EXHIBIT 99.1
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EXECUTION COPY
X.X. XXXXXX ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION I
Depositor
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
Master Servicer and Securities Administrator
and
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 1, 2004
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X.X. XXXXXX MORTGAGE TRUST 2004-A3
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS.............................................................................................1
Section 1.01 Definitions.....................................................................................1
Section 1.02 Calculations Respecting Mortgage Loans.........................................................37
ARTICLE II DECLARATION OF TRUST; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES........................................................37
Section 2.01 Creation and Declaration of Trust Fund; Conveyance of Mortgage Loans...........................37
Section 2.02 Acceptance of Trust Fund by Trustee; Review of Documentation for Trust Fund....................41
Section 2.03 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor................................................42
Section 2.04 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to the Mortgage Loans.......................44
Section 2.05 Discovery of Breach; Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans..............................47
Section 2.06 Grant Clause...................................................................................49
ARTICLE III THE CERTIFICATES.....................................................................................50
Section 3.01 The Certificates...............................................................................50
Section 3.02 Registration...................................................................................51
Section 3.03 Transfer and Exchange of Certificates..........................................................52
Section 3.04 Cancellation of Certificates...................................................................55
Section 3.05 Replacement of Certificates....................................................................55
Section 3.06 Persons Deemed Owners..........................................................................56
Section 3.07 Temporary Certificates.........................................................................56
Section 3.08 Appointment of Paying Agent....................................................................56
Section 3.09 Book-Entry Certificates........................................................................57
ARTICLE IV ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST FUND......................................................................58
Section 4.01 Custodial Accounts; Distribution Account.......................................................58
Section 4.02 [Reserved].....................................................................................59
Section 4.03 [Reserved].....................................................................................59
Section 4.04 Reports to Trustee and Certificateholders......................................................59
ARTICLE V DISTRIBUTIONS TO HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES...............................................................62
Section 5.01 Distributions Generally........................................................................62
Section 5.02 Distributions from the Distribution Account....................................................62
Section 5.03 Allocation of Losses...........................................................................67
Section 5.04 Advances by Master Servicer....................................................................69
Section 5.05 Compensating Interest Payments.................................................................69
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ARTICLE VI CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR; EVENTS OF DEFAULT............................69
Section 6.01 Duties of Trustee and the Securities Administrator.............................................69
Section 6.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Securities Administrator.........................72
Section 6.03 Trustee and Securities Administrator Not Liable for Certificates...............................74
Section 6.04 Trustee and the Securities Administrator May Own Certificates..................................74
Section 6.05 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee...........................................................74
Section 6.06 Resignation and Removal of Trustee and the Securities Administrator............................75
Section 6.07 Successor Trustee and Successor Securities Administrator.......................................76
Section 6.08 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or the Securities Administrator.............................76
Section 6.09 Appointment of Co-Trustee, Separate Trustee or Custodian.......................................77
Section 6.10 Authenticating Agents..........................................................................78
Section 6.11 Indemnification of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator................................79
Section 6.12 Fees and Expenses of Securities Administrator and the Trustee..................................80
Section 6.13 Collection of Monies...........................................................................80
Section 6.14 Events of Default; Trustee To Act; Appointment of Successor....................................80
Section 6.15 Additional Remedies of Trustee Upon Event of Default...........................................84
Section 6.16 Waiver of Defaults.............................................................................84
Section 6.17 Notification to Holders........................................................................84
Section 6.18 Directions by Certificateholders and Duties of Trustee During Event of Default.................84
Section 6.19 Action Upon Certain Failures of the Master Servicer and Upon Event of Default..................85
Section 6.20 Preparation of Tax Returns and Other Reports...................................................85
ARTICLE VII PURCHASE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AND TERMINATION OF THE TRUST FUND.........................................86
Section 7.01 Purchase of Mortgage Loans; Termination of Trust Fund Upon Purchase or Liquidation of
All Mortgage Loans.............................................................................86
Section 7.02 Procedure Upon Redemption Termination of Trust Fund............................................87
Section 7.03 Additional Trust Fund Termination Requirements.................................................88
ARTICLE VIII RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS........................................................................89
Section 8.01 Limitation on Rights of Holders................................................................89
Section 8.02 Access to List of Holders......................................................................90
Section 8.03 Acts of Holders of Certificates................................................................91
ARTICLE IX ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY THE MASTER SERVICER.................................92
Section 9.01 Duties of the Master Servicer; Enforcement of Servicers' and Master Servicer's
Obligations....................................................................................92
Section 9.02 Assumption of Master Servicing by Trustee......................................................93
Section 9.03 Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer..........................................94
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Section 9.04 Compensation to the Master Servicer............................................................96
Section 9.05 Merger or Consolidation........................................................................96
Section 9.06 Resignation of Master Servicer.................................................................96
Section 9.07 Assignment or Delegation of Duties by the Master Servicer......................................97
Section 9.08 Limitation on Liability of the Master Servicer and Others......................................97
Section 9.09 Indemnification; Third-Party Claims............................................................98
ARTICLE X REMIC ADMINISTRATION...................................................................................98
Section 10.01 REMIC Administration...........................................................................98
Section 10.02 Prohibited Transactions and Activities........................................................100
Section 10.03 Indemnification with Respect to Prohibited Transactions or Loss of REMIC Status...............101
Section 10.04 REO Property..................................................................................101
Section 10.05 Fidelity......................................................................................102
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.............................................................................102
Section 11.01 Binding Nature of Agreement; Assignment.......................................................102
Section 11.02 Entire Agreement..............................................................................102
Section 11.03 Amendment.....................................................................................102
Section 11.04 Voting Rights.................................................................................103
Section 11.05 Provision of Information......................................................................104
Section 11.06 Governing Law.................................................................................104
Section 11.07 Notices.......................................................................................104
Section 11.08 Severability of Provisions....................................................................105
Section 11.09 Indulgences; No Waivers.......................................................................105
Section 11.10 Headings Not To Affect Interpretation.........................................................105
Section 11.11 Benefits of Agreement.........................................................................105
Section 11.12 Special Notices to the Rating Agencies........................................................105
Section 11.13 Conflicts.....................................................................................107
Section 11.14 Counterparts..................................................................................107
Section 11.15 No Petitions..................................................................................107
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ATTACHMENTS
Exhibit A Forms of Certificates
Exhibit B Form of Residual Certificate Transfer Affidavit (Transferee)
Exhibit C Form of Residual Certificate Transfer Affidavit (Transferor)
Exhibit D [Reserved]
Exhibit E List of Purchase and Servicing Agreements
Exhibit F List of Custodial Agreements
Exhibit G List of Limited Purpose Surety Bonds
Exhibit H Form of Rule 144A Transfer Certificate
Exhibit I Form of Purchaser's Letter for Institutional Accredited
Investors
Exhibit J Form of ERISA Transfer Affidavit
Exhibit K Form of Letter of Representations with the Depository Trust
Company
Exhibit L Form of Custodian Certification
Exhibit M [Reserved]
Schedule A Mortgage Loan Schedule
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This POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1, 2004 (the
"Agreement"), by and among X.X. XXXXXX ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION I, a Delaware
corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., in its dual capacities as master servicer (the "Master
Servicer") and securities administrator (the "Securities Administrator"), and
acknowledged by X.X. XXXXXX MORTGAGE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware
corporation, as a seller ("JPMMAC" and a "Seller") and SUNSET FINANCIAL
RESOURCES, INC., a Maryland corporation, as a seller ("Sunset" and a "Seller"
and, together with JPMMAC, the "Sellers"), for purposes of Sections 2.04 and
2.05.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Depositor has acquired the Mortgage Loans from the Sellers and at the
Closing Date is the owner of the Mortgage Loans and the other property being
conveyed by the Depositor to the Trustee hereunder for inclusion in the Trust
Fund. On the Closing Date, the Depositor will acquire the Certificates from
the Trustee as consideration for the Depositor's transfer to the Trust Fund of
the Mortgage Loans and the other property constituting the Trust Fund. The
Depositor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Agreement to
provide for the conveyance to the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans and the other
property constituting the Trust Fund. All covenants and agreements made by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee
herein, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the other property constituting
the Trust Fund, are for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the
Certificates. The Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the
Securities Administrator are entering into this Agreement, and the Trustee is
accepting the Trust Fund created hereby, for good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged.
As provided herein, the Trustee shall elect that the Trust Fund
(exclusive of the Additional Collateral) be treated for federal income tax
purposes as comprising three real estate mortgage investment conduits (each, a
"REMIC" or, in the alternative, the "Lower-Tier I REMIC," the "Lower-Tier II
REMIC" and the "Upper-Tier (or "Master") REMIC"). Each Certificate, other than
the Class A-R Certificate, will represent ownership of one or more regular
interests in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The
Class A-R represents ownership of the sole class of residual interest in each
REMIC created hereunder. The Upper-Tier REMIC will hold as assets the several
classes of uncertificated Lower-Tier REMIC Interests (other than the Class
LT-I-A-R Interest and Class LT-II-A-R Interest). The Lower-Tier I REMIC will
hold as assets Mortgage Pools 1, 2, 3 and 4 and all other property of the
Trust Fund allocable to Mortgage Pools 1, 2, 3 and 4 (except for any
Additional Collateral). The Lower-Tier II REMIC will hold as assets Mortgage
Pools 5, 6 and 7 and all other property of the Trust Fund allocable to
Mortgage Pools 5, 6 and 7 (except for any Additional Collateral) Each
Lower-Tier I REMIC Interest (other than the Class LT-I-A-R Interest) is hereby
designated as a regular interest in the Lower-Tier I REMIC and each Lower-Tier
II REMIC Interest (other than the Class LT-II-A-R Interest) is hereby
designated as a regular interest in the Lower-Tier II REMIC. The latest
possible maturity date of all REMIC regular interests created in this
Agreement shall be the Latest Possible Maturity Date.
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The Lower-Tier I REMIC
The Lower-Tier I REMIC Regular Interests will have the initial Class Principal
Amounts, pass-through rates and Corresponding Mortgage Pools as set forth in
the following table:
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Lower-Tier I REMIC Interests Initial Pass-Through Corresponding
Principal Rate Mortgage Pool
Amount
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A-1 (0.9% of SP Group 1) (1) (2) 1
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B-1 (0.1% of SP Group 1) (1) (2) 1
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C-1 (Excess of Group 1) (1) (2) 1
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A-2 (0.9% of SP Group 2) (1) (2) 2
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B-2 (0.1% of SP Group 2) (1) (2) 2
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C-2 (Excess of Group 2) (1) (2) 2
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A-3 (0.9% of SP Group 3) (1) (2) 3
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B-3 (0.1% of SP Group 3) (1) (2) 3
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C-3 (Excess of Group 3) (1) (2) 3
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A-4 (0.9% of SP Group 4) (1) (2) 4
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B-4 (0.1% of SP Group 4) (1) (2) 4
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C-4 (Excess of Group 4) (1) (2) 4
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LT-I-A-R (3) (3) N/A
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(1) Each Class A Interest will have a principal balance initially equal to
0.9% of the Pool Subordinated Amount ("SP") of its corresponding Mortgage
Pool. Each Class B Interest will have a principal balance initially equal to
0.1% of the Pool Subordinated Amount of its corresponding Mortgage Pool. The
initial principal balance of each Class C Interest will equal the excess of
the initial aggregate principal balance of its corresponding Mortgage Pool
over the initial aggregate principal balances of the Class A and Class B
Interests corresponding to such Mortgage Pool.
(2) A Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the
Mortgage Loans of the corresponding Mortgage Pool.
(3) The Class LT-I-A-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Lower-Tier I REMIC. It has no principal balance and pays no principal or
interest.
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On each Distribution Date, the Available Funds from Mortgage Pools 1, 2, 3 and
4 shall be distributed with respect to their corresponding Lower-Tier I REMIC
Interests in the following manner:
(1) Interest. Interest is to be distributed with respect to each Lower-Tier I
REMIC Interest at the rate, or according to the formulas, described above;
(2) Principal if no Cross-Over Situation Exists. If no Cross-Over Situation
exists with respect to any Class of Interests, then Principal Amounts arising
with respect to each Mortgage Pool will be allocated: first to cause the
Mortgage Pool's corresponding Class A and Class B to equal, respectively, 0.9%
of the Pool Subordinated Amount ("SP") and 0.1% of the SP; and second to the
Mortgage Pool's corresponding Class C Interest;
(3) Principal if a Cross-Over Situation Exists. If a Cross-Over Situation
exists with respect to the Class A and Class B Interests of a Mortgage Pool
then:
(a) if the Calculation Rate in respect of such outstanding Class A and Class B
Interests is less than the Pool I Subordinate Net WAC, Principal Relocation
Payments will be made proportionately to the outstanding Class A Interests
prior to any other Principal Distributions from such Mortgage Pool; and
(b) if the Calculation Rate in respect of the outstanding Class A and Class B
Interests is greater than the Pool I Subordinate Net WAC, Principal Relocation
Payments will be made proportionately to the outstanding Class B Interests
prior to any other Principal Distributions from such Mortgage Pool.
In each case, Principal Relocation Payments will be made so as to cause the
Calculation Rate in respect of the outstanding Class A and Class B Interests
to equal the Pool I Subordinate Net WAC. With respect to each Mortgage Pool,
if (and to the extent that) the sum of (a) the principal payments comprising
the Principal Remittance Amount received during the Due Period and (b) the
Realized Losses, are insufficient to make the necessary reductions of
principal on the Class A and Class B Interests, then interest will be added to
the Mortgage Pool's other Interests that are not receiving Principal
Relocation Payments, in proportion to their principal balances.
(c) The outstanding aggregate Class A and Class B Interests for all
Mortgage Pools will not be reduced below 1 percent of the excess of (i) the
aggregate outstanding Class Principal Amounts of all Mortgage Pools as of the
end of any Due Period over (ii) the Senior Certificates for all Mortgage Pools
as of the related Distribution Date (after taking into account distributions
of principal on such Distribution Date).
If (and to the extent that) the limitation in paragraph (c) prevents the
distribution of principal to the Class A and Class B Interests of a Mortgage
Pool, and if the Mortgage Pool's Class C Interest has already been reduced to
zero, then the excess principal from that Mortgage Pool will be paid to the
Class C Interests of the other Mortgage Pools, the aggregate Class A and Class
B Interests of which are less than one percent of the Pool Subordinated
Amount. If the Mortgage Pool of a Class C Interest that receives such payment
has a weighted average Net Mortgage Rate below the weighted average Net
Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Pool making the payment, then the payment will
be treated by the Lower-Tier I REMIC as a Realized Loss. Conversely, if the
Mortgage Pool of a Class C Interest that receives such payment has a weighted
average Net Mortgage Rate above the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate of the
Mortgage Pool making the
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payment, then the payment will be treated by the Lower-Tier I REMIC as a
reimbursement for prior Realized Losses.
The Lower-Tier II REMIC
The Lower-Tier II REMIC Regular Interests will have the initial Class
Principal Amounts, pass-through rates and Corresponding Mortgage Pools as set
forth in the following table:
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Lower-Tier I REMIC Interests Initial Pass-Through Corresponding
Principal Rate Mortgage Pool
Amount
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A-5 (0.9% of SP Group 5) (1) (2) 5
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B-5 (0.1% of SP Group 5) (1) (2) 5
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C-5 (Excess of Group 5) (1) (2) 5
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A-6 (0.9% of SP Group 6) (1) (2) 6
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B-6 (0.1% of SP Group 6) (1) (2) 6
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C-6 (Excess of Group 6) (1) (2) 6
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A-7 (0.9% of SP Group 7) (1) (2) 7
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B-7 (0.1% of SP Group 7) (1) (2) 7
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C-7 (Excess of Group 7) (1) (2) 7
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LT-II-A-R (3) (3) N/A
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(1) Each Class A Interest will have a principal balance initially equal to
0.9% of the Pool Subordinated Amount ("SP") of its corresponding Mortgage
Pool. Each Class B Interest will have a principal balance initially equal to
0.1% of the Pool Subordinated Amount of its corresponding Mortgage Pool. The
initial principal balance of each Class C Interest will equal the excess of
the initial aggregate principal balance of its corresponding Mortgage Pool
over the initial aggregate principal balances of the Class A and Class B
Interests corresponding to such Mortgage Pool.
(2) A Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the
Mortgage Loans of the corresponding Mortgage Pool.
(3) The Class LT-II-A-R Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the
Lower-Tier II REMIC. It has no principal balance and pays no principal or
interest.
On each Distribution Date, the Available Funds from Mortgage Pools 5, 6
and 7 shall be distributed with respect to their corresponding Lower-Tier II
REMIC Interests in the following manner:
(1) Interest. Interest is to be distributed with respect to each Lower-Tier II
REMIC Interest at the rate, or according to the formulas, described above;
(2) Principal if no Cross-Over Situation Exists. If no Cross-Over Situation
exists with respect to any Class of Interests, then Principal Amounts arising
with respect to each Mortgage Pool will be allocated: first to cause the
Mortgage Pool's corresponding Class A and Class B to equal,
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respectively, 0.9% of the Pool Subordinated Amount ("SP") and 0.1% of the SP;
and second to the Mortgage Pool's corresponding Class C Interest;
(3) Principal if a Cross-Over Situation Exists. If a Cross-Over Situation
exists with respect to the Class A and Class B Interests of a Mortgage Pool
then:
(a) if the Calculation Rate in respect of such outstanding Class A and Class B
Interests is less than the Pool II Subordinate Net WAC, Principal Relocation
Payments will be made proportionately to the outstanding Class A Interests
prior to any other Principal Distributions from such Mortgage Pool; and
(b) if the Calculation Rate in respect of the outstanding Class A and Class B
Interests is greater than the Pool II Subordinate Net WAC, Principal
Relocation Payments will be made proportionately to the outstanding Class B
Interests prior to any other Principal Distributions from such Mortgage Pool.
In each case, Principal Relocation Payments will be made so as to cause the
Calculation Rate in respect of the outstanding Class A and Class B Interests
to equal the Pool II Subordinate Net WAC. With respect to each Mortgage Pool,
if (and to the extent that) the sum of (a) the principal payments comprising
the Principal Remittance Amount received during the Due Period and (b) the
Realized Losses, are insufficient to make the necessary reductions of
principal on the Class A and Class B Interests, then interest will be added to
the Mortgage Pool's other Interests that are not receiving Principal
Relocation Payments, in proportion to their principal balances.
(c) The outstanding aggregate Class A and Class B Interests for all
Mortgage Pools will not be reduced below 1 percent of the excess of (i) the
aggregate outstanding Class Principal Amounts of all Mortgage Pools as of the
end of any Due Period over (ii) the Senior Certificates for all Mortgage Pools
as of the related Distribution Date (after taking into account distributions
of principal on such Distribution Date).
If (and to the extent that) the limitation in paragraph (c) prevents the
distribution of principal to the Class A and Class B Interests of a Mortgage
Pool, and if the Mortgage Pool's Class C Interest has already been reduced to
zero, then the excess principal from that Mortgage Pool will be paid to the
Class C Interests of the other Mortgage Pools, the aggregate Class A and Class
B Interests of which are less than one percent of the Pool Subordinated
Amount. If the Mortgage Pool of a Class C Interest that receives such payment
has a weighted average Net Mortgage Rate below the weighted average Net
Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Pool making the payment, then the payment will
be treated by the Lower-Tier II REMIC as a Realized Loss. Conversely, if the
Mortgage Pool of a Class C Interest that receives such payment has a weighted
average Net Mortgage Rate above the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate of the
Mortgage Pool making the payment, then the payment will be treated by the
Lower-Tier II REMIC as a reimbursement for prior Realized Losses.
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The Certificates and the Upper-Tier REMIC
The following table sets forth (or describes) the Class designation,
Certificate Interest Rate, initial Class Principal Amount and minimum
denomination for each Class of Certificates comprising interests in the Trust
Fund created hereunder.
Minimum
Class Designation Certificate Initial Class Denominations or
Interest Rate Principal Amount Percentage Interest
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Class 1-A-1 (1) $ 182,151,800 $ 25,000.00
Class 2-A-1 (2) $ 44,601,100 $ 25,000.00
Class 3-A-1 (3) $ 25,000,000 $ 25,000.00
Class 3-A-2 (3) $ 41,305,600 $ 25,000.00
Class 3-A-3 (3) $ 22,207,100 $ 25,000.00
Class 4-A-1 (4) $ 58,752,400 $ 25,000.00
Class 4-A-2 (4) $ 2,005,000 $ 25,000.00
Class S-F-1 (5) $ 11,415,500 $ 25,000.00
Class S-F-2 (6) $ 87,901,300 $ 25,000.00
Class S-F-3 (7) $ 112,490,000 $ 25,000.00
Class A-R (1) $ 100 100%
Class I-B-1 (8) $ 5,249,500 $ 25,000.00
Class I-B-2 (8) $ 3,110,800 $ 25,000.00
Class I-B-3 (8) $ 1,360,900 $ 25,000.00
Class I-B-4 (8) $ 1,166,500 $ 100,000.00
Class I-B-5 (8) $ 777,700 $ 100,000.00
Class I-B-6 (8) $ 1,167,101 $ 100,000.00
Class S-B-1 (9) $ 3,619,600 $ 25,000.00
Class S-B-2 (9) $ 1,535,600 $ 25,000.00
Class S-B-3 (9) $ 767,800 $ 25,000.00
Class S-B-4 (9) $ 767,800 $ 100,000.00
Class S-B-5 (9) $ 329,000 $ 100,000.00
Class S-B-6 (9) $ 548,725 $ 100,000.00
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(1) The Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and
the related Accrual Period) for the Class 1-A-1 and Class A-R
Certificates will equal the Pool 1 Net WAC.
(2) The Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and
the related Accrual Period) for the Class 2-A-1 Certificates will equal
the Pool 2 Net WAC.
(3) The Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and
the related Accrual Period) for the Class 3-A-1, Class 3-A-2 and Class
3-A-3 Certificates will equal the Pool 3 Net WAC.
(4) The Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and
the related Accrual Period) for the Class 4-A-1 and Class 4-A-2
Certificates will equal the Pool 4 Net WAC.
(5) The Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and
the related Accrual Period) for the Class S-F-1 Certificates will equal
the Pool 5 Net WAC.
(6) The Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and
the related Accrual Period) for the Class S-F-2 Certificates will equal
the Pool 6 Net WAC.
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(7) The Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and
the related Accrual Period) for the Class S-F-3 Certificates will equal
the Pool 7 Net WAC.
(8) The Certificate Interest Rates with respect to any Distribution Date (and
the related Accrual Period) for the Class I-B-1, Class I-B-2, Class
I-B-3, Class I-B-4, Class I-B-5 and Class I-B-6 Certificates will be
equal to the Pool I Subordinate Net WAC.
(9) The Certificate Interest Rates with respect to any Distribution Date (and
the related Accrual Period) for the Class S-B-1, Class S-B-2, Class
S-B-3, Class S-B-4, Class S-B-5 and Class S-B-6 Certificates will be
equal to the Pool II Subordinate Net WAC.
As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans in Aggregate Pool I and
Aggregate Pool II had an Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of $388,855,601.64
and $219,375,325.31, respectively.
The foregoing REMIC structure is intended to cause all of the cash from
the Mortgage Loans to flow through to the Upper-Tier REMIC as cash flow on a
REMIC regular interest, without creating any shortfall--actual or potential
(other than for credit losses) to any REMIC regular interest. To the extent
that the structure is believed to diverge from such intention the Trustee will
resolve ambiguities to accomplish such result and will to the extent necessary
rectify any drafting errors or seek clarification to the structure without
Certificateholder approval (but with guidance of Counsel) to accomplish such
intention.
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In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions.
The following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise
requires, shall have the following meanings:
Accountant: A Person engaged in the practice of accounting who
(except when this Agreement provides that an Accountant must be Independent)
may be employed by or affiliated with the Depositor or an Affiliate of the
Depositor.
Accrual Period: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class
of Certificates, the calendar month preceding the month in which the
Distribution Date occurs. Interest shall accrue on all Classes of Certificates
and on all Lower-Tier Interests on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months.
Acknowledgements: The Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreements, each dated as of June 1, 2004, assigning from the Sellers their
respective rights in the related Purchase and Servicing Agreements to the
Depositor and from the Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.
Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Additional Collateral: With respect to any Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loan, the marketable securities and other acceptable collateral
pledged as collateral pursuant to the related pledge agreements.
Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan identified as
such in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Adjustment Date: As to any Mortgage Loan, the date on which the
related Mortgage Rate adjusts in accordance with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note.
Advance: With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the payments required to be
made by the Master Servicer or the applicable Servicer with respect to any
Distribution Date pursuant to this Agreement or the applicable Purchase and
Servicing Agreement, as applicable, the amount of any such payment being equal
to the aggregate of the payments of principal and interest (net of the
applicable Servicing Fee, in the case of the applicable Servicer, or the
Master Servicing Fee and the applicable Servicing Fee, in the case of the
Master Servicer, and net of any net income in the case of any REO Property) on
the Mortgage Loans that were due on the related Due Date and not received as
of the close of business on the related Determination Date, less the aggregate
amount of any such delinquent payments that the Master Servicer or the
applicable Servicer has determined would constitute Nonrecoverable Advances if
advanced.
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Adverse REMIC Event: Either (i) loss of status as a REMIC, within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code, for any group of assets identified as a
REMIC in the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement, or (ii) imposition of
any tax, including the tax imposed under Section 860F(a)(1) on prohibited
transactions, and the tax imposed under Section 860G(d) on certain
contributions to a REMIC, on any REMIC created hereunder to the extent such
tax would be payable from assets held as part of the Trust Fund.
Affiliate: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person
controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect
to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies
of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Aggregate Expense Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the sum of
the Master Servicing Fee Rate and the applicable Servicing Fee Rate.
Aggregate Pool: Aggregate Pool I or Aggregate Pool II, as the context
requires.
Aggregate Pool I: Pool 1, Pool 2, Pool 3 and Pool 4.
Aggregate Pool II: Pool 5, Pool 6 and Pool 7.
Aggregate Senior Percentage: As to any Distribution Date and (x)
Aggregate Pool I, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of
which is the aggregate of the Class Principal Amounts of the Pool I Senior
Certificates and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Stated Principal
Balance for Aggregate Pool I for such date, but in no event greater than 100%,
and (y) Aggregate Pool II, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the
numerator of which is the aggregate of the Class Principal Amounts of the Pool
II Senior Certificates and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Stated
Principal Balance for Aggregate Pool II for such date, but in no event greater
than 100%.
Aggregate Subordinate Percentage: As to any Distribution Date and
either Aggregate Pool, the difference between 100% and the related Aggregate
Senior Percentage for such Distribution Date, but in no event less than zero.
Aggregate Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances for all Mortgage Loans in Aggregate
Pool I or Aggregate Pool II, as applicable, (and when such term is used with
respect to a particular Mortgage Pool, the aggregate of the Stated Principal
Balances of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool) which were outstanding
on the Due Date in the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date.
Aggregate Voting Interests: The aggregate of the Voting Interests of
all the Certificates under this Agreement.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments
and supplements hereto.
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Allocable Share: With respect to each Class of Subordinated
Certificates related to an Aggregate Pool and any Distribution Date, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the Class
Principal Amount of such Class and the denominator of which is the aggregate
of the Class Principal Amounts of each related Class of Subordinate
Certificates.
Applicable Credit Support Percentage: As to any Class of Subordinate
Certificates related to an Aggregate Pool and any Distribution Date, the sum
of the related Class Subordination Percentage of such Class and of all related
Classes of Subordinate Certificates that rank lower in priority than such
Class.
Apportioned Principal Balance: As to any Distribution and each Class
of Subordinate Certificates related to an Aggregate Pool, the Class Principal
Amount thereof multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
applicable Pool Subordinate Amount (i.e., the Pool 1 Subordinate Amount, the
Pool 2 Subordinate Amount, the Pool 3 Subordinate Amount, the Pool 4
Subordinate Amount, the Pool 5 Subordinate Amount, the Pool 6 Subordinate
Amount or the Pool 7 Subordinate Amount, as the case may require), and the
denominator of which is the sum of the Pool Subordinate Amounts related to
that Aggregate Pool, in each case, on such date.
Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Appraised
Value of the related Mortgaged Property shall be: (i) with respect to a
Mortgage Loan other than a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (a) the
value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of
the origination of such Mortgage Loan and (b) the sales price of the Mortgaged
Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan; and (ii) with
respect to a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the value of the Mortgaged Property
based upon the appraisal made at the time of the origination of such
Refinancing Mortgage Loan.
Assignment: Each Assignment, dated as of June 1, 2004 between the
related Seller and the Custodian, pursuant to which such Seller assigns to the
Trustee all of its rights, title and interest under the related Custodial
Agreement to the extent relating to certain specified mortgage loans.
Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of
transfer or equivalent instrument, in recordable form, sufficient under the
laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to
reflect the sale of the Mortgage to the Trustee, which assignment, notice of
transfer or equivalent instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket
assignments covering the Mortgage Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties
located in the same jurisdiction, if permitted by law; provided, however, that
the Trustee shall not be responsible for determining whether any such
assignment is in recordable form.
Assignment of Proprietary Lease: With respect to a Cooperative
Mortgage Loan, an assignment of the Proprietary Lease sufficient under the
laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Cooperative Unit is located to
reflect the assignment of such Proprietary Lease.
Assignment of Recognition Agreement: With respect to a Cooperative
Mortgage Loan, an assignment of the Recognition Agreement sufficient under the
laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Cooperative Unit is located to
reflect the assignment of such Recognition Agreement.
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Authenticating Agent: Any authenticating agent appointed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 6.10 until any successor authenticating agent for
the Certificates is named, and thereafter "Authenticating Agent" shall mean
any such successor. The Authenticating Agent shall be Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
for so long as it is acting as Securities Administrator under this Agreement.
Authorized Officer: Any Person who may execute an Officer's
Certificate on behalf of the Depositor.
Available Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date
and each Mortgage Pool, the total amount of all cash received by the Master
Servicer on the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool from each Servicer or
otherwise for deposit into the Distribution Account in respect of such
Distribution Date, including (1) all scheduled installments of interest (net
of the related Servicing Fees and Master Servicing Fees) and principal
collected on the related Mortgage Loans and due during the Due Period related
to such Distribution Date, together with any Advances in respect thereof, (2)
all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and the
proceeds of any Additional Collateral from the related Mortgage Loans, in each
case for such Distribution Date, (3) all partial or full Principal
Prepayments, together with any accrued interest thereon, identified as having
been received from the related Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment
Period, (4) any amounts paid by the Master Servicer and/or received from the
Servicers in respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls with respect to the
related Mortgage Loans; and (5) the aggregate Purchase Price of all Defective
Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool purchased from the Trust Fund during the
related Prepayment Period, minus:
(A) with respect to the Mortgage Loans in that Mortgage Pool
(or, if not related to the Mortgage Pool, that Mortgage
Pool's pro rata share of), all related fees, charges and
other amounts payable or reimbursable to the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Custodian or the
Trustee under this Agreement or to the related Servicers
under the applicable Purchase and Servicing Agreements;
(B) in the case of (2), (3), (4) and (5) above, any related
unreimbursed expenses incurred by the related Servicers in
connection with a liquidation or foreclosure and any
unreimbursed Advances or Servicing Advances due to the
Master Servicer or the related Servicers;
(C) any related unreimbursed Nonrecoverable Advances due to
the Master Servicer or the Servicers;
(D) in the case of (1) through (4) above, any related
amounts collected which are determined to be attributable to
a subsequent Due Period or Prepayment Period; and
(E) with respect to the Sunset Mortgage Loans, any payments
in the nature of prepayment penalties received by the Master
Servicer to be paid to Sunset.
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Bankruptcy: As to any Person, the making of an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, the filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy,
adjudication as a bankrupt or insolvent, the entry of an order for relief in a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, the seeking of reorganization,
arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar
relief, or seeking, consenting to or acquiescing in the appointment of a
trustee, receiver or liquidator, dissolution, or termination, as the case may
be, of such Person pursuant to the provisions of either the Bankruptcy Code or
any other similar state laws.
Bankruptcy Code: The United States Bankruptcy Code of 1986, as
amended.
Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date: As to any Aggregate Pool, the
point in time at which the related Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount is reduced
to zero.
Bankruptcy Loss: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a Deficient
Valuation or Debt Service Reduction; provided, however, that a Bankruptcy Loss
shall not be deemed a Bankruptcy Loss hereunder so long as the related
Servicer has notified the Master Servicer in writing that the related Servicer
is diligently pursuing any remedies that may exist in connection with the
related Mortgage Loan and either (A) the related Mortgage Loan is not in
default with regard to payments due thereunder or (B) delinquent payments of
principal and interest under the related Mortgage Loan and any related escrow
payments in respect of such Mortgage Loan are being advanced on a current
basis by the Master Servicer or the related Servicer, in either case without
giving effect to any Debt Service Reduction or Deficient Valuation, as
reported by the related Servicer to the Master Servicer.
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount: As of any date of determination, the
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount for Aggregate Pool I or Aggregate Pool II
shall equal the related Initial Bankruptcy Coverage Amount as reduced by (i)
the aggregate amount of Bankruptcy Losses in the related Aggregate Pool
allocated to the related Certificates since the Cut-off Date and (ii) any
permissible reductions in the related Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount as
evidenced by a letter of each Rating Agency to the Trustee to the effect that
any such reduction will not result in a downgrading of the then current
ratings assigned to the related Classes of Certificates rated by it.
BofA: Bank of America, N.A.
BofA Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan originated by Bank of America,
N.A. and listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
BofA Purchase and Servicing Agreement: The Flow Mortgage Loan Flow
Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated October 1, 2003, as amended by Amendment
No. 1 thereto dated as of February 24, 2004, between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage
Capital Inc. and Bank of America, N.A. and listed in Exhibit E hereto.
Book-Entry Certificates: Beneficial interests in Certificates
designated as "Book-Entry Certificates" in this Agreement, ownership and
transfers of which shall be evidenced or made through book entries by a
Clearing Agency as described in Section 3.09; provided, that after the
occurrence of a Book-Entry Termination whereupon book-entry registration and
transfer are no longer permitted and Definitive Certificates are to be issued
to Certificate Owners, such Book-Entry Certificates shall no longer be
"Book-Entry Certificates." As of the Closing Date, the
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following Classes of Certificates constitute Book-Entry Certificates: Class
1-A-1, Class 2-A-1, Class 3-A-1, Class 3-A-2, Class 3-A-3, Class 4-A-1, Class
4-A-2, Class S-F-1, Class S-F-2, Class S-F-3, Class I-B-1, Class I-B-2, Class
I-B-3, Class S-B-1, Class S-B-2 and Class S-B-3.
Book-Entry Termination: The occurrence of any of the following
events: (i) the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly
discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Book Entry Certificates,
and the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor; or (ii) the
Depositor at its option advises the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar in
writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing
Agency.
Bring-Down Date: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the date as of
which the applicable Originator makes the representations and warranties with
respect to such Mortgage Loan and as specified in the related Purchase and
Servicing Agreement.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a
day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or, if other than New
York, the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located,
or the States of Maryland or Minnesota, are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to be closed.
Calculation Rate: For each Distribution Date, in the case of the
Class A and Class B Interests, the product of (i) 10 and (ii) the weighted
average rate of the outstanding Class A and Class B Interests, treating each
Class A Interest as capped at zero or reduced by a fixed percentage of 100% of
the interest accruing on such Class.
Cendant: Cendant Mortgage Corporation.
Cendant/JPMMAC Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan originated by
Cendant Mortgage Corporation, sold under the Cendant/JPMMAC Purchase and
Servicing Agreement and listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Cendant/JPMMAC Purchase and Servicing Agreement: The Mortgage Loan
Flow Purchase, Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2003, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of September 1, 2003, among
JPMMAC, Cendant Mortgage Corporation and Xxxxxx'x Gate Residential Mortgage
Trust (formerly known as Cendant Residential Mortgage Trust) and listed in
Exhibit E hereto.
Cendant/MS Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan originated by Cendant
Mortgage Corporation, sold under the Cendant/MS Purchase and Servicing
Agreement and listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Cendant/MS Purchase and Servicing Agreement: The Mortgage Loan Flow
Purchase, Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2003, among
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc., Cendant Mortgage Corporation and
Xxxxxx'x Gate Residential Mortgage Trust (formerly known as Cendant
Residential Mortgage Trust) and listed in Exhibit E hereto.
Certificate: Any one of the certificates signed by the Trustee, or
the Securities Administrator on the Trustee's behalf, and authenticated by the
Securities Administrator as Authenticating Agent in substantially the forms
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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Certificate Group: Each of the Group 1 Certificates, the Group 2
Certificates, the Group 3 Certificates, the Group 4 Certificates, the Group 5
Certificates, the Group 6 Certificates and the Group 7 Certificates.
Certificate Interest Rate: With respect to each Class of Certificates
and any Distribution Date, the applicable per annum rate described in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the
Person who is the owner of such Book-Entry Certificate, as reflected on the
books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an
account with such Clearing Agency (directly or as an indirect participant, in
accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
Certificate Principal Amount: With respect to any Certificate, at the
time of determination, the maximum specified dollar amount of principal to
which the Holder thereof is then entitled hereunder, such amount being equal
to the initial principal amount set forth on the face of such Certificate, (A)
plus any Subsequent Recoveries added to the Certificate Principal Amount of
such Certificate pursuant to Section 5.03 (B) minus (i) the amount of all
principal distributions previously made with respect to such Certificate; (ii)
all Realized Losses allocated to such Certificate; and (iii) in the case of a
Subordinate Certificate, any Subordinate Certificate Writedown Amount
allocated to such Certificates. For purposes of Article V hereof, unless
specifically provided to the contrary, Certificate Principal Amounts shall be
determined as of the close of business of the immediately preceding
Distribution Date, after giving effect to all distributions made on such date.
Certificate Register and Certificate Registrar: The register
maintained and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 3.02. Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A. will act as Certificate Registrar for so long as it is the
Securities Administrator under this Agreement.
Certificateholder: The meaning provided in the definition of
"Holder."
Civil Relief Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and any similar
state laws.
Class: Collectively, Certificates bearing the same class designation.
In the case of a Lower-Tier REMIC, the term "Class" refers to all Lower-Tier
Interests having the same alphanumeric designation.
Class Notional Amount: Not applicable.
Class Principal Amount: With respect to each Class of Certificates,
the aggregate of the Certificate Principal Amounts of all Certificates of such
Class at the date of determination. With respect to any Lower-Tier Interest,
the initial Class Principal Amount as shown or described in the table set
forth in the Preliminary Statement for the issuing REMIC, as reduced by
principal distributed with respect to such Lower-Tier Interest and Realized
Losses allocated to such Lower-Tier Interest at the date of determination.
Class Subordination Percentage: With respect to each Class of
Subordinate Certificates related to an Aggregate Pool, for each Distribution
Date, the percentage obtained by dividing the Class Principal Amount of such
Class immediately prior to such Distribution Date by the sum of
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the Class Principal Amounts of all related Classes of Certificates immediately
prior to such Distribution Date.
Class A-R Certificate: The Class A-R Certificate executed by the
Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Authenticating Agent,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, and evidencing the
ownership of the residual interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC.
Clearing Agency: An organization registered as a "clearing agency"
pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As
of the Closing Date, the Clearing Agency shall be The Depository Trust
Company.
Clearing Agency Participant: A broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency
effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Clearing Agency.
Closing Date: June 29, 2004.
CMMC Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan originated by Chase Manhattan
Mortgage Corporation and listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
CMMC Purchase and Servicing Agreement: The Flow Mortgage Loan
Purchase, Warranties and Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2004, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of June 1, 2004, between JPMMAC
and Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation and listed in Exhibit E hereto.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as it may be
further amended from time to time, any successor statutes thereto, and
applicable U.S. Department of Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto in
temporary or final form.
Compensating Interest Payment: As to any Distribution Date, the
lesser of (1) the Master Servicing Fee for such date and (2) any Prepayment
Interest Shortfall for such date, to the extent required by Section 5.05.
Consent: A document executed by the Cooperative Corporation (i)
consenting to the sale of the Cooperative Unit to the Mortgagor and (ii)
certifying that all maintenance charges relating to the Cooperative Unit have
been paid.
Cooperative Corporation: The entity that holds title (fee or an
acceptable leasehold estate) to the real property and improvements
constituting the Cooperative Property and which governs the Cooperative
Property, which Cooperative Corporation must qualify as a Cooperative Housing
Corporation under Section 216 of the Code.
Cooperative Loan: Any Mortgage Loan secured by Cooperative Shares and
a Proprietary Lease.
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Cooperative Property: The real property and improvements owned by the
Cooperative Corporation, that includes the allocation of individual dwelling
units to the holders of the shares of the Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative Shares: Shares issued by a Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative Unit: With respect to any Cooperative Mortgage Loan, a
specific unit in a Cooperative Property.
Corporate Trust Office: With respect to the Trustee, the principal
corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, 00000-0000 Attention: Structured Finance Trust
Services, X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Trust 2004-A3, or at such other address as the
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Certificateholders,
the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee. With respect to the
Certificate Registrar and presentment of Certificates for registration of
transfer, exchange or final payment, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., Xxxxx Xxxxxx xxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust,
X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Trust 2004-A3.
Countrywide Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan originated by
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. and listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Countrywide Purchase and Servicing Agreement: The Master Mortgage
Loan Purchase and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2003, as amended
by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of June 1, 2004, between JPMMAC and
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. and listed in Exhibit E hereto.
Credit Support Depletion Date: With respect to an Aggregate Pool, the
first Distribution Date, if any, on which the aggregate Certificate Principal
Amount of the related Subordinate Certificates have been reduced to zero.
Cross-Over Situation: For any Distribution Date and for any Mortgage
Pool (after taking into account principal distributions on such Distribution
Date) a Cross-Over Situation exists with respect to the Class A and Class B
Interests of the Mortgage Pool if such Interests in the aggregate are less
than 1% of the Subordinated Portion of the Mortgage Pool.
Current Interest: With respect to each Class of Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of interest accrued at the applicable
Certificate Interest Rate during the related Accrual Period on the Class
Principal Amount of such Class immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
Custodial Accounts: Each custodial account (other than an Escrow
Account) established and maintained by a Servicer pursuant to a Purchasing and
Servicing Agreement.
Custodian: A Person who is at anytime appointed by the Trustee and
the Depositor as a custodian of the Mortgage Documents and the Trustee
Mortgage Files. The initial Custodian is JPMorgan Chase Bank.
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Custodial Agreements: The Custodial Agreements, listed in Exhibit F
hereof, as each such agreement may be amended or supplemented from time to
time as permitted hereunder.
Cut-off Date: June 1, 2004.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the
Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage Loan which became
final and non-appealable, except such a reduction resulting from a Deficient
Valuation or any reduction that results in a permanent forgiveness of
principal.
Defective Mortgage Loan: The meaning specified in Section 2.05.
Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation
of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction in an
amount less than the then outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, or
any reduction in the amount of principal to be paid in connection with any
Scheduled Payment that results in a permanent forgiveness of principal, which
valuation or reduction results from an order of such court which is final and
non-appealable in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificate: A Certificate of any Class issued in
definitive, fully registered, certificated form.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan which is repurchased, or
replaced or to be replaced with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
Delinquent: Any Mortgage Loan with respect to which the Scheduled
Payment due on a Due Date is not received.
Depositor: X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance Corporation I, a Delaware
corporation having its principal place of business in New York, or its
successors in interest.
Determination Date: With respect to each Distribution Date and
Servicer, the date specified as such in the related Purchase and Servicing
Agreement.
Disqualified Organization: A "disqualified organization" as defined
in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code.
Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Securities Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee, pursuant
to Section 4.01. Funds in the Distribution Account (exclusive of any earnings
on investments made with funds deposited in the Distribution Account) shall be
held in trust for the Trustee and the Certificateholders for the uses and
purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Distribution Account Deposit Date: The 18th day of each calendar
month after the initial issuance of the Certificates or, if such 18th day is
not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day, commencing in July
2004.
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Distribution Date: The 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in July 2004.
Due Date: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the date on which a
Scheduled Payment is due under the related Mortgage Note as indicated in the
applicable Purchase and Servicing Agreement.
Due Period: As to any Distribution Date, the period beginning on the
second day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, and
ending on the first day of the month of such Distribution Date.
Effective Loan-to-Value Ratio: A fraction, expressed as a percentage,
the numerator of which is the original Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loan, less the amount of Additional Collateral required to secure
such Mortgage Loan at the time of origination, if any, and the denominator of
which is the Appraised Value of the related Mortgage Property at such date.
Eligible Account: Any of (i) an account or accounts maintained with a
federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case of a
depository institution or trust company that is the principal subsidiary of a
holding company, the debt obligations of such holding company) have the
highest short-term ratings of each Rating Agency at the time any amounts are
held on deposit therein, or (ii) an account or accounts in a depository
institution or trust company in which such accounts are insured by the FDIC or
the SAIF (to the limits established by the FDIC or the SAIF) and the uninsured
deposits in which accounts are otherwise secured such that, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee and to each Rating Agency, the
Certificateholders have a claim with respect to the funds in such account or a
perfected first priority security interest against any collateral (which shall
be limited to Permitted Investments) securing such funds that is superior to
claims of any other depositors or creditors of the depository institution or
trust company in which such account is maintained, or (iii) a trust account or
accounts maintained with the trust department of a federal or state chartered
depository institution or trust company that is subject to regulations
regarding fiduciary funds on deposit similar to Title 12 of the U.S. Code of
Federal Regulation Section 9.10(b), which, in either case, has corporate trust
powers and is acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iv) any other account
acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered
by each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear interest, and may include,
if otherwise qualified under this definition, accounts maintained with the
Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Securities Administrator or the Master
Servicer.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that meets the requirements of an
Underwriter's Exemption.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate: The Class A-R, Class LT-R, Class I-B-4,
Class I-B-5, Class I-B-6, Class S-B-4, Class S-B-5 or Class S-B-6
Certificates, and any Certificate that does not satisfy the applicable rating
requirement under the Underwriter's Exemption.
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Escrow Account: As defined in Article I of each Purchase and
Servicing Agreement.
Estoppel Letter: A document executed by the Cooperative Corporation
certifying, with respect to a Cooperative Unit, (i) the appurtenant
Proprietary Lease will be in full force and effect as of the date of issuance
thereof, (ii) the related stock certificate was registered in the Mortgagor's
name and the Cooperative Corporation has not been notified of any lien upon,
pledge of, levy of execution on or disposition of such stock certificate, and
(iii) the Mortgagor is not in default under the appurtenant Proprietary Lease
and all charges due the Cooperative Corporation have been paid.
Event of Default: Any one of the conditions or circumstances
enumerated in Section 6.14.
Excess Loss: The amount of any (i) Fraud Loss on a Mortgage Loan in
any Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool I or Aggregate Pool II realized after the
related Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date, (ii) Special Hazard Loss on a
Mortgage Loan in any Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool I or Aggregate Pool II
realized after the related Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date or (iii)
Bankruptcy Loss on a Mortgage Loan in any Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool I or
Aggregate Pool II realized after the related Bankruptcy Coverage Termination
Date.
Xxxxxx Xxx: The entity formerly known as the Federal National
Mortgage Association, a federally chartered and privately owned corporation
organized and existing under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter
Act, or any successor thereto.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor
thereto.
FHLMC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title III of
the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereto.
Fitch Ratings: Fitch, Inc., or any successor in interest.
Fraud Loan: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as to which a Fraud Loss has
occurred, as reported by the related Servicer to the Master Servicer.
Fraud Loss Coverage Amount: As of the Closing Date, (x) $3,888,556,
with respect to the Pool I Certificates and (y) 2,193,753, with respect to the
Pool II Certificates, in each case, subject to reduction from time to time by
the amount of Fraud Losses allocated to the related Certificates. In addition,
on each anniversary of the Cut-off Date, each Fraud Loss Coverage Amount will
be reduced as follows: (a) on the first, second, third and fourth
anniversaries of the Cut-off Date, to an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 1%,
in the case of the first anniversary, and 0.5%, in the case of the second,
third and fourth anniversaries, of the then current Aggregate Stated Principal
Balance for the related Aggregate Pool and (ii) the excess of such Fraud Loss
Coverage Amount as of the preceding anniversary of the Cut-off Date over the
cumulative amount of Fraud Losses allocated to the related Certificates since
such preceding anniversary; and (b) on the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off
Date, to zero.
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Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date: As to either Fraud Loss
Coverage Amount, the point in time at which such Fraud Loss Coverage Amount is
reduced to zero.
Global Securities: The global certificates representing the
Book-Entry Certificates.
GreenPoint Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan originated by GreenPoint
Mortgage Funding, Inc. and listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
GreenPoint Purchase and Servicing Agreement: The Mortgage Loan Sale
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2003, among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Mortgage Capital Inc. and GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc. and listed in
Exhibit E hereto.
Group 1: All of the Group 1 Certificates.
Group 1 Certificate: Any Class 1-A-1 and Class A-R Certificate.
Group 2: All of the Group 2 Certificates.
Group 2 Certificate: Any Class 2-A-1 Certificate.
Group 3: All of the Group 3 Certificates.
Group 3 Certificate: Any Class 3-A-1, Class 3-A-2 and Class 3-A-3
Certificate.
Group 4: All of the Group 4 Certificates.
Group 4 Certificate: Any Class 4-A-1 and Class 4-A-2 Certificate.
Group 5: All of the Group 4 Certificates.
Group 5 Certificate: Any Class S-F-1 Certificate.
Group 6: All of the Group 6 Certificates.
Group 6 Certificate: Any Class 6-A-1 Certificate.
Group 7: All of the Group 7 Certificates.
Group 7 Certificate: Any Class 7-A-1 Certificate.
Holder or Certificateholder: The registered owner of any Certificate
as recorded on the books of the Certificate Registrar except that, solely for
the purposes of taking any action or giving any consent pursuant to this
Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and any Servicer,
or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding in determining
whether the requisite percentage necessary to effect any such consent has been
obtained, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in relying upon any such consent, only Certificates which a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be disregarded. The Trustee
may request and conclusively rely on certifications by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the
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Securities Administrator or any Servicer in determining whether any
Certificates are registered to an Affiliate of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator or any Servicer.
HUD: The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development,
or any successor thereto.
Independent: When used with respect to any Accountants, a Person who
is "independent" within the meaning of Rule 2-01(b) of the Securities and
Exchange Commission's Regulation S-X. When used with respect to any other
Person, a Person who (a) is in fact independent of another specified Person
and any Affiliate of such other Person, (b) does not have any material direct
financial interest in such other Person or any Affiliate of such other Person,
and (c) is not connected with such other Person or any Affiliate of such other
Person as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner,
director or Person performing similar functions.
Index: As to each Mortgage Loan, the index from time to time in
effect for adjustment of the Mortgage Rate as set forth as such on the related
Mortgage Note.
Initial Bankruptcy Coverage Amount: With respect to the Pool I
Certificates, $100,000. With respect to the Pool II Certificates, $100,000.
Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any insurance
policy, including all names and endorsements thereto in effect, including any
replacement policy or policies for any Insurance Policies.
Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid by any Insurance Policy (excluding
proceeds required to be applied to the restoration and repair of the related
Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor), in each case other than any
amount included in such Insurance Proceeds in respect of Insured Expenses and
the proceeds from any Limited Purpose Surety Bond.
Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any
other insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Interest Distribution Amount: For each Class of Certificates, on any
Distribution Date, the Current Interest for such Class, as reduced by (i) such
Class's share of Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and (ii) the related
Class' allocable share of (A) after the related Special Hazard Coverage
Termination Date, with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage
Pool (or after the related Credit Support Depletion Date, any Mortgage Loan in
the related Aggregate Pool) that became a Special Hazard Mortgage Loan during
the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the excess
of one month's interest at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in such month over
the amount of Liquidation Proceeds applied as interest on such Mortgage Loan
with respect to such month, (B) after the related Bankruptcy Coverage
Termination Date, with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage
Pool (or after the related Credit Support Depletion Date, any Mortgage Loan in
the related Aggregate Pool) that became subject to a Bankruptcy Loss during
the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the interest
portion of the related Debt Service Reduction or Deficient Valuation, (C) each
related Relief Act Shortfall for the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage
Pool (or after the related
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Credit Support Depletion Date, any Mortgage Loan in the related Aggregate
Pool) incurred during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date and (D) after the related Fraud Loss Coverage Termination
Date, with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool (or
after the related Credit Support Depletion Date, any Mortgage Loan in the
related Aggregate Pool) that became a Fraud Loan during the calendar month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the excess of one month's
interest at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in such month over the amount of
Liquidation Proceeds applied as interest on such Mortgage Loan with respect to
such month. Any such shortfalls and reductions shall be allocated among all
related Classes of Senior Certificates (or in the case of the shortfalls and
reductions set forth in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence and prior to the
related Credit Support Depletion Date, among all Classes of Senior
Certificates of the Related Certificate Group) proportionately on the basis of
the Interest Distribution Amount otherwise payable thereon and among the
related Subordinate Certificates on the basis of their Apportioned Principal
Balances before taking into account any of the foregoing reductions.
Interest-Only Certificates: Not applicable.
Interest Shortfall: As to any Class of Certificates and any
Distribution Date, (i) the amount by which the Interest Distribution Amount
for such Class on such Distribution Date and all prior Distribution Dates
exceeds (ii) amounts distributed in respect thereof to such Class on prior
Distribution Dates.
Interest Transfer Amount: For any Distribution Date and for any
Undercollateralized Group, an amount equal to one month's interest on the
applicable Principal Transfer Amount at the weighted average Certificate
Interest Rate of the applicable Undercollateralized Group, plus any interest
accrued on such Undercollateralized Group remaining unpaid from prior
Distribution Dates.
Intervening Assignments: The original intervening assignments of the
Mortgage, notices of transfer or equivalent instrument.
JPMMAC Mortgage Loans: The CMMC Mortgage Loans, the Countrywide
Mortgage Loans and the Cendant/JPMMAC Mortgage Loans assigned by JPMMAC to the
Depositor.
Latest Possible Maturity Date: The Distribution Date occurring in (x)
June 2034, with respect to Aggregate Pool I, and (y) May 2034, with respect to
Aggregate Pool II.
LIBOR: Not applicable.
LIBOR Business Day: Any day on which banks in London, England and The
City of New York are open and conducting transactions in foreign currency and
exchange.
LIBOR Certificate: Not applicable.
LIBOR Determination Date: Not applicable.
Limited Purpose Surety Bond: Any Limited Purpose Surety Bond listed
in Exhibit G.
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Liquidated Mortgage Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a
defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) which was liquidated in
the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date and as to
which the related Servicer has certified (in accordance with its Purchase and
Servicing Agreement) that it has received all amounts it expects to receive in
connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan including the final
disposition of an REO Property.
Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds, received
in connection with the partial or complete liquidation of defaulted Mortgage
Loans, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise or
amounts received in connection with any condemnation or partial release of a
Mortgaged Property and any other proceeds received in connection with an REO
Property.
Loan-To-Value Ratio: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and as to any
date of determination, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator
of which is the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at such date of
determination and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the
related Mortgaged Property.
Lower-Tier Interest: Any one of the interests in the Lower-Tier
REMICs as described in the Preliminary Statement.
Lower-Tier REMICs: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Margin: As to each Mortgage Loan, the percentage amount set forth on
the related Mortgage Note added to the Index in calculating the Mortgage Rate
thereon.
Master Servicer: Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking
association organized under the laws of the United States in its capacity as
Master Servicer and any Person succeeding as Master Servicer hereunder or any
successor in interest, or if any successor master servicer shall be appointed
as herein provided, then such successor master servicer.
Master Servicing Fee: With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the product of one-twelfth of the Master Servicing Fee Rate
and the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan as of the first day of
the related Due Period.
Master Servicing Fee Rate: 0.0075% per annum.
Maximum Rate: As to any Mortgage Loan, the maximum rate set forth on
the related Mortgage Note at which interest can accrue on such Mortgage Loan.
MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any
successor to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
MERS Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the
MERS(R)System.
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MERS(R) System: The system of recording transfers of mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.
MIN: The mortgage identification number for any MERS Mortgage Loan.
MOM Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is acting as mortgagee,
solely as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors
and assigns.
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor in
interest.
Mortgage: A mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument encumbering a
fee simple interest in real property securing a Mortgage Note, together with
improvements thereto.
Mortgage Documents: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the mortgage
documents required to be delivered to the Custodian pursuant to each Custodial
Agreement.
Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage and the related notes or other evidences of
indebtedness secured by each such Mortgage conveyed, transferred, sold,
assigned to or deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 (including
any Replacement Loan and REO Property), including without limitation, each
Mortgage Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, as amended from time to
time.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The schedule attached hereto as Schedule A,
which shall identify each Mortgage Loan, as such schedule may be amended by
the Depositor or a Servicer from time to time to reflect the addition of
Replacement Mortgage Loans to, or the deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans from,
the Trust Fund. Such schedule shall, among other things (i) designate the
Servicer servicing such Mortgage Loan and the applicable Servicing Fee Rate;
(ii) identify the designated Mortgage Pool in which such Mortgage Loan is
included; and (iii) separately identify Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence of the
indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured by a Mortgage under a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Pool: Each of Pool 1, Pool 2, Pool 3, Pool 4, Pool 5, Pool 6
and Pool 7.
Mortgaged Property: The underlying property, including any Additional
Collateral, securing a Mortgage Loan which, with respect to a Cooperative
Loan, is the related Cooperative Shares and Property Lease.
Mortgage Rate: As to any Mortgage Loan, the annual rate of interest
borne by the related Mortgage Notes.
Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
National City Mortgage Loans: Each Mortgage Loan originated by
National City Mortgage Co. and listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
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National City Purchase and Servicing Agreement: The Flow Master
Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2004,
between JPMMAC and National City Mortgage Co. and listed in Exhibit E hereto.
Net Liquidation Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage
Loan or any other disposition of related Mortgaged Property, the related
Liquidation Proceeds net of Advances, Servicer Advances, Servicing Fees and/or
Master Servicing Fees and any other accrued and unpaid servicing fees received
and retained in connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan or
Mortgaged Property.
Net Mortgage Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, the related Mortgage Rate as of the Due Date in the month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date reduced by the Aggregate Expense
Rate for such Mortgage Loan.
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Mortgage Loan
and any Distribution Date, the amount by which any Prepayment Interest
Shortfall for such date exceeds the amount payable by the Master Servicer
and/or the related Servicer in respect of such shortfall.
Net WAC: As to any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the Net
Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date of the month preceding
the month of such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their
outstanding Stated Principal Balances (after giving effect to the Scheduled
Payments due on or before such Due Date and Principal Prepayments received
prior to such Due Date) at such time.
Net WAC Shortfall: Not applicable.
Non-Book-Entry Certificate: Any Certificate other than a Book-Entry
Certificate.
Non-permitted Foreign Holder: As defined in Section 3.03(f).
Non-U.S. Person: Any person other than a "United States person"
within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Nonrecoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance or Servicer Advance
previously made or proposed to be made by the Master Servicer and/or a
Servicer (as certified in an Officer's Certificate of such Servicer), which in
the good faith judgment of such party, shall not be ultimately recoverable by
such party from the related Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or
otherwise.
Notional Amount: Not applicable.
Notional Certificate: Not applicable.
Offering Document: The Prospectus.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate signed by two Authorized
Officers of the Depositor or the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman, the
President, any Vice President or any
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Assistant Vice President of the Master Servicer or the Securities
Administrator, and in each case delivered to the Trustee.
Officer's Certificate of a Servicer: A certificate (i) signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a
Managing Director, a Vice President (however denominated), an Assistant Vice
President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the Assistant Treasurers or
Assistant Secretaries of a Servicer, or (ii) if provided for herein, signed by
a Servicing Officer, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or the
Master Servicer, as required hereby.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, reasonably
acceptable in form and substance to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator
or the Master Servicer, as required hereby, and who may be in-house or outside
counsel to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or
the Trustee but which must be Independent outside counsel with respect to any
such opinion of counsel concerning the transfer of any Residual Certificate or
concerning certain matters with respect to the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or the taxation, or the federal
income tax status, of each REMIC.
Original Applicable Credit Support Percentage: With respect to each
Class of Pool I Subordinate Certificates and Pool II Subordinate Certificates,
the corresponding percentage set forth opposite its Class designation:
Pool I Subordinated Certificates
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Class I-B-1.......................... 3.30%
Class I-B-2.......................... 1.95%
Class I-B-3.......................... 1.15%
Class I-B-4.......................... 0.80%
Class I-B-5.......................... 0.50%
Class I-B-6.......................... 0.30%
Pool II Subordinated Certificates
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Class S-B-1.......................... 3.45%
Class S-B-2.......................... 1.80%
Class S-B-3.......................... 1.10%
Class S-B-4.......................... 0.75%
Class S-B-5.......................... 0.40%
Class S-B-6.......................... 0.25%
Original Subordinate Principal Amount: For the Pool I Certificates,
on or prior to the third Senior Termination Date, with respect to a Mortgage
Pool in Aggregate Pool I, the portion of the aggregate of the initial Class
Principal Amounts of the Classes of Pool I Subordinated Certificates related
to that Mortgage Pool; or if such date is after the third Senior Termination
Date, the aggregate of the initial Class Principal Amounts of the Classes of
Pool I Subordinated Certificates. For the Pool II Certificates, on or prior to
the second Senior Termination Date, with respect to a Mortgage Pool in
Aggregate Pool II, the portion of the aggregate of the initial Class Principal
Amounts of the Classes of Pool II Subordinated Certificates related to that
Mortgage
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Pool; or if such date is after the second Senior Termination Date, the
aggregate of the initial Class Principal Amounts of the Classes of Pool II
Subordinated Certificates.
Originator: Any one of Cendant Mortgage Corporation, Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, National City Mortgage Co.,
Bank of America, N.A. or GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc., as applicable.
Overcollateralized Group: On any Distribution Date, any Certificate
Group which is not an Undercollateralized Group.
Paying Agent: Any paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.08.
The initial Paying Agent shall be Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., for so long as it is
acting as Securities Administrator under this Agreement.
Percentage Interest: With respect to any Certificate, its percentage
interest in the undivided beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund
evidenced by all Certificates of the same Class as such Certificate. With
respect to any Certificate other than the Class A-R and Class LT-R
Certificates, the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall equal the
initial Certificate Principal Amount thereof divided by the initial Class
Principal Amount of all Certificates of the same Class. With respect to each
of the Class A-R and Class LT-R Certificates, the Percentage Interest
evidenced thereby shall be as specified on the face thereof, or otherwise, be
equal to 100%.
Permitted Investments: At any time, any one or more of the following
obligations and securities:
(i) obligations of the United States or any agency thereof,
provided that such obligations are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States;
(ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any
state of the United States or the District of Columbia receiving the
highest long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency, or such lower
rating as shall not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as
evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(iii) commercial or finance company paper which is then
receiving the highest commercial or finance company paper rating of
each Rating Agency rating such paper, or such lower rating as shall
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then
assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by
a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(iv) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or
bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust
company incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any
state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal
and/or state banking authorities, provided that the commercial paper
and/or long-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository
institution or trust company (or in the case of the principal
depository institution in a holding company system, the commercial
paper or long-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding
company, but only if
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Xxxxx'x is not the applicable Rating Agency) are then rated one of
the two highest long-term and the highest short-term ratings of each
Rating Agency for such securities, or such lower ratings as shall not
result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned
to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed
writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(v) demand or time deposits or certificates of deposit
issued by any bank or trust company or savings institution to the
extent that such deposits are fully insured by the FDIC;
(vi) guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank,
insurance company or other corporation acceptable to the Rating
Agencies at the time of the issuance of such agreements, as evidenced
by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(vii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either case entered into
with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
described in clause (iv) above;
(viii) securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped
coupons or instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of
the face amount thereof) bearing interest or sold at a discount
issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof which, at the time of such investment,
have one of the two highest ratings of each Rating Agency (except if
the Rating Agency is Moody's, such rating shall be the highest
commercial paper rating of Moody's for any such series), or such
lower rating as shall not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of
the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies,
as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(ix) interests in any money market fund which at the date of
acquisition of the interests in such fund and throughout the time
such interests are held in such fund has the highest applicable
rating by each Rating Agency rating such fund or such lower rating as
shall not result in a change in the rating then assigned to the
Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a signed writing
delivered by each Rating Agency, including funds for which the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or any of
its Affiliates is investment manager or adviser;
(x) short-term investment funds sponsored by any trust
company or national banking association incorporated under the laws
of the United States or any state thereof which on the date of
acquisition has been rated by each applicable Rating Agency in their
respective highest applicable rating category or such lower rating as
shall not result in a change in the rating then specified stated
maturity and bearing interest or sold at a discount acceptable to
each Rating Agency as shall not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the
Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each
Rating Agency; and
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(xi) such other investments having a specified stated
maturity and bearing interest or sold at a discount acceptable to the
Rating Agencies as shall not result in the downgrading or withdrawal
of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating
Agencies, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating
Agency;
provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if (i) such
instrument evidences the right to receive interest only payments with respect
to the obligations underlying such instrument or (ii) such instrument would
require the Depositor to register as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Pool 1: The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as being included in Pool 1.
Pool 1 Mortgage Loans: Any Mortgage Loan in Pool 1.
Pool 1 Net WAC: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Pool 1 Mortgage Loans as of the first
day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month of such
Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their Stated Principal Balances.
Pool 1 Subordinate Amount: For any Distribution Date, the excess of
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Pool 1 Mortgage Loans over the
sum of the Class Principal Amounts of the Class 1-A-1 and Class A-R
Certificates immediately before such Distribution Date.
Pool 2: The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as being included in Pool 2.
Pool 2 Mortgage Loans: Any Mortgage Loan in Pool 2.
Pool 2 Net WAC: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Pool 2 Mortgage Loans as of the first
day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month of such
Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their Stated Principal Balances.
Pool 2 Subordinate Amount: For any Distribution Date, the excess of
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Pool 2 Mortgage Loans over the
Class Principal Amount of the Class 2-A-1 Certificates immediately before such
Distribution Date.
Pool 3: The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as being included in Pool 3.
Pool 3 Mortgage Loans: Any Mortgage Loan in Pool 3.
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Pool 3 Net WAC: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Pool 3 Mortgage Loans as of the first
day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month of such
Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their Stated Principal Balances.
Pool 3 Subordinate Amount: For any Distribution Date, the excess of
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Pool 3 Mortgage Loans over the
sum of the Class Principal Amounts of the Class 3-A-1, Class 3-A-2 and Class
3-A-3 Certificates immediately before such Distribution Date.
Pool 4: The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as being included in Pool 4.
Pool 4 Mortgage Loans: Any Mortgage Loan in Pool 4.
Pool 4 Net WAC: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Pool 4 Mortgage Loans as of the first
day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month of such
Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their Stated Principal Balances.
Pool 4 Subordinate Amount: For any Distribution Date, the excess of
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Pool 4 Mortgage Loans over the
sum of the Class Principal Amounts of the Class 4-A-1 and Class 4-A-2
Certificates immediately before such Distribution Date.
Pool 5: The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as being included in Pool 5.
Pool 5 Mortgage Loans: Any Mortgage Loan in Pool 5.
Pool 5 Net WAC: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Pool 5 Mortgage Loans as of the first
day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month of such
Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their Stated Principal Balances.
Pool 5 Subordinate Amount: For any Distribution Date, the excess of
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Pool Mortgage Loans over the
Class Principal Amount of the Class S-F-1 Certificates immediately before such
Distribution Date.
Pool 6: The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as being included in Pool 6.
Pool 6 Mortgage Loans: Any Mortgage Loan in Pool 6.
Pool 6 Net WAC: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Pool 6 Mortgage Loans as of the first
day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month of such
Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their Stated Principal Balances.
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Pool 6 Subordinate Amount: For any Distribution Date, the excess of
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Pool Mortgage Loans over the
Class Principal Amount of the Class S-F-2 Certificates immediately before such
Distribution Date.
Pool 7: The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as being included in Pool 7.
Pool 7 Mortgage Loans: Any Mortgage Loan in Pool 7.
Pool 7 Net WAC: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Pool 7 Mortgage Loans as of the first
day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month of such
Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their Stated Principal Balances.
Pool 7 Subordinate Amount: For any Distribution Date, the excess of
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Pool Mortgage Loans over the
Class Principal Amount of the Class S-F-3 Certificates immediately before such
Distribution Date.
Pool I Certificates: The Pool I Senior Certificates and Pool I
Subordinate Certificates.
Pool I Cut-off Date Balance: With respect to the Mortgage Loans in
Aggregate Pool I on the Closing Date, the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of Aggregate Pool I as of the Cut-off Date.
Pool I Initial Optional Purchase Date: With respect to Aggregate Pool
I, the first Distribution Date following the date on which the Aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of Aggregate Pool I is equal to or less than 5.00% of
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Aggregate Pool I as of the Cut-off
Date.
Pool I Senior Certificates: Group 1 Certificates, Group 2
Certificates, Group 3 Certificates and Group 4 Certificates.
Pool I Step Down Conditions: As of the first Distribution Date as to
which any decrease in any Senior Prepayment Percentage applies, with respect
to each Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool I (i) the outstanding Stated Principal
Balance of all Mortgage Loans in a Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool I 60 days
or more Delinquent (including Mortgage Loans in foreclosure, REO Property or
bankruptcy status) (averaged over the preceding six month period), as a
percentage of (a) if such date is on or prior to the third Senior Termination
Date, the portion of the aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Pool I
Subordinated Certificates related to that Mortgage Pool on such Distribution
Date, or (b) if such date is after the third Senior Termination Date, the
aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Pool I Subordinate Certificates on
such Distribution Date, does not equal or exceed 50% and (ii) cumulative
Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans in each Mortgage Pool in
Aggregate Pool I do not exceed (a) with respect to each Distribution Date from
July 2011 through June 2012, 30% of the related Original Subordinate Principal
Amount, (b) with respect to each Distribution Date from July 2012 through June
2013, 35% of the related Original Subordinate Principal Amount, (c) with
respect to each Distribution Date from July 2013 through June 2014, 40% of the
related Original Subordinate Principal Amount, (d) with respect to each
Distribution Date from July 2014
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through June 2015, 45% of the related Original Subordinate Principal Amount
and (e) with respect to each Distribution Date from and after July 2015, 50%
of the related Original Subordinate Principal Amount.
Pool I Subordinate Certificates: Class I-B-1, Class I-B-2, Class
I-B-3, Class I-B-4, Class I-B-5 and Class I-B-6 Certificates.
Pool I Subordinate Net WAC: For any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Pool 1 Net WAC, the Pool 2 Net WAC, the Pool 3 Net WAC and the
Pool 4 Net WAC, in each case weighted on the basis of the relative Pool
Subordinate Amounts for Pool 1, Pool 2, Pool 3 and Pool 4, respectively, for
such Distribution Date. For federal income tax purposes, Pool I Subordinate
Net WAC will equal the Calculation Rate following the allocation of Principal
Amounts or Principal Relocation Payments for such Distribution Date as
provided in the Preliminary Statement.
Pool II Certificates: The Pool II Senior Certificates and Pool II
Subordinate Certificates.
Pool II Cut-off Date Balance: With respect to the Mortgage Loans in
Aggregate Pool II on the Closing Date, the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of Aggregate Pool II as of the Cut-off Date.
Pool II Initial Optional Purchase Date: With respect to Aggregate
Pool II, the first Distribution Date following the date on which the Aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of Aggregate Pool II is equal to or less than 5.00%
of the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Aggregate Pool II as of the
Cut-off Date.
Pool II Senior Certificates: Group 5 Certificates, Group 6
Certificates and Group 7 Certificates.
Pool II Step Down Conditions: As of the first Distribution Date as to
which any decrease in any Senior Prepayment Percentage applies, with respect
to each Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool II (i) the outstanding Stated
Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans in a Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool
II 60 days or more Delinquent (including Mortgage Loans in foreclosure, REO
Property or bankruptcy status) (averaged over the preceding six month period),
as a percentage of (a) if such date is on or prior to the second Senior
Termination Date, the portion of the aggregate Class Principal Amount of the
Pool II Subordinated Certificates related to that Mortgage Pool on such
Distribution Date, or (b) if such date is after the second Senior Termination
Date, the aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Pool II Subordinate
Certificates on such Distribution Date, does not equal or exceed 50% and (ii)
cumulative Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans in each Mortgage
Pool in Aggregate Pool II do not exceed (a) with respect to each Distribution
Date from July 2011 through June 2012, 30% of the related Original Subordinate
Principal Amount, (b) with respect to each Distribution Date from July 2012
through June 2013, 35% of the related Original Subordinate Principal Amount,
(c) with respect to each Distribution Date from July 2013 through June 2014,
40% of the related Original Subordinate Principal Amount, (d) with respect to
each Distribution Date from July 2014 through June 2015, 45% of the related
Original Subordinate Principal Amount and (e) with
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respect to each Distribution Date from and after July 2015, 50% of the related
Original Subordinate Principal Amount.
Pool II Subordinate Certificates: Class S-B-1, Class S-B-2, Class
S-B-3, Class S-B-4, Class S-B-5 and Class S-B-6 Certificates.
Pool II Subordinate Net WAC: For any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Pool 5 Net WAC, the Pool 6 Net WAC and the Pool 7 Net WAC, in
each case weighted on the basis of the relative Pool Subordinate Amounts for
Pool 5, Pool 6 and Pool 7, respectively, for such Distribution Date. For
federal income tax purposes, Pool II Subordinate Net WAC will equal the
Calculation Rate following the allocation of Principal Amounts or Principal
Relocation Payments for such Distribution Date as provided in the Preliminary
Statement.
Pool Percentage: With respect to each Mortgage Pool in an Aggregate
Pool and any Distribution Date, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Pool, and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the related Aggregate Pool as of such Due Date.
Pool Subordinate Amount: Any of the Pool 1, Pool 2, Pool 3, Pool 4,
Pool 5, Pool 6 or Pool 7 Subordinate Amounts.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any full or partial
Principal Prepayment of a Mortgage Loan, the excess, if any, of (i) one full
month's interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal
Balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such Principal Prepayment
over (ii) the amount of interest actually received with respect to such
Mortgage Loan in connection with such Principal Prepayment.
Prepayment Period: With respect to each Distribution Date, the
calendar month immediately preceding the month in which the Distribution Date
occurs.
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy: Each policy of primary mortgage
guaranty insurance or any replacement policy therefor with respect to any
Mortgage Loan.
Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Mortgage Pool and
any Distribution Date, the sum of (a) each Scheduled Payment of principal
collected or advanced on the related Mortgage Loans (before taking into
account any Deficient Valuations or Debt Service Reductions) and due during
the related Due Period, (b) that portion of the Purchase Price representing
principal of any Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool purchased in accordance
with Section 2.05 hereof and received during the related Prepayment Period,
(c) the principal portion of any related Substitution Amount received during
the related Prepayment Period, (d) the principal portion of all Insurance
Proceeds received during the related Prepayment Period with respect to
Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool that are not yet Liquidated Mortgage
Loans, (e) the principal portion of all Net Liquidation Proceeds received
during the related Prepayment Period with respect to Liquidated Mortgage Loans
in such Mortgage Pool, (f) the principal portion of the proceeds of any
Additional Collateral with respect to the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage
Pool, (g) the principal portion of all partial and full principal prepayments
of Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool applied by the Servicers during the
related Prepayment Period, (h) any Subsequent Recoveries received during the
related Prepayment Period and (i) on
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the Distribution Date on which the Trust Fund or a portion thereof relating to
Aggregate Pool I or Aggregate Pool II, as applicable, is to be terminated
pursuant to Article X hereof, that portion of the related Redemption Price in
respect of principal for such Mortgage Pool.
Principal Prepayment: Any Mortgagor payment of principal or other
recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan that is recognized as having been
received or recovered in advance of its scheduled Due Date and applied to
reduce the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms
of the Mortgage Note or the related Purchase and Servicing Agreement.
Principal Prepayment In Full: Any Principal Prepayment of the entire
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans.
Principal Relocation Payment: A payment from any Mortgage Pool to
Lower-Tier REMIC Regular Interests that correspond to a different Mortgage
Pool as provided in the Preliminary Statement. Principal Relocation Payments
shall be made of principal allocations comprising the Principal Remittance
Amount from a Mortgage Pool.
Principal Transfer Amount: For any Distribution Date and for any
Undercollateralized Group, the excess, if any, of the aggregate Class
Principal Amount of such Undercollateralized Group immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, over the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the related
Mortgage Pool immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
Proceeding: Any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or
administrative proceeding.
Proprietary Lease: With respect to any Cooperative Property, a lease
or occupancy agreement between a Cooperative Corporation and a holder of
related Cooperative Shares.
Prospectus: The prospectus supplement dated June 24, 2004, together
with the accompanying prospectus dated February 19, 2004, relating to the
Certificates.
Purchase and Servicing Agreements: The mortgage loan purchase and
servicing agreements, listed in Exhibit E hereto, as each such agreement may
be amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted hereunder.
Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required or
permitted to be purchased by a Seller or the Depositor pursuant to this
Agreement, or by the related Originator or Servicer pursuant to the related
Purchase and Servicing Agreement, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of
the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan on the date of such purchase
and (ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate from the
date through which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to the Due Date in
the month in which the Purchase Price is to be distributed to
Certificateholders, or such other amount as may be specified in the related
Purchase and Servicing Agreement.
Rapid Prepayment Conditions: As to any Distribution Date, if (1) the
Aggregate Subordinate Percentage for Aggregate Pool I or Aggregate Pool II, as
applicable, on such date is less than 200% of the related Aggregate
Subordinate Percentage on the Closing Date; or (2) the
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outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in any Mortgage
Pool in the related Aggregate Pool delinquent 60 days or more (including
Mortgage Loans in REO and foreclosure) (averaged over the preceding six-month
period), as a percentage of such Mortgage Pool's Pool Subordinate Amount, is
greater than or equal to 50%.
Rating Agency: Each of S&P and Fitch Ratings.
Realized Loss: With respect to each Liquidated Mortgage Loan, an
amount (not less than zero or more than the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loan) as of the date of such liquidation, equal to (i) the Stated
Principal Balance of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the date of such
liquidation, plus (ii) interest at the Net Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as
to which interest was last paid or advanced (and not reimbursed) to
Certificateholders up to the Due Date in the month in which Liquidation
Proceeds are required to be distributed on the Stated Principal Balance of
such Liquidated Mortgage Loan from time to time, minus (iii) the Liquidation
Proceeds and the proceeds of any Additional Collateral, if any, received
during the month in which such liquidation occurred, to the extent applied as
recoveries of interest at the Net Mortgage Rate and to principal of the
Liquidated Mortgage Loan. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become
the subject of a Deficient Valuation, if the principal amount due under the
related Mortgage Note has been reduced, the difference between the principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient
Valuation and the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced by the
Deficient Valuation.
Recognition Agreement: An agreement among a Cooperative Corporation,
a lender and a Mortgagor with respect to a Cooperative Mortgage Loan whereby
such parties (i) acknowledge that such lender may make, or intends to make,
such Cooperative Mortgage Loan, and (ii) make certain agreements with respect
to such Cooperative Mortgage Loan.
Record Date: As to any Distribution Date, the last Business Day of
the month preceding the month of each Distribution Date.
Redemption Date: Any Distribution Date on which Certificates may be
redeemed.
Redemption Price: With respect to any Class of Certificates to be
redeemed, an amount equal to 100% of the related Class Principal Amount of the
Certificates to be so redeemed, together with interest on such amount at the
applicable Certificate Interest Rate through the related Accrual Period (as
increased by any Interest Shortfalls), and including, in the case of the
Redemption Price payable in connection with the redemption and retirement of
all of the Certificates or all of the Certificates related to an Aggregate
Pool, the payment of all amounts (including, without limitation, all
previously unreimbursed Advances and Servicing Advances and accrued and unpaid
Servicing Fees) payable or reimbursable to the Trustee, the Master Servicer
and the Servicers pursuant to this Agreement and the related Purchase and
Servicing Agreements, or to the Custodian under the related Custodial
Agreements (to the extent such amounts are not paid to the Custodian by the
related Seller).
Refinancing Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan originated in connection
with the refinancing of an existing mortgage loan.
Regular Certificates: Each Class of Certificates other than the Class
A-R Certificates.
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Related Certificate Group: The Certificate Group related to a
particular Mortgage Pool as indicated by the same numerical designation (i.e.,
Group 1 Certificates are related to Pool 1, Group 2 Certificates are related
to Pool 2, Group 3 Certificates are related to Pool 3, Group 4 Certificates
are related to Pool 4, Group 5 Certificates are related to Pool 5, Group 6
Certificates are related to Pool 6 and Group 7 Certificates are related to
Pool 7).
Relief Act Shortfalls: With respect to any Distribution Date and any
Mortgage Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the amount of interest
collectible thereon for the most recently ended calendar month as a result of
the application of the Civil Relief Act, the amount, if any, by which (i)
interest collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended
calendar month is less than (ii) interest accrued thereon for such month
pursuant to the Mortgage Note.
REMIC: Each pool of assets in the Trust Fund designated as a REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement.
REMIC Provisions: The provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections
860A through 860G of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations,
including proposed regulations and rulings, and administrative pronouncements
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund through
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted
Mortgage Loan or otherwise treated as having been acquired pursuant to the
REMIC Provisions.
Replacement Mortgage Loan: A mortgage loan substituted by an
Originator or a Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of
such substitution, as confirmed in a request for release, substantially in the
form attached to the related Custodial Agreement, (i) have a Stated Principal
Balance, after deduction of the principal portion of the Scheduled Payment due
in the month of substitution, not in excess of, and not more than 10% less
than, the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) have a
Maximum Rate not less than (and not more than two percentage points greater
than) the Maximum Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a gross margin
not less than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) have a Loan-to-Value
Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) have a remaining
term to maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less than that
of) the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) have the same Adjustment Date as that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vii) have a Minimum Rate not less than that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (viii) not permit conversion of the related Mortgage
Rate to a permanent fixed Mortgage Rate; (ix) have the same Index as that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (x) comply with each representation and warranty
set forth in the related Purchase and Servicing Agreement; and (xii) if
applicable, shall be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel that such
Replacement Mortgage Loan would not adversely affect the REMIC status of any
REMIC created hereunder or would not otherwise be prohibited by this Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
Residual Certificate: The Class A-R Certificates.
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Responsible Officer: With respect to the Trustee, any officer in the
corporate trust department or similar group of the Trustee with direct
responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect
to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter
is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
Restricted Certificate: Any Class I-B-4, Class I-B-5, Class I-B-6,
Class S-B-4, Class S-B-5 or Class S-B-6 Certificate.
Restricted Global Security: As defined in Section 3.01(c).
S&P: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., or any successor in interest.
SAIF: The Saving's Association Insurance Fund, or any successor
thereto.
Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan
due on any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such Mortgage
Loan which, unless otherwise specified in the related Purchase and Servicing
Agreement, shall give effect to any related Debt Service Reduction and any
Deficient Valuation that affects the amount of the monthly payment due on such
Mortgage Loan.
Securities Administrator: Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its
individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator, or any successor
in interest, or if any successor Securities Administrator shall be appointed
as herein provided, then such successor Securities Administrator.
Seller: X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Acquisition Corp., a Delaware
corporation, or Sunset Financial Resources, Inc., a Maryland corporation, as
applicable.
Senior Certificate: Any one of the Class 1-A-1, Class 2-A-1, Class
3-A-1, Class 3-A-2, Class 3-A-3, Class 4-A-1, Class 4-A-2, Class S-F-1, Class
S-F-2, Class S-F-3 or Class A-R Certificates.
Senior Percentage: With respect to each Distribution Date and each
Mortgage Pool, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which
is the aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Class or Classes of Senior
Certificates of the Related Certificate Group immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Pool for such Distribution Date;
provided, however, that (x) with respect to the Pool I Senior Certificates, on
any Distribution Date after the third Senior Termination Date, the Senior
Percentage of the remaining Pool I Senior Certificates is the percentage
equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate of the Class
Principal Amounts of the remaining Classes of Pool I Senior Certificates
immediately prior to such date, and the denominator of which is the aggregate
Class Principal Amount of all Classes of Pool I Certificates immediately prior
to such date, and (y) with respect to the Pool II Senior Certificates, on any
Distribution Date after the second Senior Termination Date, the Senior
Percentage of the remaining Pool II Senior Certificates is the percentage
equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate of the Class
Principal Amounts of the remaining Classes
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of Pool II Senior Certificates immediately prior to such date, and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Class Principal Amount of all Classes of
Pool II Certificates immediately prior to such date.
Senior Prepayment Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date
and each Mortgage Pool in an Aggregate Pool, during the period beginning on
the first Distribution Date and ending on the Distribution Date in July 2011,
100%. Except as provided herein, the Senior Prepayment Percentage for each
Mortgage Pool and any Distribution Date occurring on or after July 2011 shall
be as follows: (i) from July 2011 through June 2012, the related Senior
Percentage plus 70% of the related Subordinate Percentage for that
Distribution Date; (ii) from July 2012 through June 2013, the related Senior
Percentage plus 60% of the related Subordinate Percentage for that
Distribution Date; (iii) from July 2013 through June 2014, the related Senior
Percentage plus 40% of the related Subordinate Percentage for that
Distribution Date; (iv) from July 2014 through June 2015, the related Senior
Percentage plus 20% of the related Subordinate Percentage for that
Distribution Date; and (v) from and after July 2015, the related Senior
Percentage for that Distribution Date; provided, however, that there shall be
no reduction in the Senior Prepayment Percentage for any Mortgage Pool in an
Aggregate Pool unless the Pool I Step Down Conditions or Pool II Step Down
Conditions, as applicable, are satisfied with respect to all of the Mortgage
Pools in that Aggregate Pool; and provided, further, that if on any such
Distribution Date the Senior Percentage for a Mortgage Pool in an Aggregate
Pool exceeds the related Senior Percentage on the Closing Date, the Senior
Prepayment Percentage for all Mortgage Pools in that Aggregate Pool for that
Distribution Date shall again equal 100%
Notwithstanding the above, if on any Distribution Date the Two Times
Test is satisfied, (a) on or prior to the Distribution Date in June 2007, the
related Senior Prepayment Percentage with respect to any Mortgage Pool in an
Aggregate Pool shall equal the related Senior Percentage plus 50% of an amount
equal to 100% minus the related Senior Percentage and (b) on or after the
Distribution Date in July 2007, the related Senior Prepayment Percentage with
respect to any Mortgage Pool in that Aggregate Pool shall equal the related
Senior Percentage. In addition, if on any Distribution Date the allocation to
the Senior Certificates then entitled to distributions of principal of full
and partial principal prepayments and other amounts in the percentage required
above would reduce the sum of the Class Principal Amounts of those
Certificates to below zero, the related Senior Prepayment Percentage for such
Distribution Date shall be limited to the percentage necessary to reduce that
Class Principal Amount to zero.
Senior Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to each Mortgage
Pool and any Distribution Date, the sum of:
(1) the related Senior Percentage of all amounts described
in clause (a) of the definition of "Principal Distribution Amount"
for that Distribution Date;
(2) with respect to each Mortgage Loan which became a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment Period, the
lesser of
(x) the related Senior Percentage of the Stated
Principal Balance of that Mortgage Loan and
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(y) the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the
Net Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received
with respect to that Mortgage Loan.
(3) the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the amounts
described in clauses (b), (c), (d), (g) and (h) of the definition of
"Principal Distribution Amount" for that Mortgage Pool;
(4) any amounts described in clauses (1) through (3) above
that remain unpaid with respect to the related Certificate Group from
prior Distribution Dates;
provided, however, that on any Distribution Date after (x) the third Senior
Termination Date, with respect to the Pool I Senior Certificates, and (y) the
second Senior Termination Date, with respect to the Pool II Senior
Certificates, the Senior Principal Distribution Amount for the remaining
Certificate Group related to that Aggregate Pool will be calculated pursuant
to the above formula based on all Mortgage Loans in that Aggregate Pool rather
than the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Pool only.
Senior Termination Date: For each Certificate Group, the Distribution
Date when the aggregate of the Class Principal Balances of that Certificate
Group has been reduced to zero.
Servicer: Each Servicer under a Purchase and Servicing Agreement.
Servicer Advance: A "Servicing Advance" as defined in the applicable
Purchase and Servicing Agreement.
Servicing Fee: As to any Distribution Date and each Mortgage Loan, an
amount equal to the product of (a) one-twelfth of the Servicing Fee Rate and
(b) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of
the related Due Period.
Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, the rate specified in the related Purchase and Servicing
Agreement.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the related Servicer involved in,
or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the related Mortgage
Loans whose name and facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing
officers furnished to the Master Servicer by the related Servicer on the
Closing Date pursuant to the related Purchase and Servicing Agreement, as such
list may from time to time be amended.
Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date: As to either Special Hazard
Loss Coverage Amount, the point in time at which the related Special Hazard
Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Special Hazard Loss: Any Realized Loss suffered by a Mortgaged
Property on account of direct physical loss, as reported by the Servicer to
the Master Servicer, but not including (i) any loss of a type covered by a
hazard insurance policy or a flood insurance policy required to be maintained
with respect to such Mortgaged Property to the extent of the amount of such
loss covered thereby, or (ii) any loss caused by or resulting from:
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(a) normal wear and tear;
(b) fraud, conversion or other dishonest act on the part of
the Trustee, the Master Servicer or any of their agents or employees
(without regard to any portion of the loss not covered by any errors
and omissions policy);
(c) errors in design, faulty workmanship or faulty
materials, unless the collapse of the property or a part thereof
ensues and then only for the ensuing loss;
(d) nuclear or chemical reaction or nuclear radiation or
radioactive or chemical contamination, all whether controlled or
uncontrolled, and whether such loss be direct or indirect, proximate
or remote or be in whole or in part caused by, contributed to or
aggravated by a peril covered by the definition of the term "Special
Hazard Loss";
(e) hostile or warlike action in time of peace and war,
including action in hindering, combating or defending against an
actual, impending or expected attack:
1. by any government or sovereign power, de jure or
de facto, or by any authority maintaining or using military,
naval or air forces; or
2. by military, naval or air forces; or
3. by an agent of any such government, power,
authority or forces;
(f) any weapon of war employing nuclear fission, fusion or
other radioactive force, whether in time of peace or war; or
(g) insurrection, rebellion, revolution, civil war, usurped
power or action taken by governmental authority in hindering,
combating or defending against such an occurrence, seizure or
destruction under quarantine or customs regulations, confiscation by
order of any government or public authority or risks of contraband or
illegal transportation or trade.
Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount: With respect to the first
Distribution Date and (x) the Pool I Certificates, $4,117,458 and (y) the Pool
II Certificates, $3,697,465. With respect to any Distribution Date after the
first Distribution Date, the lesser of (a) the greatest of (i) 1% of the
aggregate of the principal balances of the Mortgage Loans in the applicable
Aggregate Pool, (ii) twice the principal balance of the largest Mortgage Loan
in the applicable Aggregate Pool and (iii) the aggregate of the principal
balances of all Mortgage Loans in the applicable Aggregate Pool secured by
Mortgaged Properties located in the single California postal zip code area
having the highest aggregate principal balance of any such zip code area and
(b) such Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount as of the Closing Date less the
amount, if any, of Special Hazard Losses allocated to the related Certificates
since the Closing Date. All principal balances for the purpose of this
definition will be calculated as of the first day of the calendar month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date after giving effect to Scheduled
Payments on the Mortgage Loans then due, whether or not paid.
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Special Hazard Mortgage Loan: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as to which
a Special Hazard Loss has occurred.
Startup Day: The day designated as such pursuant to Section 10.01(b)
hereof.
Stated Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan and Due Date, the
unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of such Due Date as
specified in the amortization schedule at the time relating thereto (before
any adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any moratorium or
similar waiver or grace period) after giving effect to any previous partial
Principal Prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal (other
than with respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan) and to the payment of
principal due on such Due Date and irrespective of any delinquency in payment
by the related Mortgagor.
Sub-account: Not applicable.
Subordinate Certificate: Any of the Class I-B-1, Class I-B-2, Class
I-B-3, Class I-B-4, Class I-B-5, Class I-B-6, Class S-B-1, Class S-B-2, Class
S-B-3, Class S-B-4, Class S-B-5 or Class S-B-6 Certificates.
Subordinate Certificate Writedown Amount: The amount described in
Section 5.03(d).
Subordinate Class Percentage: As to any Distribution Date and any
Class of Subordinate Certificates related to an Aggregate Pool, a fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Class Principal
Amount of such Class on such date, and the denominator of which is the
aggregate Class Principal Amount of all related Classes of Subordinate
Certificates on such date.
Subordinate Percentage: With respect to each Mortgage Pool in an
Aggregate Pool and any Distribution Date, the difference between 100% and the
related Senior Percentage for such Mortgage Pool for such Distribution Date;
provided, however, that on any Distribution after the occurrence of (x) the
third Senior Termination Date, with respect to Aggregate Pool I, and (y) the
second Senior Termination Date, with respect to Aggregate Pool II, the
Subordinate Percentage will represent the entire interest of the Subordinate
Certificates in the Mortgage Loans in that Aggregate Pool and will be equal to
the difference between the 100% and the Senior Percentage related to all the
Mortgage Loans in that Aggregate Pool for such Distribution Date.
Subordinate Prepayment Percentage: With respect to any Distribution
Date and for each Mortgage Pool, the difference between 100% and the related
Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Mortgage Pool for that Distribution
Date.
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date and each Mortgage Pool in an Aggregate Pool, an amount equal
to the sum of:
(1) the related Subordinate Percentage of all amounts
described in clause (a) of the definition of "Principal Distribution
Amount" for that Distribution Date;
(2) with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related
Mortgage Pool that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the
related Prepayment Period the amount of
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the Net Liquidation Proceeds allocated to principal received with
respect thereto remaining after application thereof pursuant to
clause (2) of the definition of "Senior Principal Distribution
Amount" for that Distribution Date, up to the Subordinate Percentage
of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan;
(3) the related Subordinate Prepayment Percentage of all
amounts described in clauses (b), (c), (d), (g) and (h) of the
definition of "Principal Distribution Amount" for that Mortgage Pool
and that Distribution Date; and
(4) any amounts described in clauses (1) through (3) for any
previous Distribution Date that remain unpaid;
minus the sum of:
(A) any Principal Transfer Amount paid from the Available
Distribution Amount of the Related Certificate Group to an
Undercollateralized Group in the related Aggregate Pool; and
(B) the amount of principal distributions made to the
related Senior Certificates pursuant to Section 5.02(h).
provided, however, that on any Distribution Date after the occurrence of (x)
the third Senior Termination Date, with respect to Aggregate Pool I, and (y)
the second Senior Termination Date, with respect to Aggregate Pool II, the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount from the applicable Aggregate Pool
will not be calculated with respect to a Mortgage Pool, but instead will equal
the amount calculated as above based on a Subordinate Percentage or
Subordinate Prepayment Percentage, as applicable, for the related Subordinate
Certificates for such Distribution Date with respect to all of the Mortgage
Loans in that Aggregate Pool.
Subsequent Recoveries: With respect to any Distribution Date, with
respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan that resulted in a Realized Loss in a
prior calendar month, amounts received by the Master Servicer from the related
Servicer specifically related to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Substitution Amount: As defined in the second paragraph of Section
2.05(c).
Sunset Mortgage Loans: The BofA Mortgage Loans, the GreenPoint
Mortgage Loans, the National City Mortgage Loans and the Cendant/JPMMAC
Mortgage Loans assigned by Sunset to the Depositor.
Tax Matters Person: The "tax matters person" as specified in the
REMIC Provisions which shall initially be the Holder of the Class LT-R
Certificate.
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created pursuant to this
Agreement, consisting of the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal
received thereon on or after the Cut-off Date (other than Scheduled Payments
due on or prior to the Cut-off Date and any prepayment penalties received by
the Master Servicer with respect to the Sunset Mortgage Loans), the
Depositor's rights assigned to the Trustee under the Purchase and Servicing
Agreements, as modified by the
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Acknowledgements, the Insurance Policies relating to the Mortgage Loans, all
cash, instruments or property held or required to be held in the Custodial
Accounts, the Distribution Account, property that secured a Mortgage Loan, the
pledge, control and guaranty agreements and Limited Purpose Surety Bond
relating to the Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans.
Trustee: Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national banking
association, organized under the laws of the United States and any Person
succeeding the Trustee hereunder, or if any successor trustee or any
co-trustee shall be appointed as herein provided, then such successor trustee
and such co-trustee, as the case may be.
Trustee Mortgage Files: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage Documents to be retained in the custody and possession of the Trustee
or Custodian on behalf of the Trustee.
Two Times Test: As to any Distribution Date and the Pool I
Subordinate Certificates, (i) the Aggregate Subordinate Percentage for the
Pool I Subordinate Certificates is at least two times the related Aggregate
Subordinate Percentage as of the Closing Date; (ii) the aggregate of the
Stated Principal Balances of all Mortgage Loans in Aggregate Pool I Delinquent
60 days or more (including Mortgage Loans in REO and foreclosure) (averaged
over the preceding six-month period), as a percentage of the aggregate of the
Class Principal Amount of the Pool I Subordinate Certificates on such
Distribution Date, does not equal or exceed 50%; and (iii) on or prior to the
Distribution Date in June 2007, cumulative Realized Losses with respect to the
Mortgage Loans in Aggregate Pool I do not exceed 20% of the related Original
Subordinate Principal Amount, and thereafter, cumulative Realized Losses with
respect to the Mortgage Loans in Aggregate Pool I do not exceed 30% of the
related Original Subordinate Principal Amount.
As to any Distribution Date and the Pool II Subordinate Certificates,
(i) the Aggregate Subordinate Percentage for the Pool II Subordinate
Certificates is at least two times the related Aggregate Subordinate
Percentage as of the Closing Date; (ii) the aggregate of the Stated Principal
Balances of all Mortgage Loans in Aggregate Pool II Delinquent 60 days or more
(including Mortgage Loans in REO and foreclosure) (averaged over the preceding
six-month period), as a percentage of the aggregate of the Class Principal
Amount of the Pool II Subordinate Certificates on such Distribution Date, does
not equal or exceed 50%; and (iii) on or prior to the Distribution Date in
June 2007, cumulative Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans in
Aggregate Pool II do not exceed 20% of the related Original Subordinate
Principal Amount, and thereafter, cumulative Realized Losses with respect to
the Mortgage Loans in Aggregate Pool II do not exceed 30% of the related
Original Subordinate Principal Amount.
UCC: The Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the relevant
jurisdiction.
Undercollateralized Group: With respect to any Distribution Date, any
Certificate Group, with respect to which the aggregate Class Principal Amount
of such Certificate Group is greater than the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Pool immediately prior
to such Distribution Date.
Underwriter: X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
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Underwriter's Exemption: The prohibited transaction exemption granted
to the Underwriter, or its affiliate, and most recently amended and restated
by PTE 2002-19, or any substantially similar administrative exemption granted
by the U.S. Department of Labor to the Underwriter.
Underwriting Agreement: The Underwriting Agreement, dated June 24,
2004, between the Depositor and the Underwriter.
Uniform Commercial Code: The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
any applicable jurisdiction from time to time.
Upper-Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Voting Interests: The portion of the voting rights of all the
Certificates that is allocated to any Certificate for purposes of the voting
provisions of this Agreement. At all times during the term of this Agreement,
95.00% of all Voting Interests shall be allocated to each Class of the Pool I
Certificates (other than the Class A-R Certificates) and the Pool II
Certificates. Voting Interests shall be allocated among such Certificates
based on the product of (i) 95% and (ii) the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Class Principal Amounts
for each Class then outstanding and the denominator of which is the Aggregate
Stated Principal Balance outstanding. At all times during the term of this
Agreement, 5.00% of all Voting Interests shall be allocated to the Class A-R
Certificates. Voting Interests shall be allocated among the Certificates
within each such Class in proportion to their Certificate Principal Amounts or
Percentage Interests.
Section 1.02 Calculations Respecting Mortgage Loans.
Calculations required to be made pursuant to this Agreement with
respect to any Mortgage Loan in the Trust Fund shall be made based upon
current information as to the terms of the Mortgage Loans and reports of
payments received from the Mortgagor on such Mortgage Loans and payments to be
made to the Securities Administrator as supplied to the Securities
Administrator by the Master Servicer. The Securities Administrator shall not
be required to recompute, verify or recalculate the information supplied to it
by the Master Servicer or any Servicer.
ARTICLE II
DECLARATION OF TRUST;
ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01 Creation and Declaration of Trust Fund; Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans.
(a) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the Depositor does hereby transfer, assign, set over, deposit with and
otherwise convey to the Trustee, without recourse, subject to Sections 2.02
and 2.05, in trust, all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and
to the Trust Fund. Such conveyance includes, without limitation, (i) the
Mortgage Loans, including the right to all payments of principal and interest
received on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans on and after the Cut-off
Date (other than Scheduled Payments due
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on or before such date), and all such payments due after such date but
received prior to such date and intended by the related Mortgagors to be
applied after such date; (ii) all of the Depositor's right, title and interest
in and to all amounts from time to time credited to and the proceeds of the
Distribution Account, any Custodial Accounts or any Escrow Account established
with respect to the Mortgage Loans; (iii) all of the rights of the Depositor
as assignee of the Sellers with respect to the Sellers' respective rights
under the Purchase and Servicing Agreements pursuant to the Acknowledgements;
(iv) all of the Depositor's right, title or interest in REO Property and the
proceeds thereof; (v) all of the Depositor's rights under any Insurance
Policies related to the Mortgage Loans; and (vi) if applicable, the
Depositor's security interest in any collateral pledged to secure the Mortgage
Loans, including the Mortgaged Properties and any Additional Collateral
relating to the Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans, including, but not
limited to, the pledge, control and guaranty agreements and the Limited
Purpose Surety Bond to have and to hold, in trust; and the Trustee declares
that, subject to the review provided for in Section 2.02, it has received and
shall hold the Trust Fund, as trustee, in trust, for the benefit and use of
the Holders of the Certificates and for the purposes and subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and, concurrently with such
receipt, has caused to be executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the
order of the Depositor, in exchange for the Trust Fund, Certificates in the
authorized denominations evidencing the entire ownership of the Trust Fund.
The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment, set-over, deposit and
conveyance does not and is not intended to result in the creation or
assumption by the Trustee of any obligation of the Depositor, the Sellers or
any other Person in connection with the Mortgage Loans or any other agreement
or instrument relating thereto except as specifically set forth therein.
In connection with such transfer and assignment of the Mortgage
Loans, the Custodian acting on the Trustee's behalf, will hold or continue to
hold the documents or instruments listed below with respect to each Mortgage
Loan (each, a "Trustee Mortgage File") so transferred and assigned.
On the Closing Date, the Custodian shall deliver to the Trustee and
the Depositor certification ("Custodian Certification") substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit L certifying that, pursuant to each related
Custodial Agreement, the applicable Originator or Seller delivered and
released to the Custodian, subject to and in accordance with the relevant
section of each related Purchase and Servicing Agreement or Custodial
Agreement, the following documents pertaining to each of the Mortgage Loans
identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (provided, however, that the
Custodian shall not be required nor does it intend to re-examine the contents
of the Trustee Mortgage File for any of the Mortgage Loans in connection with
entering into this Agreement or providing the Custodian Certification required
pursuant to this Section 2.01):
(i) with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the original
Mortgage Note endorsed without recourse in proper form to the order
of the Trustee, or in blank (in each case, with all necessary
intervening endorsements, as applicable);
(ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a
Cooperative Loan) that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original
Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon and in the case of the
each MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, noting the
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presence of the MIN of the Mortgage Loans and either language
indicating that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan
is a MOM Loan or if the Mortgage Loan was not a MOM Loan at
origination, the original Mortgage and the assignment thereof to
MERS, with evidence of recording indicated thereon;
(iii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a
Cooperative Loan) that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the Assignment of
Mortgage in form and substance acceptable for recording in the
relevant jurisdiction, such assignment being either (A) in blank,
without recourse, or (B) endorsed to "Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Trustee of X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Trust 2004-A3,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, without recourse";
(iv) with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a
Cooperative Loan) that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the originals of
all intervening assignments of the Mortgage, if any, with evidence of
recording thereon, or if the original intervening assignment has not
yet been returned from the recording office, a copy of such
assignment certified by the applicable Seller to be a true copy of
the original of the assignment which has been sent for recording in
the appropriate jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is
located;
(v) if applicable, with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other
than a Cooperative Loan), the originals of all assumption,
modification, consolidation or extension agreements, if any, with
evidence of recording thereon;
(vi) if applicable, with respect to each Mortgage Loan
(other than a Cooperative Loan), the original policy of title
insurance (or a true copy thereof) with respect to any such Mortgage
Loan, or, if such policy has not yet been delivered by the insurer,
the title commitment or title binder to issue same;
(vii) if applicable, with respect to each Mortgage Loan
(other than a Cooperative Loan), the original power of attorney and
guaranty agreement with respect to such Mortgage Loan;
(viii) if applicable, the original or certified copy of the
certificates evidencing ownership of the Cooperative Shares issued by
the Cooperative Corporation and related assignment of such
certificates or an assignment of such Cooperative Shares, in blank,
executed by the Mortgagor with such signature guaranteed;
(ix) with respect to each Mortgage Loan which constitutes a
Cooperative Mortgage Loan:
(a) the original of any security agreement or
similar document executed in connection
with the Cooperative Mortgage Loan;
(b) the original Recognition Agreement;
(c) UCC-1 financing statements with recording
information thereon from the appropriate
governmental recording offices if
necessary to perfect the security interest
of the Cooperative Mortgage Loan
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under the Uniform Commercial Code in the
jurisdiction in which the Cooperative
Property is located, accompanied by UCC-3
financing statements executed in blank for
recordation of the change in the secured
party thereunder;
(d) the original Proprietary Lease and the
Assignment of Proprietary Lease executed
by the Mortgagor in blank or if the
Proprietary Lease has been assigned by the
Mortgagor to the related Seller, then the
related Seller must execute an assignment
of the Assignment of Proprietary Lease in
blank;
(x) if applicable, with respect to each Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loan, the related pledge agreement, the UCC
financing statement, if applicable, and such other document related
thereto as may be required under the related Custodial Agreement; and
(xi) any other document or instruments required to be
delivered under the related Custodial Agreement.
In addition, in connection with the assignment of any MERS Mortgage
Loan, it is understood that the related Originator will cause the MERS(R)
System to indicate that such Mortgage Loans have been assigned by the related
Originator to the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement for the benefit of
the Certificateholders by including (or deleting, in the case of Mortgage
Loans which are repurchased in accordance with this Agreement) in such
computer files the information required by the MERS(R) System to identify the
series of Certificates issued in connection with such Mortgage Loans. It is
further understood that the related Originator will not, and the Master
Servicer hereby agrees that it will not, alter the information referenced in
this paragraph with respect to any Mortgage Loan during the term of this
Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) In instances where a title insurance policy is required to be
delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee and is not
so delivered, the Depositor will provide a copy of such title insurance policy
to the Trustee, or to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, as promptly as
practicable after the execution and delivery hereof, but in any case within
180 days of the Closing Date.
(d) For Mortgage Loans (if any) that have been prepaid in full after
the Cut-off Date and prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of
delivering the above documents, herewith delivers to the Trustee, or to the
Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, an Officer's Certificate which shall
include a statement to the effect that all amounts received in connection with
such prepayment that are required to be deposited in the Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 4.01 have been so deposited. All original documents that
are not delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee
shall be held by the Master Servicer or the related Servicer in trust for the
benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders.
(e) The Depositor and the Trustee hereto agree and understand that it
is not intended that any Mortgage Loan be included in the Trust Fund that is
(i) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as
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defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Act effective November 27, 2003 and
(ii) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection
Act effective January 1, 2004. The Trustee shall be entitled to
indemnification from the Depositor and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability
or expense arising out of, or in connection with, the provisions of this
Section 2.01(e), including, without limitation, all costs, liabilities and
expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of investigating and
defending itself against any claim, action or proceeding, pending or
threatened, relating to such provisions.
Section 2.02 Acceptance of Trust Fund by Trustee; Review of
Documentation for Trust Fund.
(a) The Trustee, by execution and delivery hereof, acknowledges
receipt by it or by the Custodian on its behalf of the Trustee Mortgage Files
pertaining to the Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
(b) With respect to the Cendant/JPMMAC Mortgage Loans, within two
Business Days after the delivery to the Custodian of the documents set forth
in clauses (i), (iv), (v), (vii), (ix) and (xi), which shall be delivered
within 120 days after the Closing Date (the "Follow-up Delivery Date")
pursuant to the related Custodial Agreement, the Custodian shall, on behalf of
the Trustee, ascertain that the original Assignment and Notice of Transfer
with respect to each Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan is in its possession,
and shall deliver an intermediate certification to the Trustee and the
Depositor to the effect that, as to each Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan
listed in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Additional Collateral Mortgage
Loan specifically identified in such certification as not covered by such
certification), the Assignment and Notice of Transfer is in its possession.
With respect to the Cendant/JPMMAC Mortgage Loans, within 30 days after the
Follow-up Delivery Date, the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee shall, for the
benefit of Holders of the Certificates, review each Trustee Mortgage File and
deliver a final certification, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon,
to the Trustee and the Depositor to the effect that (i) all documents required
to be delivered under the related Custodial Agreement are in its possession,
(ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on their face
and relate to such Mortgage Loan, and (iii) each Mortgage Note has been
endorsed as required under the related Custodial Agreement.
(c) With respect to the Countrywide Mortgage Loans and the CMMC
Mortgage Loans, in the event there exist exceptions noted on the related
Custodian Certification, not later than 120 days, with respect to the
Countrywide Mortgage Loans, and 270 Business Days, with respect to the CMMC
Mortgage Loans, after the Closing Date, the Custodian shall deliver to the
Trustee and the Depositor a further certification with any applicable
exceptions noted thereon.
(d) With respect to the Sunset Mortgage Loans, not later than 90 days
following the Closing Date, in the event there exist exceptions noted on the
related Custodian Certification, the Custodian shall deliver to the Trustee
and the Depositor a final certification, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon.
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(e) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to constitute an
assumption by the Trust Fund, the Trustee, any Custodian or the
Certificateholders of any unsatisfied duty, claim or other liability on any
Mortgage Loan or to any Mortgagor.
(f) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that (i) the Custodian
has performed the applicable review of the Mortgage Loans and has delivered
the Custodian Certification as provided herein and in the Custodial Agreements
on the Closing Date and (ii) thereafter, if applicable, the Custodian shall
perform the applicable review of the Mortgage Loans and deliver the further
certifications as provided herein and in the applicable Custodial Agreements.
(g) Upon execution of this Agreement, the Depositor hereby delivers
to the Trustee and the Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Acknowledgements,
together with the related Purchase and Servicing Agreements.
Section 2.03 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.
(a) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, for
the benefit of the Certificateholders, and to the Master Servicer and the
Securities Administrator as of the Closing Date or such other date as is
specified, that:
(i) the Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws governing its creation
and existence and has full corporate power and authority to own its
property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, to enter
into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and to create
the trust pursuant hereto;
(ii) the execution and delivery by the Depositor of this
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Depositor; neither the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof, will
conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default
under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule,
regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Depositor or its
properties or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the
Depositor;
(iii) the execution, delivery and performance by the
Depositor of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby do not require the consent or approval of, the
giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any
other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental
authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given,
effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
(iv) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the Depositor and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
by the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator,
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Depositor
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except as such
enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and
insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
the rights of creditors generally and (B) general
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principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(v) there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or,
to the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened or likely to be
asserted against or affecting the Depositor, before or by any court,
administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with
respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
(B) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the
Depositor will be determined adversely to the Depositor and will if
determined adversely to the Depositor materially and adversely affect
it or its business, assets, operations or condition, financial or
otherwise, or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations
under this Agreement;
(vi) immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the
Mortgage Loans to the Trustee, the Depositor was the sole owner of
record and holder of each Mortgage Loan, and the Depositor had good
and marketable title thereto, and had full right to transfer and sell
each Mortgage Loan to the Trustee free and clear, subject only to (1)
liens of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and
payable and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit,
any lien for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants,
conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other
matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage
acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the
related Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in
the lender's title insurance policy or attorney's opinion of title
and abstract of title delivered to the originator of such Mortgage
Loan, and (3) such other matters to which like properties are
commonly subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate,
materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be
provided by the Mortgage, of any encumbrance, equity, participation
interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and had
full right and authority, subject to no interest or participation of,
or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Mortgage
Loan pursuant to this Agreement;
(vii) This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security
interest (as defined in the applicable Uniform Commercial Code (the
"UCC")), in the Mortgage Loans in favor of the Trustee, which
security interest is prior to all other liens, and is enforceable as
such against creditors of and purchasers from the Depositor;
(viii) The Mortgage Loans constitute "instruments" within
the meaning of the applicable UCC;
(ix) Other than the security interest granted to the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement, the Depositor has not pledged, assigned,
sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of
the Mortgage Loans. The Depositor has not authorized the filing of
and is not aware of any financing statement against the Depositor
that includes a description of the collateral covering the Mortgage
Loans other than a financing statement relating to the security
interest granted to the Trustee hereunder or that has been
terminated. The Depositor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien
filings against the Depositor;
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(x) None of the Mortgage Loans have any marks or notations
indicating that such Mortgage Loans have been pledged, assigned or
otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Trustee; and
(xi) The Depositor has received all consents and approvals
required by the terms of the Mortgage Loans to convey the Mortgage
Loans hereunder to the Trustee.
The foregoing representations made in this Section 2.03 shall survive
the termination of this Agreement and shall not be waived by any party hereto
Section 2.04 Representations and Warranties as to the Mortgage
Loans.
(a) Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to the
Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee with
respect to the Mortgage Loans or each Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, as of
the date hereof or such other date set forth herein that as of the Closing
Date:
(i) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment
contemplated herein, the Depositor was the sole owner and holder of
the Mortgage Loans. The Mortgage Loans were not assigned or pledged
by the Depositor and the Depositor had good and marketable title
thereto, and the Depositor had full right to transfer and sell the
Mortgage Loans to the Trustee free and clear of any encumbrance,
participation interest, lien, equity, pledge, claim or security
interest and had full right and authority subject to no interest or
participation in, or agreement with any other party to sell or
otherwise transfer the Mortgage Loans.
(ii) As of the Closing Date, the Depositor has transferred
all right, title and interest in the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on
behalf of the Trust.
(iii) As of the Closing Date, the Depositor has not
transferred the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust
with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud an of its creditors.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 2.04(a) shall survive the delivery of the respective
Mortgage Files to the Trustee or the Custodian and shall inure to the benefit
of the Trustee, notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement or
assignment.
(b) Representations and Warranties of JPMMAC as to the JPMMAC
Mortgage Loans.
(i) The representations and warranties of Cendant with
respect to the Cendant/JPMMAC Mortgage Loans in the Cendant/JPMMAC
Purchase and Servicing Agreement, which have been assigned to the
Trustee hereunder, were made as of the applicable Bring-Down Date.
With respect to the Cendant/JPMMAC Mortgage Loans and the period from
the applicable Bring-Down Date to and including the Closing Date,
JPMMAC hereby makes the representations and warranties contained in
clauses (4), (20),
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(21), (25), (31) and (57) of Section 3.03 of the Cendant/JPMMAC
Purchase and Servicing Agreement with respect to each of the
Cendant/JPMMAC Mortgage Loans assigned by it to the Depositor to and
for the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee and the Trust Fund.
(ii) The representations and warranties of Countrywide with
respect to the Countrywide Mortgage Loans in the Countrywide Purchase
and Servicing Agreement, which have been assigned to the Trustee
hereunder, were made as of the applicable Bring-Down Date. With
respect to the Countrywide Mortgage Loans and the period from the
applicable Bring-Down Date to an including the Closing Date, JPMMAC
hereby makes the representations and warranties contained in Section
3.02 of the Countrywide Purchase and Servicing Agreement with respect
to each of the Countrywide Mortgage Loans to and for the benefit of
the Depositor, the Trustee and the Trust Fund.
(iii) The representations and warranties of CMMC with
respect to the CMMC Mortgage Loans in the CMMC Purchase and Servicing
Agreement, which have been assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were
made as of the applicable Bring-Down Date. With respect to the CMMC
Mortgage Loans and the period from the applicable Bring-Down Date to
an including the Closing Date, JPMMAC hereby makes the
representations and warranties contained in Section 3.02 of the CMMC
Purchase and Servicing Agreement with respect to each of the CMMC
Mortgage Loans to and for the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee
and the Trust Fund.
(iv) In addition, with respect to the JPMMAC Mortgage Loans,
JPMMAC hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Closing Date,
(A) no JPMMAC Mortgage Loan is subject to the Home Ownership and
Equity Protection Act of 1994 or any applicable, similar federal,
state or local statutes or regulations related to "high cost"
mortgage loans or "predatory," "high cost," "threshold" or "covered"
lending (as such terms are defined in the applicable statute or
regulation); (B) no JPMMAC Mortgage Loan is (w) a "High-Cost Home
Loan" as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Act effective
November 27, 2003, (x) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the New
Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004, (y) a
"High Cost Loan" or "Covered Loan" (as such terms are defined in the
current S&P's LEVELS(R) Glossary), or (z) governed by the Georgia
Fair Lending Act, if such JPMMAC Mortgage Loan was originated on or
after October 1, 2002 through March 6, 2003, (C) each JPMMAC Mortgage
Loan at origination complied in all material respects with applicable
local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to,
applicable anti-predatory and abusive lending laws, and (D) each
JPMMAC Mortgage Loan is a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of
860G(a)(3) of the Code.
JPMMAC hereby agrees to comply with the provisions of Section 2.05
hereof in respect of a breach of any of such representations and warranties.
(c) Representations and Warranties of Sunset as to the Sunset
Mortgage Loans.
(i) The representations and warranties of Cendant with
respect to the Cendant/JPMMAC Mortgage Loans in the Cendant/JPMMAC
Purchase and Servicing
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Agreement, which have been assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were
made as of the applicable Bring-Down Date. With respect to the
Cendant/JPMMAC Mortgage Loans and the period from the applicable
Bring-Down Date to an including the Closing Date, Sunset hereby makes
the representations and warranties contained in clauses (4), (20),
(21), (25), (31) and (57) of Section 3.03 of the Cendant/JPMMAC
Purchase and Servicing Agreement with respect to each of the
Cendant/JPMMAC Mortgage Loans assigned by it to the Depositor to and
for the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee and the Trust Fund.
(ii) The representations and warranties of Cendant with
respect to the Cendant/MS Mortgage Loans in the Cendant/MS Purchase
and Servicing Agreement, which have been assigned to the Trustee
hereunder, were made as of the applicable Bring-Down Date. With
respect to the Cendant/MS Mortgage Loans and the period from the
applicable Bring-Down Date to an including the Closing Date, Sunset
hereby makes the representations and warranties contained in clauses
(4), (20), (21), (25), (31) and (58) of Section 3.03 of the
Cendant/MS Purchase and Servicing Agreement with respect to each of
the Cendant/MS Mortgage Loans to and for the benefit of the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Trust Fund.
(iii) The representations and warranties of BofA with
respect to the BofA Mortgage Loans in the BofA Purchase and Servicing
Agreement, which have been assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were
made as of the applicable Bring-Down Date. With respect to the BofA
Mortgage Loans and the period from the applicable Bring-Down Date to
an including the Closing Date, Sunset hereby makes the
representations and warranties contained in Section 7.01 of the BofA
Purchase and Servicing Agreement with respect to each of the BofA
Mortgage Loans to and for the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee
and the Trust Fund.
(iv) In addition, with respect to the Sunset Mortgage Loans,
Sunset hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Closing Date,
(A) no Sunset Mortgage Loan is subject to the Home Ownership and
Equity Protection Act of 1994 or any applicable, similar federal,
state or local statutes or regulations related to "high cost"
mortgage loans or "predatory," "high cost," "threshold" or "covered"
lending (as such terms are defined in the applicable statute or
regulation); (B) no Sunset Mortgage Loan is (w) a "High-Cost Home
Loan" as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Act effective
November 27, 2003, (x) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the New
Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004, (y) a
"High Cost Loan" or "Covered Loan" (as such terms are defined in the
current S&P's LEVELS(R) Glossary), or (z) governed by the Georgia
Fair Lending Act, if such Sunset Mortgage Loan was originated on or
after October 1, 2002 through March 6, 2003, (C) each Sunset Mortgage
Loan at origination complied in all material respects with applicable
local, state and federal laws, including, but not limited to,
applicable anti-predatory and abusive lending laws, and (D) each
Sunset Mortgage Loan is a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of
860G(a)(3) of the Code.
Sunset hereby agrees to comply with the provisions of Section 2.05
hereof in respect of a breach of any of such representations and warranties.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there is
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a breach of the representations and warranties made by Sunset with respect to
a Sunset Mortgage Loan, and Sunset fails to perform its obligations with
respect thereto as provided in Section 2.05, JPMMAC hereby agrees to perform
Sunset's obligations under Section 2.05 with respect to that Sunset Mortgage
Loan.
(d) The representations and warranties of GreenPoint with respect to
the GreenPoint Mortgage Loans in the GreenPoint Purchase and Servicing
Agreement, which have been assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were made as of
the applicable Bring-Down Date.
(e) The representations and warranties of National City with respect
to the National City Mortgage Loans in the National City Purchase and
Servicing Agreement, which have been assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were
made as of the applicable Bring-Down Date.
Section 2.05 Discovery of Breach; Repurchase or Substitution of
Mortgage Loans.
(a) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the related Seller or the
related Originator or receipt of written notice of any materially defective
document in, or, following the date of delivery to the Trustee of the
Custodian's certifications as required under the related Custodial Agreements,
that a document is missing from, a Trustee Mortgage File, or discovery by the
Trustee, the Depositor, the related Seller or Originator of the breach by such
Originator or Seller of any representation or warranty under the related
Purchase and Servicing Agreement, as modified by the Acknowledgement, in the
case of an Originator, or under this Agreement, in the case of a Seller, in
respect of any Mortgage Loan which materially adversely affects the value of
that Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Certificateholders (a
"Defective Mortgage Loan") (each of the Depositor, the related Seller and the
related Originator hereby agreeing to give written notice thereof to the
Trustee and the other of such parties), the Trustee, or its designee, shall
promptly notify the Depositor and the related Seller or Originator, as
applicable, in writing of such defective or missing document or breach and
request that the related Seller or Originator deliver such missing document or
cure or cause the cure of such defect or breach within a period of time
specified in the related Purchase and Servicing Agreement (or, in the case of
a breach by a Seller, within 90 days from the earlier of its discovery or its
receipt of notice of such breach), and if the related Seller or Originator, as
applicable, does not deliver such missing document or cure such defect or
breach in all material respects during such period, the Trustee shall enforce
the obligations of the related Originator under the related Purchase and
Servicing Agreement, as modified by the Acknowledgement, or the related Seller
under this Agreement, as applicable, and cause the related Originator or
Seller, as the case may be, to repurchase that Mortgage Loan from the Trust
Fund at the Purchase Price on or prior to the Determination Date following the
expiration of such specified period (subject to Section 2.05(b) below);
provided, however, that, in connection with any such breach that could not
reasonably have been cured within such specified period (unless permitted a
greater period of time to cure under the related Purchase and Servicing
Agreement), subject to Section 2.05(c) below, if the related Originator or
Seller, as applicable, shall have commenced to cure such breach within such
specified period, the related Originator or Seller shall be permitted to
proceed thereafter diligently and expeditiously to cure the same within such
additional time as is reasonably determined by the Trustee to cure such
breach. To the extent that any costs and damages are incurred by the Trust
Fund as a result of any violation of any applicable federal, state, or local
predatory or abusive lending law arising from or in connection with the
origination of any Mortgage Loan repurchased by the related
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Originator or Seller, such costs and damages shall be included in the Purchase
Price of such repurchased Mortgage Loan and shall be borne by (x) JPMMAC, with
respect to the JPMMAC Mortgage Loans, or (y) Sunset, with respect to the
Sunset Mortgage Loans; provided, however, that if Sunset fails to remit the
costs and damages incurred by the Trust Fund as a result of any violation of
any applicable federal, state, or local predatory or abusive lending law
arising from or in connection with the origination of any Sunset Mortgage Loan
repurchased by Sunset, such costs and damages shall be borne by JPMMAC. The
Purchase Price for the repurchased Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the
related Distribution Account, and the Trustee, or its designee, upon receipt
of written certification from the Securities Administrator of such deposit,
shall release or cause the Custodian to release to the related Originator or
Seller, as applicable, the related Trustee Mortgage File and shall execute and
deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without
recourse, representation or warranties, as either party shall furnish to it
and as shall be necessary to vest in such party any Mortgage Loan released
pursuant hereto and the Trustee, or its designee, shall have no further
responsibility with regard to such Trustee Mortgage File (it being understood
that the Trustee shall have no responsibility for determining the sufficiency
of such assignment for its intended purpose). If pursuant to the foregoing
provisions the related Originator or Seller repurchases a Mortgage Loan that
is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the related Servicer shall cause MERS to designate on
the MERS(R) System the related Originator or Seller, as applicable, as the
beneficial holder of such Mortgage Loan.
In lieu of repurchasing any such Mortgage Loan as provided above,
either party may cause such Mortgage Loan to be removed from the Trust Fund
(in which case it shall become a Deleted Mortgage Loan) and substitute one or
more Replacement Mortgage Loans in the manner and subject to the limitations
set forth in Section 2.05(b) below. It is understood and agreed that the
obligations of the Originators and the Sellers to cure or to repurchase (or to
substitute for) any related Mortgage Loan as to which a document is missing, a
material defect in a constituent document exists or as to which such a breach
has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against the
such party respecting such omission, defect or breach available to the Trustee
on behalf of the Certificateholders.
(b) Any substitution of Replacement Mortgage Loans for Deleted
Mortgage Loans made pursuant to Section 2.05(a) above must be effected prior
to the last Business Day that is within two years after the Closing Date. As
to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the related Originator or Seller
substitutes a Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, such substitution shall be
effected by delivering to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, for such
Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the
Assignment to the Trustee, and such other documents and agreements, with all
necessary endorsements thereon, together with an Officers' Certificate stating
that each such Replacement Mortgage Loan satisfies the definition thereof and
specifying the Substitution Amount (as described below), if any, in connection
with such substitution. Monthly Payments due with respect to Replacement
Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall not be included as part of
the Trust Fund and shall be retained by the related Originator or Seller, as
applicable. For the month of substitution, distributions to the related
Certificateholders shall reflect the collections and recoveries in respect of
such Deleted Mortgage in the Due Period preceding the month of substitution
and the related Originator or Seller, as applicable, shall thereafter be
entitled to retain all amounts subsequently received in respect of such
Deleted Mortgage Loan. Upon such substitution, such Replacement Mortgage
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Loan shall constitute part of the Trust Fund and shall be subject in all
respects to the terms of this Agreement and the related Purchase and Servicing
Agreement, as modified by the related Acknowledgement, including all
representations and warranties thereof included in such Purchase and Servicing
Agreement, as modified by the Acknowledgement, in each case as of the date of
substitution.
For any month in which an Originator or Seller substitutes one or
more Replacement Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the
related Servicer shall determine the excess (each, a "Substitution Amount"),
if any, by which the aggregate Purchase Price of all such Deleted Mortgage
Loans exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Replacement
Mortgage Loans replacing such Deleted Mortgage Loans, together with one
month's interest on such excess amount at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate. On
the date of such substitution, the related Originator or Seller, as
applicable, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the related Servicer for
deposit in the related Custodial Account an amount equal to the related
Substitution Amount, if any, and the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, upon
receipt of the related Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans and certification by
such Servicer of such deposit, shall release to the related Originator or
Seller, as applicable, the related Trustee Mortgage File or Files and shall
execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case
without recourse, as the related Originator or Seller shall deliver to it and
as shall be necessary to vest therein any Deleted Mortgage Loan released
pursuant hereto.
In addition, the related Originator or Seller, as applicable, shall
obtain at its own expense and deliver to the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such substitution
(either specifically or as a class of transactions) shall not cause an Adverse
REMIC Event. If such Opinion of Counsel can not be delivered, then such
substitution may only be effected at such time as the required Opinion of
Counsel can be given.
(c) Upon discovery by the related Originator, the related Seller, the
Depositor or the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a
"qualified mortgage" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the
party discovering such fact shall within two Business Days give written notice
thereof to the other parties. In connection therewith, the applicable party
shall repurchase or, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.05(b),
substitute one or more Replacement Mortgage Loans for the affected Mortgage
Loan within 90 days of the earlier of discovery or receipt of such notice with
respect to such affected Mortgage Loan. Any such repurchase or substitution
shall be made in the same manner as set forth in Section 2.05(a) above. The
Trustee shall re-convey to the related Originator or Seller, as applicable,
the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in the same manner, and on
the same terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan repurchased for
breach of a representation or warranty.
Section 2.06 Grant Clause.
(a) It is intended that the conveyance of the Depositor's right,
title and interest in and to property constituting the Trust Fund pursuant to
this Agreement shall constitute, and shall be construed as, a sale of such
property and not a grant of a security interest to secure a loan. However, if
such conveyance is deemed to be in respect of a loan, it is intended that: (1)
the rights and obligations of the parties shall be established pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement; (2) the Depositor hereby grants to the Trustee for
the benefit of the Holders of the Certificates a
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first priority security interest in all of the Depositor's right, title and
interest in, to and under, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, the Trust
Fund and all proceeds of any and all property constituting the Trust Fund to
secure payment of the Certificates; and (3) this Agreement shall constitute a
security agreement under applicable law. If such conveyance is deemed to be in
respect of a loan and the trust created by this Agreement terminates prior to
the satisfaction of the claims of any Person holding any Certificate, the
security interest created hereby shall continue in full force and effect and
the Trustee shall be deemed to be the collateral agent for the benefit of such
Person, and all proceeds shall be distributed as herein provided.
(b) The Depositor shall, to the extent consistent with this
Agreement, take such reasonable actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if
this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans
and the other property described above, such security interest would be deemed
to be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and
will be maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement. The
Depositor will, at its own expense, make all initial filings on or about the
Closing Date and shall forward a copy of such filing or filings to the
Trustee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Depositor shall
prepare and forward for filing, or shall cause to be forwarded for filing, at
the expense of the Depositor, all filings necessary to maintain the
effectiveness of any original filings necessary under the relevant UCC to
perfect the Trustee's security interest in or lien on the Mortgage Loans,
including without limitation (x) continuation statements, and (y) such other
statements as may be occasioned by (1) any change of name of an Originator,
the Depositor or the Trustee, (2) any change of location of the place of
business or the chief executive office of a Seller or the Depositor, (3) any
transfer of any interest of an Originator or the Depositor in any Mortgage
Loan or (4) any change under the relevant UCC or other applicable laws.
Neither the Originators nor the Depositor shall organize under the law of any
jurisdiction other than the State under which each is organized as of the
Closing Date (whether changing its jurisdiction of organization or organizing
under an additional jurisdiction) without giving 30 days prior written notice
of such action to its immediate and intermediate transferee, including the
Trustee. Before effecting such change, any Originator or the Depositor
proposing to change its jurisdiction of organization shall prepare and file in
the appropriate filing office any financing statements or other statements
necessary to continue the perfection of the interests of its immediate and
mediate transferees, including the Trustee, in the Mortgage Loans. In
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each of the
Originators and the Depositor authorizes its immediate or mediate transferee
to file in any filing office any initial financing statements, any amendments
to financing statements, any continuation statements, or any other statements
or filings described in this paragraph (b).
ARTICLE III
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 3.01 The Certificates.
(a) The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form only and
shall be securities governed by Article 8 of the New York Uniform Commercial
Code. The Book-Entry Certificates will be evidenced by one or more
certificates, beneficial ownership of which will be held in the dollar
denominations in Certificate Principal Amount or in the Percentage Interests,
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specified herein. Each Class of Book-Entry Certificates will be issued in the
minimum denominations in Certificate Principal Amount specified in the
Preliminary Statement hereto and in integral multiples of $1 in excess
thereof. Each Class of Non-Book-Entry Certificates other than the Residual
Certificates shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form in the
minimum denominations in Certificate Principal Amount specified in the
Preliminary Statement hereto and in integral multiples of $1 in excess
thereof. The Residual Certificates shall be issued as single Certificates and
maintained in definitive, fully registered form in a denomination equal to
100% of the Percentage Interest of each such Class.
(b) The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile
signature on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer of the Trustee or
of the Securities Administrator on its behalf. Each Certificate shall, on
original issue, be authenticated by the Authenticating Agent upon the order of
the Depositor upon receipt by the Trustee of the Trustee Mortgage Files
described in Section 2.01. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit
under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on
such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein, executed by an authorized officer of the Authenticating
Agent, by manual signature, and such certification upon any Certificate shall
be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated
the date of their authentication. At any time and from time to time after the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Depositor may deliver
Certificates executed by the Trustee to the Authenticating Agent for
authentication and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver
such Certificates as in this Agreement provided and not otherwise.
(c) The Class I-B-4, Class I-B-5, Class I-B-6, Class S-B-4, Class
S-B-5, Class S-B-6 and Class A-R Certificates offered and sold in reliance on
the exemption from registration under Rule 144A under the Act shall be issued
initially in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons with
the applicable legends set forth in Exhibit A added to the forms of such
Certificates (each, a "Restricted Global Security").
Section 3.02 Registration.
The Securities Administrator is hereby appointed, and the Securities
Administrator hereby accepts its appointment as, initial Certificate Registrar
in respect of the Certificates and shall maintain books for the registration
and for the transfer of Certificates (the "Certificate Register"). The Trustee
may appoint a bank or trust company to act as successor Certificate Registrar.
A registration book shall be maintained for the Certificates collectively. The
Certificate Registrar may resign or be discharged or removed and a new
successor may be appointed in accordance with the procedures and requirements
set forth in Sections 6.06 and 6.07 hereof with respect to the resignation,
discharge or removal of the Securities Administrator and the appointment of a
successor Securities Administrator. The Certificate Registrar may appoint, by
a written instrument delivered to the Holders and the Master Servicer, any
bank or trust company to act as co-registrar under such conditions as the
Certificate Registrar may prescribe; provided, however, that the Certificate
Registrar shall not be relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities
hereunder by reason of such appointment.
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Section 3.03 Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
(a) A Certificate (other than Book-Entry Certificates which shall be
subject to Section 3.09 hereof) may be transferred by the Holder thereof only
upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the
Certificate Registrar duly endorsed or accompanied by an assignment duly
executed by such Holder or his duly authorized attorney in such form as shall
be satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar. Upon the transfer of any
Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall
execute, and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver to the
transferee, one or more new Certificates of the same Class and evidencing, in
the aggregate, the same aggregate Certificate Principal Amount as the
Certificate being transferred. No service charge shall be made to a
Certificateholder for any registration of transfer of Certificates, but the
Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration
of transfer of Certificates.
(b) A Certificate may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for any
number of new Certificates of the same Class, in authorized denominations,
representing in the aggregate the same Certificate Principal Amount as the
Certificate surrendered, upon surrender of the Certificate to be exchanged at
the office of the Certificate Registrar duly endorsed or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer duly executed by such Holder or his duly
authorized attorney in such form as is satisfactory to the Certificate
Registrar. Certificates delivered upon any such exchange will evidence the
same obligations, and will be entitled to the same rights and privileges, as
the Certificates surrendered. No service charge shall be made to a
Certificateholder for any exchange of Certificates, but the Certificate
Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any exchange of
Certificates. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the
Trustee shall execute, and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate, date
and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange
is entitled to receive.
(c) By acceptance of a Restricted Certificate, whether upon original
issuance or subsequent transfer, each Holder of such a Certificate
acknowledges the restrictions on the transfer of such Certificate set forth
thereon and agrees that it will transfer such a Certificate only as provided
herein.
The following restrictions shall apply with respect to the transfer
and registration of transfer of a Restricted Certificate to a transferee that
takes delivery in the form of a Definitive Certificate:
(i) The Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of
a Restricted Certificate if the requested transfer is (x) to the
Depositor or an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 under the 0000 Xxx)
of the Depositor or (y) being made to a "qualified institutional
buyer" (a "QIB") as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act") by a transferor that has provided the
Certificate Registrar with a certificate in the form of Exhibit H
hereto; and
(ii) The Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer
of a Restricted Certificate if the requested transfer is being made
to an "accredited investor" under
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Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Act, or to any Person all
of the equity owners in which are such accredited investors, by a
transferor who furnishes to the Certificate Registrar a letter of the
transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto.
(d) No transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate in the form of a
Definitive Certificate shall be made to any Person or shall be effective
unless the Certificate Registrar, on behalf of the Trustee, has received (A) a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto (or Exhibit B, in
the case of a Residual Certificate) from such transferee or (B) an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar to the effect that the
purchase and holding of such a Certificate will not constitute or result in
any nonexempt prohibited transactions under Title I of ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code and will not subject the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee, the
Master Servicer, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator to any
obligation in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement; provided,
however, that the Certificate Registrar will not require such certificate or
opinion in the event that, as a result of a change of law or otherwise,
counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar has rendered an opinion to
the effect that the purchase and holding of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate by
a Plan or a Person that is purchasing or holding such a Certificate with the
assets of a Plan will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction
under Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the
Certificate Registrar, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator or any Servicer to any obligation in addition to
those undertaken in this Agreement. Each Transferee of an ERISA-Restricted
Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate shall be deemed to have made the
representations set forth in Exhibit J. The preparation and delivery of the
certificate and opinions referred to above shall not be an expense of the
Trust Fund, the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the
Depositor or the Securities Administrator.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no opinion or certificate shall be
required for the initial issuance of the ERISA-Restricted Certificates to the
Underwriter. The Certificate Registrar shall have no obligation to monitor
transfers of Book-Entry Certificates that are ERISA-Restricted Certificates
and shall have no liability for transfers of such Certificates in violation of
the transfer restrictions. The Certificate Registrar shall be under no
liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any
ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section
3.03(d) and none of the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the Paying
Agent shall have any liability for making any payments due on such Certificate
to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder
under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was registered
by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with the foregoing requirements.
The Securities Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee, shall be entitled, but
not obligated, to recover from any Holder of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate
that was in fact a Plan or a Person acting on behalf of a Plan any payments
made on such ERISA-Restricted Certificate at and after either such time. Any
such payments so recovered by the Securities Administrator, on behalf of the
Trustee, shall be paid and delivered by the Securities Administrator, on
behalf of the Trustee, to the last preceding Holder of such Certificate that
is not such a Plan or Person acting on behalf of a Plan.
(e) As a condition of the registration of transfer or exchange of any
Certificate, the Certificate Registrar may require the certified taxpayer
identification number of the owner of the Certificate and the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
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imposed in connection therewith; provided, however, that the Certificate
Registrar shall have no obligation to require such payment or to determine
whether or not any such tax or charge may be applicable. No service charge
shall be made to the Certificateholder for any registration, transfer or
exchange of a Certificate.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no
Residual Certificate may be owned, pledged or transferred, directly or
indirectly, by or to (i) a Disqualified Organization or (ii) an individual,
corporation or partnership or other person unless such person is (A) not a
Non-U.S. Person or (B) is a Non-U.S. Person that holds a Residual Certificate
in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States
and has furnished the transferor and the Certificate Registrar with an
effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or successor form at the time
and in the manner required by the Code (any such person who is not covered by
clause (A) or (B) above is referred to herein as a "Non-permitted Foreign
Holder").
Prior to and as a condition of the registration of any transfer, sale
or other disposition of a Residual Certificate, the proposed transferee shall
deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an affidavit in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B representing and
warranting, among other things, that such transferee is neither a Disqualified
Organization, an agent or nominee acting on behalf of a Disqualified
Organization, nor a Non-permitted Foreign Holder (any such transferee, a
"Permitted Transferee"), and the proposed transferor shall deliver to the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an affidavit in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C. In addition, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may (but shall have no obligation to) require, prior to and as a
condition of any such transfer, the delivery by the proposed transferee of an
Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar,
that such proposed transferee or, if the proposed transferee is an agent or
nominee, the proposed beneficial owner, is not a Disqualified Organization,
agent or nominee thereof, or a Non-permitted Foreign Holder. Notwithstanding
the registration in the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale, or other
disposition of a Residual Certificate to a Disqualified Organization, an agent
or nominee thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder, such registration shall
be deemed to be of no legal force or effect whatsoever and such Disqualified
Organization, agent or nominee thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder shall
not be deemed to be a Certificateholder for any purpose hereunder, including,
but not limited to, the receipt of distributions on such Residual Certificate.
The Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Trustee shall be under no
liability to any Person for any registration or transfer of a Residual
Certificate to a Disqualified Organization, agent or nominee thereof or
Non-permitted Foreign Holder or for the Paying Agent making any payments due
on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or for taking any other
action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement, so
long as the transfer was effected in accordance with this Section 3.03(f),
unless the Certificate Registrar shall have actual knowledge at the time of
such transfer or the time of such payment or other action that the transferee
is a Disqualified Organization, or an agent or nominee thereof, or
Non-permitted Foreign Holder. The Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to
recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was a Disqualified
Organization, agent or nominee thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder at the
time it became a Holder or any subsequent time it became a Disqualified
Organization, agent or nominee thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder, all
payments made on such Residual Certificate at and after either such times (and
all costs and expenses, including but not limited to attorneys' fees, incurred
in connection therewith). Any
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payment (not including any such costs and expenses) so recovered by the
Certificate Registrar shall be paid and delivered to the last preceding Holder
of such Residual Certificate.
If any purported transferee shall become a registered Holder of a
Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 3.03(f),
then upon receipt of written notice to the Trustee that the registration of
transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this
Section 3.03(f), the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored to
all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of such registration of
transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Depositor, the Certificate
Registrar and the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any
registration of transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not
permitted by this Section 3.03(f), or for the Paying Agent making any payment
due on such Certificate to the registered Holder thereof or for taking any
other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this
Agreement so long as the transfer was registered upon receipt of the affidavit
described in the preceding paragraph of this Section 3.03(f).
(g) Each Holder or Certificate Owner of a Restricted Certificate,
ERISA-Restricted Certificate or Residual Certificate, or an interest therein,
by such Holder's or Owner's acceptance thereof, shall be deemed for all
purposes to have consented to the provisions of this section.
Section 3.04 Cancellation of Certificates.
Any Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be cancelled and retained in accordance with normal retention policies
with respect to cancelled certificates maintained by the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar.
Section 3.05 Replacement of Certificates.
If (i) any Certificate is mutilated and is surrendered to the Trustee
or the Certificate Registrar or (ii) the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate, and there is delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each
of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Depositor, the Trustee
or the Certificate Registrar that such destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate
has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Trustee shall execute and the
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in
lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new
Certificate of like tenor and Certificate Principal Amount. Upon the issuance
of any new Certificate under this Section 3.05, the Trustee, the Depositor or
the Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto
and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee, the
Depositor or the Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any replacement
Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 3.05 shall constitute complete and
indefeasible evidence of ownership in the applicable Trust Fund, as if
originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate
shall be found at any time.
If after the delivery of such new Certificate, a protected purchaser
of the original Certificate in lieu of which such new Certificate was issued
presents for payment such original
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Certificate, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Trustee or any
agent shall be entitled to recover such new Certificate from the Person to
whom it was delivered or any Person taking therefrom, except a protected
purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity
provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expenses incurred
by the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee or any agent in
connection therewith.
Section 3.06 Persons Deemed Owners.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 with respect to Book-Entry
Certificates, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar, the Paying Agent and any agent of any of them shall treat the
Person in whose name any Certificate is registered upon the books of the
Certificate Registrar as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of
receiving distributions pursuant to Sections 5.01 and 5.02 and for all other
purposes whatsoever, and neither the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Paying Agent nor any agent of any of
them shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 3.07 Temporary Certificates.
(a) Pending the preparation of definitive Certificates, upon the
order of the Depositor, the Trustee shall execute and the Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and deliver temporary Certificates that are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Certificates in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations as the
authorized officers executing such Certificates may determine, as evidenced by
their execution of such Certificates.
(b) If temporary Certificates are issued, the Depositor will cause
definitive Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Certificates, the temporary Certificates shall be
exchangeable for definitive Certificates upon surrender of the temporary
Certificates at the office or agency of the Certificate Registrar without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Certificates, the Trustee shall execute and the Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like aggregate
Certificate Principal Amount of definitive Certificates of the same Class in
the authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Certificates
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as
definitive Certificates of the same Class.
Section 3.08 Appointment of Paying Agent.
The Trustee may appoint a Paying Agent (which may be the Trustee) for
the purpose of making distributions to the Certificateholders hereunder. The
Trustee hereby appoints the Securities Administrator as the initial Paying
Agent. The Trustee shall cause any Paying Agent, other than the Securities
Administrator, to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which
such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee that such Paying Agent will
hold all sums held by it for the payment to the Certificateholders in an
Eligible Account (which shall be the Distribution Account) in trust for the
benefit of the Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be
paid to the Certificateholders. All funds remitted by the Trustee to any such
Paying Agent for the purpose of making distributions shall be paid to the
Certificateholders on
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each Distribution Date and any amounts not so paid shall be returned on such
Distribution Date to the Trustee. If the Paying Agent is not the Trustee or
the Securities Administrator, the Trustee shall cause to be remitted to the
Paying Agent on or before the Business Day prior to each Distribution Date, by
wire transfer in immediately available funds, the funds to be distributed on
such Distribution Date. Any Paying Agent shall be either a bank or trust
company or otherwise authorized under law to exercise corporate trust powers.
Section 3.09 Book-Entry Certificates.
(a) Each Class of Book-Entry Certificates, upon original issuance,
shall be issued in the form of one or more typewritten Certificates
representing the Book-Entry Certificates. The Book-Entry Certificates shall
initially be registered on the Certificate Register in the name of the nominee
of the Clearing Agency, and no Certificate Owner will receive a definitive
certificate representing such Certificate Owner's interest in the Book-Entry
Certificates, except as provided in Section 3.09(c). Unless Definitive
Certificates have been issued to Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates
pursuant to Section 3.09(c):
(i) the provisions of this Section 3.09 shall be in full
force and effect;
(ii) the Certificate Registrar, the Paying Agent and the
Trustee shall deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes
(including the making of distributions on the Book-Entry
Certificates) as the authorized representatives of the Certificate
Owners and the Clearing Agency and shall be responsible for crediting
the amount of such distributions to the accounts of such Persons
entitled thereto, in accordance with the Clearing Agency's normal
procedures;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 3.09
conflict with any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions
of this Section 3.09 shall control; and
(iv) the rights of Certificate Owners shall be exercised
only through the Clearing Agency and the Clearing Agency Participants
and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements
between such Certificate Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the
Clearing Agency Participants. Unless and until Definitive
Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 3.09(c), the initial
Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing
Agency Participants and receive and transmit distributions of
principal of and interest on the Book-Entry Certificates to such
Clearing Agency Participants.
(b) Whenever notice or other communication to the Certificateholders
is required under this Agreement, unless and until Definitive Certificates
shall have been issued to Certificate Owners pursuant to Section 3.09(c), the
Securities Administrator shall give all such notices and communications
specified herein to be given to Holders of the Book-Entry Certificates to the
Clearing Agency.
(c) If (i) (A) the Clearing Agency or the Depositor advises the
Paying Agent in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able
to discharge properly its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry
Certificates, and (B) the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor
satisfactory to the Depositor and the Paying Agent, (ii) the
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Depositor, at its option, advises the Paying Agent in writing that it elects
to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (iii) after
the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing
beneficial interests aggregating not less than 50% of the Class Principal
Amount of a Class of Book-Entry Certificates advise the Paying Agent and the
Clearing Agency through the Clearing Agency Participants in writing that the
continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer
in the best interests of the Certificate Owners of a Class of Book-Entry
Certificates, the Certificate Registrar shall notify the Clearing Agency to
effect notification to all Certificate Owners, through the Clearing Agency, of
the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive
Certificates to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the
Certificate Registrar of the Book-Entry Certificates by the Clearing Agency,
accompanied by registration instructions from the Clearing Agency for
registration, the Certificate Registrar shall issue the Definitive
Certificates. Neither the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar nor the Trustee
shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.
Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all references herein to
obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Clearing Agency shall be
deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Certificate Registrar, to the
extent applicable, with respect to such Definitive Certificates and the
Certificate Registrar shall recognize the holders of the Definitive
Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Certificate Registrar, upon the instruction of the Depositor, shall have
the right to issue Definitive Certificates on the Closing Date in connection
with credit enhancement programs.
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST FUND
Section 4.01 Custodial Accounts; Distribution Account.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Master Servicer shall have
caused each Servicer to establish and maintain one or more Custodial Accounts,
as provided in the related Purchase and Servicing Agreement, into which all
Scheduled Payments and unscheduled payments with respect to the related
Mortgage Loans, net of any deductions or reimbursements permitted under the
related Purchase and Servicing Agreement, shall be deposited. On each
Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Servicers shall remit to the Securities
Administrator for deposit into the Distribution Account, all amounts so
required to be deposited into such account in accordance with the terms of the
related Purchase and Servicing Agreements.
(b) The Securities Administrator, as Paying Agent for the Trustee,
shall establish and maintain an Eligible Account entitled "Distribution
Account of Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the benefit of
X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Trust 2004-A3, Holders of Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates." The Securities Administrator shall, promptly upon receipt from
the Servicers on each Distribution Account Deposit Date, deposit into the
Distribution Account and retain on deposit until the related Distribution Date
the following amounts:
(i) the aggregate of collections with respect to the
Mortgage Loans remitted by the Servicers from the related Custodial
Accounts in accordance with the Purchase and Servicing Agreements;
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(ii) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master
Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans for the related Due
Period pursuant to this Agreement, including the amount of any
Advances or Compensation Interest Payments with respect to the
Mortgage Loans not paid by the Servicers; and
(iii) any other amounts so required to be deposited in the
Distribution Account in the related Due Period pursuant to this
Agreement.
(c) In the event the Master Servicer or a Servicer has remitted in
error to the Distribution Account any amount not required to be remitted in
accordance with the definition of Available Distribution Amount, it may at any
time direct the Securities Administrator to withdraw such amount from the
Distribution Account for repayment to the Master Servicer or Servicer, as
applicable, by delivery of an Officer's Certificate to the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee which describes the amount deposited in error.
(d) On each Distribution Date and Redemption Date, the Securities
Administrator, as Paying Agent, shall withdraw from funds available in the
Distribution Account and distribute the Available Distribution Amount to the
Certificateholders and any other parties entitled thereto in the amounts and
priorities set forth in Section 5.02. The Securities Administrator may from
time to time withdraw from the Distribution Account and pay the Master
Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, Sunset or any Servicer
any amounts permitted to be paid or reimbursed to such Person from funds in
the Distribution Account pursuant to the clauses (A) through (E) of the
definition of Available Distribution Amount.
(e) Funds in the Distribution Account may be invested in Permitted
Investments selected by and at the written direction of the Securities
Administrator, which shall mature not later than one Business Day prior to the
Distribution Date (except that if such Permitted Investment is an obligation
of the Securities Administrator, then such Permitted Investment shall mature
not later than such applicable Distribution Date) and any such Permitted
Investment shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All such
Permitted Investments shall be made in the name of the Trustee (in its
capacity as such) or its nominee. All income and gain realized from any
Permitted Investment shall be for the benefit of the Securities Administrator,
as additional compensation for its duties hereunder, and shall be subject to
its withdrawal or order from time to time, and shall not be part of the Trust
Fund. The amount of any losses incurred in respect of any such investments
shall be deposited in such Distribution Account by the Securities
Administrator out of its own funds, without any right of reimbursement
therefor, immediately as realized.
Section 4.02 [Reserved].
Section 4.03 [Reserved].
Section 4.04 Reports to Trustee and Certificateholders.
On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall have
prepared and shall make available to the Trustee, the Depositor and each
Certificateholder a written report setting forth the following information (on
the basis of Mortgage Loan level information obtained from the Master Servicer
and the Servicers):
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(a) the amount of the distributions, separately identified, with
respect to each Class of Certificates;
(b) the amount of the distributions set forth in the clause (a)
allocable to principal, separately identifying the aggregate amount of any
Principal Prepayments or other unscheduled recoveries of principal included in
that amount;
(c) the amount of the distributions set forth in the clause (a)
allocable to interest and how it was calculated;
(d) the amount of any unpaid Interest Shortfall and the related
accrued interest thereon, with respect to each Class of Certificates;
(e) the Class Principal Amount of each Class of Certificates after
giving effect to the distribution of principal on that Distribution Date;
(f) the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in
each Mortgage Pool and in each Aggregate Pool at the end of the related
Prepayment Period and the applicable Net WAC of the Mortgage Loans in each
Mortgage Pool at the beginning of the related Due Period;
(g) the Senior Percentage and the Subordinate Percentage for each
Mortgage Pool for the following Distribution Date;
(h) the Senior Prepayment Percentage and Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage for each Mortgage Pool for the following Distribution Date;
(i) with respect to each Mortgage Pool and each Aggregate Pool, the
amount of the Master Servicing Fee and the Servicing Fee paid to or retained
by the Master Servicer and by each Servicer, respectively;
(j) with respect to each Mortgage Pool and each Aggregate Pool, the
amount of Advances for the related Due Period;
(k) with respect to each Mortgage Pool and each Aggregate Pool, the
number and Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that were (A)
Delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage Loans in foreclosure) (1) 30 to 59 days, (2)
60 to 89 days and (3) 90 or more days, (B) in foreclosure and Delinquent (1)
30 to 59 days, (2) 60 to 89 days and (3) 90 or more days and (C) in bankruptcy
as of the close of business on the last day of the calendar month preceding
that Distribution Date;
(l) with respect to each Mortgage Pool and each Aggregate Pool, for
any Mortgage Loan as to which the related Mortgaged Property was an REO
Property during the preceding calendar month, the principal balance of that
Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the last day of the related Due
Period;
(m) with respect to each Mortgage Pool and each Aggregate Pool, the
amount of Realized Losses incurred during the preceding calendar month;
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(n) with respect to each Mortgage Pool and each Aggregate Pool, the
cumulative amount of Realized Losses incurred since the Closing Date;
(o) the Realized Losses, if any, allocated to each Class of
Certificates on that Distribution Date;
(p) each Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount, each Fraud Loss
Coverage Amount and each Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount, in each case as of
the related Determination Date;
(q) the Certificate Interest Rate for each Class of Certificates for
that Distribution Date; and
(r) with respect to each Aggregate Pool, the amount of any Principal
Transfer Amounts or Interest Transfer Amounts paid to a related
Undercollateralized Group or Principal Transfers between related Groups in the
event of Rapid Prepayment Conditions.
The Securities Administrator shall make such reports available each
month via the Master Servicer's website at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx. Assistance
in using the website may be obtained by calling the Master Servicer's customer
service desk at (000) 000-0000. Certificateholders and other parties that are
unable to use the website are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via
first class mail by contacting the Securities Administrator and indicating
such. In preparing or furnishing the foregoing information to the Trustee, the
Securities Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the
accuracy of the information or data regarding the Mortgage Loans and the
related REO Properties that has been provided to the Securities Administrator
by the Master Servicer and the Servicers, and the Securities Administrator
shall not be obligated to verify, recompute, reconcile or recalculate any such
information or data.
Upon the reasonable advance written request of any Certificateholder
that is a savings and loan, bank or insurance company, which request, if
received by the Trustee or any agent thereof, shall be promptly forwarded to
the Securities Administrator, the Securities Administrator shall provide, or
cause to be provided, (or, to the extent that such information or
documentation is not required to be provided by a Servicer under the
applicable Purchase and Servicing Agreement, shall use reasonable efforts to
obtain such information and documentation from such Servicer, and provide) to
such Certificateholders such reports and access to information and
documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans as such Certificateholders may
reasonably deem necessary to comply with applicable regulations of the Office
of Thrift Supervision or its successor or other regulatory authorities with
respect to an investment in the Certificates; provided, however, that the
Securities Administrator shall be entitled to be reimbursed by such
Certificateholders for the Securities Administrator's actual expenses incurred
in providing such reports and access.
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ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS TO HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01 Distributions Generally.
(a) Subject to Section 7.01 respecting the final distribution on the
Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee or the Paying Agent shall
make distributions in accordance with this Article V. Such distributions shall
be made by check mailed to each Certificateholder's address as it appears on
the Certificate Register of the Certificate Registrar or, upon written request
made to the Securities Administrator at least five Business Days prior to the
related Record Date by any Certificateholder owning an aggregate initial
Certificate Principal Amount of at least $1,000,000, or in the case of a
Residual Certificate, a Percentage Interest of not less than 100%, by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to an account specified in the request
and at the expense of such Certificateholder; provided, however, that the
final distribution in respect of any Certificate shall be made only upon
presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the Certificate Registrar's
Corporate Trust Office; provided, further, that the foregoing provisions shall
not apply to any Class of Certificates as long as such Certificate remains a
Book-Entry Certificate in which case all payments made shall be made through
the Clearing Agency and its Clearing Agency Participants. Wire transfers will
be made at the expense of the Holder requesting such wire transfer by
deducting a wire transfer fee from the related distribution. Notwithstanding
such final payment of principal of any of the Certificates, each Residual
Certificate will remain outstanding until the termination of each REMIC and
the payment in full of all other amounts due with respect to the Residual
Certificates and at such time such final payment in retirement of any Residual
Certificate will be made only upon presentation and surrender of such
Certificate at the Certificate Registrar's Corporate Trust Office. If any
payment required to be made on the Certificates is to be made on a day that is
not a Business Day, then such payment will be made on the next succeeding
Business Day.
(b) All distributions or allocations made with respect to the
Certificateholders within each Class on each Distribution Date shall be
allocated among the outstanding Certificates in such Class equally in
proportion to their respective initial Class Principal Amounts (or Percentage
Interests).
Section 5.02 Distributions from the Distribution Account.
(a) Subject to Sections 5.02(h) and (i), on each Distribution Date,
the Available Distribution Amount for the related Mortgage Pool (in the case
of the Senior Certificates) and the Mortgage Pools in the related Aggregate
Pool (in the case of the Subordinate Certificates) shall be withdrawn by the
Securities Administrator from funds on deposit in the Distribution Account
allocated among the related Classes of Senior Certificates and the related
Classes of Subordinate Certificates in the following order of priority:
(i) Concurrently, from the related Available Distribution
Amount, to the payment of the Interest Distribution Amount and any
Interest Shortfalls for each Class of Senior Certificates;
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(ii) Concurrently, to the Senior Certificates from the
Available Distribution Amount remaining in the related Mortgage Pool
after application of amounts pursuant to clause (i) above, as
follows:
(a) sequentially, to the Class A-R and Class 1-A-1
Certificates, in that order, the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount for Pool 1, until their respective Class
Principal Amounts have been reduced to zero;
(b) to the Class 2-A-1 Certificates, the Senior
Principal Distribution Amount for Pool 2, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
(c) to the Class 3-A-1, Class 3-A-2 and Class 3-A-3
Certificates, the Senior Principal Distribution Amount for
Pool 3, sequentially, in the following order of priority:
(I) concurrently, 65.0000000000% to the
Class 3-A-1 Certificates and 34.4162521774% to the
Class 3-A-2 Certificates, until the Class Principal
Amount of the Class 3-A-1 Certificates has been
reduced to zero; and
(II) sequentially, to the Class 3-A-2 and
Class 3-A-3 Certificates, in that order, until
their respective Class Principal Amounts have been
reduced to zero;
(d) concurrently, to the Class 4-A-1 and Class
4-A-2 Certificates, pro rata, the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount for Pool 4, until their respective Class
Principal Amounts have been reduced to zero;
(e) to the Class S-F-1 Certificates, the Senior
Principal Distribution Amount for Pool 5, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
(f) to the Class S-F-2 Certificates, the Senior
Principal Distribution Amount for Pool 6, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero; and
(g) to the Class S-F-3 Certificates, the Senior
Principal Distribution Amount for Pool 7, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
(iii) Concurrently, to the Subordinate Certificates, as
follows:
(a) Sequentially, to the Pool I Subordinate
Certificates, as follows:
(A) to the Class I-B-1 Certificates, the
Interest Distribution Amount and any Interest
Shortfalls, in each case, for such Class and date;
(B) to the Class I-B-1 Certificates, such
Class' Subordinate Class Percentage of the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for each
Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool I, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
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(C) to the Class I-B-2 Certificates, the
Interest Distribution Amount and any Interest
Shortfalls, in each case, for such Class and date;
(D) to the Class I-B-2 Certificates, such
Class' Subordinate Class Percentage of the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for each
Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool I, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
(E) to the Class I-B-3 Certificates, the
Interest Distribution Amount and any Interest
Shortfalls, in each case, for such Class and date;
(F) to the Class I-B-3 Certificates, such
Class' Subordinate Class Percentage of the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for each
Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool I, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
(G) to the Class I-B-4 Certificates, the
Interest Distribution Amount and any Interest
Shortfalls, in each case, for such Class and date;
(H) to the Class I-B-4 Certificates, such
Class' Subordinate Class Percentage of the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for each
Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool I, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
(I) to the Class I-B-5 Certificates, the
Interest Distribution Amount and any Interest
Shortfalls, in each case, for such Class and date;
(J) to the Class I-B-5 Certificates, such
Class' Subordinate Class Percentage of the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for each
Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool I, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
(K) to the Class I-B-6 Certificates, the
Interest Distribution Amount and any Interest
Shortfalls, in each case, for such Class and date;
and
(L) to the Class I-B-6 Certificates, such
Class' Subordinate Class Percentage of the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for each
Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool I, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
(b) Sequentially, to the Pool II Subordinate
Certificates, as follows:
(A) to the Class S-B-1 Certificates, the
Interest Distribution Amount and any Interest
Shortfalls, in each case, for such Class and date;
(B) to the Class S-B-1 Certificates, such
Class' Subordinate Class Percentage of the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for
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each Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool II, until its
Class Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
(C) to the Class S-B-2 Certificates, the
Interest Distribution Amount and any Interest
Shortfalls, in each case, for such Class and date;
(D) to the Class S-B-2 Certificates, such
Class' Subordinate Class Percentage of the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for each
Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool II, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
(E) to the Class S-B-3 Certificates, the
Interest Distribution Amount and any Interest
Shortfalls, in each case, for such Class and date;
(F) to the Class S-B-3 Certificates, such
Class' Subordinate Class Percentage of the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for each
Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool II, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
(G) to the Class S-B-4 Certificates, the
Interest Distribution Amount and any Interest
Shortfalls, in each case, for such Class and date;
(H) to the Class S-B-4 Certificates, such
Class' Subordinate Class Percentage of the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for each
Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool II, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
(I) to the Class S-B-5 Certificates, the
Interest Distribution Amount and any Interest
Shortfalls, in each case, for such Class and date;
(J) to the Class S-B-5 Certificates, such
Class' Subordinate Class Percentage of the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for each
Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool II, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
(K) to the Class S-B-6 Certificates, the
Interest Distribution Amount and any Interest
Shortfalls, in each case, for such Class and date;
and
(L) to the Class S-B-6 Certificates, such
Class' Subordinate Class Percentage of the
Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for each
Mortgage Pool in Aggregate Pool II, until its Class
Principal Amount has been reduced to zero;
(iv) To the Class A-R Certificates, any remaining amount of
the Available Distribution Amount from the Mortgage Pools in
Aggregate Pool I and Aggregate Pool II.
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(b) On each Distribution Date on and after the related Credit Support
Depletion Date for an Aggregate Pool, the Available Distribution Amount for
each Mortgage Pool in the applicable Aggregate Pool shall be combined and
distributed to the remaining related Classes of Certificates, on a pro rata
basis, first, to pay the Interest Distribution Amount and any accrued but
unpaid Interest Shortfalls; second, in reduction of the Certificate Principal
Amounts of such Certificates, pro rata (on the basis of their Class Principal
Amounts), until such Certificate Principal Amounts have been reduced to zero;
and third, to the Class A-R Certificate, any remaining Available Distribution
Amount from such Mortgage Pool.
(c) Notwithstanding the priorities and allocations set forth in
Sections 5.02(a)(iii)(a) and 5.02(a)(iii)(b) above, if with respect to any
Class of Subordinate Certificates related to an Aggregate Pool on any
Distribution Date the sum of the related Class Subordination Percentages of
such Class and of all other Classes of Subordinate Certificates related to
that Aggregate Pool which have a higher numerical Class designation than such
Class is less than the Original Applicable Credit Support Percentage for such
Class, no distribution of Principal Prepayments shall be made to any such
Classes and the amount of such Principal Prepayment otherwise distributable to
such Classes shall be distributed to any related Classes of Subordinate
Certificates having lower numerical Class designations than such Class, pro
rata, based on the Class Principal Amounts of the respective Classes
immediately prior to such Distribution Date and shall be distributed in the
sequential order provided in Sections 5.02(a)(iii)(a) or 5.02(a)(iii)(b)
above, as applicable.
(d) Amounts distributed to the Residual Certificates pursuant to
subparagraph (a)(iv) of this Section 5.02 on any Distribution Date shall be
allocated among the REMIC residual interests represented thereby such that
each such interest is allocated the excess of funds available to the related
REMIC over required distributions to the regular interests in such REMIC on
such Distribution Date.
(e) For purposes of distributions provided in paragraph (a), each
Mortgage Pool shall "relate" to the Senior Class or Classes of the applicable
Related Certificate Group.
(f) [Reserved].
(g) For purposes of distributions of interest in paragraph (a) such
distributions to a Class of Certificates on any Distribution Date shall be
made first, in respect of Current Interest; and second, in respect of Interest
Shortfalls.
(h) Notwithstanding the priority of distributions set forth in
paragraph (a) above, if on any Distribution Date prior to the related Credit
Support Depletion Date for an Aggregate Pool (1) either one of the applicable
Rapid Prepayment Conditions is satisfied on such date and (2) the Certificate
Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates relating to one of the Mortgage
Pools in that Aggregate Pool have been reduced to zero, then that portion of
the Available Distribution Amount for each Mortgage Pool in that Aggregate
Pool described in Section 5.02(a)(ii) that represents principal collections on
the Mortgage Loans shall be applied as an additional distribution to the
remaining related Classes of Senior Certificates in reduction of, and in
proportion to, the Class Principal Amounts thereof.
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(i) If, on any Distribution Date, any Certificate Group in an
Aggregate Pool would constitute an Undercollateralized Group and any other
Certificate Group in that Aggregate Pool constitutes an Overcollateralized
Group, then notwithstanding Section 5.02(a)(ii), the Available Distribution
Amount for such Overcollateralized Group, to the extent remaining following
distributions of interest and principal to the related Senior Certificates of
that Certificate Group, shall be distributed up to the sum of the Interest
Transfer Amount and the Principal Transfer Amount for such Undercollateralized
Group to the Senior Certificates related to that Undercollateralized Group in
payment of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, and then to such Senior
Certificates as principal, in the same order and priority as such Certificates
would receive other distributions of principal.
If more than one Undercollateralized Group in an Aggregate Pool
exists on any Distribution Date, the sum of the Interest Transfer Amounts and
the Principal Transfer Amounts shall be allocated among such
Undercollateralized Groups, pro rata, on the basis of the amount by which the
aggregate Class Principal Amount of the related Senior Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date exceeds the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in that Undercollateralized Group. If
more than one Overcollateralized Group in an Aggregate Pool exists on any
Distribution Date, reductions in the Available Distribution Amount for such
Overcollateralized Groups to make the payments required to be made pursuant to
this Section 5.02(i) on such Distribution Date shall be made pro rata, on the
basis of the Class Principal Amount of the related Senior Certificates.
Section 5.03 Allocation of Losses.
(a) On or prior to each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall
aggregate the information provided by each Servicer with respect to the total
amount of Realized Losses, including Excess Losses, experienced on the
Mortgage Loans in an Aggregate Pool for the related Distribution Date.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the principal portion of Realized
Losses (other than Excess Losses) shall be allocated as follows:
first, to the related Classes of Subordinate Certificates in
reverse order of their respective numerical Class designations
(beginning with the related Class of Subordinate Certificates with
the highest numerical Class designation) until the Class Principal
Amount of each such Class is reduced to zero; and
second, to each Class of Senior Certificates relating to the
Mortgage Pool which sustained such loss (allocated among the related
Senior Classes on a pro rata basis), in each case, until the Class
Principal Amount of each such Class of Senior Certificates is reduced
to zero; provided that any Realized Losses (other than Excess Losses)
in Pool 4 otherwise allocable to the Class 4-A-1 Certificates shall
be allocated to the Class 4-A-2 Certificates, until their respective
Class Principal Amounts are reduced to zero;
(c) (i) On each Distribution Date, any Excess Losses on the Mortgage
Loans in a Mortgage Pool in an Aggregate Pool shall be allocated to the
Classes of Senior Certificates of the related Certificate Group and the
related Classes of Subordinate Certificates then outstanding,
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pro rata, on the basis of, with respect to such Senior Certificates, their
respective Class Principal Amounts and, with respect to each related Class of
Subordinate Certificates, the applicable Apportioned Principal Balance for
each such Class relating to the Mortgage Pool in which such Excess Losses
occurs; provided, however, on any Distribution Date after (x) the third Senior
Termination Date for a Certificate Group in Aggregate Pool I and (y) the
second Senior Termination Date for a Certificate Group in Aggregate Pool II,
such Excess Losses on the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Pool will be
allocated to the related Senior Certificates and related Subordinate
Certificates on the basis of their respective Class Principal Amounts; and
provided, further, that after the related Credit Support Depletion Date for an
Aggregate Pool, such Excess Losses shall be allocated pro rata to all Senior
Certificates related to that Aggregate Pool, regardless of Certificate Group,
on the basis of their respective Class Principal Amounts immediately prior to
the related Distribution Date, until the respective Class Principal Amounts of
each such Class are reduced to zero.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, on any Distribution
Date after the related Credit Support Depletion Date with respect to an
Aggregate Pool, a Special Hazard Loss on a Mortgage Loan in that Aggregate
Pool is allocated to the related Classes of Senior Certificates, such Special
Hazard Loss shall be allocated among such related Classes of Senior
Certificates and the outstanding Classes of Subordinate Certificates related
to the other Aggregate Pool in reverse order of their respective numerical
Class designations (beginning with the Class of Subordinate Certificates with
the highest numerical Class designation), pro rata, based on their respective
Class Principal Amounts; provided, however, that any such Special Hazard Loss
allocated to the Classes of Subordinate Certificates related to the other
Aggregate Pool shall not exceed the remaining Special Hazard Loss Coverage
Amount for such other Aggregate Pool.
(d) On each Distribution Date, the Class Principal Amount of the
Class of Subordinate Certificates related to an Aggregate Pool then
outstanding with the highest numerical Class designation shall be reduced by
the amount, if any, by which the aggregate of the Class Principal Amounts of
all outstanding related Classes of Certificates (after giving effect to the
distribution of principal on such Distribution Date) exceeds the Aggregate
Stated Principal Balance for that Aggregate Pool for the following
Distribution Date (such amount for any Distribution Date, the "Subordinate
Certificate Write-down Amount").
(e) With the exception of Section 5.03(c)(ii) hereof, any allocation
of a loss pursuant to this Section 5.03 to a Class of Certificates shall be
achieved by reducing the Class Principal Amount thereof by the amount of such
loss. Any allocation of a Special Hazard Loss pursuant to Section 5.03(c)(ii)
shall be achieved through cash flow diversions and entitlements to
carry-forward amounts from the non-related Class or Classes of Subordinate
Certificates to which such Special Hazard Loss was allocated, to the extent of
principal distributions made on such Subordinate Certificates.
(f) If Subsequent Recoveries have been received with respect to a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount of such Subsequent Recoveries will be
applied sequentially, in the order of payment priority, to increase the Class
Principal Amount of each Class of Certificates to which Realized Losses have
been allocated, but in each case by not more than the amount of Realized
Losses previously allocated to that Class of Certificates pursuant to this
Section 5.03.
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Holders of such Certificates will not be entitled to any payment in respect of
the Interest Distribution Amount on the amount of such increases for any
Accrual Period preceding the Distribution Date on which such increase occurs.
Any such increases shall be applied pro rata to the Principal Amount of each
Certificate of such Class.
Section 5.04 Advances by Master Servicer.
If any Servicer fails to remit any Advance required to be made under
the applicable Purchase and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer shall
itself make, or shall cause the successor Servicer to make, such Advance. If
the Master Servicer determines that an Advance is required, it shall on the
Business Day preceding the related Distribution Date immediately following
such Determination Date remit to the Securities Administrator from its own
funds (or funds advanced by the applicable Servicer) for deposit in the
Distribution Account immediately available funds in an amount equal to such
Advance. The Master Servicer and each Servicer shall be entitled to be
reimbursed for all Advances made by it. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, in the event the Master Servicer determines in its reasonable
judgment that an Advance is non-recoverable, the Master Servicer shall be
under no obligation to make such Advance. If the Master Servicer determines
that an Advance is non-recoverable, it shall, on or prior to the related
Distribution Date, deliver an Officer's Certificate to the Trustee to such
effect.
Section 5.05 Compensating Interest Payments.
The amount of the aggregate Master Servicing Fees payable to the
Master Servicer in respect of any Distribution Date shall be reduced (but not
below zero) by the amount of any Compensating Interest Payment for such
Distribution Date, but only to the extent that Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
relating to such Distribution Date are required to be paid by the Servicers
pursuant to the Purchase and Servicing Agreements, as amended by the
Acknowledgements, but not actually paid by the Servicers. Such amount shall
not be treated as an Advance and shall not be reimbursable to the Master
Servicer.
ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND
THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR; EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 6.01 Duties of Trustee and the Securities Administrator.
(a) The Trustee, except during the continuance of an Event of
Default, and the Securities Administrator undertakes to perform such duties
and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. Any
permissive right of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator provided for
in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty of the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator. If an Event of Default has occurred and has not
otherwise been cured or waived, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement
and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent
Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such
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Person's own affairs, unless the Trustee is acting as master servicer, in
which case it shall use the same degree of care and skill as a master servicer
hereunder.
(b) Each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, upon
receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports,
documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator which are specifically required to be furnished
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine
whether they are in the form required by this Agreement; provided, however,
that neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be responsible
for the accuracy or content of any such resolution, certificate, statement,
opinion, report, document, order or other instrument furnished by the Master
Servicer or any Servicer to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator
pursuant to this Agreement, and shall not be required to recalculate or verify
any numerical information furnished to the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator pursuant to this Agreement. Subject to the immediately preceding
sentence, if any such resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report,
document, order or other instrument is found not to conform to the form
required by this Agreement in a material manner the Securities Administrator
shall take such action as it deems appropriate to cause the instrument to be
corrected, and if the instrument is not corrected to the Securities
Administrator 's satisfaction, the Securities Administrator will provide
notice thereof to the Certificateholders and will, at the expense of the Trust
Fund, which expense shall be reasonable given the scope and nature of the
required action, take such further action as directed by the
Certificateholders.
(c) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall have
any liability arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, except for
its negligence or willful misconduct. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, neither the Trustee nor the Securities
Administrator shall be liable for special, indirect or consequential losses or
damages of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, lost profits).
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee or
the Securities Administrator from liability for its own negligent action, its
own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct; provided, however,
that:
(i) The Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect
to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good
faith in accordance with the direction of Holders of Certificates as
provided in Section 6.18 hereof;
(ii) For all purposes under this Agreement, the Trustee
shall not be deemed to have notice of any Event of Default unless a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or
unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is
received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee,
and such notice references the Holders of the Certificates and this
Agreement;
(iii) For all purposes under this Agreement, the Securities
Administrator shall not be deemed to have notice of any Event of
Default (other than resulting from a failure by the Master Servicer
(i) to remit funds (or to make Advances) or (ii) to furnish
information to the Securities Administrator when required to do so)
unless a Responsible Officer of the Securities Administrator has
actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which
is in fact such a default is received by the Securities
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Administrator at the address provided in Section 11.07, and such
notice references the Holders of the Certificates and this Agreement;
(iv) No provision of this Agreement shall require the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance
of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it; and none of the
provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator to perform, or be responsible
for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the
Master Servicer under this Agreement;
(v) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
shall be responsible for any act or omission of the Master Servicer,
the Depositor, either Seller, any Servicer or any Custodian.
(d) The Trustee shall have no duty hereunder with respect to any
complaint, claim, demand, notice or other document it may receive or which may
be alleged to have been delivered to or served upon it by the parties as a
consequence of the assignment of any Mortgage Loan hereunder; provided,
however, that the Trustee shall promptly remit to the Master Servicer upon
receipt any such complaint, claim, demand, notice or other document (i) which
is delivered to the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, (ii) of which a
Responsible Officer has actual knowledge, and (iii) which contains information
sufficient to permit the Trustee to make a determination that the real
property to which such document relates is a Mortgaged Property.
(e) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be
personally liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the
Certificateholders of any Class holding Certificates which evidence, as to
such Class, Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% as to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable,
under this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be
required to perform services under this Agreement, or to expend or risk its
own funds or otherwise incur financial liability for the performance of any of
its duties hereunder or the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there
is reasonable ground for believing that the timely payment of its fees and
expenses or the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it, and none of the provisions
contained in this Agreement shall in any event require the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, to perform, or be responsible for the
manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the Master Servicer or any
Servicer under this Agreement or any Purchase and Servicing Agreement except
during such time, if any, as the Trustee shall be the successor to, and be
vested with the rights, duties, powers and privileges of, the Master Servicer
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(g) The Trustee shall not be held liable by reason of any
insufficiency in the Distribution Account resulting from any investment loss
on any Permitted Investment included therein (except to the extent that the
Trustee is the obligor and has defaulted thereon).
(h) Except as otherwise provided herein, neither the Trustee nor the
Securities Administrator shall have any duty (A) to see to any recording,
filing, or depositing of this Agreement or any agreement referred to herein or
any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security
interest, or to see to the maintenance of any such recording or filing or
depositing or to any rerecording, refiling or redepositing of any thereof, (B)
to see to any insurance, (C) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax,
assessment, or other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of any
kind owing with respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Trust
Fund other than from funds available in the Distribution Account, or (D) to
confirm or verify the contents of any reports or certificates of the Master
Servicer or any Servicer delivered to the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator pursuant to this Agreement believed by the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties.
(i) Neither the Securities Administrator nor the Trustee shall be
liable in its individual capacity for an error of judgment made in good faith
by a Responsible Officer or other officers of the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, as applicable, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee or
the Securities Administrator, as applicable, was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts.
(j) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
neither the Securities Administrator nor the Trustee shall be liable for
special, indirect or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever
(including, but not limited to, lost profits), even if the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, has been advised of the likelihood of
such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(k) Neither the Securities Administrator nor the Trustee shall be
responsible for the acts or omissions of the other, it being understood that
this Agreement shall not be construed to render them agents of one another, or
of any Servicer.
Section 6.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the
Securities Administrator.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:
(i) Each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator may
request, and may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, Officer's Certificate, certificate
of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(ii) Each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator
may consult with counsel and any advice of its counsel or Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
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(iii) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
shall be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or
within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Agreement;
(iv) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or
other paper or document (provided the same appears regular on its
face), unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of at
least a majority in Class Principal Amount (or Percentage Interest)
of each Class of Certificates; provided, however, that, if the
payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, as applicable, of the costs, expenses or liabilities
likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is,
in the opinion of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as
applicable, not reasonably assured to the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator by the security afforded to it by the terms of this
Agreement, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as
applicable, may require reasonable indemnity against such expense or
liability or payment of such estimated expenses from the
Certificateholders as a condition to proceeding. The reasonable
expense thereof shall be paid by the party requesting such
investigation and if not reimbursed by the requesting party shall be
reimbursed to the Trustee by the Trust Fund;
(v) Each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator may
execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents, custodians or
attorneys, which agents, custodians or attorneys shall have any and
all of the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the Trustee and
the Securities Administrator conferred on them by such appointment,
provided that each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator
shall continue to be responsible for its duties and obligations
hereunder to the extent provided herein, and provided further that
neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such
agent or attorney appointed with due care by the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable;
(vi) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
shall be under any obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers
vested in it by this Agreement or to institute, conduct or defend any
litigation hereunder or in relation hereto, in each case at the
request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders pursuant
to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders
shall have offered to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as
applicable, reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;
(vii) The right of the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this
Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and neither the Trustee
nor the Securities Administrator shall be answerable for other than
its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such act;
and
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(viii) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
shall be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the
execution of the Trust Fund created hereby or the powers granted
hereunder.
Section 6.03 Trustee and Securities Administrator Not Liable for
Certificates.
The Trustee and the Securities Administrator make no representations
as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates
(other than, in the case of the Securities Administrator, the certificate of
authentication on the Certificates) or of any Mortgage Loan, or related
document save that the Trustee and the Securities Administrator represent
that, assuming due execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, this
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and
constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms except that such enforceability may be subject to
(A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting
the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally, and (B) general
principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law. The Trustee and the Securities Administrator
shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of funds
paid to the Depositor in consideration of the assignment of the Mortgage Loans
to the Trust Fund by the Depositor or for the use or application of any funds
deposited into the Distribution Account or any other fund or account
maintained with respect to the Certificates. The Trustee and the Securities
Administrator shall not be responsible for the legality or validity of this
Agreement or the validity, priority, perfection or sufficiency of the security
for the Certificates issued or intended to be issued hereunder. Except as
otherwise provided herein, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall
have no responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in
any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the
perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder or to
record this Agreement.
Section 6.04 Trustee and the Securities Administrator May Own
Certificates.
The Trustee and the Securities Administrator and any Affiliate or
agent of either of them in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Certificates and may transact banking and trust business
with the other parties hereto and their Affiliates with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee, Securities Administrator or such agent.
Section 6.05 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be (i) an institution
insured by the FDIC, (ii) a corporation or national banking association,
organized and doing business under the laws of any State or the United States
of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers,
having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject
to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and (iii) not an
Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Servicer. If such corporation or
national banking association publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or
examining authority, then, for the purposes of this Section, the combined
capital and surplus of such corporation or national banking association shall
be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the
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Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with provisions of this
Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect specified in Section 6.06.
Section 6.06 Resignation and Removal of Trustee and the
Securities Administrator.
(a) Each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator may at any
time resign and be discharged from the trust hereby created by giving written
notice thereof to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable,
the Depositor and the Master Servicer. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Depositor will promptly appoint a successor trustee or a
successor securities administrator, as applicable, by written instrument, one
copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee or
resigning Securities Administrator, as applicable, one copy to the successor
trustee or successor securities administrator, as applicable, and one copy to
the Master Servicer. If no successor trustee or successor securities
administrator shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted appointment
within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning
Trustee or resigning Securities Administrator, as applicable, may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee or
successor securities administrator, as applicable.
(b) If at any time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 6.05 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Depositor, (ii) the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a
bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall
take charge or control of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator or of
either of their property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, (iii) a tax is imposed or threatened with respect
to the Trust Fund by any state in which the Trustee or the Trust Fund held by
the Trustee is located, or (iv) the continued use of the Trustee or Securities
Administrator would result in a downgrading of the rating by any Rating Agency
of any Class of Certificates with a rating, then the Depositor shall remove
the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, and the Depositor
shall appoint a successor trustee or successor securities administrator, as
applicable, acceptable to the Master Servicer by written instrument, one copy
of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee or Securities
Administrator so removed, one copy each to the successor trustee or successor
securities Administrator, as applicable, and one copy to the Master Servicer.
(c) The Holders of more than 50% of the Class Principal Amount (or
Percentage Interest) of each Class of Certificates may at any time upon 30
days' written notice to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as
applicable, and to the Depositor remove the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, as applicable, by such written instrument, signed by such
Holders or their attorney-in-fact duly authorized, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the Depositor, one copy to the Trustee or
Securities Administrator, as applicable and one copy to the Master Servicer;
the Depositor shall thereupon appoint a successor trustee or successor
securities administrator, as applicable, in accordance with this Section.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, as applicable, and appointment of a successor trustee or
successor securities administrator pursuant to any of the provisions of this
Section shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment
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by the successor trustee or the successor securities administrator, as
applicable, as provided in Section 6.07.
Section 6.07 Successor Trustee and Successor Securities
Administrator.
(a) Any successor trustee or successor securities administrator
appointed as provided in Section 6.06 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
to the Depositor and to its predecessor trustee or predecessor securities
administrator, as applicable, an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee
or predecessor securities administrator, as applicable, shall become effective
and such successor trustee or successor securities administrator, as
applicable, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully
vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee or securities
administrator, as applicable, herein. The predecessor trustee or predecessor
securities administrator, as applicable, shall deliver to the successor
trustee (or assign to the Trustee its interest under the Custodial Agreements,
to the extent permitted thereunder) or successor securities administrator, as
applicable, all Trustee Mortgage Files and documents and statements related to
each Trustee Mortgage File held by it hereunder, and shall duly assign,
transfer, deliver and pay over to the successor trustee the entire Trust Fund,
together with all necessary instruments of transfer and assignment or other
documents properly executed necessary to effect such transfer and such of the
records or copies thereof maintained by the predecessor trustee in the
administration hereof as may be requested by the successor trustee and shall
thereupon be discharged from all duties and responsibilities under this
Agreement. In addition, the Depositor and the predecessor trustee or
predecessor securities administrator, as applicable, shall execute and deliver
such other instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required
to more fully and certainly vest and confirm in the successor trustee or
successor securities administrator, as applicable, all such rights, powers,
duties and obligations.
(b) No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such appointment such successor trustee shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 6.05.
(c) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee or
successor securities administrator, as applicable, as provided in this
Section, the predecessor trustee or predecessor securities administrator, as
applicable, shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee or securities
administrator, as applicable, hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at
their addresses as shown in the Certificate Register and to any Rating Agency.
Section 6.08 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or the Securities
Administrator.
Any Person into which the Trustee or Securities Administrator may be
merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee or Securities
Administrator shall be a party, or any Persons succeeding to the business of
the Trustee or Securities Administrator, shall be the successor to the Trustee
or Securities Administrator hereunder, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary
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notwithstanding, provided that, in the case of the Trustee, such Person shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 6.05.
Section 6.09 Appointment of Co-Trustee, Separate Trustee or
Custodian.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, the
Trustee, the Depositor or the Certificateholders evidencing more than 50% of
the Class Principal Amount (or Percentage Interest) of every Class of
Certificates shall have the power from time to time to appoint one or more
Persons, approved by the Trustee, to act either as co-trustees jointly with
the Trustee, or as separate trustees, or as custodians, for the purpose of
holding title to, foreclosing or otherwise taking action with respect to any
Mortgage Loan outside the state where the Trustee has its principal place of
business where such separate trustee or co-trustee is necessary or advisable
(or the Trustee has been advised by the Master Servicer that such separate
trustee or co-trustee is necessary or advisable) under the laws of any state
in which a property securing a Mortgage Loan is located or for the purpose of
otherwise conforming to any legal requirement, restriction or condition in any
state in which a property securing a Mortgage Loan is located or in any state
in which any portion of the Trust Fund is located. The separate Trustees,
co-trustees, or custodians so appointed shall be trustees or custodians for
the benefit of all the Certificateholders and shall have such powers, rights
and remedies as shall be specified in the instrument of appointment; provided,
however, that no such appointment shall, or shall be deemed to, constitute the
appointee an agent of the Trustee. The obligation of the Master Servicer to
make Advances pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof shall not be affected or
assigned by the appointment of a co-trustee.
(b) Every separate trustee, co-trustee, and custodian shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following
provisions and conditions:
(i) all powers, duties, obligations and rights conferred
upon the Trustee in respect of the receipt, custody and payment of
moneys shall be exercised solely by the Trustee;
(ii) all other rights, powers, duties and obligations
conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed
upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate
trustee, co-trustee, or custodian jointly, except to the extent that
under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts
are to be performed the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified
to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers,
duties and obligations, including the holding of title to the Trust
Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction, shall be
exercised and performed by such separate trustee, co-trustee, or
custodian;
(iii) no trustee or custodian hereunder shall be personally
liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee or
custodian hereunder; and
(iv) the Trustee may at any time, by an instrument in
writing executed by it, with the concurrence of the Depositor, accept
the resignation of or remove any separate trustee, co-trustee or
custodian, so appointed by it or them, if such resignation or removal
does not violate the other terms of this Agreement.
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(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall
be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee, co-trustee or custodian shall refer to this
Agreement and the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate trustee and
co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with
the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either
jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to
all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision
of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or
affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed
with the Trustee and a copy given to the Master Servicer.
(d) Any separate trustee, co-trustee or custodian may, at any time,
constitute the Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and
authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or
in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate
trustee, co-trustee or custodian shall die, become incapable of acting, resign
or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts
shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law,
without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.
(e) No separate trustee, co-trustee or custodian hereunder shall be
required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section
6.05 hereunder and no notice to the Certificateholders of the appointment
shall be required under Section 6.07 hereof.
(f) The Trustee agrees to instruct the co-trustees, if any, to the
extent necessary to fulfill the Trustee's obligations hereunder.
(g) The Trust shall pay the reasonable compensation of the
co-trustees (which compensation shall not reduce any compensation payable to
the Trustee under such Section).
Section 6.10 Authenticating Agents.
(a) The Trustee may appoint one or more Authenticating Agents which
shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee in authenticating
Certificates. The Trustee hereby appoints the Securities Administrator as
initial Authenticating Agent, and the Securities Administrator accepts such
appointment. Wherever reference is made in this Agreement to the
authentication of Certificates by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication on
behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of
authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent must be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000, authorized under such
laws to do a trust business and subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authorities.
(b) Any Person into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from
any merger, conversion or consolidation to which any Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency business of
any Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be the
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Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
(c) Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving at
least 30 days' advance written notice of resignation to the Trustee and the
Depositor. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any
Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such
Authenticating Agent and the Depositor. Upon receiving a notice of resignation
or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section
6.10, the Trustee may appoint a successor authenticating agent, shall give
written notice of such appointment to the Depositor and shall mail notice of
such appointment to all Holders of Certificates. Any successor authenticating
agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent. No
successor authenticating agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section 6.10. No Authenticating Agent shall have
responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the
direction of the Trustee.
Section 6.11 Indemnification of the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator.
The Trustee and the Securities Administrator and their respective
directors, officers, employees and agents shall be entitled to indemnification
from the Depositor and the Trust Fund (provided that the Trust Fund's
indemnification under this Section 6.11 is limited by Section 4.01(d) for any
loss, liability or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys' fees and disbursements (and, in the case of the Trustee, in
connection with the Custodial Agreements, including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents or counsel),
incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on their part, arising out
of, or in connection with, the acceptance or administration of the trusts
created hereunder or in connection with the performance of their duties
hereunder including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any
claim in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or
duties hereunder, provided that:
(i) with respect to any such claim, the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall have given the
Depositor written notice thereof promptly after the Trustee, the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall have knowledge
thereof;
(ii) while maintaining control over its own defense, the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall
cooperate and consult fully with the Depositor in preparing such
defense; and
(iii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 6.11, the Trust Fund shall not be liable for settlement of
any such claim by the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as
applicable, entered into without the prior consent of the Depositor,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The provisions of this Section 6.11 shall survive any termination of
this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, as applicable, and shall
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be construed to include, but not be limited to any loss, liability or expense
under any environmental law.
Section 6.12 Fees and Expenses of Securities Administrator and
the Trustee.
(a) Compensation for the services of the Securities Administrator
hereunder shall be paid by the Master Servicer. The Securities Administrator
shall be entitled to all disbursements and advancements incurred or made by
the Securities Administrator in accordance with this Agreement (including fees
and expenses of its counsel and all persons not regularly in its employment),
except any such expenses arising from its negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct.
(b) As compensation for its services hereunder, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive a Trustee fee (which shall not be limited by any provision
of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) which
shall be paid by the Master Servicer pursuant to a separate agreement between
the Trustee and the Master Servicer. Any expenses incurred by the Trustee
shall be reimbursed in accordance with Section 6.11.
Section 6.13 Collection of Monies.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Trustee
may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect, all money
and other property payable to or receivable by the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement. The Trustee shall hold all such money and property received by it
as part of the Trust Fund and shall distribute it as provided in this
Agreement.
Section 6.14 Events of Default; Trustee To Act; Appointment of
Successor.
(a) The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall
constitute an "Event of Default":
(i) Any failure by the Master Servicer to furnish the
Securities Administrator the Mortgage Loan data sufficient to prepare
the reports described in Section 4.04 which continues unremedied for
a period of one Business Day after the date upon which written notice
of such failure shall have been given to such Master Servicer by the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator or to such Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator and the Trustee by the Holders of not
less than 25% of the Class Principal Amount of each Class of
Certificates affected thereby; or
(ii) Any failure on the part of the Master Servicer duly to
observe or perform in any material respect any other of the covenants
or agreements (other than those referred to in (viii) and (ix) below)
on the part of the Master Servicer contained in this Agreement which
continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which
written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied,
shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, or to the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee by the Holders of more than 50% of the
Aggregate Voting Interests of the Certificates; or
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(iii) A decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or
receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for
the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered
against the Master Servicer, and such decree or order shall have
remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days or
any Rating Agency reduces or withdraws or threatens to reduce or
withdraw the rating of the Certificates because of the financial
condition or loan servicing capability of such Master Servicer; or
(iv) The Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of
a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities,
voluntary liquidation or similar proceedings of or relating to the
Master Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its
property; or
(v) The Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability
to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to
take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization
statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or
voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or
(vi) The Master Servicer shall be dissolved, or shall
dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, or consolidate
with or merge into another entity or shall permit another entity to
consolidate or merge into it, such that the resulting entity does not
meet the criteria for a successor servicer as specified in Section
9.05 hereof; or
(vii) If a representation or warranty set forth in Section
9.03 hereof shall prove to be incorrect as of the time made in any
respect that materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders, and the circumstance or condition in respect of
which such representation or warranty was incorrect shall not have
been eliminated or cured within 30 days after the date on which
written notice of such incorrect representation or warranty shall
have been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, or to the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee by the Holders of more than 50% of the
Aggregate Voting Interests of the Certificates; or
(viii) A sale or pledge of any of the rights of the Master
Servicer hereunder or an assignment of this Agreement by the Master
Servicer or a delegation of the rights or duties of the Master
Servicer hereunder shall have occurred in any manner not otherwise
permitted hereunder and without the prior written consent of the
Trustee and Certificateholders holding more than 50% of the Aggregate
Voting Interests of the Certificates; or
(ix) After receipt of notice from the Trustee, any failure
of the Master Servicer to make any Advances required to be made
hereunder.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (i) through (ix) of this
Section shall occur, then, in each and every case, subject to applicable law,
so long as any such Event of Default shall not have been remedied within any
period of time prescribed by this Section, the Trustee, by notice in writing
to the Master Servicer may, and shall, if so directed by Certificateholders
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evidencing more than 50% of the Class Principal Amount of each Class of
Certificates, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master
Servicer hereunder and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof.
On or after the receipt by the Master Servicer of such written notice, all
authority and power of the Master Servicer, and only in its capacity as Master
Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or
otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee; and the Trustee is
hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
defaulting Master Servicer as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all
documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of
the Mortgage Loans and related documents or otherwise. The defaulting Master
Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee and the Securities Administrator
in effecting the termination of the defaulting Master Servicer's
responsibilities and rights hereunder as Master Servicer including, without
limitation, notifying the Servicers of the assignment of the master servicing
function and providing the Trustee or its designee all documents and records
in electronic or other form reasonably requested by it to enable the Trustee
or its designee to assume the defaulting Master Servicer's functions hereunder
and the transfer to the Trustee for administration by it of all amounts which
shall at the time be or should have been deposited by the defaulting Master
Servicer in the Distribution Account and any other account or fund maintained
with respect to the Certificates or thereafter received with respect to the
Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer being terminated shall bear all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs of a master servicing transfer, including but not limited
to those of the Trustee or Securities Administrator reasonably allocable to
legal fees and expenses, accounting and financial consulting fees and
expenses, and costs of amending the Agreement, if necessary.
Notwithstanding the termination of its activities as Master Servicer,
each terminated Master Servicer shall continue to be entitled to reimbursement
under this Agreement to the extent such reimbursement relates to the period
prior to such Master Servicer's termination.
If any Event of Default shall occur, the Trustee, upon becoming aware
of the occurrence thereof, shall promptly notify the Securities Administrator
and each Rating Agency of the nature and extent of such Event of Default. The
Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall immediately give written notice
to the Master Servicer upon the Master Servicer's failure to make Advances as
required under this Agreement.
(b) On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of
termination from the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14(a) or the Trustee
receives the resignation of the Master Servicer evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel pursuant to Section 9.06, the Trustee, unless another master servicer
shall have been appointed, shall be the successor in all respects to the
Master Servicer in its capacity as such under this Agreement and the
transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall have all the rights
and powers and be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities
relating thereto and arising thereafter placed on the Master Servicer
hereunder, including the obligation to make Advances; provided, however, that
any failure to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by the Master
Servicer's failure to provide information required by this Agreement shall not
be considered a default by the Trustee hereunder. In addition, the Trustee
shall have no responsibility for any act or omission of the Master Servicer
prior to the issuance of any notice of termination. The Trustee shall have no
liability relating to the representations and warranties of the Master
Servicer set forth in
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Section 9.03. In the Trustee's capacity as such successor, the Trustee shall
have the same limitations on liability herein granted to the Master Servicer.
As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive all
compensation payable to the Master Servicer under this Agreement, including
the Master Servicing Fee.
(c) Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee may, if it shall be
unwilling to continue to so act, or shall, if it is unable to so act, petition
a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, or appoint on its own behalf any
established housing and home finance institution servicer, master servicer,
servicing or mortgage servicing institution having a net worth of not less
than $15,000,000 and meeting such other standards for a successor master
servicer as are set forth in this Agreement, as the successor to such Master
Servicer in the assumption of all of the responsibilities, duties or
liabilities of a master servicer, like the Master Servicer. Any entity
designated by the Trustee as a successor master servicer may be an Affiliate
of the Trustee; provided, however, that, unless such Affiliate meets the net
worth requirements and other standards set forth herein for a successor master
servicer, the Trustee, in its individual capacity shall agree, at the time of
such designation, to be and remain liable to the Trust Fund for such
Affiliate's actions and omissions in performing its duties hereunder. In
connection with such appointment and assumption, the Trustee may make such
arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on
Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that
no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted to the Master
Servicer hereunder. The Trustee and such successor shall take such actions,
consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such
succession and may make other arrangements with respect to the servicing to be
conducted hereunder which are not inconsistent herewith. The Master Servicer
shall cooperate with the Trustee and any successor master servicer in
effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's responsibilities and rights
hereunder including, without limitation, notifying Mortgagors of the
assignment of the master servicing functions and providing the Trustee and
successor master servicer, as applicable, all documents and records in
electronic or other form reasonably requested by it to enable it to assume the
Master Servicer's functions hereunder and the transfer to the Trustee or such
successor master servicer, as applicable, all amounts which shall at the time
be or should have been deposited by the Master Servicer in the Distribution
Account and any other account or fund maintained with respect to the
Certificates or thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Neither the Trustee nor any other successor master servicer shall be deemed to
be in default hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in
making, any distribution hereunder or any portion thereof caused by (i) the
failure of the Master Servicer to deliver, or any delay in delivering, cash,
documents or records to it, (ii) the failure of the Master Servicer to
cooperate as required by this Agreement, (iii) the failure of the Master
Servicer to deliver the Mortgage Loan data to the Trustee as required by this
Agreement or (iv) restrictions imposed by any regulatory authority having
jurisdiction over the Master Servicer. No successor master servicer shall be
deemed to be in default hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or any
delay in making, any distribution hereunder or any portion thereof caused by
(i) the failure of the Trustee to deliver, or any delay in delivering cash,
documents or records to it related to such distribution, or (ii) the failure
of Trustee to cooperate as required by this Agreement.
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Section 6.15 Additional Remedies of Trustee Upon Event of Default.
During the continuance of any Event of Default, so long as such Event
of Default shall not have been remedied, the Trustee, in addition to the
rights specified in Section 6.14, shall have the right, in its own name and as
trustee of the Trust Fund, to take all actions now or hereafter existing at
law, in equity or by statute to enforce its rights and remedies and to protect
the interests, and enforce the rights and remedies, of the Certificateholders
(including the institution and prosecution of all judicial, administrative and
other proceedings and the filings of proofs of claim and debt in connection
therewith). Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no
remedy provided for by this Agreement shall be exclusive of any other remedy,
and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to any other
remedy, and no delay or omission to exercise any right or remedy shall impair
any such right or remedy or shall be deemed to be a waiver of any Event of
Default.
Section 6.16 Waiver of Defaults.
More than 50% of the Aggregate Voting Interests of the
Certificateholders may waive any default or Event of Default by the Master
Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder, except that a
default in the making of any required deposit to the Distribution Account that
would result in a failure of the Trustee or Securities Administrator to make
any required payment of principal of or interest on the Certificates may only
be waived with the consent of 100% of the affected Certificateholders. Upon
any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for
every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or other default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent
expressly so waived.
Section 6.17 Notification to Holders.
Upon termination of the Master Servicer or appointment of a successor
to the Master Servicer, in each case as provided herein, the Trustee shall
promptly mail notice thereof by first class mail to the Securities
Administrator and the Certificateholders at their respective addresses
appearing on the Certificate Register. The Trustee shall also, within 45 days
after the occurrence of any Event of Default known to the Trustee, give
written notice thereof to the Securities Administrator and the
Certificateholders, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or
waived prior to the issuance of such notice and within such 45-day period.
Section 6.18 Directions by Certificateholders and Duties of
Trustee During Event of Default.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 hereof, during the
continuance of any Event of Default, Holders of Certificates evidencing not
less than 25% of the Class Principal Amount (or Percentage Interest) of each
Class of Certificates affected thereby may direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this
Agreement; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be under no obligation to
pursue any such remedy, or to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in
it by this Agreement (including, without limitation, (i) the conducting or
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defending of any administrative action or litigation hereunder or in relation
hereto and (ii) the terminating of the Master Servicer or any successor master
servicer from its rights and duties as master servicer hereunder) at the
request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, unless such
Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the cost, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred
therein or thereby; and, provided further, that, subject to the provisions of
Section 8.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such
direction if the Trustee, in accordance with an Opinion of Counsel, determines
that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the
Trustee in good faith determines that the action or proceeding so directed
would involve it in personal liability for which it is not indemnified to its
satisfaction or be unjustly prejudicial to the non-assenting
Certificateholders.
Section 6.19 Action Upon Certain Failures of the Master Servicer
and Upon Event of Default.
In the event that the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of any
action or inaction of the Master Servicer that would become an Event of
Default upon the Master Servicer's failure to remedy the same after notice,
the Trustee shall give notice thereof to the Master Servicer.
Section 6.20 Preparation of Tax Returns and Other Reports.
(a) The Securities Administrator shall prepare or cause to be
prepared on behalf of the Trust Fund, based upon information calculated in
accordance with this Agreement pursuant to instructions given by the
Depositor, and the Securities Administrator shall file federal tax returns,
all in accordance with Article X hereof. If the Trustee notifies the
Securities Administrator in writing that a state tax return or other return is
required, then, at the sole expense of the Trust Fund, the Securities
Administrator shall prepare and file such state income tax returns and such
other returns as may be required by applicable law relating to the Trust Fund,
and, if required by state law, shall file any other documents to the extent
required by applicable state tax law (to the extent such documents are in the
Securities Administrator's possession). The Securities Administrator shall
forward copies to the Depositor of all such returns and Form 1099 supplemental
tax information and such other information within the control of the
Securities Administrator as the Depositor may reasonably request in writing,
and shall forward to each Certificateholder such forms and furnish such
information within the control of the Securities Administrator as are required
by the Code and the REMIC Provisions to be furnished to them, and will prepare
and forward to Certificateholders Form 1099 (supplemental tax information) (or
otherwise furnish information within the control of the Securities
Administrator) to the extent required by applicable law. The Master Servicer
will indemnify the Securities Administrator and the Trustee for any liability
of or assessment against the Securities Administrator or the Trustee, as
applicable, resulting from any error in any of such tax or information returns
directly resulting from errors in the information provided by such Master
Servicer.
(b) The Securities Administrator shall prepare and file with the
Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"), on behalf of the Trust Fund and each REMIC
created hereunder, an application for an employer identification number on IRS
Form SS-4 or by any other acceptable method. The Securities Administrator
shall also file a Form 8811 as required. The Securities
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Administrator, upon receipt from the IRS of the Notice of Taxpayer
Identification Number Assigned, shall upon request promptly forward a copy of
such notice to the Trustee and the Depositor. The Securities Administrator
shall furnish any other information that is required by the Code and
regulations thereunder to be made available to the Certificateholders. The
Master Servicer shall cause the Servicer to provide the Securities
Administrator with such information as is necessary for the Securities
Administrator to prepare such reports.
(c) Within 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Securities
Administrator shall, on behalf of the Trust and in accordance with industry
standards, file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
via the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (XXXXX), a Form 8-K
with a copy of the report to the Certificateholders for such Distribution Date
as an exhibit thereto. Prior to Xxxxx 00, 0000 (xxx, if applicable, prior to
March 30 of each year), the Securities Administrator shall, on behalf of the
Trust and in accordance with industry standards, file with the Commission via
XXXXX a Form 10-K with respect to the Trust Fund. In addition, the Securities
Administrator will cause its senior officer in charge of securitization to
execute the certification (the "Form 10-K Certification") required pursuant to
Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to file
the same with the Commission prior to Xxxxx 00, 0000 (xxx, if applicable,
prior to March 30 of each year). To the extent any information or exhibits
required to be included in the Form 10-K are not timely received by the
Securities Administrator prior to March 30, the Securities Administrator
shall, on behalf of the Trust, file one or more amended Form 10-Ks to include
such missing information or exhibits promptly after receipt thereof by the
Securities Administrator. Promptly following the first date legally
permissible under applicable regulations and interpretations of the
Commission, the Securities Administrator shall, on behalf of the Trust and in
accordance with industry standards, file with the Commission via XXXXX a Form
15 Suspension Notification with respect to the Trust Fund, if applicable. Each
of the Master Servicer and the Trustee agree to furnish to the Securities
Administrator promptly, from time to time upon request, such further
information, reports and financial statements within its control related to
this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans as the Securities Administrator
reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and file all necessary reports with
the Commission. The Securities Administrator shall have no responsibility to
file any items with the Commission other than those specified in this section.
ARTICLE VII
PURCHASE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AND
TERMINATION OF THE TRUST FUND
Section 7.01 Purchase of Mortgage Loans; Termination of Trust Fund
Upon Purchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans.
(a) The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trustee,
the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer created hereby (other
than the obligation of the Securities Administrator to make payments to the
Certificateholders as set forth in Section 7.02), shall terminate on the
earliest of (i) the final payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage
Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and the disposition of all REO Property, (ii)
the sale of the property relating to both Aggregate Pool I and Aggregate Pool
II held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 7.01(c) and (iii) the
Latest Possible Maturity Date; provided, however, that in no
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event shall the Trust Fund created hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's,
living on the date hereof. Any termination of the Trust Fund shall be carried
out in such a manner so that the termination of each REMIC included therein
shall qualify as a "qualified liquidation" under the REMIC Provisions.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) On any Distribution Date occurring on or after the Pool I Initial
Optional Purchase Date, the Depositor has the option to cause the Trust Fund
to adopt a plan of complete liquidation pursuant to Sections 7.02 and 7.03
hereof to sell all of its property related to Aggregate Pool I. If the
Depositor elects to exercise such option, it shall no later than 30 days prior
to the Distribution Date selected for purchase of the related assets of the
Trust Fund (the "Purchase Date") deliver written notice to the Trustee and the
Securities Administrator and either (a) deposit in the Distribution Account
the related Redemption Price or (b) state in such notice that the related
Redemption Price shall be deposited in the Distribution Account not later than
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable Purchase Date. Upon exercise
of such option, the property of the Trust Fund related to Aggregate Pool I
shall be sold to the Depositor at a price equal to the related Redemption
Price.
On any Distribution Date occurring on or after the Pool II
Initial Optional Purchase Date, Sunset has the option to cause the Trust Fund
to adopt a plan of complete liquidation pursuant to Sections 7.02 and 7.03
hereof to sell all of its property related to Aggregate Pool II. If Sunset
elects to exercise such option, it shall no later than 30 days prior to the
Distribution Date selected for purchase of the related assets of the Trust
Fund (the "Purchase Date") deliver written notice to the Trustee and the
Securities Administrator and either (a) deposit in the Distribution Account
the related Redemption Price or (b) state in such notice that the related
Redemption Price shall be deposited in the Distribution Account not later than
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable Purchase Date. Upon exercise
of such option, the property of the Trust Fund related to Aggregate Pool II
shall be sold to the Depositor at a price equal to the related Redemption
Price.
(d) The Depositor, the Master Servicer, each Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee and the Custodian shall be reimbursed from the
related Redemption Price for any Advances, Servicer Advances, accrued and
unpaid Servicing Fees and Master Servicing Fees or other amounts with respect
to the Mortgage Loans in the applicable Aggregate Pool that are reimbursable
to such parties under this Agreement, the related Purchase and Servicing
Agreement or the related Custodial Agreement.
Section 7.02 Procedure Upon Redemption Termination of Trust Fund.
(a) Notice of any redemption termination pursuant to the provisions
of Section 7.01, specifying the Distribution Date upon which the final
distribution shall be made or the Redemption Date of the applicable
Certificates, shall be given promptly by the Trustee by first class mail to
the related Certificateholders mailed in the case of a redemption of any
Certificates, no later than (i) the first day of the month in which the
Distribution Date selected for redemption of such Certificates shall occur or
(ii) upon (x) the sale of all of the related property of the Trust Fund by the
Trustee or in the case of a sale of assets of the Trust Fund, or (y) upon the
final
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payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan or REO Property in the
Trust Fund. Such notice shall specify (A) the related Redemption Date,
Distribution Date upon which final distribution on the applicable Certificates
of all amounts required to be distributed to the related Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 5.02 will be made upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the Certificate Registrar's Corporate Trust Office, and (B)
that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, distribution being made only upon presentation and surrender of
such Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee therein specified.
The Trustee shall give such notice to the Securities Administrator, the Master
Servicer and the Certificate Registrar at the time such notice is given to
Holders of such Certificates. Upon the final payment or other liquidation of
the last Mortgage Loan or REO Property in the Trust Fund, the duties of the
Certificate Registrar with respect to the Certificates shall terminate and the
Trustee shall terminate or request the Securities Administrator to terminate,
the Distribution Account and any other account or fund maintained with respect
to the Certificates, subject to the Securities Administrator's obligation
hereunder to hold all amounts payable to Certificateholders in trust without
interest pending such payment.
(b) In the event that any of the affected Holders do not surrender
their Certificates for cancellation within three months after the time
specified in the above-mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a
second written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their
Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect
thereto. If within one year after the second notice any applicable
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may
take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning
surrender of such Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the
amounts distributable to such Holders. If within two years after the second
notice any Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the
Securities Administrator shall deliver any remaining funds being held by it to
the Depositor and the Depositor shall, subject to applicable state law
relating to escheatment, hold all amounts distributable to such Holders for
the benefit of such Holders. No interest shall accrue on any amount held by
the Trustee and not distributed to a Certificateholder due to such
Certificateholder's failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for payment of the
final distribution thereon in accordance with this Section.
(c) Any reasonable expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection
with any redemption or termination or liquidation of the Trust Fund or a
portion thereof shall be reimbursed from proceeds received from such
liquidation of the Trust Fund.
Section 7.03 Additional Trust Fund Termination Requirements.
(a) On the termination of the Trust Fund under Section 7.01 (a), or
on the exercise of a right to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans of an
Aggregate Pool under Section 7.01(c), the Trustee shall comply with
requirements of this Section 7.03 with respect to each Lower Tier REMIC
relating to the assets to be sold (the "Affected REMIC") and with respect to
the Certificates corresponding to the Affected REMIC (the "Corresponding
Certificates"), unless the party having the right to purchase the assets of
the Affected REMIC (the "Purchaser") delivers to the Trustee, an Opinion of
Counsel (at the expense of the Purchaser), addressed to the Trustee to the
effect that the failure of the Trustee to comply with the requirements of this
Section 7.03 will not result in an Adverse REMIC Event:
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(i) Within 89 days prior to the time of making the final
payment on the Corresponding Certificates, (and upon notification by
the Purchaser in the case of a purchase under Section 7.01(c)) the
Trustee shall adopt on behalf of the Affected REMIC, a plan of
complete liquidation, meeting the requirements of a qualified
liquidation under the REMIC Provisions;
(ii) Any sale of the assets of the Affected REMIC shall be
for cash and shall occur at or after the time the plan of complete
liquidation is adopted and prior to the time the final payments on
the Corresponding Certificates are made;
(iii) On the date specified for final payment of the
Corresponding Certificates, the Securities Administrator shall make
final distributions of principal and interest on the Corresponding
Certificates in accordance with Section 5.02 and, after payment of,
or provision for any outstanding expenses, distribute or credit, or
cause to be distributed or credited, to the Holders of the Residual
Certificates all cash on hand after such final payment (other than
cash retained to meet claims), and the portion of the Trust Fund (and
the Affected REMIC) shall terminate at that time; and
(iv) In no event may the final payment on the Corresponding
Certificates or the final distribution or credit to the Holders of
the Residual Certificates be made after the 89th day from the date on
which the plan of complete liquidation is adopted.
(b) By its acceptance of a Residual Certificate, each Holder thereof
hereby agrees to accept the plan (or plans) of complete liquidation adopted by
the Trustee under this Section and to take such other action in connection
therewith as may be reasonably requested by the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator or any Servicer.
ARTICLE VIII
RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 8.01 Limitation on Rights of Holders.
(a) The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not
operate to terminate this Agreement or this Trust Fund, nor entitle such
Certificateholder's legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or
take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of
this Trust Fund, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities
of the parties hereto or any of them. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, no Certificateholder, solely by virtue of its status as a
Certificateholder, shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise
control the Master Servicer or the operation and management of the Trust Fund,
or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth,
or contained in the terms of the Certificates, be construed so as to
constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of
an association, nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any
third person by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement
pursuant to any provision hereof.
(b) No Certificateholder, solely by virtue of its status as
Certificateholder, shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any
provision of this Agreement to institute any suit, action
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or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this
Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a
written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as
hereinbefore provided, and unless also the Holders of Certificates evidencing
not less than 25% of the Class Principal Amount (or Percentage Interest) of
Certificates of each Class affected thereby shall have made written request
upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name
as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable
indemnity as it may require against the cost, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for sixty days after its receipt
of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or
refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and no direction
inconsistent with such written request has been given such Trustee during such
sixty-day period by such Certificateholders; it being understood and intended,
and being expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee, that no one
or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatever by
virtue or by availing of any provision of this Agreement to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such Certificates, or to
obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder,
or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein
provided and for the benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every
Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity.
Section 8.02 Access to List of Holders.
(a) If the Trustee is not acting as Certificate Registrar, the
Certificate Registrar will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee,
within fifteen days after receipt by the Certificate Registrar of a request by
the Trustee in writing, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders of each Class as
of the most recent Record Date.
(b) If three or more Holders or Certificate Owners (hereinafter
referred to as "Applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee, and such
application states that the Applicants desire to communicate with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the
Certificates and is accompanied by a copy of the communication which such
Applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business
Days after the receipt of such application, afford such Applicants reasonable
access during the normal business hours of the Trustee to the most recent list
of Certificateholders held by the Trustee or shall, as an alternative, send,
at the Applicants' expense, the written communication proffered by the
Applicants to all Certificateholders at their addresses as they appear in the
Certificate Register.
(c) Every Holder or Certificate Owner, if the Holder is a Clearing
Agency, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agrees with the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and
the Trustee that neither the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Certificate Registrar nor the Trustee shall be held
accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the
names and addresses of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the
source from which such information was derived.
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Section 8.03 Acts of Holders of Certificates.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by
Holders or Certificate Owners, if the Holder is a Clearing Agency, may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing;
and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and
the Securities Administrator and, where expressly required herein, to the
Master Servicer. Such instrument or instruments (as the action embodies
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as an "Act" of
the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agents shall be sufficient
for any purpose of this Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the
Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer, if made in the manner
provided in this Section. Each of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator
and the Master Servicer shall promptly notify the others of receipt of any
such instrument by it, and shall promptly forward a copy of such instrument to
the others.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments or deeds, certifying that the
individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the
execution thereof. Whenever such execution is by an officer of a corporation
or a member of a partnership on behalf of such corporation or partnership,
such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the individual executing the same, may also be
proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Certificates (whether or not such Certificates
shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other
writing thereon made by anyone other than the Trustee) shall be proved by the
Certificate Register, and neither the Trustee, the Securities Administrator,
the Master Servicer, nor the Depositor shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action by the Holder of any Certificate shall bind every
future Holder of the same Certificate and the Holder of every Certificate
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in
lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by
the Trustee or the Master Servicer in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Certificate.
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ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
BY THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 9.01 Duties of the Master Servicer; Enforcement of
Servicers' and Master Servicer's Obligations.
(a) The Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor and
the Certificateholders shall monitor the performance of the Servicers under
the Purchase and Servicing Agreements, and shall use its reasonable good faith
efforts to cause the Servicers duly and punctually to perform all of their
respective duties and obligations thereunder. Upon the occurrence of a default
of which an Authorized Officer of the Master Servicer has actual knowledge
under a Purchase and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer shall promptly
notify the Trustee thereof, and shall specify in such notice the action, if
any, the Master Servicer is taking in respect of such default. So long as any
such default shall be continuing, the Master Servicer may, and shall if it
determines such action to be in the best interests of Certificateholders, (i)
terminate all of the rights and powers of such Servicer pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the related Purchase and Servicing Agreement; (ii)
exercise any rights it may have to enforce the related Purchase and Servicing
Agreement against such Servicer; and/or (iii) waive any such default under the
related Purchase and Servicing Agreement or take any other action with respect
to such default as is permitted thereunder. Notwithstanding any provision of
this Agreement or any Purchase and Servicing Agreement to the contrary, the
Master Servicer shall have no duty or obligation to supervise, monitor or
oversee the activities of, or to enforce the obligations of, a Servicer under
its Purchase and Servicing Agreement with respect to any Additional Collateral
or any Limited Purpose Surety Bond relating thereto, including, without
limitation, the collection of any amounts owing to the Trust Fund in respect
thereof (unless and until the Master Servicer shall have assumed the
obligations of such Servicer as successor servicer under the related Purchase
and Servicing Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.01, in which case, as
successor servicer, it shall be bound to serve and administer the Additional
Collateral and any related Limited Purpose Surety Bond in accordance with the
provisions of the such Purchase and Servicing Agreement).
(b) Upon any termination by the Master Servicer of a Servicer's
rights and powers pursuant to its Purchase and Servicing Agreement, the rights
and powers of such Servicer with respect to the related Mortgage Loans shall
vest in the Master Servicer and the Master Servicer shall be the successor in
all respects to such Servicer in its capacity as Servicer with respect to such
Mortgage Loans under the related Purchase and Servicing Agreement, unless or
until the Master Servicer shall have appointed, with the consent of the
Trustee and the Rating Agencies, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld,
and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the related Purchase and
Servicing Agreement, a new Xxxxxx Xxx- or FHLMC-approved Person to serve as
successor to the Servicer; provided, however, that it is understood and agreed
by the parties hereto that there will be a period of transition (not to exceed
90 days) before the actual servicing functions can be fully transferred to a
successor servicer (including the Master Servicer). With such consent, the
Master Servicer may elect to continue to serve as successor servicer under the
Purchase and Servicing Agreement. Upon appointment of a successor servicer, as
authorized under this Section 9.01(b), unless the successor servicer shall
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assumed the obligations of the terminated Servicer under such Purchase
and Servicing Agreement, the Trustee and such successor servicer shall enter
into a servicing agreement in a form substantially similar to the affected
Purchase and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any such appointment, the
Master Servicer may make such arrangements for the compensation of such
successor servicer as it and such successor servicer shall agree, but in no
event shall such compensation of any successor servicer (including the Master
Servicer) be in excess of that payable to the Servicer under the affected
Purchase and Servicing Agreement.
The Master Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement
(including the termination of a Servicer, the appointment of a successor
servicer or the transfer and assumption of the servicing by the Master
Servicer) at its own expense and shall be reimbursed therefor initially (i) by
the terminated Servicer, (ii) from a general recovery resulting from such
enforcement only to the extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all amounts
due in respect of the related Mortgage Loans, (iii) from a specific recovery
of costs, expenses or attorney's fees against the party against whom such
enforcement is directed, or (iv) to the extent that such amounts described in
(i)-(iii) above are insufficient to reimburse the Master Servicer for such
costs of enforcement, from the Trust Fund, as provided in Section 9.04.
If the Master Servicer assumes the servicing with respect to any of
the Mortgage Loans, it will not assume liability for the representations and
warranties of any Servicer it replaces or for the errors or omissions of such
Servicer.
(c) Upon any termination of a Servicer's rights and powers pursuant
to its Purchase and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer shall promptly
notify the Trustee and the Rating Agencies, specifying in such notice that the
Master Servicer or any successor servicer, as the case may be, has succeeded
such Servicer under the related Purchase and Servicing Agreement, which notice
shall also specify the name and address of any such successor servicer.
(d) Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall consent to the
assignment by any Servicer of such Servicer's rights and obligations under the
related Purchase and Servicing Agreement without the prior written consent of
the Master Servicer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Section 9.02 Assumption of Master Servicing by Trustee.
(a) In the event the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer
be the Master Servicer (including by reason of any Event of Default under this
Agreement), the Trustee shall thereupon assume all of the rights and
obligations of such Master Servicer hereunder and under each Purchase and
Servicing Agreement entered into with respect to the Mortgage Loans or shall
appoint a Xxxxxx-Xxx or FHLMC-approved server as successor with servicer
acceptable to the Depositor and the Rating Agencies. The Trustee, its designee
or any successor master servicer appointed by the Trustee shall be deemed to
have assumed all of the Master Servicer's interest herein and therein to the
same extent as if such Purchase and Servicing Agreement had been assigned to
the assuming party, except that the Master Servicer shall not thereby be
relieved of any liability or obligations of the Master Servicer under such
Purchase and Servicing Agreement accruing prior to its replacement as Master
Servicer, and shall be liable to the Trustee, and hereby agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Trustee from and against all costs, damages,
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expenses and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred by
the Trustee as a result of such liability or obligations of the Master
Servicer and in connection with the Trustee's assumption (but not its
performance, except to the extent that costs or liability of the Trustee are
created or increased as a result of negligent or wrongful acts or omissions of
the Master Servicer prior to its replacement as Master Servicer) of the Master
Servicer's obligations, duties or responsibilities thereunder.
(b) The Master Servicer that has been terminated shall, upon request
of the Trustee but at the expense of such Master Servicer, deliver to the
assuming party all documents and records relating to each Purchase and
Servicing Agreement, this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loans and an
accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best
efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of each Purchase and
Servicing Agreement and this Agreement to the assuming party.
Section 9.03 Representations and Warranties of the Master
Servicer.
(a) The Master Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the
Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee, for the benefit of
the Certificateholders, as of the Closing Date that:
(i) it is validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the United States of America as a national banking
association, and as Master Servicer has full power and authority to
transact any and all business contemplated by this Agreement and to
execute, deliver and comply with its obligations under the terms of
this Agreement, the execution, delivery and performance of which have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
the Master Servicer;
(ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Master Servicer and its performance and compliance with the terms of
this Agreement will not (A) violate the Master Servicer's charter or
bylaws, (B) violate any law or regulation or any administrative
decree or order to which it is subject or (C) constitute a default
(or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material
contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Master Servicer
is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its assets are
subject, which violation, default or breach would materially and
adversely affect the Master Servicer's ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement;
(iii) this Agreement constitutes, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other respective
parties hereto, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Master
Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof,
except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors' rights in general, and by general equity principles
(regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law);
(iv) the Master Servicer is not in default with respect to
any order or decree of any court or any order or regulation of any
federal, state, municipal or governmental
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agency to the extent that any such default would materially and
adversely affect its performance hereunder;
(v) the Master Servicer is not a party to or bound by any
agreement or instrument or subject to any charter provision, bylaw or
any other corporate restriction or any judgment, order, writ,
injunction, decree, law or regulation that may materially and
adversely affect its ability as Master Servicer to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or that requires the consent of any
third person to the execution of this Agreement or the performance by
the Master Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement;
(vi) no litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master
Servicer's knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer which
would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or performing its
obligations under this Agreement;
(vii) the Master Servicer, or an affiliate thereof the
primary business of which is the servicing of conventional
residential mortgage loans, is a Xxxxxx Mae- or FHLMC-approved
seller/servicer;
(viii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution,
delivery and performance by the Master Servicer of or compliance by
the Master Servicer with this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such
consents, approvals, authorizations and orders (if any) as have been
obtained; and
(ix) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the Master
Servicer.
(b) It is understood and agreed that the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section shall survive the execution and delivery
of this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall indemnify the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator and the Trustee and hold them harmless against any
loss, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs,
judgments, and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim, demand,
defense or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a material
breach of the Master Servicer's representations and warranties contained in
Section 9.03(a). It is understood and agreed that the enforcement of the
obligation of the Master Servicer set forth in this Section to indemnify the
Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee as provided in this
Section constitutes the sole remedy (other than as set forth in Section 6.14)
of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee, respecting a
breach of the foregoing representations and warranties. Such indemnification
shall survive any termination of the Master Servicer as Master Servicer
hereunder, and any termination of this Agreement.
Any cause of action against the Master Servicer relating to or
arising out of the breach of any representations and warranties made in this
Section shall accrue upon discovery of such breach by either the Depositor,
the Master Servicer or the Trustee or notice thereof by any one of such
parties to the other parties.
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Section 9.04 Compensation to the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall be entitled to be paid by the Trust Fund,
and either retain or withdraw from the Distribution Account, (i) its Master
Servicing Fee with respect to each Distribution Date, (ii) amounts necessary
to reimburse itself for any previously unreimbursed Advances, Servicer
Advances and Nonrecoverable Advances in accordance with the definition of
"Available Distribution Amount" and (iii) amounts representing assumption
fees, late payment charges or other ancillary income not included in the
definition of "Available Distribution Amount" and which are not required to be
remitted by the Servicers to the Securities Administrator or deposited by the
Securities Administrator into the Distribution Account. The Master Servicer
shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its
activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor
except as provided in this Agreement.
In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement
from the Distribution Account for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Master Servicer in connection with the
performance of its duties hereunder and under the Purchase and Servicing
Agreements, as modified by the Acknowledgements (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), to
the extent not otherwise reimbursed pursuant to this Agreement, except any
such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence.
Section 9.05 Merger or Consolidation.
Any Person into which the Master Servicer may be merged or
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion, other
change in form or consolidation to which the Master Servicer shall be a party,
or any Person succeeding to the business of the Master Servicer, shall be the
successor to the Master Servicer hereunder, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the
successor or resulting Person to the Master Servicer shall be a Person that
shall be qualified and approved to service mortgage loans for Xxxxxx Xxx or
FHLMC and shall have a net worth of not less than $15,000,000.
Section 9.06 Resignation of Master Servicer.
Except as otherwise provided in Sections 9.05 and 9.07 hereof, the
Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it unless the Master Servicer's duties hereunder are no longer
permissible under applicable law or are in material conflict by reason of
applicable law with any other activities carried on by it and cannot be cured.
Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer shall
be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel that shall be Independent to such effect
delivered to the Trustee. No such resignation shall become effective until the
Trustee shall have assumed, or a successor master servicer shall have been
appointed by the Trustee and until such successor shall have assumed, the
Master Servicer's responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement.
Notice of such resignation shall be given promptly by the Master Servicer and
the Depositor to the Trustee.
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If, at any time, the Master Servicer resigns under this Section 9.06,
or transfers or assigns its rights and obligations under Section 9.07, or is
removed as Master Servicer pursuant to Section 6.14, then at such time as
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. also shall resign (and shall be entitled to resign) as
Securities Administrator, Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent and Certificate
Registrar under this Agreement. In such event, the obligations of each such
party shall be assumed by the Trustee or such successor master servicer
appointed by the Trustee (subject to the provisions of Section 9.02(a)).
Section 9.07 Assignment or Delegation of Duties by the Master
Servicer.
Except as expressly provided herein, the Master Servicer shall not
assign or transfer any of its rights, benefits or privileges hereunder to any
other Person, or delegate to or subcontract with, or authorize or appoint any
other Person to perform any of the duties, covenants or obligations to be
performed by the Master Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that the Master
Servicer shall have the right with the prior written consent of the Trustee
and the Depositor (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), and upon
delivery to the Trustee and the Depositor of a letter from each Rating Agency
to the effect that such action shall not result in a downgrading of the
Certificates, to delegate or assign to or subcontract with or authorize or
appoint any qualified Person to perform and carry out any duties, covenants or
obligations to be performed and carried out by the Master Servicer hereunder.
Notice of such permitted assignment shall be given promptly by the Master
Servicer to the Depositor and the Trustee. If, pursuant to any provision
hereof, the duties of the Master Servicer are transferred to a successor
master servicer, the entire amount of the Master Servicing Fees and other
compensation payable to the Master Servicer pursuant hereto shall thereafter
be payable to such successor master servicer. Such successor Master Servicer
shall also pay the fees of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, as
provided herein.
Section 9.08 Limitation on Liability of the Master Servicer and
Others.
Neither the Master Servicer nor any of the directors, officers,
employees or agents of the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the
Trustee or the Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from
the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for
errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect
the Master Servicer or any such person against any liability that would
otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence
in its performance of its duties or by reason of reckless disregard for its
obligations and duties under this Agreement. The Master Servicer and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Master Servicer may rely in good
faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted
by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Master Servicer
shall be under no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal
action that is not incidental to its duties to master service the Mortgage
Loans in accordance with this Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it
in any expenses or liability; provided, however, that the Master Servicer may
in its sole discretion undertake any such action that it may deem necessary or
desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the
parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders hereunder. In such
event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting
therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund and the
Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the
Distribution Account.
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The Master Servicer shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of
the Servicers except to the extent that damages or expenses are incurred as a
result of such act or omissions and such damages and expenses would not have
been incurred but for the negligence, willful misfeasance, bad faith or
recklessness of the Master Servicer in supervising, monitoring and overseeing
the obligations of the Servicers in this Agreement and the Purchase and
Servicing Agreements.
Section 9.09 Indemnification; Third-Party Claims.
The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee, and hold them harmless against any and all
claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs,
judgments, and any other costs, liability, fees and expenses that the
Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee may sustain as a result
of the Master Servicer's willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the
performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of its reckless disregard for
its obligations and duties under this Agreement and the Purchase and Servicing
Agreements. The Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee shall
immediately notify the Master Servicer if a claim is made by a third party
with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans entitling the Depositor,
the Securities Administrator or the Trustee to indemnification under this
Section 9.09, whereupon the Master Servicer shall assume the defense of any
such claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel
fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may
be entered against it or them in respect of such claim.
ARTICLE X
REMIC ADMINISTRATION
Section 10.01 REMIC Administration.
(a) REMIC elections as set forth in the Preliminary Statement shall
be made on Forms 1066 or other appropriate federal tax or information return
for the taxable year ending on the last day of the calendar year in which the
Certificates are issued. The regular interests and residual interest in each
REMIC shall be as designated in the Preliminary Statement.
(b) The Closing Date is hereby designated as the "Startup Day" of
each REMIC within the meaning of section 860G(a)(9) of the Code. The latest
possible maturity date for purposes of Treasury Regulation 1.860G-1(a)(4) will
be the Latest Possible Maturity Date.
(c) The Securities Administrator shall represent the Trust Fund in
any administrative or judicial proceeding relating to an examination or audit
by any governmental taxing authority with respect thereto. The Securities
Administrator shall pay any and all tax related expenses (not including taxes)
of each REMIC, including but not limited to any professional fees or expenses
related to audits or any administrative or judicial proceedings with respect
to such REMIC that involve the Internal Revenue Service or state tax
authorities, but only to the extent that (i) such expenses are ordinary or
routine expenses, including expenses of a routine audit but not expenses of
litigation (except as described in (ii)); or (ii) such expenses or liabilities
(including taxes and penalties) are attributable to the negligence or willful
misconduct of the Securities Administrator in fulfilling its duties hereunder
(including its duties as tax return preparer). The Securities
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Administrator shall be entitled to reimbursement of expenses to the extent
provided in clause (i) above from the Distribution Account, provided, however,
the Securities Administrator shall not be entitled to reimbursement for
expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of tax returns and other
reports as required by Section 6.20 and this Section.
(d) The Securities Administrator shall prepare, and the Trustee shall
sign and file, as instructed by the Securities Administrator, all of each
REMIC's federal and appropriate state tax and information returns as such
REMIC's direct representative. The expenses of preparing and filing such
returns shall be borne by the Securities Administrator. In preparing such
returns, the Securities Administrator shall, with respect to each Lower-Tier
REMIC: (i) treat the accrual period for interests in the Lower-Tier REMIC as
the calendar month; (ii) account for distributions made from the Lower-Tier
REMIC as made on the first day of each succeeding calendar month; (iii)
account for income under the all-OID method at the Net WAC; (iv) use the
aggregation method provided in Treasury Regulation section 1.1275-2(c); and
(v) account for income and expenses related to the Lower-Tier REMIC in the
manner resulting in the lowest amount of excess inclusion income possible
accruing to the Holder of the residual interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC.
(e) The Securities Administrator or its designee shall perform on
behalf of each REMIC all reporting and other tax compliance duties that are
the responsibility of such REMIC under the Code, the REMIC Provisions, or
other compliance guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service or any state
or local taxing authority. Among its other duties, if required by the Code,
the REMIC Provisions, or other such guidance, the Securities Administrator
shall provide, upon receipt of additional reasonable compensation, (i) to the
Treasury or other governmental authority such information as is necessary for
the application of any tax relating to the transfer of a Residual Certificate
to any disqualified person or organization pursuant to Treasury Regulation
1.860E-2(a)(5) and any person designated in Section 860E(e)(3) of the Code and
(ii) to the Certificateholders and the Trustee such information or reports as
are required by the Code or REMIC Provisions.
(f) To the extent within their control, the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Holders of Certificates shall take
any action or cause any REMIC to take any action necessary to maintain the
status of any REMIC as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and shall assist
each other as necessary to create or maintain such status. Neither the
Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer nor the Holder of
any Residual Certificate shall knowingly take any action, cause any REMIC to
take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action
that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be,
could result in an Adverse REMIC Event unless the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator and the Master Servicer have received an Opinion of Counsel (at
the expense of the party seeking to take such action) to the effect that the
contemplated action will not endanger such status or result in the imposition
of such a tax. In addition, prior to taking any action with respect to any
REMIC or the assets therein, or causing any REMIC to take any action, which is
not expressly permitted under the terms of this Agreement, any Holder of a
Residual Certificate will consult with the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer or their respective designees, in writing,
with respect to whether such action could cause an Adverse REMIC Event to
occur with respect to any REMIC, and no such Person shall take any such action
or cause any REMIC to take any such action as to which the Trustee, the
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Administrator or the Master Servicer has advised it in writing that an Adverse
REMIC Event could occur; provided, however, that if no Adverse REMIC Event
would occur but such action could result in the imposition of additional taxes
on the Residual Certificateholders, no such Person shall take any such action,
or cause any REMIC to take any such action without the written consent of the
Residual Certificateholders.
(g) Each Holder of a Residual Certificate shall pay when due any and
all taxes imposed on the related REMIC by federal or state governmental
authorities. To the extent that such taxes are not paid by a Residual
Certificateholder, the Trustee or the Paying Agent shall pay any remaining
REMIC taxes out of current or future amounts otherwise distributable to the
Holder of the Residual Certificate in any such REMIC or, if no such amounts
are available, out of other amounts held in the Distribution Account, and
shall reduce amounts otherwise payable to holders of regular interests in any
such REMIC, as the case may be.
(h) The Securities Administrator shall, for federal income tax
purposes, maintain books and records with respect to each REMIC on a calendar
year and on an accrual basis.
(i) No additional contributions of assets shall be made to any REMIC,
except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
(j) Neither the Securities Administrator nor the Master Servicer
shall enter into any arrangement by which any REMIC will receive a fee or
other compensation for services.
(k) [Reserved].
(l) The Class A-R Holder shall act as "tax matters person" with
respect to each REMIC created hereunder and the Securities Administrator shall
act as agent for the Class A-R Holder in such roles, unless and until another
party is so designated by the Class A-R Holder.
Section 10.02 Prohibited Transactions and Activities.
Neither the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall
sell, dispose of, or substitute for any of the Mortgage Loans, except in a
disposition pursuant to (i) the foreclosure of a Mortgage Loan, (ii) the
bankruptcy of the Trust Fund, (iii) the termination of each REMIC pursuant to
Article VII of this Agreement, (iv) a substitution pursuant to Article II of
this Agreement or (v) a repurchase of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Article II of
this Agreement, nor acquire any assets for any REMIC, nor sell or dispose of
any investments in the Distribution Account for gain, nor accept any
contributions to any REMIC after the Closing Date, unless it has received an
Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party causing such sale,
disposition, substitution or acceptance) that such disposition, acquisition,
substitution, or acceptance will not (a) result in an Adverse REMIC Event, (b)
affect the distribution of interest or principal on the Certificates or (c)
result in the encumbrance of the assets transferred or assigned to the Trust
Fund (except pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement).
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Section 10.03 Indemnification with Respect to Prohibited
Transactions or Loss of REMIC Status.
Upon the occurrence of an Adverse REMIC Event due to the negligent
performance by the Securities Administrator of its duties and obligations set
forth herein, the Securities Administrator shall indemnify the
Certificateholders of the related Residual Certificate against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses ("Losses") resulting from
such negligence; provided, however, that the Securities Administrator shall
not be liable for any such Losses attributable to the action or inaction of
the Depositor, the Trustee or the Holder of the Residual Certificate, nor for
any such Losses resulting from misinformation provided by any of the foregoing
parties on which the Securities Administrator has relied. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, however, in no event shall the Securities Administrator have any
liability (1) for any action or omission that is taken in accordance with and
in compliance with the express terms of, or which is expressly permitted by
the terms of, this Agreement or under any Purchase and Servicing Agreements or
under any Acknowledgement, (2) for any Losses other than arising out of
malfeasance, willful misconduct or negligent performance by the Service
Administrator of its duties and obligations set forth herein, and (3) for any
special or consequential damages to Certificateholders of the related Residual
Certificate (in addition to payment of principal and interest on the
Certificates).
Section 10.04 REO Property.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Master
Servicer, acting on behalf of the Trustee hereunder, shall not, except to the
extent provided in the applicable Purchase and Servicing Agreement, knowingly
permit any Servicer to, rent, lease, or otherwise earn income on behalf of any
REMIC with respect to any REO Property which might cause an Adverse REMIC
Event unless the applicable Servicer has provided to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel concluding that, under the REMIC Provisions, such action would not
adversely affect the status of any REMIC as a REMIC and any income generated
for any REMIC by the REO Property would not result in an Adverse REMIC Event.
(b) The Depositor shall cause the applicable Servicer (to the extent
provided in its Purchase and Servicing Agreement) to make reasonable efforts
to sell any REO Property for its fair market value. In any event, however, the
Depositor shall, or shall cause the applicable Servicer (to the extent
provided in its Purchase and Servicing Agreement) to, dispose of any REO
Property within three years of its acquisition by the Trust Fund unless the
Depositor or the applicable Servicer (on behalf of the Trust Fund) has
received a grant of extension from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect
that, under the REMIC Provisions and any relevant proposed legislation and
under applicable state law, the REMIC may hold REO Property for a longer
period without causing an Adverse REMIC Event. If such an extension has been
received, then the Depositor, acting on behalf of the Trustee hereunder,
shall, or shall cause the applicable Servicer to, continue to attempt to sell
the REO Property for its fair market value for such period longer than three
years as such extension permits (the "Extended Period"). If such an extension
has not been received and the Depositor or the applicable Servicer, acting on
behalf of the Trust Fund hereunder, is unable to sell the REO Property within
33 months after its acquisition by the Trust Fund or if such an extension, has
been received and the Depositor or the applicable Servicer is unable to sell
the REO Property within the period ending three months
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before the close of the Extended Period, the Depositor shall cause the
applicable Servicer, before the end of the three year period or the Extended
Period, as applicable, to (i) purchase such REO Property at a price equal to
the REO Property's fair market value or (ii) auction the REO Property to the
highest bidder (which may be the applicable Servicer) in an auction reasonably
designed to produce a fair price prior to the expiration of the three-year
period or the Extended Period, as the case may be.
Section 10.05 Fidelity.
The Master Servicer, at its expense, shall maintain in effect a
blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy, affording
coverage with respect to all directors, officers, employees and other Persons
actin on such Master Servicer's behalf, and covering errors and omissions in
the performance of the Master Servicer's obligations hereunder. The errors and
omissions insurance policy and the fidelity bond shall be in such form and
amount generally acceptable for entities serving as master servicers and
trustees.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 11.01 Binding Nature of Agreement; Assignment.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Section 11.02 Entire Agreement.
This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding among
the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes
all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and
conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with
respect to the subject matter hereof. The express terms hereof control and
supersede any course of performance and/or usage of the trade inconsistent
with any of the terms hereof.
Section 11.03 Amendment.
(a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, and the Trustee, without
notice to or the consent of any of the Holders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or
mistake, (ii) to cause the provisions herein to conform to or be consistent
with or in furtherance of the statements made with respect to the
Certificates, the Trust Fund or this Agreement in any Offering Document, or to
correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any
other provisions herein or with the provisions of any Purchase and Servicing
Agreement, (iii) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Agreement or (iv) to add, delete, or amend any
provisions to the extent necessary or desirable to comply with any
requirements imposed by the Code and the REMIC Provisions. No such amendment
effected pursuant to the preceding sentence shall, as evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel, result in an Adverse REMIC Event, nor shall such amendment
effected pursuant to clause (iii) of such sentence adversely affect in any
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material respect the interests of any Holder. Prior to entering into any
amendment without the consent of Holders pursuant to this paragraph, the
Trustee shall be provided with an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the
party requesting such amendment) to the effect that such amendment is
permitted under this Section. Any such amendment shall be deemed not to
adversely affect in any material respect any Holder, if the Trustee receives
written confirmation from each Rating Agency that such amendment will not
cause such Rating Agency to reduce the then current rating assigned to the
Certificates.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee,
with the consent of the Holders of not less than 66-2/3% of the Class
Principal Amount (or Percentage Interest) of each Class of Certificates
affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided, however, that no
such amendment shall be made unless the Trustee receives an Opinion of
Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting the change, that such change
will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event; and provided further, that no such
amendment may (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of,
payments received on Mortgage Loans which are required to be distributed on
any Certificate, without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate or (ii)
reduce the aforesaid percentages of Class Principal Amount (or Percentage
Interest) of Certificates of each Class, the Holders of which are required to
consent to any such amendment without the consent of the Holders of 100% of
the Class Principal Amount (or Percentage Interest) of each Class of
Certificates affected thereby. For purposes of this paragraph, references to
"Holder" or "Holders" shall be deemed to include, in the case of any Class of
Book-Entry Certificates, the related Certificate Owners.
(c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Trustee
shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment to each
Holder, the Depositor and the Rating Agencies.
(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Holders under this
Section 11.03 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the
execution thereof by Holders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations
as the Trustee may prescribe.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Purchase and
Servicing Agreement, the Trustee shall not consent to any amendment of any
Purchase and Servicing Agreement except pursuant to the standards provided in
this Section with respect to amendment of this Agreement. With respect to any
amendment that relates to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans or a Servicer,
the Trustee shall not consent to any such amendment without the prior written
consent of the Master Servicer.
Section 11.04 Voting Rights.
Except to the extent that the consent of all affected
Certificateholders is required pursuant to this Agreement, with respect to any
provision of this Agreement requiring the consent of Certificateholders
representing specified percentages of aggregate outstanding Certificate
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Principal Amount (or Percentage Interest), Certificates owned by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee, any
Servicer or any Affiliates thereof are not to be counted so long as such
Certificates are owned by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee, any Servicer or any Affiliate thereof.
Section 11.05 Provision of Information.
(a) For so long as any of the Certificates of any Class are
"restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Act,
each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee agree to cooperate
with each other to provide to any Certificateholders and to any prospective
purchaser of Certificates designated by such holder, upon the request of such
holder or prospective purchaser, any information required to be provided to
such holder or prospective purchaser to satisfy the condition set forth in
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act. Any reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses incurred
by the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator in
providing such information shall be reimbursed by the Depositor.
(b) The Securities Administrator shall provide to any person to whom
a Prospectus was delivered, upon the request of such person specifying the
document or documents requested, a copy (excluding exhibits) of any report on
Form 8-K or Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Section 6.20(b). Any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
the Securities Administrator in providing copies of such documents shall be
reimbursed by the Depositor.
(c) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall
deliver or cause to be delivered by first class mail or make available on its
website to the Depositor, Attention: Contract Finance, a copy of the report
delivered to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.02.
Section 11.06 Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.
Section 11.07 Notices.
All requests, demands, notices, authorizations, directions, consents,
waivers and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed
to have been duly given when received by (a) in the case of the Depositor, X.X
Xxxxxx Acceptance Corporation I, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
telecopy number: (000) 000-0000, Attention: X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Trust
2004-A3, (b) in the case of JPMMAC, X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Acquisition Corp.,
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, telecopy number: (000) 000-0000,
Attention: X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Trust 2004-A3, (c) in the case of the Master
Servicer or the Securities Administrator, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., X.X. Xxx 00,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 (or, for overnight deliveries, 0000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000), telecopy number (000) 000-0000, Attention:
X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Trust 2004-A3, (d) in the case of Sunset, Sunset
Financial Resources, Inc., 00000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, telecopy number: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxxx
Boston, and (e) with respect to the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, its
respective Corporate Trust Office, or as to each party such other address as
may hereafter be furnished by such party to the other parties in writing. All
demands, notices and communications to a party hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to such party at
the relevant address, facsimile number or electronic mail address set forth
above or at such other address, facsimile number or electronic mail address as
such party may designate from time to time by written notice in accordance
with this Section 11.07.
Section 11.08 Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms
of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and
shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions
of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
Section 11.09 Indulgences; No Waivers.
Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of a party to exercise
any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy,
power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of
any other right, remedy, power or privilege, nor shall any waiver of any
right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed
as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any
other occurrence. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and is
signed by the party asserted to have granted such waiver.
Section 11.10 Headings Not To Affect Interpretation.
The headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only, and they shall not be used in the interpretation hereof.
Section 11.11 Benefits of Agreement.
Nothing in this Agreement or in the Certificates, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties to this Agreement and their
successors hereunder and the Holders of the Certificates, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, power, remedy or claim under this Agreement, except
to the extent specified in Section 11.15.
Section 11.12 Special Notices to the Rating Agencies.
(a) The Depositor shall give prompt notice to the Rating Agencies of
the occurrence of any of the following events of which it has notice:
(i) any amendment to this Agreement pursuant to Section
11.03;
(ii) any Assignment by the Master Servicer of its rights
hereunder or delegation of its duties hereunder;
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(iii) the occurrence of any Event of Default described in
Section 6.14;
(iv) any notice of termination given to the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 6.14 and any resignation of the Master Servicer
hereunder;
(v) the appointment of any successor to any Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 6.14;
(vi) the making of a final payment pursuant to Section 7.02;
and
(vii) any termination of the rights and obligations of any
Servicer under the applicable Purchase and Servicing Agreement.
(b) All notices to the Rating Agencies provided for this Section
shall be in writing and sent by first class mail, telecopy or overnight
courier, as follows:
If to Moody's, to:
Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Residential Mortgages
If to S&P, to:
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services,
a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Residential Mortgages
If to Fitch Ratings, to:
Fitch, Inc.
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Residential Mortgages
(c) The Securities Administrator shall provide or make available to
the Rating Agencies reports prepared pursuant to Section 4.02. In addition,
the Securities Administrator shall, at the expense of the Trust Fund, make
available to each Rating Agency such information as such Rating Agency may
reasonably request regarding the Certificates or the Trust Fund, to the extent
that such information is reasonably available to the Securities Administrator.
(d) The Depositor hereby represents to S&P that, to the Depositor's
knowledge, the information provided to such Rating Agency, including the loan
level detail, is true and correct according to such Rating Agency's
requirements.
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Section 11.13 Conflicts.
To the extent that the terms of this Agreement conflict with the
terms of any Purchase and Servicing Agreement, the related Purchase and
Servicing Agreement shall govern.
Section 11.14 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 11.15 No Petitions.
The Trustee and the Master Servicer (not in its individual corporate
capacity, but solely as Master Servicer hereunder), by entering into this
Agreement, hereby covenant and agree that they shall not at any time institute
against the Depositor, or join in any institution against the Depositor of,
any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or state
bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to this
Agreement or any of the documents entered into by the Depositor in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their names to be
signed hereto by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the
day and year first above written.
X.X XXXXXX ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION I,
as Depositor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Master Servicer
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Securities Administrator
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Solely for purposes of Sections 2.04 and 2.05 accepted and agreed to by:
X.X. XXXXXX MORTGAGE ACQUISITION CORP.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
SUNSET FINANCIAL RESOURCES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: EVP
EXHIBIT A
FORMS OF CERTIFICATES
X-0
XXXXXXX X-0
[FORM OF SENIOR CERTIFICATE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, TH IS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").]
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Certificate Principal
Amount of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Principal
Amount of all Certificates
of this Class : $
CUSIP :
Interest Rate :
Maturity Date :
X.X. XXXXXX MORTGAGE TRUST 200__-__
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Class [ ]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a
Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional adjustable
rate mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on
one- to four-family residential properties.
X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance Corporation I, as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as set
forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Principal Amount at any time may be
less than the Certificate Principal Amount as set forth herein. This
Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not
guaranteed by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator
or the Trustee referred to below or any of their respective affiliates.
Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by
any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that ______________ is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate
Principal Amount of all Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate
belongs) in certain monthly distributions with respect to a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of the Mortgage Loans deposited by X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance
Corporation I (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above
(the "Agreement") among the Depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., in its dual
capacities as master servicer (the "Master Servicer")
and as securities administrator (the "Securities Administrator") and Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned
in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the
Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by
which such Holder is bound.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement
or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an authorized
signatory of the Securities Administrator.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Securities Administrator,
on behalf of the Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By
----------------------------
Authorized Signatory of
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Securities Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee
EXHIBIT A-2
[FORM OF NOTIONAL CERTIFICATE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NO CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AND IS NOT ENTITLED TO
ANY DISTRIBUTION IN RESPECT OF PRINCIPAL.]
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Notional Amount
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Notional Amount
of all Certificates
of this Class : $
CUSIP :
Interest Rate :
Maturity Date :
X.X. XXXXXX MORTGAGE TRUST 200__-__
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Class [ ]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a
Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional adjustable
rate mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on
one- to four-family residential properties.
X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance Corporation I, as Depositor
The Notional Amount of this certificate at any time may be less than the
Notional Amount as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence an
obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee referred to below
or any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the
Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or
instrumentality.
This certifies that ______________ is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Notional Amount of
all Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain
monthly distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the
Mortgage Loans deposited by X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance Corporation I (the
"Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement") among
the Depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., in its dual capacities as master
servicer (the "Master Servicer") and as Securities Administrator (the
"Securities Administrator") and Wachovia Bank, National Association,
as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This
Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate
by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement
or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an authorized
signatory of the Securities Administrator.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Securities Administrator,
on behalf of the Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By
----------------------------
Authorized Signatory of
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Securities Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee
EXHIBIT A-3
[FORM OF RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE]
[SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR EITHER A REPRESENTATION
LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR
A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR A PERSON INVESTING ON BEHALF OF
OR WITH PLAN ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN, OR THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE
COMPANY WHICH IS PURCHASING CERTIFICATES WITH FUNDS CONTAINED IN AN "INSURANCE
COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNTS" AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION V(e) of
prohibited transaction class exemption 95-60 ("ptce 95-60"), and the purchase
and holding of such certificates SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF
under sectionS i and iii of ptce 95-60 OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS
CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR TO
THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE CERTIFICATE
REGISTRAR AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.]
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Certificate Principal
Amount of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Principal
Amount of all Certificates
of this Class : $
CUSIP :
Maturity Date :
X.X. XXXXXX MORTGAGE TRUST 20__-__
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Class A-R
evidencing the distributions allocable to the Class A-R Certificates
with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of
conventional adjustable rate mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
secured by first liens on one- to four-family residential properties.
X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance Corporation I, as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as set
forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Principal Amount at any time may be
less than the Certificate Principal Amount as set forth herein. This
Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not
guaranteed by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator
or the Trustee referred to below or any of their respective affiliates.
Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by
any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that ______________ is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Amount of all Certificates of
the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly distributions
with respect to a Trust Fund consisting of the Mortgage Loans deposited by
X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance Corporation I (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off
Date specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
N.A., in its dual capacities as master servicer (the "Master Servicer") and as
securities administrator (the "Securities Administrator") and Wachovia Bank,
National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined
herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the
Agreement.
This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the Trust
Fund will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class A-R
Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency maintained
by the Trustee in New York, New York.
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless the
Certificate Registrar, on behalf of the Trustee, shall have received either
(i) a representation letter from the transferee of such Certificate,
acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate
Registrar, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section
4975 of the Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan or
arrangement or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter
shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Certificate Registrar, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator,
(ii) if such Certificate has been the subject of an ERISA Qualifying
Underwriting and the transferee is an insurance company, a representation that
the transferee is an insurance company which is purchasing such Certificates
with funds contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term
is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60
("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such Certificates satisfy
the requirements for exemptive relief covered under Sections I and III of PTCE
95-60, or (iii) in the case of any such Certificate presented for registration
in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of
the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee
of any such plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan, an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar to the effect
that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in a
prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code,
will not result in the assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to be "plan
assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the
Code and will not subject the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee, the Master
Servicer, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator to any obligation in
addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall
not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee,
the Master Servicer, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator.
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer
of a Certificate of this Class to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan
subject to ERISA or to the Code without the opinion of counsel satisfactory to
the Certificate Registrar as described above shall be void and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class A-R Certificate will be deemed to have agreed
to be bound by the restrictions of the Agreement, including but not limited to
the restrictions that (i) each person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must be a Permitted Transferee, (ii) no
Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate may be transferred without
delivery to the Certificate Registrar of (a) a transfer affidavit of the
proposed transferee and (b) a transfer certificate of the transferor, each of
such documents to be in the form described in the Agreement, (iii) each person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must
agree to require a transfer affidavit and to deliver a transfer certificate to
the Certificate Registrar as required pursuant to the Agreement, (iv) each
person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in this Class A-R
Certificate must agree not to transfer an Ownership Interest in this Class A-R
Certificate if it has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a
Permitted Transferee and (v) any attempted or purported transfer of any
Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate in violation of such
restrictions will be absolutely null and void and will vest no rights in the
purported transferee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement
or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an authorized
signatory of the Securities Administrator.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: _____________, 20__
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Securities Administrator,
on behalf of the Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By
---------------------------
Authorized Signatory of
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Securities Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee
EXHIBIT A-4
[FORM OF SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO CERTAIN CERTIFICATES
AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.]
[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "ACT"). ANY RESALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT
REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER THE ACT MAY ONLY BE MADE IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPTED
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.]
[NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS
THE TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR EITHER A REPRESENTATION
LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR
IF SUCH CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING,
A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR A PERSON INVESTING ON BEHALF OF
OR WITH PLAN ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN, OR THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE
COMPANY WHICH IS PURCHASING CERTIFICATES WITH FUNDS CONTAINED IN AN "INSURANCE
COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNTS" AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION V(e) of
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("ptce 95-60"), and the purchase
and holding of such certificates SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF
under sectionS i and iii of ptce 95-60 OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS
CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR TO
THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE certificate
registrar AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.]
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Certificate Principal Amount
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Principal Amount
of all Certificates
of this Class : $
CUSIP :
Interest Rate :
Maturity Date :
X.X. XXXXXX MORTGAGE TRUST 20__-__
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Class [ ]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to
the Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a
Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional adjustable
rate mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on
one- to four-family residential properties.
X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance Corporation I, as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as set
forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Principal Amount at any time may be
less than the Certificate Principal Amount as set forth herein. This
Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not
guaranteed by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator
or the Trustee referred to below or any of their respective affiliates.
Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by
any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that _________________ is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate
Principal Amount of all Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate
belongs) in certain monthly distributions with respect to a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of the Mortgage Loans deposited by X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance
Corporation I (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above
(the
"Agreement") among the Depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., in its dual
capacities as master servicer (the "Master Servicer") and as securities
administrator (the "Securities Administrator") and Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.
This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate
by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless such
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under said Act and such laws. In the event that a
transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act
and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the Securities Act and such
laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and such
Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall each certify to the
Certificate Registrar in writing the facts surrounding the transfer. In the
event that such a transfer is to be made within three years from the date of
the initial issuance of Certificates pursuant hereto, there shall also be
delivered (except in the case of a transfer pursuant to Rule 144A of the
Securities Act) to the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel that such
transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such
state securities laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be obtained at the
expense of the Trust Fund, the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee, the Master
Servicer, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator. The Holder hereof
desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify
the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor against any liability
that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance
with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless the
Certificate Registrar, on behalf of the Trustee, shall have received either
(i) a representation letter from the transferee of such Certificate,
acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate
Registrar, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section
4975 of the Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan or
arrangement or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter
shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Certificate Registrar, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator,
(ii) if such Certificate has been the subject of an ERISA Qualifying
Underwriting and the transferee is an insurance company, a representation that
the transferee is an insurance company which is purchasing such Certificates
with funds contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term
is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60
("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such Certificates satisfy
the requirements for exemptive relief covered under Sections I and III of PTCE
95-60, or (iii) in the case of any such Certificate presented for registration
in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of
the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee
of any such plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan, an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar to the effect
that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in a
prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code,
will not result in the assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to be "plan
assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the
Code and will not subject the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee, the Master
Servicer, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator to any obligation in
addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall
not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee,
the Master Servicer, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator.
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer
of a Certificate of this Class to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan
subject to ERISA or to the Code
without the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar as
described above shall be void and of no effect.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement
or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an authorized
signatory of the Securities Administrator.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ______________, 20__
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Securities Administrator,
on behalf of the Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By
-----------------------------
Authorized Signatory of
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Securities Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee
EXHIBIT A-5
[FORM OF REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE]
X.X. XXXXXX MORTGAGE TRUST 20__-__
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Trust 20__-__, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates (herein collectively called the "Certificates"), and representing
a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that
it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Securities Administrator is not liable to the
Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Certificate or the
Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any
liability under the Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations
of rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Securities Administrator.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next
Business Day thereafter (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on the first
Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose name
this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable to
each Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month preceding the
month of such Distibution Date or the Closing Date in the case of the First
Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Securities Administrator in writing at least five
Business Days prior to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder
shall satisfy the conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the
Agreement, or, if not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
such Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final
distribution on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon
presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the Certificate Registrar's
Corporate Trust Office or such other location specified in the notice to
Certificateholders of such final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Securities Administrator and the rights of the Certificateholders under the
Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
affected by such amendment evidencing the requisite Percentage Interest, as
provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate
shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of
this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits
the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent
of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate
Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at
the office of the Certificate Registrar, accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by
the holder hereof or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized
denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest in the
Trust Fund will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates
are exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized
denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the
Certificate Registrar and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor
any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
[On any Distribution Date on which the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance
for Aggregate Pool I is equal to or less than 5% of the Aggregate Stated
Principal Balance for Aggregate Pool I as of the Cut-off Date, the Depositor
will have the option, subject to the limitations set forth in the Agreement,
to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all remaining Mortgage Loans in
Aggregate Pool I and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans
at a purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. In the event that
no such optional termination occurs, the obligations and responsibilities
created by the Agreement with respect to Aggregate Pool I will terminate upon
the later of the maturity or other liquidation (or any advance with respect
thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan in Aggregate Pool I remaining in the Trust
Fund or the disposition of all property in respect thereof and the
distribution to the related Certificateholders of all amounts required to be
distributed pursuant to the Agreement. In no event, however, will the trust
created by the Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the
death of the last survivor of the descendants living at the date of the
Agreement of a certain person named in the Agreement.]
[On any Distribution Date on which the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance
for Aggregate Pool II is equal to or less than 5% of the Aggregate Stated
Principal Balance for Aggregate Pool II as of the Cut-off Date, Sunset
Financial Resources, Inc. will have the option, subject to the limitations set
forth in the Agreement, to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all
remaining Mortgage Loans in Aggregate Pool II and all property acquired in
respect of such Mortgage Loans at a purchase price determined as provided in
the Agreement. In the event that no such optional termination occurs, the
obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement with respect to
Aggregate Pool II will terminate upon the later of the maturity or other
liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan in
Aggregate Pool II remaining in the Trust Fund or the disposition of all
property in respect thereof and the distribution to the related
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed pursuant to the
Agreement. In no event, however, will the trust created by the Agreement
continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor
of the descendants living at the date of the Agreement of a certain person
named in the Agreement.]
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
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(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to
assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
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Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to,
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for the account of
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account number , or, if mailed by check, to
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Applicable statements should be mailed to
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This information is provided by
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the assignee named above, or
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as its agent.
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the _____day of ___________________, 20__ before me, a notary public in and
for said State, personally appeared _____________________________________,
known to me who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he executed
the foregoing instrument.
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Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT (TRANSFEREE)
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
[NAME OF OFFICER], _________________ being first duly sworn, deposes
and says:
1. That he [she] is [title of officer] ________________________
of [name of Purchaser]
_________________________________________ (the "Purchaser"),
a _______________________ [description of type of entity]
duly organized and existing under the laws of the [State of
__________] [United States], on behalf of which he [she]
makes this affidavit.
2. That the Purchaser's Taxpayer Identification Number is [ ].
3. That the Purchaser is not a "disqualified organization"
within the meaning of Section 860E(e)(5) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and will not
be a "disqualified organization" as of [date of transfer],
and that the Purchaser is not acquiring a Residual
Certificate (as defined in the Agreement) for the account
of, or as agent (including a broker, nominee, or other
middleman) for, any person or entity from which it has not
received an affidavit substantially in the form of this
affidavit. For these purposes, a "disqualified organization"
means the United States, any state or political subdivision
thereof, any foreign government, any international
organization, any agency or instrumentality of any of the
foregoing (other than an instrumentality if all of its
activities are subject to tax and a majority of its board of
directors is not selected by such governmental entity), any
cooperative organization furnishing electric energy or
providing telephone service to persons in rural areas as
described in Code Section 1381(a)(2)(C), any "electing large
partnership" within the meaning of Section 775 of the Code,
or any organization (other than a farmers' cooperative
described in Code Section 521) that is exempt from federal
income tax unless such organization is subject to the tax on
unrelated business income imposed by Code Section 511.
4. That the Purchaser either (x) is not, and on
__________________ [date of transfer] will not be, an
employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement
subject to Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975
of the Code ("Code"), (collectively, a "Plan") or a person
acting on behalf of any such Plan or investing the assets of
any such Plan to acquire a Residual Certificate; (y) is an
insurance company that is purchasing the Certificate with
funds contained in an "insurance company general account" as
defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption ("PTCE") 95-60 and the purchase and holding of the
Certificate satisfy the requirements for exemptive relief
under Sections I and III of XXXX
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95-60; or (z) herewith delivers to the Certificate Registrar
an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Certificate
Registrar, and upon which the Certificate Registrar, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, each Servicer, the Depositor
and Securities Administrator shall be entitled to rely, to
the effect that the purchase or holding of such Residual
Certificate by the Investor will not result in any
non-exempt prohibited transactions under Title I of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the
Certificate Registrar, the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, any Servicer or the Securities
Administrator to any obligation in addition to those
undertaken by such entities in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, which opinion of counsel shall not be an expense
of the Trust Fund or any of the above parties.
5. That the Purchaser hereby acknowledges that under the terms
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1,
2004 (the "Agreement"), by and among X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance
Corporation I, as Depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as
Master Servicer and as Securities Administrator, and
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee with respect
to X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Trust 2004-A3, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, no transfer of the Residual Certificates shall
be permitted to be made to any person unless the Certificate
Registrar and Trustee have received a certificate from such
transferee containing the representations in paragraphs 3
and 4 hereof.
6. That the Purchaser does not hold REMIC residual securities
as nominee to facilitate the clearance and settlement of
such securities through electronic book-entry changes in
accounts of participating organizations (such entity, a
"Book-Entry Nominee").
7. That the Purchaser does not have the intention to impede the
assessment or collection of any federal, state or local
taxes legally required to be paid with respect to such
Residual Certificate.
8. That the Purchaser will not transfer a Residual Certificate
to any person or entity (i) as to which the Purchaser has
actual knowledge that the requirements set forth in
paragraph 3, paragraph 6 or paragraph 10 hereof are not
satisfied or that the Purchaser has reason to believe does
not satisfy the requirements set forth in paragraph 7
hereof, and (ii) without obtaining from the prospective
Purchaser an affidavit substantially in this form and
providing to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar a
written statement substantially in the form of Exhibit C to
the Agreement.
9. That the Purchaser understands that, as the holder of a
Residual Certificate, the Purchaser may incur tax
liabilities in excess of any cash flows generated by the
interest and that it intends to pay taxes associated with
holding such Residual Certificate as they become due.
10. That the Purchaser (i) is not a Non-U.S. Person or (ii) is a
Non-U.S. Person that holds a Residual Certificate in
connection with the conduct of a trade or business
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within the United States and has furnished the transferor,
the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar with an effective
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (Certificate of Foreign
Person's Claim for Exemption From Withholding on Income
Effectively Connected With the Conduct of a Trade or
Business in the United States) or successor form at the time
and in the manner required by the Code or (iii) is a
Non-U.S. Person that has delivered to the transferor, the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an opinion of a
nationally recognized tax counsel to the effect that the
transfer of such Residual Certificate to it is in accordance
with the requirements of the Code and the regulations
promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual
Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax
purposes. "Non-U.S. Person" means an individual,
corporation, partnership or other person other than (i) a
citizen or resident of the United States; (ii) a
corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof, including for this purpose, the District of
Columbia; (iii) an estate that is subject to U.S. federal
income tax regardless of the source of its income; (iv) a
trust if a court within the United States is able to
exercise primary supervision over the administration of the
trust and one or more United States trustees have authority
to control all substantial decisions of the trust; and, (v)
to the extent provided in Treasury regulations, certain
trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that are treated as
United States persons prior to such date and elect to
continue to be treated as United States persons.
11. The Purchaser will not cause income from the Residual
Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent
establishment or fixed base of the Purchaser or another U.S.
taxpayer.
12. That the Purchaser agrees to such amendments of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement as may be required to further
effectuate the restrictions on transfer of any Residual
Certificate to such a "disqualified organization," an agent
thereof, a Book-Entry Nominee, or a person that does not
satisfy the requirements of paragraph 7 and paragraph 10
hereof.
13. That the Purchaser consents to the designation of the
Securities Administrator to act as agent for the "tax
matters person" of each REMIC created by the Trust Fund
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by
its [title of officer] this _____ day of __________ 20__.
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[name of Purchaser]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Personally appeared before me the above-named [name of officer]
________________, known or proved to me to be the same person who executed the
foregoing instrument and to be the [title of officer] _________________ of the
Purchaser, and acknowledged to me that he [she] executed the same as his [her]
free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Purchaser.
Subscribed and sworn before me this _____ day of __________ 20__.
NOTARY PUBLIC
_____________________________
COUNTY OF ___________________
STATE OF ____________________
My commission expires the _____ day of __________ 20__.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT (TRANSFEROR)
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Date
Re: X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Trust 2004-A3
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
_______________________ (the "Transferor") has reviewed the attached
affidavit of _____________________________ (the "Transferee"), and has no
actual knowledge that such affidavit is not true and has no reason to believe
that the information contained in paragraph 7 thereof is not true, and has no
reason to believe that the Transferee has the intention to impede the
assessment or collection of any federal, state or local taxes legally required
to be paid with respect to a Residual Certificate. In addition, the Transferor
has conducted a reasonable investigation at the time of the transfer and found
that the Transferee had historically paid its debts as they came due and found
no significant evidence to indicate that the Transferee will not continue to
pay its debts as they become due.
Very truly yours,
______________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT D
[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT E
LIST OF PURCHASE AND SERVICING AGREEMENTS
1. Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated
April 29, 2003, among X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Acquisition Corp., Cendant
Mortgage Corporation ("Cendant") and Xxxxxx'x Gate Residential
Mortgage Trust (formerly known as Cendant Residential Mortgage
Trust), as Sellers, and Cendant, as Servicer, as modified by the
related Acknowledgement.
2. Master Mortgage Loan Purchase and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
August 28, 2003, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of
June 1, 2004, and together with the Trade Confirmation and Purchase
Confirmation, between Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. as seller and
servicer and X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Acquisition Corp., as purchaser, as
modified by the related Acknowledgement.
3. The Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase, Warranties and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of January 1, 2004 between X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Acquisition
Corp., as purchaser, and Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, as
seller and servicer, as modified by the related Acknowledgement.
4. The Flow Master Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of February 24, 2004 between X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Acquisition Corp.,
as purchaser, and National City Mortgage Co., as seller and servicer,
as modified by the related Acknowledgement.
5. Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of November 13, 2003, among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc., as
purchaser, Cendant Mortgage Corporation, as a seller and servicer and
Xxxxxx'x Gate Residential Mortgage Trust (formerly known as Cendant
Residential Mortgage Trust), as a seller, as modified by the related
Acknowledgement.
6. The Flow Mortgage Loan Flow Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated
October 1, 2003, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of
February 24, 2004, between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. and
Bank of America, N.A., as seller and servicer, as modified by the
related Acknowledgement.
7. Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1,
2003, among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc., as purchaser, and
GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc., as seller and servicer, as
modified by the related Acknowledgement.
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EXHIBIT F
LIST OF CUSTODIAL AGREEMENTS
1. Custodial Agreement dated as of April 1, 2003 among X.X. Xxxxxx
Mortgage Acquisition Corp., as Owner, Cendant Mortgage Corporation
and Xxxxxx'x Gate Residential Mortgage Trust (formerly known as
Cendant Residential Mortgage Trust), as Sellers, and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, as Custodian, as modified by the related Assignment.
2. Custodial Agreement dated as of August 28, 2003 among X.X. Xxxxxx
Mortgage Acquisition Corp., as Owner, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.,
as Seller, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Custodian, as modified by the
related Assignment.
3. Custodial Agreement dated as of July 29, 2003 among Wachovia, N.A.,
as Owner, Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, as Servicer, and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Custodian.
4. Custodial Agreement dated as of February 1, 2004 among X.X. Xxxxxx
Mortgage Acquisition Corp., as the Purchaser, National City Mortgage
Co., as the Company, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as the Custodian, as
modified by the related Assignment.
5. Custodial Agreement dated as of June 1, 2004 among X.X. Xxxxxx
Acceptance Corporation I, Sunset Financial Resources, Inc., Bank of
America, N.A., GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc., Cendant Mortgage
Corporation, Xxxxxx'x Gate Residential Mortgage Trust, Wachovia Bank,
National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank.
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EXHIBIT G
LIST OF LIMITED PURPOSE SURETY BONDS
1. Ambac Assurance Corporation Surety Bond No. AB0039BE
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF RULE 144A TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
Re: X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Trust 2004-A3,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of June 1, 2004 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), by and among
X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance Corporation I, as Depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as
Master Servicer and as Securities Administrator, and Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
This letter relates to $__________ initial Certificate Balance of
Class _____ Certificates which are held in the form of Definitive Certificates
registered in the name of ______________ (the "Transferor"). The Transferor
has requested a transfer of such Definitive Certificates for Definitive
Certificates of such Class registered in the name of [insert name of
transferee].
In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates,
the Transferor hereby certifies that such Certificates are being transferred
in accordance with (i) the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and the Certificates and (ii) Rule 144A under the
Securities Act to a purchaser that the Transferor reasonably believes is a
"qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A purchasing for
its own account or for the account of a "qualified institutional buyer," which
purchaser is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance upon Rule
144A, in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance
with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any
other applicable jurisdiction.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for
your benefit and the benefit of the Underwriter, the Certificate Registrar and
the Depositor.
_____________________________________
[Name of Transferor]
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated: ___________, ____
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EXHIBIT I
FORM OF PURCHASER'S LETTER FOR
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Date
Dear Sirs:
In connection with our proposed purchase of $______________ principal
amount of X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Trust 2004-A3, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates (the "Privately Offered Certificates") of X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance
Corporation I (the "Depositor"), we confirm that:
(1) We understand that the Privately Offered Certificates have not been,
and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be sold except as
permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and
on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter
stated, that if we should sell any Privately Offered Certificates
within two years of the later of the date of original issuance of the
Privately Offered Certificates or the last day on which such
Privately Offered Certificates are owned by the Depositor or any
affiliate of the Depositor we will do so only (A) to the Depositor,
(B) to "qualified institutional buyers" (within the meaning of Rule
144A under the Securities Act) in accordance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act ("QIBs"), (C) pursuant to the exemption from
registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or (D) to
an institutional "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act
that is not a QIB (an "Institutional Accredited Investor") which,
prior to such transfer, delivers to the Certificate Registrar under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2004, by and
among X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance Corporation I, as Depositor, Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A., as Master Servicer and as Securities Administrator, and
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee, a signed letter in
the form of this letter; and we further agree, in the capacities
stated above, to provide to any person purchasing any of the
Privately Offered Certificates from us a notice advising such
purchaser that resales of the Privately Offered Certificates are
restricted as stated herein.
(2) We understand that, in connection with any proposed resale of any
Privately Offered Certificates to an Institutional Accredited
Investor, we will be required to furnish to the Certificate Registrar
a certification from such transferee in the form hereof to confirm
that the proposed sale is being made pursuant to an exemption from,
or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of
the Securities Act. We further understand that the Privately Offered
Certificates purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing
effect.
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(3) We are acquiring the Privately Offered Certificates for investment
purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection
with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have
such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to
be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in
the Privately Offered Certificates, and we and any account for which
we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of such
investment.
(4) We are an Institutional Accredited Investor and we are acquiring the
Privately Offered Certificates purchased by us for our own account or
for one or more accounts (each of which is an Institutional
Accredited Investor) as to each of which we exercise sole investment
discretion.
(5) We have received such information as we deem necessary in order to
make our investment decision.
(6) If we are acquiring ERISA-Restricted Certificates, we understand that
in accordance with ERISA, the Code and the Exemption, no Plan and no
person acting on behalf of such a Plan may acquire such Certificate
except in accordance with Section 3.03(d) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
Terms used in this letter which are not otherwise defined herein have
the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
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You and the Certificate Registrar are entitled to rely upon this
letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof
to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official
inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
_____________________________
[Purchaser]
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT J
FORM OF ERISA TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:
1. The undersigned is the ______________________ of ______________
(the "Investor"), a [corporation duly organized] and existing under the laws
of __________, on behalf of which he makes this affidavit.
2. The Investor either (x) is not, and on ___________ [date of
transfer] will not be, an employee benefit plan or other retirement
arrangement subject to Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), (collectively, a "Plan") or a person
acting on behalf of any such Plan or investing the assets of any such Plan;
(y) if the Certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying
Underwriting, is an insurance company that is purchasing the Certificate with
funds contained in an "insurance company general account" as defined in
Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 95-60 and the
purchase and holding of the Certificate satisfy the requirements for exemptive
relief under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60; or (z) herewith delivers to the
Certificate Registrar an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Certificate
Registrar, and upon which the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee, the Master
Servicer, any Servicer, the Depositor and the Securities Administrator shall
be entitled to rely, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such
Certificate by the Investor will not constitute or result in any non-exempt
prohibited transactions under Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and
will not subject the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee, the Master Servicer,
the Depositor, the Securities Administrator or any Servicer to any obligation
in addition to those undertaken by such entities in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, which opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund
or the above parties.
3. The Investor hereby acknowledges that under the terms of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2004 (the "Agreement"),
by and among X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance Corporation I, as Depositor, Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A., as Master Servicer and as Securities Administrator, and Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as Trustee, no transfer of the ERISA-Restricted
Certificates shall be permitted to be made to any person unless the
Certificate Registrar has received a certificate from such transferee in the
form hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to proper authority, by its duly authorized
officer, duly attested, this ____ day of _______________ 20___.
________________________________
[Investor]
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
ATTEST:
_________________________________
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
Personally appeared before me the above-named ________________, known
or proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument
and to be the ____________________ of the Investor, and acknowledged that he
executed the same as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the
Investor.
Subscribed and sworn before me this _____ day of _________ 20___.
_________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My commission expires the
_____ day of __________ 20___.
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF LETTER OF REPRESENTATIONS
WITH THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
[On File with Securities Administrator]
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EXHIBIT L
FORM OF CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION
[DATE]
X.X. Xxxxxx Acceptance Corporation I 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
RE: X.X. Xxxxxx Mortgage Trust 2004-A3, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of June 1, 2004 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among X.X.
Xxxxxx Acceptance Corporation I, as depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., in its
dual capacities as master servicer and securities administrator, and Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as the Custodian, hereby certifies that,
as to each Mortgage Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, it has reviewed
the Trustee Mortgage File and has determined that (a) all documents required
to be delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.01 (a) (i) through (ix) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement are in its possession; provided, that the
Custodian has no obligation to verify the receipt of any documents the
existence of which was not made known to the Custodian by the Trustee Mortgage
File, and provided, further, that the Custodian has no obligation to determine
whether recordation of any such modification is necessary (except as set forth
in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); (b) such documents
have been reviewed by it (the "Verified Information") and appear regular on
their face and to relate to such Mortgage Loans, except as set forth in the
attached exception report; provided, however, that the Custodian makes no
representation and has no responsibilities as to the authenticity of such
documents, their compliance with applicable law, or the collectability of any
of the Mortgage Loans relating thereto; (c) based upon its examination, and
only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule accurately reflects, within permitted tolerances, the Verified
Information with respect to each Mortgage Loan; and (d) each Mortgage Note has
been endorsed and each assignment has been assigned as required under Section
2.01 of the Pooling & Servicing Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Custodian
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT M
[RESERVED]
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SCHEDULE A
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
[On File]
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