means “A or B or both,” not
“either A or B but not both”).
(f) A
reference to “a [thing]” or “any [of a thing]” does not imply the existence or
occurrence of the thing referred to even though not followed by “if any,” and
“any [of a thing]” is any and all of it. A reference to the plural of anything
as to which there could be either one or more than one does not imply
the
existence of more than one (for instance, the phrase “the obligors on a note”
means “the obligor or obligors on a note”). “Until [something occurs]” does not
imply that it must occur, and will not be modified by the word “unless.” The
word “due” and the word “payable” are each used in the sense that the stated
time for payment has passed. The word “accrued” is used in its accounting sense,
i.e., an amount paid is no longer accrued. In the calculation of amounts
of
things, differences and sums may generally result in negative numbers,
but when
the calculation of the excess of one thing over another results in zero or
a
negative number, the calculation is disregarded and an “excess” does not exist.
Portions of things may be expressed as fractions or percentages interchangeably.
The word “shall” is used in its imperative sense, as for instance meaning a
party agrees to something or something must occur or exist.
(g) All
accounting terms used in an accounting context and not otherwise defined,
and
accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement, to the extent not
completely
defined, shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States. To the extent that the definitions of
accounting terms in this Agreement are inconsistent with their meanings
under
generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions in this Agreement
shall control. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement without definition
that
are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant jurisdiction
are used
in this Agreement as defined in that Uniform Commercial Code.
(h) In
the
computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified
date
or an open-ended period, the words “from” and “beginning” mean “from and
including,” the word “after” means “from but excluding,” the words “to” and
“until” mean “to but excluding,” and the word “through” means “to and
including.” Likewise, in setting deadlines or other periods, “by” means “on or
before.” The words “preceding,” “following,” and words of similar import, mean
immediately preceding or following. References to a month or a year refer
to
calendar months and calendar years.
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(j) Any
reference to the enforceability of any agreement against a party means
that it
is enforceable against the party in accordance with its terms, subject
to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, and other similar
laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general
equity principles.
Section
1.04 Interest
Calculations.
All
calculations of interest on the Asset Balance of a Mortgage Loan under
this
Agreement are on a daily basis using a 365-day year. All calculations
of
interest on the Notes are on the basis of the actual number of days in
an
Interest Period and a year of 360 days. The calculation of the Servicing
Fee is
on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. All
dollar
amounts calculated under this Agreement are rounded to the nearest cent
with
one-half of one cent being rounded down.
ARTICLE
II
Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans; Tax Treatment
Section
2.01 Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans; Retention of Obligation to Fund Advances Under Credit
Line
Agreements.
(a) Concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Depositor hereby
transfers to the Trust without recourse (subject to Sections 2.02 and
2.04) all
of its right, title, and interest in
(1) each
Mortgage Loan, including its Asset Balance (including all Additional
Balances),
the related Mortgage File, all property that secures the Mortgage Loan,
and all
collections received on it after the Cut-off Date (excluding payments
due by the
Cut-off Date);
(2) property
that secured a Mortgage Loan that is acquired by foreclosure or deed
in lieu of
foreclosure;
(3) the
Depositor’s rights under the Purchase Agreement;
(4) the
Depositor’s rights under the hazard insurance policies;
(5) all
rights under any guaranty executed in connection with a Mortgage
Loan;
(6) all
other
assets included or to be included in the Trust for the benefit of the
Secured
Parties; and
(7) all
proceeds of the foregoing.
This
transfer to the Trust is to the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
and each
reference in this Agreement to this transfer shall be construed
accordingly.
(b) [RESERVED].
(c) Additional
Balances; Future Fundings. Additional Balances shall be part of the Asset
Balance and are hereby transferred to the Trust on the Closing Date for
the
Mortgage
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Loans
pursuant to this Section 2.01, and therefore are part of the Trust property.
Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust nor the Indenture Trustee assumes
the
obligation under any Credit Line Agreement that provides for the funding
of
future advances to the mortgagor under it, and neither the Trust nor
the Owner
Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee may fund these future advances.
(d) Delayed
Delivery. In connection with the transfer under Section 2.01(a) by the
Depositor, the Depositor shall effect delivery of the Mortgage Loan Schedule
to
the Trust and the Indenture Trustee by the Closing Date and delivery
of the
Mortgage Files to the Trust, and the Trust shall deliver them to the
Indenture
Trustee,
(1) no
later
than the Closing Date, with respect to no less than 50% of the Mortgage
Loans,
(2) no
later
than the twentieth day after the Closing Date, with respect to no less
than 40%
of the Mortgage Loans in addition to those delivered on the Closing Date,
and
(3) within
thirty days following the Closing Date, with respect to the remaining
Mortgage
Loans.
In
lieu
of delivery of original documentation, the Depositor may deliver documents
that
have been imaged optically on delivery of an opinion of counsel to the
Indenture
Trustee that the imaged documents are enforceable to the same extent
as the
originals and do not impair the enforceability of the transfer to the
Trust of
the Mortgage Loans, if the retention of the imaged documents in the delivered
format will not result in a reduction in the then current rating of the
Notes.
(e) Xxxx
Records. The Sponsor hereby confirms to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee, on behalf of itself and any other Seller, that each Seller has
caused
the portions of the Electronic Ledgers relating to the Mortgage Loans
to be
clearly and unambiguously marked, and has made the appropriate entries
in its
general accounting records, to indicate that the Mortgage Loans have
been
transferred to the Trust at the direction of the Depositor. The Master
Servicer
hereby confirms to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee that it
has
clearly and unambiguously made appropriate entries in its general accounting
records indicating that those Mortgage Loans constitute part of the Trust
and
are serviced by it on behalf of the Trust in accordance with this
Agreement.
(f) UCC
Filings. The Depositor and the Trust agree (subject to Section 2.01(h))
to
effect any actions and execute any documents necessary to perfect and
protect
the Trust’s, the Indenture Trustee’s and the Secured Parties’ interests in each
Cut-off Date Asset Balance and Additional Balances and their proceeds,
including
filing all necessary Continuation Statements for the UCC1 Financing Statements
filed in the State of Delaware (which shall have been filed by the Closing
Date)
describing the Cut-off Date Asset Balances and Additional Balances and
naming
the Depositor as debtor and the Trust as secured party or naming the
Trust as
debtor and the Indenture Trustee as secured party and any amendments
to UCC1
Financing Statements required to reflect a change in the UCC or in the
name or
organizational structure of the
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Depositor
or the Trust or the filing of any additional UCC1 Financing Statements
due to
the change in the state of organization of the Depositor or the Trust
(within 30
days of any event necessitating the filing).
(g) Sponsor
Rating Downgrade. If either an Event of Servicing Termination has occurred
and not been waived or the long term senior unsecured corporate debt
rating of
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. falls below “BBB” by Standard & Poor’s or
“Baa2” by Xxxxx’x, then as promptly as practicable but in any case within 90
days of the event, the Master Servicer shall, at its expense,
either
(x) request
that the Indenture Trustee deliver to it the original Assignment of Mortgage
previously delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01(d)
and then record the Assignment of Mortgage in favor of the Indenture
Trustee
(which may be a blanket assignment if permitted by applicable law) in
the
appropriate real property or other records,
(y) deliver
to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Indenture
Trustee to the effect that recording is not required to protect the Indenture
Trustee’s interest in the related Mortgage Loan or, in case a court should
recharacterize the sale of the Mortgage Loans as a financing, to perfect
a first
priority Security Interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee in the related
Mortgage Loan, which Opinion of Counsel also shall be reasonably acceptable
to
each of the Rating Agencies (as evidenced in writing) or
(z) cause
the MERS® System to indicate (and provide evidence to the Indenture Trustee that
it has done so) that the Mortgage Loans have been assigned by the Trust
to the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with this Agreement for the benefit of
the
Noteholders by including (or deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans
that are
repurchased in accordance with this Agreement) in the MERS computer files
(a)
the appropriate code that identifies the Indenture Trustee
in the field for identifying the assignee and (b) the
appropriate code that has been assigned to identify the Notes to the
MERS®
System in the field “Pool Field” identifying the Notes issued in connection with
the Mortgage Loans.
(h) Sale
Treatment. The transfer of the Mortgage Loans is a sale by each Seller to
the Depositor and by the Depositor to the Trust of all of each Seller’s and then
all the Depositor’s interest in the Mortgage Loans and other property described
above. From the time the Notes are issued until such time as all or a
portion of
the Notes are sold to one or more unaffiliated parties, each Seller will
report
the transfer of the Mortgage Loans and the related Additional Balances
to the
Depositor as a transfer of assets in exchange for beneficial interests
in the
form of asset-backed securities and servicing rights. If the transfer
were to be
characterized as a transfer for security and not as a sale, however,
then the
Depositor hereby grants to the Trust a Security Interest in all of the
Depositor’s right, title, and interest in the Mortgage Loans whether existing
now or in the future, all monies due or to become due on the Mortgage
Loans, and
all their proceeds; and this Agreement shall constitute a Security Agreement
under applicable law.
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Section
2.02 Acceptance
by Indenture Trustee.
(a) On
the
Closing Date, the Custodian shall execute and deliver to the Depositor,
the
Master Servicer, and the Sponsor the Initial Certification pursuant to
the
Custodial Agreement. If Mortgage Files have been delivered after the
Closing
Date pursuant to Section 2.01(d), the Custodian shall execute and deliver
to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, and the Sponsor a Delay Delivery Certification
pursuant to the Custodial Agreement within the period specified in the
Custodial
Agreement. Within 180 days after the Closing Date the Custodian shall
deliver to
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, and the Sponsor a Final Certification
pursuant to the Custodial Agreement. The Sponsor shall correct any defect
noted
in the Final Certification within 90 days of its receipt and in no event
later
than 270 days after the Closing Date.
(b) Upon
the
satisfaction of the requirements of Section 2.07, all interest of the
Trust in a
Mortgage Loan shall automatically be retransferred no later than the
270th day
after the
Closing Date without recourse, representation, or warranty to the Sponsor
and
the Asset Balance of the Mortgage Loan shall be deducted from the Loan
Pool
Balance, if
(1) the
Indenture Trustee does not receive the Mortgage File for any Mortgage
Loan as
required by Section 2.01(d),
(2) the
time
to correct any defect in the Mortgage Loan noted on the Final Certification
has
expired,
(3) the
Trust
ever incurs any loss on the Mortgage Loan because any document in its
Mortgage
File is defective, or
(4) an
Assignment of Mortgage to the Indenture Trustee has not been recorded
in
accordance with Section 2.01(g) and the Mortgage Loan is not registered on
the MERS® System.
Subject
to the prior satisfaction of the requirements of Section 2.07, the Owner
Trustee
shall execute any documents of transfer presented by the Sponsor, without
recourse, representation, or warranty, and take any other actions reasonably
requested by the Sponsor to effect the transfer by the Trust of the Defective
Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section as promptly as practical.
The
sole
remedy of the Secured Parties, the Transferor, the Owner Trustee, and
the
Indenture Trustee against the Sponsor for the transfer of a Defective
Mortgage
Loan to the Trust is the Sponsor’s obligation to accept a transfer of a
Defective Mortgage Loan and to convey an Eligible Substitute Mortgage
Loan or to
make a deposit of any Transfer Deposit Amount into the Collection Account
in
accordance with Section 2.07.
Promptly
following the transfer of any Defective Mortgage Loan from the Trust
pursuant to
this Section or Section 2.07, the Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage
Loan
Schedule, deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Indenture
Trustee,
and make appropriate entries in its general account records to reflect
the
transfer. Following the retransfer, the Master Servicer shall appropriately
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its records to indicate that it is no longer servicing the Mortgage Loan
on
behalf of the Trust. The Sponsor shall appropriately xxxx its
Electronic
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Ledger
and make appropriate entries in its general account records to reflect
the
transfer promptly following the transfer.
(c) The
Sponsor shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee any documents required
to be held
by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 2.01 with respect to
any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall determine
the
Transfer Deposit Amount in any Collection Period during which the Sponsor
substitutes Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans and the Sponsor shall
deposit
that amount in the Collection Account at the time of substitution. All
amounts
received on the Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans during the Collection
Period
in which the circumstances giving rise to their transfer to the Trust
occur
shall not be a part of the Trust and shall not be deposited by the Master
Servicer in the Collection Account. All amounts received on a removed
Defective
Mortgage Loan during the Collection Period in which the circumstances
giving
rise to its transfer to the Trust occur shall be a part of the Trust
and shall
be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Collection Account. An Eligible
Substitute Mortgage Loan will be subject to the terms of this Agreement
in all
respects when transferred to the Trust, and the Sponsor hereby makes
the
representations, warranties, and covenants in Section 2.04 with respect to
the Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan as of the date of
substitution.
(d) The
Custodian shall retain possession of each Mortgage File on behalf of
the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Custodial Agreement. The Master
Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Indenture Trustee the originals
of any
other documents constituting the Mortgage File coming into its possession
on
their execution or receipt. Any documents to be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee under this Agreement may be delivered to the Custodian acting
on behalf
of the Indenture Trustee.
Section
2.03 Representations,
Warranties, and Covenants Regarding the Master
Servicer.
The
Master Servicer represents and warrants to the Indenture Trustee that
as of the
Closing Date:
(1) The
Master Servicer is a New York corporation, validly existing and in good
standing
under the laws of the State of New York, and has the corporate power
to own its
assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged.
The Master
Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and
is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of its business
or any
properties owned or leased by it requires such qualification and in which
the
failure so to qualify would have a material adverse effect on the business,
properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the Master
Servicer.
(2) The
Master Servicer has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver,
and
perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated under
this
Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize
the
execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement. When executed
and
delivered, this Agreement will constitute a valid and legally binding
obligation
of the Master Servicer enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
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(3) The
Master Servicer is not required to obtain the consent of any other party
or any
consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration or
declaration
with, any governmental authority, bureau, or agency in connection with
the
execution, delivery, performance, validity, or enforceability of this
Agreement,
except for consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations, or registrations
or
declarations that have been obtained or filed, as the case may be, before
the
Closing Date.
(4) The
execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by the Master
Servicer
will not violate any existing law or regulation or any order or decree
of any
court applicable to the Master Servicer or the certificate of incorporation
or
bylaws of the Master Servicer, or constitute a material breach of any
mortgage,
indenture, contract, or other agreement to which the Master Servicer
is a party
or by which the Master Servicer may be bound.
(5) No
litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal,
or
governmental body is currently pending, or to the knowledge of the Master
Servicer threatened, against the Master Servicer or any of its properties
or
with respect to this Agreement, the Indenture, or the Notes that in the
opinion
of the Master Servicer has a reasonable likelihood of resulting in a
material
adverse effect on the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(6) If
any
Mortgage Loan has been registered on the MERS® System, the Master Servicer is a
member of MERS in good standing.
The
Master Servicer covenants that it will fully furnish, in accordance with
the
Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate
and
complete information (i.e., favorable and unfavorable) on its credit
files for
the related Mortgagor for each Mortgage Loan to Equifax, Experian, and
Trans
Union Credit Information Company on a monthly basis.
The
representations, warranties, and covenants in this Section shall survive
the
transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust. Upon discovery of a breach
of any
representation, warranty, or covenant that materially and adversely affects
the
interests of the Transferor or the Noteholders the person discovering
the breach
shall give prompt notice to the other parties. The Master Servicer shall
cure in
all material respects any breach of any representation, warranty, or
covenant
within 90 days of becoming aware of it or, if the Mortgage Loan represents
a
“qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860(a)(3) of the Code (but
without regard to the rule in Treasury Regulation § 1.860G-2(f)(2) that treats a
defective obligation as a qualified mortgage, or any substantially similar
successor provision) and if a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee
consents, any longer period specified in the consent.
Section
2.04 Representations
and Warranties Regarding the Mortgage Loans; Retransfer of Certain
Mortgage
Loans.
(a) The
Sponsor by this reference repeats and incorporates in this Agreement
each
representation and warranty made by it (as a Seller) in Section 3.02(a)
and (b)
of the Purchase Agreement (other than Section 3.02(a)(1) and (2)) to
the
Indenture Trustee and the Trust and, in
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addition,
represents and warrants to the Indenture Trustee and the Trust that as
of the
Cut-off Date, unless specifically stated otherwise:
(1) As
of the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans, or the applicable
date
of substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
this
Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Sponsor,
enforceable against the Sponsor in accordance with its terms.
(2) As
of the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans, or the applicable
date
of substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
either
(A) the
Purchase Agreement constitutes a valid transfer to the Depositor of all
right,
title, and interest of the Sellers in the applicable Mortgage Loans,
all
collections received from the Mortgage Loans after the Cut-off Date (excluding
payments due by the Cut-off Date), all proceeds of the applicable Mortgage
Loans, and any funds from time to time deposited in the Collection Account
and
in the Payment Account and all other property specified in Section 2.01(a)
or (b), as applicable, and this Agreement constitutes a valid transfer
to the
Trust of the foregoing property such that, on execution of this Agreement,
it is
owned by the Trust free of all liens and other encumbrances, and is part
of the
corpus of the Trust conveyed to the Trust by the Depositor, and upon
payment for
the Additional Balances, the Purchase Agreement and this Agreement will
constitute a valid transfer to the Trust of all right, title, and interest
of
the Sellers in the Additional Balances, all monies due or to become due
on them,
all proceeds of the Additional Balances, and all other property specified
in
Section 2.01(a) relating to the Additional Balances free of all liens and
other encumbrances, or
(B) the
Purchase Agreement or this Agreement, as appropriate, constitutes a Grant
of a
Security Interest to the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust in the
property
described in clause (A) above and the Indenture constitutes a Grant of
a
Security Interest to the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral. The Indenture
Trustee has a first priority perfected Security Interest in the Collateral,
subject to the effect of Section 9-315 of the UCC with respect to
collections on the Mortgage Loans that are deposited in the Collection
Account
in accordance with the next to last paragraph of Section 3.02(b), and if
this Agreement constitutes the Grant of a Security Interest in the property
described in clause (A) above to the Trust, the Trust has a first priority
perfected Security Interest in the property, subject to the same limitations.
This Security Interest is enforceable as such against creditors of and
purchasers from the Trust, the Depositor, and each Seller.
(b) If
the substance of any representation and warranty in this Section made
to the
best of the Sponsor’s knowledge or as to which the Sponsor has no knowledge is
inaccurate and the inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the interest
of
the Trust or the Noteholders in the
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related
Mortgage Loan then, notwithstanding that the Sponsor did not know the
substance
of the representation and warranty was inaccurate at the time the representation
or warranty was made, the inaccuracy shall be a breach of the applicable
representation or warranty.
(c) The
representations and warranties in this Section shall survive delivery
of the
respective Mortgage Files to the Custodian pursuant to the Custodial
Agreement
and the termination of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 5.04 or 6.02. If the Sponsor, the Depositor, the
Master
Servicer, or a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee discovers
a breach
of any of the foregoing representations and warranties, without regard
to any
limitation concerning the knowledge of the Sponsor, that materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee under
the
Indenture, or the Noteholders in the Mortgage Loan, the party discovering
the
breach shall give prompt notice to the other parties.
(d) The
Sponsor shall use all reasonable efforts to cure in all material respects
any
breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties (other
than a
breach of the representation and warranty in Section 2.04 by virtue of
the
repetition of Section 3.02(a)(5) of the Purchase Agreement) within 90
days of
becoming aware of it or, not later than the Business Day before the Payment
Date
in the month following the Collection Period in which the cure period
expired
(or any later date that the Indenture Trustee consents to), all interest
of the
Trust in the Defective Mortgage Loan shall, subject to the satisfaction
of the
requirements of Section 2.07, automatically be retransferred without
recourse,
representation, or warranty to the Sponsor and the Asset Balance of the
Mortgage
Loan shall be deducted from the Loan Balance.
The
cure
for any breach of a representation and warranty relating to the characteristics
of the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate shall be a repurchase of or substitution
for only the Mortgage Loans necessary to cause the characteristics to
comply
with the related representation and warranty.
Subject
to the prior satisfaction of the requirements of Section 2.07, the Owner
Trustee
shall execute any documents of transfer presented by the Sponsor, without
recourse, representation, or warranty, and take any other actions reasonably
requested by the Sponsor to effect the transfer by the Trust of the Defective
Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section as promptly as practical.
Promptly
following the transfer of any Defective Mortgage Loan from the Trust
pursuant to
this Section, the Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Indenture Trustee,
and make
appropriate entries in its general account records to reflect the transfer.
Following the retransfer, the Master Servicer shall appropriately xxxx
its
records to indicate that it is no longer servicing the Mortgage Loan
on behalf
of the Trust. The Sponsor shall appropriately xxxx its Electronic Ledger
and
make appropriate entries in its general account records to reflect the
transfer
promptly following the transfer.
(e) The
sole remedy of the Secured Parties, the Indenture Trustee on behalf of
Secured
Parties, and the Owner Trustee against the Sponsor for the breach of
a
representation or
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warranty
(other than the representation and warranty in Section 2.04(a) by virtue of
the repetition of Section 3.02(a)(5) of the Purchase Agreement) is the
Sponsor’s
obligation to accept a transfer of a Mortgage Loan as to which a breach
has
occurred and is continuing and to make any required deposit in the Collection
Account or to substitute an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan.
(f) If
the representation and warranty in Section 2.04(a) by virtue of the
repetition of Section 3.02(a)(5) of the Purchase Agreement is breached,
the
transfer of the affected Mortgage Loans to the Trust shall be void and
the
Sponsor shall pay to the Trust the sum of (i) the amount of the related
Asset
Balances, plus accrued interest on each Asset Balance at the Loan Rate
to the
date of payment and (ii) the amount of any loss or expense incurred by
the
Transferor, the Noteholders, or the Trust with respect to the affected
Mortgage
Loans. The Indenture Trustee may enforce the Sponsor’s obligations under this
Section in its own right or as the owner of the Trust’s right to seek
enforcement as the assignee of the Trust’s rights under this Agreement pursuant
to the Indenture.
(g) [RESERVED]
(h) The
Sponsor shall defend and indemnify the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee,
and
the Secured Parties against all reasonable costs and expenses, and all
losses,
damages, claims, and liabilities, including reasonable fees and expenses
of
counsel and the amount of any settlement entered into with the consent
of the
Sponsor (this consent not to be unreasonably withheld), that may be asserted
against or incurred by any of them as a result of any third-party action
arising
out of any breach of a representation and warranty.
Section
2.05 Covenants of the
Depositor.
The
Depositor covenants that:
(a) Security
Interests. Except for the transfer under this Agreement, the Depositor will
not transfer any Mortgage Loan to any other person, or create or suffer
to exist
any Lien on any Mortgage Loan or any interest in one, whether existing
now or in
the future; the Depositor will notify the Indenture Trustee of the existence
of
any Lien on any Mortgage Loan immediately on its discovery; and the Depositor
will defend the right, title, and interest of the Trust in the Mortgage
Loans,
whether existing now or in the future, against all claims of third parties
claiming through the Depositor. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit
the
Depositor from suffering to exist on any Mortgage Loan any Liens for
municipal
or other local taxes and other governmental charges if the taxes or governmental
charges are not due at the time or if the Depositor is contesting their
validity
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and has set aside on its books
adequate
reserves with respect to them.
(b) Negative
Pledge. The Depositor shall not transfer or grant a Security Interest
in
the Transferor Certificates except in accordance with Section 3.10 of the
Trust Agreement.
(c) Additional
Indebtedness. So long as the Notes are outstanding the Depositor will not
incur any debt other than debt that (i) is non-recourse to the assets
of the
Depositor other than the mortgage loans specifically pledged as security
for the
debt, (ii) is subordinated in
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right
of
payment to the rights of the Noteholders, or (iii) is assigned a rating by
each of the Rating Agencies that is the same as the then current rating
of the
Notes.
(d) Downgrading.
The Depositor will not engage in any activity that would result in a
downgrading
of the Notes.
(e) Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation. The Depositor will not amend its
Certificate of Incorporation or state of incorporation without prior
notice to
the Rating Agencies and the Indenture Trustee.
Section
2.06 Transfers of Mortgage Loans at Election of
the Holder of the Class R-1 Certificates.
Subject
to the conditions below, the holder of the Class R-1 Certificates may
require
the transfer of Mortgage Loans from the Trust to the holder of the Class
R-1
Certificates as of the close of business on a Payment Date (the
“Transfer Date”) in an amount not in excess of the Net
Draws. In connection with any transfer, the related Net Draws shall be
reduced
by the aggregate Asset Balances as of the Transfer Date of the Mortgage
Loans
transferred. Not more than 90 days, but not less than 45 days before
the
Transfer Date designated in the notice, the holder of the Class R-1 Certificates
shall give the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies,
and
the Master Servicer, a notice of the proposed transfer that contains
a list of
the Mortgage Loans to be transferred. These transfers of Mortgage Loans
shall be
permitted if the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) No
Rapid Amortization Event has occurred,
(2) On
the Transfer Date
(A) the
Transferor Interest (after giving effect to the removal of the Mortgage
Loans
proposed to be transferred) exceeds
(B) the
Required Transferor Subordinated Amount.
(3) The
transfer of any Mortgage Loans on any Transfer Date during the Managed
Amortization Period shall not, in the reasonable belief of the holder
of the
Class R-1 Certificates, cause a Rapid Amortization Event to occur or
an event
that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a Rapid Amortization
Event.
(4) The
Class R-1 Certificateholder shall have held the Class R-1 Certificates
for a
period of one year preceding the Transfer Date and not exercised the
option to
receive Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Section 2.06 on either
of the two
Payment Dates immediately preceding the Transfer Date.
(5) The
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans to be transferred on
a
Transfer Date shall be not less than $500,000.
(6) By
the Transfer Date, the holder of the Class R-1 Certificates shall have
delivered
to the Indenture Trustee a revised Mortgage Loan Schedule, reflecting
the
proposed transfer and the Transfer Date, and the Master Servicer shall
have
marked the
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Electronic
Ledger to show that the Mortgage Loans transferred to the holder of the
Class
R-1 Certificates are no longer owned by the Trust.
(7) The
holder of the Class R-1 Certificates shall represent and warrant that
the
Mortgage Loans to be removed from the Trust were selected randomly.
(8) In
connection with each transfer of Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Section,
each
Rating Agency shall have received notice of the proposed transfer of
Mortgage
Loans and, before the Transfer Date, each Rating Agency shall have notified
in
writing the holder of the Class R-1 Certificates and the Indenture Trustee
that
the transfer of Mortgage Loans would not result in a reduction or withdrawal
of
its then current rating of the Notes.
(9) The
holder of the Class R-1 Certificates shall have delivered to the Owner
Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the items in
subparagraphs (1) through (8) inclusive, have been performed or are true,
as the
case may be. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may conclusively
rely
on the Officer’s Certificate, shall have no duty to make inquiries with regard
to the matters in it, and shall incur no liability in so relying.
(10) an
Opinion of Counsel is furnished to the Indenture Trustee that the transfer
will
not result in a tax on any REMIC created under the Trust Agreement pursuant
to
the REMIC Provisions or cause any REMIC created under the Trust Agreement
to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Securities are
outstanding.
(11) On
or after the Stepdown Date, the holder of the Class R-1 Certificates
shall pay
the purchase price of any transferred Mortgage Loan allocated to the
Transferor
Interest for the benefit of the Class C Certificates subject to the terms
of the
Trust Agreement.
Upon
receiving the requisite information from the holder of the Class R-1
Certificates, the Master Servicer shall perform in a timely manner those
acts
required of it, as specified above. Upon satisfaction of the above conditions,
on the Transfer Date the Indenture Trustee shall effect delivery to the
holder
of the Class R-1 Certificates the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan
being so
transferred, and the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver to the
holder
of the Class R-1 Certificates any other documents prepared by the holder
of the
Class R-1 Certificates reasonably necessary to transfer the Mortgage
Loans to
the holder of the Class R-1 Certificates. This transfer of the Trust’s interest
in Mortgage Loans shall be without recourse, representation, or warranty
by the
Indenture Trustee or the Trust to the holder of the Class R-1
Certificates.
Section
2.07 Retransfers and Transfer
Deficiencies.
(a) The
Indenture Trustee shall determine if reducing the Loan Pool Balance by
the Asset
Balance of any retransferred Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02(b)
or
2.04(d) would cause a Transfer Deficiency. If so, the Indenture Trustee
shall
notify the Sponsor of the deficiency, and the Sponsor shall transfer
to the
Trust within five Business Days (but only if the transfer occurs within
two
years of the Closing Date) Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans or
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deposit
into the Collection Account an amount in immediately available funds
equal to
the amount of the Transfer Deficiency reduced by the Asset Balance of
any
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans transferred to the Trust (the
“Transfer Deposit Amount”).
(b) The
Sponsor shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee any documents required
to be held
by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 2.01 with respect to
any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans.
(c) All
amounts received on Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans during the Collection
Period in which the circumstances giving rise to their transfer to the
Trust
occur shall not be a part of the Trust and shall not be deposited by
the Master
Servicer in the Collection Account.
All
amounts received on a removed Defective Mortgage Loan during the Collection
Period in which the circumstances giving rise to its transfer to the
Trust occur
shall be a part of the Trust and shall be deposited by the Master Servicer
in
the Collection Account.
(d) An
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan will be subject to the terms of this
Agreement
in all respects when transferred to the Trust, and the Sponsor hereby
makes the
representations, warranties, and covenants in Section 2.04 with respect to
the Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan as of the date of its transfer
to the
Trust.
(e) Promptly
following the transfer of any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan to the
Trust
pursuant to this Section, the Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage
Loan
Schedule, deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Indenture
Trustee,
and make appropriate entries in its general account records to reflect
the
transfer. The Sponsor shall appropriately xxxx its Electronic Ledger
and make
appropriate entries in its general account records to reflect the transfer
promptly following the transfer.
Section
2.08 Tax Reporting.
(a) The
Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement will prepare and
file all
tax reports required under this Agreement on behalf of the Trust, including
tax
reporting and withholding required by Sections 1445 and 6050J of the
Code with
respect to foreclosures and abandonments, the tax reporting required
by Section
6050H of the Code with respect to the receipt of mortgage interest from
individuals, and any tax reporting required by Section 6050P of the Code
with
respect to the cancellation of indebtedness by certain financial entities,
by
preparing any tax and information returns required and delivering them
to the
Owner Trustee for filing.
(b) The
Indenture Trustee will act as agent on behalf of the Trust with respect
to
certain tax matters pursuant to Section 9.06 of the Indenture.
(c) If
any tax is imposed on “prohibited transactions” of any REMIC as defined in
Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the “net income from foreclosure property” of
a REMIC as defined in section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution
to a
REMIC after the Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code,
or any
other tax is imposed on any REMIC (including any federal, state, or local
tax),
the tax shall be paid by
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●
the Indenture Trustee, if the tax arises out of a breach by the Indenture
Trustee of any of its obligations described in Section 9.06(b) of the
Indenture,
● the
Master Servicer, in the case of any minimum tax imposed on any REMIC
pursuant to
Sections 23153 and 24874 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code,
or if the
tax arises out of a breach by the Master Servicer or a Seller of any
of their
obligations under any Transaction Document,
● the
Seller, if the tax arises out of the Seller’s obligation to repurchase a
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02(b) or 2.04(d), or
● in
all other cases, or if any liable party fails to honor its obligations
to pay
the tax as provided above, the tax will be paid
First,
from amounts otherwise to be distributed on the Class C Certificates
pursuant to
the Trust Agreement,
Second,
from amounts otherwise to be distributed on the Class R-1 Certificates
pursuant
to the Trust Agreement, and
Third,
from amounts otherwise to be distributed on the Notes as provided in
the
Indenture.
Section
2.09 Representations and Warranties of the
Depositor.
The
Depositor represents and warrants to the Indenture Trustee on behalf
of the
Noteholders as follows:
(1) This
Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Depositor,
enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms.
(2) Immediately
before the sale and assignment by the Depositor to the Trust of each
Mortgage
Loan, the Depositor was the sole beneficial owner of each Mortgage Loan
(insofar
as the title was conveyed to it by the Sellers) subject to no prior lien,
claim,
participation interest, mortgage, Security Interest, pledge, charge,
or other
encumbrance or other interest of any nature.
(3) As
of the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans, or the applicable
date
of substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
the
Depositor has transferred all right, title, and interest in the Eligible
Substitute Mortgage Loan to the Trust.
(4) The
Depositor has not transferred the Mortgage Loans to the Trust with any
intent to
hinder, delay, or defraud any of its creditors.
Section
2.10 Substitution and Repurchase
Opinions.
Notwithstanding
any contrary provision of this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage
Loan that
is not in default or as to which default is not imminent, no repurchase
or
substitution pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, or 2.06 shall be
made unless
the party repurchasing or substituting delivers to the Indenture Trustee
an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the repurchase or substitution
would not
result in the imposition of the tax on
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prohibited
transactions of the Trust or contributions after the Startup Date, as
defined in
Sections 860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of the Code, respectively or cause any
REMIC
created under the Trust Agreement to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any
time that
any Notes or Certificates are outstanding. Any Mortgage Loan whose repurchase
or
substitution was delayed pursuant to this Section shall be repurchased
or
substituted for upon the earlier of the occurrence of a default or imminent
default with respect to the Mortgage Loan and satisfaction of the requirements
of this Section.
ARTICLE
III
Administration
and Servicing of Mortgage Loans
Section
3.01 The Master
Servicer.
(a) The
Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in a
manner
consistent with the terms of this Agreement and with general industry
practice
and shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through a
subservicer,
● to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Secured Parties, the Trust, and
the
Indenture Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments
and
documents,
● to
consent to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the
Mortgage
Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided in this
Agreement),
● to
collect any Insurance Proceeds, Charged-off Mortgage Loan Proceeds, and
other
Liquidation Proceeds, and
● to
effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged
Property securing any Mortgage Loan.
The
Master Servicer shall remain responsible to the parties to this Agreement
for
its obligations under this Agreement. Any amounts received by any subservicer
on
a Mortgage Loan shall be considered to have been received by the Master
Servicer
whether or not actually received by it. Without limiting the generality
of the
foregoing, the Master Servicer may execute and deliver, on behalf of
itself, the
Noteholders, and the Indenture Trustee, or any of them, any instruments
of
satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge,
and
all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans
and with
respect to the Mortgaged Properties, in each case to the extent not inconsistent
with this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
the Master
Servicer shall not make or permit any modification, waiver, or amendment
of any
term of any Mortgage Loan that would cause any REMIC created under the
Trust
Agreement to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of
any tax
under Section 860F(a) or Section 860G of the Code.
At
the
request of a Servicing Officer, the Indenture Trustee shall furnish the
Master
Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents appropriate
to enable
the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties
under
this Agreement.
(b) The
Master Servicer in this capacity may consent to the placing of a lien
senior to
that of any mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property, if
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(1) the
new senior lien secures a mortgage loan that refinances an existing first
mortgage loan; and
(2) either
(A) the
Loan-to-Value Ratio of the new senior mortgage loan (without taking into
account
any closing costs that may be financed by the new mortgage loan) is equal
to or
less than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the first mortgage loan to be replaced
(for
purposes of calculating the Loan-to-Value Ratio, the Valuation of the
Mortgaged
Property will be measured by the lesser of (A) the Valuation of the Mortgaged
Property as of the Cut-off Date and (B) the Valuation of the Mortgaged
Property
as of the date of the refinancing referenced in clause (1)) or
(B) the
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of the new mortgage loan (without taking
into
account any closing costs that may be financed by the new mortgage loan)
and the
existing Mortgage Loan is equal to less than 70% (for purposes of calculating
the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio, the Valuation of the Mortgaged Property
will
be measured as the lesser of (A) the Valuation of the Mortgage Loan as
of the
Cut-off Date and (B) the Valuation of the Mortgage Loan as of the
date of the refinancing referenced in clause (1)).
The
aggregate Asset Balance of all the Mortgage Loans with respect to which
the
senior lien may be so modified may not exceed 50% of the Original Note
Principal
Balance.
(c) The
Master Servicer may also, without approval from the Rating Agencies,
increase
the Credit Limit on any Mortgage Loan at any time if
(1) a
new appraisal is obtained and the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of the
Mortgage
Loan after giving effect to the increase is less than or equal to the
Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date,
(2) the
increases are consistent with the Master Servicer’s underwriting policies,
and
(3) either:
(A) the
Credit Line Agreement allows the mortgagee to unilaterally increase the
Credit
Limit;
(B) the
Credit Limit increase is made within 90 days of the Cut-off Date;
or
(C) the
Sponsor purchases the Mortgage Loan from the Trust in the manner described
below
for rate reduction loans.
(d) In
addition, the Master Servicer may increase the Credit Limits on Mortgage
Loans
having aggregate Asset Balances of up to an additional 5.0% of the Original
Note
Principal Balance at any time, if
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(1) the
increase does not cause the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Mortgage
Loans
to exceed 100% or the Loan-to-Value of the particular mortgage loan to
exceed
100%,
(2) the
increase in the Credit Limit of a Mortgage Loan does not cause the Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Mortgage Loan to exceed 100%,
(3) the
increase in the Credit Limit of a Mortgage Loan does not cause the Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Mortgage Loan to increase by more than 25%
(for
example, a Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of 50% can be increased to 75%,
a
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of 60% can be increased to 85%, and so
forth),
(4) the
increase is consistent with the Master Servicer’s underwriting policies,
and
(5) either:
(A) the
Credit Line Agreement allows the mortgagee to unilaterally increase the
Credit
Limit;
(B) the
Credit Limit increase is made within 90 days of the Cut-off Date,
or
(C) the
Sponsor purchases the Mortgage Loan from the Trust in the manner described
below
for rate reduction loans.
(e) Furthermore,
the Sponsor, without prior approval from the Rating Agencies, may solicit
mortgagors for a reduction in Loan Rates. The Loan Rates of Mortgage
Loans
having Asset Balances at the time of the proposed modification that aggregate
over time not more than 5.0% of the related Original Note Principal Balance
may
be subject to reduction. If a mortgagor notifies the Sponsor or the Master
Servicer that it wants a reduction in Loan Rate, the Sponsor shall purchase
the
Mortgage Loan from the Trust as described below. Effective immediately
on the
same Business Day on which the Sponsor delivers the Purchase Price for
the
relevant Mortgage Loan to the Master Servicer, all interest of the Trust
in the
relevant Mortgage Loan shall automatically be transferred and assigned
to the
Sponsor and all benefits and burdens of ownership of the relevant Mortgage
Loan,
including the right to accrued interest on it from the date of purchase
and the
risk of default on the Mortgage Loan, shall pass to the Sponsor.
The
Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Indenture Trustee a certification
signed by a Servicing Officer to the effect that all of the requirements
for a
purchase of a Mortgage Loan in connection with a request by a mortgagor
for a
reduction in Loan Rate have been satisfied with respect to the relevant
Mortgage
Loan. The Sponsor shall deliver the Purchase Price for the relevant Mortgage
Loan to the Master Servicer promptly after a mortgagor notifies the Sponsor
or
the Master Servicer that it wants a reduction in Loan Rate, and the Master
Servicer shall deposit the Purchase Price for the modified Mortgage Loan
in the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.02 within one Business Day after
its
receipt of the Purchase Price for the modified Mortgage Loan. Upon receipt
by
the Indenture Trustee of
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written
notification of the deposit signed by a Servicing Officer, the Indenture
Trustee
shall release to the Sponsor the related Mortgage File and shall execute
and
deliver any instruments of transfer or assignment delivered to it for
execution
and reasonably acceptable to it, in each case without recourse, representation,
or warranty, necessary to release the Mortgage Loan from the lien of
the
Indenture and vest in the Sponsor the Mortgage Loan previously transferred
and
assigned pursuant to this provision. The certification and written notification
of the deposit each from a Servicing Officer may be delivered to the
Indenture
Trustee electronically, and to the extent the transmission originates
on its
face from a Servicing Officer, need not be manually signed.
(f) In
addition, the Master Servicer may agree to changes in the terms of a
Mortgage
Loan (other than changes referred to above in this Section) at the request
of
the mortgagor at any time if the changes
● do
not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Secured Parties
or the
Holders of the Class C Certificates,
● are
consistent with prudent and customary business practice as evidenced
by a
certificate signed by a Servicing Officer delivered to the Indenture
Trustee,
● do
not extend the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan beyond the final maturity
date
of the Notes of the related Class, and
● the
Master Servicer has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such
action will not cause any REMIC created under the Trust Agreement to
fail to
qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of any tax under Section 860F(a)
or Section 860G of the Code.
(g) In
addition, the Master Servicer may solicit mortgagors to change any other
terms
of the related Mortgage Loans at any time if the changes (i) do not materially
and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders or the Transferor
(ii) are
consistent with prudent and customary business practice as evidenced
by a
certificate signed by a Servicing Officer delivered to the Indenture
Trustee,
and (iii) the Master Servicer has received an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect
that such action will not cause any REMIC created under the Trust Agreement
to
fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of any tax under
Section
860F(a) or Section 860G of the Code. Nothing in this Agreement shall
limit the
right of the Master Servicer to solicit mortgagors with respect to new
loans
(including mortgage loans) that are not Mortgage Loans.
(h) The
Master Servicer may register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the
removal from registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, and execute
and deliver, on behalf of the Owner Trustee, any instruments of assignment
and
other comparable instruments with respect to the assignment or re-recording
of a
mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Owner Trustee
and its
successors and assigns.
For
so
long as any Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS® System, the Master Servicer
shall maintain in good standing its membership in MERS and shall comply
in all
material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection
with the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS. If any
Mortgage
Loans are registered on the
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MERS®
System, the Master Servicer may cause MERS to execute and deliver an
assignment
of mortgage in recordable form to transfer any of the Mortgage Loans
registered
on the MERS® System from MERS to the Owner Trustee. The Master Servicer shall
promptly notify MERS of any transfer of beneficial ownership or release
of any
Security Interest in any MOM Loan.
The
relationship of the Master Servicer to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee
under
this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent
contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner, or agent of the
Trust or
the Indenture Trustee.
(i) If
the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer are terminated under
this
Agreement, any successor to the Master Servicer in its sole discretion
may
terminate the existing subservicer arrangements with any subservicer
or assume
the terminated Master Servicer’s rights under those subservicing arrangements to
the extent permitted by applicable law and the subservicing
agreements.
(j) The
Sponsor agrees to indemnify the Trust against any liability for any prohibited
transaction taxes and any related interest, additions, and penalties
imposed on
the Trust as a result of any modification of a Mortgage Loan effected
pursuant
to this Section, the holding of any Mortgage Loan modified pursuant to
this
Section by the Trust, any purchase of a modified Mortgage Loan by the
Sponsor
pursuant to this Section, or the removal of any Mortgage Loan pursuant
to
Section 2.06 (but such obligation shall not prevent the Sponsor or any
other
appropriate person from in good faith contesting any such tax in appropriate
proceedings and shall not prevent the Sponsor from withholding payment
of the
tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of the proceedings). The
Sponsor
shall have no right of reimbursement for any amount paid pursuant to
the
foregoing indemnification, except to the extent that the amount of any
tax,
interest, and penalties, together with interest thereon, is refunded
to the
Trust or the Sponsor.
Section
3.02 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments;
Establishment of Accounts.
(a) The
Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments
called for
under the Mortgage Loans, and shall follow the collection procedures
it follows
for mortgage loans in its servicing portfolio comparable to the Mortgage
Loans,
to the extent consistent with this Agreement. Consistent with the foregoing,
and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer
may in its
discretion (i) waive any late payment charge or any assumption fees or
other
fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing the Mortgage
Loans and (ii) arrange with a mortgagor a schedule for the payment of
interest due and unpaid if the arrangement is consistent with the Master
Servicer’s policies with respect to the mortgage loans it owns or services.
Notwithstanding any arrangement, the Mortgage Loans will be included
in the
information regarding delinquent Mortgage Loans in the Servicing Certificate
and
monthly statement to Noteholders pursuant to Section 7.04 of the
Indenture.
(b) The
Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a trust account (the “Collection
Account”) with the title specified in the Master Glossary of Defined Terms. The
Collection Account shall be an Eligible Account and will initially be
established by the Master
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Servicer
at Countrywide Bank, F.S.B., which is an affiliate of the Master Servicer.
The
Master Servicer or the Sponsor, as the case may be, shall deposit or
cause to be
deposited in the Collection Account within two Business Days following
its
receipt the following payments and collections received or made by it
(without
duplication):
(1) all
collections on the Mortgage Loans;
(2) the
amounts deposited to the Collection Account pursuant to
Section 4.03;
(3) Net
Liquidation Proceeds net of any related Foreclosure Profit;
(4) Charged-off
Mortgage Loan Proceeds; and
(5) any
amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 8.01.
No
other
amounts are to be deposited to the Collection Account, including amounts
representing Foreclosure Profits, fees (including annual fees) or late
charge
penalties payable by mortgagors, or amounts received by the Master Servicer
for
the accounts of mortgagors for application towards the payment of taxes,
insurance premiums, assessments, excess pay off amounts, and similar
items. The
Master Servicer shall remit all Foreclosure Profits to the Sponsor. The
Master
Servicer shall retain, from payments of interest on the Mortgage Loans
in each
Collection Period, the related Servicing Fee for the Collection Period
and any
unreimbursed optional advance made by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section
4.03.
The
Master Servicer may make a net deposit in the Collection Account of the
amounts
required by this Section.
Upon
delivery of an Officer’s Certificate to the Indenture Trustee, the Master
Servicer may withdraw funds from the Collection Account for the following
purposes (to the extent that the payment has not been otherwise retained
pursuant to this Section 3.02(b)):
(1) to
pay to the Master Servicer its Servicing Fee;
(2) to
pay to the Master Servicer net earnings on amounts on deposit in the
Collection
Account;
(3) to
pay from Principal Collections the amounts provided for the purchase
of
Additional Balances pursuant to Section 2.01; and
(4) to
pay to the Master Servicer amounts deposited by the Master Servicer that
are not
required to be deposited or any amount deposited by the Master Servicer
representing payments by mortgagors made by checks subsequently returned
uncollected.
On
the
Business Day before each Payment Date to the extent on deposit in the
Collection
Account, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account
and
remit to the Indenture Trustee, the amount to be applied on that Payment
Date by
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 8.03 of the Indenture, and
the
Indenture Trustee will deposit that amount in the Payment Account pursuant
to
the Indenture.
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The
Indenture Trustee shall hold amounts deposited in the Payment Account
as trustee
for the Noteholders and the Transferor. In addition, the Master Servicer
shall
notify the Indenture Trustee on each Determination Date of the amount
of
collections in the Collection Account to be transferred to the Payment
Account
and their allocation to Interest Collections and Principal Collections
for the
Mortgage Loans for the related Payment Date. Following this notification,
the
Master Servicer may withdraw from the Collection Account and retain any
amounts
that constitute income realized from the investment of the collections.
The
Master Servicer will be entitled to receive, as additional servicing
compensation, income earned on the collections in the Payment
Account.
Amounts
on deposit in the Collection Account will be invested in Eligible Investments
maturing no later than the day before the next Payment Date at the direction
of
the Master Servicer. All income realized from any investment in Eligible
Investments of funds in the Collection Account shall be the property
of the
Master Servicer and may be withdrawn from time to time from the Collection
Account. Any losses incurred on these investments that reduce their principal
amount shall be deposited in the Collection Account by the Master Servicer
out
of its own funds immediately as realized.
Section
3.03 Deposits to Payment
Account.
The
Master Servicer shall
(1) on
the Business Day before each of the first two Payment Dates, deposit
in the
Payment Account any shortfall in the amount required to pay the Note
Interest on
those Payment Dates for each Class of Notes resulting solely from the
failure of
any Mortgage Loans to be fully indexed and
(2) on
the Business Day before the first Payment Date, deposit in the Payment
Account
(A) an
amount equal to the excess of the aggregate amount payable pursuant to
Sections
8.03(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of the Indenture on the first Payment Date
over the amount of Available Interest Collections that would exist
for
that Payment Date if the Minimum Monthly Payments due during the first
Collection Period were made on each Mortgage Loan and
(B) any
amounts representing payments on, and any collections in respect of,
the
Mortgage Loans received after the Cut-off Date and before the Closing
Date
(exclusive of payments of accrued interest due by the Cut-off
Date).
Section
3.04 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Property
Protection Expenses.
The
Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan hazard
insurance naming the Master Servicer or the related subservicer as loss
payee
under it providing extended coverage in an amount that is at least equal
to the
lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the improvements securing
the
Mortgage Loan from time to time or (ii) the combined principal balance
owing on
the Mortgage Loan and any mortgage loan senior to the Mortgage Loan from
time to
time. The Master Servicer shall also maintain on property acquired
through
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foreclosure,
or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, hazard insurance with extended coverage
in an
amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable
value
from time to time of the improvements that are a part of the property
or (ii)
the combined principal balance owing on the Mortgage Loan and any mortgage
loan
senior to the Mortgage Loan at the time of the foreclosure or deed in
lieu of
foreclosure plus accrued interest and the good-faith estimate of the
Master
Servicer of related Liquidation Expenses to be incurred.
Amounts
collected by the Master Servicer under these policies shall be deposited
in the
Collection Account to the extent called for by Section 3.02. The hazard
insurance to be maintained for the related Mortgage Loan shall include
flood
insurance when the Mortgaged Property is located in a federally designated
flood
area. The flood insurance shall be in the amount required under applicable
guidelines of the Federal Flood Emergency Act. No other insurance need
be
carried on any Mortgaged Properties pursuant to this Agreement.
Section
3.05 Assumption and Modification
Agreements.
When
a
Mortgaged Property has been or is about to be conveyed by the mortgagor,
the
Master Servicer shall exercise its right to accelerate the maturity of
the
Mortgage Loan consistent with the then current practice of the Master
Servicer
and without regard to the inclusion of the Mortgage Loan in the Trust.
If it
elects not to enforce its right to accelerate or if it is prevented from
doing
so by applicable law, the Master Servicer (so long as its action conforms
with
the underwriting standards generally acceptable in the industry at the
time for
new origination) may enter into an assumption and modification agreement
with
the person to whom the Mortgaged Property has been or is about to be
conveyed,
pursuant to which that person becomes liable under the Credit Line Agreement
and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the mortgagor remains
liable on
it. The Master Servicer shall notify the Indenture Trustee that any assumption
and modification agreement has been completed by delivering to the Indenture
Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the agreement is in compliance
with this Section and by forwarding the original copy of the assumption
and
modification agreement to the Indenture Trustee. Any assumption and modification
agreement shall be a part of the related Mortgage File. No change in
the terms
of the related Credit Line Agreement may be made by the Master Servicer
in
connection with the assumption to the extent that the change would not
be
permitted to be made in the original Credit Line Agreement pursuant to
Section 3.01. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for entering into
the assumption and modification agreement will be retained by the Master
Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
Section
3.06 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans;
Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans.
The
Master Servicer shall foreclose or otherwise comparably convert to ownership
Mortgaged Properties securing defaulted Mortgage Loans when, in the opinion
of
the Master Servicer based on normal and usual practices and procedures,
no
satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments
pursuant to Section 3.02. Alternatively, the Master Servicer may forego
foreclosure and charge off a defaulted Mortgage Loan if in the Master
Servicer’s
opinion the net proceeds of foreclosure and liquidation are likely to
produce an
amount less than the unpaid principal balance of senior liens on the
Mortgaged
Property and
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statutory
liens. If the Master Servicer has actual knowledge or reasonably believes
that
any Mortgaged Property is affected by hazardous or toxic wastes or substances
and that the acquisition of the Mortgaged Property would not be commercially
reasonable, then the Master Servicer will not cause the Trust to acquire
title
to the Mortgaged Property in a foreclosure or similar proceeding. In
connection
with foreclosure or other conversion (or a decision to forego foreclosure
and
charge off a defaulted Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer shall follow
the
practices and procedures it deems appropriate and that are normal and
usual in
its general mortgage servicing activities, including advancing funds
to correct
a default on a related senior mortgage loan. However, the Master Servicer
need
not expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or towards
the
correction of any default on a related senior mortgage loan or restoration
of
any property unless it determines, in its sole discretion, that the expenditure
will increase Net Liquidation Proceeds and the Master Servicer acts in
accordance with the servicing standards in this Agreement.
If
title
to any Mortgaged Property is acquired in foreclosure or by deed in lieu
of
foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Indenture
Trustee, or to its nominee on behalf of Noteholders. The Master Servicer
shall
dispose of the Mortgaged Property as soon as practicable in a manner
that
maximizes its Liquidation Proceeds.
The
Master Servicer, in its sole discretion, may purchase for its own account
from
the Trust any Mortgage Loan that is 151 days or more delinquent. The
price for
any Mortgage Loan purchased shall be 100% of its Asset Balance plus accrued
interest on it at the applicable Loan Rate from the date through which
interest
was last paid by the related mortgagor to the first day of the month
in which
the purchase price is to be distributed to the Noteholders. The purchase
price
shall be deposited in the Collection Account. The Master Servicer may
only
exercise this right on or before the penultimate day of the month in
which the
Mortgage Loan became 151 days delinquent. Any delinquent Mortgage Loan
that
becomes current but thereafter again becomes 151 days or more delinquent
may be
purchased by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section.
Upon
receipt of a certificate from the Master Servicer in the form of Exhibit
C, the
Indenture Trustee shall release to the Master Servicer the related Mortgage
File
and shall execute and deliver any instruments of transfer prepared by
the Master
Servicer, without recourse, necessary to vest in the purchaser of the
Mortgage
Loan any Mortgage Loan released to it and the Master Servicer shall succeed
to
all the Trust’s interest in the Mortgage Loan and all related security and
documents. This assignment shall be an assignment outright and not for
security.
The Master Servicer shall then own the Mortgage Loan, and all security
and
documents, free of any further obligation to the Trust, the Owner Trustee,
the
Indenture Trustee, the Transferor, or the Noteholders with respect to
it. The
certification by the Master Servicer may be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee
electronically, and if it is, its form may differ from Exhibit C so long
as it
contains the information required by Exhibit C (that is, the relevant
loan
number, at least one of the five reasons for requesting file as found
in Exhibit
C, and the acknowledgment that the Mortgage File will be held in accordance
with
this Agreement and will promptly be returned to the Indenture Trustee
when the
need for it by the Master Servicer no longer exists unless the Mortgage
Loan has
been liquidated or retransferred), and to the
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extent
the transmission originates on its face from a Servicing Officer, need
not be
manually signed.
If
the
Trust acquires any Mortgaged Property in connection with a default or
imminent
default on a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall dispose of the
Mortgaged
Property as soon as practicable in a manner that maximizes the liquidation
proceeds, but in no event later than three years after its acquisition
by the
Trust or, at the expense of the Trust, the Master Servicer shall request,
more
than 60 days before the day on which the three-year period would otherwise
expire, an extension of the three-year grace period. If the Indenture
Trustee is
supplied with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Trust’s holding the
Mortgaged Property after the three-year period will not result in the
imposition
of taxes on prohibited transactions of the Trust as defined in section
860F of
the Code or cause any REMIC created under the Trust Agreement to fail
to qualify
as a REMIC at any time that any Notes or Certificates are outstanding,
and the
Trust may continue to hold the Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions
in
the Opinion of Counsel) after the expiration of the three-year period.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property
acquired by the Trust shall be rented (or allowed to continue to be rented)
or
otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust
in such
a manner or pursuant to any terms that would cause the Mortgaged Property
to
fail to qualify as foreclosure property within the meaning of section
860G(a)(8)
of the Code or subject the Trust to the imposition of any federal, state,
or
local income taxes on the income earned from the Mortgaged Property under
section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Master Servicer
has agreed
to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust with respect to the imposition
of any
such taxes.
If
a
default occurs on a Mortgage Loan one or more of whose obligors is not
a United
States Person, as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, in connection
with
any foreclosure of the Mortgage Loan (including the acquisition of a
deed in
lieu of foreclosure), the Master Servicer will cause compliance with
the
provisions of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(d)(3) (or any successor)
necessary to assure that no withholding tax obligation arises with respect
to
the proceeds of the foreclosure except to the extent that proceeds of
the
foreclosure are required to be remitted to the obligors on the Mortgage
Loan.
Section
3.07 Indenture Trustee to
Cooperate.
By
each
Payment Date, the Master Servicer will notify the Indenture Trustee whenever
the
Asset Balance of any Mortgage Loan has been paid in full during the preceding
Collection Period. A Servicing Officer shall certify that the Mortgage
Loan has
been paid in full and that all amounts received in connection with the
payment
that are required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant
to
Section 3.02 have been so deposited or credited. Upon payment in full
pursuant to Section 3.01, the Master Servicer is authorized to execute an
instrument of satisfaction regarding the related mortgage, which instrument
of
satisfaction shall be recorded by the Master Servicer if required by
applicable
law and be delivered to the person entitled to it.
If
the
mortgage has been registered on the MERS® System, the Master Servicer shall
cause the removal of the mortgage from registration on the MERS® System and
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders,
any
instruments of satisfaction
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or
cancellation or of partial or full release. No expenses incurred in connection
with the instrument of satisfaction or transfer shall be reimbursed from
amounts
deposited in the Collection Account or the Payment Account.
As
appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, or
in
connection with the payment in full of the Asset Balance of any Mortgage
Loan,
upon request of the Master Servicer and delivery to the Indenture Trustee
of a
Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit C signed by
a Servicing
Officer, the Indenture Trustee shall release the related Mortgage File
to the
Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall execute any documents
provided
by the Master Servicer necessary to the prosecution of any proceedings
or the
taking of other servicing actions. The Request for Release by a Servicing
Officer may be delivered to the Indenture Trustee electronically, and
if it is,
its form may differ from Exhibit C so long as it contains the information
required by Exhibit C (that is, the relevant loan number, at least one
of the
five reasons for requesting file as found in Exhibit C, and the acknowledgment
that the Mortgage File will be held in accordance with this Agreement
and will
promptly be returned to the Indenture Trustee when the need for it by
the Master
Servicer no longer exists unless the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated
or
retransferred), and to the extent the transmission originates on its
face from a
Servicing Officer, need not be manually signed. The Master Servicer shall
return
the Mortgage File to the Indenture Trustee when the need for it by the
Master
Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan is liquidated, in
which
case, upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer similar to
that
specified above, the Request for Release shall be released by the Indenture
Trustee to the Master Servicer.
To
facilitate the foreclosure of the mortgage securing any Mortgage Loan
that is in
default following recordation of the assignments of mortgage in accordance
with
this Agreement, if so requested by the Master Servicer, the Indenture
Trustee
shall execute an appropriate assignment in the form provided to the Indenture
Trustee by the Master Servicer to assign the Mortgage Loan for the purpose
of
collection to the Master Servicer or a subservicer. The assignment shall
unambiguously indicate that the assignment is for the purpose of collection
only. The Master Servicer will then bring all required actions in its
own name
and otherwise enforce the terms of the Mortgage Loan and deposit the
Net
Liquidation Proceeds, exclusive of Foreclosure Profits, in the Collection
Account. If all delinquent payments due under the Mortgage Loan are paid
by the
mortgagor and any other defaults are cured, then the Master Servicer
shall
promptly reassign the Mortgage Loan to the Indenture Trustee and return
the
related Mortgage File to the place where it was being maintained.
Section
3.08 Servicing Compensation; Payment of Certain
Expenses by Master Servicer.
The
Master Servicer may retain the Servicing Fee pursuant to Section 3.02 as
compensation for its services in servicing the Mortgage Loans. Moreover,
additional servicing compensation in the form of late payment charges
or other
receipts not required to be deposited in the Collection Account (other
than
Foreclosure Profits) shall be retained by the Master Servicer. The Master
Servicer must pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its
activities
under this Agreement (including payment of all other fees and expenses
not
expressly stated under this Agreement to be for the account of another
person)
and shall not be entitled to
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reimbursement
under this Agreement except as specifically provided in this Agreement.
Liquidation Expenses are reimbursable to the Master Servicer
First,
from related Liquidation Proceeds and
Second,
from the Payment Account from funds pursuant to Section 8.03(a)(viii) of
the Indenture.
Section
3.09 Annual Statement as to
Compliance.
(a) The
Master Servicer will deliver to the Indenture Trustee, and the Rating
Agencies,
by March 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2008, an Officer’s Certificate
stating that (i) a review of the activities of the Master Servicer during
the
preceding fiscal year (or the applicable shorter period for the first
report)
and of its performance under this Agreement has been made under the officer’s
supervision and (ii) to the best of the officer’s knowledge, based on the
review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under
this
Agreement in all material respects throughout the fiscal year, or, if
there has
been a default in the fulfillment of those obligations in any material
respect,
specifying each default known to the officer and its nature and
status.
(b) Within
five Business Days after obtaining knowledge of it, the Master Servicer
shall
notify the Indenture Trustee and each of the Rating Agencies of any event
that
with the giving of notice or the lapse of time would become an Event
of
Servicing Termination by delivering an Officer’s Certificate describing the
event.
(c) The
Master Servicer shall cause each subservicer to deliver to the Depositor
and the
Indenture Trustee by March 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2008,
an
Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the signing officer, that a review of the
activities of the subservicer during the preceding year and of the performance
of the subservicer under the applicable subservicing agreement or primary
servicing agreement has been made under the signing officer’s supervision and to
the best of the signing officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the
subservicer has fulfilled all its obligations under the applicable subservicing
agreement or primary servicing agreement in all material respects throughout
its
fiscal year, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any of its obligations
in any material respect, specifying each failure known to the signing
officer
and its nature and status.
(d) Copies
of the statement shall be provided by the Indenture Trustee to any Noteholder
or
Note Owner on request at the Master Servicer’s expense.
Section
3.10 Access to Certain Documentation and
Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans.
(a) The
Master Servicer shall provide to the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholders
or Note
Owners that are federally insured savings and loan associations, the
Office of
Thrift Supervision, successor to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the
FDIC, and
the supervisory agents and examiners of the Office of Thrift Supervision
access
to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by applicable
regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision and the FDIC (acting
as operator
of the Savings Association Insurance Fund or the Bank Insurance Fund).
The
Master Servicer will provide access without charge but only after reasonable
notice
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and
during normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer. Nothing
in
this Section shall derogate from the obligation of the Master Servicer
to
observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding
the
mortgagors and the failure of the Master Servicer to provide access as
provided
in this Section as a result of this obligation shall not constitute a
breach of
this Section.
(b) The
Master Servicer shall supply the information needed to make required
payments
and to furnish required reports to Noteholders and to make any claim
under the
Policy, in the form the Indenture Trustee reasonably requests, to the
Indenture
Trustee and any Paying Agent by the start of the Determination Date preceding
the related Payment Date.
Section
3.11 Maintenance of Certain Servicing Insurance
Policies.
The
Master Servicer shall during the term of its service as master servicer
maintain
in force (i) policies of insurance covering errors and omissions in the
performance of its obligations as master servicer under this Agreement
and
(ii) a fidelity bond covering its officers, employees, or agents. Each
policy and bond together shall comply with the requirements from time
to time of
Xxxxxx Xxx for persons performing servicing for mortgage loans purchased
by
Xxxxxx Mae.
ARTICLE
IV
Servicing
Certificate
Section
4.01 Servicing
Certificate.
Not
later
than each Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver (a) to
the
Indenture Trustee, the data necessary to prepare the statement for Noteholders
required to be prepared pursuant to Section 4.04 and (b) to the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Sponsor, the Depositor, the Paying Agent,
and
each Rating Agency a Servicing Certificate (in written form or the form
of
computer readable media or such other form as may be agreed to by the
Indenture
Trustee and the Master Servicer), together with an Officer’s Certificate to the
effect that the Servicing Certificate is correct in all material respects,
stating the related Collection Period, Payment Date, the series number
of the
Notes, the date of this Agreement, and
(1) the
aggregate amount of collections received on the Mortgage Loans by the
Determination Date for the related Collection Period;
(2) the
aggregate amount of (a) Interest Collections for the related Collection
Period
and (b) Principal Collections for the related Collection Period;
(3) any
accrued Servicing Fees for the Mortgage Loans for previous Collection
Periods
and the Servicing Fee for the related Collection Period;
(4) the
Liquidation Loss Amount for the related Collection Period;
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(5) the
aggregate Asset Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the preceding
Collection Period and as of the end of the second preceding Collection
Period;
(6) [RESERVED]
(7) [RESERVED]
(8) [RESERVED]
(9) the
aggregate amount of Additional Balances created on the Mortgage Loans
during the
previous Collection Period;
(10) the
number and aggregate Asset Balances of Mortgage Loans (x) as to which
the
Minimum Monthly Payment is delinquent for 30-59 days, 60-89 days, and
90 or more
days, respectively and (y) that have become REO, in each case as of the end
of the preceding Collection Period;
(11) the
Weighted Average Gross Loan Rate for the Mortgage Loans;
(12) the
amount of any optional advances pursuant to Section 4.03 by the Master
Servicer on the Mortgage Loans remaining unpaid at the end of the Collection
Period preceding the related Collection Period;
(13) the
amount of any optional advances pursuant to Section 4.03 by the Master
Servicer on the Mortgage Loans made during the related Collection Period
and
included in the payment on the Payment Date;
(14) the
aggregate amount of optional advances pursuant to Section 4.03 by the
Master Servicer on the Mortgage Loans that will remain outstanding as
of the
close of business on the Payment Date;
(15) the
number and principal balances of any Mortgage Loans transferred to the
Transferor pursuant to Section 2.06;
(16) with
respect to the Collection Account during the Collection Period related
to the
Payment Date:
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(A)
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its
balance at the beginning of the Collection
Period;
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(B)
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deposits
of the aggregate Transfer Deposit amount for retransferred
Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Section 2.06;
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(C)
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deposits
of the aggregate Purchase Price for delinquent Mortgage Loans
purchased by
the Sponsor pursuant to Section
3.06;
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(D)
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deposits
of the aggregate Purchase Price made by the Sponsor in connection
with
modification of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section
3.01;
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(E)
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deposits
by the Master Servicer to account for losses accrued on Eligible
Investments;
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(F)
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income
accrued on Eligible Investments;
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(G)
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deposits
of the termination purchase price in connection with termination
pursuant
to Section 8.01;
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(H)
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other
deposits;
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(I)
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withdrawals
of investment income on Eligible
Investments;
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(J)
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withdrawals
for the purchase of Additional
Balances;
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(K)
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transfers
to the Payment Account;
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(L)
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other
withdrawals; and
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(M)
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its
balance at the end of the Collection
Period;
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(17) with
respect to the first and second Payment Dates, deposits by the Master
Servicer
to account for shortfalls in interest collections resulting from the
failure of
the Mortgage Loans to be fully indexed pursuant to Section 3.03;
(18) [Reserved];
(19) with
respect to the first Payment Date, the amount of collections on the Mortgage
Loans for the period between the Cut-off Date and the Closing Date, specifying
the interest and principal portions thereof;
(20) Liquidation
Expenses and indemnification payments paid to the Master Servicer for
the
related Collection Period;
(21) Liquidation
Expenses and indemnification payments payable to the Master Servicer
on the
Payment Date from Available Interest Collections pursuant to Section
8.03(a)(vii) of the Indenture;
(22) the
weighted average remaining term of the Mortgage Loans; and
(23) in
the Servicing Certificates for the first and second Payment Dates, the
number
and Cut-off Date Asset Balance of Mortgage Loans for which the Mortgage
Loan
File was not delivered to the Custodian acting on behalf of the Indenture
Trustee within 30 days of the Closing Date.
(24) the
number and aggregate Asset Balances of Mortgage Loans that are in
foreclosure;
(25) the
number and aggregate Asset Balances of Mortgage Loans for which the Master
Servicer has received a written notice of the filing of bankruptcy or
insolvency
proceedings with respect to the mortgagor;
(26) the
sum of the Asset Balances for the three largest outstanding Mortgage
Loans;
and
(27) [Reserved].
The
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall conclusively rely on the
information in a Servicing Certificate for purposes of making distributions
pursuant to Section 8.03 of the
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Indenture
or distributions on the Transferor Certificates, shall have no duty to
inquire
into this information, and shall have no liability in so relying. The
format and
content of the Servicing Certificate may be modified by the mutual agreement
of
the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee. The Master Servicer shall
give
notice of any changes to the Rating Agencies.
Section
4.02 [RESERVED]
Section
4.03 Optional Advances of the Master
Servicer.
The
Master Servicer, in its sole discretion, may advance the interest component
of
any delinquent Minimum Monthly Payment (or any portion of it) by depositing
the
amount into the Collection Account by the related Determination Date.
The Master
Servicer shall not make an advance with respect to any Charged-off Mortgage
Loan
after the related Charge-off Date.
Section
4.04 Statements to
Noteholders.
Pursuant
to Section 4.01, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee
the
data necessary to prepare a statement (the “Monthly
Statement”) for each Payment Date with the information in Exhibit
D. Such statement shall be based solely on the information provided to
the
Indenture Trustee by the Master Servicer pursuant to the preceding sentence
upon
which information the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely.
If
the
Monthly Statement is not accessible to any of the Noteholders, the Master
Servicer, or either Rating Agency on the Indenture Trustee’s internet website,
the Indenture Trustee shall forward a hard copy of it to each Noteholder,
the
Master Servicer, and each Rating Agency immediately after the Indenture
Trustee
becomes aware that the Monthly Statement is not accessible to any of
them via
the Indenture Trustee’s internet website. The address of the Indenture Trustee’s
internet website where the Monthly Statement will be accessible is
xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx. Assistance in using the Indenture Trustee’s internet
website may be obtained by calling the Indenture Trustee’s customer service desk
at (000) 000-0000. The Indenture Trustee shall notify each Noteholder,
the
Master Servicer, and each Rating Agency in writing of any change in the
address
or means of access to the internet website where the Monthly Statement
is
accessible.
Within
60
days after the end of each year, the Master Servicer shall prepare and
forward
to the Indenture Trustee the information in clauses (5), (6), (7) and
(8) of the
Monthly Statement aggregated for the year. This requirement of the Master
Servicer shall be satisfied if substantially comparable information is
provided
by the Master Servicer or a Paying Agent pursuant to any requirements
of the
Code.
The
Indenture Trustee shall prepare (in a manner consistent with the treatment
of
the Notes as indebtedness of the Transferor, or as may be otherwise required
by
Section 3.14) Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 (or any successor form)
and any
other tax forms required to be filed or furnished to Noteholders for
payments by
the Indenture Trustee (or the Paying Agent) on the Notes and shall file
and
distribute such forms as required by law.
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ARTICLE
V
The
Master Servicer, the Sponsor, and the Depositor
Section
5.01 Liability of the Sponsor, the Master
Servicer, and the Depositor.
The
Sponsor, the Depositor, and the Master Servicer shall be liable only
for their
express agreements under this Agreement.
Section
5.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of
the Obligations of, the Master Servicer or the
Depositor.
Any
corporation into which the Master Servicer or the Depositor may be merged
or
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion,
or
consolidation to which the Master Servicer or the Depositor is a party,
or any
corporation succeeding to the business of the Master Servicer or the
Depositor,
shall be the successor of the Master Servicer or the Depositor, as the
case may
be, under this Agreement, without the execution or filing of any paper
or any
further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement, notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary.
As
a
condition to the effectiveness of any merger or consolidation, at least
15 days
before the effective date of any merger or consolidation of the Master
Servicer,
the Master Servicer shall provide written notice to the Depositor of
any
successor pursuant to this Section and in writing and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably
requested
by the Depositor to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02
of Form
8-K with respect to a replacement Master Servicer.
Section
5.03 Limitation on Liability of the Master
Servicer and Others.
Neither
the Master Servicer nor any of its directors, officers, employees, or
agents is
liable to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Transferor, or the Noteholders
for
the Master Servicer’s taking any action or refraining from taking any action in
good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment. This
provision
shall not protect the Master Servicer or any of its directors, officers,
employees, or agents against any liability that would otherwise be imposed
for
misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of the
duties of
the Master Servicer or for reckless disregard of the obligations of the
Master
Servicer. The Master Servicer and any of its directors, officers, employees,
or
agents may rely in good faith on any document of any kind
primafacie properly executed and submitted by any person about
anything arising under this Agreement.
The
Master Servicer and each of its directors, officers, employees, and agents
shall
be indemnified by the Trust (but only from funds available) and held
harmless
against any loss, liability, or expense incurred in connection with any
legal
action relating to this Agreement, the Transferor Certificates, or the
Notes,
other than any loss, liability, or expense related to any specific Mortgage
Loan
that is otherwise not reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement and any
loss,
liability, or expense incurred due to its willful misfeasance, bad faith,
or
gross negligence in the performance of duties under this Agreement or
due to its
reckless disregard of its obligations under this Agreement.
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The
Master Servicer need not appear in, prosecute, or defend any legal action
that
is not incidental to its duties to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with
this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense
or
liability. The Master Servicer may in its sole discretion undertake any
action
that it deems appropriate with respect to this Agreement and the interests
of
the Noteholders. If so, the reasonable legal expenses and costs of the
action
and any resulting liability shall be expenses, costs, and liabilities
of the
Trust, and the Master Servicer shall only be entitled to be reimbursed
pursuant
to Section 8.03(a)(viii) of the Indenture (but only from funds available).
The Master Servicer’s right to indemnity or reimbursement pursuant to this
Section shall survive any resignation or termination of the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 5.04 or 6.01 with respect to any losses, expenses,
costs, or liabilities arising before its resignation or termination (or
arising
from events that occurred before its resignation or termination).
Section
5.04 Master Servicer Not to
Resign.
Subject
to Section 5.02, the Master Servicer shall not resign as Master Servicer
under this Agreement except
(1) if
the performance of its obligations under this Agreement are no longer
permissible under applicable law or due to applicable law are in material
conflict with any other activities carried on by it or its subsidiaries
or
Affiliates that are of a type and nature carried on by the Master Servicer
or
its subsidiaries or Affiliates at the date of this Agreement or
(2) if
(a) the
Master Servicer has proposed a successor Master Servicer to the Indenture
Trustee and the proposed successor Master Servicer is reasonably acceptable
to
the Indenture Trustee; and
(b) each
Rating Agency has delivered a letter to the Indenture Trustee before
the
appointment of the successor Master Servicer stating that the proposed
appointment of the successor Master Servicer as Master Servicer under
this
Agreement will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of the then
current
rating of the Notes.
No
resignation by the Master Servicer shall become effective unless the
Master
Servicer has notified the Depositor at least 15 days before the effective
date
of the resignation of the successor pursuant to this Section and has
provided
all information reasonably requested by the Depositor to comply with
its
reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to the
resignation
of the Master Servicer in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the
Depositor.
No
resignation by the Master Servicer shall become effective until the Indenture
Trustee or successor Master Servicer designated by the Master Servicer
has
assumed the Master Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement or the Indenture
Trustee has designated a successor Master Servicer in accordance with
Section 6.02. Any resignation shall not relieve the Master Servicer of
responsibility for any of the obligations specified in Sections 6.01
and 6.02 as
obligations that survive the resignation or termination of the Master
Servicer.
Any
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determination
permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer pursuant to clause
(1) above
shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to that effect delivered
to the
Indenture Trustee. The Master Servicer shall have no claim (whether by
subrogation or otherwise) or other action against the Transferor or any
Noteholder for any amounts paid by the Master Servicer pursuant to any
provision
of this Agreement.
Section
5.05 Delegation of
Duties.
In
the
ordinary course of business, the Master Servicer may delegate any of
its duties
under this Agreement at any time to any person who agrees to act in accordance
with standards comparable to those with which the Master Servicer complies
pursuant to Section 3.01, including any of its Affiliates or any
subservicer referred to in Section 3.01. This delegation shall not relieve
the Master Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement and shall
not
constitute a resignation within the meaning of Section 5.04.
Section
5.06 Indemnification by the Master
Servicer.
The
Master Servicer shall indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, and the
Indenture
Trustee against any loss, liability, expense, damage, or injury suffered
or
sustained due to the Master Servicer’s actions or omissions in servicing or
administering the Mortgage Loans that are not in accordance with this
Agreement,
including any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable attorneys’ fees, and other
costs or expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any actual
or
threatened action, proceeding, or claim. This indemnification is not
payable
from the assets of the Trust. This indemnity shall run directly to and
be
enforceable by an injured party subject to any applicable
limitations.
The
Indenture Trustee and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the
Indenture
Trustee shall be indemnified by the Master Servicer and held harmless
against
any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal
action
relating to this Agreement, the Indenture, the Custodial Agreement, the
Administration Agreement, the Notes, or the Transferor Certificates,
or in
connection with the performance of any of the Indenture Trustee’s duties
thereunder, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason
of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of any
of the
Indenture Trustee’s duties under this Agreement, the Indenture, or the Custodial
Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of the Indenture Trustee’s
obligations and duties under this Agreement.
The
indemnity provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of
this
Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee under
the
Indenture.
ARTICLE
VI
Servicing
Termination
Section
6.01 Events of Servicing
Termination.
If
any
one of the following events (“Events of Servicing
Termination”) shall occur and be continuing:
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(1) any
failure by the Master Servicer to deposit in the Collection Account any
deposit
required to be made under this Agreement or to remit to the Indenture
Trustee
amounts required to be deposited to the Payment Account that continues
unremedied either beyond the relevant Payment Date or for five Business
Days
after the date when notice of the failure has been given to the Master
Servicer
by the Indenture Trustee or to the Master Servicer and the Indenture
Trustee by
the Holders of Notes representing not less than 25% of the Outstanding
Amount of
all Classes of Notes; or
(2) failure
by the Master Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material respect
any
other covenants or agreements of the Master Servicer in the Notes or
in this
Agreement (except with respect to a failure related to a Limited Exchange
Act
Reporting Obligation) that materially and adversely affects the interests
of the
Noteholders and continues unremedied for 60 days after the date on which
notice
of the failure, requiring it to be remedied, and stating that the notice
is a
“Notice of Default” under this Agreement, has been given to the Master Servicer
by the Indenture Trustee or to the Master Servicer and the Indenture
Trustee by
Holders of Notes representing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount
of the
Notes; or
(3) an
Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Master Servicer;
then,
until the Event of Servicing Termination has been remedied by the Master
Servicer, either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes representing
more
than 50% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes by notice then given
to the
Master Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by the Holders
of Notes)
may terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer
as
servicer under this Agreement.
In
addition, if during the period that the Depositor is required to file
Exchange
Act Reports with respect to the Trust, the Master Servicer fails to perform
any
of the obligations that constitute a Limited Exchange Act Reporting Obligation
or the obligations in Section 3.09(a) or Section 7.07(a)(1) and (2),
and the
failure continues for the lesser of 10 days or the period in which the
applicable Exchange Act Report can be filed timely (without taking into
account
any extensions), so long as the failure has not been remedied, the Indenture
Trustee shall, but only at the direction of the Depositor (who shall
designate a
successor to the Master Servicer other than the Indenture Trustee, terminate
all
of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement
and in
the Mortgage Loans and their proceeds, other than its rights as a
Certificateholder or Noteholder. The Depositor will not be entitled to
terminate
the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer if a failure of the
Master
Servicer to identify a Subcontractor “participating in the servicing function”
within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB was attributable solely
to the
role or functions of the Subcontractor with respect to mortgage loans
other than
the Mortgage Loans.
Any
notice of termination provided to the Master Servicer shall also be given
by the
party providing that notice to the Depositor and each Rating
Agency.
Within
five Business Days after obtaining knowledge of it, the Master Servicer
shall
notify the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency of any event that
with the
giving of notice
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or
the
lapse of time would become an Event of Servicing Termination by delivering
an
Officer’s Certificate describing the event.
From
the
receipt by the Master Servicer of the notice, all the rights and obligations
of
the Master Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the
Notes or
the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to this Section; and the Indenture Trustee is authorized
to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Master Servicer, as attorney-in-fact
or
otherwise, any documents, and to do anything else appropriate to effect
the
purposes of the notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer
and
endorsement of each Mortgage Loan and related documents, or otherwise.
The
Master Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Indenture Trustee in effecting
the
termination of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under
this
Agreement, including the transfer to the Indenture Trustee for the
administration by it of all cash amounts that are held by the Master
Servicer
and are to be deposited by it in the Collection Account, or that have
been
deposited by the Master Servicer in the Collection Account or are subsequently
received by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans. All
reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection
with transferring the Mortgage Files to the successor Master Servicer
and
amending this Agreement to reflect the succession as Master Servicer
pursuant to
this Section shall be paid by the predecessor Master Servicer (or if
the
predecessor Master Servicer is the Indenture Trustee, the initial Master
Servicer) on presentation of reasonable documentation of the costs and
expenses.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance under Section 6.01(1)
for five or more Business Days or under Section 6.01(2) for 60 or more
days, shall not constitute an Event of Servicing Termination if the delay
or
failure could not be prevented by the exercise of reasonable diligence
by the
Master Servicer and the delay or failure was caused by an act of God
or the
public enemy, acts of declared or undeclared war, public disorder, rebellion
or
sabotage, epidemics, landslides, lightning, fire, hurricanes, earthquakes,
floods, or similar causes. The preceding sentence shall not relieve the
Master
Servicer from using its best efforts to perform its obligations in a
timely
manner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and the Master
Servicer
shall provide the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the Transferor, and
the
Noteholders with an Officers’ Certificate giving prompt notice of its failure or
delay, together with a description of its efforts to perform its obligations.
The Master Servicer shall immediately notify the Indenture Trustee of
any Events
of Servicing Termination.
In
connection with the termination of the Master Servicer if any mortgage
is
registered on the MERS® System, then, either (i) the successor Master Servicer,
including the Indenture Trustee if the Indenture Trustee is acting as
successor
Master Servicer, shall represent and warrant that it is a member of MERS
in good
standing and shall agree to comply in all material respects with the
rules and
procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans
that
are registered with MERS, or (ii) the predecessor Master Servicer shall
cooperate with the successor Master Servicer in causing MERS to execute
and
deliver an assignment of mortgage in recordable form to transfer all
the
mortgages registered on the MERS® System from MERS to the Indenture Trustee and
to execute and deliver any other notices and documents appropriate to
effect a
transfer of those mortgages or the servicing of the
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Mortgage
Loan on the MERS® System to the successor Master Servicer. The predecessor
Master Servicer shall file the assignment in the appropriate recording
office.
The successor Master Servicer shall deliver the assignment to the Indenture
Trustee promptly upon receipt of the original with evidence of recording
on it
or a copy certified by the public recording office in which the assignment
was
recorded.
If
the
Master Servicer is terminated, the Indenture Trustee will provide the
Depositor
all information, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Depositor,
reasonably requested by the Depositor to comply with its reporting obligation
under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a successor master servicer
if the
Indenture Trustee succeeds to the duties of the Master Servicer as provided
in
this Agreement.
Section
6.02 Indenture Trustee to Act; Appointment of
Successor.
(a) From
the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant
to
Section 6.01 or resigns pursuant to Section 5.04, the Indenture
Trustee shall be the successor in all respects to the Master Servicer
in its
capacity as Master Servicer under this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and shall be subject to all the obligations
of
the Master Servicer under this Agreement except (i) the obligation to
repurchase or substitute for any Mortgage Loan, (ii) with respect to
any
representation or warranty of the Master Servicer, or (iii) for any act
or
omission of either a predecessor or successor Master Servicer other than
the
Indenture Trustee. As its compensation under this Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee shall be entitled to the compensation the Master Servicer would
have
been entitled to under this Agreement if no notice of termination had
been
given. In addition, the Indenture Trustee will be entitled to compensation
with
respect to its expenses in connection with conversion of certain information,
documents, and record keeping, as provided in Section 6.01.
Notwithstanding
the above, (i) if the Indenture Trustee is unwilling to act as successor
Master
Servicer, or (ii) if the Indenture Trustee is legally unable to so act,
the
Indenture Trustee may (in the situation described in clause (i)) or shall
(in
the situation described in clause (ii)) appoint, or petition a court
of
competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established housing and home finance
institution, bank, or other mortgage loan or home equity loan servicer
having a
net worth of not less than $15,000,000 as the successor to the Master
Servicer
under this Agreement to assume of any obligations of the Master Servicer
under
this Agreement. The appointment of the successor Master Servicer must
not result in the qualification, reduction, or withdrawal of the ratings
assigned to the Notes by the Rating Agencies.
No
appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer will be effective unless
at
least 15 days before the effective date of the appointment, the Indenture
Trustee notifies the Depositor of the successor pursuant to this Section
6.02
and the successor Master Servicer provides to the Depositor all information,
in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, reasonably
requested by the Depositor to comply with its reporting obligation under
Item
6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a replacement master servicer.
Pending
appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer, unless the Indenture
Trustee
is prohibited by law from so acting, the Indenture Trustee shall act
as Master
Servicer. In connection with this appointment and assumption, the successor
shall be entitled to receive
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compensation
out of payments on Mortgage Loans in an amount equal to the compensation
that
the Master Servicer would otherwise have received pursuant to Section 3.08
(or any lesser compensation the Indenture Trustee and the successor agree
to).
The Indenture Trustee and the successor shall take any action, consistent
with
this Agreement, necessary to effectuate the succession.
(b) The
appointment of a successor Master Servicer shall not affect any liability
of the
predecessor Master Servicer that may have arisen under this Agreement
before its
termination as Master Servicer (including any deductible under an insurance
policy pursuant to Section 3.04), nor shall any successor Master Servicer
be liable for any acts or omissions of the predecessor Master Servicer
or for
any breach by the predecessor Master Servicer of any of its representations
or
warranties in this Agreement. Except for any compensation agreement with
the
Indenture Trustee, any successor Master Servicer shall be subject to
all the
terms of this Agreement from the time that it accepts its appointment
to the
same extent as if it were originally named as Master Servicer.
Section
6.03 Notification to Noteholders and the
Transferor.
Upon
any
termination or appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer pursuant
to
this Article or Section 5.04, the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt
notice of it to the Noteholders at their respective Addresses appearing
in the
Note Register, the Transferor, and each Rating Agency.
ARTICLE
VII
Exchange
Act Reporting
Section
7.01 Filing
Obligations.
The
Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, and each Seller
shall
reasonably cooperate with the Depositor in connection with the satisfaction
of
the Depositor’s reporting requirements under the Exchange Act with respect to
the Trust. In addition to the information specified below, if so requested
by
the Depositor to satisfy its reporting obligation under the Exchange
Act, the
Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, and each Seller
shall
(and the Master Servicer shall cause each subservicer to) provide the
Depositor
(a) with any information available to such person without unreasonable
effort or
expense and within the timeframe reasonably requested by the Depositor
to comply
with the Depositor’s reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, and (b) to
the extent the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee,
or a
Seller is a party (and the Depositor is not a party) to any agreement
or
amendment required to be filed, copies of the agreement or amendment
in
XXXXX-compatible form.
Section
7.02 Form 10-D Filings.
(a) The
Indenture Trustee shall prepare for filing and file reports on Form 10-D
as
required by Section 7.03(a) of the Indenture.
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(b) No
later than each Payment Date, each of the Master Servicer, the Indenture
Trustee, and the Owner Trustee shall notify (and the Master Servicer
shall cause
any subservicer to notify) the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Indenture
Trustee of any Form 10-D Disclosure Item, together with a description
of the
Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to the
Depositor. In addition to the information the Master Servicer and the
Indenture
Trustee are obligated to provide pursuant to other provisions of this
Agreement,
if so requested by the Depositor, each of the Master Servicer and the
Indenture
Trustee shall provide any information available to it without unreasonable
effort or expense regarding the performance or servicing of the Mortgage
Loans
(in the case of the Indenture Trustee, based on the information provided
by the
Master Servicer) reasonably required to facilitate preparation of distribution
reports in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation AB. This information
shall be
provided concurrently with the information provided pursuant to Section
4.01 in
the case of the Master Servicer and the Monthly Statement in the case
of the
Indenture Trustee, beginning with the first report due not less than
five
Business Days following the request.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee shall not have any responsibility to file any items
(other
than those generated by it) that have not been received in a format suitable
(or
readily convertible into a format suitable) for electronic filing via
the XXXXX
system and shall not have any responsibility to convert any such items
to a
format suitable (or readily convertible into a format suitable) for electronic
filing via the XXXXX system. The Indenture Trustee shall have no liability
to
the Noteholders, the Certificateholders, the Trust, the Master Servicer,
or the
Depositor with respect to any failure to properly prepare or file any
of Form
10-D to the extent that the failure is not the result of any negligence,
bad
faith, or willful misconduct on its part.
Section
7.03 Form 8-K Filings.
The
Master Servicer shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form
8-K
required by the Exchange Act. Each Form 8-K must be signed by the Master
Servicer. Each of the Master Servicer (and the Master Servicer shall
cause any
subservicer to promptly notify) and the Indenture Trustee shall promptly
notify
the Depositor and the Master Servicer (if the notifying party is not
the Master
Servicer), but in no event later than two Business Days after its occurrence,
of
any Reportable Event relating to it of which it (in the case of the Indenture
Trustee, a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, or in the case
of the
Owner Trustee, any officer of the Owner Trustee with direct responsibility
for
the administration of the Trust or with knowledge or familiarity with
the
particular subject) has actual knowledge. A person has actual knowledge
of a
Reportable Event to the extent that it relates to it or any action or
failure to
act by it.
Section
7.04 Form 10-K Filings.
(a) Before
March 30th of
each year, beginning in 2008 (or any earlier date required by the Exchange
Act),
the Depositor shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust a Form 10-K,
in form
and substance as required by the Exchange Act. A senior officer in charge
of the
servicing function of the Master Servicer shall sign each Form 10-K filed
on
behalf of the Trust. The Form 10-K shall include as exhibits each
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(1) annual
compliance statement described under Section 3.09,
(2) annual
Servicing Criteria Compliance Assessment Report described under Section
7.07,
and
(3) annual
Accountant’s Attestation described under Section 7.07.
Each
Form
10-K shall also include any Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification required to
be included
with it, as described in Section 7.05.
(b) If
the Item 1119 Parties have changed since the Closing Date, by no later
than
March 1 of each year, the Master Servicer shall provide each of the Indenture
Trustee and the Owner Trustee with an updated list of the Item 1119
Parties.
(c) No
later than March 15 of each year, beginning in 2008, the Master Servicer,
the
Indenture Trustee, and the Owner Trustee shall notify (and the Master
Servicer
shall cause any subservicer to notify) the Depositor and the Master Servicer
of
any Form 10-K Disclosure Item, together with a description of it in form
and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Depositor. Additionally, each
of the
Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, and the Owner Trustee shall provide,
and
shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor retained by the Master Servicer
or the
Indenture Trustee, and in the case of the Master Servicer shall cause
each
subservicer, to provide the following information no later than March
15 of each
year in which a Form 10-K is required to be filed on behalf of the
Trust:
(1) if
the report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described
under
Section 7.07 or related registered public accounting firm attestation
report
described under Section 7.07 relating to the relevant person identifies
any
material instance of noncompliance, notification of the instance of
noncompliance and
(2) if
the report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria or related
registered public accounting firm attestation report relating to the
relevant
person is not provided to be filed as an exhibit to the Form 10-K, information
detailing the explanation why the report is not included.
Section
7.05 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification.
(a) Each
Form 10-K shall include a Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification. No later than
March 15
of each year, beginning in 2008, the Master Servicer and the Indenture
Trustee
shall (unless it is the Certifying Person), and the Master Servicer shall
cause
each subservicer and Reporting Subcontractor and the Indenture Trustee
shall
cause each Reporting Subcontractor to, provide to the Certifying Person
a
Performance Certification on which the Certification Parties may reasonably
rely.
(b) The
senior officer in charge of the servicing function of the Master Servicer
shall
serve as the Certifying Person on behalf of the Trust. Neither the Master
Servicer nor the Depositor will request delivery of a certification under
this
Section unless the Depositor is required under the Exchange Act to file
an
annual report on Form 10-K with respect to the Trust. If before the filing
date
of the Form 10-K in March of each year, a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture
Trustee or the Depositor has actual knowledge of information material
to
the
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Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification, the Indenture Trustee or the Depositor, as the case may
be, shall
promptly notify the Master Servicer and the Depositor. The respective
parties to
this Agreement agree to cooperate with all reasonable requests made by
any
Certifying Person or Certification Party in connection with the Certifying
Person’s or Certification Party’s attempt to conduct any due diligence that it
reasonably believes to be appropriate to allow it to deliver any Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification with respect to the Trust.
Section
7.06 Form 15 Filing.
Before
January 30 of the first year in which the Depositor is able to do so
under
applicable law, the Depositor shall file a Form 15 relating to the automatic
suspension of reporting in respect of the Trust under the Exchange
Act.
Section
7.07 Report on Assessment of Compliance and
Attestation.
(a) On
or before March 15 of each year, beginning in 2008 and continuing until
the year
in which a Form 15 is filed pursuant to Section 7.06:
(1) Each
of the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the
Depositor
and the Master Servicer a Servicing Criteria Compliance Assessment Report
for
the previous year so long as a Servicing Criteria Compliance Assessment
Report
is required by Regulation AB. The Servicing Criteria Compliance Assessment
Report shall be signed by an authorized officer of the Master Servicer
or the
Indenture Trustee, as applicable, and shall address each of the Servicing
Criteria specified on a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit
F
delivered to the Depositor concurrently with the execution of this Agreement.
To
the extent any of the Servicing Criteria are not applicable to the Master
Servicer or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, with respect to asset-backed
securities transactions taken as a whole involving it and that are backed
by the
same asset type backing the Notes, the report shall include a statement
to that
effect. The Depositor and the Master Servicer, and each of their respective
officers and directors, will be entitled to rely on each Servicing Criteria
Compliance Assessment Report.
(2) Each
of the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the
Depositor
and the Master Servicer an Accountant’s Attestation with respect to the
Servicing Criteria Compliance Assessment Report furnished by Master Servicer
or
the Indenture Trustee, as applicable. To the extent any of the Servicing
Criteria are not applicable to the Master Servicer or the Indenture Trustee,
as
applicable, with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken
as a
whole involving it and that are backed by the same asset type backing
the Notes,
the Accountant’s Attestation shall include a statement to that
effect.
(3) The
Master Servicer shall cause each subservicer and each Reporting Subcontractor
to
deliver to the Depositor a Servicing Criteria Compliance Assessment Report
and
an Accountant’s Attestation as and when provided in Section 7.07(a)(1) and
(2).
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(4) The
Indenture Trustee shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to deliver
to the
Depositor and the Master Servicer a Servicing Criteria Compliance Assessment
Report and an Accountant’s Attestation as and when provided in
Section 7.07(a)(1) and (2).
(5) The
Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall execute (and the Master
Servicer
shall cause each subservicer to execute, and the Master Servicer and
the
Indenture Trustee shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to execute)
a
reliance certificate in the form of Exhibit H to enable the Certification
Parties to rely on each
(A) annual
compliance statement provided pursuant to Section 3.09, if
applicable,
(B) Servicing
Criteria Compliance Assessment Report provided pursuant to this Section
7.07,
and
(C) Accountant’s
Attestation provided pursuant to this Section 7.07,
and
shall
include a certification that each Servicing Criteria Compliance Assessment
Report discloses any deficiencies or defaults described to the applicable
registered public accountants to enable them to render the Accountant’s
Attestation provided for in this Section 7.07.
(b) If
the Master Servicer, any subservicer, the Indenture Trustee, or any Reporting
Subcontractor is terminated or resigns during the term of this Agreement,
that
person shall provide documents and information required by this Section
7.07
with respect to the period it was subject to this Agreement or provided
services
with respect to the Trust, the Notes, or the Mortgage Loans.
(c) Each
Servicing Criteria Compliance Assessment Report provided by a subservicer
pursuant to Section 7.07(a)(3) shall address each of the Servicing Criteria
specified on a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit G delivered
to
the Depositor concurrently with the execution of this Agreement or, in
the case
of a subservicer subsequently appointed as such, on or before the date
of its
appointment. An assessment of compliance provided by a Subcontractor
pursuant to
Section 7.07(a)(3) or (4) need not address any elements of the Servicing
Criteria other than those specified by the Master Servicer or the Indenture
Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 7.07(a)(1).
Section
7.08 Use of Subservicers and
Subcontractors.
(a) The
Master Servicer shall cause any subservicer used by the Master Servicer
(or by
any subservicer) for the benefit of the Depositor to comply with the
provisions
of Section 3.09(b) and this Article VII to the same extent as if it were
the
Master Servicer (except with respect to the Master Servicer’s duties with
respect to preparing and filing any Exchange Act Reports or as the Certifying
Person). The Master Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining from
each
subservicer and delivering to the Depositor any servicer compliance statement
required to be delivered by the subservicer under Section 3.09, any Servicing
Criteria Compliance Assessment Report and Accountant’s Attestation required to
be delivered by the
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subservicer
under Section 7.07, and any certification required to be delivered to
the
Certifying Person under Section 7.05 as and when required to be
delivered.
No
person
may become a successor subservicer in connection with this Agreement
(whether by
merger or consolidation with an existing subservicer or by appointment
as a
successor to any subservicer) unless the Master Servicer has notified
the
Depositor at least 15 days before the effective date of the succession
or
appointment of the successor and has provided all information reasonably
requested by the Depositor to comply with its reporting obligation under
Item
6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to the succession or appointment of the
successor
subservicer in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Depositor.
(b) It
shall not be necessary for the Master Servicer, any subservicer, or the
Indenture Trustee to seek the consent of the Depositor or any other party
to the
use of any Subcontractor. The Master Servicer or the Indenture Trustee,
as
applicable, shall promptly on request provide to the Depositor (or any
designee
of the Depositor, such as the Master Servicer or administrator) a description
(in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor) of the
role and
function of each Subcontractor used by the Master Servicer or the Indenture
Trustee (or in the case of the Master Servicer, any Subservicer). The
description shall specify for each Subcontractor
(1) its
identity,
(2) whether
it is “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122
of Regulation AB, and
(3) which
elements of the Servicing Criteria will be addressed in Servicing Criteria
Compliance Assessment Reports provided by it if it is “participating in the
servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation
AB.
(c) Neither
the Master Servicer nor the Indenture Trustee shall use any Subcontractor
(or in
the case of the Master Servicer, any subservicer) that would be a Reporting
Subcontractor unless the Subcontractor (or subservicer) agrees for the
benefit
of the Depositor to comply with Sections 7.07 and 7.09 to the same extent
as if
the Subcontractor (or subservicer) were the Master Servicer (except with
respect
to the Master Servicer’s duties with respect to preparing and filing any
Exchange Act Reports or as the Certifying Person) or the Indenture Trustee
with
respect to the actions being performed by the Subcontractor (or subservicer),
as
applicable. The Master Servicer or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable,
shall
be responsible for obtaining from each Subcontractor and delivering to
the
Depositor and the Master Servicer any Servicing Criteria Compliance Assessment
Report and Accountant’s Attestation required to be delivered by the
Subcontractor under Section 7.05 and Section 7.07, in each case as and
when
required to be delivered.
Section
7.09 Amendments.
(a) If
the parties to this Agreement desire to further clarify or amend any
provision
of this Article VII, this Agreement shall be amended to reflect the new
agreement between the parties covering matters in this Article VII, which
amendment shall not require any Opinion of Counsel or the satisfaction
of the
Rating Agency Condition or the consent of any Noteholder.
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(b) The
Depositor shall assume the obligations and responsibilities of the Master
Servicer in this Article VII with respect to the preparation and filing
of the
Exchange Act Reports and acting as the Certifying Person if
(1) during
the period that the Depositor is required to file Exchange Act Reports
with
respect to the Trust, the Master Servicer is no longer an Affiliate of
the
Depositor,
(2) the
successor Master Servicer has agreed to provide a Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification
to the Depositor substantially in the form of Exhibit I,
(3) the
successor Master Servicer has agreed to provide the Servicing Criteria
Compliance Assessment Reports and Accountant’s Attestations as provided in
Section 7.07(a)(1) and (2) and the reliance certificate as provided in
Section
7.07(a)(5),
(4) the
successor Master Servicer has agreed to cause each subservicer and each
Reporting Subcontractor used by it to provide the Servicing Criteria
Compliance
Assessment Reports and Accountant’s Attestations as provided in Section
7.07(a)(3), and
(5) the
Depositor has received indemnity from the successor Master Servicer satisfactory
to the Depositor.
ARTICLE
VIII
Termination
Section
8.01 Termination.
(a) The
respective obligations and responsibilities of the Sponsor, the Master
Servicer,
the Depositor, the Trust, and the Indenture Trustee created by this Agreement
(other than the obligation of the Master Servicer to send certain notices)
shall
terminate on the earlier of
(1) the
transfer of all the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 8.01(b),
(2) the
termination of the Trust Agreement or the Indenture, and
(3) the
final payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan remaining
in the
Trust or the disposition of all property acquired in foreclosure or by
deed in
lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan.
Upon
termination in accordance with this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall
execute
any documents and instruments of transfer presented by the Transferor,
in each
case without recourse, representation, or warranty, and take any other
actions
the Transferor reasonably requests to effect the transfer of the Mortgage
Loans
to the Transferor. Notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement,
the Master
Servicer shall comply with this Agreement in winding up activities under
this
Agreement after termination if necessary.
(b) The
Master Servicer may effect the transfer of all the Mortgage Loans at
their
termination purchase price on any Payment Date on or after the Optional
Termination Date and
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require
the Trust to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture
with
the proceeds. The termination purchase price is the greater of (x) the
sum
of:
(1) the
aggregate Note Principal Balance for the Notes,
(2) accrued
aggregate Note Interest through the day preceding the final Payment Date,
and
(3) interest
accrued on any aggregate Unpaid Investor Interest Shortfall, to the extent
legally permissible,
and
(y)
the sum of the amounts in Section 8.02(c)(1), (2), and (3) below.
(c) The
Master Servicer must notify the Trust and the Indenture Trustee of any
election
to effect the transfer of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 8.01(b) no
later than the first day of the month before the month in which the transfer
is
to occur. The proceeds from the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, for purposes
of
payments on the Notes, shall be considered to have been received in the
Collection Period before the Collection Period in which the Payment Date
on
which the purchase takes place occurs.
Section
8.02 Additional Termination
Requirements.
(a) If
the Master Servicer exercises its redemption option in Section 8.01(b), the
Mortgage Loans then remaining in the Trust shall be liquidated in accordance
with the following additional requirements, unless the Indenture Trustee
has
been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the failure
to
comply with the requirements of this Section will not result in the imposition
of taxes on prohibited transactions on any REMIC as defined in Section 860F
of the Code, or cause any REMIC created under the Trust Agreement to
fail to
qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Notes are outstanding:
(b) Within
90 days before the final Payment Date in the notice given by the Indenture
Trustee under Section 10.01(b) of the Indenture, the Master Servicer shall
prepare and the Indenture Trustee, at the expense of the tax matters
person,
shall adopt a plan of complete liquidation within the meaning of
Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel,
meets the requirements of a qualified liquidation; and
(c) Within
90 days after the time of adoption of a plan of complete liquidation,
the Issuer
shall sell all of the assets of the Trust to the Master Servicer for
cash
greater than or equal to the sum of:
(1) 100%
of the principal balance of each Mortgage Loan plus one month’s accrued interest
thereon at the applicable Loan Rate,
(2) for
each such property, the lesser of the appraised value of any Mortgaged
Property
that has been acquired by the Trust in foreclosure or by deed in lieu
of
foreclosure as determined by the higher of two appraisals completed by
two
independent appraisers selected by the Master Servicer at the expense
of the
Master Servicer and the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan,
and
(3) any
remaining unpaid costs and damages incurred by the Trust that arise out
of an
actual violation of any predatory or abusive lending law that also
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constitutes
an actual breach of a representation and warranty in Section 2.04, in
all cases
plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Loan
Rate.
The
Indenture Trustee as agent for any REMIC created under the Trust Agreement
shall
adopt and sign such a plan of complete liquidation upon the written request
of
the Master Servicer and the receipt of the Opinion of Counsel referred
to in
Section 8.02(a) and take any other action in connection therewith
reasonably requested by the Master Servicer.
ARTICLE
IX
Miscellaneous
Provisions
Section
9.01 Amendment.
This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Sponsor, the Master
Servicer,
the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee, if the Rating
Agency Condition is satisfied. However, no amendment that significantly
changes
the permitted activities of the Trust may be promulgated without the
consent of
a majority of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes. For this
purpose no
Notes owned by the Sponsor or any of its affiliates may vote, nor shall
their
Notes be considered outstanding. This Agreement may also be amended from
time to
time by the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee,
and
the Indenture Trustee, with the consent of Holders of not less than 66⅔%
of the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
The
Indenture Trustee may enter into any amendment of this Agreement as to
which the
Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, and when so requested by an Issuer
Request, the Indenture Trustee shall enter into any amendment of this
Agreement
(1) that
does not impose further obligations or liabilities on the Indenture Trustee,
and
(2) as
to which either the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied or Holders of
not less
than 66⅔%
of
the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes have consented.
Before
the execution of the amendment, the party to this Agreement requesting
the
amendment shall notify each Rating Agency of the substance of the
amendment.
Section
9.02 Governing Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the
State of New York, without reference to its provisions that would result
in the
application of the laws of another State.
Section
9.03 Notices.
All
notices, demands, instructions, consents, and other communications required
or
permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and signed by the
party
giving the same and shall be personally delivered or sent by first-class
or
express mail (postage prepaid), national overnight courier service, or
by
facsimile transmission or other electronic communication
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device
capable of transmitting or creating a written record (confirmed by first-class
mail) and shall be considered to be given for purposes of this Agreement
on the
day that the writing is delivered when personally delivered or sent by
facsimile
or overnight courier or three Business Days after it was sent to its
intended
recipient if sent by first-class mail. A facsimile has been delivered
when the
sending machine issues an electronic confirmation of transmission. Unless
otherwise specified in a notice sent or delivered in accordance with
the
provisions of this Section, notices, demands, instructions, consents,
and other
communications in writing shall be given to or made on the respective
parties at
their respective Addresses indicated in the Master Glossary of Defined
Terms.
Section
9.04 Severability of
Provisions.
Any
provisions of this Agreement that are held invalid for any reason or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be
ineffective
to the extent of the invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating
the
remaining provisions of this Agreement, and the prohibition or unenforceability
in a jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable that provision
in
any other jurisdiction.
Section
9.05 [RESERVED]
Section
9.06 Third-Party
Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement will be binding on the parties to this Agreement, and inure
to the
benefit of the parties to this Agreement, the Noteholders, the Transferor,
the
Note Owners, the Owner Trustee, and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. No other person will have any rights under this
Agreement.
Section
9.07 Counterparts; Electronic
Delivery.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of copies, and by the different
parties
on the same or separate counterparts, each of which shall be considered
to be an
original instrument. Any signature page to this Agreement containing
a manual
signature may be delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic
communication device capable of transmitting or creating a printable
written
record, and when so delivered shall have the effect of delivery of an
original
manually signed signature page.
Section
9.08 Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents.
The
Article and Section headings in this Agreement and the Table of Contents
are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this
Agreement.
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In
Witness Whereof, the Depositor, the Sponsor and Master Servicer, the
Trust, and
the Indenture Trustee have caused this Agreement to be duly executed
by their
respective officers all as of the day and year first above written.
CWHEQ,
Inc.
Depositor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: Senior Vice President | |||
Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc.
Sponsor and Master Servicer
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: Senior Vice President | |||
The
Bank of New York
Not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Indenture Trustee
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: Assistant Treasurer | |||
By: | Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee | ||
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: Vice President | |||
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State
of CALIFORNIA
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ss.:
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County
of LOS ANGELES
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On
the
13th day
of
August, 2007 before me, a notary public in and for the State of California,
personally appeared Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, known to me who, being by me duly
sworn, did
depose and say that she resides at Calabasas, California; that she is
the Senior
Vice President of CWHEQ, Inc. a Delaware corporation, one of the parties
that
executed the foregoing instrument; that she signed her name thereto by
order of
the Board of Directors of said corporation.
_/s/
Xxxxxx X. Daniel_________
Notary
Public
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
Commission
# 1609859
Notary
Public – California
Los
Angeles County
My
Comm.
Expires October 15, 2009.
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State
of CALIFORNIA
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County
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On
the
13th day
of
August, 2007 before me, a notary public in and for the State of California,
personally appeared Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx known to me who, being by me duly
sworn, did
depose and say that she resides at Calabasas, California; that she is
the Senior
Vice President of Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New York corporation,
one of
the parties that executed the foregoing instrument; and that she signed
her name
thereto by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation.
_/s/
Xxxxxx X. Daniel________
Notary
Public
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
Commission
# 1609859
Notary
Public – California
Los
Angeles County
My
Comm.
Expires October 15, 2009.
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On
the
15th day
of
August, 2007 before me, a notary public in and for the State of New York,
personally appeared Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, known to me who, being by me
duly
sworn, did depose and say that she resides at New York, New York; that
she is
the Vice President of The Bank of New York, one of the parties that executed
the
foregoing instrument; that she signed her name thereto by order of the
Board of
Directors of said corporation.
____________________
Notary
Public
OFFICIAL
SEAL
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State
of DELAWARE
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County
of NEW CASTLE
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On
the 13th day
of August,
2007 before me, a notary public in and for the State of Delaware, personally
appeared Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, known to me who, being by me duly sworn,
did depose
and say that he/she resides at Delaware; that he/she is Vice President
of
Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but in its capacity
as
Owner Trustee of CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-G,
one of
the parties that executed the foregoing instrument; that she signed her
name
thereto by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation.
/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Notary
Public
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
Notary
Public – State of Delaware
My
Commission Expires May 15, 2011
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Exhibit
A
Mortgage
Loan Schedule
[Delivered
to Indenture Trustee Only]
A-1
Exhibit
B
Form
of
Request For Release of Documents
[DATE]
The
Bank
of New York
as
Indenture Trustee
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0 Xxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn:
Corporate Trust MBS Administration
cc:
The
Bank
of New York Trust Company, N.A.
000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Structured Finance Services
Re: CWHEQ,
Inc. Revolving Home Equity Loan
Asset
Backed Notes, Series 200[•]-[•]
Gentlemen:
In
connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you
as
Indenture Trustee under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
[ • ],
200[•], among CWHEQ, Inc. as Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Sponsor
and Master Servicer, CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 200[•]-[•]
and you, as Indenture Trustee (the “Agreement”), we hereby request a release of
the Mortgage File held by you as Indenture Trustee with respect to the
following
described Mortgage Loan for the reason indicated below.
Loan
No.:
[MIN
No.]
Reason
for requesting file:
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1.
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Mortgage
Loan paid in full. (The Master Servicer hereby certifies that
all amounts
received in connection with the payment in full of the Mortgage
Loan which
are required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant
to
Section 3.02 of the Agreement have been so
deposited).
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2.
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Retransfer
of Mortgage Loan. (The Master Servicer hereby certifies that
the Transfer
Deposit Amount has been deposited in the Collection Account
pursuant to
the Agreement).
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3.
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The
Mortgage Loan is being foreclosed.
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4.
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The
Mortgage Loan is being re-financed by another depository institution.
(The
Master Servicer hereby certifies that all amounts received
in connection
with the payment in full of the Mortgage Loan which are required
to be
deposited in the Collection Account pursuant
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to Section 3.02 of the Agreement have been so deposited). | ||
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5.
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The
Mortgage Loan has been sold in an auction. (The Master Servicer
hereby
certifies that all amounts due pursuant to Section 3.06 of
the Agreement
have been deposited in the Collection Account).
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6.
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Other
(Describe).
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The
undersigned acknowledges that the above Mortgage File will be held by
the
undersigned in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement and will
promptly
be returned to the Indenture Trustee when the need therefor by the Master
Servicer no longer exists unless the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated
or
retransferred.
Capitalized
terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Agreement.
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. | |||
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Title: Servicing Officer | |||
B-2
Exhibit
C
[RESERVED]
C-1
Exhibit
D
Monthly
Statement
The
following information is required in each Monthly Statement. The format
of the
Monthly Statement is on file with the Indenture Trustee.
(1) the
Floating Allocation Percentage for the related Collection Period;
(2) the
Available Interest Collections and the Investor Principal Collections
for the
related Collection Period;
(3) the
Interest Collections that are not Available Interest Collections, the
Net Draws
Principal Payment, and Interest Collections allocated to the Net Draws,
and
Transferor Principal Collections, for the related Collection
Period;
(4) the
aggregate amount to be paid to the related Classes of Notes;
(5) the
amount of Note Interest for each Class of Notes for the related Interest
Period,
and the Note Rate for each Class of Notes for the related Interest
Period;
(6) the
amount of the Note Interest that is not payable to the Holders of each
Class of
Notes on the Payment Date because of insufficient Available Interest
Collections
and Subordinated Transferor Collections;
(7) the
amount of the Investor Loss Amount not covered by the applications of
Available
Interest Collections to pay down each Class of Notes, after giving effect
to the
payments on each Class of Notes on that Payment Date;
(8) the
amount of the remaining Unpaid Investor Interest Shortfall for each Class
of
Notes after giving effect to the payment;
(9) the
amount of principal in the payment for each Class of Notes, separately
stating
its components;
(10) the
amount of the Investor Loss Amounts for the Payment Date and the amount
of
Investor Loss Amounts that will be reimbursed in the payment;
(11) the
aggregate unreimbursed Investor Loss Amounts after giving effect to the
payment;
(12) the
amount of any Basis Risk Carryforward for each Class of Notes in the
payment and
the amount of Rate Cap Shortfalls for the Notes and any amounts due to
the
trust, and the amounts received, in respect of the Cap Contract;
(13) the
amount of the remaining Basis Risk Carryforward for the Notes giving
effect to
the payment;
(14) the
Accelerated Principal Payment Amount and the portion of it that will
be
distributed as principal on each Class of Notes pursuant to
Section 8.03(a)(vi) of the Indenture on the Payment Date;
(15) the
amount of any Transfer Deposit Amount paid by the Sponsor or the Depositor
during the related Collection Period in connection with retransfer of
Mortgage
Loans pursuant to Section 2.07 of this Sale and Servicing
Agreement;
D-1
(16) the
Servicing Fee for the Payment Date;
(17) the
Indenture Trustee Fee and the Owner Trustee Fee for the Payment
Date;
(18) the
Note Principal Balance or Notional Balance of each Class of Notes and
the factor
to seven decimal places obtained by dividing the Note Principal Balance
of each
Class of Notes for the Payment Date by the Original Note Principal Balance
of
that Class of Notes after giving effect to all payments on the Payment
Date;
(19) the
Allocated Transferor Interest after giving effect to the payment and
to any
reduction in with respect to the Investor Loss Amount on the Payment
Date;
(20) whether
a Rapid Amortization Event has occurred since the prior Determination
Date,
specifying the Rapid Amortization Event if one has occurred;
(21) whether
an Event of Servicing Termination has occurred since the prior Determination
Date, specifying the Event of Servicing Termination if one has
occurred;
(22) whether
the Stepdown Date has occurred since the prior Determination Date;
(23) whether
the Stepup Trigger Date has occurred since the prior Determination
Date;
(24) the
amount to be distributed on the Mortgage Loans to the Issuer pursuant
to
Section 8.03(a)(ix) of the Indenture;
(25) the
amount to be paid to the Master Servicer from Available Interest Collections
pursuant to Section 8.03(a)(viii) of the Indenture;
(26) the
Maximum Rate for the related Collection Period and the Weighted Average
Net Loan
Rate for the Mortgage Loans for the related Collection Period;
(27) the
Loan Pool Balance as of the end of the preceding Collection Period;
(28) the
number and aggregate Asset Balances of Mortgage Loans as to which the
Minimum
Monthly Payment is delinquent for 30-59 days, 60-89 days, and 90 or more
days,
respectively, as of the end of the preceding Collection Period;
(29) the
book value (within the meaning of 12 C.F.R. § 571.13 or comparable
provision) of any real estate acquired through foreclosure or grant of
a deed in
lieu of foreclosure;
(30) the
number and aggregate Asset Balances of any Mortgage Loans that were charged-off
during the Collection Period immediately before that Payment Date, and
any
amount of Charged-off Mortgage Loan Proceeds included in the payments
to the
Noteholders on that Payment Date;
(31) the
amount of any optional advances on the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section
4.03
by the Master Servicer included in the payment on the Payment Date and
the
aggregate amount of optional advances pursuant to Section 4.03 on Mortgage
Loans
by the Master Servicer outstanding as of the close of business on the
Payment
Date;
(32) the
number and principal balances of any Mortgage Loans retransferred to
the Sponsor
pursuant to each of Section 2.04 and to the Class R-1 Certificate Holder
pursuant to Section 2.06;
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(33) the
amount of Subordinated Transferor Collections included in the payment
for
the Notes;
(34) for
the first Payment Date, the number and Cut-off Date Asset Balance of
Mortgage
Loans for which the Mortgage Loan File was not delivered to the Custodian
acting
on behalf of the Indenture Trustee within 30 days of the Closing
Date;
(35) the
amount being paid to the Class R-1 Certificates,
(36) the
Net Draws for the Payment Date;
(37) the
Net Draws Principal Payment for the Payment Date;
(38) the
Record Date for that Payment Date;
(39) the
Determination Date;
(40) the
Payment Date;
(41) the
amount of funds received into any of the Collection Account, Payment
Account,
and any other account or fund established under the Transaction Documents,
and
the sources of the funds;
(42) fees
paid to any party under the Transaction Documents, other than the Servicing
Fee;
(43) [RESERVED]
(44) the
applicable Mortgage Rate;
(45) the
beginning and ending balance of any of the Collection Account, Payment
Account,
and any other account or fund established under the Transaction
Documents;
(46) the
number and principal balance of the Mortgage Loans at the beginning and
the end
applicable period, and the following information for the Mortgage Loans:
the
weighted average Mortgage Rate, the weighted average remaining term to
maturity,
and the weighted average loan age;
(47) the
pool factor;
(48) amount
of prepayments;
(49) amount
of prepayment charges;
(50) delinquency
and loss information for the Mortgage Loans;
(51) any
material modifications, extensions, or waiver to any terms of Mortgage
Loan
during the applicable period;
(52) any
material breaches by any party to the Transaction Documents of any
representation, warranty, or covenant;
(53) any
repurchase or substitution of a Mortgage Loan; and
(54) any
material changes to the underwriting, originating, acquisition or pool
selection
criteria of any Seller.
The
amounts furnished pursuant to clauses (4), (5) (for Note Interest), (7),
(8),
(9), (10), and (11) above shall be expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000
increment of Notes.
D-3
Exhibit
E-1
Form
of
Performance Certification
(Subservicer)
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Re:
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The
Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of [________] (the “Sale and
Servicing Agreement”) among CWHEQ, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., as Sponsor and Master Servicer, CWHEQ Revolving
Home Equity
Loan Trust, Series 200[ ]-[ ], as the Trust, and the
undersigned, as Indenture Trustee and [Subservicing Agreement]
dated as of
[ ] (the
“Agreement”)
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I,
________________________________, the _______________________ of [NAME
OF
COMPANY] (the “Company”), certify to the Depositor and the Master Servicer, and
their officers, with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon
this
certification, that:
(1) I
have reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the Company provided
in
accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (the “Compliance Statement”), the
report on assessment of the Company’s compliance with the servicing criteria set
forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Criteria”), provided in
accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act
of 1934,
as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the “Servicing
Assessment”), the registered public accounting firm’s attestation report
provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange
Act and
Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB (the “Attestation Report”), all servicing
reports, officer’s certificates and other information relating to the servicing
of the Mortgage Loans by the Company during 200[ ] that were delivered
by the
Company to the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Indenture Trustee
pursuant
to the Agreement (collectively, the “Company Servicing
Information”);
(2) Based
on my knowledge, the Company Servicing Information, taken as a whole,
does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances
under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
of
time covered by the Company Servicing Information;
(3) Based
on my knowledge, all of the Company Servicing Information required to
be
provided by the Company under the Agreement has been provided to the
Depositor,
the Master Servicer or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable;
(4) I
am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Company
as a
servicer under the Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance
review conducted in preparing the Compliance Statement and except as
disclosed
in the Compliance Statement, the Servicing Assessment or the Attestation
Report,
the Company has fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement in all
material
respects; and
(5) The
Compliance Statement required to be delivered by the Company pursuant
to the
Agreement, and the Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report
required
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to
be
provided by the Company and by any Subservicer or Subcontractor pursuant
to the
Agreement, have been provided to the Master Servicer. Any material
instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed
to the
Master Servicer. Any material instance of noncompliance with the
Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in such reports.
Date: | |||
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By:
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Name | |||
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E-1-2
Exhibit
E-2
Form
of
Backup Certification
(Indenture
Trustee)
CWHEQ,
INC.,
REVOLVING
HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED NOTES,
SERIES
200[ ]-[ ]
I,
________________________________, a _______________________ of The Bank
of New
York (the “Company”), certify to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (the “Master
Servicer”) and/or CWHEQ, Inc. (the “Depositor”), as applicable, and their
respective officers, directors and affiliates, with the knowledge and
intent
that they will rely upon this certification in connection with the certification
that the Master Servicer or the Depositor is required to file on behalf
of the
Trust (as defined below) pursuant to Section 302 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act of
2002, that:
(1) I
have reviewed (i) the report on assessment of the Company’s compliance with the
servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the “Servicing
Criteria”), provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and Item 1122
of Regulation AB (the “Company Information”), and the registered public
accounting firm’s attestation report provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18
and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB
(the
“Attestation Report”) that were delivered by the Company to the Master Servicer
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement for the Series listed on
Exhibit 1
hereto (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), and (ii) all reports on Form 10-D
containing statements (collectively, the “Distribution Date Statements”) to
certificateholders filed in respect of the period included in the year
covered
by the annual report of the trust (the “Trust”) formed pursuant to such Sale and
Servicing Agreement;
(2) Assuming
the accuracy and completeness of the information delivered to the Company
by the
Master Servicer as provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and subject
to
paragraph (4) below, the distribution information determined by the Company
and
set forth in the Distribution Date Statements included in the year covered
by
the annual report of the Trust on Form 10-K for the calendar year 2006
is
complete and does not contain any material misstatement of fact with
respect to
the period of time covered by such annual report;
(3) Based
solely on the information delivered to the Company by the Master Servicer
as
provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (i) the distribution information
required under the Sale and Servicing Agreement to be included in the
Trust’s
Distribution Date Statements and (ii) the servicing information required
to be
provided by the Master Servicer to the Company for inclusion in the Trust’s
Distribution Date Statements, to the extent received by the Company from
the
Master Servicer in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
is included
in such Distribution Date Statements;
(4) The
Company is not certifying as to the accuracy, completeness or correctness
of the
information which it received from the Master Servicer and did not
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independently
verify or confirm the accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information
provided by the Master Servicer;
(5) To
the best of my knowledge, the Company Information, taken as a whole,
does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances
under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
of
time covered by the Company Information and any material instance of
noncompliance with the Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in the Company
Information;
(6) I
am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Company
as a person
“performing a servicing function” under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and
Indenture for the Series listed on Exhibit I (the “Indenture”), and, based on my
knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the Company
Information, except as disclosed in the Company Information or the Attestation
Report, the Company has fulfilled its obligations under the Sale and
Servicing
Agreement and Indenture in all material respects; and
(7) The
Company Information and Attestation Report required to be provided by
the
Company and any Subcontractor (as defined in the Sale and Servicing Agreement)
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement have been provided to the
Master
Servicer and the Depositor.
Date: | |||
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E-2-2
Exhibit
F
Form
of
Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in
Assessment
of Compliance Statement
The
assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Trustee shall address,
at a
minimum, the criteria identified below as “Applicable Servicing
Criteria”:
Reference
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Servicing
Criteria
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Applicable
Servicing Criteria
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General
Servicing Considerations
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1122(d)(1)(i)
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Policies
and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or
other triggers
and events of default in accordance with the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(1)(ii)
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If
any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties,
policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third
party’s
performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
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1122(d)(1)(iii)
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Any
requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up
servicer
for the pool assets are maintained.
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1122(d)(1)(iv)
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A
fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect
on the party
participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting
period in
the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance
with the
terms of the transaction agreements.
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Cash
Collection and Administration
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1122(d)(2)(i)
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Payments
on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial
bank accounts
and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business
days
following receipt, or such other number of days specified in
the
transaction agreements.
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X
(as to accounts held by Trustee)
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1122(d)(2)(ii)
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Disbursements
made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor
are made
only by authorized personnel.
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X
( as to investors only)
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1122(d)(2)(iii)
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Advances
of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or
distributions,
and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are
made,
reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(2)(iv)
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The
related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve
accounts or
accounts established as a form of over collateralization, are
separately
maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set
forth in the
transaction agreements.
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X
(as to accounts held by Trustee)
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1122(d)(2)(v)
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Each
custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository
institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For
purposes of
this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to
a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution
that
meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities
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X
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clarification)
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Reference
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Servicing
Criteria
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Applicable
Servicing Criteria
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Exchange Act. | ||
1122(d)(2)(vi)
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Unissued
checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized
access.
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1122(d)(2)(vii)
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Reconciliations
are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities
related
bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank
clearing
accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate;
(B)
prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff
date, or
such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements;
(C)
reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who
prepared the
reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling
items. These
reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their
original
identification, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction
agreements.
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X
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will only be provided by the Trustee if it is deemed that such accounts
maintained by the Trustee are custodial accounts for purposes of these
servicing
criteria and is subject to further clarification from the
SEC. Transaction agreements currently do not require custodial
accounts to be established at federally insured depository institutions;
however, if the criteria is further clarified such that custodial accounts
are
to be established at federally insured depository institutions OR as
set forth
in transaction agreements, then the criteria would be applicable.
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Investor
Remittances and Reporting
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1122(d)(3)(i)
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Reports
to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission,
are
maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and
applicable
Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are
prepared in
accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the
transaction
agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance
with the
terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed
with the
Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D)
agree with
investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal
balance and number of pool assets serviced by the
servicer.
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X
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1122(d)(3)(ii)
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Amounts
due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with
timeframes,
distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(3)(iii)
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Disbursements
made to an investor are posted within two business days to
the servicer’s
investor records, or such other number of days specified in
the
transaction agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(3)(iv)
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Amounts
remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank
statements.
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X
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Pool
Asset Administration
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1122(d)(4)(i)
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Collateral
or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the
transaction
agreements or related pool asset documents.
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1122(d)(4)(ii)
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Pool
assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by
the
transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(iii)
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Any
additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are
made, reviewed
and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements
in the
transaction agreements.
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X
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1122(d)(4)(iv)
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Payments
on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with
the related
pool asset documents are posted to the servicer’s obligor records
maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or
such other
number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and
allocated to
principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance
with the
related pool asset documents.
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1122(d)(4)(v)
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The
servicer’s records regarding the pool assets agree with the servicer’s
records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal
balance.
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1122(d)(4)(vi)
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Changes
with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's pool assets
(e.g.,
loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved
by
authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements
and
related pool asset documents.
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1122(d)(4)(vii)
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Loss
mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications
and
deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions,
as
applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance
with the
timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(viii)
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Records
documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period
a pool
asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements.
Such
records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such
other period
specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s
activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including,
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F-3
for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment). | ||
1122(d)(4)(ix)
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Adjustments
to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable
rates
are computed based on the related pool asset documents.
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1122(d)(4)(x)
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Regarding
any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts):
(A) such
funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s pool asset documents,
on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified
in the
transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid,
or credited,
to obligors in accordance with applicable pool asset documents
and state
laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within
30 calendar
days of full repayment of the related pool assets, or such
other number of
days specified in the transaction agreements.
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F-4
1122(d)(4)(xi)
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Payments
made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments)
are made
on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated
on the
appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that
such support
has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days
prior to these
dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(xii)
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Any
late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be
made on behalf
of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the
obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or
omission.
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1122(d)(4)(xiii)
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Disbursements
made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business
days to the
obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number
of days
specified in the transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(xiv)
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Delinquencies,
charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded
in
accordance with the transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(xv)
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Any
external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1)
through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as
set forth in
the transaction agreements.
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X
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[NAME OF MASTER SERVICER] [NAME OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE] [NAME OF SUBSERVICER] | |||
Date: | |||
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By:
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Name | |||
Title | |||
F-5
Exhibit
G
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification
(Replacement
of Master Servicer)
G-1
Exhibit
H
Form
of
Reliance Certificate
[on
file
with Indenture Trustee]
H-1