HSI ASSET SECURITIZATION CORPORATION, Depositor, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Originator, Servicer and Custodian, CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Master Servicer, CITIBANK, N.A., Securities Administrator DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, Trustee and OFFICETIGER...
HSI
ASSET
SECURITIZATION CORPORATION,
Depositor,
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.,
Originator,
Servicer and Custodian,
CITIMORTGAGE,
INC.,
Master
Servicer,
CITIBANK,
N.A.,
Securities
Administrator
DEUTSCHE
BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
Trustee
and
OFFICETIGER
GLOBAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES INC.,
Credit
Risk Manager
Dated
as
of January 1, 2007
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2007-WF1
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE
II
CONVEYANCE
OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Section
2.01
|
Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans
|
40
|
Section
2.02
|
Acceptance
by the Custodian of the Mortgage Loans
|
43
|
Section
2.03
|
Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Originator and the Servicer; Remedies
for
Breaches of Representations and Warranties with Respect to the
Mortgage
Loans
|
44
|
Section
2.04
|
Execution
and Delivery of Certificates
|
48
|
Section
2.05
|
REMIC
Matters
|
48
|
Section
2.06
|
Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor
|
48
|
ARTICLE
III
|
||
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING
|
||
OF
MORTGAGE LOANS
|
||
Section
3.01
|
Servicer
to Service Mortgage Loans
|
49
|
Section
3.02
|
Subservicing
Agreements between Servicer and Subservicers; Use of
Subcontractors
|
51
|
Section
3.03
|
Successor
Subservicers
|
53
|
Section
3.04
|
Liability
of the Servicer
|
53
|
Section
3.05
|
No
Contractual Relationship between Subservicers and the Master
Servicer
|
53
|
Section
3.06
|
Assumption
or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by Master
Servicer
|
54
|
Section
3.07
|
Collection
of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments
|
54
|
Section
3.08
|
Subservicing
Accounts
|
57
|
Section
3.09
|
Collection
of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts
|
58
|
Section
3.10
|
Collection
Account
|
58
|
Section
3.11
|
Withdrawals
from the Collection Account
|
59
|
Section
3.12
|
Investment
of Funds in the Collection Account and Escrow Account
|
61
|
Section
3.13
|
Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity
Coverage
|
62
|
Section
3.14
|
Enforcement
of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements
|
64
|
Section
3.15
|
Realization
upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans
|
64
|
Section
3.16
|
Release
of Mortgage Files
|
66
|
Section
3.17
|
Title,
Conservation and Disposition of REO Property
|
67
|
Section
3.18
|
[Reserved]
|
68
|
Section
3.19
|
Access
to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage
Loans
|
69
|
Section
3.20
|
Documents,
Records and Funds in Possession of the Servicer to Be Held for
the
Trustee
|
69
|
Section
3.21
|
Servicing
Compensation
|
69
|
Section
3.22
|
Report
on Assessment of Compliance with Relevant Servicing
Criteria.
|
70
|
Section
3.23
|
Report
on Attestation of Compliance with Relevant Servicing
Criteria.
|
71
|
Section
3.24
|
Annual
Officer’s Certificates.
|
71
|
Section
3.25
|
Master
Servicer to Act as Servicer
|
73
|
Section
3.26
|
Compensating
Interest
|
74
|
Section
3.27
|
Credit
Reporting; Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act
|
74
|
Section
3.28
|
[Reserved]
|
74
|
Section
3.29
|
Notifications
to Parties.
|
74
|
Section
3.30
|
Indemnification.
|
74
|
ARTICLE
IV
|
||
DISTRIBUTIONS
AND
|
||
ADVANCES
BY THE SERVICER
|
||
|
||
Section
4.01
|
Advances
|
75
|
Section
4.02
|
Priorities
of Distribution
|
77
|
Section
4.03
|
Monthly
Statements to Certificateholders
|
81
|
Section
4.04
|
Certain
Matters Relating to the Determination of LIBOR
|
84
|
Section
4.05
|
Allocation
of Applied Realized Loss Amounts
|
84
|
Section
4.06
|
Supplemental
Interest Trust.
|
84
|
Section
4.07
|
[Reserved].
|
86
|
Section
4.08
|
Termination
Receipts.
|
86
|
ARTICLE
V
|
||
THE
CERTIFICATES
|
||
Section
5.01
|
The
Certificates
|
86
|
Section
5.02
|
Certificate
Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates
|
87
|
Section
5.03
|
Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates
|
93
|
Section
5.04
|
Persons
Deemed Owners
|
94
|
Section
5.05
|
Access
to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses
|
94
|
Section
5.06
|
Maintenance
of Office or Agency
|
94
|
-ii-
ARTICLE
VI
|
||
THE
DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER
|
||
Section
6.01
|
Respective
Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicer
|
95
|
Section
6.02
|
Merger
or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Servicer
|
95
|
Section
6.03
|
Limitation
on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer and Others.
|
95
|
Section
6.04
|
Limitation
on Resignation of the Servicer.
|
96
|
Section
6.05
|
Additional
Indemnification by the Servicer; Third Party Claims.
|
96
|
Section
6.06
|
Compliance
with Regulation AB; Cooperation of Parties
|
97
|
ARTICLE
VII
|
||
DEFAULT
|
||
Section
7.01
|
Events
of Default
|
98
|
Section
7.02
|
Master
Servicer to Act; Appointment of Successor
|
100
|
Section
7.03
|
Notification
to Certificateholders
|
102
|
ARTICLE
VIII
|
||
CONCERNING
THE TRUSTEE
|
||
Section
8.01
|
Duties
of the Trustee
|
102
|
Section
8.02
|
Certain
Matters Affecting the Trustee
|
103
|
Section
8.03
|
Trustee
Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans
|
105
|
Section
8.04
|
Trustee
May Own Certificates
|
105
|
Section
8.05
|
Trustee’s
Fees Indemnification and Expenses
|
105
|
Section
8.06
|
Eligibility
Requirements for the Trustee
|
106
|
Section
8.07
|
Resignation
and Removal of the Trustee
|
107
|
Section
8.08
|
Successor
Trustee
|
107
|
Section
8.09
|
Merger
or Consolidation of the Trustee
|
108
|
Section
8.10
|
Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee
|
108
|
Section
8.11
|
Tax
Matters
|
109
|
Section
8.12
|
Commission
Reporting
|
113
|
Section
8.13
|
Tax
Classification of the Excess Reserve Fund Account and the Supplemental
Interest Trust
|
120
|
ARTICLE
IX
|
||
ADMINISTRATION
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
|
||
BY
THE MASTER SERVICER
|
||
Section
9.01
|
Duties
of the Master Servicer; Enforcement of Servicer’s
Obligations.
|
120
|
Section
9.02
|
Provision
to the Securities Administrator of Loan-Level Information
|
121
|
Section
9.03
|
[Reserved]
|
121
|
-iii-
Section
9.04
|
Maintenance
of Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance.
|
121
|
Section
9.05
|
Representations
and Warranties of the Master Servicer
|
122
|
Section
9.06
|
Master
Servicer Events of Default
|
123
|
Section
9.07
|
Waiver
of Default.
|
125
|
Section
9.08
|
Successor
to the Master Servicer.
|
125
|
Section
9.09
|
[Reserved].
|
126
|
Section
9.10
|
Merger
or Consolidation.
|
126
|
Section
9.11
|
Resignation
of the Master Servicer.
|
126
|
Section
9.12
|
Assignment
or Delegation of Duties by the Master Servicer.
|
127
|
Section
9.13
|
Limitation
on Liability of the Master Servicer.
|
127
|
Section
9.14
|
Indemnification;
Third Party Claims.
|
128
|
Section
9.15
|
Duties
of the Credit Risk Manager.
|
128
|
Section
9.16
|
Limitation
Upon Liability of the Credit Risk Manager.
|
129
|
Section
9.17
|
Removal
and Resignation of Credit Risk Manager.
|
130
|
ARTICLE
X
|
||
CONCERNING
THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
|
||
Section
10.01
|
Duties
of Securities Administrator.
|
130
|
Section
10.02
|
Certain
Matters Affecting the Securities Administrator.
|
131
|
Section
10.03
|
Securities
Administrator Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage
Loans.
|
133
|
Section
10.04
|
Securities
Administrator May Own Certificates.
|
134
|
Section
10.05
|
Securities
Administrator’s Fees and Expenses.
|
134
|
Section
10.06
|
Eligibility
Requirements for Securities Administrator.
|
135
|
Section
10.07
|
Resignation
and Removal of Securities Administrator.
|
135
|
Section
10.08
|
Successor
Securities Administrator.
|
136
|
Section
10.09
|
Merger
or Consolidation of Securities Administrator.
|
137
|
Section
10.10
|
Assignment
or Delegation of Duties by the Securities Administrator.
|
137
|
Section
10.11
|
Dissemination
of Confidential Information.
|
137
|
ARTICLE
XI
|
||
TERMINATION
|
||
Section
11.01
|
Termination
upon Liquidation or Purchase of the Mortgage Loans
|
138
|
Section
11.02
|
Final
Distribution on the Certificates
|
139
|
Section
11.03
|
Additional
Termination Requirements
|
140
|
ARTICLE
XII
|
||
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
|
||
Section
12.01
|
Amendment
|
140
|
Section
12.02
|
Recordation
of Agreement; Counterparts
|
142
|
Section
12.03
|
Governing
Law
|
143
|
-iv-
Section
12.04
|
Intention
of Parties
|
143
|
Section
12.05
|
Notices
|
144
|
Section
12.06
|
Severability
of Provisions
|
145
|
Section
12.07
|
Assignment
|
145
|
Section
12.08
|
Limitation
on Rights of Certificateholders
|
146
|
Section
12.09
|
Inspection
and Audit Rights
|
146
|
Section
12.10
|
Certificates
Nonassessable and Fully Paid
|
147
|
Section
12.11
|
Rule of
Construction
|
147
|
Section
12.12
|
Waiver
of Jury Trial
|
147
|
-v-
SCHEDULES
|
|
Schedule I
|
Mortgage
Loan Schedule
|
EXHIBITS
|
|
Exhibit A
|
Form
of Class A and Class M Certificates
|
Exhibit B
|
Form
of Class P Certificate
|
Exhibit C
|
Form
of Class R Certificate
|
Exhibit D
|
Form
of Class X Certificate
|
Exhibit E
|
Form
of Initial Certification of Custodian
|
Exhibit F
|
Form
of Document Certification and Exception Report of
Custodian
|
Exhibit G
|
Form
of Residual Transfer Affidavit
|
Exhibit H
|
Form
of Transferor Certificate
|
Exhibit I-A
|
Form
of Rule 144A Investment Letter
|
Exhibit
I-B
|
Form
of Regulation S Investment Letter
|
Exhibit J
|
Form
of Request for Release
|
Exhibit K
|
Contents
for Each Mortgage File
|
Exhibit L
|
Form
of Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification to be Provided by Master Servicer
(or
other Certification Party) signing Form 10-K
|
Exhibit
M
|
Form
of Servicer (or Servicing Function Participant) Back-Up Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification
|
Exhibit
N
|
Form
of Limited Power of Attorney
|
Exhibit
O
|
Form
of Swap Agreement
|
Exhibit
P
|
Form
of Cap Agreement
|
Exhibit
Q
|
Seller’s
Warranties and Servicing Agreement
|
Exhibit
R
|
[Reserved]
|
Exhibit
S
|
Servicing
Criteria Matrix
|
Exhibit
T
|
Transaction
Parties
|
Exhibit
U
|
Form
of Annual Compliance Certificate
|
Exhibit
V
|
Additional
Form 10-D Disclosure
|
Exhibit
W
|
Additional
Form 10-K Disclosure
|
Exhibit
X
|
Form
8-K Disclosure Information
|
Exhibit
Y
|
Additional
Disclosure Notification
|
-vi-
THIS
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of January 1, 2007, among HSI ASSET
SECURITIZATION CORPORATION, as depositor (the “Depositor”),
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., a national banking association, as originator (in such
capacity, the “Originator”),
servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”)
and
custodian (“the Custodian”),
CITIMORTGAGE, INC., as master servicer (the “Master
Servicer”),
CITIBANK, N.A., as securities administrator (the “Securities
Administrator”),
OFFICETIGER GLOBAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES INC., as credit risk manager (the
“Credit
Risk Manager”),
and
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, a national banking association, as trustee
(the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH:
In
consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENT
The
Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trust Fund shall elect that the Trust
Fund (exclusive of (i) the Cap Agreement (ii) the right to receive and the
obligation to pay Basis Risk Carryover Amounts, (iii) the Excess Reserve Fund
Account, (iv) the Collateral Account, and (v) the Supplemental Interest Trust
and the Cap Account (collectively, the “Excluded
Trust Assets”))
be
treated for federal income tax purposes as comprising two real estate mortgage
investment conduits under Section 860D of the Code (each a “REMIC”
or,
in
the alternative, “REMIC
1,”
and
“REMIC
2,”;
REMIC
2 also being referred to herein as the “Upper
Tier REMIC.”)
Any
inconsistencies or ambiguities in this Agreement or in the administration of
this Agreement shall be resolved in a manner that preserves the validity of
such
REMIC election.
Each
Certificate, other than the Class R Certificates, represents ownership of a
regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
In addition, each Certificate, other than the Class R, Class X and Class P
Certificates, represents the right to receive payments with respect to any
Basis
Risk Carryover Amounts. The Class R Certificate represents ownership of the
sole
Class of residual interest in each of REMIC 1 and the Upper Tier REMIC for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
The
Upper
Tier REMIC shall hold as its assets the uncertificated Lower Tier Interests
in
REMIC 1, other than the Class LT1-R interest, and each such Lower Tier Interest
is hereby designated as a regular interest in REMIC 1 for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions. REMIC 1 shall hold as its assets the property of the Trust Fund
other than the Lower Tier Interests in REMIC 1 and the Excluded Trust
Assets.
REMIC
1:
The
following table sets forth the designations, principal balances and interest
rates for each interest in REMIC 1, each of which (other than the Class LT1-R
Lower Tier Interest) is hereby designated as a regular interest in REMIC 1
(the
“REMIC
1 Regular Interests”):
Class
Designation |
Initial
Principal Balance
|
Interest
Rate
|
Corresponding
Class
of
Certificates
|
LT1-A-1
|
½
Corresponding Class balance
|
(1)
|
A-1
|
LT1-A-2
|
½
Corresponding Class balance
|
(1)
|
A-2
|
LT1-A-3
|
½
Corresponding Class balance
|
(1)
|
A-3
|
LT1-A-4
|
½
Corresponding Class balance
|
(1)
|
A-4
|
LT1-A-5
|
½
Corresponding Class balance
|
(1)
|
A-5
|
LT1-A-6
|
½
Corresponding Class balance
|
(1)
|
A-6
|
LT1-M-1
|
½
Corresponding Class balance
|
(1)
|
M-1
|
LT1-M-2
|
½
Corresponding Class balance
|
(1)
|
M-2
|
LT1-M-3
|
½
Corresponding Class balance
|
(1)
|
M-3
|
LT1-M-4
|
½
Corresponding Class balance
|
(1)
|
M-4
|
LT1-M-5
|
½
Corresponding Class balance
|
(1)
|
M-5
|
LT1-M-6
|
½
Corresponding Class balance
|
(1)
|
M-6
|
LT1-M-7
|
½
Corresponding Class balance
|
(1)
|
M-7
|
LT1-Q
|
(2)
|
(1)
|
X
|
LT1-R
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
R
|
(1)
|
This
interest rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the related
Accrual Period) for each of these REMIC 1 Regular Interests is a
per annum
rate equal to the Net WAC Rate.
|
(2)
|
This
interest shall have an initial principal balance equal to the excess
of
(a) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date over (b) the sum of the initial principal balances of
each
remaining REMIC 1 Regular Interest.
|
(3)
|
The
LT1-R Interest shall not have a principal amount and shall not bear
interest. The LT1-R interest is hereby designated as the sole class
of
residual interest in REMIC 1.
|
On
each
Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall first pay or charge as
an
expense of REMIC 1 all expenses of the Trust Fund for such Distribution
Date.
On
each
Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall distribute the Interest
Remittance Amount (net of expenses described in the preceding paragraph) with
respect to each of the Lower Tier Interests in REMIC 1 based on the
above-described interest rates, provided, however,
that
interest that accrues on the LT1-Q Interest shall be deferred to the extent
necessary to make the principal distributions described in priority (i) below
for such Distribution Date. Any interest so deferred shall itself bear interest
at the interest rate for the LT1-Q Interest.
On
each
Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall distribute the Principal
Remittance Amount with respect to the Lower Tier Interests in REMIC 1
(together
with an amount equal to the interest deferred on the Class LT1-Q Interest for
such Distribution Date),
and
Realized Losses shall be allocated, among the Lower Tier Interests in REMIC
1 in
the following order of priority:
-2-
(i) first,
to
each interest in REMIC 1 having a Corresponding Class in REMIC 2 until the
outstanding principal amount of each such interest equals one-half of the
outstanding principal amount of the Corresponding Class of Certificates for
such
interest immediately after such Distribution Date;
(ii) finally,
to the Class LT1-Q Interest, any remaining amounts.
On
each
Distribution
Date,
the Securities Administrator shall distribute the Prepayment Charges collected
during the preceding Prepayment Period to the LT1-Q Interest
Upper
Tier REMIC
The
Upper
Tier REMIC shall issue the following Classes of Upper Tier REMIC Regular
Interests and each such interest, other than the Class R Interest, is hereby
designated as a regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC.
Upper
Tier REMIC
Upper
Tier REMIC
Class Designation
|
Upper
Tier REMIC
Interest
Rate and
Corresponding
Class Interest
Rate
|
Initial
Upper Tier
REMIC
Principal
Amount
and
Corresponding
Class
Certificate
Balance
|
Corresponding
Class of
Certificates
|
|||
Class A-1
|
|
(1)
|
|
$106,992,000
|
|
Class A-1(11)
|
Class A-2
|
|
(2)
|
|
$
8,374,000
|
|
Class A-2(11)
|
Class A-3
|
|
(3)
|
|
$
64,055,000
|
|
Class A-3(11)
|
Class A-4
|
|
(4)
|
|
$
9,919,000
|
|
Class A-4(11)
|
Class A-5
|
|
(5)
|
|
$
21,331,000
|
|
Class A-5(11)
|
Class A-6
|
|
(6)
|
|
$
37,177,000
|
|
Class A-6(11)
|
Class M-1
|
|
(7)
|
|
$
9,469,000
|
|
Class M-1(11)
|
Class M-2
|
|
(7)
|
|
$
10,357,000
|
|
Class M-2(11)
|
Class M-3
|
|
(7)
|
|
$
3,257,000
|
|
Class M-3(11)
|
Class M-4
|
|
(7)
|
|
$
8,730,000
|
|
Class M-4(11)
|
Class M-5
|
|
(7)
|
|
$
3,995,000
|
|
Class M-5(11)
|
Class M-6
|
|
(7)
|
|
$
2,811,000
|
|
Class M-6(11)
|
Class M-7
|
|
(7)
|
|
$
2,663,000
|
|
Class M-7(11)
|
Class X
|
|
(8)
|
|
(8)
|
|
Class X
|
Class R
|
|
(9)
|
|
(9)
|
|
Class R
|
Class P
|
|
(10)
|
|
(10)
|
|
Class
P
|
(1)
|
The
Class A-1 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period at a per annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus the applicable
Interest Margin and (ii) the Available Funds Cap or (b) after
the Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus the
applicable Interest Margin and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.
|
-3-
(2)
|
The
Class A-2 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period
at a per annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus the applicable
Interest Margin and (ii) the Available Funds Cap or (b) after
the Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus the
applicable Interest Margin and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.
|
(3)
|
The
Class A-3 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period
at a per annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (i) 5.7300% and (ii) the
Available Funds Cap or (b) after the Optional Termination Date, the
lesser of (i) 6.2300% and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.
|
(4)
|
The
Class A-4 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period
at a per annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (i) 6.1000% and (ii) the
Available Funds Cap or (b) after the Optional Termination Date, the
lesser of (i) 6.6000% and (ii) the Available Funds
Cap.
|
(5)
|
The
Class A-5 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period
at a per annum rate equal to (a) on or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (i) 6.2200% and (ii) the
Available Funds Cap or (b) after the Optional Termination Date, the
lesser of (i) 6.7200% and (ii) the Available Funds
Cap.
|
(6)
|
The
Class A-6 Interest will bear interest during each Interest Accrual
Period
at a per annum rate equal to (a) o or prior to the Optional
Termination Date, the lesser of (i) 5.8500% and (ii) the
Available Funds Cap or (b) after the Optional Termination Date, the
lesser of (i) 6.3500% and (ii) the Available Funds Cap.
|
(7)
|
The
Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4,
Class M-5, Class M-6 and Class M-7 Interests will bear
interest during each Interest Accrual Period at a per annum rate
equal to
(a) on or prior to the Optional Termination Date, the lesser of
(i) 5.9900%, 6.1100%, 6.3200%, 6.3000%, 6.5000%, 6.5000% and 6.5000%,
respectively, and (ii) the Available Funds Cap or (b) after the
Optional Termination Date, the lesser of (i) 6.4900%, 6.6100%,
6.8200%, 6.8000%, 7.0000%, 7.0000%, and 7.0000%, respectively, and
(ii) the Available Funds Cap.
|
(8)
|
For
purposes of the REMIC Provisions, the Class X Interest shall have
an
initial principal balance of $6,808,276 (initial overcollateralization
of
$6,808,376 less $100.00 attributable to the Class P Principal Amount),
and
the right to receive distributions of such amount represents a regular
interest in the Upper Tier REMIC. The Class X Certificate shall also
comprise a notional component, which represents a regular interest
in the
Upper Tier REMIC. The first such component has a notional balance
that
will at all times equal the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances
of
the Lower Tier Interests in REMIC 1, and, for each Distribution Date
(and
the related Interest Accrual Period) this notional component shall
bear
interest at a per annum rate equal to the excess, if any, of (i)
the
weighted average of the interest rates on the Lower Tier Interests
in
REMIC 1 over (ii) the Adjusted Lower Tier WAC. In addition, for purposes
of the REMIC Provisions, the Class X Certificate shall represent
beneficial ownership of (i) the Excess Reserve Fund Account; (ii)
the
Supplemental Interest Trust, including the Cap Agreement and Cap
Account,
and (iii) an interest in the notional principal contracts described
in
Section 8.11 hereof.
|
(9)
|
The
Class R Interest is the sole Class of residual interest in the Upper
Tier REMIC. The Class R Interest is issued without a principal amount
does not bear a stated Interest Rate. The Class R Certificate will
be
issued as a single certificate evidencing the initial Percentage
Interest
of such Class, and shall represent ownership of each of the Class
R and
Class LT1-R Interests.
|
(10)
|
The
Class P Interest shall not bear interest at a stated Interest Rate.
Prepayment Charges paid with respect to the Mortgage Loans shall
be paid
to the Class P Certificateholders as provided in Section 4.02(b).
For
purposes of the REMIC Provisions, the Class P Interest shall represent
a
regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC. The Class P Certificate
will
have a Class P Principal Amount of
$100.
|
(11)
|
Each
of these Certificates will represent not only the ownership of the
Corresponding Class of Upper Tier REMIC Regular Interest but also the
right to receive payments from (i) the Excess Reserve Fund Account
in
respect of any Basis Risk Carryover Amounts and (ii) the Supplemental
Interest Trust in respect of proceeds from the Cap Agreement. For
federal
income tax purposes, the Securities Administrator will treat a
Certificateholder’s right to receive such payments as rights in a notional
principal contract written by the Class X
Certificateholders.
|
The
minimum denomination for each Class of Certificates, other than the
Class P, Class R and the Class X Certificates, will be $25,000 of
Certificate Balance ($100,000 with respect to initial investors resident in
a
Member State of the European Economic Area subject to the EU Prospectus
Directive 2003/71/EC) with integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, except
that one Certificate in each Class may be issued in a different amount. The
minimum denomination for each of the Class P and Class X Certificates
will be a 10.00% Percentage Interest in such Class, and the minimum denomination
for the Class R Certificates shall be 100% Percentage Interest in such
Class.
-4-
Set
forth
below are designations of Classes of Certificates to the categories used
herein:
Book-Entry
Certificates
|
All
Classes of Certificates other than the Physical
Certificates.
|
|
Class A
Certificates
|
Class
A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-6
Certificates.
|
|
Class M
Certificates
|
Class M-1,
Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5,
Class M-6 and Class M-7 Certificates.
|
|
Delay
Certificates
|
The
Fixed Rate Certificates.
|
|
ERISA-Restricted
|
||
Certificates
|
Any
Class M-7, Class P, Class X and Class R Certificates and any Certificate
with a rating which falls below the lowest applicable permitted rating
under the Underwriters’ Exemption.
|
|
ERISA-Restricted
|
||
Trust
Certificates
|
Any
Offered Certificate prior to the termination of the Cap
Agreement.
|
|
Fixed
Rate Certificates
|
Collectively,
the Class A-3, Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-6, Class M-1,
Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5,
Class M-6 and Class M-7 Certificates.
|
|
LIBOR
Certificates
|
Collectively,
the Class A-1 and Class A-2 Certificates.
|
|
Non-Delay
Certificates
|
The
LIBOR Certificates and the Class X Certificates.
|
|
Offered
Certificates
|
All
Classes of Certificates other than the Private
Certificates.
|
|
Physical
Certificates
|
Class P,
Class X and Class R Certificates.
|
|
Private
Certificates
|
Class
M-7, Class P, Class X and Class R
Certificates.
|
|
Rating
Agencies
|
Moody’s
and Standard & Poor’s.
|
|
Regular
Certificates
|
All
Classes of Certificates other than the Class R
Certificates.
|
|
Residual
Certificates
|
Class R
Certificates.
|
-5-
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever
used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context
otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
10-K
Filing Deadline:
As
defined in Section 8.12(a)(ii).
Accepted
Servicing Practices:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan and the Servicer, the servicing and administration
of such Mortgage Loan (i) the same manner in which, and with the same
care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Servicer generally services
and administers similar mortgage loans with similar mortgagors (A) for
other third parties, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards
of practice of prudent institutional residential mortgage lenders servicing
their own mortgage loans or (B) held in the Servicer’s own portfolio,
whichever standard is higher, and (ii) in accordance with applicable local,
state and federal laws, rules and regulations.
Account:
Any of
the Collection Account, the Collateral Account, the Master Servicing Account,
the Distribution Account and any Escrow Account, and with respect to the
Supplemental Interest Trust, the Excess Reserve Fund Account and the Cap
Account. Each Account shall be an Eligible Account.
Additional
Disclosure Notification:
The
form of notice set forth on Exhibit Y.
Additional
Form 10-D Disclosure:
As
defined in Section 8.12(a)(i).
Additional
Form 10-K Disclosure:
As
defined in Section 8.12(a)(ii)(A).
Additional
Termination Event:
As
defined in the Cap Agreement.
Adjusted
Lower Tier WAC:
For any
Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period), an amount equal to (i)
two,
multiplied by (ii) the weighted average of the interest rates for such
Distribution Date for the Class XX0-X-0, XX0-X-0, XX0-X-0, XX0-X-0, XX0-X-0,
XX0-X-0, LT1-M-1, LT1-M-2, LT1-M-3, LT1-M-4, LT1-M-5, LT1-M-6, LT1-M-7, and
LT1-Q Interests, weighted in proportion to their Class Certificate Balances
as
of the beginning of the related Accrual Period and computed by subjecting the
rate on the Class LT1-Q Interest to a cap of 0.00%, and by subjecting the rate
on each of the Class XX0-X-0, XX0-X-0, XX0-X-0, XX0-X-0, XX0-X-0, XX0-X-0,
LT1-M-1, LT1-M-2, LT1-M-3, LT1-M-4, LT1-M-5, LT1-M-6 and LT1-M-7 Interests
to a
cap that corresponds to the Interest Rate for the Corresponding Class of
Certificates; provided,
however,
that
for each Class of LIBOR Certificates, the Interest Rate shall be multiplied
by
the quotient of (a) the actual number of days in the Interest Accrual Period,
divided by (b) 30.
Advance:
Any
P&I Advance or Servicing Advance.
-6-
Affiliate:
With
respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under
common control with such first Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities,
by
contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agreement:
This
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments or supplements
hereto.
Amounts
Held for Future Distribution:
As to
the Certificates on any Distribution Date, the aggregate amount held in the
Collection Account at the close of business on the related Determination Date
on
account of (i) Principal Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and Subsequent Recoveries on the Mortgage Loans
received after the end of the related Prepayment Period and (ii) all
Scheduled Payments on the Mortgage Loans due after the end of the related Due
Period.
Applied
Realized Loss Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which the aggregate
Class Certificate Balance of the LIBOR Certificates after distributions of
principal on such Certificates on such Distribution Date exceeds the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution
Date.
Appraised
Value:
The
value set forth in an appraisal made in connection with the origination of
the
related Mortgage Loan as the value of the Mortgaged Property.
Assignment
of Mortgage:
An
assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument in
recordable form (other than the assignee’s name and recording information not
yet returned from the recording office), reflecting the sale of the Mortgage
to
the Trustee.
Available
Funds:
With
respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans to the extent received
by the Securities Administrator (x) the sum of (i) all scheduled
installments of interest (net of the related Expense Fees) and principal due
on
the Due Date on such Mortgage Loans in the related Due Period and received
by
the Servicer on or prior to the related Determination Date, together with any
P&I Advances in respect thereof; (ii) all Condemnation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and Subsequent Recoveries received
by
the Servicer during the related Prepayment Period (in each case, net of
unreimbursed expenses incurred in connection with a liquidation or foreclosure
and unreimbursed Advances, if any); (iii) all partial or full prepayments
on the Mortgage Loans received by the Servicer during the related Prepayment
Period together with all Compensating Interest paid by the Servicer in
connection therewith (excluding any Prepayment Charges); (iv) all
Substitution Adjustment Amounts with respect to the substitutions of Mortgage
Loans that occur on or prior to the related Determination Date; (v) all
amounts received with respect to such Distribution Date as the Repurchase Price
in respect of a Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Originator or the Sponsor
on or
prior to the related Determination Date; and (vi) the proceeds with respect
to the termination of the Trust Fund pursuant to clause (a) of
Section 11.01; reduced by (y) amounts in reimbursement for Advances
previously made with respect to the Mortgage Loans and other amounts as to
which
the Servicer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator,
the Credit Risk Manager or the Trustee are entitled to be paid or reimbursed
pursuant to this Agreement.
-7-
Available
Funds Cap:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the per annum rate (subject to adjustment
based on the actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest Accrual
Period with respect to the LIBOR Certificates) equal to the weighted average
of
the Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rate for each Mortgage Loan then in effect at
the
beginning of the related Due Period (not including for this purpose any Mortgage
Loans for which Principal Prepayments in Full have been received and distributed
in the month prior to that Distribution Date)
Back-up
Certification:
As
defined in Section 3.24.
Basic
Principal Payment Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Principal
Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the Excess
Overcollateralization Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date.
Basis
Risk Carryover Amount:
With
respect to each Class of LIBOR and Fixed Rate Certificates, as of any
Distribution Date, the sum of (A) if on such Distribution Date the Interest
Rate for any Class of LIBOR or Fixed Rate Certificates is based upon the
Available Funds Cap, the excess of (i) the amount of interest such
Class of Certificates would otherwise be entitled to receive on such
Distribution Date had such Interest Rate not been subject to the Available
Funds
Cap, over (ii) the amount of interest payable on such Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date based on the Available Funds Cap and
(B) the portion of any such excess described in clause (A) for
such Class of Certificates from all previous Distribution Dates not previously
paid, together with interest thereon at a rate equal the applicable Interest
Rate for each such Class of Certificates for such Distribution
Date.
Basis
Risk Payment:
For any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate of
the Basis Risk Carryover Amounts of the LIBOR and Fixed Rate Certificates for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the Class X Distributable Amount
(prior to any reduction for Basis Risk Payments).
Best’s:
Best’s
Key Rating Guide, as the same shall be amended from time to time.
Book-Entry
Certificates:
As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Business
Day:
Any day
other than (i) Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking and
savings and loan institutions, in (a) the States of New York, California,
Maryland or Minnesota, (b) the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any other
State in which the Servicer’s servicing operations are located, or (c) any
State in which the Corporate Trust Office is located, are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
Cap
Account:
The
Account created pursuant to Section 4.06(a).
Cap
Agreement:
The
interest rate cap agreement entered into by the Supplemental Interest Trust
and
the Cap Counterparty, dated February 6, 2007, which agreement provides for
the
monthly payment specified to the trustee of the Supplemental Interest Trust
(for
the benefit of Certificateholders) commencing with the Distribution Date in
August 2007 and ending on the Distribution Date in February 2009, by the Cap
Counterparty, but subject to the conditions set forth therein, together with
any
schedule, confirmations or other agreements relating thereto, a form of which
is
attached as Exhibit P.
-8-
Cap
Amount:
With
respect to each Distribution Date, the amount of any Cap Payment deposited
into
the Cap Account.
Cap
Counterparty:
The
counterparty to the Supplemental Interest Trust under the Cap Agreement, and
any
successor in interest or its assigns. Initially, the Cap Counterparty shall
be
Bear Xxxxxxx Financial Products Inc.
Cap
Payment:
With
respect to each Distribution Date, any payment required to be made by the Cap
Counterparty to the Supplemental Interest Trust pursuant to the terms of the
Cap
Agreement.
Cap
Payment Date:
For as
long as the Cap Agreement is in effect or any amounts remain unpaid thereunder,
the Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution Date.
Cap
Replacement Receipts:
As
defined in Section 4.08(a)(ii).
Cap
Replacement Receipts Account:
As
defined in Section 4.08(a)(ii).
Cap
Termination Payment:
Upon
the designation of an “Early Termination Date” as defined in the Cap Agreement,
the payment required to be made by the Cap Counterparty to the Supplemental
Interest Trust pursuant to the terms of the Cap Agreement and any unpaid amounts
due on previous Cap Payment Dates and accrued interest thereon as provided
in
the Cap Agreement, as calculated by the Cap Counterparty and furnished to the
Securities Administrator.
Cap
Termination Receipts:
As
defined in Section 4.08(a)(i).
Cap
Termination Receipts Account:
As
defined in Section 4.08(a)(i).
Certificate:
Any one
of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Securities Administrator
in substantially the forms attached hereto as exhibits.
Certificate
Balance:
With
respect to any Certificate, other than a Class X, Class P or Class R
Certificate, at any date, the maximum dollar amount of principal to which the
Holder thereof is then entitled hereunder, such amount being equal to the
Denomination thereof minus all distributions of principal previously made with
respect thereto and in the case of any Class M Certificates, reduced by any
Applied Realized Loss Amounts allocated to such Class of Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.05; provided,
however,
that
immediately following the Distribution Date on which a Subsequent Recovery
is
distributed, the Class Certificate Balances of any Class or Classes of
Certificates that have been previously reduced by Applied Realized Loss Amounts
will be increased, in order of seniority, by the amount of any Subsequent
Recovery distributed on such Distribution Date (up to the amount of Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount for such Class or Classes for such Distribution Date).
The Class P Certificates are issued with an initial Class P Principal
Amount of $100. The Class X and Class R Certificates have no
Certificate Balance.
-9-
Certificate
Owner:
With
respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner
of
such Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate
Register:
The
register maintained pursuant to Section 5.02.
Certificateholder
or
Holder:
The
person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register,
except that, solely for the purpose of giving any consent pursuant to this
Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor or any
Affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed not to be Outstanding and the
Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account in
determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage Interests necessary
to
effect such consent has been obtained; provided,
however,
that if
any such Person (including the Depositor) owns 100.00% of the Percentage
Interests evidenced by a Class of Certificates, such Certificates shall be
deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any provision hereof that requires
the
consent of the Holders of Certificates of a particular Class as a condition
to the taking of any action hereunder. The Securities Administrator is entitled
to rely conclusively on a certification of the Depositor or any Affiliate of
the
Depositor in determining which Certificates are registered in the name of an
Affiliate of the Depositor.
Certification
Parties:
As
defined in Section 3.24(a).
Certifying
Person:
As
defined in Section 3.24(a).
Citibank:
Citibank, N.A., and its successors in interest.
CitiMortgage:
CitiMortgage, Inc., and its successors in interest.
Class:
All
Certificates bearing the same class designation as set forth in the Preliminary
Statement.
Class A-1
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class A-1”.
Class A-2
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class A-2”.
Class A-3
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class A-3”.
Class A-4
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class A-4”.
Class A-5
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class A-5”.
-10-
Class A-6
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class A-6”.
Class A
Certificates:
As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Class
A-6 Priority Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the product of the (a) Class A-6 Priority
Percentage, (b) the Class A-6 Shift Percentage and (c) either (i) on any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date or on which a Trigger Event is
in
effect, the Principal Payment Amount for such Distribution Date or (ii) on
any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date and on which a Trigger Event
is
not in effect, the Senior Principal Payment Amount for such Distribution
Date.
Class
A-6 Priority Percentage:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of
the
Class A-6 Certificates divided by the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of
the
Class A Certificates, in each case without taking into account any distributions
made on such Distribution Date.
Class
A-6 Shift Percentage
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the percentage indicated below:
Distribution
Dates Occurring In:
|
Shift
Percentage:
|
|
February
2007 through January 2010
|
0%
|
|
February
2010 through January 2012
|
45%
|
|
February
2012 through January 2013
|
80%
|
|
February
2013 through January 2014
|
100%
|
|
February
2014 and thereafter
|
300%
|
Class Certificate
Balance:
With
respect to any Class of LIBOR or Fixed Rate Certificates and as to any date
of
determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of all Certificates
of
such Class as of such date. With respect to the Class X, Class P and Class
R Certificates, zero. With respect to any Lower Tier Interest and as to any
date
of determination, the initial Class Principal Balance as shown or described
in
the table set forth in the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement for the
issuing REMIC, as reduced by any principal distributed with respect to such
Lower Tier Interest and Realized Losses allocated to such Lower Tier
Interest.
Class M
Certificates:
As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Class M
Principal Payment Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Class M
Certificates, the lesser of (i) the excess of (a) the Principal
Payment Amount over (b) the aggregate amount distributed on that
Distribution Date as principal to all Classes of Certificates more senior than
that Class of Class M Certificates (provided,
however,
for
this purpose, the Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3 Certificates will be
treated as having the same seniority) and (ii) the excess of (a) the sum of
the
aggregate Class Certificate Balances of all Class of Certificates more
senior than that Class of Class M Certificates (after giving effect to
all amounts distributed on that Distribution Date to those Classes of more
senior certificates (provided,
however,
for
this purpose, the Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3 Certificates will be
treated as having the same seniority)) and the Class Certificate Balance of
that Class of Class M Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date over (b) the lesser of:
-11-
(x) the
percentage set forth in the table below for the applicable Class of
Class M Certificates multiplied by the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans for that Distribution Date:
Class
|
Percentage
|
|
X-0,
X-0 xxx X-0
|
83.10%*
|
|
M-4
|
89.00%
|
|
M-5
|
91.70%
|
|
M-6
|
93.60%
|
|
M-7
|
95.40%
|
and
(y) the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
for that Distribution Date over 0.50% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, until the Class Certificate
Balance of that Class of Class M Certificates has been reduced to
zero.
_______________
* |
The
amount calculated according to such percentage will be allocated
sequentially to the Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3
Certificates.
|
Class M-1
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class M-1”.
Class M-2
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class M-2”.
Class M-3
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class M-3”.
Class M-4
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class M-4”.
Class M-5
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class M-5”.
-12-
Class M-6
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class M-6”.
Class M-7
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class M-7”.
Class P
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class P”.
Class P
Principal Amount:
As of
the Closing Date, $100.00.
Class R
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class R”.
Class X
Certificates:
All
Certificates bearing the Class designation of “Class X”.
Class
X Distributable Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the amount of interest that has accrued on
the
Class X Notional Balance, as described in the Preliminary Statement, but that
has not been distributed prior to such date. In addition, such amount shall
include the initial Overcollateralization Amount of $6,808,276 ($6,808,376
less
$100 of such amount allocated to the Class P Certificates) to the extent such
amount has not been distributed on an earlier Distribution Date as part of
the
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount.
Class
X Notional Balance:
With
respect to
any
Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period) the aggregate
principal balance of the regular interests in REMIC 1 as specified in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.
Closing
Date:
February 6, 2007.
Code:
The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or amendatory
provisions.
Collateral
Account:
The
account maintained by the trustee of the Supplemental Interest Trust in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.06(b).
Collection
Account:
As
defined in Section 3.10(a).
Commission:
The
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Compensating
Interest:
For any
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of the Servicing Fee actually
retained by or paid to the Servicer for such Distribution Date.
Condemnation
Proceeds:
All
awards or settlements in respect of a Mortgaged Property, whether permanent
or
temporary, partial or entire, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or
condemnation.
Corporate
Trust Office:
With
respect to the Securities Administrator, (i) for transfer, presentation or
surrender of Certificates, the office at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 15th
Floor
Window, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Corporate Trust Services - HALO
2007-WF1, and (ii) for all other purposes, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Structured Finance Agency and Trust -
HALO
2007-WF1 or at such other address as the Securities Administrator may designate
from time to time by notice to the Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee. With respect to the Trustee, the designated office
of
the Trustee in the State of California at which any particular time its
corporate trust business with respect to this Agreement is administered, which
office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is located at 0000 Xxxx
Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Trust
Administration - HB07W1, facsimile number (000) 000-0000, and its telephone
number is (000) 000-0000 and which is also the address to which notices to
and
correspondence with the Trustee under this Agreement should be directed.
-13-
Corresponding
Class:
As set
forth in first table under the heading REMIC 1 and in the first table under
the
heading Upper Tier REMIC in the Preliminary Statement.
Credit
Enhancement Percentage:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the percentage obtained by dividing
(x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the
Class M Certificates and (ii) the Overcollateralization Amount
(assuming the Overcollateralization Amount is not less than zero and in each
case after taking into account the distributions of the Principal Payment Amount
for such Distribution Date assuming no Trigger Event has occurred) by
(y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date.
Credit
Risk Manager:
OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc., formerly known as MortgageRamp,
Inc., and its successors and assigns.
Credit
Risk Management Agreement:
The
Loan Performance Monitoring Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, entered
into
by the Servicer and the Credit Risk Manager.
Credit
Risk Manager’s Fee:
With
respect to any Distribution Date and each Mortgage Loan, an amount equal to
the
product of (a) one twelfth, (b) the Credit Risk Manager’s Fee Rate and (c) the
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of the
related Due Period; provided, however, that such amount shall not be less than
$1,500.00 on each Distribution Date.
Credit
Risk Manager’s Fee Rate:
0.014%
per
annum.
Credit
Support Annex:
The
credit support annex to the Cap Agreement dated as of February 6, 2007, between
the trustee of the Supplemental Interest Trust, on behalf of the Supplemental
Interest Trust and the Cap Counterparty.
Cumulative
Loss Percentage:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction,
the
numerator of which is the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred from
the
Cut-off Date to the last day of the calendar month preceding the month in which
such Distribution Date occurs and the denominator of which is the Cut-off Date
Pool Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans.
Cumulative
Loss Trigger Event:
If,
with respect to any Distribution Date, the quotient (expressed as a
percentage) of (x) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred since
the Cut-off Date through the last day of the related Prepayment Period, divided
by (y) the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance, exceeds the applicable loss
percentages set forth below with respect to such Distribution Date:
-14-
Distribution
Date Occurring In:
|
Loss
Percentage:
|
|||
February
2009 through January 2010
|
0.50%
for the first month, plus an additional 1/12th of
0.80%
for each month thereafter
|
|||
February
2010 through January 2011
|
1.30%
for the first month, plus an additional 1/12th of
1.00%
for each month thereafter
|
|||
February
2011 through January 2012
|
2.30%
for the first month, plus an additional 1/12th of
1.00%
for each month thereafter
|
|||
February
2012 through January 2013
|
3.30%
for the first month, plus an additional 1/12th of
0.60%
for each month thereafter
|
|||
February
2013 through January 2014
|
3.90%
for the first month, plus an additional 1/12th
of
0.10% for each month thereafter
|
|||
February
2014 and thereafter
|
4.00%
|
Custodial
File:
The
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).
Custodian:
Initially, Xxxxx Fargo, or any successor custodian appointed
hereunder.
Cut-off
Date:
January
1, 2007.
Cut-off
Date Pool Principal Balance:
The
aggregate Stated Principal Balances of all Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
Cut-off
Date Principal Balance:
As to
any Mortgage Loan, the Stated Principal Balance thereof as of the close of
business on the Cut-off Date.
Data
Tape Information:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the same information (provided as of the Cut-off
Date) included in the data fields specified under the definition of “Mortgage
Loan Schedule” in the Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement, with such
additions and modifications as agreed upon by the Originator and the Depositor.
A copy of the Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement is attached as Exhibit
Q hereto.
Debt
Service Reduction:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction
in a proceeding under the United States Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment
for such Mortgage Loan which became final and non-appealable, except such a
reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results
in
a permanent forgiveness of principal.
Defaulting
Party:
As
defined in the Cap Agreement.
-15-
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 then outstanding
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, which valuation results from a
proceeding initiated under the United States Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive
Certificates:
Any
Certificate evidenced by a Physical Certificate and any Certificate issued
in
lieu of a Book-Entry Certificate pursuant to Section 5.02(e).
Delay
Certificates:
As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Deleted
Mortgage Loan:
As
defined in Section 2.03.
Delinquency
Rate:
For any
calendar month, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which
is
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of 60+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loans
as
of the close of business on the last day of such month (not including those
Mortgage Loans that are liquidated as of the end of the related Prepayment
Period), and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the close of business on the last day of such month
(not including those Mortgage Loans that are liquidated as of the end of the
related Prepayment Period).
Delinquency
Trigger Event:
With
respect to any Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, the
circumstances in which the Rolling Three Month Delinquency Rate as of the last
day of the immediately preceding calendar month exceeds the applicable
percentages of the Credit Enhancement Percentage for the prior Distribution
Date
(for the purpose of this definition, the Credit Enhancement Percentage for
each
class of the Class M Certificates will be calculated by dividing (x) the sum
of
(i) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Class M Certificates with
a
lower payment priority than that Class and (ii) the Overcollateralization Amount
(in each case after taking into account distributions of the related Principal
Payment Amount for that Distribution Date) by (y) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans for that Distribution Date) as
set
forth below for the most senior Class of LIBOR or Fixed Rate Certificates then
outstanding:
Class
|
Percentage
|
|
A
|
36.16%
|
|
M-1
|
45.02%
|
|
M-2
|
61.52%
|
|
M-3
|
69.54%
|
|
M-4
|
106.83%
|
|
M-5
|
141.57%
|
|
M-6
|
183.59%
|
|
M-7
|
255.40%
|
Denomination:
With
respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth on the face thereof as the
“Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate” or the Percentage Interest
appearing on the face thereof.
-16-
Depositor:
HSI
Asset Securitization Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its successors
in
interest.
Depository:
The
initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company, the nominee of which
is CEDE & Co., as the registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates.
The Depository shall at all times be a “clearing corporation” as defined in
Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New
York.
Depository
Institution:
Any
depository institution or trust company, including the Trustee and the
Securities Administrator, that (a) is incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or any State thereof, (b) is subject to
supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities and
(c) has outstanding unsecured commercial paper or other short-term
unsecured debt obligations that are rated P-1 by Moody’s, F1+ by Fitch and A-1
by Standard & Poor’s (provided
that,
to the
extent that such outstanding unsecured commercial paper or other short-term
debt
obligations are rated below A-1+ by Standard & Poor’s, the amounts on
deposit (1) represent less than 20% of the initial par value of the securities,
(2) are not intended to be used as credit enhancement and (3) are to be held
in
the account for less than 30 days).
Depository
Participant:
A
broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other Person for whom
from time to time a Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of
securities deposited with the Depository.
Determination
Date:
With
respect to each Remittance Date, the Business Day immediately preceding such
Remittance Date.
Disqualified
Non-U.S. Person:
With
respect to a Class R Certificate, any Non-U.S. Person or agent thereof
other than (i) a Non-U.S. Person that holds the Class R Certificate in
connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States
and
has furnished the transferor and the Securities Administrator with an effective
IRS Form W-8ECI or (ii) a Non-U.S. Person that has delivered to both the
transferor and the Securities Administrator an opinion of a nationally
recognized tax counsel to the effect that the transfer of the Class R
Certificate to it is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of the Class R
Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax
purposes.
Distribution
Account:
The
separate Eligible Account created and maintained by the Securities Administrator
pursuant to Section 3.07(e) in the name of the Securities Administrator as
paying agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders and
designated “Citibank, N.A. as paying agent in trust for registered holders of
HSI Asset Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2007-WF1”. Funds in the Distribution Account shall be held in trust
for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in this
Agreement.
Distribution
Date:
The
25th day of each calendar month, or if such day is not a Business Day, the
next
succeeding Business Day, commencing in February 2007.
Document
Certification and Exception Report:
The
form of report attached to Exhibit F hereto.
-17-
Due
Date:
The day
of the month on which the Scheduled Payment is due on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive
of any days of grace.
Due
Period:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the period commencing on the second day of
the
calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and
ending on the first day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
Early
Termination Event:
As
defined in the Cap Agreement.
XXXXX:
The
Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System.
Eligible
Account:
Either
(i) an account maintained with a federal or state-chartered depository
institution or trust company that complies with the definition of Eligible
Institution, (ii) an account maintained with the corporate trust department
of a
federal depository institution or state-chartered depository institution 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 (iii) any
other account acceptable to each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear
interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified under this definition,
accounts maintained with the Securities Administrator.
Eligible
Institution:
A
federal or state-chartered depository institution or trust company the
commercial paper, short-term debt obligations, or other short-term deposits
of
which are rated at least “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s if the amounts on
deposit are to be held in the account for no more than 365 days (or at least
“A-2” if the amounts on deposit are to be held in the account for no more than
30 days), “P-1” by Moody’s and “F1+” by Fitch (or a comparable rating if another
Rating Agency is specified by the Depositor by written notice to each of the
Servicer and the Securities Administrator) or long-term unsecured debt
obligations are rated at least “AA-” by Standard & Poor’s if the amounts on
deposit are to be held in the account for more than 365 days. Upon the loss
of a
required rating, the amounts shall be transferred immediately to accounts which
have a required rating.
ERISA:
The
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA-Qualifying
Underwriting:
A best
efforts or firm commitment underwriting or private placement that meets the
requirements of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 96-84,
61 Fed. Reg. 58234 (1996), as amended by XXX 00-00, 00 Xxx. Xxx. 00000
(1997), PTE 2000-58, 65 Fed. Reg. 67765 (2000) and PTE 2002-41, 67 Fed.
Reg. 54487 (2002) (or any successor thereto), or any substantially
similar administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department of
Labor.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificate:
As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
ERISA-Restricted
Trust Certificate:
As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Escrow
Account:
The
Eligible Account or Accounts established and maintained by the Servicer pursuant
to Section 3.09.
-18-
Escrow
Payments:
As
defined in Section 3.09.
Event
of Default:
As
defined in Section 7.01.
Excess
Overcollateralization Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the
Overcollateralization Amount (for purposes of this calculation only, assuming
100% of the Principal Remittance Amount is applied as a principal payment to
the
LIBOR and Fixed Rate Certificates on such Distribution Date, but before giving
effect to any other distributions on the LIBOR and Fixed Rate Certificates
in
reduction of their respective Class Certificate Balances on such Distribution
Date) on such Distribution Date over (b) the Overcollateralization Target
Amount for such Distribution Date.
Excess
Reserve Fund Account:
The
separate Eligible Account created and maintained by the Securities Administrator
under the Supplemental Interest Trust pursuant to Sections 3.07(b) in the
name of the Securities Administrator as paying agent for the benefit of the
LIBOR Certificateholders and the Class X Certificateholders and designated
“Citibank, N.A. as paying agent in trust for registered holders of HSI Asset
Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2007-WF1.” Funds in the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall be held in trust for
such Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Amounts on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall not be invested.
The
Excess Reserve Fund Account shall be considered part of the Supplemental
Interest Trust but not part of any REMIC.
Exchange
Act:
The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
Excluded
Trust Assets:
As
defined in the Preliminary Statement.
Expense
Adjusted Mortgage Rate:
With
respect to any Distribution Date and as to each Mortgage Loan, the per annum
rate equal to the Mortgage Rate as of the first day of the related Due Period
less the Expense Fee Rate.
Expense
Fee Rate:
As to
each Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate equal to the sum of the Servicing Fee
Rate
and the Securities Administration Fee Rate.
Expense
Fees:
As to
each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, the sum of the Servicing Fee
and
the Securities Administration Fee.
Extra
Principal Payment Amount:
As of
any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the related Total Monthly Excess
Spread for such Distribution Date and (y) the related Overcollateralization
Deficiency for such Distribution Date.
Xxxxxx
Xxx:
The
Federal National Mortgage Association, or any successor thereto.
FDIC:
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor thereto.
-19-
Final
Recovery Determination:
With
respect to any defaulted Mortgage Loan or any REO Property (other than a
Mortgage Loan or REO Property purchased by the Originator or the Sponsor as
contemplated by this Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, as applicable), a
determination made by the Servicer that all Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries which the
Servicer, in its reasonable good faith judgment, expects to be finally
recoverable in respect thereof have been so recovered. The Servicer shall
maintain records, prepared by a Servicing Officer, of each Final Recovery
Determination made thereby.
Final
Scheduled Distribution Date:
The
Final Scheduled Distribution Date for each Class of Certificates is the
Distribution Date occurring in December 2036.
Fitch:
Fitch,
Inc., or any successor thereto. If Fitch is designated as a Rating Agency in
the
Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 12.05 the address for
notices to Fitch shall be Fitch, Inc., Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, Attention: MBS Monitoring - HALO (HSI Asset Loan Obligation
Trust 2007-WF1), or such other address as Fitch may hereafter furnish to the
Depositor and the Securities Administrator.
Fixed
Rate Certificates:
As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Fixed
Rate Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan with respect to which the Mortgage Rate set forth in the Mortgage
Note is fixed for the term of such Mortgage Loan.
Form
8-K Disclosure Information:
As
defined in Section 8.12(a)(iii)(A).
Xxxxxxx
Mac:
The
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate instrumentality of the
United States created and existing under Title III of the Emergency Home
Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereto.
Gross
Margin:
With
respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage amount
set
forth in the related Mortgage Note to be added to the Index to determine the
Mortgage Rate.
Independent:
When
used with respect to any accountants, a Person who is “independent” within the
meaning of Rule 2-01(B) of the Commission’s Regulation S-X. Independent means,
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 or indirect financial interest in such
other Person or any Affiliate of such other Person, (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 and (D) is not a member of the immediate family of a Person defined
in
clause (B) or (C) above.
Initial
Certification:
As
defined in Section 2.02.
Initial
Sale Date:
The
date the Mortgage Loan was purchased by the Sponsor from the Originator under
the Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement.
-20-
Insurance
Policy:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, any insurance policy,
including, but not limited to, any standard hazard insurance policy, flood
insurance policy, earthquake insurance policy, title insurance policy or Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy (if any), including all riders and endorsements
thereto in effect, including any replacement policy or policies.
Insurance
Proceeds:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of Insurance Policies insuring the
Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.
Interest
Accrual Period:
With
respect to each Class of LIBOR Certificates and any Distribution Date, the
period commencing on the Distribution Date occurring in the month preceding
the
month in which the current Distribution Date occurs and ending on the day
immediately preceding the current Distribution Date (or, in the case of the
first Distribution Date, the period from and including the Closing Date to
but
excluding such first Distribution Date). For purposes of computing interest
accruals on each Class of LIBOR Certificates, each Interest Accrual Period
has the actual number of days in such month and each year is assumed to have
360 days. With respect to each Class of Fixed Rate Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the period commencing on the last day of the calendar month
preceding the month in which the Current Distribution Date occurs and ending
on
the day immediately preceeding the Current Distribution Date. For purposes
of
computing interest accruals on each Class of Fixed Rate Certificates, each
Interest Accrual Period has 30 days and each year is assumed to have 360
days.
Interest
Carry Forward Amount:
As of
any Distribution Date and any Class of LIBOR or Fixed Rate Certificates,
the sum of, if applicable, (i) the portion of the Interest Payment Amount from
Distribution Dates prior to the current Distribution Date remaining unpaid
immediately prior to the current Distribution Date (excluding any Basis Risk
Carryover Amount with respect to such Class), and (ii) interest on the amount
in
clause (i) above at the applicable Interest Rate (to the extent permitted by
applicable law).
Interest
Margin:
Except
as set forth in the following sentence, with respect to each Class of LIBOR
Certificates, the following percentages: Class A-1 Certificates, 0.060% and
Class A-2 Certificates, 0.100%. On the first Distribution Date after the
Optional Termination Date, the Interest Margins shall increase to the following
percentages: Class A-1 Certificates, 0.120% and Class A-2
Certificates, 0.200%.
Interest
Payment Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date for each Class of LIBOR and Fixed Rate
Certificates, the amount of interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual
Period at the applicable Interest Rate on the related Class Certificate
Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date, as reduced by such Class’s
share of Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Interest Shortfalls
for such Distribution Date allocated to such Class pursuant to
Section 4.02(d).
Interest
Rate:
For
each Class of LIBOR and Fixed Rate Certificates, each Class of Upper Tier REMIC
Regular Interest and each class of Lower Tier Interest, the per annum rate
set
forth or calculated in the manner described in the Preliminary
Statement.
-21-
Interest
Remittance Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans, that portion of
Available Funds attributable to interest.
Investment
Account:
As
defined in Section 3.12(a).
Investor:
With
respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the Person named on the MERS
System as the investor pursuant to the MERS Procedures Manual.
IRS:
The
Internal Revenue Service.
Late
Collections:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Due Period, all amounts received after
the
Determination Date immediately following such Due Period, whether as late
payments of Scheduled Payments or as Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries or otherwise, which represent late
payments or collections of principal and/or interest due (without regard to
any
acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note) but
delinquent for such Due Period and not previously recovered.
LIBOR:
With
respect to any Interest Accrual Period for the LIBOR Certificates, the per
annum
rate determined on the LIBOR Determination Date in the following manner by
the
Securities Administrator on the basis of the “Interest Settlement Rate” set by
the British Bankers’ Association (the “BBA”)
for
one-month United States dollar deposits, as such rates appear on the Telerate
Page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such LIBOR Determination
Date.
If
on
such a LIBOR Determination Date, the BBA’s Interest Settlement Rate does not
appear on the Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time), or if the
Telerate Page 3750 is not available on such date, the Securities Administrator
will obtain such rate from Reuters’ “page LIBOR 01” or, if such rate does not
appear therein, the Securities Administrator will obtain such rate from
Bloomberg’s page “BBAM.” If such rate is not published for such LIBOR
Determination Date, LIBOR for such date will be the most recently published
Interest Settlement Rate. In the event that the BBA no longer sets an Interest
Settlement Rate, the Securities Administrator will designate an alternative
index that has performed, or that the Securities Administrator expects to
perform, in a manner substantially similar to the BBA’s Interest Settlement
Rate. The Securities Administrator will select a particular index as the
alternative index only if it receives an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion
shall
be an expense reimbursed from the Distribution Account pursuant to Section
4.01,
that the selection of such index will not cause any of the REMICs to lose their
classification as REMICs for federal income tax purposes.
LIBOR
Certificates:
As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
LIBOR
Determination Date:
With
respect to any Interest Accrual Period for the LIBOR Certificates, the second
London Business Day preceding the commencement of such Interest Accrual
Period.
Liquidated
Mortgage Loan:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, a defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any
REO
Property) which was liquidated in the calendar month preceding the month of
such
Distribution Date and as to which the Servicer has certified to the Securities
Administrator 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.
-22-
Liquidation
Proceeds:
Cash
received in connection with the liquidation of a Liquidated Mortgage Loan,
whether through a trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise.
Loan-to-Value
Ratio
or
LTV:
As of
any date and as to any Mortgage Loan, the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan to
(a) in the case of a purchase, the lesser of (i) the sale price of the
Mortgaged Property and (ii) its appraised value at the time of sale or
(b) in the case of a refinancing or modification, the appraised value of
the Mortgaged Property at the time of the refinancing or
modification.
London
Business Day:
Any day
on which dealings in deposits of United States dollars are transacted in the
London interbank market.
Lower
Tier Interest:
An
interest in any REMIC formed hereby other than the Upper Tier
REMIC.
Master
Agreement:
The
ISDA Form Master Agreement, dated February 6, 2007, entered into between the
Supplemental Interest Trust and the Cap Counterparty.
Master
Servicer:
CitiMortgage, and any successors in interest, and if a successor master servicer
is appointed hereunder, such successor.
Master
Servicer Event of Default:
As
defined in Section 9.06.
Master
Servicer Float Period:
With
respect to each Distribution Date and the related amounts in the Master
Servicing Account, the period commencing on the Remittance Date immediately
preceding the related Master Servicer Remittance Date and ending on such Master
Servicer Remittance Date.
Master
Servicer Remittance Date:
As to
any Distribution Date, 12:00 noon New York City time on the first Business
Day
immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
Master
Servicing Account:
The
separate Eligible Account created and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant
to Section 3.07(d) in the name of the Master Servicer for the benefit of
the Trustee and the Certificateholders and designated “CitiMortgage, Inc., in
trust for registered holders of HSI Asset Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-WF1”. Funds in the Master
Servicing Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the
uses
and purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Master
Servicing Officer:
Any
officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the
administration and master servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
MERS:
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
its
successors in interest.
-23-
MERS
Designated Mortgage Loan:
Mortgage Loans for which (a) the Originator has designated or will
designate MERS as, and has taken or will take such action as is necessary to
cause MERS to be, the mortgagee of record, as nominee for the Originator, in
accordance with the MERS Procedure Manual and (b) the Originator has
designated or will designate the Trustee as the Investor on the MERS
System.
MERS
Procedure Manual:
The
MERS Procedures Manual, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
MERS®
System:
MERS
mortgage electronic registry system, as more particularly described in the
MERS
Procedures Manual.
MIN:
The
Mortgage Identification Number of Mortgage Loans registered with MERS on the
MERS® System.
Monthly
Statement:
The
statement made available to the Certificateholders by the Securities
Administrator through its website pursuant to Section 4.03.
Moody’s:
Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc. If Xxxxx’x is designated as a Rating Agency in the
Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 12.05 the address for
notices to Moody’s shall be Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential Mortgage Pass-Through Group,
HALO (HSI Asset Loan Obligation Trust Series 2007-WF1), or such other address
as
Moody’s may hereafter furnish to the Depositor and the Securities
Administrator.
Mortgage:
The
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage
File:
The
items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan contained in either the Servicing
File or Custodial File.
Mortgage
Loan:
An
individual Mortgage Loan that is the subject of this Agreement, each Mortgage
Loan originally sold and subject to this Agreement being identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan includes, without limitation, the
Mortgage File, the Scheduled Payments, Principal Prepayments, Liquidation
Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds,
REO
Disposition proceeds, Prepayment Charges, and all other rights, benefits,
proceeds and obligations arising from or in connection with such Mortgage Loan,
excluding replaced or repurchased Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage
Loan Schedule:
A
schedule of Mortgage Loans prepared by the Depositor, delivered to the Trustee
on the Closing Date and referred to on Schedule I, such schedule setting
forth the Data Tape Information with respect to each Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage
Note:
The
note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage
Loan.
-24-
Mortgage
Rate:
The
annual rate of interest borne on a Mortgage Note, which shall be adjusted from
time to time.
Mortgaged
Property:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the real property (or leasehold estate, if
applicable) identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as securing repayment
of
the debt evidenced by the related Mortgage Note.
Mortgagor:
The
obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.
Net
Monthly Excess Cash Flow:
For any
Distribution Date, the amount of interest and principal remaining for
distribution pursuant to subsection 4.02(a)(iii) (before giving effect to
distributions pursuant to such subsection).
Net
Prepayment Interest Shortfall:
For any
Distribution Date, the amount by which the sum of the Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls for such Distribution Date exceeds the sum of Compensating Interest
payments made with respect to such Distribution Date.
Net
WAC Rate:
With
respect to any Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period),
a
per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the Expense Adjusted Mortgage
Rates of the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related Due Period (not
including for this purpose Mortgage Loans for which Principal Prepayments in
Full have been received and distributed in the month prior to that Distribution
Date).
NIM
Issuer:
The
entity established as the issuer of the NIM Securities.
NIM
Securities:
Any
debt securities secured or otherwise backed by some or all of the Class X
and Class P Certificates that are rated by any Rating Agency.
NIM
Trustee:
The
indenture trustee for the NIM Securities.
Non-Delay
Certificates:
As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Non-Permitted
Transferee:
A
Person other than a Permitted Transferee.
Non-U.S.
Person:
A
person that is not a U.S. Person.
Nonrecoverable
P&I Advance:
Any
P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage
Loan or REO Property that, in the good faith business judgment (taking into
account Accepted Servicing Practices) of the Servicer, the Master Servicer,
as
successor servicer, or any successor master servicer including the Trustee,
as
applicable, will not or, in the case of a proposed P&I Advance, would not be
ultimately recoverable from related Late Collections on such Mortgage Loan
or
REO Property as provided herein.
Nonrecoverable
Servicing Advance:
Any
Servicing Advances previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a
Mortgage Loan or REO Property, which, in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices, will not or, in the case of a proposed Servicing Advance, would
not
be ultimately recoverable from related Late Collections.
-25-
Notice
of Final Distribution:
The
notice to be provided by the Securities Administrator pursuant to
Section 11.02 to the effect that final distribution on any of the
Certificates shall be made only upon presentation and surrender
thereof.
Offered
Certificates:
As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Offering
Documents:
The
Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum.
Officer’s
Certificate:
A
certificate signed by an officer of the Servicer with responsibility for the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
Opinion
of Counsel:
A
written opinion of counsel, which may be in-house or outside counsel to the
Servicer, any Subservicer, the Depositor, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer,
the
Securities Administrator or the Trustee, acceptable to the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable (and/or such other Persons as may be
set
forth herein), except that any opinion of counsel relating to (a) the
qualification of any REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC or (b) compliance with
the REMIC Provisions must be an opinion of Independent counsel.
Option
to Purchase: On
the initial or any subsequent Optional Termination Date, the Master Servicer
at
its own option may purchase, or upon instruction by the Depositor shall
purchase, the Mortgage Loans. In the event that the Depositor wishes to instruct
the Master Servicer to purchase the Mortgage Loans on any Optional Termination
Date, the Depositor shall provide instructions to the Master Servicer to
exercise such option no later than 5:00p.m. on the third Business Day
immediately preceding such Optional Termination Date, in which event the
exercise by the Master Servicer of its option to purchase the Mortgage Loans
shall be deemed to have been at the Depositor’s instruction.
Optional
Termination Date:
Any
Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans, as of the last day of the related Due Period, is less than
or
equal to 10.00% of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance.
Originator:
Xxxxx
Fargo and its successors in interest.
OTS:
Office
of Thrift Supervision, and any successor thereto.
Outstanding:
With
respect to the Certificates as of any date of determination, all Certificates
theretofore executed and authenticated under this Agreement except:
(i) Certificates
theretofore canceled by the Securities Administrator or delivered to the
Securities Administrator for cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates
in exchange for which or in lieu of which other Certificates have been executed
and delivered by the Securities Administrator pursuant to this
Agreement.
Outstanding
Mortgage Loan:
As of
any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan with a Stated Principal Balance greater than
zero
which was not the subject of a Principal Prepayment in Full prior to such Due
Date and which did not become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan prior to such Due
Date.
-26-
Overcollateralization
Amount:
As of
any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date over
(b) the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances of the LIBOR and
Fixed Rate Certificates as of such Distribution Date (after giving effect to
the
payment of the Principal Remittance Amount on such Certificates on such
Distribution Date).
Overcollateralization
Deficiency:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the
Overcollateralization Target Amount applicable to such Distribution Date over
(b) the Overcollateralization Amount (for purposes of this calculation
only, assuming 100% of the Principal Remittance Amount is applied as a principal
payment to the LIBOR and Fixed Rate Certificates on such Distribution Date,
but
before giving effect to any other distributions on the LIBOR and Fixed Rate
Certificates in reduction of their respective Class Certificate Balances on
such
Distribution Date) applicable to such Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization
Reduction Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the
Excess Overcollateralization Amount and (b) the Net Monthly Excess Cash
Flow.
Overcollateralization
Target Amount:
Prior
to the Stepdown Date, an amount equal to 2.30% of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date. On and after the Stepdown
Date provided a Trigger Event is not in effect, an amount equal to the greater
of (i) 4.60% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (ii) 0.50% of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date;
provided,
however,
that
if, on any Distribution Date a Trigger Event exists, the Overcollateralization
Target Amount shall not be reduced to the applicable percentage of then current
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans until the Distribution
Date on which a Trigger Event no longer exists but rather shall remain the
Overcollateralization Target Amount as determined for the immediately preceding
Distribution Date. When the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of
LIBOR Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Overcollateralization Target
Amount will thereafter equal zero.
Ownership
Interest:
As to
any Residual Certificate, any ownership interest in such Certificate including
any interest in such Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest
therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial.
P&I
Advance:
As to
any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, any advance made by the Servicer in respect
of any Remittance Date representing the aggregate of all payments of principal
and interest, net of the Servicing Fee, that were due during the related Due
Period on the Mortgage Loans and that were delinquent on the related
Determination Date, plus certain amounts representing assumed payments not
covered by any current net income on the Mortgaged Properties acquired by
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure as determined pursuant to Section
4.01.
-27-
Percentage
Interest:
As to
any Certificate, the percentage interest evidenced thereby in distributions
required to be made on the related Class, such percentage interest being set
forth on the face thereof or equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the
Denomination of such Certificate by the aggregate of the Denominations of all
Certificates of the same Class.
Permitted
Investments:
Any one
or more of the following obligations or securities acquired at a purchase price
of not greater than par, regardless of whether issued by the Servicer, the
Securities Administrator, the Trustee or any of their respective
Affiliates:
(i) direct
obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of
principal and interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality
thereof, provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of
the United States;
(ii) demand
and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, or bankers’ acceptances (which
shall each have an original maturity of not more than 90 days and, in the
case of bankers’ acceptances, shall in no event have an original maturity of
more than 365 days or a remaining maturity of more than 30 days)
denominated in United States dollars and issued by, any Depository Institution
and rated F1+ by Fitch, A-1+ by Standard & Poor’s and P-1 by
Moody’s;
(iii) repurchase
obligations with respect to any security described in clause (i) above
entered into with a Depository Institution (acting as principal);
(iv) securities
bearing interest or sold at a discount that are issued by any corporation
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof
and that are rated by Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s (in each case, to
the extent they are designated as Rating Agencies in the Preliminary Statement),
and by each other Rating Agency that rates such securities, in its highest
long-term unsecured rating categories at the time of such investment or
contractual commitment providing for such investment;
(v) commercial
paper (including both non-interest-bearing discount obligations and
interest-bearing obligations payable on demand or on a specified date not more
than 30 days after the date of acquisition thereof) that is rated by Fitch,
Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s (in each case, to the extent they are
designated as Rating Agencies in the Preliminary Statement), and by each other
Rating Agency that rates such securities, in its highest short-term unsecured
debt rating available at the time of such investment;
(vi) units
of
money market funds, including money market funds managed by the Trustee, the
Securities Administrator or an Affiliate thereof, that have been rated “Aaa” by
Moody’s, “AAA” by Standard & Poor’s and, if rated by Fitch, “AAA” by
Fitch; and
(vii) if
previously confirmed in writing to the Securities Administrator, any other
demand, money market or time deposit, or any other obligation, security or
investment, as may be acceptable to each of the Rating Agencies as a permitted
investment of funds backing “Aaa” or “AAA” rated securities;
-28-
provided,
however,
that no
instrument described hereunder shall evidence either the right to receive
(a) only interest with respect to the obligations underlying such
instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments derived from
obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and principal payments
with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at par greater
than
120.00% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying
obligations.
Permitted
Transferee:
Any
Person other than (i) the United States, any State or political subdivision
thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (ii) a
foreign government, international organization or any agency or instrumentality
of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization (except certain farmers’
cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from tax
imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511
of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions
(as
defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to any Residual
Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in
Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) a Person that is a Disqualified
Non-U.S. Person or a U.S. Person with respect to whom income from a Residual
Certificate is attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base,
within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such Person or any
other U.S. Person, (vi) an “electing large partnership” within the meaning
of Section 775 of the Code and (vii) any other Person so designated by
the Depositor based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person may cause any REMIC formed
hereby to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are
outstanding. The terms “United States”, “State” and “international organization”
shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor
provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality of the
United States or of any State or political subdivision thereof for these
purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and, with the exception
of
Xxxxxxx Mac, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such
government unit.
Person:
Any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited
liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or
government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Physical
Certificates:
As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Pool
Stated Principal Balance:
As to
any Distribution Date, the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date that were Outstanding Mortgage Loans
on the Due Date in the related Due Period.
Prepayment
Charge:
Any
prepayment premium, penalty or charge collected by the Servicer with respect
to
a Mortgage Loan from a Mortgagor in connection with any Principal Prepayment
pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Prepayment
Interest Shortfall:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of, for each Mortgage Loan that was,
during the portion of the related Prepayment Period from the first day of such
Prepayment Period through the last day of the month preceding the month in
which
such Distribution Date occurs, the subject of a Principal Prepayment which
is
not accompanied by an amount equal to one month of interest that would have
been
due on such Mortgage Loan on the Due Date that occurs during such Prepayment
Period and which was applied by the Servicer to reduce the outstanding principal
balance of such Mortgage Loan on a date preceding such Due Date, an amount
equal
to the product of (a) the Mortgage Rate net of the Servicing Fee Rate for
such Mortgage Loan, (b) the amount of the Principal Prepayment for such
Mortgage Loan, (c) 1/360 and (d) the number of days commencing on the
date on which such Principal Prepayment was applied and ending on the last
day
of the calendar month in which the related Prepayment Period
begins.
-29-
Prepayment
Period:
With
respect to any Distribution Date and any Principal Prepayments, the calendar
month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy:
Any
mortgage guaranty insurance, if any, on an individual Mortgage Loan as evidenced
by a policy or certificate, whether such policy is obtained by the originator,
the lender or the borrower.
Principal
Payment Amount:
For any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Basic Principal Payment Amount for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the Extra Principal Payment Amount for such
Distribution Date.
Principal
Prepayment:
Any
full or partial payment or other recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan
(including upon liquidation of a Mortgage Loan) that is received in advance
of
its scheduled Due Date, excluding any Prepayment Charge thereon, and that is
not
accompanied by an amount of interest representing scheduled interest due on
any
date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Principal
Prepayment in Full:
Any
Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor of the entire principal balance of
a
Mortgage Loan.
Principal
Remittance Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the amount equal to the sum of the following
amounts (without duplication) with respect to the related Due Period:
(i) each scheduled payment of principal on a Mortgage Loan due during such
Due Period and received by the Servicer on or prior to the related Determination
Date or advanced by the Servicer for the related Remittance Date, (ii) all
Principal Prepayments received during the related Prepayment Period;
(iii) all net Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Insurance
Proceeds on the Mortgage Loans allocable to principal, and all Subsequent
Recoveries, actually collected by the Servicer during the related Prepayment
Period; (iv) the portion of the Repurchase Price allocable to principal
with respect to each Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Originator or the Sponsor,
as the case may be, that was repurchased on or prior to the related
Determination Date; (v) all Substitution Adjustment Amounts allocable to
principal with respect to the substitutions of Mortgage Loans that occur on
or
prior to the related Determination Date; and (vi) the allocable portion of
the proceeds received with respect to the termination of the Trust Fund pursuant
to clause (a) of Section 11.01 (to the extent such proceeds
relate to principal).
Private
Certificates:
As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
-30-
Private
Placement Memorandum:
The
Private Placement Memorandum, dated February 5, 2007 relating to the offering
of
the Class M-7 Certificates.
Prospectus:
The
Prospectus, dated December 27, 2006, as supplemented by the Prospectus
Supplement.
Prospectus
Supplement:
The
Prospectus Supplement, dated February 5, 2007 relating to the Offered
Certificates.
PTCE:
As
defined in Section 5.02(b).
Purchase
Agreement:
The
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2007, between the
Depositor and the Sponsor.
Rating
Agency:
Each of
the Rating Agencies specified in the Preliminary Statement. If such organization
or a successor is no longer in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be such
nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or other comparable
Person, as is designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall
be
given to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator. References herein to
a
given rating or rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean such rating
category without giving effect to any modifiers. For purposes of
Section 12.05, the addresses for notices to each Rating Agency shall be the
address specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of such
Rating Agency, or such other address as either such Rating Agency may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor and the Securities Administrator.
Realized
Losses:
With
respect to any date of determination and any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the
amount, if any, by which (a) the unpaid principal balance of such
Liquidated Mortgage Loan together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon
exceeds (b) the Liquidation Proceeds with respect thereto net of the
expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with the liquidation of such
Liquidated Mortgage Loan and net of the amount of unreimbursed Servicing
Advances with respect to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan.
Record
Date:
With
respect to any Distribution Date and any Certificate other than Certificate
issued in definitive form, the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding such Distribution Date; provided,
however,
that,
for any Certificate issued in definitive form, the Record Date shall be the
close of business on the last Business Day of the month preceding the month
in
which such applicable Distribution Date occurs (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, the Closing Date).
Regulation
AB:
Subpart
229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
§§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to
such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission
in
the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No.
33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the
Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time
to
time.
Regulation
S:
Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act or any successor provision
thereto, in each case as the same may be amended from time to time; and all
references to any rule, section or subsection of, or definition or term
contained in, Regulation S means such rule, section, subsection, definition
or
term, as the case may be, or any successor thereto, in each case as the same
may
be amended from time to time.
-31-
Regulation
S Investment Letter:
As
defined in Section 5.02(b).
Regular
Certificates:
As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Relevant
Servicing Criteria:
The
Servicing Criteria applicable to the parties having reporting obligations
hereunder, as set forth on Exhibit S attached hereto. For clarification
purposes, multiple parties can have responsibility for the same Relevant
Servicing Criteria. With respect to any Servicing Function Participant engaged
by the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Custodian or the
Servicer, the term “Relevant Servicing Criteria” may refer to a portion of the
Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to such parties.
Relief
Act Interest Shortfall:
With
respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the
amount of interest collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently
ended
Due Period as a result of the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief
Act
or any applicable similar state statutes.
REMIC:
Each
pool of assets in the Trust Fund designated as a REMIC pursuant to the
Preliminary Statement.
REMIC
1:
As
described in the Preliminary Statement.
REMIC
2:
As
described in the Preliminary Statement.
REMIC
Provisions:
Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage
investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of
Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time
as
well as provisions of applicable state laws.
Remittance
Date:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the 20th
day of
the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, or, if the 20th
is not a
Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
REO
Disposition:
The
final sale by the Servicer of any REO Property.
REO
Imputed Interest:
As to
any REO Property, for any period, an amount equivalent to interest (at the
Mortgage Rate net of the applicable Servicing Fee Rate that would have been
applicable to the related Mortgage Loan had it been outstanding) on the unpaid
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of acquisition thereof
(as
such balance is reduced pursuant to Section 3.17 by any income from the REO
Property treated as a recovery of principal).
-32-
REO
Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan where title to the related Mortgaged Property has been obtained
by
the Servicer in the name of the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders.
REO
Property:
A
Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund through foreclosure or
deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted Mortgage
Loan.
Reportable
Event:
As
defined in Section 8.12(a)(iii)(A).
Reporting
Servicer:
As
defined in Section 8.12(a)(ii)(A).
Repurchase
Price:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date of repurchase,
(ii) interest on such unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan at the
Mortgage Rate, net, in the case of repurchase by the Originator only, of the
Servicing Fee Rate, from the last date through which interest has been paid
to
the date of repurchase, (iii) all unreimbursed Servicing Advances, (iv) the
amount of any 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 such
Mortgage Loan and (v) all expenses incurred by the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator, the Servicer or Trustee arising out of the Master
Servicer’s, the Servicer’s or Trustee’s enforcement of the Originator’s or
Sponsor’s repurchase obligation hereunder.
Request
for Release:
The
Request for Release submitted by the Servicer to the Trustee, substantially
in
the form of Exhibit J.
Residual
Certificates:
As
specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Responsible
Officer:
When
used with respect to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master
Servicer, any vice president, any assistant vice president, any assistant
secretary, any assistant treasurer, any associate, or any other officer of
the
Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers who at such time shall be officers to whom, with respect to a
particular matter, such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge
of and familiarity with the particular subject and who, in each case, shall
have
direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.
Rolling
Three Month Delinquency Rate:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the average of the Delinquency Rates for
each
of the three (or one or two, in the case of the first and second Distribution
Dates) immediately preceding calendar months.
Rule 144A
Investment Letter:
As
defined in Section 5.02(b).
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act:
The
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder (including any interpretations thereof by the
Commission’s staff).
-33-
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification:
A
written certification signed by an officer of the Master Servicer that complies
with (i) the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, and (ii) Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(d) and
15d-14(d), as in effect from time to time; provided that if, after the Closing
Date (a) the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act is amended, (b) the Rules referred to in clause
(ii) are modified or superseded by any subsequent statement, rule or regulation
of the Commission or any statement of a division thereof, or (c) any future
releases, rules and regulations are published by the Commission from time to
time pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, which in any such case affects the
form
or substance of the required certification and results in the required
certification being, in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer,
materially more onerous that then form of the required certification as of
the
Closing Date, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification shall be as agreed to by the
Master Servicer and the Depositor following a negotiation in good faith to
determine how to comply with any such requirements.
Scheduled
Payment:
The
scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan due on any Due Date allocable
to
principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan which, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall give effect to any related Debt Service Reduction and
any Deficient Valuation that affects the amount of the monthly payment due
on
such Mortgage Loan.
Securities
Act:
The
Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
Securities
Administration Fee:
As to
any Distribution Date and each Mortgage Loan, an amount equal to
1/12th
the
product of (a) the Securities Administration Fee Rate and (b) the outstanding
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the prior Distribution
Date
(or as of the Cut-off Date in the case of the first Distribution
Date).
Securities
Administration Fee Rate:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.005% per annum.
Securities
Administrator:
Citibank, and any successors in interest, and if a successor securities
administrator is appointed hereunder, such successor.
Securities
Administrator Float Period:
With
respect to the Distribution Date and the related amounts in the Distribution
Account, the period commencing on the Master Servicer Remittance Date
immediately preceding such Distribution Date and ending on such Distribution
Date.
Seller’s
Warranties and Servicing Agreement:
The
Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement between the Sponsor, as purchaser of
the Mortgage Loans, and Xxxxx Fargo, as seller, dated as of November 1,
2006.
Senior
Interest Payment Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Class A
Certificates, the sum of the Interest Payment Amount and the Interest Carry
Forward Amount, if any, for that Distribution Date for that Class.
Senior
Principal Payment Amount:
With
respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) the Principal Payment Amount
for that Distribution Date and (ii) the excess of (a) the aggregate
Class Certificate Balance of the Class A Certificates immediately
prior to that Distribution Date over (b) the lesser of (x) 67.50% of
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for that
Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period over 0.50% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the Cut-off Date.
-34-
Servicer:
Xxxxx
Fargo, and its successors in interest, and if a successor servicer is appointed
hereunder, such successor.
Service(s)(ing):
In
accordance with Regulation AB, the act of servicing and administering the
Mortgage Loans or any other assets of the Trust Fund by an entity that meets
the
definition of “servicer’ set forth in Item 1101 of Regulation AB and is subject
to the disclosure requirements set forth in Item 1108 of Regulation AB. For
clarification purposes, any uncapitalized occurrence of this term in this
Agreement shall have the meaning commonly understood by participants in the
residential mortgage-backed securitization market.
Servicing
Advances:
The
reasonable “out-of-pocket” costs and expenses (including legal fees and
expenses) incurred by the Servicer in the performance of its servicing
obligations in connection with a default, delinquency or other unanticipated
event, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the maintenance,
preservation, restoration, inspection and protection of a Mortgaged Property,
(ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures and
litigation, in respect of a particular Mortgage Loan, (iii) the management
(including reasonable fees in connection therewith) and liquidation of any
REO
Property and (iv) the performance of its obligations under
Sections 3.01, 3.09, 3.13 and 3.15. The Servicing Advances shall also
include any reasonable “out-of-pocket” costs and expenses (including legal fees
and expenses) incurred by the Servicer in connection with executing and
recording instruments of satisfaction, deeds of reconveyance or Assignments
of
Mortgage in connection with any satisfaction or foreclosure in respect of any
Mortgage Loan to the extent not recovered from the Mortgagor or otherwise
payable under this Agreement and obtaining or correcting any legal documentation
required to be included in the Mortgage File and necessary for the Servicer
to
perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Servicer shall not be required
to make any Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances.
Servicing
Criteria:
The
criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as such
may
be amended from time to time.
Servicing
Fee:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan and for any calendar month, an amount equal to
one
month’s interest (or in the event of any payment of interest which accompanies a
Principal Prepayment made by the Mortgagor during such calendar month, interest
for the number of days covered by such payment of interest) at the Servicing
Fee
Rate on the applicable Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of
the
first day of such calendar month. Such fee shall be payable monthly, and shall
be prorated for any portion of a month during which the Mortgage Loan is
serviced by the Servicer under this Agreement. The Servicing Fee is payable
solely from the interest portion (including recoveries with respect to interest
from Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries, Insurance Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds and proceeds received with respect to REO Properties)
of such Scheduled Payment collected by the Servicer, or as otherwise provided
under Section 3.11.
-35-
Servicing
Fee Rate:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.375% per annum.
Servicing
File:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file retained by the Servicer consisting
of
originals or copies of all documents in the Mortgage File which are not
delivered to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee in the Custodial File and
copies of the Mortgage Loan Documents set forth in Exhibit K
hereto.
Servicing
Function Participant:
Any
Subservicer or Subcontractor of the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Custodian
or the Securities Administrator, respectively, that is “participating in the
servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation
AB.
Servicing
Officer:
Any
officer of the Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration
and
servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
Similar
Law:
As
defined in Section 5.02(b).
60+
Day Delinquent Mortgage Loan:
Each
Mortgage Loan with respect to which any portion of a Scheduled Payment is,
as of
the last day of the prior Due Period, two months or more past due (including
any
such Mortgage Loan in foreclosure, any such Mortgage Loan related to REO
Property and any such Mortgage Loan where the related Mortgagor has filed for
bankruptcy), without giving effect to any grace period.
Sponsor:
HSBC
Bank USA, National Association, a national banking association, and its
successors in interest.
Standard &
Poor’s:
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc. If Standard & Poor’s is designated as a Rating Agency
in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 12.05 the address for
notices to Standard & Poor’s shall be Standard & Poor’s, 00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential Mortgage
Surveillance Group - HALO (HSI Asset Loan Obligation Trust, Series
2007-WF1), or such other address as Standard & Poor’s may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor and the Securities Administrator.
Standard &
Poor’s Glossary:
The
Standard & Poor’s LEVELS® Glossary, as may be in effect from time to
time.
Startup
Day:
The
Closing Date.
Stated
Principal Balance:
As to
each Mortgage Loan and as of any date of determination, (i) the principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan at the Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments
of principal due on or before such date (whether or not received), minus
(ii) all amounts previously remitted to the Securities Administrator with
respect to the related Mortgage Loan representing payments or recoveries of
principal including advances in respect of scheduled payments of principal.
For
purposes of any Distribution Date, the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage
Loan will give effect to any scheduled payments of principal received by the
Servicer on or prior to the related Determination Date or advanced by the
Servicer for the related Remittance Date and any unscheduled principal payments
and other unscheduled principal collections received during the related
Prepayment Period, and the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan that
has prepaid in full or has become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related
Prepayment Period shall be zero.
-36-
Stepdown
Date:
The
earlier to occur of (i) the first Distribution Date following the Distribution
Date on which the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Class A
Certificates have been reduced to zero and (ii) the later to occur of (a) the
Distribution Date in February 2010 and (b) the first Distribution Date on which
the Credit Enhancement Percentage for the Class A Certificates (calculated
for
this purpose only after taking into account payments of principal applied to
reduce the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for that Distribution
Date but prior to any applications of Principal Payment Amount to the
Certificates on that Distribution Date) is greater than or equal to
32.50%.
Subcontractor:
Any
vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall
servicing of the Mortgage Loans but performs one or more discrete functions
identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans
under
the direction or authority of the Servicer (or a Subservicer of the Servicer),
the Master Servicer, the Custodian or the Securities Administrator.
Subsequent
Recovery:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan or related Mortgaged Property that became a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan or was otherwise disposed of, all amounts received
in
respect of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan after an Applied Realized Loss Amount
related to such Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property is allocated to reduce
the
Class Certificate Balance of any Class of Class M Certificates.
Any Subsequent Recovery that is received during a Prepayment Period will be
included as part of the Principal Remittance Amount for the related Distribution
Date.
Subservicer:
Any
Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Servicer, and is
responsible for the performance (whether directly or through subservicers or
Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the material servicing functions
required to be performed under this Agreement or any subservicing agreement
that
are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
Subservicing
Account:
As
defined in Section 3.08.
Subservicing
Agreement:
As
defined in Section 3.02(a).
Substitute
Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan substituted by the Originator or the Sponsor for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution, as confirmed in
a
Request for Release, substantially in the form of Exhibit J, (i) have
a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of all Scheduled Payments due in
the
month of substitution, not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) be accruing interest at a rate not lower than
and not more than 1.00% higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(iii) have a remaining term to maturity not greater than (and not more than
one year less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) be of the same
type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan; and (v) comply with each representation
and warranty set forth in Section 2.03.
Substitution
Adjustment Amount: As
defined in Section 2.03.
-37-
Supplemental
Interest Trust:
The
corpus of a trust created pursuant to Section 4.06 of this Agreement and
designated as the “Supplemental Interest Trust,” consisting of the Excess
Reserve Fund Account, the Cap Agreement, the Cap Account, the Collateral Account
and the right to receive the Class X Distributable Amount as provided in Section
4.02(a)(iii)(G).
Tax
Matters Person:
The
Holder of the Class R Certificates designated as “tax matters person” of each
REMIC created hereunder in the manner provided under Treasury Regulations
Section 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury Regulations Section
301.6231(a)(7)-1.
Telerate
Page 3750:
The
display page currently so designated on the Bridge Telerate Service (or such
other page as may replace that page on that service for displaying
comparable rates or prices).
Termination
Event:
The
occurrence of a termination event under the termination provision of the Cap
Agreement.
Termination
Price:
As
defined in Section 11.01.
Total
Monthly Excess Spread:
As to
any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the
interest on the Mortgage Loans received by the Servicer on or prior to the
related Determination Date or advanced by the Servicer for the related
Remittance Date (net of Expense Fees) over (ii) the sum of the amounts
payable to the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(i)(A) through (B)
on such Distribution Date.
Transfer:
Any
direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate.
Transfer
Affidavit:
As
defined in Section 5.02(c).
Transferor
Certificate:
As
defined in Section 5.02(b).
Trigger
Event:
Either
a Cumulative Loss Trigger Event or a Delinquency Trigger Event.
Trust:
The
express trust created hereunder in Section 2.01(c).
Trust
Fund:
The
corpus of the trust created hereunder consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loans
and all interest and principal with respect thereto received on or after the
related Cut-off Date, other than such amounts which were due on the Mortgage
Loans on or prior to the related Cut-off Date; (ii) the Collection Account,
the Master Servicing Account, the Distribution Account, the Cap Termination
Receipts Account, the Cap Replacement Receipts Account and all amounts deposited
therein pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement;
(iii) property that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been acquired by
foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; (iv) the Depositor’s
rights under the Purchase Agreement; (v) the Insurance Policies; and
(vi) all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of
the foregoing.
-38-
Trustee:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a national banking association, and its
successors in interest and, if a successor trustee is appointed hereunder,
such
successor.
Underwriters’
Exemption:
Any
exemption listed under footnote 1 of, and amended by, Prohibited Transaction
Exemption 96-84, 61 Fed. Reg. 58234 (1996), as amended by XXX 00-00,
00 Xxx. Xxx. 00000 (1997), PTE 2000-58, 65 Fed. Reg. 67765 (2000) and
PTE 2002-41, 67 Fed. Reg. 54487 (2002), or any successor
exemption.
Unpaid
Realized Loss Amount:
With
respect to any Class of Class M Certificates and as to any
Distribution Date, is the excess of (i) Applied Realized Loss Amounts with
respect to such Class over (ii) the sum of (a) all distributions
in reduction of such Applied Realized Loss Amounts on all previous Distribution
Dates, and (b) the amount by which the Class Certificate Balance of
such Class has been increased due to the distribution of any Subsequent
Recoveries on all previous Distribution Dates. Any amounts distributed to a
Class of Class M Certificates in respect of any Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount will not be applied to reduce the Class Certificate Balance of such
Class.
Upper
Tier REMIC:
As
described in the Preliminary Statement.
Upper
Tier REMIC Regular Interest:
As
described in the Preliminary Statement.
U.S.
Person:
(i) A citizen or resident of the United States; (ii) a corporation (or
entity treated as a corporation for tax purposes) created or organized in the
United States or under the laws of the United States or of any State thereof,
including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia; (iii) a partnership
(or entity treated as a partnership for tax purposes) organized in the United
States or under the laws of the United States or of any State thereof,
including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia (unless provided otherwise
by future Treasury regulations); (iv) an estate whose income is includible
in gross income for United States income tax purposes regardless of its source;
or (v) a trust, if a court within the United States is able to exercise
primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S.
Persons have authority to control substantial decisions of the trust.
Notwithstanding the last clause of the preceding sentence, to the extent
provided in Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20,
1996, and treated as U.S. Persons prior to such date, may elect to continue
to
be U.S. Persons.
Voting
Rights:
The
portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates which is allocated
to
any Certificate. As of any date of determination, 1.00% of all Voting Rights
shall be allocated to each of the Class X, Class P and Class R
Certificates, if any (such Voting Rights to be allocated among the holders
of
Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their respective
Percentage Interests) and the remaining Voting Rights shall be allocated
among Holders of the remaining Classes of Certificates in proportion to the
Certificate Balances of their respective Certificates on such date.
Xxxxx
Fargo:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking association, and its successors in
interest.
-39-
ARTICLE
II
CONVEYANCE
OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Section
2.01 Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof,
hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders, without recourse, all the right,
title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust Fund including all
interest and principal received on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans on
or
after the Cut-off Date (other than Scheduled Payments due on the Mortgage Loans
on or before the Cut-off Date).
Concurrently
with the execution of this Agreement, the Cap Agreement shall be delivered
to
the Securities Administrator. In connection therewith, the Depositor hereby
directs the Securities Administrator (solely in its capacity as trustee of
the
Supplemental Interest Trust) and the Securities Administrator is hereby
authorized to execute and deliver each of the Cap Agreement on behalf of the
Supplemental Interest Trust, for the benefit of Certificateholders. The
Depositor, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Originator,
the
Credit Risk Manager and the Certificateholders (by their acceptance of such
Certificates) acknowledge and agree that the Securities Administrator is
executing and delivering the Cap Agreement solely in its capacity as trustee
of
the Supplemental Interest Trust and not in its individual capacity. The
Securities Administrator shall have no duty or responsibility to enter into
any
other interest rate cap agreement upon the termination of the Cap Agreement
unless so directed by the Depositor.
Concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Depositor does hereby
assign to the Trustee all of its rights and interest under the Purchase
Agreement, including the right to enforce the Sponsor’s obligation to repurchase
or substitute defective Mortgage Loans under Section 4 of the Purchase
Agreement. The Trustee hereby accepts such assignment, and as set forth herein
in Section 2.03(k), shall be entitled to exercise all the rights of the
Depositor under the Purchase Agreement as if, for such purpose, it were the
Depositor.
(b) In
connection with the transfer and assignment of each Mortgage Loan, the Depositor
has delivered or caused to be delivered to the Custodian for the benefit of
the
Certificateholders the following documents or instruments with respect to each
Mortgage Loan so assigned:
(i) the
original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening endorsements necessary to show
a
complete chain of endorsements from the original payee, endorsed in blank,
“Pay
to the order of _____________, without recourse”, and, if previously endorsed,
signed in the name of the last endorsee by a duly qualified officer of the
last
endorsee;
(ii) the
original Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan, in form and substance
acceptable for recording. The Mortgage shall be assigned, with assignee’s name
left blank;
-40-
(iii) the
original of each guarantee executed in connection with the Mortgage Note, if
any;
(iv) the
original recorded Mortgage, with evidence of recording thereon. If in connection
with any Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage cannot be delivered with evidence
of recording thereon on or prior to the Closing Date because of a delay caused
by the public recording office where such Mortgage has been delivered for
recordation or because such Mortgage has been lost or because such public
recording office retains the original recorded Mortgage, the Originator shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian, (A) in the case of a
delay caused by the public recording office, a copy of such Mortgage certified
by the Originator, escrow agent, title insurer or closing attorney to be a
true
and complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage and (B) in the case
where a public recording office retains the original recorded Mortgage or in
the
case where a Mortgage is lost after recordation in a public recording office,
a
copy of such Mortgage certified by such public recording office to be a true
and
complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage;
(v) originals
or a certified copy of each modification agreement, if any;
(vi) the
originals of all intervening assignments of Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon evidencing a complete chain of ownership from the originator of the
Mortgage Loan to the last assignee, or if any such intervening assignment of
Mortgage has not been returned from the applicable public recording office
or
has been lost or if such public recording office retains the original recorded
intervening assignments of Mortgage, a photocopy of such intervening assignment
of Mortgage, together with (A) in the case of a delay caused by the public
recording office, an officer’s certificate of the Originator, escrow agent,
closing attorney or the title insurer insuring the Mortgage stating that such
intervening assignment of Mortgage has been delivered to the appropriate public
recording office for recordation and that such original recorded intervening
assignment of Mortgage or a copy of such intervening assignment of Mortgage
certified by the appropriate public recording office to be a true and complete
copy of the original recorded intervening assignment of Mortgage will be
promptly delivered to the Custodian upon receipt thereof by the party delivering
the officer’s certificate or by the Originator; or (B) in the case of an
intervening assignment of mortgage where a public recording office retains
the
original recorded intervening assignment of Mortgage or in the case where an
intervening assignment of Mortgage is lost after recordation in a public
recording office, a copy of such intervening assignment of Mortgage with
recording information thereon certified by such public recording office to
be a
true and complete copy of the original recorded intervening assignment of
Mortgage;
(vii) if
the
Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, any Assignment of Mortgage or any other related
document has been signed by a Person on behalf of the Mortgagor, the copy of
the
power of attorney or other instrument that authorized and empowered such Person
to sign;
-41-
(viii) the
original lender’s title insurance policy (or a marked title insurance
commitment, in the event that an original lender’s title insurance policy has
not yet been issued) in the form of an ALTA mortgage title insurance policy,
containing all required endorsements and insuring the Trustee and its successors
and assigns as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(ix) if
applicable, the original of any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy or certificate
or, an electronic certification, evidencing the existence of the Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy or certificate, if private mortgage guaranty insurance
is required; and
(x) original
of any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document executed
in
connection with the Mortgage, if any.
To
the
extent not previously delivered to the Sponsor pursuant to the Seller’s
Warranties and Servicing Agreement, the Originator shall promptly upon receipt
from the respective recording office cause to be delivered to the Custodian
the
original recorded document described in clauses (iv) and
(vi) above.
From
time
to time, the Originator, the Depositor or the Servicer, as applicable, shall
forward to the Custodian additional original documents, additional documents
evidencing an assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of a Mortgage
Loan, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement upon receipt of such
documents. All such mortgage documents held by the Custodian as to each Mortgage
Loan shall constitute the “Custodial
File”.
To
the
extent not previously delivered to the Sponsor pursuant to the Seller’s
Warranties and Servicing Agreement, on or prior to the Closing Date, the
Originator shall deliver to the Custodian Assignments of Mortgages, in blank,
for each Mortgage Loan. No later than thirty (30) Business Days following the
later of the Closing Date and the date of receipt by the Servicer of the
complete recording information for a Mortgage, the Servicer shall promptly
submit or cause to be submitted for recording, at the expense of the Originator
and at no expense to the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Servicer or the Depositor,
in the appropriate public office for real property records, each Assignment
of
Mortgage referred to in Section 2.01(b)(ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
however, for administrative convenience and facilitation of servicing and to
reduce closing costs, the Assignments of Mortgage shall not be required to
be
completed and submitted for recording with respect to any Mortgage Loan if
the Trustee and each Rating Agency have received an Opinion of Counsel from
the
Depositor, satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee and each Rating
Agency to the effect that the recordation of such Assignments of Mortgage in
any
specific jurisdiction is not necessary to protect the Trust Fund’s interest in
the related Mortgage Note. If the Assignment of Mortgage is to be recorded,
the
Mortgage shall be assigned by the Originator, at the expense of the Originator,
to “Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of January 1, 2007, for HSI Asset Loan Obligation
Trust 2007-WF1”. In the event that any such Assignment of Mortgage is lost or
returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, the Originator shall promptly
cause to be delivered a substitute Assignment of Mortgage to cure such defect
and thereafter cause each such assignment to be duly recorded at no expense
to
the Trust Fund.
-42-
In
the
event that such original or copy of any document submitted for recordation
to
the appropriate public recording office is not so delivered to the Custodian
within 180 days (or such other time period as may be required by any Rating
Agency) following the Closing Date, and in the event that the Originator does
not cure such failure within 30 days of discovery or receipt of written
notification of such failure from the Depositor, the related Mortgage Loan
shall, upon the request of the Depositor, be repurchased by the Originator
at
the price and in the manner specified in Section 2.03. The foregoing
repurchase obligation shall not apply in the event that the Originator cannot
deliver such original or copy of any document submitted for recordation to
the
appropriate public recording office within the specified period due to a delay
caused by the recording office in the applicable jurisdiction; provided,
that
the Originator shall instead deliver a recording receipt of such recording
office or, if such recording receipt is not available, an officer’s certificate
of an officer of the Originator, confirming that such document has been accepted
for recording.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.01, in those instances
where the public recording office retains or loses the original Mortgage or
assignment after it has been recorded, the obligations of the Originator shall
be deemed to have been satisfied upon delivery by the Originator to the
Custodian, prior to the Closing Date of a copy of such Mortgage or assignment,
as the case may be, certified (such certification to be an original thereof)
by
the public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the recorded
original thereof.
(c) The
Depositor does hereby establish, pursuant to the further provisions of this
Agreement and the laws of the State of New York, an express trust (the
“Trust”)
to be
known, for convenience, as “HSI Asset Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1” and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company is hereby appointed as Trustee and Citibank
is appointed as Securities Administrator in accordance with the provisions
of
this Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that it is the policy
and intention of the Trust to acquire only Mortgage Loans meeting the
requirements set forth in this Agreement, including without limitation, the
representations and warranties set forth in the Schedules hereto.
(d) The
Trust
shall have the capacity, power and authority, and the Trustee on behalf of
the
Trust is hereby authorized, to accept the sale, transfer, assignment, set over
and conveyance by the Depositor to the Trust of all the right, title and
interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust Fund (including, without
limitation, the Mortgage Loans) pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
Section
2.02 Acceptance
by the Custodian of the Mortgage Loans.
The
Custodian shall acknowledge, on the Closing Date, receipt by the Custodian
of
the documents identified in the Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto
as Exhibit E (“Initial
Certification”),
and
declares that it holds and will hold such documents and the other documents
delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.01, and that it holds or will hold
such other assets as are included in the Trust Fund, in trust for the exclusive
use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders. The Custodian
shall maintain possession of the related Mortgage Notes in the States of
Minnesota, California, and Utah unless otherwise permitted by the Rating
Agencies.
-43-
In
connection with the Closing Date, the Custodian shall be required to deliver
via
facsimile (with original to follow the next Business Day) to the Depositor,
the
Securities Administrator and the Trustee, an Initial Certification prior to
the
Closing Date, or, as the Depositor agrees on the Closing Date, certifying
receipt of a Mortgage Note and Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan.
The Custodian shall not be responsible to verify the validity, sufficiency
or
genuineness of any document in any Custodian File.
Within
90 days of the Closing Date, the Custodian shall ascertain that all
documents identified in the Document Certification and Exception Report in
the
form attached hereto as Exhibit F are in its possession, and shall deliver
to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the Servicer,
a
Document Certification and Exception Report, in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit F, to the effect that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any
Mortgage Loan specifically identified in such certification as an exception
and
not covered by such certification): (i) all documents identified in the
Document Certification and Exception Report and required to be reviewed by
it
are in its possession; (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and
appear regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan; (iii) based
on its examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information
set
forth in items (1), (2), (3), (15), (18) and (22) of the Data Tape
Information respecting such Mortgage Loan is correct; and (iv) each
Mortgage Note has been endorsed as provided in Section 2.01 of this
Agreement. Neither the Trustee nor the Custodian shall be responsible to verify
the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of any document in any Custodial
File.
The
Custodian shall retain possession and custody of each Custodial File in
accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. The
Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Custodian, upon the execution or receipt
thereof, the originals of such other documents or instruments constituting
the
Custodial File as come into the possession of the Servicer from time to
time.
Section
2.03 Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Originator and the Servicer; Remedies for
Breaches of Representations and Warranties with Respect to the Mortgage
Loans.
(a) Xxxxx Fargo, in its capacity as Servicer makes the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.01 of Exhibit Q hereto, to the Depositor,
the
Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee as of the Closing
Date.
(b) Xxxxx
Fargo, in its capacity as Originator, makes the representations and warranties
set forth in (1) Section 3.01 of Exhibit Q hereto as of the Closing Date and
(2)
Section 3.02 of Exhibit Q hereto as of the Initial Sale Date, to the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee as of the
date
specified therein.
(c) It
is
understood and agreed by the Servicer and the Originator that the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03 shall survive
the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee on the
Closing Date, and shall inure to the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee
and
the Trust Fund notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement on
any
Mortgage Note or Assignment of Mortgage or the examination or failure to examine
any Mortgage File. Upon discovery by the Originator, the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Servicer
of a
breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
others.
-44-
(d) Within
30 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the Originator
that any Mortgage Loan does not conform to the requirements as determined
in the
Custodian’s review of the related Custodial File or within 60 days of the
earlier of either discovery by or notice to the Originator of any breach
of a
representation or warranty referred to in Section 2.03(b) that materially
and adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan or the interest of the
Trustee or the Certificateholders therein, the Originator shall use its best
efforts to cause to be remedied a material defect in a document constituting
part of a Mortgage File or promptly to cure such breach in all material respects
and, if such defect or breach cannot be remedied, the Originator shall, at
the
Depositor’s option as specified in writing and provided to the Originator and
the Trustee, (i) if such 30- or 60-day period, as applicable, expires prior
to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, remove such Mortgage Loan
(a
“Deleted
Mortgage Loan”)
from
the Trust Fund and substitute in its place a Substitute Mortgage Loan, in
the
manner and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 2.03; or
(ii) repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price; provided,
however,
that
any such substitution pursuant to clause (i) above shall not be
effected prior to the delivery to the Custodian of a Request for Release
substantially in the form of Exhibit J, and the delivery of the Mortgage
File to the Custodian for any such Substitute Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, a breach (i) which causes a Mortgage Loan not to constitute a
“qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code
or (ii) of any of the representations and warranties set forth in items (i),
(oo), (qq), (ss), (vv) and (yy) of Section 3.02 of Exhibit Q hereto with
respect
to any Mortgage Loan will be deemed automatically to materially and adversely
affect the value of such Mortgage Loan and the interests of the Trustee and
Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan, thus requiring the repurchase or
substitution of such Mortgage Loan by the Originator. In the event that a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives notice of a breach by the Originator
of any of the representations and warranties described in the immediately
preceding sentence, the Trustee shall give notice of such breach to the
Originator and request the Originator to substitute such Mortgage Loan or
to
repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price within sixty
(60) days of the receipt of such notice. The Originator shall repurchase
each such Mortgage Loan within 60 days of the earlier of discovery or
receipt of notice with respect to each such Mortgage Loan.
(e) With
respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Originator shall deliver
to the Custodian for the benefit of the Certificateholders the Mortgage Note,
the Mortgage, the related assignment of the Mortgage, and such other documents
and agreements as are required by Section 2.01, with the Mortgage Note
endorsed and the Mortgage assigned as required by Section 2.01. No
substitution is permitted to be made with respect to any Distribution Date
after
the end of the related Prepayment Period. Scheduled Payments due with respect
to
Substitute Mortgage Loans in the Due Period of substitution shall not be part
of
the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Originator on the next succeeding
Distribution Date. For the Due Period of substitution, distributions to
Certificateholders will include the Scheduled Payment due on any Deleted
Mortgage Loan for such Due Period and thereafter the Originator shall be
entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage
Loan.
-45-
(f) Upon
removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject
to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and the Originator shall be
deemed to have made with respect to such Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans,
as
of the date of substitution, the representations and warranties made pursuant
to
Section 2.03(b) with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Upon any such
substitution and the deposit to the Collection Account of the amount required
to
be deposited therein in connection with such substitution as described in the
following paragraph, the Custodian shall release the Mortgage File held for
the
benefit of the Certificateholders relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan to
the
Originator and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Request for Release certifying
that all amounts required to be deposited in accordance with this Section
2.03(f) have been deposited in the Collection Account, shall execute and deliver
at the Originator’s direction such instruments of transfer or assignment
prepared by the Originator in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary
to vest title in the Originator of the Trustee’s interest in any Deleted
Mortgage Loan substituted for pursuant to this Section 2.03.
(g) For
any
month in which the Originator substitutes one or more Substitute Mortgage Loans
for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Servicer will determine the amount
(if any) by which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all such Substitute
Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the aggregate unpaid
principal balance of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans. The amount of such
shortage plus an amount equal to the aggregate of any unreimbursed Advances
with
respect to such Deleted Mortgage Loans (collectively, the “Substitution
Adjustment Amount”)
shall
be remitted by the Originator to the Servicer for deposit into the Collection
Account on or before the Remittance Date for the Distribution Date in the month
succeeding the calendar month during which the related Mortgage Loan became
required to be purchased or replaced hereunder.
(h) In
addition to the repurchase or substitution obligations referred to in
Section 2.03(d) above and Section 2.03(k) below, the Originator or the
Sponsor, as applicable, shall indemnify the Depositor, any of its Affiliates,
the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee
and
the Trust and hold such parties harmless against any losses, damages, penalties,
fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs,
judgments and other costs and expenses (including, without limitation, any
taxes
payable by the Trust) resulting from any third party claim, demand, defense
or
assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach by the
Originator or the Sponsor, as applicable, of any of its representations and
warranties or obligations contained in this Agreement.
(i) The
Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the benefit of the
Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan and
the
substitution of the Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and the Servicer shall
deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee, the Custodian, the
Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator.
(j) In
the
event that a Mortgage Loan shall have been repurchased pursuant to this
Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, the proceeds from such repurchase shall
be
deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account pursuant to
Section 3.10 on or before the Remittance Date for the Distribution Date in
the month following the month during which the Originator or Sponsor became
obligated to repurchase or replace such Mortgage Loan and upon such deposit
of
the Repurchase Price, and receipt of a Request for Release in the form of
Exhibit J hereto, the Custodian shall release the related Custodial File
held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to the Originator or the Sponsor,
as applicable, as directed by the Servicer, and the Trustee shall execute and
deliver at such Person’s direction such instruments of transfer or assignment
prepared by such Person, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary
to
transfer title from the Trustee. In accordance with Section 12.05(a), if a
Responsible Officer of the Securities Administrator has actual knowledge of
a
purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 2.03, the Securities
Administrator shall promptly notify each Rating Agency of a purchase of a
Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 2.03.
-46-
It
is
understood and agreed that the obligation of the Originator under this Agreement
to cure, repurchase or substitute any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach of
a
representation and warranty has occurred and is continuing, together with any
related indemnification obligations of the Originator set forth in
Section 2.03(h), shall constitute the sole remedies against such Person
respecting such breach available to Certificateholders, the Depositor and any
of
its Affiliates, or the Trustee on their behalf.
(k) The
Trustee acknowledges that, except as provided in Section 5 of the Purchase
Agreement, the Sponsor shall not have any obligation or liability with respect
to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with respect to a
Mortgage Loan sold by it, provided that such representation or warranty was
also
made by the Originator with respect to the related Mortgage Loan. It is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties of the Sponsor
set
forth in Section 4 of the Purchase Agreement and assigned to the Trustee by
the
Depositor hereunder shall survive the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the
Depositor to the Trustee on the Closing Date, and shall inure to the benefit
of
the Trustee and the Certificateholders notwithstanding any restrictive or
qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or Assignment of Mortgage and shall
continue throughout the term of this Agreement. Upon the discovery by any of
the
Sponsor, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee, the Master
Servicer or the Servicer of a breach of any of the Sponsor’s representations and
warranties set forth in Section 4 of the Purchase Agreement, the party
discovering the breach shall give prompt written notice to the others. Within
30 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the Sponsor of
any breach of any of the foregoing representations or warranties that materially
and adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan or the interest of the
Trustee or the Certificateholders therein, the Sponsor shall use its best
efforts to cure such breach in all material respects and, if such defect or
breach cannot be remedied, the Sponsor shall, at the Depositor’s instructions as
specified in writing and provided to the Sponsor and the Trustee, (i) if
such 30-day period expires prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date,
remove such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund and substitute in its place a
Substitute Mortgage Loan, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions
set forth in this Section 2.03 that apply to repurchases or substitutions
of Mortgage Loans by the Originator or (ii) repurchase such Mortgage Loan
at the Repurchase Price; provided,
however,
that
any such substitution pursuant to clause (i) above shall not be
effected prior to the delivery to the Custodian of a Request for Release
substantially in the form of Exhibit J, and the delivery of the Mortgage
File to the Custodian for any such Substitute Mortgage Loan. In the event of
any
such repurchase or substitution of a Mortgage Loan by the Sponsor, the
procedures set forth in Sections 2.03(e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) shall
apply
to the Sponsor in the same manner and to the same extent that they are
applicable to the Originator. It is understood and agreed that the obligations
of the Sponsor under this Agreement to cure, repurchase or substitute any
Mortgage Loan as to which a breach of a representation and warranty has occurred
and is continuing, together with any related indemnification obligations of
the
Sponsor set forth in Section 2.03(h), shall constitute the sole remedies against
the Sponsor available to the Certificateholders, the Depositor and any of its
affiliates, or the Trustee on their behalf.
-47-
The
provisions of this Section 2.03 shall survive delivery of the respective
Custodial Files to the Custodian for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.
Section
2.04 Execution
and Delivery of Certificates.
The
Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the Trust Fund and,
concurrently with such transfer and assignment, the Securities Administrator
has
executed and delivered to, or upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates
in authorized denominations evidencing directly or indirectly the entire
ownership of the Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and
exercise the rights referred to above for the benefit of all present and future
Holders of the Certificates.
Section
2.05 REMIC
Matters.
The
Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations for federal income tax
purposes of all interests created hereby. The “Startup
Day”
for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions shall be the Closing Date. The
“latest
possible maturity date”
is
the
Distribution Date occurring three years after the month in which the
latest Mortgage Loan maturity date (of the Mortgage Loans held in the Trust
on
the Closing Date) occurs.
Section
2.06 Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor.
The
Depositor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the other parties to
this
agreement that as of the date of this Agreement or as of such date specifically
provided herein:
(a) The
Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware;
(b) The
Depositor has the power and authority to convey the Mortgage Loans and to
execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate transactions
contemplated by, this Agreement;
(c) This
Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Depositor, all requisite company action having been taken, and, assuming the
due
authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto,
constitutes or will constitute the legal, valid and binding agreement of the
Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the
rights of creditors generally, and by general equity principles (regardless
of
whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law);
(d) No
consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration or filing with,
or
notice to, any governmental authority or court is required for the execution,
delivery and performance of or compliance by the Depositor with this Agreement
or the consummation by the Depositor of any of the transactions contemplated
hereby, except as have been received or obtained on or prior to the Closing
Date;
-48-
(e) None
of
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or the fulfillment of or compliance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (i) conflicts or will
conflict with or results or will result in a breach of, or constitutes or will
constitute a default or results or will result in an acceleration under
(A) the charter or bylaws of the Depositor, or (B) of any term,
condition or provision of any material indenture, deed of trust, contract or
other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries is bound; (ii) results
or will result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment
or
decree applicable to the Depositor of any court or governmental authority having
jurisdiction over the Depositor or its subsidiaries; or (iii) results in
the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance which would have
a
material adverse effect upon the Mortgage Loans or any documents or instruments
evidencing or securing the Mortgage Loans;
(f) There
are
no actions, suits or proceedings before or against or investigations of, the
Depositor pending, or to the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened, before
any
court, administrative agency or other tribunal, and no notice of any such
action, which, in the Depositor’s reasonable judgment, might materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under
this
Agreement, or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement;
(g) The
Depositor is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court
or
any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental
agency that would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder;
and
(h) Immediately
prior to the transfer and assignment by the Depositor to the Trustee on the
Closing Date, the Depositor had good title to, and was the sole owner of each
Mortgage Loan, free of any interest of any other Person, and the Depositor
has
transferred all right, title and interest in each Mortgage Loan to the Trustee.
The transfer of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage as and in the manner
contemplated by this Agreement is sufficient either (i) fully to transfer
to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, all right, title,
and
interest of the Depositor thereto as note holder and mortgagee or (ii) to
grant to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the security
interest referred to in Section 12.04.
It
is
understood and agreed that the representations, warranties and covenants set
forth in this Section 2.06 shall survive delivery of the respective
Mortgage Files to the Custodian and shall inure to the benefit of the
Trustee.
ARTICLE
III
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING
OF
MORTGAGE LOANS
Section
3.01 Servicer
to Service Mortgage Loans.
(a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Servicer shall
service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with
such terms, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, but without regard
to:
-49-
(i) any
relationship that the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer
or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the
ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any Affiliate
of the Servicer;
(iii) the
Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances;
or
(iv) the
Servicer’s or any Subservicer’s right to receive compensation for its services
hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction.
To
the
extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek to maximize the
timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes.
Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this
Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full
power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in
Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection
with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer in its own name
or in the name of a Subservicer is authorized and empowered by the Trustee
pursuant to a limited power of attorney in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
N
when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance
with Accepted Servicing Practices to execute and deliver any and all instruments
of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge,
and
all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the
Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a
deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties,
and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the
Trustee; provided,
further,
that
upon the full release and discharge, the Servicer shall notify the Custodian
of
the Mortgage Loan of any such full release or discharge with respect to the
Mortgage Loan and related Mortgage Properties. The Servicer shall at its own
expense be responsible for preparing and recording all lien releases and
mortgage satisfactions in accordance with state and local regulations. The
Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with
applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports
required to be provided to them thereby. The Servicer shall also comply in
the
performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of
each
insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy or any Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policy (if applicable). Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee
shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the
Servicer and any Subservicer such documents provided to the Trustee as are
necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer or any Subservicer to carry
out
their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee shall
grant
to the Servicer a limited power of attorney in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit N to carry out such duties and to take title to Mortgaged Properties
after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee. The Trustee shall have the right
to
execute any additional separate powers of attorney in favor of the Servicer,
to
the extent necessary or desirable to enable the Servicer to perform its duties
hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer
or
any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, no Servicer or Subservicer shall without
the
Trustee’s consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the
Trustee’s name without indicating the Servicer’s or Subservicer’s, as
applicable, representative capacity, or (ii) knowingly take any action with
the
intent to, or which actually does cause, the Trustee to be registered to do
business in any state.
-50-
(b) Subject
to Section 3.09, in accordance with the standards of the preceding
paragraph, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary
for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on
the
Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable
in
the first instance from the collection from the Mortgagors pursuant to
Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost
incurred by the Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment
of
taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms
of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future
advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in
Section 4.01) and the Servicer shall not, except as provided in 3.07(a),
(i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would
change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except
for
reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final
maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for a reduction of interest payments
resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any
similar state statutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or
amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an
exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code
(or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder)
and (B) cause any REMIC formed hereby to fail to qualify as a REMIC under
the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or
“contributions after the startup day” under the REMIC Provisions
or (iii)
waive any Prepayment Charges.
(d) The
Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided,
however,
that no
such delegation shall release the Servicer from the responsibilities or
liabilities arising under this Agreement.
Section
3.02 Subservicing
Agreements between Servicer and Subservicers; Use of
Subcontractors.
(a) The
Servicer may enter into a subservicing agreement with a Subservicer, for the
servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans (“Subservicing
Agreement”)
without obtaining the prior consent of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator or other parties hereto to the
utilization of any such Subservicer, provided the provisions of such
Subservicing Agreement comply with the requirements set forth in this Section
3.02. None of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer
or
the Depositor shall be required to review or consent to such Subservicing
Agreement and none shall have any liability in connection
therewith.
(b) Each
Subservicer shall be (i) authorized to transact business in the state or
states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated,
if and to the extent required by applicable law to enable the Subservicer to
perform its obligations hereunder and under the Subservicing Agreement and
(ii)
a Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Mae approved mortgage servicer. Each Subservicing
Agreement must impose on the Subservicer requirements conforming to the
provisions set forth in Sections 3.08, 3.22, 3.23, 3.24, 3.29, 6.05, 6.06,
7.01(i), 8.12 and Exhibit S of this Agreement to the same extent as if such
Subservicer were the Servicer and otherwise provide for servicing of the
Mortgage Loans consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer shall
examine each Subservicing Agreement and will be familiar with the terms thereof
in order to determine that the foregoing requirements have been incorporated
into the Subservicing Agreement and that the terms thereof are not otherwise
inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer and
the
Subservicers may enter into and make amendments to the Subservicing Agreements
or enter into different forms of Subservicing Agreements; provided,
however,
that
any such amendments or different forms shall be consistent with and not violate
the provisions of this Agreement, and that no such amendment or different form
shall be made or entered into which could be reasonably expected to have a
materially adverse effect on the interests of the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator without their prior written
consent. Any variation without the consent of the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer from the requirements set
forth
in Sections 3.08, 3.22, 3.23, 3.24, 3.29, 6.05, 6.06, 7.01(i), 8.12 and
Exhibit S, are conclusively deemed to be inconsistent with this Agreement and
therefore prohibited. The Servicer shall deliver to the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the Depositor copies of all
Subservicing Agreements, and any amendments or modifications thereof, promptly
upon the Servicer’s execution and delivery of such instruments.
-51-
(c) As
part
of its servicing activities hereunder, the Servicer (except as otherwise
provided in the last sentence of this paragraph) shall enforce the obligations
of each Subservicer under the related Subservicing Agreement, including, without
limitation, (i) any obligation to make advances in respect of delinquent
payments as required by a Subservicing Agreement and (ii) the reporting
obligations set forth under Section 3.22, 3.23, 3.24 and 3.29 hereof to the
same
extent as if such Subservicer were the Servicer. The Servicer shall be
responsible for obtaining from each Subservicer and delivering to the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Depositor (i) any servicer annual
compliance statement required to be delivered by such Subservicer under Section
3.24(b); (ii) any report on assessments and attestations of compliance with
Relevant Servicing Criteria required to be delivered by the Subservicer pursuant
to Sections 3.22 and 3.23; and (iii) any certifications required to be delivered
under Section 3.24(a) to the Master Servicer or such other Person that will
be
responsible for signing the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification as and where required
to be delivered hereunder. Such enforcement, including, without limitation,
the
legal prosecution of claims, termination of Subservicing Agreements, and the
pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out
to
such an extent and at such time as the Servicer, in its good faith business
judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The
Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its own expense, and shall
be reimbursed therefor only (i) from a general recovery resulting from such
enforcement, to the extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all amounts
due
in respect of the related Mortgage Loans or (ii) from a specific recovery
of costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees against the party against whom such
enforcement is directed.
(d) It
shall
not be necessary for the Servicer to seek the consent of the Depositor, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or other parties
hereto to the utilization of a Subcontractor. The Servicer shall give prompt
written notice to the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the
Depositor of the appointment of any Servicing Function Participant and provide
a
written description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor) of
the
role and function of each Servicing Function Participant specifying which
elements of the Servicing Criteria set forth under Item 1122(d) of Regulation
AB
will be addressed in assessments and attestations of compliance with Relevant
Servicing Criteria provided by such Servicing Function Participant.
-52-
(e) As
a
condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be a Servicing
Function Participant, the Servicer shall cause any such Subcontractor used
by
the Servicer (or by any Subservicer) to comply with the provisions of Sections
3.22, 3.23, 3.24, 3.29, 6.05, 6.06, 7.01(i), 8.12 and Exhibit S of this
Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were the Servicer. The
Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining from each Subcontractor and
delivering to the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer and the
Depositor any assessments and attestations of compliance required to be
delivered by such Subcontractor pursuant to Sections 3.22 and 3.23, in each
case
as and when required to be delivered.
Section
3.03 Successor
Subservicers.
The
Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement and the
rights and obligations of any Subservicer pursuant to any Subservicing Agreement
in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement.
In
the event of termination of any Subservicer, all servicing obligations of such
Subservicer shall be assumed simultaneously by the Servicer without any act
or
deed on the part of such Subservicer or Servicer, and the Servicer either shall
service directly the related Mortgage Loans or shall enter into a Subservicing
Agreement with a successor subservicer which qualifies under
Section 3.02.
Any
Subservicing Agreement shall include the provision that such agreement may
be
immediately terminated by the Master Servicer without fee, in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, in the event that the Servicer shall, for any
reason, no longer be the Servicer (including termination due to an Event of
Default).
Section
3.04 Liability
of the Servicer.
Notwithstanding any subservicing agreement or the provisions of this Agreement
relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer,
Subcontractor or other third party or reference to actions taken through a
Subservicer, a Subcontractor, another third party or otherwise, the Servicer
shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Trustee and the Trust Fund
for the servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with
the
provisions hereof without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue
of any subservicing, subcontracting or other agreements or arrangements or
by
virtue of indemnification from a Subservicer, Subcontractor or a third party
and
to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer
alone were servicing the Mortgage Loans, including with respect to compliance
with Item 1122 of Regulation AB. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into
any agreement with a Subservicer, Subcontractor or other third party for
indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, Subcontractor or third
party and nothing contained in the Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify
such indemnification.
Section
3.05 No
Contractual Relationship between Subservicers and the Master
Servicer.
Any
Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services
relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such
shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and none
of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, or the Master
Servicer (nor any successor master servicer) shall be deemed a party thereto
and
shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect
to
the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 3.06. The Servicer shall be
solely liable for all fees owed by it to any Subservicer, irrespective of
whether the Servicer’s compensation pursuant to this Agreement is sufficient to
pay such fees.
-53-
Section
3.06 Assumption
or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by Master Servicer.
In the
event the Servicer at any time shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer
(including by reason of the occurrence of an Event of Default), the Master
Servicer, or its designee or the successor servicer if the successor is not
the
Master Servicer, shall thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of
the
Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered
into, with copies thereof provided to the Master Servicer or the successor
servicer if the successor is not the Master Servicer, prior to the Master
Servicer or the successor servicer if the successor is not the Master Servicer,
assuming such rights and obligations, unless the Master Servicer elects to
terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with its terms as provided
in
Section 3.03.
Upon
such
assumption, the Master Servicer, its designee or the successor servicer shall
be
deemed, subject to Section 3.03, to have assumed all of the Servicer’s
interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each
Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if each Subservicing Agreement
had
been assigned to the assuming party, except that (i) the Servicer shall not
thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under any Subservicing
Agreement that arose before it ceased to be the Servicer and (ii) none of
the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator,
their designees or any successor servicer shall be deemed to have assumed any
liability or obligation of the Servicer that arose before it ceased to be the
Servicer.
The
Servicer at its expense shall, upon request of the Master Servicer, its designee
or the successor servicer deliver to the assuming party all documents and
records relating to the Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then
being
serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by or on behalf of
it,
and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer
of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party.
Section
3.07 Collection
of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments.
(a) The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all
payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans, and
shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement
and
the terms and provisions of any applicable Insurance Policies, follow such
collection procedures as it would follow with respect to mortgage loans
comparable to the Mortgage Loans and held for its own account. Consistent with
the foregoing and Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer may (i) waive
any late payment charge or, if applicable, any penalty interest, or
(ii) extend the due dates for the Scheduled Payments due on a Mortgage Note
for a period of not greater than 180 days; provided,
that
any extension pursuant to clause (ii) above shall not affect the
amortization schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of any computation
hereunder, except as provided below. In the event of any such arrangement
pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Servicer shall make timely advances
on such Mortgage Loan during such extension pursuant to Section 4.01 and in
accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan without
modification thereof by reason of such arrangements, subject to
Section 4.01(d) pursuant to
-54-
which
the
Servicer shall not be required to make any such advances that are Nonrecoverable
P&I Advances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Mortgage
Loan is in default or in the judgment of the Servicer, such default is
reasonably foreseeable, the Servicer, consistent with the standards set forth
in
Section 3.01, may also waive, modify or vary any term of such Mortgage Loan
(including, but not limited to, modifications that would change the Mortgage
Rate, forgive the payment of principal or interest, extend the final maturity
date of such Mortgage Loan or waive, in whole or in part, a Prepayment Charge),
accept payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than the Stated
Principal Balance in final satisfaction of such Mortgage Loan, or consent to
the
postponement of strict compliance with any such term or otherwise grant
indulgence to any Mortgagor (any and all such waivers, modifications, variances,
forgiveness of principal or interest, postponements, or indulgences collectively
referred to herein as “Forbearance”);
provided,
however,
that
the final maturity date of any Mortgage Loan may not be extended beyond the
Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the LIBOR and Fixed Rate Certificates.
The
Servicer’s analysis supporting any Forbearance and the conclusion that any
Forbearance meets the standards of Section 3.01 shall be reflected in writing
in
the Servicing File or on the Servicer’s servicing records. In addition,
notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer may also waive (or permit a
Subservicer to waive), in whole or in part, a Prepayment Charge if such waiver
would, in the Servicer’s judgment, maximize recoveries on the related Mortgage
Loan or if such Prepayment Charge is (i) not permitted to be collected by
applicable law, or the collection of the Prepayment Charge would be considered
“predatory” pursuant to written guidance published by any applicable federal,
state or local regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such matters,
or
(ii) the enforceability of such Prepayment Charge is limited (1) by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership or other similar laws relating
to creditors’ rights or (2) due to acceleration in connection with a
foreclosure or other involuntary payment. If a Prepayment Charge is waived
other
than as permitted in this Section 3.07(a), then the Servicer is required to
pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders
of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection
Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related
Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account;
provided,
however,
that
the Servicer shall not have an obligation to pay the amount of any uncollected
Prepayment Charge if the failure to collect such amount is the direct result
of
inaccurate or incomplete information on the Mortgage Loan Schedule in effect
at
such time. The Master Servicer shall have no responsibility for verifying the
accuracy of the amount of Prepayment Charges waived or remitted by the Servicer
(b)
(i) The Securities Administrator shall establish and maintain the Excess Reserve
Fund Account as an asset of the Supplemental Interest Trust, on behalf of the
Class X Certificateholders, to receive any Basis Risk Payment and to secure
their limited recourse obligation to pay to the LIBOR and Fixed Rate
Certificateholders any Basis Risk Carryover Amounts. The Excess Reserve Fund
Account shall be funded on the Closing Date with an initial deposit of $1,000
by
the Depositor.
(ii) On
each
Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall deposit the amount of
any
Basis Risk Payment for such date into the Excess Reserve Fund Account.
-55-
(c) (i) On
each
Distribution Date on which there exists a Basis Risk Carryover Amount on any
Class of LIBOR or Fixed Rate Certificates, the Securities Administrator
shall (1) withdraw from the Distribution Account and deposit in the Excess
Reserve Fund Account, as set forth in Section 4.02(a)(iii)(C), the lesser
of (x) the Class X Distributable Amount (without regard to the
reduction in the definition thereof with respect to the Basis Risk Payment
(to
the extent remaining after the distributions specified in
Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(A)
through (E))) and (y) the aggregate Basis Risk Carryover Amounts for such
Distribution Date and (2) withdraw from the Excess Reserve Fund Account
amounts necessary to pay to such Class or Classes of LIBOR and Fixed Rate
Certificates the applicable Basis Risk Carryover Amount. Such payments shall
be
allocated to those Classes on a pro rata
basis
based upon the amount of Basis Risk Carryover Amount owed to each such
Class and shall be paid in the priority set forth in
Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(D).
(ii) The
Securities Administrator shall account for the Excess Reserve Fund Account
as an
asset of a grantor trust under subpart E, Part I of subchapter J
of the Code and not as an asset of any REMIC created pursuant to this Agreement.
The beneficial owners of the Excess Reserve Fund Account are the Class X
Certificateholders. For all federal tax purposes, amounts transferred by the
Upper Tier REMIC to the Excess Reserve Fund Account shall be treated as
distributions by the Securities Administrator to the Class X
Certificateholders.
(iii) Any
Basis
Risk Carryover Amounts paid by the Securities Administrator to the LIBOR and
Fixed Rate Certificateholders shall be accounted for by the Securities
Administrator as amounts paid first to the Holders of the Class X
Certificates and then to the respective Class or Classes of LIBOR and Fixed
Rate Certificates. In addition, the Securities Administrator shall account
for
such Certificateholders’ rights to receive payments of Basis Risk Carryover
Amounts as rights in a limited recourse notional principal contract written
by
the Class X Certificateholders in favor of such
Certificateholders.
(iv) Notwithstanding
any provision contained in this Agreement, the Securities Administrator shall
not be required to make any payments to and from the Excess Reserve Fund Account
except as expressly set forth in this Section 3.07(c) and
Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(C), (D) and (G).
(d) The
Master Servicer shall establish and maintain the Master Servicing Account on
behalf of the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall, promptly upon
receipt, deposit in the Master Servicing Account and retain therein the
following:
(i) the
aggregate amount remitted by the Servicer to the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.11;
(ii) any
amount deposited by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12 in connection with
any
losses on Permitted Investments; and
(iii) any
other
amounts deposited hereunder which are required to be deposited in the Master
Servicing Account.
-56-
In
the
event that the Servicer shall remit any amount not required to be remitted,
it
may at any time direct the Master Servicer in writing to withdraw such amount
from the Master Servicing Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. Such direction may be accomplished by delivering notice to
the
Master Servicer which describes the amounts deposited in error in the Master
Servicing Account. All funds deposited in the Master Servicing Account shall
be
held by the Master Servicer in trust for the Certificateholders until disbursed
in accordance with this Agreement. On each Master Servicer Remittance Date,
the
entire amount on deposit in the Master Servicing Account (subject to permitted
withdrawals as set forth above) shall be remitted to the Securities
Administrator for deposit into the Distribution Account by wire transfer in
immediately available funds.
(e) The
Securities Administrator shall establish and maintain the Distribution Account
on behalf of the Certificateholders. The Securities Administrator shall,
promptly upon receipt, deposit in the Distribution Account and retain therein
the following:
(i) any
amount remitted by the Master Servicer from the Master Servicing Account
pursuant to this Agreement; and
(ii) any
other
amounts deposited hereunder which are required to be deposited in the
Distribution Account.
In
the
event that the Master Servicer shall remit any amount not required to be
remitted, it may at any time direct the Securities Administrator in writing
to
withdraw such amount from the Distribution Account, any provision herein to
the
contrary notwithstanding. Such direction may be accomplished by delivering
notice to the Securities Administrator which describes the amounts deposited
in
error in the Distribution Account. All funds deposited in the Distribution
Account shall be held by the Securities Administrator in trust for the
Certificateholders until disbursed in accordance with this Agreement or
withdrawn in accordance with Section 4.02.
Section
3.08 Subservicing
Accounts.
In
those cases where a Subservicer is servicing a Mortgage Loan pursuant to a
Subservicing Agreement, the Subservicer will be required to establish and
maintain one or more segregated accounts (collectively, the “Subservicing
Account”).
The
Subservicing Account shall be an Eligible Account and shall otherwise be
acceptable to the Servicer. The Subservicer shall deposit in the clearing
account (which account must be an Eligible Account) in which it customarily
deposits payments and collections on mortgage loans in connection with its
mortgage loan servicing activities on a daily basis, and in no event more than
one Business Day after the Subservicer’s receipt thereof, all proceeds of
Mortgage Loans received by the Subservicer less its servicing compensation
to
the extent permitted by the Subservicing Agreement, and shall thereafter deposit
such amounts in the Subservicing Account, in no event more than two Business
Days after the deposit of such funds into the clearing account. The Subservicer
shall thereafter deposit such proceeds in the Collection Account or remit such
proceeds to the Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account not later than
two Business Days after the deposit of such amounts in the Subservicing Account.
For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received
payments on the Mortgage Loans when the Subservicer receives such payments.
Funds in the clearing account and any Subservicing Account may, in the
discretion of the Servicer, be invested in Permitted Investments pending their
deposit into the Subservicing Account and the Collection Account, respectively;
provided,
however,
the
Servicer shall be responsible for any losses incurred on such investments
immediately upon realization.
-57-
Section
3.09 Collection
of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts.
To the
extent the related Mortgage provides for Escrow Payments, the Servicer shall
establish and maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, one or more
segregated accounts (the “Escrow
Accounts”),
which
shall be Eligible Accounts. The Servicer shall deposit in the clearing account
(which account must be an Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits
payments and collections on mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage
loan
servicing activities on a daily basis, and in no event more than one Business
Day after the Servicer’s receipt thereof, all collections from the Mortgagors
(or related advances from Subservicers) for the payment of taxes, assessments,
hazard insurance premiums and comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors
(“Escrow
Payments”)
collected on account of the Mortgage Loans and shall thereafter deposit such
Escrow Payments in the Escrow Accounts, in no event more than two Business
Days
after the deposit of such funds in the clearing account, for the purpose of
effecting the payment of any such items as required under the terms of this
Agreement. Withdrawals of amounts from an Escrow Account may be made only to
(i) effect payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums, and
comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Servicer (or a Subservicer to the
extent provided in the related Subservicing Agreement) out of the collection
for
any advances made pursuant to Section 3.01 (with respect to taxes and
assessments) and Section 3.13 (with respect to hazard insurance);
(iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages;
(iv) pay interest, if required and as described below, to Mortgagors on
balances in the Escrow Account; (v) clear and terminate the Escrow Account
at the termination of the Servicer’s obligations and responsibilities in respect
of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement; or (vi) recover amounts
deposited in error. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer or
Subservicers shall pay to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Escrow Accounts,
to the extent required by law and, to the extent that interest earned on funds
in the Escrow Accounts is insufficient, to pay such interest from its or their
own funds, without any reimbursement therefor. To the extent that a Mortgage
does not provide for Escrow Payments, the Servicer shall determine whether
any
such payments are made by the Mortgagor in a manner and at a time that avoids
the loss of the Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or the foreclosure of
a tax
lien. The Servicer assumes full responsibility for the payment of all such
bills
within such time and shall effect payments of all such bills irrespective of
the
Mortgagor’s faithful performance in the payment of same or the making of the
Escrow Payments and shall make advances from its own funds to effect such
payments; provided,
however,
that
such advances are deemed to be Servicing Advances.
Section
3.10 Collection
Account.
(a) On behalf of the Trust, the Servicer shall establish and
maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, one or more segregated
Eligible Accounts (such account or accounts, the “Collection
Account”),
held
in trust for the benefit of the Trustee. On behalf of the Trust, the Servicer
shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the clearing account (which account
must be an Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits payments and
collections on mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing
activities on a daily basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after
the Servicer’s receipt thereof, and shall thereafter deposit into the Collection
Account, in no event more than two Business Days after the deposit of such
funds
into the clearing account, as and when received or as otherwise required
hereunder, the following payments and collections received or made by it
subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal or interest
on the related Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-off Date), or payments
(other than Principal Prepayments) received by it on or prior to the Cut-off
Date but allocable to a Due Period subsequent thereto:
-58-
(i) all
payments on account of principal, including Principal Prepayments, on the
Mortgage Loans;
(ii) all
payments on account of interest (net of the related Servicing Fee) on each
Mortgage Loan;
(iii) all
Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds to the extent such Insurance
Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds are not to be applied to the restoration
of
the related Mortgaged Property or released to the related Mortgagor in
accordance with the express requirements of law or in accordance with Accepted
Servicing Practices, Liquidation Proceeds and Subsequent
Recoveries;
(iv) any
amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.12 in connection
with any losses realized on Permitted Investments with respect to funds held
in
the Collection Account;
(v) any
amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to the second
paragraph of Section 3.13(a) in respect of any blanket policy
deductibles;
(vi) all
proceeds of any Mortgage Loan repurchased or purchased in accordance with this
Agreement; and
(vii) all
Prepayment Charges collected by the Servicer.
The
foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection Account shall be exclusive,
it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges, NSF fees,
reconveyance fees, assumption fees and other similar fees and charges need
not
be deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account and shall, upon
collection, belong to the Servicer as additional compensation for its servicing
activities. In the event the Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account
any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw
such amount from the Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
(b) Funds
in
the Collection Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance
with the provisions set forth in Section 3.12. The Servicer shall give
notice to the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer of the location
of the Collection Account maintained by it when established and prior to any
change thereof.
Section
3.11 Withdrawals
from the Collection Account.
(a) The Servicer shall, from time to time, make withdrawals from the
Collection Account maintained by it for any of the following purposes or as
described in Section 4.01:
-59-
(i) on
or
prior to each Remittance Date, to remit to the Master Servicer all Available
Funds in respect of the related Distribution Date together with all amounts
representing Prepayment Charges (payable to the Class P Certificateholders)
from the Mortgage Loans received during the related Prepayment
Period;
(ii) to
reimburse the Servicer for (A) P&I Advances, but only to the extent of
amounts received which represent Late Collections (net of the related Servicing
Fees) of Scheduled Payments on Mortgage Loans with respect to which such P&I
Advances were made by the Servicer in accordance with the provisions of
Section 4.01 and (B) any xxxxxxxxxxxx X&X Advances to the extent of
funds held in the Collection Account for a future Distribution Date that were
not included in Available Funds for the preceding Distribution
Date;
(iii) to
pay
the Servicer or any Subservicer (A) any unpaid Servicing Fees or
(B) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to each Mortgage Loan,
but only to the extent of any Late Collections or other amounts as may be
collected by the Servicer from a Mortgagor, or otherwise received with respect
to such Mortgage Loan (or the related REO Property);
(iv) to
pay to
the Servicer as servicing compensation (in addition to the Servicing Fee) on
each Remittance Date any interest or investment income earned on funds deposited
in the Collection Account;
(v) to
pay to
the Originator, with respect to each Mortgage Loan that has previously been
repurchased or replaced pursuant to this Agreement, all amounts received thereon
subsequent to the date of purchase or substitution, as the case may
be;
(vi) to
reimburse the Servicer for (A) any P&I Advance or Servicing Advance
previously made which the Servicer has determined to be a Nonrecoverable P&I
Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance in accordance with the provisions
of
Section 4.01 and (B) any unpaid Servicing Fees to the extent not
recoverable from Late Collections or other amounts received with respect to
the
related Mortgage Loan under Section 3.11(a)(iii);
(vii) to
pay,
or to reimburse the Servicer for Servicing Advances in respect of, expenses
incurred in connection with any Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 3.15;
(viii) to
reimburse the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator or the Trustee for expenses incurred by or reimbursable to the
Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator
or
the Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 6.03,
Section 7.02, Section 8.05, Section 9.13 or
Section 10.02;
(ix) to
reimburse the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator or
the
Trustee, as the case may be, for expenses reasonably incurred in respect of
the
breach or defect giving rise to the repurchase obligation of the Originator
or
the Sponsor under this Agreement that were included in the Repurchase Price
of
the Mortgage Loan, including any expenses arising out of the enforcement of
the
repurchase obligation, to the extent not otherwise paid pursuant to the terms
hereof;
-60-
(x) to
withdraw any amounts deposited in the Collection Account in error;
and
(xi) to
clear
and terminate the Collection Account upon termination of this
Agreement.
(b) The
Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by
Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from the
Collection Account, to the extent held by or on behalf of it, pursuant to
subclauses (a)(ii), (iii), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii) and (ix) above.
The Servicer shall provide written notification (as set forth in
Section 4.01(d)) to the Master Servicer, on or prior to the next succeeding
Remittance Date, upon making any withdrawals from the Collection Account
pursuant to subclause (a)(vi) above.
Section
3.12 Investment
of Funds in the Collection Account and Escrow Account.
(a) The Servicer may invest the funds in the Collection Account
maintained by it and the Escrow Account (to the extent permitted by law and
the
related Mortgage Loan documents) (for purposes of this Section 3.12, each
such Account is referred to as an “Investment
Account”),
in
one or more Permitted Investments bearing interest or sold at a discount, and
maturing, unless payable on demand, no later than the Business Day immediately
preceding the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such
account pursuant to this Agreement; provided,
however,
that
any such Permitted Investment managed by or advised by the Securities
Administrator or any of its Affiliates may mature, unless payable on demand,
no
later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such
account pursuant to this Agreement. All such Permitted Investments shall be
held
to maturity, unless payable on demand. Any investment of funds in an Investment
Account shall be made in the name of the Servicer. The Servicer shall be
entitled to sole possession over each such investment, and any certificate
or
other instrument evidencing any such investment shall be delivered directly
to
the Servicer or its agent together with any document of transfer necessary
to
transfer title to such investment to the Servicer. In the event amounts on
deposit in an Investment Account are at any time invested in a Permitted
Investment payable on demand, the Servicer may:
(x)
|
consistent
with any notice required to be given thereunder, demand that payment
thereon be made on the last day such Permitted Investment may otherwise
mature hereunder in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) all amounts
then payable thereunder and (2) the amount required to be withdrawn
on
such date; and
|
(y)
|
demand
payment of all amounts due thereunder that such Permitted Investment
would
not constitute a Permitted Investment in respect of funds thereafter
on
deposit in an Investment Account.
|
(b) All
income and gain realized from the investment of funds deposited in the
Collection Account or Escrow Account, as applicable, held by or on behalf of
the
Servicer, shall be for the benefit of the Servicer and shall be subject to
its
withdrawal in the manner set forth in Section 3.11. The Servicer shall
deposit in the Collection Account or Escrow Account, as applicable, the amount
of any loss of principal incurred in respect of any such Permitted Investment
made with funds in such accounts immediately upon realization of such
loss.
-61-
(c) During
the Securities Administrator Float Period, the Securities Administrator shall
hold the funds in the Distribution Account uninvested, and shall have the
benefit of the use of such funds. During the Master Servicer Float Period,
the
Master Servicer shall hold the funds in the Master Servicing Account uninvested,
and shall have the benefit of the use of such funds.
(d) Except
as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any default occurs in the
making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment of funds held in the
Escrow Account or the Collection Account, or if a default occurs in any other
performance required under any Permitted Investment of funds held in the Escrow
Account or the Collection Account, the Servicer shall take such action as may
be
appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution
and prosecution of appropriate proceedings.
(e) The
Securities Administrator or its Affiliates are permitted to receive compensation
that could be deemed to be in the Securities Administrator’s economic
self-interest for (i) serving as investment adviser, administrator,
shareholder, servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain
of the Permitted Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions
in certain Permitted Investments and (iii) effecting transactions in
certain Permitted Investments. The Master Servicer or its Affiliates are
permitted to receive compensation that could be deemed to be in the Master
Servicer’s economic self-interest for (i) serving as investment adviser,
administrator, shareholder, servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with
respect to certain of the Permitted Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to
effect transactions in certain Permitted Investments and (iii) effecting
transactions in certain Permitted Investments. Such compensation shall not
be
considered an amount that is reimbursable for payable pursuant to this
Agreement.
Section
3.13 Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity
Coverage.
(a) The Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan
fire insurance with extended coverage on the related Mortgaged Property in
an
amount which is at least equal to the least of (i) the outstanding
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, (ii) the amount necessary to fully
compensate for any damage or loss to the improvements that are a part of such
property on a replacement cost basis and (iii) the maximum insurable value
of the improvements which are a part of such Mortgaged Property, in each case
in
an amount not less than such amount as is necessary to avoid the application
of
any coinsurance clause contained in the related hazard insurance policy.
The Servicer shall also cause to be maintained fire insurance with extended
coverage on each REO Property in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser
of (i) the maximum insurable value of the improvements which are a part of
such property and (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the related
Mortgage Loan at the time it became an REO Property. The Servicer will
comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and
requirements of each insurer under any such hazard policies. Any amounts to
be
collected by the Servicer under any such policies (other than amounts required
to be deposited in the Escrow Account and applied to the restoration or repair
of the property subject to the related Mortgage or amounts to be released to
the
Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Servicer would follow
in
servicing loans held for its own account, subject to the terms and conditions
of
the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note) shall be deposited in the Collection
Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.11. Any cost incurred
by the Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose
of
calculating distributions to the Master Servicer, be added to the unpaid
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms
of such Mortgage Loan so permit. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake
or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor other than
pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in
force and as shall require such additional insurance. If the Mortgaged Property
or REO Property is at any time in an area identified in the Federal Register
by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards and
flood insurance has been made available, the Servicer will cause to be
maintained a flood insurance policy in respect thereof. Such flood insurance
shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the unpaid principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan and (ii) the maximum amount of such
insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under the national flood
insurance program (assuming that the area in which such Mortgaged Property
is
located is participating in such program).
-62-
In
the
event that the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy with an
insurer having a general policy rating of A:VI or better in Best’s (or such
other rating that is comparable to such rating) insuring against hazard losses
on all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied
its obligations as set forth in the first two sentences of this
Section 3.13, it being understood and agreed that such policy may contain a
deductible clause, in which case the Servicer shall, in the event that there
shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property
a policy complying with the first two sentences of this Section 3.13, and
there shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such
policy, deposit to the Collection Account from its own funds the amount not
otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause.
In
connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage
Loans, the Servicer agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of itself and
the
Trustee, claims under any such blanket policy in a timely fashion in accordance
with the terms of such policy.
(b) The
Servicer shall keep in force during the term of this Agreement a policy or
policies of insurance covering errors and omissions for failure in the
performance of the Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement, which policy or
policies shall be in such form and amounts as shall be consistent with Accepted
Servicing Practices. The Servicer shall also maintain a fidelity bond in such
form and amount as shall be consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices. The
Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer with copies of any such insurance
policies and fidelity bond; provided,
however,
so long
as the Servicer hereunder is Xxxxx Fargo, the Servicer may satisfy such
requirement by providing the Master Servicer with a certification of any such
insurance upon request. The Servicer shall be deemed to have complied with
this
provision if an Affiliate of the Servicer has such errors and omissions and
fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such insurance policy or fidelity
bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Servicer. Any such errors
and omissions policy and fidelity bond shall by its terms not be cancelable
without thirty days’ prior written notice to the Master Servicer. The
Servicer shall also cause each Subservicer to maintain a policy of insurance
covering errors and omissions and a fidelity bond which would meet such
requirements.
-63-
Section
3.14 Enforcement
of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.
The
Servicer will, to the extent it has knowledge of any conveyance or prospective
conveyance of any Mortgaged Property by any Mortgagor (whether by absolute
conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or not the Mortgagor remains
or
is to remain liable under the Mortgage Note and/or the Mortgage), exercise
its
rights to accelerate the maturity of such Mortgage Loan under the “due-on-sale”
clause, if any, applicable thereto; provided,
however,
that
the Servicer shall not exercise any such rights if prohibited by law from doing
so or if the exercise of such rights would impair or threaten to impair recovery
under the related Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, if any. If the Servicer
believes it is unable under applicable law to enforce such “due-on-sale”
clause or if any of the other conditions set forth in the proviso to the
preceding sentence apply, the Servicer will enter into either (i) an
assumption and modification agreement from or with the person to whom such
property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed, pursuant to which
such
person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and, to the extent permitted
by
applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon or (ii) a
substitution agreement as provided in the succeeding sentence. The Servicer
is
also authorized to enter into a substitution of liability agreement with such
person, pursuant to which the original Mortgagor is released from liability
and
such person is substituted as the Mortgagor and becomes liable under the
Mortgage Note, provided,
that no
such substitution shall be effective unless such person satisfies the
underwriting criteria of the Originator and has a credit risk rating at least
equal to that of the original Mortgagor. The Mortgage Loan, as assumed, shall
conform in all respects to the requirements, representations and warranties
of
this Agreement. The Servicer shall not take or enter into any assumption and
modification agreement, however, unless (to the extent practicable in the
circumstances) it shall have received confirmation, in writing, of the continued
effectiveness of any applicable hazard insurance policy, or a new policy meeting
the requirements of this Section is obtained. Any fee collected by the
Servicer in respect of an assumption or substitution of liability agreement
will
be retained by the Servicer as additional servicing compensation. In connection
with any such assumption, no material term of the Mortgage Note (including
but
not limited to the related Mortgage Rate and the amount of the Scheduled
Payment) may be amended or modified, except as otherwise required pursuant
to
the terms thereof. The Servicer shall notify the Master Servicer that any such
substitution, modification or assumption agreement has been completed and shall
forward to the Custodian the executed original of such substitution or
assumption agreement, which document shall be added to the related Mortgage
File
and shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to
the
same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a part
thereof.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of this Agreement, the
Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default or any other violation of its
obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a Mortgage Loan by
operation of law or by the terms of the Mortgage Note or any assumption which
the Servicer may be restricted by law from preventing, for any reason
whatsoever. For purposes of this Section 3.14, the term “assumption” is
deemed to also include a sale (of the Mortgaged Property) subject to the
Mortgage that is not accompanied by an assumption or substitution of liability
agreement.
Section
3.15 Realization
upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
The
Servicer shall use its best efforts, consistent with Accepted Servicing
Practices, to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert (which may include
an acquisition of REO Property) the ownership of properties securing such
of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which
no
satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments
pursuant to Section 3.07, and which are not released from this Agreement
pursuant to any other provision hereof. The Servicer shall use reasonable
efforts to realize upon such defaulted Mortgage Loans in such manner as will
maximize the receipt of principal and interest by the Securities Administrator,
taking into account, among other things, the timing of foreclosure proceedings;
provided,
however,
with
respect to any second lien Mortgage Loan, if, after such Mortgage Loan becomes
180 days or more delinquent, the Servicer determines that a significant net
recovery is not possible through foreclosure, such Mortgage Loan may be charged
off and the Mortgage Loan will be treated as a Liquidated Mortgage Loan giving
rise to a Realized Loss. The foregoing is subject to the provisions that the
Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with
foreclosure or other conversion, correction of a default on a senior mortgage
or
restoration of any property unless it shall determine in its sole discretion
(i) that such foreclosure, correction or restoration will increase the net
Liquidation Proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan to the Securities
Administrator, after reimbursement to itself for such expenses and
(ii) that such expenses will be recoverable by the Servicer through
Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or Subsequent
Recoveries from the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in
Section 3.11. The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and
expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided,
however,
that it
shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the related property, as
contemplated in Section 3.11.
-64-
The
proceeds of any liquidation or REO Disposition, as well as any recovery
resulting from a partial collection of Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or Subsequent Recoveries or any income from
an
REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first,
to
reimburse the Servicer or any Subservicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing
Advances, pursuant to Section 3.11 or 3.17; second,
to
reimburse the Servicer for any related xxxxxxxxxxxx X&X Advances, pursuant
to Section 3.11; third,
to
accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage Loan or REO Imputed Interest, at
the
Mortgage Rate, to the date of the liquidation or REO Disposition, or to the
Due
Date prior to the Remittance Date on which such amounts are to be distributed
if
not in connection with a liquidation or REO Disposition; and fourth,
as a
recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan. If the amount of the recovery so
allocated to interest is less than a full recovery thereof, that amount will
be
allocated as follows: first,
to
unpaid Servicing Fees; and second,
as
interest at the Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee Rate). The portion
of
the recovery so allocated to unpaid Servicing Fees shall be reimbursed to the
Servicer or any Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.11 or 3.17. The portions
of the recovery so allocated to interest at the Mortgage Rate (net of the
Servicing Fee Rate) and to principal of the Mortgage Loan shall be applied
as
follows: first,
to
reimburse the Servicer or any Subservicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing
Advances in accordance with Section 3.11 or 3.17, and second,
to the
Securities Administrator in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02,
subject to paragraph (e) of Section 3.17 with respect to certain
excess recoveries from an REO Disposition.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, in connection with a foreclosure
or
acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, in the event the Servicer has
received actual notice of, or has actual knowledge of the presence of, hazardous
or toxic substances or wastes on the related Mortgaged Property, or if the
Trustee or the Master Servicer otherwise requests, the Servicer shall cause
an
environmental inspection or review of such Mortgaged Property to be conducted
by
a qualified inspector. Upon completion of the inspection, the Servicer shall
promptly provide the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor with a
written report of the environmental inspection.
-65-
After
reviewing the environmental inspection report, the Servicer shall determine
consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices how to proceed with respect to
the
Mortgaged Property. In the event (a) the environmental inspection report
indicates that the Mortgaged Property is contaminated by hazardous or toxic
substances or wastes and (b) the Servicer proceeds with foreclosure or
acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Servicer shall be reimbursed
for all reasonable costs associated with such foreclosure or acceptance of
a
deed in lieu of foreclosure and any related environmental clean-up costs, as
applicable, from the related Liquidation Proceeds, or if the Liquidation
Proceeds are insufficient to fully reimburse the Servicer, the Servicer shall
be
entitled to be reimbursed from amounts in the Collection Account pursuant to
Section 3.11. In the event the Servicer does not proceed with foreclosure
or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Servicer shall be reimbursed
from general collections for all Servicing Advances made with respect to the
related Mortgaged Property from the Collection Account pursuant to
Section 3.11. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any determination
made by the Servicer pursuant to this paragraph or otherwise.
Section
3.16 Release
of Mortgage Files.
(a) Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by
the Servicer of a notification that payment in full shall be escrowed in a
manner customary for such purposes, the Servicer will, within five
(5) Business Days of the payment in full, notify the Custodian by a
certification (which certification shall include a statement to the effect
that
all amounts received or to be received in connection with such payment which
are
required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.10
have been or will be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request
delivery to it of the Custodial File by submitting a Request for Release to
the
Custodian, which Request for Release may be in an electronic format in a form
acceptable to the Custodian. Upon receipt of such certification and Request
for
Release, the Custodian shall promptly release the related Custodial File to
the
Servicer within five (5) Business Days. No expenses incurred in connection
with
any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable
to
the Collection Account.
(b) From
time
to time and as appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage
Loan, including, for this purpose, collection under any Insurance Policy
relating to the Mortgage Loans, the Custodian shall, upon request of the
Servicer and delivery to the Custodian of a Request for Release, which Request
for Release may be in an electronic format in a form acceptable to the
Custodian, release the related Custodial File to the Servicer, and the Custodian
shall, at the direction of the Servicer, execute such documents as shall be
necessary to the prosecution of any such proceedings and the Servicer shall
retain the Mortgage File in trust for the benefit of the Trustee. Such Request
for Release shall obligate the Servicer to return each and every document
previously requested from the Custodial File to the Custodian when the need
therefor by the Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan has been
liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have
been
deposited in the Collection Account or the Mortgage File or such document has
been delivered to an attorney, or to a public trustee or other public official
as required by law, for purposes of initiating or pursuing legal action or
other
proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either judicially
or
non-judicially, and the Servicer has delivered to the Custodian a certificate
of
a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the Person to
which
such Mortgage File or such document was delivered and the purpose or purposes
of
such delivery. Upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer stating
that
such Mortgage Loan was liquidated and that all amounts received or to be
received in connection with such liquidation that are required to be deposited
into the Collection Account have been so deposited, or that such Mortgage Loan
has become an REO Property, a copy of the Request for Release shall be released
by the Custodian to the Servicer or its designee.
-66-
Upon
written certification of a Servicing Officer, the Trustee shall execute and
deliver to the Servicer copies of any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s
sale or other documents reasonably necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s
sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal action brought to obtain
judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to obtain
a
deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by
the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in equity, or shall
exercise and deliver to the Servicer a power of attorney sufficient to authorize
the Servicer to execute such documents on its behalf. Each such certification
shall include a request that such pleadings or documents be executed by the
Trustee and a statement as to the reason such documents or pleadings are
required and that the execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee will not
invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for the
termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee’s
sale.
Section
3.17 Title,
Conservation and Disposition of REO Property.
(a) This Section shall apply only to REO Properties acquired for the
account of the Trustee and shall not apply to any REO Property relating to
a
Mortgage Loan which was purchased or repurchased from the Trustee pursuant
to
any provision hereof. In the event that title to any such REO Property is
acquired, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trust, or
if
not permitted by law, to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company (or, if
applicable, the name of the successor Trustee) as Trustee for HSI Asset Loan
Obligation Trust 2007-WF1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-WF1,
or to its nominee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
(b) The
Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property for
the Trustee solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale. The
Servicer, either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer, shall
manage, conserve, protect and operate the REO Property in the same manner that
it manages, conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed property for
its
own account, and in the same manner that similar property in the same locality
as the REO Property is managed. The Servicer shall attempt to sell the same
(and
may temporarily rent the same for a period not greater than one year, except
as
otherwise provided below) on such terms and conditions as the Servicer deems
to
be in the best interest of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.
The
Servicer shall notify the Trustee from time to time as to the status of each
REO
Property.
(c) The
Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received in connection
with the operation of any REO Property separate and apart from its own funds
and
general assets and shall deposit such funds in the Collection
Account.
-67-
(d) The
Servicer shall deposit net of reimbursement to the Servicer for any related
outstanding Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees provided in
Section 3.11, or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account, in no
event later than two Business Days after the deposit of such funds into the
clearing account, all revenues received with respect to the related REO Property
and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation,
management and maintenance of the REO Property.
(e) The
Servicer, upon an REO Disposition, shall be entitled to reimbursement for any
related unreimbursed Servicing Advances as well as any unpaid Servicing Fees
from proceeds received in connection with the REO Disposition, as further
provided in Section 3.11.
(f) Any
net
proceeds from an REO Disposition which are in excess of the unpaid principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan plus all unpaid REO Imputed Interest
thereon through the date of the REO Disposition shall be retained by the
Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
(g) The
Servicer shall use Accepted Servicing Practices to sell, or cause the
Subservicer to sell, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, any REO
Property as soon as possible, but in no event later than the conclusion of
the
third calendar year beginning after the year of its acquisition by the REMIC
1
unless (i) the Servicer applies for an extension of such period from the
Internal Revenue Service pursuant to the REMIC Provisions and Code
Section 856(e)(3), in which event such REO Property shall be sold within
the applicable extension period, or (ii) the Servicer obtains for the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Depositor, the Trustee and
the
Servicer, to the effect that the holding by the REMIC of such REO Property
subsequent to such period will not result in the imposition of taxes on
“prohibited transactions” as defined in Section 860F of the Code or cause
any REMIC created under this Agreement to fail to qualify as a REMIC under
the
REMIC Provisions or comparable provisions of relevant state laws at any time.
The Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property
for
the Trustee solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in a
manner which does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure
property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) or result in the receipt
by any REMIC created hereunder of any “income from non-permitted assets” within
the meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or any “net income from
foreclosure property” which is subject to taxation under Section 860G(a)(1)
of the Code. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer
shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and
conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary
in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its
conservation and protection of the interests of the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems
to
be in the best interest of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders
for
the period prior to the sale of such REO Property; provided,
however,
that
any rent received or accrued with respect to such REO Property qualifies as
“rents from real property” as defined in Section 856(d) of the
Code.
Section
3.18 [Reserved].
-68-
Section
3.19 Access
to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage
Loans.
The
Servicer shall provide, or cause the Subservicer to provide, to the Depositor,
the Trustee, the OTS or the FDIC and the examiners and supervisory agents
thereof, access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans in its
possession required by applicable regulations of the OTS. Such access shall
be
afforded without charge, but only upon 10 days (or, if an Event of Default
has
occurred and is continuing, 3 Business Days) prior written request and during
normal business hours at the offices of the Servicer or, if applicable, any
Subservicer. Nothing in this Section shall derogate from the obligation of
any
such party to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information
regarding the Mortgagors and the failure of any such party to provide access
as
provided in this Section as a result of such obligation shall not
constitute a breach of this Section.
Nothing
in this Section 3.19 shall require the Servicer to collect, create, collate
or
otherwise generate any information that it does not generate in its usual course
of business. The Servicer shall not be required to make copies of or to ship
documents to any Person who is not a party to this Agreement, and then only
if
provisions have been made for the reimbursement of the costs
thereof.
Section
3.20 Documents,
Records and Funds in Possession of the Servicer to Be Held for the
Trustee.
Not
later than thirty days after each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall
forward to the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator
a
statement prepared by the Servicer setting forth the status of the Collection
Account as of the close of business on the last day of the calendar month
relating to such Distribution Date and showing, for the period covered by such
statement, the aggregate amount of deposits into and withdrawals from the
Collection Account of each category of deposit specified in Section 3.10(a)
and each category of withdrawal specified in Section 3.11. Copies of such
statement shall be provided by the Securities Administrator to any
Certificateholder and to any Person identified to the Securities Administrator
as a prospective transferee of a Certificate, upon the written request and
at
the expense of the requesting party, provided such statement is delivered by
the
Servicer to the Securities Administrator.
Section
3.21 Servicing
Compensation.
(a) As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Servicer shall,
with respect to each Mortgage Loan, be entitled to retain from deposits to
the
Collection Account and from Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds,
Insurance related Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and REO Proceeds related
to
such Mortgage Loan, the Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan (less
any portion of such amounts retained by any Subservicer). In addition, the
Servicer shall be entitled to recover unpaid Servicing Fees out of related
Late
Collections and as otherwise permitted under Section 3.11. The right to
receive the Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except
in
connection with the transfer of all of the Servicer’s responsibilities and
obligations under this Agreement; provided,
however,
that
the Servicer may pay from the Servicing Fee any amounts due to a Subservicer
pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement entered into under
Section 3.02.
(b) Additional
servicing compensation in the form of assumption or modification fees, late
payment charges, NSF fees, reconveyance fees and other similar fees and charges
(other than Prepayment Charges) shall be retained by the Servicer only to the
extent such fees or charges are received by the Servicer. The Servicer shall
also be entitled pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iv) to withdraw from the
Collection Account, as additional servicing compensation, interest or other
income earned on deposits therein. The Servicer shall also be entitled as
additional servicing compensation, to interest or other income earned on
deposits in the Escrow Account (to the extent permitted by law and the related
Mortgage Loan documents) in accordance with Section 3.12.
-69-
(c) The
Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection
with
its servicing activities hereunder (including payment of premiums for any
blanket policy insuring against hazard losses pursuant to Section 3.13,
servicing compensation of the Subservicer to the extent not retained by it
and
the fees and expenses of independent accountants and any agents appointed by
the
Servicer), and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor from the Trust
Fund except as specifically provided in Section 3.11.
Section
3.22 Report
on Assessment of Compliance with Relevant Servicing Criteria.
On
or
before March 15th
of each
calendar year for so long as the Depositor is required to file reports with
respect to the Trust under the Exchange Act, commencing in March 2008, the
Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Custodian,
each at its own expense, shall furnish or otherwise make available, and each
such party shall cause any Servicing Function Participant engaged by it to
furnish, each at its own expense, to the Master Servicer, Securities
Administrator and the Depositor, a report on an assessment of compliance with
the Relevant Servicing Criteria set forth in Exhibit S that contains (A) a
statement by such party of its responsibility for assessing compliance with
the
Relevant Servicing Criteria, (B) a statement that such party used the Relevant
Servicing Criteria to assess compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria,
(C) such party’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria
as of and for the fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K required to be filed
pursuant to Section 8.12, including, if there has been any material instance
of
noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, a discussion of each such
failure and the nature and status thereof, and (D) a statement that a registered
public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on such party’s
assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for
such
period.
Promptly
after receipt of each such report on assessment of compliance, (i) the Depositor
shall review each such report and, if applicable, consult with the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Custodian, the Servicer and any
Servicing Function Participant engaged by any such party as to the nature of
any
material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria by
each
such party, and (ii) the Master Servicer shall confirm that the assessments,
taken as a whole, address all of the Servicing Criteria and taken individually
address the Relevant Servicing Criteria for each party as set forth on Exhibit
S
or as set forth in the applicable servicing agreement.
The
Master Servicer shall enforce any obligation of the Servicer (and the Servicer
shall enforce any obligation of a Servicing Function Participant engaged by
such
Servicer) to cause the delivery of such Servicer’s annual report on assessment
of compliance within the time frame and to the parties indicated
in this Section 3.22, and in such form and
substance required by this Agreement.
-70-
In
the
event the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the
Custodian or any Servicing Function Participant engaged by any such party is
terminated, assigns its rights and obligations under, or resigns pursuant to,
the terms of this Agreement, or any other applicable agreement, as the case
may
be, such party shall provide a report on assessment of compliance pursuant
to
this Section 3.22, or to such other applicable agreement, for the period of
time
in such reporting period prior to such termination, assignment or resignation,
notwithstanding any such termination, assignment or resignation.
Section
3.23 Report
on Attestation of Compliance with Relevant Servicing Criteria.On
or
before March 15th
of each
calendar year for so long as the Depositor is required to file reports with
respect to the Trust under the Exchange Act, commencing in March 2008, the
Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Custodian,
each at its own expense, shall cause, and each such party shall cause any
Servicing Function Participant engaged by it to cause, each at its own expense,
a registered public accounting firm (which may also render other services to
the
Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Custodian
or
such other Servicing Function Participants, as the case may be) that is a member
of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish an
attestation report to the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and
the
Depositor, to the effect that (i) it has obtained a representation regarding
certain matters from the management of such party, which includes an assertion
that such party has complied with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, and (ii)
on
the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards
for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board, it is expressing an opinion as to whether such party’s
compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria was fairly stated in all
material respects, or it cannot express an overall opinion regarding such
party’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria. In the
event that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public
accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable to express such
an
opinion. Such report must be available for general use and not contain
restricted use language.
Prior
to
executing any Form 10-K, the Master Servicer shall confirm that each assessment
submitted pursuant to Section 3.22 is coupled with an attestation meeting the
requirements of this Section and notify the Depositor of any exceptions.
The
Master Servicer shall enforce any obligation of the Servicer (and the Servicer
shall enforce any obligation of a Servicing Function Participant engaged by
such
Servicer) to cause the delivery of an attestation within the time frame and
to
the parties indicated
in this Section 3.23, and in such form and substance as may be required by
this
Agreement.
In
the
event the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the
Custodian or any Servicing Function Participant engaged by any such party,
is
terminated, assigns its rights and duties under, or resigns pursuant to the
terms of, this Agreement or any other applicable agreement, as the case may
be,
such party shall cause a registered public accounting firm to provide an
attestation pursuant to this Section 3.23, or to such other applicable
agreement, notwithstanding any such termination, assignment or resignation.
Section
3.24 Annual
Officer’s Certificates.(a)
Each
Form 10-K filed with the Commission shall include a Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification
exactly as set forth in Exhibit L attached hereto, required to be included
therewith pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and the Custodian shall, and shall cause any Servicing Function
Participant engaged by them to, provide to the Person who signs the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification (the “Certifying
Person”),
by
March 15th
of each
year in which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange
Act, commencing in March 2008, and otherwise within a reasonable period of
time
upon request, a certification (each, a “Back-Up
Certification”),
in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit M, upon which the Certifying Person, the
entity for which the Certifying Person acts as an officer, and such entity’s
officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively with the Certifying Person,
“Certification
Parties”)
can
reasonably rely. The senior officer of the Master Servicer in charge of the
master servicing function shall serve as the Certifying Person on behalf of
the
Trust. Such officer of the Certifying Person can be contacted by facsimile
at
000-000-0000. In the event any such party or any Servicing Function Participant
engaged by any such party is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of
this
Agreement, or any applicable subservicing agreement, as the case may be, such
party shall provide a Back-Up Certification to the Certifying Person pursuant
to
this Section 3.24 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this
Agreement or any applicable subservicing agreement, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Securities Administrator shall not be
required to deliver a Back-Up Certification to the Master Servicer if both
are
the same Person and the Master Servicer is the Certifying Person and (ii) the
Master Servicer shall not be obligated to sign the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification
in the event that it does not receive any Back-Up Certification required to
be
furnished to it pursuant to this section.
-71-
(b) On
or
before March 15th
of each
calendar year for so long as the Depositor is required to file reports with
respect to the Trust under the Exchange Act, commencing in March 2008, the
Servicer and the Master Servicer shall deliver (or otherwise make available)
(and the Servicer and the Master Servicer shall cause any Servicing Function
Participant engaged by it to deliver) to the Depositor and the Securities
Administrator, an Officer’s Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit U
stating, as to the signer thereof, that (A) a review of such party’s activities
during the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and of such party’s
performance under this Agreement, or such other applicable agreement in the
case
of a Servicing Function Participant, has been made under such officer’s
supervision and (B) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such
review, such party has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement,
or
such other applicable agreement in the case of a Servicing Function Participant,
in all material respects throughout such year or portion thereof, or, if there
has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect,
specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status
thereof.
In
the
event the Servicer, the Master Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant
engaged by such party is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, or any applicable agreement in the case of a Servicing Function
Participant, as the case may be, such party shall provide an Officer’s
Certificate covering the portion of the reporting period for which it served
pursuant to this Section 3.24 or to such applicable agreement, as the case
may
be, notwithstanding any such termination, assignment or resignation.
The
Master Servicer shall enforce any obligation of the Servicer (and the Servicer
shall enforce any obligation of a Servicing Function Participant engaged by
such
Servicer) to cause the delivery by the Servicer of such annual Officer’s
Certificate (in respect of Item 1123 of Regulation AB) within the time
frame set
forth
and to the parties indicated
in this Section 3.24, and in such form and
substance as required by this Agreement.
-72-
(c) The
Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee, the Master Servicer,
the
Securities Administrator, the Depositor and their respective officers,
directors, agents and affiliates from and against any losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs,
judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon a breach
by
the Servicer or any of its officers, directors, agents or affiliates of its
obligations under this Section 3.24 or the negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct of the Servicer in connection therewith. If the indemnification
provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the Trustee,
the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Depositor, then the
Servicer agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor or
their respective officers, directors, agents or affiliates as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities of any such party in such proportion
as
is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of such party or parties on the
one
hand and the Servicer on the other in connection with a breach of the Servicer’s
obligations under this Section 3.24 or the Servicer’s negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct in connection therewith.
Section
3.25 Master
Servicer to Act as Servicer.
(a) Subject to Section 7.02, in the event that the Servicer
shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer hereunder (including by reason
of
an Event of Default), the Master Servicer or its successor shall thereupon
assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer hereunder arising
thereafter, except that the Master Servicer shall not be (i) liable for
losses of the predecessor Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10 or any acts or
omissions of the predecessor Servicer hereunder, (ii) obligated to
effectuate repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage Loans hereunder, including
but not limited to repurchases or substitutions pursuant to Section 2.03,
(iii) responsible for expenses of the predecessor Servicer pursuant to
Section 2.03 or (iv) deemed to have made any representations and
warranties of the Servicer hereunder. Any such assumption shall be subject
to
Section 7.02.
(b) Every
Subservicing Agreement entered into by the Servicer shall contain a provision
giving the successor servicer the option to terminate such agreement in the
event a successor servicer is appointed.
(c) If
the
Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer (including by reason
of
any Event of Default), the Master Servicer (or any other successor servicer)
may, at its option, succeed to any rights and obligations of the Servicer under
any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; provided,
that
the Master Servicer (or any other successor servicer) shall not incur any
liability or have any obligations in its capacity as successor servicer under
a
Subservicing Agreement arising prior to the date of such succession unless
it
expressly elects to succeed to the rights and obligations of the Servicer
thereunder; and the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability
or
obligations under the Subservicing Agreement arising prior to the date of such
succession.
(d) The
Servicer shall, upon request of the Master Servicer, but at the expense of
the
Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating
to
each Subservicing Agreement (if any) and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced
thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it, and otherwise
use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the
Subservicing Agreement to the assuming party.
-73-
Section
3.26 Compensating
Interest.
The
Servicer shall remit to the Master Servicer on each Remittance Date an amount
from its own funds equal to the Compensating Interest payable by the Servicer
for the related Distribution Date.
Section
3.27 Credit
Reporting; Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act.
(a) With respect to each Mortgage Loan serviced by it, the Servicer
agrees to fully furnish, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and
its implementing regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g., favorable
and unfavorable) on the primary borrower of such Mortgage Loan to Equifax,
Experian and TransUnion Credit Information Company (three of the credit
repositories) on a monthly basis.
(b) The
Servicer shall comply with Title V of the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999
and all applicable regulations promulgated thereunder, relating to the Mortgage
Loans and the related borrowers and shall provide all required notices
thereunder.
Section
3.28 [Reserved].
Section
3.29 Notifications
to Parties.The
Servicer shall promptly notify the Master Servicer and the Depositor (i) of
any
legal proceedings pending against the Servicer of the type described in Item
1117 (§ 229.1117) of Regulation AB and (ii) if the Servicer shall become (but
only to the extent not previously disclosed to the Master Servicer and the
Depositor) at any time an affiliate of any of the parties listed on Exhibit
T to
this Agreement. If so requested by the Master Servicer or the Depositor on
any
date following the date on which information was first provided to the Master
Servicer and the Depositor, pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Servicer
shall within five Business Days following such request, confirm in writing
that
except as disclosed in writing to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the
Trustee, and the Securities Administrator, prior to the Closing Date: (i) Xxxxx
Fargo is not aware and has not received notice that any default, early
amortization or other performance triggering event has occurred as to any other
securitization due to any act or failure to act of Xxxxx Fargo; (ii) Xxxxx
Fargo
has not been terminated as servicer in a residential mortgage loan
securitization, either due to a servicing default or to application of a
servicing performance test or trigger; (iii) no material noncompliance with
the
relevant servicing criteria with respect to other securitizations of residential
mortgage loans involving Xxxxx Fargo as servicer has been disclosed or reported
by Xxxxx Fargo; (iv) no material changes to Xxxxx Fargo’s policies or procedures
with respect to the servicing function it will perform under this Agreement
for
mortgage loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans have occurred during
the
three-year period immediately preceding the Closing Date; (v) there are no
aspects of Xxxxx Fargo’s financial condition that could have a material adverse
effect on the performance by Xxxxx Fargo’s financial condition that could have a
material adverse effect on the performance by Xxxxx Fargo of its servicing
obligations under this Agreement and (vi) there are no affiliations,
relationships or transactions relating to Xxxxx Fargo or any Subservicer with
any party listed on Exhibit T hereto, other than its affiliation with the
Custodian and Originator, or, the Servicer shall, if such a representation
and
warranty is not accurate as of the date of such request, provide reasonable
adequate disclosure of the pertinent facts, in writing, to the requesting party.
The
Servicer shall provide to the Master Servicer and the Depositor prompt notice
of
the occurrence of any of the following: (i) any event of default under the
terms
of this Agreement; (ii) any merger, consolidation or sale of substantially
all
of the assets of the Servicer; (iii) the Servicer’s engagement of any
Subservicer or Subcontractor; (iv) any material litigation involving the
Servicer; and (v) any affiliation or other significant relationship between
the
Servicer and other transaction parties.
Section
3.30 Indemnification.Each
of
the Depositor, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator,
the Custodian, the Trustee (only in the case of any failure to deliver any
information, data or materials required to be included in any Additional Form
10-D Disclosure, Additional Form 10-K Disclosure or Form 8-K Disclosure
Information that the Trustee is obligated to provide, and only with respect
to
the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator) and any
Servicing Function Participant (each, an “Indemnifying
Party”)
engaged by any such party, shall indemnify and hold harmless each other
Indemnifying Party, and each of its directors, officers, employees, agents,
and
affiliates from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties,
fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments and
other
costs and expenses arising out of or based upon (a) any breach by such party
of
any if its obligations hereunder, including particularly its obligations to
provide any annual statement of compliance, annual assessment of compliance
with
Servicing Criteria, attestation report or any information, data or materials
required to be included in any Exchange Act report, (b) any material
misstatement or omission in any information, data or materials provided by
such
party pursuant to this Agreement including any material misstatement or material
omission in (i) any annual statement of compliance, annual assessment of
compliance with Servicing Criteria delivered by it, or by any Servicing Function
Participant engaged by it, pursuant to this Agreement, or (ii) any Additional
Form 10-D Disclosure, Additional Form 10-K Disclosure or Form 8-K Disclosure
Information provided by it, or (c) the negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct of such indemnifying party in connection with its performance
hereunder. If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Depositor, as the case may
be,
then each Indemnifying Party agrees that it shall contribute to the amount
paid
or payable by the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator,
the Trustee, the Custodian or the Depositor, as applicable, as a result of
any
claims, losses, damages or liabilities incurred by such party in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified party on
the
one hand and the indemnifying party on the other. This indemnification shall
survive the termination of this Agreement or the termination of any party to
this Agreement.
-74-
(b) The
Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator,
the
Custodian
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 which would
entitle the Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator,
the
Custodian,
the
Trustee or the Trust to indemnification from the Master Servicer, 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. If the Master Servicer and any such indemnified party
have a conflict of interest with respect to any such claim, the indemnified
party shall have the right to retain separate counsel.
ARTICLE
IV
DISTRIBUTIONS
AND
ADVANCES
BY THE SERVICER
Section
4.01 Advances.
(a) The amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Servicer for any
Remittance Date shall equal, subject to Section 4.01(c), the sum of
(i) the aggregate amount of Scheduled Payments (with each interest portion
thereof net of the related Servicing Fee), due during the Due Period immediately
preceding such Remittance Date in respect of the Mortgage Loans, which Scheduled
Payments were not received as of the close of business on the related
Determination Date, plus (ii) with respect to each REO Property, which REO
Property was acquired during or prior to the related Prepayment Period and
as to
which such REO Property an REO Disposition did not occur during the related
Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Scheduled
Payments (with each interest portion thereof net of the related Servicing Fee)
that would have been due on the related Due Date in respect of the related
Mortgage Loans, over the net income from such REO Property transferred to the
Collection Account for distribution on such Remittance Date.
-75-
(b) On
each
Remittance Date, the Servicer shall remit in immediately available funds to
the
Master Servicer an amount equal to the aggregate amount of P&I Advances, if
any, to be made in respect of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties for the
related Remittance Date either (i) from its own funds or (ii) from the
Collection Account, to the extent of funds held therein for future distribution
(in which case, it will cause to be made an appropriate entry in the records
of
the Collection Account that Amounts Held for Future Distribution have been,
as
permitted by this Section 4.01, used by it in discharge of any such P&I
Advance) or (iii) in the form of any combination of (i) and
(ii) aggregating the total amount of P&I Advances to be made by the
Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. Any Amounts
Held
for Future Distribution and so used shall be appropriately reflected in the
Servicer’s records and replaced by the Servicer by deposit in the Collection
Account on or before any future Remittance Date to the extent
required.
(c) The
obligation of the Servicer to make such P&I Advances is mandatory,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement but subject to
(d) below, and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, shall
continue until a Final Recovery Determination in connection therewith or the
removal thereof from coverage under this Agreement, except as otherwise provided
in this Section.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, no P&I Advance or Servicing Advance shall
be required to be made hereunder by the Servicer if such P&I Advance or
Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The determination by the Servicer that it
has
made a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or
that any proposed P&I Advance or Servicing Advance, if made, would
constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing
Advance, respectively, shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the
Servicer delivered to the Master Servicer. In addition, the Servicer shall
not
be required to advance any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls.
(e) Except
as
otherwise provided herein, the Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement
pursuant to Section 3.11 for Servicing Advances from recoveries from the
related Mortgagor or from all Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or
recoveries (including Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Subsequent
Recoveries) with respect to the related Mortgage Loan.
(f) On
each
Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall deposit in the Master Servicing
Account all funds remitted to it by the Servicer pursuant to Sections 3.11(a)(i)
and 3.26 and this Section 4.01. On each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the
Securities Adminstrator shall deposit in the Distribution Account all funds
remitted to it by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement. The Securities
Administrator may retain or withdraw from the Distribution Account, (i) amounts
necessary to reimburse the Servicer for any previously unreimbursed Advances
and
any Advances the Servicer deems to be nonrecoverable from the related Mortgage
Loan proceeds, (ii) amounts necessary to reimburse the Master Servicer for
any
previously unreimbursed Advances and any Advances the Master Servicer deems
to
be nonrecoverable from the related Mortgage Loan proceeds, (iii) an amount
to
indemnify the Master Servicer or the Servicer for amounts due in accordance
with
this Agreement, (iv) all amounts representing Prepayment Charges (payable to
the
Class P Certificateholders), (v) to reimburse the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be,
for
expenses reasonably incurred in respect of any breach or defect giving rise
to
the repurchase obligation of the Originator or the Sponsor under this Agreement
that were included in the Repurchase Price of the Mortgage Loan, including
any
expenses arising out of the enforcement of the repurchase obligation, to the
extent not otherwise paid pursuant to the terms hereof and (vi) any other
amounts that each of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the
Securities Administrator is entitled to receive hereunder for reimbursement,
indemnification or otherwise.
-76-
Section
4.02 Priorities
of Distribution.
(a) On each Distribution Date the Securities Administrator shall make
the disbursements and transfers from amounts then on deposit in the Distribution
Account and shall allocate such amounts to the interests issued in respect
of
each REMIC created pursuant to this Agreement and shall distribute such amounts
in the following order of priority and to the extent of the Available Funds
remaining:
(i) to
the
holders of each Class of LIBOR and Fixed Rate Certificates in the following
order of priority:
(A) from
the
Interest Remittance Amount to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4,
Class A-5 and Class A-6 Certificates, pro
rata,
the
related Senior Interest Payment Amount for each such Class of Certificates
on
such Distribution Date; and
(B) from
any
remaining Interest Remittance Amount after taking into account the distributions
made under clause (i)(A) above, sequentially, to each Class of Class M
Certificates, in ascending order by numerical Class designation, the Interest
Payment Amount for such Class and such Distribution Date;
(ii) (A) on
each Distribution Date (1) before the Stepdown Date or (2) on or after
the Stepdown Date with respect to which a Trigger Event is in effect, to the
holders of the Class or Classes of LIBOR and Fixed Rate Certificates then
entitled to distributions of principal as set forth below, from amounts
remaining on deposit in the Distribution Account after making distributions
pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 4.02, an amount equal to, in the
aggregate, the Principal Payment Amount, in the following amounts and order
of
priority:
(a) to
the
Class A-6 Certificates, the Principal Payment Amount, up to the Class A-6
Priority Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof has been reduced to zero;
(b) to
the
Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-3, Class A-4 and Class A-5 Certificates, the
remaining Principal Payment Amount for such Distribution Date, until their
respective Class Certificate Balances are reduced to zero, allocated among
such
Classes of Certificates as set forth in Section 4.02(c);
-77-
(c) to
the
Class A-6 Certificates, the remaining Principal Payment Amount for such
Distribution Date without regard to the Class A-6 Priority Amount, until the
Class Certificate Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;
(d) sequentially,
to each Class of Class M Certificates, in ascending order by numerical
Class designation, until their respective Class Certificate Balances are
reduced to zero; and
(B) on
each
Distribution Date on and after the Stepdown Date and as long as a Trigger Event
is not in effect, to the holders of the Class or Classes of LIBOR and Fixed
Rate Certificates then entitled to distributions of principal, from amounts
remaining on deposit in the Distribution Account after making distributions
pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 4.02, an amount equal to, in the
aggregate, the Principal Payment Amount, in the following amounts and order
of
priority:
(a) to
the
Class A-6 Certificates, the Senior Principal Payment Amount, up to the Class
A-6
Priority Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof has been reduced to zero;
(b) to
the
Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-3, Class A-4 and Class A-5 Certificates, the
remaining Senior Principal Payment Amount for such Distribution Date, until
their respective Class Certificate Balances are reduced to zero, allocated
among
such Classes of Certificates as set forth in Section 4.02(c);
(c) to
the
Class A-6 Certificates, the remaining Senior Principal Payment Amount for such
Distribution Date without regard to the Class A-6 Priority Amount, until the
Class Certificate Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;
(d) sequentially,
to each Class of Class M Certificates, in the order set forth in the
definition of Class M Principal Payment Amount, the Class M Principal
Payment Amount for the related Class of Class M certificates, until their
respective Class Certificate Balances are reduced to zero;
(iii) any
amounts remaining after the distributions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of
this Section 4.02(a), plus, as specifically indicated below, from amounts on
deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account, shall be distributed in the
following order of priority:
(A) to
the
Class A Certificates, any Senior Interest Payment Amount not paid pursuant
to
clause (a)(i)(A) of this Section 4.02 allocated pro
rata
among
such Classes in proportion to the amount of the unpaid Senior Interest Payment
Amount for such Classes;
-78-
(B) sequentially,
to the holders of the Class M Certificates, in ascending order by numerical
Class designation, first,
any
Interest Payment Amount for any such Class not paid for such Distribution Date
pursuant to clause (a)(i)(B) of this Section 4.02, second,
any
Interest Carry Forward Amount for any such Class, and third,
any
Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for any such Class;
(C) to
the
Excess Reserve Fund Account, the amount of any Basis Risk Payment for such
Distribution Date;
(D) from
amounts on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account with respect to such
Distribution Date, an amount equal to any unpaid Basis Risk Carryover Amount
with respect to each Class of LIBOR and Fixed Rate Certificates for such
Distribution Date, allocated in the same order and priority as set forth in
clauses (a)(i)(A) and (a)(i)(B) of this Section 4.02;
(E) to
the
Credit Risk Manager, the Credit Risk Manager Fee;
(F) on
the
Distribution Date occurring in February 2012 (or the final Distribution Date,
if
sooner), $100 to the Class P Certificates in payment of its Class P Principal
Amount;
(G) to
the
holders of the Class X Certificates, the remainder of the Class X
Distributable Amount not distributed pursuant to Sections 4.02(a)(iii)(A)
through (F); and
(H) to
the
holders of the Class R Certificates, any remaining amount;
If
on any
Distribution Date, as a result of the foregoing allocation rules, any
Class of Class A Certificates does not receive in full the related
Senior Interest Payment Amount, then such shortfall will be allocated to the
Holders of such Class, with interest thereon, on future Distribution Dates,
as
Interest Carry Forward Amounts, subject to the priorities described
above.
(b) On
each
Distribution Date, prior to any distributions on any other Class of
Certificates, all amounts representing Prepayment Charges from the Mortgage
Loans received during the related Prepayment Period shall be distributed by
the
Securities Administrator to the holders of the Class P
Certificates.
(c) All
principal distributions to the holders of the Class A Certificates (other than
the Class A-6 Certificates) on any Distribution Date will be allocated in the
following order of priority:
(i) to
the
Class A-1 Certificates, until the Class Certificate Balance of such Class has
been reduced to zero;
(ii)
to the
Class A-2 Certificates, until the Class Certificate Balance of such Class has
been reduced to zero;
-79-
(iii) to
the
Class A-3 Certificates, until the Class Certificate Balance of such Class has
been reduced to zero;
(iv) to
the
Class A-4 Certificates, until the Class Certificate Balance of such Class has
been reduced to zero; and
(v) to
the
Class A-5 Certificates, until the Class Certificate Balance of such Class has
been reduced to zero
Notwithstanding
the above paragraph, on and after the Distribution Date on which the aggregate
Class Certificate Balances of the Class M Certificates and the
Overcollateralization Amount have been reduced to zero, any principal
distributions allocated to the Class A Certificates (other than the Class A-6
Certificates) are required to be allocated pro
rata
among
the Classes of Class A Certificates (other than the Class A-6 Certificates),
based upon their respective Class Certificate Balances. The Class A-6
Certificates will receive principal distributions in accordance with the
priorities set forth in Section 4.02(ii)(A) and 4.02(ii)(B).
(d) On
any
Distribution Date, any Relief Act Shortfalls and Net Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls for such Distribution Date shall be allocated by the Securities
Administrator as a reduction in the following order:
(i) First,
to the
amount of interest payable to the Class X Certificates; and
(ii) Second,
pro
rata,
as a
reduction of the Interest Payment Amount for the Class A and Class M
Certificates, based on the amount of interest to which such Classes would
otherwise be entitled.
(e) On
any
Distribution Date (or any Cap Payment Date, as applicable), the Securities
Administrator shall distribute any Cap Amount for such date as
follows:
(i) to
the
extent not paid and in the order of priority provided in clauses (a)(i)(A)
and
(a)(i)(B) of this Section 4.02, to the Class A Certificates any Senior Interest
Payment Amounts, and to the Class M Certificates, in ascending order by
numerical class designation, any Interest Payment Amounts;
(ii) to
the
Class A Certificates and the Class M Certificates in the order of priority
set
forth in clauses (a)(ii)(A)(a), (a)(ii)(A)(b), (a)(ii)(A)(c), (a)(ii)(B)(a),
(a)(ii)(B)(b) and (a)(ii)(B)(c) of this Section 4.02, an amount necessary to
maintain the Overcollateralization Target Amount for such Distribution Date
after giving effect to distributions pursuant to such clauses;
(iii) to
the
extent not paid pursuant to clause (a)(iii)(B) of this Section 4.02,
sequentially, to the each Class of Class M Certificates, in ascending order
by
numerical Class designation, first,
any
Interest Carry Forward Amount for that Class, and second,
any
Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for that Class;
-80-
(iv) to
the
extent not paid pursuant to clause (a)(iii)(C) of this Section 4.02, to the
Excess Reserve Fund Account, the amount of any Basis Risk Payment for such
Distribution Date;
(v) to
the
extent not paid pursuant to clause (a)(iii)(D) of this Section 4.02, to the
LIBOR and Fixed Rate Certificates, any remaining unpaid Basis Risk Carryover
Amount with respect to such Certificates for that Distribution Date, allocated
in the same order and priority as set forth in such clause;
(vi) to
the
extent not paid pursuant to clause (a)(iii)(E) of this Section 4.02, to the
Credit Risk Manager, the Credit Risk Manager Fee;
(vii) if
applicable, to the Cap Termination Receipts Account for application to the
purchase of a replacement cap agreement pursuant to Section 4.08;
and
(viii)
the remainder to the
holders of the Class X Certificates.
With
respect to each Distribution Date, the sum of all amounts distributed pursuant
to priorities (e)(ii) and (e)(iii) second
of this
Section 4.02(e) cannot exceed the amount of cumulative Realized Losses incurred
up to such Distribution Date minus any distributions made on previous
Distribution Dates pursuant to such priorities.
Section
4.03 Monthly
Statements to Certificateholders.
(a) Not
later than each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall make
available to each Certificateholder, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the
Credit Risk Manager, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Cap Counterparty and each
Rating Agency a statement, based on information provided to the Securities
Administrator by the Master Servicer and the Cap Counterparty and to the Master
Servicer by the Servicer, setting forth with respect to the related
distribution:
(i) the
amount thereof allocable to principal, separately identifying the aggregate
amount of any Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds and Subsequent
Recoveries;
(ii) the
amount thereof allocable to interest, any Interest Carry Forward Amounts
included in such distribution and any remaining Interest Carry Forward Amounts
after giving effect to such distribution, any Basis Risk Carryover Amount for
such Distribution Date and the amount of all Basis Risk Carryover Amount covered
by withdrawals from the Excess Reserve Fund Account on such Distribution
Date;
(iii) if
the
distribution to the Holders of such Class of Certificates is less than the
full amount that would be distributable to such Holders if there were sufficient
funds available therefor, the amount of the shortfall and the allocation thereof
as between principal and interest, including any Basis Risk Carryover Amount
not
covered by amounts in the Excess Reserve Fund Account;
(iv) the
Class Certificate Balance of each Class of Certificates after giving
effect to the distribution of principal on such Distribution Date;
-81-
(v) the
Pool
Stated Principal Balance for the following Distribution Date;
(vi) the
amount of the Expense Fees (in the aggregate and separately stated) paid to
or
retained by the Servicer, any Subservicer and the Securities Administrator
with
respect to such Distribution Date;
(vii) the
Interest Rate for each such Class of Certificates with respect to such
Distribution Date;
(viii) the
amount of P&I Advances included in the distribution on such Distribution
Date and the aggregate amount of P&I Advances outstanding as of the close of
business on the Determination Date immediately preceding such Distribution
Date;
(ix) the
number and aggregate outstanding principal balances of Mortgage Loans (except
those Mortgage Loans that are liquidated as of the end of the related Prepayment
Period) (1) as to which the Scheduled Payment is delinquent 31 to
60 days, 61 to 90 days and 91 or more days, (2) that have
become REO Property, (3) that are in foreclosure and (4) that are in
bankruptcy, in each case as of the close of business on the last Business Day
of
the immediately preceding month;
(x) with
respect to Mortgage Loans that became REO Properties during the preceding
calendar month, the number and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loans as of the close of business on the Determination Date preceding
such Distribution Date and the date of acquisition thereof;
(xi) the
total
number and aggregate principal balance of any REO Properties as of the close
of
business on the Determination Date preceding such Distribution
Date;
(xii) whether
a
Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing;
(xii) the
amount on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account (after giving effect to
distributions on such Distribution Date);
(xiv) in
the
aggregate and for each Class of Certificates, the aggregate amount of
Applied Realized Loss Amounts incurred during the preceding calendar month
and
aggregate Applied Realized Loss Amounts through such Distribution
Date;
(xv) the
amount of any Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow on such Distribution Date and the
allocation thereof to the Certificateholders with respect to Applied Realized
Loss Amounts and Interest Carry Forward Amounts;
(xvi) the
Overcollateralization Amount and Overcollateralization Target
Amount;
(xvii) Prepayment
Charges collected by the Servicer;
(xviii) the
Cumulative Loss Percentage and the Rolling Three Month Delinquency Rate;
and
-82-
(xix) the
amount of Credit Risk Management Fees paid during the Due Period to which such
Distribution Date relates.
(b) For
purposes of preparing the Monthly Statement, delinquencies shall be determined
and reported by the Master Servicer based on the so-called “OTS” methodology
irrespective of the method for determining delinquencies utilized by the
Servicer on mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loans. By way of example,
a
Mortgage Loan would be delinquent with respect to a Scheduled Payment due on
a
Due Date if such Scheduled Payment is not made by the close of business on
the
Mortgage Loan’s next succeeding Due Date, and a Mortgage Loan would be more than
30-days Delinquent with respect to such Scheduled Payment if such Scheduled
Payment were not made by the close of business on the Mortgage Loan’s second
succeeding Due Date.
(c) The
Securities Administrator’s responsibility for making available the above
statement to the Certificateholders, each Rating Agency, the Master Servicer,
the Servicer, the Trustee and the Depositor is limited to the availability,
timeliness and accuracy of the information derived from the Master Servicer
and
the Servicer. The Securities Administrator will provide the above statement
via
the Securities Administrator’s internet website. The Securities Administrator’s
website will initially be located at xxxxx://xxx.xx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
and
assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling the Securities
Administrator’s customer service desk at 0-000-000-0000. Parties that are unable
to use the above distribution method are entitled to have a paper copy mailed
to
them via first Class mail by notifying the Securities Administrator at Citibank,
N.A., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Structured Finance Agency and Trust -
HALO
2007-WF1. The Securities Administrator shall have the right to change the manner
in which the above statement is distributed in order to make such distribution
more convenient and/or more accessible, and the Securities Administrator shall
provide timely and adequate notification to the Certificateholders and the
parties hereto regarding any such changes. A paper copy of the statement will
also be made available upon written request.
(d) Within
a
reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Securities
Administrator shall, upon written request, cause to be furnished to each Person
who at any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement
containing the information set forth in clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(vi)
of this Section 4.03 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable
portion thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such
obligation of the Securities Administrator shall be deemed to have been
satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall have
previously been provided by the Securities Administrator pursuant to any
requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.
On
the
10th day of each calendar month (or, if such 10th day is not a Business Day,
then on the next succeeding Business Day), the Servicer shall furnish to the
Master Servicer (i) a monthly delinquency report in a format mutually agreed
to
between the Servicer and the Master Servicer and (ii) a realized loss report
in
a format mutually agreed to between the Servicer and the Master Servicer
relating to the period ending on the last day of the preceding calendar month
in
a media reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer. No later than two Business
Days after the fifteenth day of each calendar month, the Servicer shall furnish
to the Master Servicer a monthly remittance advice in a format mutually agreed
to between the Servicer and the Master Servicer.
-83-
Section
4.04 Certain
Matters Relating to the Determination of LIBOR.
LIBOR
shall be calculated by the Securities Administrator in accordance with the
definition of LIBOR. The Interest Rate for each Class of LIBOR Certificates
for each Interest Accrual Period shall be determined by the Securities
Administrator on each LIBOR Determination Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates
are outstanding on the basis of LIBOR and the respective formula appearing
in
footnotes corresponding to the LIBOR Certificates in the table relating to
the
Certificates in the Preliminary Statement. The establishment of LIBOR by the
Securities Administrator and the Securities Administrator’s subsequent
calculation of the Certificate Interest Rate applicable to the LIBOR
Certificates for the relevant Interest Accrual Period, in the absence of
manifest error, will be final and binding.
Section
4.05 Allocation
of Applied Realized Loss Amounts.
Any
Applied Realized Loss Amounts shall be allocated by the Securities Administrator
to the most junior Class of Class M Certificates then outstanding in
reduction of the Class Certificate Balance thereof.
Section
4.06 Supplemental
Interest Trust. (a)
A
separate trust is hereby established (the “Supplemental
Interest Trust”),
the
corpus of which shall be held by the trustee of the Supplemental Interest Trust
for the benefit of the Class X Certificateholders. The Securities Administrator
is hereby appointed trustee of the Supplemental Interest Trust. The trustee
of
the Supplemental Interest Trust shall establish an account (the “Cap
Account”),
into
which the Depositor shall deposit $500 on the Closing Date. The Cap Account
shall be an Eligible Account, and funds on deposit therein shall be held
separate and apart from, and shall not be commingled with, any other monies,
including, without limitation, other monies of the Securities Administrator
held
pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) In
addition, the trustee of the Supplemental Interest Trust shall establish a
collateral account (the “Collateral
Account”).
The
Collateral Account shall be an Eligible Account, and funds on deposit therein
shall be held separate and apart from, and shall not be commingled with, any
other monies, including, without limitation, other monies of the Securities
Administrator held pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) The
trustee of the Supplemental Interest Trust shall deposit into the Cap Account
any amounts received from the Cap Counterparty under the Cap
Agreement.
(d)
Funds in
the Cap Account shall be invested in Permitted Investments constituting time
deposits under clause (ii) of the definition thereof. Any earnings on such
amounts shall be distributed on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section
4.02(e). The Class X Certificates shall evidence ownership of the Cap Account
for federal income tax purposes and the Holder thereof shall direct the trustee
of the Supplemental Interest Trust, in writing, as to investment of amounts
on
deposit therein. The Sponsor shall be liable for any losses incurred on such
investments. In the absence of prior written instructions from the Class X
Certificateholders as to investment of funds on deposit in the Cap Account,
such
funds shall be invested in the Fidelity Institutional Prime Money Market Fund III (691),
provided such fund remains in existence, or uninvested, provided such fund
is no
longer in existence. Any amounts on deposit in the Cap Account in excess of
the
Cap Amount on any Distribution Date shall be held for distribution pursuant
to
Section 4.02(e) on the following Distribution Date.
-84-
(g) Funds
required to be held pursuant to the Credit Support Annex shall be deposited
into
the Collateral Account. Funds posted by the Cap Counterparty (or its credit
support provider) in the Collateral Account shall be invested in Permitted
Investments. Any interest earnings on such amounts shall be remitted to the
Cap
Counterparty pursuant to the terms of the Credit Support Annex. The trustee
of
the Supplemental Interest Trust shall not be liable for any losses incurred
on
such investments. In the absence of prior written instructions from the Cap
Counterparty (or its credit support provider) as to investment of funds on
deposit in the Collateral Account, such funds shall be invested in the Fidelity
Institutional Government Fund III (691), provided such fund remains in
existence, or uninvested, provided such fund is no longer in existence. On
the
Distribution Date where a shortfall exists with respect to Cap Amounts owed
by
the Cap Counterparty as a result of its failure to make payments pursuant to
the
Cap Agreement, amounts necessary to cover such shortfall shall be removed from
the Collateral Account, remitted to the Cap Account and distributed as all
or a
portion of such Cap Amount pursuant to Section 4.02(e). Any amounts on deposit
in the Collateral Account required to be returned to the Cap Counterparty (or
its credit support provider) as a result of (i) the termination of the Cap
Agreement, (ii) the procurement of a guarantor or (iii) the reinstatement of
required ratings, shall be released directly to the Cap Counterparty, as
applicable, pursuant to the terms of the Credit Support Annex.
(h) Upon
termination of the Trust Fund, any amounts remaining in the Cap Account shall
be
distributed pursuant to the priorities set forth in Section
4.02(e).
(i) It
is the
intention of the parties hereto that, for federal and state income and state
and
local franchise tax purposes, the Supplemental Interest Trust be disregarded
as
an entity separate from the holder of the Class X Certificates unless and until
the date when either (i) there is more than one Class X Certificateholder or
(ii) any Class of Certificates in addition to the Class X Certificates is
recharacterized as an equity interest in the Supplemental Interest Trust for
federal income tax purposes. Neither the Securities Administrator nor the
Trustee shall be responsible for any entity level tax reporting for the
Supplemental Interest Trust.
(j) Any
obligation of the Securities Administrator with respect to the Supplemental
Interest Trust under the Cap Agreement shall be deemed to be an obligation
of
the Supplemental Interest Trust.
(k) In
the
event that the Cap Counterparty fails to perform any of its obligations under
the Cap Agreement (including, without limitation, its obligations to make any
payment or transfer collateral) or breaches any of its representations and
warranties under the Cap Agreement, as applicable, or in the event that an
Event
of Default, Termination Event, or Additional Termination Event occurs (as such
terms are defined in the Cap Agreement), the trustee of the Supplemental
Interest Trust shall, no later than the next Business Day following such
failure, breach or occurrence, notify the Cap Counterparty and give any notice
of such failure and make any demand for payment pursuant to the Cap Agreement.
In the event that the Cap Counterparty’s obligations are at any time guaranteed
by a third party, then to the extent that the Cap Counterparty fails to make
any
payment or delivery required under terms of the Cap Agreement, the trustee
of
the Supplemental Interest Trust shall, no later than the next Business Day
following such failure, demand that such guarantor make any and all payments
then required to be made by the applicable guarantor.
-85-
Section
4.07 [Reserved].
Section
4.08 Termination
Receipts.(a)
In
the event of an “Early Termination Event” as defined under the Cap Agreement,
(i) any Cap Termination Payment made by the Cap Counterparty to the Cap Account
and paid pursuant to Section 4.02(e)(vii) (“Cap
Termination Receipts”)
shall
be deposited in a segregated non-interest bearing account which shall be an
Eligible Account established by the Securities Administrator (the “Cap
Termination Receipts Account”)
and
(ii) any amounts received from a replacement cap counterparty (“Cap
Replacement Receipts”)
will
be deposited in a segregated non-interest bearing account which shall be an
Eligible Account established by the Securities Administrator (the “Cap
Replacement Receipts Account”).
The
Securities Administrator shall invest, or cause to be invested, funds held
in
the Cap Termination Receipts Account in time deposits of the Securities
Administrator as permitted by clause (ii) of the definition of Permitted
Investments or as otherwise directed in writing by a majority of the
Certificateholders. All such Permitted Investments must be payable on demand
or
mature on a Cap Payment Date, a Distribution Date or such other date as directed
by the Certificateholders. All such Permitted Investments shall be made in
the
name of the Securities Administrator as trustee of the Supplemental Interest
Trust (in its capacity as such) or its nominee. All income and gain realized
from any such investment shall be deposited in the Cap Termination Receipts
Account and all losses, if any, shall be borne by such account.
(b) Unless
otherwise permitted by the Rating Agencies as evidenced in a written
confirmation, the Depositor shall arrange for one or more replacement interest
rate cap agreements and the Securities Administrator shall promptly, with the
assistance and cooperation of the Depositor, use amounts on deposit in the
Cap
Termination Receipts Account, if necessary, to enter into any such replacement
interest rate cap agreement which shall be executed and delivered by the
Securities Administrator as trustee of the Supplemental Interest Trust upon
receipt of written confirmation from each Rating Agency that any such
replacement interest rate cap agreement will not result in the reduction or
withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Class of Certificates with respect
to which it is a Rating Agency.
ARTICLE
V
THE
CERTIFICATES
Section
5.01 The
Certificates.
The
Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto as exhibits.
The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in the minimum
denominations, integral multiples in excess thereof (except that one Certificate
in each Class may be issued in a different amount) and aggregate
denominations per Class set forth in the Preliminary
Statement.
The
Depositor hereby directs the Securities Administrator to register the
Class X, Class P and Class R Certificates in the name of HSBC
Securities (USA) Inc. or its designee. On a date as to which the Depositor
notifies the Securities Administrator, the Securities Administrator shall
transfer the Class X and Class P Certificates in the name of the NIM
Trustee, or such other name or names as the Depositor shall request, and to
deliver the Class X and Class P Certificates to the NIM Trustee or to
such other Person or Persons as the Depositor shall request.
-86-
Subject
to Section 11.02 respecting the final distribution on the Certificates, on
each Distribution Date the Securities Administrator shall make distributions
to
each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either (x) by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such holder
at a
bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Holder
has
so notified the Securities Administrator at least five Business Days prior
to
the applicable Distribution Date or (y) by check mailed by first Class mail
to such Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing in the
Certificate Register; provided,
however,
so long
as such Certificate is a Book-Entry Certificate, all distributions on such
Certificate will be made through the Depository or the Depository Participant.
The
Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on behalf of
the
Securities Administrator by an authorized officer. Certificates bearing the
manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time such
signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Securities
Administrator shall bind the Securities Administrator, notwithstanding that
such
individuals or any of them have ceased to be so authorized prior to the
authentication and delivery of any such Certificates or did not hold such
offices at the date of such Certificate. No Certificate shall be entitled to
any
benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless authenticated
by the Securities Administrator by manual signature, and such authentication
upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that
such Certificate has been duly executed and delivered hereunder. All
Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication. On the Closing
Date, the Securities Administrator shall authenticate the Certificates to be
issued at the direction of the Depositor, or any affiliate thereof.
Section
5.02 Certificate
Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Securities Administrator shall maintain, or cause to be
maintained in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.06, a Certificate
Register for the Trust Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections
(b) and (c) below and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
the Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates
and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Securities
Administrator shall execute and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same
Class and aggregate Percentage Interest.
At
the
option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing
the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the Certificates to
be
exchanged at the office or agency of the Securities Administrator. Whenever
any
Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Securities Administrator
shall
execute, authenticate, and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder
making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by
a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities
Administrator duly executed by the holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
-87-
No
service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any registration
of
transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required.
All
Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be
cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Securities Administrator in
accordance with the Securities Administrator’s customary
procedures.
(b) No
transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is made
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and
any
applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the registration requirements
under said Act and such state securities laws. In determining whether a transfer
is being made pursuant to an effective registration statement, the Securities
Administrator shall be entitled to rely solely upon a written notice to such
effect from the Depositor. Except with respect to (i) the transfer of the
Class X, Class P or Class R Certificates to the Depositor or an
Affiliate of the Depositor, (ii) the transfer of the Class X or
Class P Certificates to the NIM Issuer or the NIM Trustee, or (iii) a
transfer of the Class X or Class P Certificates from the NIM Issuer or
the NIM Trustee to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor, in the event
that a transfer of a Private Certificate which is a Physical Certificate is
to
be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act and such laws,
in
order to assure compliance with the Securities Act and such laws, the
Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall certify to the
Securities Administrator in writing the facts surrounding the transfer in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit H (the “Transferor
Certificate”)
and
either (i) there shall be delivered to the Securities Administrator a
letter in substantially the form of Exhibit I-A (the “Rule 144A
Investment Letter”)
or
Exhibit I-B (the “Regulation
S Investment Letter”)
or
(ii) there shall be delivered to the Securities Administrator at the
expense of the transferor an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer
may
be made without registration under the Securities Act. In the event that a
transfer of a Private Certificate which is a Book-Entry Certificate is to be
made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act and such laws, in
order to assure compliance with the Securities Act and such laws, the
Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer will be deemed to have made
as of the transfer date each of the certifications set forth in the Transferor
Certificate in respect of such Certificate and the transferee will be deemed
to
have made as of the transfer date each of the certifications set forth in the
Rule 144A Investment Letter or Regulation S Investment Letter, as
applicable, in respect of such Certificate, in each case as if such Certificate
were evidenced by a Physical Certificate. As directed by the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate
and any prospective transferee designated by any such Holder, information
regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other
information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set
forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such Certificate without
registration thereof under the Securities Act pursuant to the registration
exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee shall cooperate with the Securities Administrator in providing the
Rule 144A information referenced in the preceding sentence, including
providing to the Securities Administrator such information regarding the
Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and other matters regarding the Trust Fund
as
the Securities Administrator shall reasonably determine to meet its obligation
under the preceding sentence. Each Holder of a Private Certificate desiring
to
effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee, the Servicer, the Master Servicer 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.
-88-
Except
with respect to (i) the transfer of the Class X, Class P or
Class R Certificates to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor,
(ii) the transfer of the Class X or Class P Certificates to the
NIM Issuer or the NIM Trustee, or (iii) a transfer of the Class X or
Class P Certificates from the NIM Issuer or the NIM Trustee to the
Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor, no transfer of an ERISA-Restricted
Certificate shall be made unless the Securities Administrator shall have
received either (i) a representation from the transferee of such
Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Securities Administrator (in the event such Certificate is a Private Certificate
or a Residual Certificate, such requirement is satisfied only by the Securities
Administrator’s receipt of a representation letter from the transferee
substantially in the form of Exhibit I-A or Exhibit I-B), to the effect
that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or arrangement subject
to
Section 406 of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a
plan subject to any Federal, state or local law (“Similar
Law”)
materially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code, nor a
person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets
of
any such plan or arrangement to effect such transfer, or (ii) in the case
of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate (other than a Residual Certificate, Class
X
Certificate or a Class P Certificate) that has been the subject of an
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, and the purchaser is an insurance company, a
representation that the purchaser is an insurance company that is purchasing
such Certificates with funds contained in an “insurance company general account”
(as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction
Class Exemption (“PTCE”)
95-60)
and that the purchase and holding of such Certificates are covered under
Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or (iii) in the case of any such
ERISA-Restricted Certificate other than a Residual Certificate, Class X
Certificate or Class P Certificate presented for registration in the name
of an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan or
arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions
of any subsequent enactments), or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a trustee
of
any such plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan or
arrangement or using such plan’s or arrangement’s assets, an Opinion of Counsel
satisfactory to the Securities Administrator, which Opinion of Counsel shall
not
be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Servicer,
the Securities Administrator or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Securities
Administrator, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such
ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not constitute or result in a non-exempt
prohibited transaction within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the
Code or any Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Servicer to any obligation
in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement or to any liability.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, with respect to an ERISA-Restricted
Certificate that is not a Physical Certificate or a Residual Certificate, in
the
event the representation letter referred to in the preceding sentence is not
furnished, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the
Securities Administrator by the transferee’s (including an initial acquirer’s)
acceptance of the ERISA-Restricted Certificates. Notwithstanding anything else
to the contrary herein, (a) any purported transfer of an ERISA-Restricted
Certificate that is a Physical Certificate, other than a Class P
Certificate, Class X Certificate or Residual Certificate, to or on behalf of
an
employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, the Code or Similar Law without the
delivery to the Securities Administrator of a representation letter or an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Securities Administrator as described
above shall be void and of no effect and (b) any purported transfer of a
Class P Certificate, Class X Certificate or Residual Certificate to a
transferee that does not make the representation in clause (i) above
shall be void and of no effect.
-89-
None
of
the Class R, Class X or Class P Certificates may be sold to any
employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, any plan subject to
Section 4975 of the Code, or any plan subject to any Similar Law or any
person investing on behalf or with plan assets of such plan.
No
transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Trust Certificate prior to the termination
of
the Cap Agreement shall be made unless the Securities Administrator shall have
received a representation letter from the transferee of such Certificate,
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit I-A or Exhibit I-B, to the effect
that either (i) such transferee is neither an employee benefit plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975
of
the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law nor a Person acting on behalf of
any
such Plan or using the assets of any such Plan to effect such transfer or (ii)
the acquisition and holding of the ERISA-Restricted Trust Certificate are
eligible for exemptive relief under the statutory exemption for non-fiduciary
service providers under Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA and Section 4975(d)(20)
of
the Code, XXXX 00-00, XXXX 00-0, XXXX 91-38, PTCE 95-60 or PTCE 96-23 or some
other applicable exemption. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary
herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Trust Certificate prior
to
the termination of the Cap Agreement on behalf of such Plan without the delivery
to the Securities Administrator of a representation letter as described above
shall be void and of no effect. If the ERISA-Restricted Trust Certificate is
a
Book-Entry Certificate, the transferee will be deemed to have made a
representation as provided in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph, as
applicable.
If
any
ERISA-Restricted Trust Certificate, or any interest therein, is acquired or
held
in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the next preceding
permitted beneficial owner will be treated as the beneficial owner of that
Certificate, retroactive to the date of transfer to the purported beneficial
owner. Any purported beneficial owner whose acquisition or holding of an
ERISA-Restricted Trust Certificate, or interest therein, was effected in
violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall indemnify to the
extent permitted by law and hold harmless the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee, the Servicer and the Master Servicer from and
against any and all liabilities, claims, costs or expenses incurred by such
parties as a result of such acquisition or holding.
To
the
extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA),
the Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for
any
registration of transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate or ERISA-Restricted
Trust Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 5.02(b) or
for making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking
any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this
Agreement so long as, in the case of a Physical Certificate, the transfer was
registered by the Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing
requirements.
-90-
(c) Each
Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate
shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest
to
have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each
Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly
subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each
Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate
shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Securities
Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted
Transferee;
(ii) No
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be registered on the Closing
Date or thereafter transferred, and the Securities Administrator shall not
register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate unless, in addition to the
certificates required to be delivered to the Securities Administrator under
subparagraph (b) above, the Securities Administrator shall have been
furnished with an affidavit (a “Transfer
Affidavit”)
of the
initial owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit G;
(iii) Each
Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate
shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to
whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom
such Person is acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any
Transfer of a Residual Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate to any other Person if it has actual
knowledge that such Person is a Non-Permitted Transferee;
(iv) Any
attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 5.02(c) shall be
absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported Transferee.
If any purported transferee shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate
in
violation of the provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then the last
preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Residual
Certificate. The Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any
Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in
fact not permitted by Section 5.02(a) and this Section 5.02(c) or for
making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking
any
other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement
so long as the Transfer was registered after receipt of the related Transfer
Affidavit, Transferor Certificate and the Rule 144A Investment Letter. The
Securities Administrator shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from
any
Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact a Non-Permitted Transferee
at
the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became a
Non-Permitted Transferee, all payments made on such Residual Certificate at
and
after either such time. Any such payments so recovered by the Securities
Administrator shall be paid and delivered by the Securities Administrator to
the
last preceding Permitted Transferee of such Certificate; and
-91-
(v) The
Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available, upon receipt of written
request from the Securities Administrator, all information necessary to compute
any tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer
of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Holder who is a
Non-Permitted Transferee.
The
restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in this
Section 5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the
legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers
occurring after delivery to the Securities Administrator of an Opinion of
Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund,
the
Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer, to the effect that the
elimination of such restrictions will not cause any REMIC created hereunder
to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding
or
result in the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder
or
another Person. Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
a
Residual Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this Agreement which,
based on an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Securities Administrator, is
reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the record ownership of, or any
beneficial interest in, a Residual Certificate is not transferred, directly
or
indirectly, to a Person that is a Non-Permitted Transferee and (b) to
provide for a means to compel the Transfer of a Residual Certificate which
is
held by a Person that is a Non-Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a
Permitted Transferee.
(d) The
preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions referred to above
in
this Section 5.02 in connection with transfer shall be at the expense of
the parties to such transfers.
(e) Except
as
provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered
in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times:
(i) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the
Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository
shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and
with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates;
(iii) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry
Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable
rules established by the Depository; (iv) the Depository may collect its
usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants;
(v) the Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository, Depository
Participants and indirect participating firms as representatives of the
Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising
the
rights of holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and
votes of such representatives shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they
are
made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (vi) the Securities
Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information
furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and
furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating
firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as
direct or indirect Certificate Owners.
-92-
All
transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in
accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or
brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant
shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents
or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the
Depository’s normal procedures.
If
(x) (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Securities
Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to
properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the
Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified
successor, or (y) the Depositor notifies the Depository (and the Securities
Administrator consents) of its intent to terminate the book-entry system through
the Depository and, upon receipt of notice of such intent from the Depository,
the Depository Participants holding beneficial interests in the Book-Entry
Certificates agree in writing to initiate such termination, the Securities
Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository,
of
the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully
registered Certificates (the “Definitive
Certificates”)
to
Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Securities
Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository,
accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the
Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the
Servicer, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator shall be liable for
any
delay in delivery of such instruction and each may conclusively rely on, and
shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide
the Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of Certificates to
facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the
issuance of Definitive Certificates all references herein to obligations imposed
upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon
and
performed by the Securities Administrator, to the extent applicable with respect
to such Definitive Certificates and the Securities Administrator shall recognize
the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder;
provided,
that
the Securities Administrator shall not by virtue of its assumption of such
obligations become liable to any party for any act or failure to act of the
Depository.
(f) Each
Private Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and
accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN, W-8IMY (and all appropriate attachments)
or W-9 in form satisfactory to the Securities Administrator, duly executed
by
the Certificateholder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Each
Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Securities Administrator
in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made
for
any registration of transfer or exchange of Private Certificates, but the
Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer
or exchange of Private Certificates.
Section
5.03 Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If
(a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Securities
Administrator, or the Securities Administrator receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and
(b) there is delivered to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and
the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to hold each
of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to a Responsible Officer of
the
Securities Administrator that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona
fide
purchaser, the Securities Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver,
in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Certificate, a new Certificate of like Class, tenor and Percentage Interest.
In
connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this
Section 5.03, the Securities Administrator 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
Securities Administrator) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate
issued pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall constitute complete and
indefeasible evidence of ownership, as if originally issued, whether or not
the
lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
-93-
Section
5.04 Persons
Deemed Owners.
The
Trustee, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and any agent of the
Trustee, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator may treat the Person
in
whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for
the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for
all
other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator nor any agent of the Trustee, the Depositor or the
Securities Administrator shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
Section
5.05 Access
to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses.
If
three or more Certificateholders (a) request such information in writing
from the Securities Administrator, (b) state that such Certificateholders
desire to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights
under this Agreement or under the Certificates and (c) provide a copy of
the communication which such Certificateholders propose to transmit, or if
the
Depositor or the Servicer shall request such information in writing from the
Securities Administrator, then the Securities Administrator shall, within ten
Business Days after the receipt of such request, provide the Depositor, the
Servicer or such Certificateholders at such recipients’ expense the most recent
list of the Certificateholders of such Trust Fund held by the Securities
Administrator, if any. The Depositor and every Certificateholder, by receiving
and holding a Certificate, agree that the Securities Administrator shall not
be
held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to
the
list of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which
such information was derived.
Section
5.06 Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
The
Securities Administrator will maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense
an office or offices or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange. The Securities Administrator initially
designates its offices located at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 15th
Floor
Window, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Corporate Trust Services - HALO
2007-WF1. The Securities Administrator shall give prompt written notice to
the
Certificateholders of any change in such location of any such office or
agency.
-94-
ARTICLE
VI
THE
DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER
Section
6.01 Respective
Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicer.
The
Depositor and the Servicer shall each be liable in accordance herewith only
to
the extent of the obligations specifically and respectively imposed upon and
undertaken by them herein.
Section
6.02 Merger
or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Servicer.
(a) The Depositor and the Servicer will each keep in full effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a corporation, under the laws of the United
States or under the laws of one of the states thereof and will each obtain
and
preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect
the
validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans
and
to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.
(b) The
Servicer is and shall continue to be an institution which is a Xxxxxx
Xxx-approved and Xxxxxxx Mac-approved seller/servicer, shall maintain a net
worth of at least $30,000,000 (as determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles) and shall maintain its license to do business
or
service residential mortgage loans in any jurisdictions in which the Mortgaged
Properties are located.
(c) Any
Person into which the Depositor or the Servicer may be merged or consolidated,
or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor
or the Servicer shall be a party, or any person succeeding to the business
of
the Depositor or the Servicer, shall be the successor of the Depositor or the
Servicer, as the case may be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of
any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided,
however,
that
the successor or surviving Person to the Servicer shall make the covenant set
forth in Section 6.02(a) and (b).
Section
6.03 Limitation
on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer and Others.Neither
the Depositor, the Servicer, nor any of their respective directors, officers,
employees or agents, shall be under any liability to the Certificateholders
for
any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith
pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided,
however,
that
this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the Servicer or any such Person
against any breach of representations or warranties made by it herein or protect
the Depositor, the Servicer or any such Person from any liability which would
otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence
(or gross negligence in the case of the Depositor) in the performance of duties
or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The
Depositor, its Affiliates, the Servicer and any of their respective directors,
officers, employees or agents may rely in good faith on any document of any
kind
prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters
arising hereunder. The Depositor, its Affiliates, the Servicer and any of their
respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall be indemnified by
the
Trust Fund and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred
in
connection with any audit, controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a
governmental taxing authority or any legal action relating to this Agreement
or
the Certificates other than any loss, liability or expense related to any
specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans (except as any such loss, liability
or
expense shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement and any
loss,
liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence (or gross negligence in the case of the Depositor) in the performance
of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties
hereunder. Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall be under any obligation
to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to
its
respective duties hereunder and which in its opinion may involve it in any
expense or liability; provided,
however,
that
the Depositor may in its discretion undertake any such action (or direct the
Trustee to undertake such actions pursuant to Section 2.03 for the benefit
of the Certificateholders) that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect
of
this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and interests
of
the Trustee and the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal
expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall
be
expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor and the
Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Collection
Account.
-95-
Section
6.04 Limitation
on Resignation of the Servicer.Subject
to Section 7.01, the Servicer shall not assign this Agreement or resign
from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except by mutual consent
of
the Servicer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator with prior written notice to the Trustee or upon the determination
that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law and
such incapacity cannot be cured by the Servicer. Any such resignation shall
not
relieve the Servicer of responsibility for any of the obligations specified
in
Sections 7.01 and 7.02 as obligations that survive the resignation or
termination of the Servicer. Any such determination permitting the resignation
of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect
delivered to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the
Master Servicer which Opinion of Counsel shall be in form and substance
acceptable to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Master
Servicer. No such resignation shall become effective until a successor shall
have assumed the Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations
hereunder.
Section
6.05 Additional
Indemnification by the Servicer; Third Party Claims.Notwithstanding
the limitations set forth in Section 6.03, the Servicer shall indemnify the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee,
the
Trust Fund and any Affiliate, director, officer, employee or agent of the
Depositor and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees
and
related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of
them may sustain in any way related to any breach by the Servicer, of
(i) any of its representations and warranties referred to in
Section 2.03(a), (ii) any error in any tax or information return
prepared by the Servicer, (iii) the failure of the Servicer to perform its
duties and service the Mortgage Loans in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement or (iv) any failure by the Servicer, any Subservicer or any
Subcontractor to deliver any information, report, certification, accountants’
letter or other material when and as required under this Agreement, including
any report under Sections 3.22, 3.23, 3.24 and 3.29 or any failure by the
Servicer to identify pursuant to Section 3.02(c) any Subcontractor that is
a
Servicing Function Participant. The Servicer immediately shall notify the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee
if
a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage
Loans, assume (solely with the prior written consent of the indemnified party
in
the event of an indemnified claim) the defense of any such claim and pay all
expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay,
discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it
or
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee
in respect of such claim. In the case of any failure of performance described
in
clause (iv) of this Section 6.05, the Servicer shall promptly reimburse the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor,
as
applicable, and each Person responsible for the preparation, execution or filing
of any report required to be filed with the Commission with respect to the
transaction relating to this Agreement, or for execution of a certification
pursuant to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act with respect
to this transaction, for all costs reasonably incurred by each such party in
order to obtain the information, report, certification, accountants’ letter or
other material not delivered as required by the Servicer, any Subservicer or
any
Subcontractor. This indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement
and the earlier resignation or removal of the Servicer and the parties
indemnified by the Servicer under this paragraph.
-96-
Section
6.06 Compliance
with Regulation AB; Cooperation of Parties.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Servicer acknowledges
and agrees that the purpose of Sections 3.02, 3.22, 3.23, 3.24, 3.29, 6.05,
7.01(i) and 8.12 and Exhibit S of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance
by
the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Depositor with the
provisions of Regulation AB. Therefore, the Servicer agrees that (a) the
obligations of the Servicer hereunder shall be interpreted in such a manner
as
to accomplish that purpose, (b) such obligations may change over time due to
interpretive advice or guidance of the Commission, convention or consensus
among
active participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel,
or otherwise in respect of the requirements of Regulation AB, (c) the Servicer
shall agree to enter into such amendments to this Agreement as may be necessary,
in the judgment of the Servicer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Securities Administrator and their respective counsel, to comply with such
interpretive advice or guidance, convention, consensus, advice of counsel,
or
otherwise, (d) the Servicer shall otherwise comply with requests made by the
Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Depositor, and mutually
agreed upon by the Servicer, for delivery of additional or different information
reasonably available to the Servicer as such parties may determine in good
faith
is necessary to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB and (e) the
Servicer shall (i) agree to such modifications and enter into such amendments
to
this Agreement as may be necessary, in the judgment of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and
the
Securities Administrator and
their
respective counsel
and
mutually agreed upon by the Servicer, to
comply
with any such clarification, interpretive guidance, convention or consensus
and
(ii) promptly
upon request provide to the Depositor or the Securities Administrator for
inclusion in any periodic report required to be filed under the Securities
Exchange Act, such items of information reasonably available to the Servicer
regarding this Agreement and matters related to the Servicer (collectively,
the
“Servicer Information”), provided
that
such
information shall be required to be provided by the Servicer only to the extent
that such shall be determined by the Depositor or the Master Servicer in its
sole discretion and its counsel to be necessary or advisable to comply with
any
Commission and industry guidance and convention.
-97-
ARTICLE
VII
DEFAULT
Section
7.01 Events
of Default.
“Event
of Default,”
wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:
(a) any
failure by the Servicer to remit to the Master Servicer any payment required
to
be made under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied for a
period of two Business Days after the date upon which written notice of such
failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the
Servicer by the Depositor or by the Master Servicer, or to the Servicer, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee
by
Certificateholders entitled to at least 25.00% of the Voting Rights in the
Certificates; or
(b) subject
to clause (i) of this Section 7.01, the failure on the part of the Servicer
duly
to observe or perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or
agreements on the part of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement which
continues unremedied for a period of sixty days (except that such
number of days shall be fifteen in the case of a failure to pay any premium
for
any insurance policy required to be maintained under this Agreement)
after the earlier of (i) the date on which written notice of such
failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the
Servicer by the Depositor or by the Master Servicer, or to the Servicer, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee
by
Certificateholders entitled to at least 25.00% of the Voting Rights in the
Certificates and (ii) actual knowledge of such failure by a Servicing
Officer of the Servicer; or
(c) a
decree
or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction
for
the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
bankruptcy, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall
have been entered against the Servicer and such decree or order shall have
remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty
consecutive days; or
(d) the
Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, readjustment of debt, marshalling
of
assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Servicer
or
of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or
(e) the
Servicer shall admit in writing its inability generally to pay its debts as
they
become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency
or
reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors,
or
voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or
(f) any
failure of the Servicer to make any P&I Advance on any Remittance Date
required to be made from its own funds pursuant to Section 4.01 which
continues unremedied for one Business Day immediately following the Remittance
Date; or
-98-
(g) a
breach
of any representation and warranty of the Servicer referred to in
Section 2.03(a) (including those representations and warranties set forth
in Exhibit Q and referenced therein), which materially and adversely affects
the
interests of the Certificateholders and which continues unremedied for a
period
of thirty days after the date upon which written notice of such breach is
given to the Servicer by the Master Servicer or by the Depositor, or to the
Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator
and
the Trustee by Certificateholders entitled to at least 25.00% of the Voting
Rights in the Certificates; or
(h) Fitch
reduces its primary subprime servicer rating of the Servicer to “RPS3-“ or
lower, Xxxxx’x reduces its primary subprime servicer rating of the Servicer to
“SQ3” or lower, or Standard & Poor’s reduces its primary subprime servicer
rating of the Servicer to “Average” or lower, and any such downgrade continues
unremedied for a period of ninety days; or
(i) any
failure by the Servicer to duly perform, within the required time period, its
obligations under Sections 3.02, 3.22, 3.23, 3.24, 3.29 or 8.12, or any other
information, data or materials required to be provided hereunder, including
any
items required to be included in any Exchange Act report; provided, that in
any
given year in which the Servicer has received written confirmation from the
Depositor that a Form 10-K is not required to be filed with the Commission
in
respect of the Trust for the preceding calendar year, there shall be a ten
(10)
day cure period applicable to the reporting requirements under Section 3.22
and
3.23; or
If
an
Event of Default described in clauses (a) through (i) of this
Section 7.01 shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as
such Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Master Servicer (or,
if
the Master Servicer and the Servicer are the same entity, the Trustee) may,
or
at the direction of a majority of the Voting Rights shall, by notice in writing
to the Servicer related to such Event of Default (with a copy to each Rating
Agency and the Cap Counterparty), terminate all of the rights and obligations
of
the Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the
proceeds thereof, other than its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder;
provided,
however,
that
the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as
applicable, shall not be required to give written notice to the Servicer of
the
occurrence of an Event of Default described in clauses (b) through
(i) of this Section 7.01 unless and until a Responsible Officer of the
Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as applicable,
has actual knowledge of the occurrence of such an event; provided further,
that
the Depositor shall give written notice to the Servicer, Master Servicer and
the
Trustee of the occurrence of an Event of Default described in
clause (h) of this Section 7.01 upon obtaining actual knowledge
of the occurrence of such an event. In the event that a Responsible Officer
of
the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as
applicable, has actual knowledge of the occurrence of an event of default
described in clause (a) or (f) of this Section 7.01, the Master
Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as applicable, shall
give written notice to the Servicer of the occurrence of such an event within
one Business Day of the first day on which such Responsible Officer obtains
actual knowledge of such occurrence. On and after receipt by the Servicer of
such written notice, all authority and power of the Servicer hereunder, whether
with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested
in
the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as
applicable. Subject to Section 7.02, the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as
successor master servicer), as applicable, is hereby authorized and empowered
to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or
otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish
all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of
such
notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or
assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. Unless
expressly provided in such written notice, no such termination shall affect
any
obligation of the Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant to Article VIII.
The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as
applicable, in effecting the termination of the Servicer’s responsibilities and
rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the Master
Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as applicable, of all
cash amounts which shall at the time be credited to the Collection Account,
or
thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
-99-
Notwithstanding
any termination of the activities of the Servicer hereunder, the Servicer shall
be entitled to receive from the Trust Fund, prior to transfer of its servicing
obligations hereunder, payment of all accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees and
reimbursement for all outstanding P&I Advances and Servicing
Advances.
Section
7.02 Master
Servicer to Act; Appointment of Successor.
On and
after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant to
Section 3.25 or Section 7.01, the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as
successor master servicer), as applicable, shall, subject to and to the extent
provided in Section 3.05, and subject to the rights of the Master Servicer
or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as applicable, to appoint a
successor servicer pursuant to this Section 7.02, be the successor to the
Servicer in its capacity as servicer under this Agreement and the transactions
set forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer
by the terms and provisions hereof and applicable law, including the obligation
to make P&I Advances and Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 3.25 or
Section 7.01. It is understood and acknowledged by the parties hereto that
there will be a period of transition before the transfer of servicing
obligations is fully effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master
Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as applicable, will
have
a period (not to exceed 90 days) to complete the transfer of all servicing
data and correct or manipulate such servicing data as may be required by the
Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as applicable,
to
correct any errors or insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise enable
the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as
applicable, to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices. As compensation therefor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as
successor master servicer), as applicable, shall be entitled to all funds
relating to the Mortgage Loans that the Servicer would have been entitled to
charge to the Collection Account if the Servicer had continued to act hereunder
including, if the Servicer was receiving the Servicing Fee, the Servicing Fee
and the income on investments or gain related to the Collection Account which
the Servicer would be entitled to receive. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
the
Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as applicable,
has become the successor to the Servicer in accordance with Section 7.01,
the master servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as
applicable, may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is
prohibited by applicable law from making P&I Advances and Servicing Advances
pursuant to Section 4.01, if it is otherwise unable to so act, or at the
written request of Certificateholders entitled to at least a majority of the
Voting Rights, appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to
appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing institution the appointment
of
which does not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates
by
each Rating Agency, as the successor to the Servicer hereunder in the assumption
of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the
Servicer hereunder. Any successor to the Servicer shall make the covenant set
forth in Section 6.02(b). Any successor to the Servicer shall be an
institution which is willing to service the Mortgage Loans and which executes
and delivers to the Depositor and the Master Servicer and the Trustee (as
successor master servicer) an agreement accepting such delegation and
assignment, containing an assumption by such Person of the rights, powers,
duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Servicer (other
than liabilities of the Servicer under Section 6.03 incurred prior to
termination of the Servicer under Section 7.01), with like effect as if
originally named as a party to this Agreement; provided,
that
each Rating Agency acknowledges that its rating of the Certificates in effect
immediately prior to such assignment and delegation will not be qualified or
reduced, as a result of such assignment and delegation. Pending appointment
of a
successor to the Servicer hereunder, the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as
successor master servicer), as applicable, unless such party is prohibited
by
law from so acting, shall, subject to Section 3.05, act in such capacity as
hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the
Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as applicable,
may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of
payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided,
however,
that no
such compensation shall be in excess of the Servicing Fee Rate and amounts
paid
to the Servicer from investments. The Master Servicer or the Trustee (as
successor master servicer), as applicable, and such successor servicer shall
take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to
effectuate any such succession. Neither the Master Servicer, the Trustee (as
successor master servicer), nor any other successor to the Servicer shall be
deemed to be in default hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or any
delay
in making, any distribution hereunder or any portion thereof or any failure
to
perform, or any delay in performing, any duties or responsibilities hereunder,
in either case caused by the failure of the Servicer to deliver or provide,
or
any delay in delivering or providing, any cash, information, documents or
records to it.
-100-
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the parties hereto agree that the Master Servicer or the Trustee
(as successor master servicer), as applicable, in its capacity as successor
servicer, immediately shall assume all of the obligations of the Servicer to
make Advances and the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master
servicer), as applicable, will assume the other duties of the Servicer as soon
as practicable, but in no event later than 90 days after the Master Servicer
or
the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as applicable, becomes successor
servicer pursuant to the preceding paragraph. If the Master Servicer or the
Trustee (as successor master servicer) as applicable, acts as a successor
servicer, it will have no obligation to make an Advance if it determines in
its
reasonable judgment that such Advance is nonrecoverable. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer),
as
applicable, in its capacity as successor servicer, shall not be responsible
for
the lack of information and/or documents that it cannot obtain through
reasonable efforts; provided,
however,
that
any failure to perform any duties or responsibilities caused by the Servicer’s
failure to provide information required by this Agreement shall not be
considered a default by the Trustee (as successor master servicer) hereunder.
In
the Trustee’s capacity as such successor, the Trustee (as successor master
servicer) shall have the same limitations on liability herein granted to the
Servicer.
-101-
In
the
event that the Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section 7.01, the
terminated Servicer shall provide notices to the Mortgagors, transfer the
Servicing Files to a successor servicer and pay all of its own out-of-pocket
costs and expenses at its own expense. In addition, in the event that the
Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section 7.01, the terminated Servicer
shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of a servicing
transfer incurred by parties other than the terminated Servicer (including
without limitation, any costs or expenses associated with the complete transfer
of all servicing data and the completion, correction or manipulation of such
servicing data, as may be required by the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as
successor master servicer), as applicable, to correct any errors or
insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the Master Servicer
or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as applicable, to service the
Mortgage Loans properly and effectively), promptly upon presentation of
reasonable documentation of such costs. If the Master Servicer or the Trustee
(as successor master servicer), as applicable, is the terminated Servicer
(except in the case where the Master Servicer in its role as successor servicer
is being terminated pursuant to Section 7.01 by reason of an Event of
Default caused solely by the Master Servicer as the successor servicer and
not
by the predecessor Servicer’s actions or omissions), such costs shall be paid by
the prior terminated Servicer promptly upon presentation of reasonable
documentation of such costs. If the terminated Servicer defaults in its
obligation to pay such costs and expenses, the same shall be paid by the
successor servicer, the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor Master
Servicer), in which case the successor servicer, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee (as successor master servicer), as applicable, shall be entitled to
reimbursement therefor from the Trust Fund.
Any
successor to the Servicer as servicer shall give notice to the Mortgagors of
such change of servicer and shall, during the term of its service as servicer,
maintain in force the policy or policies that the Servicer is required to
maintain pursuant to Section 3.13.
Section
7.03 Notification
to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to the
Servicer, the Securities Administrator shall give prompt written notice thereof
to Certificateholders, each Rating Agency and the Cap Counterparty.
(b) Within
60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Securities
Administrator shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders, each Rating
Agency and the Cap Counterparty notice of each such Event of Default hereunder
known to the Trustee, unless such event shall have been cured or
waived.
ARTICLE
VIII
CONCERNING
THE TRUSTEE
Section
8.01 Duties
of the Trustee.
The
Trustee, before the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default and after
the curing of all Master Servicer Events of Default that may have occurred,
shall undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically
set forth in this Agreement. In case a Master Servicer Event of Default has
occurred and remains uncured, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights
and
powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and
skill
in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
-102-
The
Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions,
reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee that
are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this
Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they are in the form required
by this Agreement. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the accuracy or
content of any resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document,
order, or other instrument.
No
provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from
liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or
its
own willful misconduct.
Unless
an
Event of Default known to the Trustee has occurred and is
continuing:
(a) the
duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express
provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable except for the
performance of the duties and obligations specifically set forth in this
Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement
against the Trustee, and the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth
of
the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
any
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Agreement which it believes in good faith to be genuine
and
to have been duly executed by the proper authorities respecting any matters
arising hereunder;
(b) the
Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by
a
Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it is finally
proven that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
and
(c) the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered, or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of
the
Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25.00% of the Voting Rights
of
Certificates relating to the time, method, and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust
or
power conferred upon the Trustee under this Agreement.
Section
8.02 Certain
Matters Affecting the Trustee.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(a) the
Trustee may rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon any resolution, Officer’s Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and the
Trustee shall have no responsibility to ascertain or confirm the genuineness
of
any signature of any such party or parties;
(b) the
Trustee may consult with counsel, financial advisers or accountants and the
advice of any such counsel, financial advisers or accountants and any Opinion
of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect
of
any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
-103-
(c) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
in
good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(d) the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document,
unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of Certificates evidencing
not less than 25.00% of the Voting Rights allocated to each Class of
Certificates;
(e) the
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents, accountants, custodians,
nominees or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any agents, accountants or attorneys
appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(f) the
Trustee shall not be required to risk or expend its own funds or otherwise
incur
any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory
to
it against such risk or liability is not assured to it;
(g) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any investment of funds pursuant
to
this Agreement;
(h) unless
a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of the occurrence of
a
Master Servicer Event of Default or an Event of Default, the Trustee shall
not
be deemed to have knowledge of a Master Servicer Event of Default or an Event
of
Default until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written
notice thereof;
(i) the
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts, rights
or
powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute, conduct or defend any
litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction
of
any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to this Agreement, unless such
Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby; and
(j) if
the
Trustee, in its role as successor master servicer under this Agreement, assumes
the servicing or master servicing with respect to any of the Mortgage Loans,
it
shall not assume liability for the representations and warranties of the
Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, or for any errors or omissions
of a
Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable.
(k) In
order
to comply with laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from
time
to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the
funding of terrorist activities and money laundering (“Applicable Law”), the
Trustee is required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating
to
individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the
Trustee. Accordingly, each of the parties agrees to provide to the Trustee
upon
its request from time to time such identifying information and documentation
as
may be available to such party in order to enable the Trustee to comply with
Applicable Law.
-104-
Section
8.03 Trustee
Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The
recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken as the
statements of the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Agreement, the Cap Agreement or of the Certificates or
of
any Mortgage Loan or related document. The Trustee shall not be accountable
for
the use or application by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer,
the
Securities Administrator or the Cap Counterparty of any funds paid to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator
or
the Cap Counterparty in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or
withdrawn from the Collection Account, the Master Servicing Account, the
Distribution Account or any other fund or account with respect to the
Certificates by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Securities
Administrator or the Cap Counterparty.
The
Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing or recording any financing
or
continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect
or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it
hereunder.
Section
8.04 Trustee
May Own Certificates.
The
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it were not the
Trustee.
Section
8.05 Trustee’s
Fees Indemnification and Expenses.
(a) As compensation for its activities under this Agreement, the Trustee
shall be paid its fee by the Sponsor from the Sponsor’s own funds pursuant to a
separate agreement. The Trustee shall have no lien on the Trust Fund for the
payment of such fees.
(b) The
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed, from funds on deposit in the
Distribution Account, amounts sufficient to indemnify and hold harmless the
Trustee and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Trustee against
any
loss, liability, or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred in
connection with any claim or legal action relating to:
(i)
|
this
Agreement,
|
(ii)
|
the
Certificates, or
|
(iii)
|
the
performance of any of the Trustee’s duties under this
Agreement,
|
other
than any loss, liability, or expense (i) resulting from any breach of the
Servicer’s obligations in connection with this Agreement for which the Servicer
has performed its obligation to indemnify the Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.05, (ii) resulting from any breach of the Originator’s
obligations in connection with this Agreement for which the Originator has
performed its obligation to indemnify the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2.03(h), (iii) resulting from any breach of the Master
Servicer’s obligation hereunder for which the Master Servicer has performed its
obligation to indemnify the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement or
(iv) incurred because of willful misconduct, bad faith, or negligence in
the performance of any of the Trustee’s duties under this Agreement. Without
limiting the foregoing, except as otherwise agreed upon in writing by the
Depositor and the Trustee, and except for any expense, disbursement, or advance
arising from the Trustee’s negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct, the
Trust Fund shall pay or reimburse the Trustee for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements, and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
this Agreement with respect to:
-105-
(A) the
reasonable compensation, expenses, and disbursements of its counsel not
associated with the closing of the issuance of the Certificates,
and
(B) the
reasonable compensation, expenses, and disbursements of any accountant,
engineer, or appraiser that is not regularly employed by the Trustee, to the
extent that the Trustee must engage them to perform services under this
Agreement.
The
Trustee’s right to indemnity and reimbursement under this Section 8.05(b) shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of
the
Trustee under this Agreement.
Except
as
otherwise provided in this Agreement or a separate letter agreement between
the
Trustee and the Depositor, the Trustee shall not be entitled to payment or
reimbursement for any routine ongoing expenses incurred by the Trustee in the
ordinary course of its duties as Trustee under this Agreement or for any other
routine expenses incurred by the Trustee; provided,
further,
that no
expense shall be reimbursed hereunder if it would not constitute an
“unanticipated expense incurred by the REMIC” within the meaning of the REMIC
Provisions.
The
Trustee shall not be (a) liable for any acts or omissions of the Servicer (other
than where the Trustee (as successor master servicer) is such Servicer), (b)
obligated to make any Advance if it is prohibited from doing so under applicable
law, (c) responsible for expenses of the Servicer (other than where the Trustee
(as successor master servicer) is such Servicer) pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, (d) liable for any amount necessary to induce any successor servicer
to act as successor servicer under this Agreement and enter into the
transactions set forth or provided for therein.
Section
8.06 Eligibility
Requirements for the Trustee.
The
Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or association organized
and doing business under the laws of a state or the United States of America,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority and with a credit rating which would
not cause any of the Rating Agencies to reduce their respective then current
ratings of the Certificates (or having provided such security from time to
time
as is sufficient to avoid such reduction) as evidenced in writing by each Rating
Agency. If such corporation or association publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section 8.06 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or
association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with this Section 8.06,
the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified
in Section 8.07. The entity serving as Trustee may have normal banking and
trust relationships with the Depositor and its affiliates, the Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator or the Servicer and its affiliates; provided,
however,
that
such entity cannot be an affiliate of the Depositor or the Servicer other than
the Trustee in its role as successor to the Master Servicer.
-106-
Section
8.07 Resignation
and Removal of the Trustee.
The
Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created
by giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator and each Rating Agency not less than 60 days
before the date specified in such notice, when, subject to Section 8.08,
such resignation is to take effect and acceptance by a successor trustee in
accordance with Section 8.08 meeting the qualifications set forth in
Section 8.06. If no successor trustee meeting such qualifications shall
have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after
the giving of such notice or resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition
any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
trustee.
If
at any
time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with Section 8.06
and shall fail to resign after written request thereto by the Depositor, or
if
at any time the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged
as bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall
be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee
or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation
or
liquidation, or a tax is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any state
in
which the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located and the imposition of such tax
would be avoided by the appointment of a different trustee, then the Depositor
or the Servicer may remove the Trustee and, subject to the approval of the
Rating Agencies, appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in
triplicate, one copy of which shall be delivered to the Trustee, one copy to
the
Servicer and one copy to the successor trustee.
The
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least a majority of the Voting Rights
may
at any time remove the Trustee and, subject to the approval of the Rating
Agencies, appoint a successor trustee by written instrument or instruments,
in
triplicate, signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized,
one complete set of which shall be delivered by the successor Trustee to the
Servicer, one complete set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to
the
successor so appointed. The successor trustee shall notify each Rating Agency
of
any removal of the Trustee.
Any
resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee
pursuant to this Section 8.07 shall become effective upon acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee as provided in
Section 8.08.
Section
8.08 Successor
Trustee.
Any
successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07 shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor trustee and
the
Servicer an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and
such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of
its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee
herein. The Depositor and the predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver
such
instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more
fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor trustee all such
rights, powers, duties, and obligations.
-107-
No
successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 8.08
unless at the time of its acceptance, the successor trustee is eligible under
Section 8.06 and its appointment does not adversely affect then the current
rating of the Certificates.
Upon
acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this
Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. If the Depositor fails to
mail
such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor
trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Depositor.
Section
8.09 Merger
or Consolidation of the Trustee.
Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it
may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee
hereunder; provided,
that
such corporation shall be eligible under Section 8.06 without the execution
or filing of any paper or further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section
8.10 Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any
part
of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may at the time be
located, the Trustee shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all
instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as
co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or
separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such
Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any part thereof, whichever
is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.10,
such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Servicer and the
Trustee may consider appropriate. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder
shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under
Section 8.06 and no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any
co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under
Section 8.08.
Every
separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(a) To
the
extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section 8.10, all
rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee,
except for the obligation of the Trustee (as successor master servicer) under
this Agreement to advance funds on behalf of the Master Servicer, shall be
conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such
separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate
trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee
joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed (whether
as
Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Master Servicer hereunder), the Trustee
shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event
such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title
to
the applicable Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction)
shall
be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but
solely at the direction of the Trustee;
-108-
(b) No
trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable because of any act or omission
of any other trustee hereunder and such appointment shall not, and shall not
be
deemed to, constitute any such separate trustee or co-trustee as agent of the
Trustee;
(c) The
Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee
or co-trustee; and
(d) The
Trust
Fund, and not the Trustee, shall be liable for the payment of reasonable
compensation, reimbursement and indemnification to any such separate trustee
or
co-trustee.
Any
notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been given to each of the separate trustees and co-trustees, when and as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its
acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property
specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee
or
separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this
Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating
to
the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection and
indemnity to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee
and a copy thereof given to the Master Servicer and the Depositor.
Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee its
agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not
prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement
on
its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die,
become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.
Section
8.11 Tax
Matters.
It is
intended that the assets with respect to which any REMIC election pertaining
to
the Trust Fund is to be made, as set forth in the Preliminary Statement, shall
constitute, and that the conduct of matters relating to such assets shall be
such as to qualify such assets as, a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”
as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of
such intention, the Securities Administrator covenants and agrees that it shall
act as agent (and the Securities Administrator is hereby appointed to act as
agent) on behalf of each REMIC created hereunder and that in such capacity
it
shall:
(a) prepare
and file in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
(REMIC) Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any successor form adopted by the
Internal Revenue Service), which return the Trustee shall sign upon receipt
from
the Securities Administrator, and the Securities Administrator shall prepare
and
file with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax
authorities income tax or information returns for each taxable year with respect
to each REMIC hereunder containing such information and at the times and in
the
manner as may be required by the Code or state or local tax laws, regulations,
or rules, and furnish to Certificateholders the schedules, statements or
information at such times and in such manner as may be required
thereby;
-109-
(b) within
thirty days of the Closing Date, apply for an employer identification
number from the Internal Revenue Service via Form SS-4 or any other
acceptable method for all tax entities and shall also furnish to the Internal
Revenue Service, on Form 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code,
the name, title, address, and telephone number of the person that the holders
of
the Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto, together
with
such additional information as may be required by such Form, and update such
information at the time or times in the manner required by the
Code;
(c) make
an
election that each REMIC created hereunder be treated as a REMIC on the federal
tax return for its first taxable year (and, if necessary, under applicable
state
law);
(d) prepare
and forward to the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue Service and,
if necessary, state tax authorities, all information returns and reports as
and
when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC Provisions,
including the calculation of any original issue discount using the prepayment
assumption (as described in the Prospectus Supplement);
(e) provide
information necessary for the computation of tax imposed on the transfer of
a
Residual Certificate to a Person that is a Non-Permitted Transferee, or an
agent
(including a broker, nominee or other middleman) of a Non-Permitted Transferee,
or a pass-through entity in which a Non-Permitted Transferee is the record
holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of computing and furnishing such
information may be charged to the Person liable for such tax);
(f) to
the
extent that they are under its control, conduct matters relating to such assets
at all times that any Certificates are outstanding so as to maintain the status
of each REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC under the REMIC
Provisions;
(g) not
knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that
would
cause the termination of the REMIC status of any of the REMICs created
hereunder;
(h) pay,
from
the sources specified in the last paragraph of this Section 8.11, the
amount of any federal or state tax, including prohibited transaction taxes
as
described below, imposed on each REMIC created hereunder before its termination
when and as the same shall be due and payable (but such obligation shall not
prevent the Securities Administrator or any other appropriate Person from
contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent the
Securities Administrator from withholding payment of such tax, if permitted
by
law, pending the outcome of such proceedings);
-110-
(i) cause
federal, state or local income tax or information returns to be signed by the
Securities Administrator or, if required by applicable tax law, the Trustee
or
such other person as may be required to sign such returns by the Code or state
or local laws, regulations or rules; and
(j) maintain
records relating to each REMIC created hereunder, including the income,
expenses, assets, and liabilities thereof on a calendar year basis and on the
accrual method of accounting and the adjusted basis of the assets determined
at
such intervals as may be required by the Code, as may be necessary to prepare
the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or information.
(k) The
Holder of the largest Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates shall
act as Tax Matters Person for each REMIC created hereunder, within the meaning
of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860F-4(d), and the Securities
Administrator is hereby designated as agent of such Certificateholder for such
purpose (or if the Securities Administrator is not so permitted, such Holder
shall be the Tax Matters Person in accordance with the REMIC Provisions). In
such capacity, the Securities Administrator shall, as and when necessary and
appropriate, represent each REMIC created hereunder in any administrative or
judicial proceedings relating to an examination or audit by any governmental
taxing authority, request an administrative adjustment as to any taxable year
of
each REMIC created hereunder, enter into settlement agreements with any
governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any
tax item of each REMIC created hereunder, and otherwise act on behalf of each
REMIC in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving it.
(l) The
Securities Administrator shall treat the beneficial owners of the Certificates
(other than the Class P, Class X and Class R Certificates) as having entered
into a notional principal contract with the beneficial owners of the Class
X
Certificates. Pursuant to such notional principal contract, the beneficial
owner
of the Class X Certificates shall be treated as having agreed to pay Basis
Risk
Carryover Amounts to the Owners of the LIBOR and Fixed Rate Certificates in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Any payments to the Certificates
in
light of the foregoing shall not be payments with respect to a “regular
interest” in a REMIC within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(1). Thus, each
Certificate (other than a Class P and Class R Certificate) shall be treated
as
representing not only ownership of regular interests in the Upper Tier REMIC,
but also ownership of an interest in a notional principal contract. For tax
purposes, the notional principal contract shall be deemed to have a value in
favor of the Certificates entitled to receive Basis Risk Carryover Amounts
of
$10,000 as of the Closing Date.
Notwithstanding
the priority and sources of payments set forth in Article IV hereof or
otherwise, the Securities Administrator shall account for all distributions
on
the Certificates as set forth in this Section 8.11. In no event shall any
payments of Basis Risk Carryover Amounts provided for in this Section 8.11
be
treated as payments
with respect to a “regular interest” in a REMIC within the meaning of Code
Section 860G(a)(1). The
Securities Administrator shall file or cause to be filed with the IRS together
with Form 1041 or such other form as may be applicable and shall furnish or
cause to be furnished, to the Class X, LIBOR and Fixed Rate Certificateholders,
the respective amounts described above that are received, in the time or times
and in the manner required by the Code.
-111-
(m) To
enable
the Securities Administrator to perform its duties under this Agreement, the
Depositor shall provide to the Securities Administrator within ten days
after the Closing Date all information or data that the Securities Administrator
requests in writing and determines to be relevant for tax purposes to the
valuations and offering prices of the Certificates, including the price, yield,
prepayment assumption, and projected cash flows of the Certificates and the
Mortgage Loans. Moreover, the Depositor shall provide information to the
Securities Administrator concerning the value to each Class of Certificates
of the right to receive Basis Risk Carryover Amounts. The Depositor shall
provide to the Securities Administrator promptly upon written request therefor
any additional information or data that the Securities Administrator may, from
time to time, reasonably request to enable the Securities Administrator to
perform its duties under this Agreement; provided,
however,
that
the Depositor shall not be required to provide any information regarding the
Mortgage Loans that the Servicer is required to provide to the Securities
Administrator pursuant to this Agreement. The Depositor hereby indemnifies
the
Securities Administrator for any losses, liabilities, damages, claims, or
expenses of the Securities Administrator arising from any errors or
miscalculations of the Securities Administrator that result from any failure
of
the Depositor to provide, pursuant to this paragraph, accurate information
or
data to the Securities Administrator on a timely basis.
(n) None
of
the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall (i)
permit the creation of any interests in any REMIC other than the regular and
residual interests set forth in the Preliminary Statement, (ii) receive any
amount representing a fee or other compensation for services (except as
otherwise permitted by this Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan documents)
or
(iii) otherwise knowingly or intentionally take any action, cause the Trust
Fund
to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action
reasonably within its control and the scope of duties more specifically set
forth herein, that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the
case may be, could (i) endanger the status of any REMIC as a REMIC or (ii)
result in the imposition of a tax upon any REMIC or the Trust Fund (including
but not limited to the tax on “prohibited transactions” as defined in Section
860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in
Section 860G(d) of the Code, or the tax on “net income from foreclosure
property”) unless the Securities Administrator receives an Opinion of Counsel
(at the expense of the party seeking to take such action or, if such party
fails
to pay such expense, and the Securities Administrator determines that taking
such action is in the best interest of the Trust Fund and the
Certificateholders, at the expense of the Trust Fund, but in no event at the
expense of the Securities Administrator) to the effect that the contemplated
action will not, with respect to the Trust Fund or any REMIC created hereunder,
endanger such status or result in the imposition of such a tax).
(o) If
any
tax is imposed on “prohibited transactions” of a REMIC created hereunder as
defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the “net income from
foreclosure property” of any REMIC created hereunder as defined in
Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to any REMIC created
hereunder after the Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or
any other tax is imposed, including any minimum tax imposed on either REMIC
pursuant to Sections 23153 and 24874 of the California Revenue and Taxation
Code, if not paid as otherwise provided for herein, the tax shall be paid by
(i) the Master Servicer, the Trustee, or the Securities Administrator, as
applicable, if such tax arises out of or results from negligence of the Master
Servicer, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, in the
performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the Originator
if such tax arises out of or results from the Originator’s obligation to
repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03, (iii) the Sponsor, if
such
tax arises out of or results from the Sponsor’s obligation to repurchase a
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03(k), (iv) the Servicer, in the case of
any
such minimum tax, and otherwise if such tax arises out of or results from a
breach by the Servicer of any of its obligations under this Agreement, or
(v) in all other cases, or if any party fails to honor its obligations
under the preceding clauses (i) through (iv), any such tax will be
paid with amounts otherwise to be distributed to the Certificateholders, as
provided in Section 4.02(a).
-112-
Section
8.12 Commission
Reporting.
(a) The
Securities Administrator shall, in accordance with industry standards, prepare
(for execution by the Master Servicer) and file with the Commission, via XXXXX,
the following reports in respect of the Trust as and to the extent required
under the Exchange Act:
(i) (A)
Within 15 days after each Distribution Date (subject to permitted extensions
under the Exchange Act), the Securities Administrator shall prepare and file
on
behalf of the Trust any Form 10-D required by the Exchange Act, in form and
substance as required by the Exchange Act. The Securities Administrator shall
file each Form 10-D with a copy of the related Monthly Statement attached
thereto. Any disclosure in addition to the Monthly Statement that is required
to
be included on Form 10-D (“Additional
Form 10-D Disclosure”)
shall
be reported by the parties set forth on Exhibit V to the Depositor and the
Securities Administrator and directed and approved by the Depositor pursuant
to
the following paragraph and the Securities Administrator will have no duty
or
liability for the inaccuracy of any Additional 10-D Disclosure provided by
any
party other than the Securities Administrator, or for any failure hereunder
to
determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, except to the extent
of its obligations set forth in the next paragraph.
(B)
As
set forth on Exhibit V hereto, within 5 calendar days after the related
Distribution Date, (i) the parties specified in Exhibit V hereto, shall be
required to provide to the Securities Administrator and to the Depositor, to
the
extent known, in XXXXX-compatible format, or in such other format as agreed
upon
by the Securities Administrator and such party, the form and substance of any
Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, if applicable, together with an Additional
Disclosure Notification, and (ii) the Depositor will approve, as to form and
substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional
Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D. The Securities Administrator has no duty
under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed
on Exhibit V of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or
procure from such parties any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure information.
The
Depositor shall be responsible for any reasonable fees and expenses assessed
or
incurred by the Securities Administrator in connection with including any
Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D pursuant to this paragraph.
(C)
After
preparing the Form 10-D, the Securities Administrator shall, upon request,
forward electronically a copy of the Form 10-D to the Depositor (provided that
such Form 10-D includes any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure). Within two
Business Days after receipt of such copy, but no later than the 12th
calendar
day after the Distribution Date, the Depositor shall notify the Securities
Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes
to or approval of such Form 10-D. In the absence of receipt of any written
changes or approval, or if the Depositor does not request a copy of a Form
10-D,
the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to assume that such Form 10-D
is
in final form and the Securities Administrator may proceed with the process
for
execution and filing of the Form 10-D. A duly authorized representative of
the
Master Servicer shall sign each Form 10-D. If a Form 10-D cannot be filed on
time or if a previously filed Form 10-D needs to be amended, the Securities
Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in paragraph (d) of this
Section 8.12. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that the performance
by
each of the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator of its duties
under
this Section 8.12(a)(i) related to the timely preparation, execution and filing
of Form 10-D is contingent upon such parties strictly observing all applicable
deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 8.12(a)(i).
The
Depositor acknowledges that the performance by each of the Master Servicer
and
the Securities Administrator of its duties under this Section 8.12(i) related
to
the timely preparation, execution and filing of Form 10-D is also contingent
upon any Servicing Function Participant strictly observing deadlines no later
than those set forth in this paragraph that are applicable to the parties to
this Agreement in the delivery to the Securities Administrator of any necessary
Additional Form 10-D Disclosure pursuant to any applicable agreement. Neither
the Master Servicer nor the Securities Administrator shall have any liability
for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any
failure to properly prepare, execute and/or timely file such Form 10-D, where
such failure results from the Securities Administrator’s inability or failure to
receive, on a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto or
any
Servicing Function Participant needed to prepare, arrange for execution or
file
such Form 10-D, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct.
-113-
(D)
Form
10-D
requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has
filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.” The Depositor hereby instructs the
Securities Administrator to check “Yes” for each item, unless the Depositor
shall notify the Securities Administrator in writing, no later than the fifth
calendar day after the related Distribution Date with respect to the filing
of a
report on Form 10-D, that the answer to either item should be “no.” The
Depositor has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d)
of
the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
that
the Depositor was required to file such reports) and it has been subject to
such
filing requirement for the past 90 days.” The Securities Administrator shall be
entitled to rely on such representations in preparing, executing and/or filing
any such Form 10-D.
-114-
(ii) (A)
On or
prior to the 90th
day
after the end of each fiscal year of the Trust or such earlier date as may
be
required by the Exchange Act (the “10-K
Filing Deadline”)
(it
being understood that the fiscal year for the Trust ends on December
31st
of each
year), for so long as the Depositor is required to file reports with respect
to
the Trust under the Exchange Act, commencing in March 2008, the Securities
Administrator shall prepare (for execution by the Master Servicer) and file
on
behalf of the Trust a Form 10-K, in form and substance as required by the
Exchange Act. Each such Form 10-K shall include the following items, in each
case to the extent they have been delivered to the Securities Administrator
within the applicable time frames set forth in this Agreement, (i) an annual
compliance statement for the Servicer and the Master Servicer and any Servicing
Function Participant engaged by any such party (together with the Custodian
and
the Securities Administrator, each a “Reporting
Servicer”)
as
described under Section 3.24(b), (ii)(A) the annual reports on assessment of
compliance with Servicing Criteria for each Reporting Servicer, as described
under Section 3.22, and (B) if any Reporting Servicer’s report on assessment of
compliance with Servicing Criteria described under Section 3.22 identifies
any
material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of
noncompliance, or if any Reporting Servicer’s report on assessment of compliance
with Servicing Criteria described under Section 3.22 is not included as an
exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and
an
explanation why such report is not included, provided,
however,
that
the Securities Administrator, at its discretion, may omit from the Form 10-K
any
assessment of compliance or attestation report described in clause (iii) below
that is not required to be filed with such Form 10-K pursuant to Regulation
AB;
(iii)(A) the registered public accounting firm attestation report for each
Reporting Servicer, as described under Section 3.23, and (B) if any registered
public accounting firm attestation report described under Section 3.23
identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such
instance of noncompliance, or if any such registered public accounting firm
attestation report is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure
that such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not
included, and (iv) a Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification as described in Section 3.24.
Any disclosure or information in addition to (i) through (iv) above that is
required to be included on Form 10-K (“Additional
Form 10-K Disclosure”)
shall
be reported by the parties set forth on Exhibit W to the Depositor and the
Securities Administrator and directed and approved by the Depositor pursuant
to
the following paragraph and the Securities Administrator will have no duty
or
liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional
Form
10-K Disclosure, except to the extent of its obligations set forth in the next
paragraph.
(B)
As
set forth on Exhibit W hereto, no later than March 10 (with a 5 calendar day
cure period, but in no event later than March 15) of each year that the Trust
is
subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements, commencing in 2008, (i)
the
parties specified on Exhibit W shall be required to provide to the Securities
Administrator and to the Depositor, to the extent known, in XXXXX-compatible
format, or in such other format as agreed upon by the Securities Administrator
and such party, the form and substance of any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure,
if applicable, together with an Additional Disclosure Notification, and (ii)
the
Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case
may
be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K. The
Securities Administrator has no duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce
the performance by the parties listed on Exhibit W of their duties under this
paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Additional
Form 10-K Disclosure information. The Depositor will be responsible for any
reasonable fees and expenses assessed or incurred by the Securities
Administrator in connection with including any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure
on Form 10-K pursuant to this Section 8.12 (a) (ii) (B).
-115-
(C)
After
preparing the Form 10-K, the Securities Administrator shall, upon request,
forward electronically a copy of the Form 10-K to the Depositor. Within three
Business Days after receipt of such copy, but no later than March 25th
in any
year in which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange
Act, commencing in March 2008, the Depositor shall notify the Securities
Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes
to or approval of such Form 10-K. In the absence of receipt of any written
changes or approval, or if the Depositor does not request a copy of a Form
10-K,
the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to assume that such Form 10-K
is
in final form and the Securities Administrator may proceed with the process
for
execution and filing of the Form 10-K. A senior officer of the Master Servicer
in charge of the master servicing function shall sign the Form 10-K. If a Form
10-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-K needs to be
amended, the Securities Administrator will follow the procedures set forth
in
paragraph (d) of this Section 8.12. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge
that the performance by the Securities Administrator of its duties under this
Section 8.12(a)(ii) related to the timely preparation, execution and filing
of
Form 10-K is contingent upon such parties strictly observing all applicable
deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 8.12(a)(ii)
and
Sections 3.22, 3.23 and 3.24. The Depositor acknowledges that the performance
by
the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator of its duties under this
Section 8.12(ii) related to the timely preparation, execution and filing of
Form
10-K is also contingent upon any Servicing Function Participant strictly
observing deadlines no later than those set forth in this paragraph that are
applicable to the parties to this Agreement in the delivery to the Securities
Administrator of any necessary Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, any annual
statement of compliance and any assessment of compliance and attestation
pursuant to any applicable agreement. Neither the Master Servicer nor the
Securities Administrator shall have any liability for any loss, expense, damage,
claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, execute
and/or timely file such Form 10-K, where such failure results from the
Securities Administrator’s inability or failure to obtain or receive, on a
timely basis, any information from any other party hereto or any Servicing
Function Participant needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such
Form
10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct.
(D) Form
10-K
requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has
filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such
filing requirement for the past 90 days.” The Depositor hereby instructs the
Securities Administrator to check “Yes” for each item, unless the Depositor
shall notify the Securities Administrator in writing, no later than the
15th
calendar
day of March in any year in which the Trust is subject to the reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act, commencing in March 2008, that the answer
to
either item should be “no.” The Depositor has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the Depositor was required to file such
reports) and it has been subject to such filing requirement for the past 90
days.” The Securities Administrator shall be entitled to rely on such
representations in preparing, executing and/or filing any such Form 10-K.
-116-
(iii) (A)
Within four (4) Business Days after the occurrence of an event requiring
disclosure on Form 8-K and (each such event, a “Reportable
Event”),
if
directed by the Depositor, the Securities Administrator shall prepare and file
on behalf of the Trust Fund any Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange Act,
provided
that the
Depositor shall file the initial Form 8-K in connection with the issuance of
the
Certificates. Any disclosure or information related to a Reportable Event or
that is otherwise required to be included on Form 8-K (“Form
8-K Disclosure Information”)
shall
be reported by the parties set forth on Exhibit X to the Depositor and the
Securities Administrator and directed and approved by the Depositor pursuant
to
the following paragraph and the Securities Administrator will have no duty
or
liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Form 8-K
Disclosure Information or any Form 8-K, except to the extent of its obligations
set forth in the next paragraph.
(B)
As
set forth on Exhibit X hereto, for so long as the Trust is subject to the
Exchange Act reporting requirements, no later than the close of business New
York City time on the 2nd Business Day after the occurrence of a Reportable
Event (i) the parties hereto shall be required to provide to the Securities
Administrator and the Depositor, to the extent known, in XXXXX-compatible
format, or in such other format as agreed upon by the Securities Administrator
and such party, the form and substance of any Form 8-K Disclosure Information,
if applicable, together with an Additional Disclosure Notification, and (ii)
the
Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case
may
be, the inclusion of the Form 8-K Disclosure Information. The Depositor will
be
responsible for any reasonable fees and expenses assessed or incurred by the
Securities Administrator in connection with including any Form 8-K Disclosure
Information on Form 8-K pursuant to this paragraph.
(C)
After
preparing the Form 8-K, the Securities Administrator shall, upon request,
forward electronically a copy of the Form 8-K to the Depositor. Promptly, but
no
later than the close of business on the third Business Day after the Reportable
Event, the Depositor shall notify the Securities Administrator in writing (which
may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form
8-K.
In the absence of receipt of any written changes or approval, or if the
Depositor does not request a copy of a Form 8-K, the Securities Administrator
shall be entitled to assume that such Form 8-K is in final form and the
Securities Administrator may proceed with the process for execution and filing
of the Form 8-K. A duly authorized representative of the Master Servicer shall
sign each Form 8-K. If a Form 8-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously
filed Form 8-K needs to be amended, the Securities Administrator will follow
the
procedures set forth in paragraph (d) of this Section 8.12. The parties to
this
Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Securities Administrator
of
its duties under this Section 8.12(d)(iii) related to the timely preparation,
execution and filing of Form 8-K is contingent upon such parties strictly
observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under
this
Section 8.12(d)(iii). The Depositor acknowledges that the performance by the
Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator of its duties under this
Section 8.12(iii) related to the timely preparation, execution and filing of
Form 8-K is also contingent upon any Servicing Function Participant strictly
observing deadlines no later than those set forth in this paragraph that are
applicable to the parties to this Agreement in the delivery to the Securities
Administrator of any necessary Form 8-K Disclosure Information pursuant to
the
related any applicable agreement. The Securities Administrator shall have no
liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect
to
any failure to properly prepare and/or timely file such Form 8-K, where such
failure results from the Securities Administrator’s inability or failure to
obtain or receive, on a timely basis, any information from any other party
hereto or any Servicing Function Participant needed to prepare, arrange for
execution or file such Form 8-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct.
-117-
(b) The
Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the Securities Administrator may include
in any Exchange Act report all relevant information, data, and exhibits as
the
Securities Administrator may receive in connection with such report irrespective
of any provision or Regulation AB that may permit the exclusion of such
material. By the way of example, the Securities Administrator may file all
assessments of compliance, attestation reports and compliance statements timely
received from any Item 1122 Servicing Function Participant irrespective of
any
applicable minimum pool asset percentage requirement for disclosure related
to
such Servicing Function Participant.
(c) The
Depositor agrees to furnish promptly to the Securities Administrator, from
time
to time upon request, such additional information, data, reports, documents,
and
financial statements within the Depositor’s possession or control as the
Securities Administrator reasonably requests as necessary or appropriate to
prepare and file the foregoing reports. The Securities Administrator shall
make
available to the Depositor copies of all Exchange Act reports filed
hereunder.
(d)
(i) On
or
before January 30 of the first year in which the Securities Administrator is
able to do so under applicable law, the Securities Administrator shall prepare
and file a Form 15 relating to the automatic suspension of reporting in respect
of the Trust under the Exchange Act.
-118-
(ii)
In
the event that the Securities Administrator is unable to timely file with the
Commission all or any required portion of any Form 8-K, 10-D or 10-K required
to
be filed by this Agreement because required disclosure information was either
not delivered to it or delivered to it after the delivery deadlines set forth
in
this Agreement or for any other reason, the Securities Administrator will
promptly notify electronically the Depositor. In the case of Form 10-D and
10-K,
the parties to this Agreement will cooperate to prepare and file a Form 12b-25
and a 10-DA and 10-KA as applicable, pursuant to Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange
Act. In the case of Form 8-K, the Securities Administrator will, upon receipt
of
all required Form 8-K Disclosure Information and upon the approval and direction
of the Depositor, include such disclosure information on the next Form 10-D.
In
the event that any previously filed Form 8-K, 10-D or 10-K needs to be amended
in connection with any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure (other than, in the
case
of Form 10-D, for the purpose of restating any Monthly Statement), Additional
Form 10-K Disclosure or Form 8-K Disclosure Information, the Securities
Administrator will notify electronically the Depositor and such other parties
to
this Agreement as are affected by this Amendment and such parties will cooperate
to prepare any necessary 8-KA, 10-DA or 10-KA. Any Form 15, Form 12b-25 or
any
amendment to Form 8-K, 10-D or 10-K shall be signed by a duly authorized
representative or senior officer in charge of master servicing, as applicable,
of the Master Servicer. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the
performance by each of the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator
of
its duties under this Section 8.12(d) related to the timely preparation,
execution and filing of Form 15, a Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K,
10-D or 10-K is contingent upon each such party performing its duties under
this
Section. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Securities Administrator shall
have
any liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with
respect to any failure to properly prepare, execute and/or timely file any
such
Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Forms 8-K, 10-D or 10-K, where such
failure results from the Securities Administrator’s inability or failure to
obtain or receive, on a timely basis, any information from any other party
hereto or any Servicing Function Participant needed to prepare, arrange for
execution or file such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Forms 8-K,
10-D
or 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
The Depositor shall be responsible for all costs and expenses of the Securities
Administrator related to the preparation and filing of any such amendment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Form 10-D needs to be amended solely
to
change the information contained in the Monthly Statement, the Securities
Administrator shall not be required to notify the Depositor of such
amendment.
(e) Other
than the Exchange Act reports specified above, the Securities Administrator
shall have no responsibility to file any items or reports with the Commission
under the Exchange Act or otherwise; provided,
however,
the
Securities Administrator and Master Servicer will cooperate with the Depositor
in connection with any additional filings with respect to the Trust as the
Depositor deems necessary under the Exchange Act.
(f) The
Depositor shall pay all costs and expenses of the Securities Administrator
related to the preparation and filing of any current report on Form 8-K, any
periodic report on Form 10-D (other than the costs and expense of the Securities
Administrator associated with the preparation and filing of the Monthly
Statement), or any amendment to any Exchange Act report. Except as otherwise
provided herein, all expenses incurred by the Securities Administrator in
connection with its preparation and filing of Exchange Act reports hereunder
shall not be reimbursable from the Trust.
-119-
(g) Any
notice required under this Section 8.12 may be given by facsimile or by
electronic mail.
Section
8.13 Tax
Classification of the Excess Reserve Fund Account and the Supplemental Interest
Trust.
For
federal income tax purposes, the Securities Administrator shall treat the Excess
Reserve Fund Account and the Supplemental Interest Trust as beneficially owned
by the holders of the Class X Certificates and shall treat such portion of
the Trust Fund as a grantor trust, within the meaning of subpart E,
Part I of subchapter J of the Code.
ARTICLE
IX
ADMINISTRATION
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
BY
THE MASTER SERVICER
Section
9.01 Duties
of the Master Servicer; Enforcement of Servicer’s Obligations.(a)
The Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator,
the
Depositor and the Certificateholders, shall monitor the performance of the
obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement, and (except as set forth
below) shall use its reasonable good faith efforts to cause the Servicer to
duly
and punctually perform its duties and obligations hereunder. Upon the occurrence
of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Master Servicer
or,
if the Master Servicer and a Servicer are the same entity, the Trustee, has
actual knowledge, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall
promptly notify the Securities Administrator and the Trustee, as applicable,
and
shall specify in such notice the action, if any, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee, as applicable, plans to take in respect of such default. So long as
an
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee, as applicable, shall take the actions specified in Article VII.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Credit Risk Management
Agreement entered into by the Servicer to the contrary, the Master Servicer
or
the Trustee, as applicable, shall have no duty or obligation to enforce the
Credit Risk Management Agreement or to supervise, monitor or oversee the
activities of the Servicer under the Credit Risk Management Agreement with
respect to any action taken or not taken by the Servicer at the direction of
the
Sponsor or pursuant to a recommendation of the Credit Risk Manager.
If
(i) the Servicer reports a delinquency on a monthly report and (ii) the
Servicer, by 11 a.m. (New York Time) on the related Remittance Date, neither
makes an Advance nor provides the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer
and the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such an Advance
would be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance,
then the Master Servicer or, if the Master Servicer and such Servicer are the
same entity, the Trustee, shall deposit in the Distribution Account not later
than the Business Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date an
Advance in an amount equal to the difference between (x) with respect to
each Monthly Payment due on a Mortgage Loan that is delinquent (other than
Relief Act Interest Shortfalls) and for which the Servicer was required to
make
an Advance pursuant to this Agreement and (y) amounts deposited in the
Collection Account to be used for Advances with respect to such Mortgage Loan,
except to the extent the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable,
determines any such Advance to be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. Subject to the foregoing and
Section 7.02, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall
continue to make such Advances for so long as the Servicer is required to do
so
under this Agreement. If applicable, on the Business Day immediately preceding
the Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver an Officer’s
Certificate to the Trustee stating that the Master Servicer elects not to make
an Advance in a stated amount and detailing the reason(s) it deems the Advance
to be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. Any
amounts deposited by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, pursuant
to this Section 9.01 shall be net of the Servicing Fee for the related
Mortgage Loans.
-120-
(b) The
Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as applicable,
shall pay the costs of monitoring the Servicer as required hereunder (including
costs associated with (i) termination of the Servicer, (ii) the
appointment of a successor servicer or (iii) the transfer to and assumption
of the servicing by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable and shall,
to the extent permitted hereunder, seek reimbursement therefor initially from
the terminated Servicer. In the event the full costs associated with the
transition of servicing responsibilities to the Master Servicer or the Trustee
(as successor master servicer), as applicable, are not paid for by the
predecessor or successor servicer (provided such successor servicer is not
the
Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer)), the Master
Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may be reimbursed therefor by the Trust
for all costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor
master servicer), as applicable, associated with any such transfer of servicing
duties from the Servicer to the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable,
or any other successor servicer.
(c) If
the
Master Servicer or the Trustee (as successor master servicer), as applicable,
assumes the servicing with respect to any of the Mortgage Loans, it will not
assume liability for the representations and warranties of the Servicer it
replaces or for any errors or omissions of the Servicer.
(d) Neither
the Depositor nor the Securities Administrator shall consent to the assignment
by the Servicer of the Servicer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement
without the prior written consent of the Master Servicer and the Trustee, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Section
9.02 Provision
to the Securities Administrator of Loan-Level Information.
Not
later than 12:00 noon New York City time three Business Days preceding each
Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Securities
Administrator, in a format mutually agreed upon by the Master Servicer and
the
Securities Administrator, “loan level” information with respect to the Mortgage
Loans as of the related Determination Date, to the extent that such information
has been provided to the Master Servicer by the Servicer.
Section
9.03 [Reserved].
Section
9.04 Maintenance
of Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance.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, directors, employees and other Persons
acting 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 or
trustees.
-121-
Section
9.05 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 a
New York corporation, duly organized, existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of New York, with corporate power and authority to conduct
its
business as presently conducted by it, and to enter into, execute and deliver
and to perform its obligations as Master Servicer under this
Agreement;
(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 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;
-122-
(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) 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
(viii) 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 Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee and the Trust and hold them harmless against any
loss, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related
costs, judgments, and other reasonable 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 9.05(a) above. It is understood and agreed that the
enforcement of the obligation of the Master Servicer set forth in this
Section 9.05 to indemnify the Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee and the Trust constitutes the sole remedy of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the
Trust, respecting a breach of the foregoing representations and warranties.
Such
indemnification shall survive any termination of the Master Servicer as Master
Servicer hereunder, any termination of this Agreement and resignation or removal
of the Trustee.
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,
Securities Administrator or the Trustee or notice thereof by any one of such
parties to the other parties.
Section
9.06 Master
Servicer Events of Default.
Each of
the following shall constitute a “Master
Servicer Event of Default”:
(a) any
failure by the Master Servicer to make any P&I Advance required to be made
by the Master Servicer under the terms of this Agreement which continues
unremedied for a period of two (2) Business Days after the date upon which
written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have
been given to the Master Servicer by any other party hereto;
(b) failure
by the Master Servicer to duly observe or perform, in any material respect,
any
other covenants, obligations or agreements of the Master Servicer as set forth
in this Agreement which failure continues unremedied for a period of thirty
(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 to the Master Servicer and Trustee by the holders of Certificates
evidencing at least 25.00% of the Voting Rights;
-123-
(c) a
decree
or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction
for
the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
bankruptcy, readjustment of debt, marshaling 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 sixty
(60) days;
(d) the
Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver
or
liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, readjustment of debt, marshaling
of
assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Master
Servicer or relating to all or substantially all of its property;
(e) the
Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they
become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency
or
reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors,
or
voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations for three (3) Business
Days;
(f) Except
as
otherwise set forth herein, the Master Servicer attempts to assign this
Agreement or its responsibilities hereunder or to delegate its duties hereunder
(or any portion thereof) without the consent of the Securities Administrator
and
the Depositor;
(g) the
indictment of the Master Servicer for the taking of any action by the Master
Servicer, any Affiliate or any director or employee thereof that constitutes
fraud or criminal activity in the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement, in each case, where such indictment materially and adversely affects
the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this
Agreement (subject to the condition that such indictment is not dismissed within
ninety (90) days);
(h) After
receipt of notice from the Securities Administrator, any failure of the Master
Servicer to remit to the Securities Administrator any payment required to be
made to the Securities Administrator on any Master Servicer Remittance Date
for
the benefit of Certificateholders under the terms of this Agreement, including
any Advance, which such failure continues unremedied for a period of one
Business Day after the date upon which notice of such failure shall have been
given to the Master Servicer by the Securities Administrator; or
(i) failure
of the Master Servicer to timely provide the Depositor with the assessment,
attestation and annual statement of compliance required by Item 1122 of
Regulation AB in accordance with Sections 3.22, 3.23 and 3.24.
In
each
and every such case, so long as a Master Servicer Event of Default shall not
have been remedied, in addition to whatever rights the Trustee may have at
law
or equity or to damages, including injunctive relief and specific performance,
the Trustee, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer, may, and upon the
request of the Holders of Certificates representing at least 51.00% of the
Voting Rights shall, terminate with cause all the rights and obligations of
the
Master Servicer under this Agreement.
-124-
Upon
receipt by the Master Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power
of the Master Servicer under this Agreement, shall pass to and be vested in
any
successor master servicer appointed hereunder which accepts such appointments.
Upon written request from the Trustee or the Depositor, the Master Servicer
shall prepare, execute and deliver to the successor entity designated by the
Trustee any and all documents and other instruments related to the performance
of its duties hereunder as the Master Servicer and, place in such successor’s
possession all such documents with respect to the master servicing of the
Mortgage Loans and do or cause to be done all other acts or things necessary
or
appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, at the Master
Servicer’s sole expense. The Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Trustee
and such successor master servicer in effecting the termination of the Master
Servicer’s responsibilities and rights hereunder, including without limitation,
the transfer to such successor master servicer for administration by it of
all
cash amounts which shall at the time be credited to the Master Servicing Account
or are thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Section
9.07 Waiver
of Xxxxxxx.Xx
a
written notice, the Trustee may at the direction of Holders of Certificates
evidencing at least 51.00% of the Voting Rights waive any default by the Master
Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences.
Upon any waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any
Master Servicer 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
9.08 Successor
to the Master Servicer.Upon
termination of the Master Servicer’s responsibilities and duties under this
Agreement, the Depositor shall use its reasonable good faith efforts to appoint
a successor, which shall succeed to all rights and assume all of the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement prior to the termination of the Master Servicer. Any successor shall
be a Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac approved servicer in good standing and
acceptable to the Depositor and the Rating Agencies. In connection with such
appointment and assumption, the Depositor may make such arrangements for the
compensation of such successor as it and such successor shall agree. In the
event that the Master Servicer’s duties, responsibilities and liabilities under
this Agreement are terminated, the Master Servicer shall continue to discharge
its duties and responsibilities hereunder until the effective date of such
termination with the same degree of diligence and prudence which it is obligated
to exercise under this Agreement and shall take no action whatsoever that might
impair or prejudice the rights of its successor. The termination of the Master
Servicer shall not become effective until a successor shall be appointed
pursuant hereto and shall in no event (i) relieve the Master Servicer of
responsibility for the representations and warranties made pursuant to
Section 9.05(a) hereof and the remedies available to the Trustee under
Section 9.05(b) hereof, it being understood and agreed that the provisions
of Section 9.05 hereof shall be applicable to the Master Servicer
notwithstanding any such sale, assignment, resignation or termination of the
Master Servicer or the termination of this Agreement; or (ii) affect the
right of the Master Servicer to receive payment and/or reimbursement of any
amounts accruing to it hereunder prior to the date of termination (or during
any
transition period in which the Master Servicer continues to perform its duties
hereunder prior to the date the successor master servicer fully assumes its
duties).
-125-
If
no
successor master servicer has accepted its appointment within 90 days of
the time the Trustee receives the resignation of the Master Servicer, the
Trustee shall be the successor master servicer in all respects under this
Agreement and shall have all the rights and powers and be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto, including the
obligation to make Advances; provided,
however,
that
any failure to perform any 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 the Trustee’s capacity as
such successor, the Trustee shall have the same limitations on liability herein
granted to the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
the Trustee in its role as successor master servicer shall have no obligation
to
monitor or supervise the Servicer, shall only have the obligation to make
Advances if it terminates the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01 (in its role
as
successor master servicer), and shall make such Advances only pursuant to
Section 7.02. As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive
the compensation, reimbursement and indemnities otherwise payable to the Master
Servicer, including the fees and other amounts payable pursuant to
Section 9.09 hereof.
Any
successor master servicer appointed as provided herein, shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Master Servicer, the Depositor and to the Trustee
an instrument accepting such appointment, wherein the successor shall make
the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 9.05 hereof, and
whereupon such successor shall become fully vested with all of the rights,
powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Master
Servicer, with like effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement.
Any termination or resignation of the Master Servicer or termination of this
Agreement shall not affect any claims that the Trustee may have against the
Master Servicer arising out of the Master Servicer’s actions or failure to act
prior to any such termination or resignation or in connection with the Trustee’s
assumption of such obligations, duties and responsibilities.
Upon
a
successor’s acceptance of appointment as such, the successor master servicer
shall notify by mail the Trustee and the Depositor of its
appointment.
Section
9.09 [Reserved].
Section
9.10 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 (i) be a
Person (or have an Affiliate) that is qualified and approved to service mortgage
loans for Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac (provided further
that a
successor master servicer that satisfies subclause (i) through an
Affiliate agrees to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with all applicable
Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac guidelines) and (ii) have a net worth of not
less than $25,000,000.
Section
9.11 Resignation
of the Master Servicer.Except
as
otherwise provided in Sections 9.08 and 9.10 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 satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Depositor 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.
-126-
If
at any
time, CitiMortgage, as Master Servicer, resigns under this Section 9.11, or
is removed as Master Servicer pursuant to Section 9.06, then at such time
Citibank shall also resign (and shall be entitled to resign) as Securities
Administrator under this Agreement.
Section
9.12 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;
provided,
however,
that
the Master Servicer shall have the right with the prior written consent of
the
Depositor (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, denied or delayed), 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 downgrade of the
ratings assigned to any 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 compensation payable
to
the Master Servicer pursuant hereto shall thereafter be payable to such
successor master servicer but in no event shall the fee payable to the successor
master servicer exceed that payable to the predecessor master
servicer.
Section
9.13 Limitation
on Liability of the Master Servicer. 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 malfeasance,
bad faith or negligence in the 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 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 as Master Servicer with
respect to the Mortgage Loans under 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 liabilities of the Trust, and the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Distribution
Account in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.09 and
Section 9.14.
-127-
The
Master Servicer shall not be liable under this Agreement for any acts or
omissions of the Servicer except to the extent that damages or expenses are
incurred as a result of such acts or omissions and such damages and expenses
would not have been incurred but for the negligence, willful malfeasance, bad
faith or recklessness of the Master Servicer in supervising, monitoring and
overseeing the performance of the obligations of the Servicer as required under
this Agreement.
Section
9.14 Indemnification;
Third Party Claims.The
Master Servicer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee as successor
master servicer from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs,
liabilities, fees and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys’ fees) that the Trustee may sustain as a result of such liability or
obligations of the Master Servicer and in connection with the Trustee’s
assumption (not including the Trustee’s 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 under such agreement.
The
Trust
will indemnify the Master Servicer and hold it harmless against any and all
claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs,
judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (including,
but
not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees) that the Master Servicer may incur
or sustain in connection with, arising out of or related to this Agreement
or
the Certificates, except to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense
is related to (i) a material breach of the Master Servicer’s
representations and warranties in this Agreement, (ii) the Master
Servicer’s willful malfeasance, bad faith or negligence or by reason of its
reckless disregard of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or (iii)
failure to provide the assessment, attestation and annual statement of
compliance in accordance with Sections 3.22, 3.23 and 3.24; provided that any
such loss, liability or expense constitutes an “unanticipated expense incurred
by the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii). The Master Servicer shall be entitled to
reimbursement for any such indemnified amount from funds on deposit in the
Distribution Account. The Master Servicer shall not be liable for any course
of
action taken by the Servicer with respect to loss mitigation of defaulted
Mortgage Loans at the direction of the Credit Risk Manager or the Sponsor
pursuant to the Credit Risk Management Agreement or otherwise. Further, the
Master Servicer shall not be liable for the performance by the Servicer under
the Credit Risk Management Agreement.
Section
9.15 Duties
of the Credit Risk Manager.
(a) The
Certificateholders, by their purchase and acceptance of the Certificates,
appoint OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc., formerly known as
MortgageRamp, Inc., as Credit Risk Manager. For and on behalf of the Depositor
and the Trust, the Credit Risk Manager will provide reports and recommendations
concerning certain delinquent and defaulted Mortgage Loans, and as to the
collection of any Prepayment Charges with respect to the Mortgage Loans. Such
reports and recommendations will be based upon information provided pursuant
to
the Credit Risk Management Agreement and the Monthly Statement. The Credit
Risk
Manager shall look solely to the Servicer and to the Monthly Statement for
all
information and data (including loss and delinquency information and data)
and
loan level information and data relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans
and neither the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer nor the Trustee
shall have any obligation to provide any such information to the Credit Risk
Manager and shall not otherwise have any responsibility under the Credit Risk
Management Agreement; provided
however,
the
Securities Administrator shall, so long as the information is readily attainable
by the Securities Administrator, answer any questions of the Credit Risk Manager
with regard to the Monthly Statement. The Credit Risk Manager shall be entitled
to compensation from the Trust equal to the Credit Risk Manager
Fee.
-128-
(b) On
or
about the 15th calendar day of each month, beginning in March 2007, the Credit
Risk Manager shall have prepared and shall make available to the Depositor,
the
following reports:
(i) Executive
Summary:
The
Executive Summary will consist of a brief high level summary of certain key
performance metrics as well as a narrative summary of loans identified and
reviewed for follow-up actions by the Servicer.
(ii) General
Pool Characteristics:
This
report will contain a listing of various characteristics of the mortgage loan
pool (including history and stratification) such as documentation levels,
occupancy status, weighted aging, CLTV, NOO rate, junior lien percentage,
etc.
(iii) Performance
Report:
This
report will graphically summarize the delinquency rates as well as the loss
mitigation, foreclosure, REO, CPR and loss severity and related summary
information.
(iv) Prepayment
Analysis:
This
report will consist of a compilation and summary of various loan characteristics
for Mortgage Loans that have prepaid, along with prepayment premium
analytics.
(v) Servicer
Remittance Report:
This
report will consist of an analysis of any discrepancy between the monthly
servicer remittance file and the final monthly trust report including, without
limitation, the collection of prepayment premiums.
(vi) OfficeTiger
Loan Review Report:
This
report will consist of a narrative summary with respect to the individual loans
that have been flagged for manual review and follow-up consultation with the
Servicer. This report may also include narrative summaries of the recommendation
of the Credit Risk Manager.
Section
9.16 Limitation
Upon Liability of the Credit Risk Manager.
Neither
the Credit Risk Manager, nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents
of the Credit Risk Manager, shall be under any liability to the Trustee, the
Securities Administrator, the Certificateholders or the Depositor for any action
taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant
to
this Agreement, in reliance upon information provided by the Servicer under
the
Credit Risk Management Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided, however,
that
this provision shall not protect the Credit Risk Manager or any such person
against liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful
malfeasance, bad faith or negligence in its performance of its duties or by
reason of reckless disregard for its obligations and duties under this Agreement
or the Credit Risk Management Agreement. The Credit Risk Manager and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Credit Risk Manager 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, and may rely in good faith
upon the accuracy of information furnished by the Servicer pursuant to the
Credit Risk Management Agreement in the performance of its duties thereunder
and
hereunder.
-129-
Section
9.17 Removal
and Resignation of Credit Risk Manager.
The
Credit Risk Manager may be removed as Credit Risk Manager by Certificateholders
holding not less than 66-2/3% of the Voting Rights of Certificates, in the
exercise of its or their sole discretion, at any time, without cause, upon
ten
(10) days prior written notice. The Certificateholders shall provide such
written notice to the Trustee and upon receipt of such notice, the Trustee
shall
provide written notice to the Credit Risk Manager of its removal, effective
upon
receipt of such notice. In addition, on January 30, 2012 and each anniversary
date thereafter, upon thirty (30) days prior written notice, the Credit Risk
Manager will have the option to resign as Credit Risk Manager and the Depositor
shall have the option to terminate the Credit Risk Manager without
cause.
ARTICLE
X
CONCERNING
THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
Section
10.01 Duties
of Securities Administrator.The
Securities Administrator shall undertake to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement.
The
Securities Administrator, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Securities Administrator that are specifically required to be furnished
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine
whether they are in the form required by this Agreement; provided,
however,
that
the Securities Administrator shall not be responsible for the accuracy or
content of any such resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report,
document, order or other instrument. If any such instrument is found not to
conform in any material respect to the requirements of this Agreement, the
Securities Administrator shall notify the Certificateholders of such
non-conforming instrument in the event the Securities Administrator, after
so
requesting, does not receive a satisfactorily corrected instrument.
No
provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Securities
Administrator of liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act or its own willful misconduct; provided,
however,
that:
-130-
(i) the
duties and obligations of the Securities Administrator shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Securities Administrator
shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations
as
are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Securities
Administrator and the Securities Administrator may conclusively rely, as to
the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Securities Administrator
and
conforming to the requirements of this Agreement which it believed in good
faith
to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper authorities
respecting any matters arising hereunder;
(ii) the
Securities Administrator shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in
good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Securities
Administrator, unless it shall be conclusively determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such determination not subject to appeal, that the
Securities Administrator was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts;
(iii) the
Securities Administrator shall not be liable with respect to any action or
inaction taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less
than 25.00% of the Voting Rights of Certificates relating to the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Securities Administrator, or exercising or omitting to exercise any trust or
power conferred upon the Securities Administrator under this Agreement;
and
(iv) the
Securities Administrator shall not be accountable, shall have no liability
and
makes no representation as to any acts or omissions hereunder of the Master
Servicer or the Trustee.
Section
10.02 Certain
Matters Affecting the Securities Administrator.Except
as
otherwise provided in Section 10.01:
(i) the
Securities Administrator may request and conclusively rely upon and shall be
fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
Officer’s Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and
to
have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and the Securities
Administrator shall have no responsibility to ascertain or confirm the
genuineness of any signature of any such party or parties;
(ii) the
Securities Administrator may consult with counsel, financial advisers or
accountants and the advice of any such counsel, financial advisers or
accountants and any advice 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;
-131-
(iii) the
Securities Administrator shall not be liable for any action or inaction taken,
suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized
or
within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Agreement;
(iv) the
Securities Administrator shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper
or document, unless requested in writing so to do by Holders of Certificates
evidencing not less than 25.00% of the Voting Rights allocated to each
Class of Certificates; provided,
however,
that if
the payment within a reasonable time to the Securities Administrator of the
costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of
such
investigation is, in the opinion of the Securities Administrator, not reasonably
assured to the Securities Administrator by the security afforded to it by the
terms of this Agreement, the Securities Administrator may require reasonable
indemnity against such expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding.
Nothing in this clause (iv) shall derogate from the obligation of the
Securities Administrator to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure
of
information regarding the Mortgagors, provided that the Securities Administrator
shall have no liability for disclosure required by this Agreement;
(v) the
Securities Administrator may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys or a custodian and the Securities Administrator shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent,
attorney or custodian appointed by the Securities Administrator with due
care;
(vi) the
Securities Administrator shall not be required to risk or expend its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder if it shall
have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it, and none of
the
provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require the Securities
Administrator to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of,
any of the obligations of the Master Servicer or the Trustee under this
Agreement;
(vii) the
Securities Administrator shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
trusts, rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute, conduct
or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order
or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of
this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the
Securities Administrator reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the
Securities Administrator against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
may
be incurred therein or thereby;
(viii) the
Securities Administrator shall have no obligation to appear in, prosecute or
defend any legal action that is not incidental to its duties hereunder and
which
in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided,
however,
that in
the event of a breach or default by the Cap
Counterparty
under
the Cap Agreement, the Securities Administrator shall pursue all legal remedies
available against the Cap
Counterparty
under
the Cap Agreement in consultation with the Depositor; provided,
further,
that
the Securities Administrator may in its discretion undertake any such action
that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the
rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Trustee, the
Securities Administrator and the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event,
the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting
therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the
Securities Administrator shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of
the
Collection Account;
-132-
(ix) the
Securities Administrator shall not be required to take notice or be deemed
to
have notice or knowledge of any default or Event of Default unless a Responsible
Officer of the Securities Administrator shall have received written notice
or
obtained actual knowledge thereof. In the absence of receipt of such notice
or
actual knowledge, the Securities Administrator may conclusively assume that
there is no default or Event of Default;
(x) the
right
of the Securities Administrator to perform any discretionary act enumerated
in
this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and the Securities
Administrator shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful
misconduct in the performance of such act;
(xi) the
Securities Administrator shall not be required to give any bond or surety in
respect of the execution of the Trust Fund created hereby or the powers granted
hereunder; and
(xii) the
Securities Administrator may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys
or custodians, and the Securities Administrator shall not be responsible for
any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent, attorney or custodian
appointed by the Securities Administrator with due care.
The
Securities Administrator shall have no duty (A) to undertake or ensure 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 thereof,
(B) to procure or maintain any insurance or (C) to pay or discharge
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.
Section
10.03 Securities
Administrator Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.The
recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken as the
statements of the Depositor or the transferor, as the case may be, and the
Securities Administrator assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The
Securities Administrator makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Agreement, the Cap Agreement or of the Certificates or
of
any Mortgage Loan or related document other than with respect to the Securities
Administrator’s execution and authentication of the Certificates. The Securities
Administrator shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, or the Cap Counterparty of any
funds paid to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Cap
Counterparty in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn
from
the Collection Account or any other fund or account with respect to the
Certificates by the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Cap
Counterparty.
-133-
The
Securities Administrator executes and authenticates the Certificates not in
its
individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator of the Trust Fund
created by this Agreement, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred
and vested in it by this Agreement. Each of the undertakings and agreements
made
on the part of the Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trust Fund in
the
Certificates is made and intended not as a personal undertaking or agreement
by
the Securities Administrator but is made and intended for the purpose of binding
only the Trust Fund.
Section
10.04 Securities
Administrator May Own Certificates.The
Securities Administrator in its individual or any other capacity may become
the
owner or pledgee of Certificates and may transact business with the parties
hereto and their Affiliates with the same rights as it would have if it were
not
the Securities Administrator.
Section
10.05 Securities
Administrator’s Fees and Xxxxxxxx.Xx
compensation for its activities under this Agreement, the Securities
Administrator shall be paid the Securities Administration Fee and shall be
entitled to the use of funds in the Distribution Account during the Securities
Administrator Float Period. The Securities Administrator and any director,
officer, employee, agent or “control person” within the meaning of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended (“Control
Person”),
of
the Securities Administrator shall be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless
against any loss, liability or expense (including but not limited to reasonable
attorney’s fees) (i) incurred in connection with any claim or legal action
relating to (a) this Agreement, (b) the Mortgage Loans or (c) the
Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason
of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of any of the
Securities Administrator’s duties hereunder, (ii) incurred in connection
with the performance of any of the Securities Administrator’s duties hereunder,
other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of any of the Securities
Administrator’s duties hereunder or (iii) incurred by reason of any action
of the Securities Administrator taken at the direction of the Certificateholders
to the extent of indemnity provided by the Certificateholders, provided that
any
such loss, liability or expense constitutes an “unanticipated expense incurred
by the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G
1(b)(3)(ii). Such indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement
or
the resignation or removal of the Securities Administrator hereunder. Without
limiting the foregoing, and except for any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may arise from the Securities Administrator’s negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct, or which would not be an “unanticipated expense” within the
meaning of the second preceding sentence, the Securities Administrator shall
be
reimbursed by the Trust for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Securities Administrator in accordance with any of
the
provisions of this Agreement with respect to: (A) the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel not associated
with the closing of the issuance of the Certificates, (B) the reasonable
compensation, expenses and disbursements of any accountant, engineer, appraiser
or other agent that is not regularly employed by the Securities Administrator,
to the extent that the Securities Administrator must engage such Persons to
perform acts or services hereunder and (C) printing and engraving expenses
in connection with preparing any Definitive Certificates. The Trust shall
fulfill its obligations under this paragraph from amounts on deposit from
time to time in the Distribution Account.
-134-
The
Securities Administrator 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.
Section
10.06 Eligibility
Requirements for Securities Administrator.The
Securities Administrator hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or
association organized and doing business under the laws the United States of
America or any state thereof, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000,
subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and with
a
credit rating of at least investment grade. If such corporation or association
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for
the
purposes of this Section 10.06 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Securities Administrator shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.06, the Securities
Administrator shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in Section 10.07 hereof. The entity serving as Securities
Administrator may have normal banking and trust relationships with the Depositor
and its affiliates or the Trustee and its affiliates.
Any
successor securities administrator (i) may not be the Originator, the
Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Depositor or an affiliate of the Depositor
unless such successor securities administrator’s functions are operated through
an institutional trust department of the Securities Administrator,
(ii) must be authorized to exercise corporate trust powers under the laws
of its jurisdiction of organization, and (iii) must be rated at least
“A/F1” by Fitch, if Fitch is a Rating Agency and if rated by Fitch, or the
equivalent rating by Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s. If no successor
securities administrator shall have been appointed and shall have accepted
appointment within 60 days after the Securities Administrator ceases to be
the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 10.07, then the Trustee
may (but shall not be obligated to) become the successor securities
administrator. The Depositor shall appoint a successor to the Securities
Administrator in accordance with Section 10.07. The Trustee shall notify
the Rating Agencies of any change of Securities Administrator.
Section
10.07 Resignation
and Removal of Securities Administrator.The
Securities Administrator may at any time resign by giving written notice of
resignation to the Depositor and the Trustee and each Rating Agency not less
than 60 days before the date specified in such notice when, subject to
Section 10.08, such resignation is to take effect, and acceptance by a
successor securities administrator in accordance with Section 10.08 meeting
the qualifications set forth in Section 10.06. If no successor securities
administrator meeting such qualifications shall have been so appointed by the
Depositor and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of
such notice of resignation, the resigning Securities Administrator may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
securities administrator.
-135-
If
at any
time the Securities Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with
the provisions of Section 10.06 hereof and shall fail to resign after
written request thereto by the Depositor, or if at any time the Securities
Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt
or insolvent, or a receiver of the Securities Administrator or of its property
shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the
Securities Administrator or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or a tax is imposed with respect
to
the Trust Fund by any state in which the Securities Administrator or the Trust
Fund is located and the imposition of such tax would be avoided by the
appointment of a different securities administrator, then the Depositor may
remove the Securities Administrator and appoint a successor securities
administrator by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which instrument
shall be delivered to the Securities Administrator so removed, one copy of
which
shall be delivered to the Master Servicer and one copy to the successor
securities administrator.
The
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51.00% of the Voting Rights may
at
any time remove the Securities Administrator and appoint a successor securities
administrator by written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by
such Holders or their attorneys in fact duly authorized, one complete set of
which instruments shall be delivered by the successor securities administrator
to the Trustee, one complete set to the Securities Administrator so removed
and
one complete set to the successor so appointed. Notice of any removal of the
Securities Administrator shall be given to the Cap Counterparty and each Rating
Agency by the successor securities administrator.
Any
resignation or removal of the Securities Administrator and appointment of a
successor securities administrator pursuant to any of the provisions of this
Section 10.07 shall become effective upon acceptance by the successor
securities administrator of appointment as provided in Section 10.08
hereof.
If
at any
time, Citibank, as Securities Administrator, resigns under this
Section 10.07, or is removed as Securities Administrator pursuant to this
Section 10.07, then at such time CitiMortgage shall also resign (and shall
be entitled to resign) as Master Servicer under this Agreement.
Section
10.08 Successor
Securities Administrator. Any
successor securities administrator (which may be the Trustee) appointed as
provided in Section 10.07 hereof shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
the Depositor and to its predecessor Securities Administrator and the Trustee
an
instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and thereupon the resignation
or
removal of the predecessor Securities Administrator shall become effective
and
such successor securities administrator, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally
named as Securities Administrator herein. The Depositor, the Trustee, the Master
Servicer and the predecessor Securities Administrator shall execute and deliver
such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for
more
fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor securities
administrator all such rights, powers, duties, and obligations.
-136-
No
successor securities administrator shall accept appointment as provided in
this
Section 10.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor
securities administrator shall be eligible under the provisions of
Section 10.06 hereof and its appointment shall not adversely affect then
current rating of the Certificates, as confirmed in writing by each Rating
Agency.
Upon
acceptance by a successor securities administrator of appointment as provided
in
this Section 10.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of
such Securities Administrator hereunder to all Holders of Certificates and
the
Cap Counterparty. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice within 10 days
after acceptance by the successor securities administrator of appointment,
the
successor securities administrator shall cause such notice to be mailed at
the
expense of the Depositor.
Section
10.09 Merger
or Consolidation of Securities Administrator.Any
corporation or other entity into which the Securities Administrator may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation
or
other entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the
Securities Administrator shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity
succeeding to the business of the Securities Administrator, shall be the
successor of the Securities Administrator hereunder, provided that such
corporation or other entity shall be eligible under the provisions of
Section 10.06 hereof, without the execution or filing of any paper or
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Section
10.10 Assignment
or Delegation of Duties by the Securities Administrator. Except
as
expressly provided herein, the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator; provided,
however,
that
the Securities Administrator shall have the right with the prior written consent
of the Depositor (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and
upon
delivery to the Trustee, the Cap Counterparty and the Depositor of a letter
from
each Rating Agency to the effect that such action shall not result in a
downgrade of the ratings assigned to any 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 Securities Administrator hereunder. Notice of such permitted
assignment shall be given promptly by the Securities Administrator to the
Depositor and the Trustee. If, pursuant to any provision hereof, the duties
of
the Securities Administrator are transferred to a successor securities
administrator, the entire compensation payable to the Securities Administrator
pursuant hereto shall thereafter be payable to such successor securities
administrator but in no event shall the fee payable to the successor securities
administrator exceed that payable to the predecessor securities
administrator.
Section
10.11 Dissemination
of Confidential Information.Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, any and all communications (both text and
attachments) by or from the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer
that
the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, respectively, in its sole
discretion deems to contain confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive
information and sent by electronic mail will be encrypted. The recipient of
the
email communication will be required to complete a one-time registration
process. Information and assistance on registering and using the email
encryption technology shall be provided at Citibank’s secure website at
xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxx.xxx or by calling (000)
000-0000 (in the U.S.) or (000) 000-0000 at any time.
-137-
ARTICLE
XI
TERMINATION
Section
11.01 Termination
upon Liquidation or Purchase of the Mortgage Loans.
Subject
to Section 11.03, the obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Credit Risk Manager, the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee created hereby with respect to the Trust Fund
shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the exercise of an Option to Purchase,
on or after the Optional Termination Date, in the aggregate of all Mortgage
Loans (and REO Properties) at the price (the “Termination
Price”)
equal
to the sum of (i) 100.00% of the unpaid principal balance of each Mortgage
Loan (other than in respect of REO Property) plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate, (ii) the lesser of (x) the
appraised value of any REO Property as determined by the higher of two
appraisals completed by two independent appraisers selected by the Master
Servicer at the expense of that Trust Fund and (y) the unpaid principal
balance of each Mortgage Loan related to any REO Property, in each case plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate (for the
avoidance of doubt, in the case of a second lien Mortgage Loan, such principal
balance will be determined without regard to the principal balance of the
related senior lien), (iii) all xxxxxxxxxxxx X&X Advances, Servicing
Advances and indemnification payments payable to the Servicer and (iv) any
unreimbursed indemnification payments payable to the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Depositor under this Agreement and
(b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any Advance
with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund
and
the disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant
to
this Agreement. In no event shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond
the
expiration of 21 years from the death of the survivor of the descendants of
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of
St. James’s, living on the date hereof.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, no such purchase by the Master
Servicer (either upon instruction from the Depositor or voluntarily) shall
be
permitted unless (i) after distribution of the proceeds thereof to the
Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Class X, Class P and
Residual Certificates and any other Classes of Certificates which constitute
NIM
Securities) pursuant to Section 11.02, the distribution of the remaining
proceeds to the Class X and Class P Certificates is sufficient to pay
the outstanding principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest on the
NIM
Securities, to the extent the NIM Securities are then outstanding, or
(ii) prior to such purchase, the Master Servicer, remits to the Securities
Administrator an amount that, together with such remaining proceeds, will be
sufficient to pay the outstanding principal amount of, and accrued and unpaid
interest on, the NIM Securities, to the extent the NIM Securities are then
outstanding.
-138-
Section
11.02 Final
Distribution on the Certificates.
If on
any Remittance Date, the Master Servicer determines that there are no
Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the Trust Fund other
than the funds in the Collection Account, the Master Servicer shall direct
the
Securities Administrator promptly to send a Notice of Final Distribution to
each
Certificateholder and to the Cap Counterparty. If the Master Servicer (upon
instruction from the Depositor or voluntarily) elects to exercise their option
to purchase the Mortgage Loans pursuant to clause (a) of
Section 11.01, at least 20 days prior to the date the Notice of Final
Distribution is to be mailed to the affected Certificateholders, the Master
Servicer shall notify the Depositor, the Cap Counterparty and the Securities
Administrator of (a) the date on which the Master Servicer intends to
exercise such purchase option and (b) the Termination Price.
A
Notice
of Final Distribution, specifying the Distribution Date on which
Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates for payment of the final
distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Securities
Administrator by letter to Certificateholders mailed not earlier than the 10th
day and not later than the 15th day of the month of such final distribution.
Any
such Notice of Final Distribution shall specify (a) the Distribution Date
upon which final distribution on the Certificates will be made upon presentation
and surrender of Certificates at the office therein designated, (b) the
amount of such final distribution, (c) the location of the office or agency
at which such presentation and surrender must be made and (d) that the
Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable,
distributions being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the office therein specified. The Securities Administrator
will
give such Notice of Final Distribution to the Cap Counterparty and to each
Rating Agency at the time such Notice of Final Distribution is given to
Certificateholders.
In
the
event such Notice of Final Distribution is given, the Master Servicer shall
cause all funds in the Collection Account to be remitted to the Securities
Administrator for deposit in the Distribution Account on the Business Day prior
to the applicable Distribution Date in an amount equal to the final distribution
in respect of the Certificates. The Securities Administrator shall timely
provide the Servicer with the appropriate wiring instructions in respect of
any
such remittance. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust Fund and
the
receipt by the Custodian of a Request for Release therefor, the Custodian shall
promptly release to the Servicer the Custodial Files for the Mortgage
Loans.
Upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Securities Administrator
shall cause to be distributed to the Certificateholders of each
Class (after reimbursement of all amounts due to the Servicer, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor, the Trustee and the
Cap
Counterparty hereunder), in each case on the final Distribution Date and in
the
order set forth in Section 4.02, in proportion to their respective Percentage
Interests, with respect to Certificateholders of the same Class, up to an amount
equal to (i) as to each Class of Regular Certificates (except the
Class X Certificates), the Certificate Balance thereof plus for each such
Class and the Class X Certificates accrued interest thereon in the
case of an interest-bearing Certificate and all other amounts to which such
Classes are entitled pursuant to Section 4.02 and (ii) as to the
Residual Certificates, the amount, if any, which remains on deposit in the
Distribution Account (other than the amounts retained to meet claims) after
application pursuant to clause (i) above.
-139-
In
the
event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender Certificates
for
cancellation within six months after the date specified in the Notice of Final
Distribution, the Securities Administrator shall give a second written notice
to
the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within
six months after such second notice all the applicable Certificates shall not
have been surrendered for cancellation, the Securities Administrator may take
appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact
the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates,
and
the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets which remain
a
part of the Trust Fund. If within one year after the second notice all
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Class R
Certificateholders shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets
of
the Trust Fund which remain subject hereto.
Section
11.03 Additional
Termination Requirements.
In the
event an Option to Purchase is exercised with respect to the Mortgage Loans
as
provided in Section 11.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance
with the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has been supplied
with an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party upon whose instruction
causes the exercise of an Option to Purchase, to the effect that the failure
to
comply with the requirements of this Section 11.03 will not (i) result
in the imposition of taxes on “prohibited transactions” on any REMIC formed
hereby as defined in Section 860F of the Code or (ii) cause any REMIC
formed hereby to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates
are outstanding:
(a) The
Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trustee shall sell all of the assets
of the Trust Fund to the party exercising the Option to Purchase, and, within
90 days of such sale, shall distribute to the Certificateholders the
proceeds of such sale in complete liquidation of each REMIC formed hereby;
and
(b) The
Securities Administrator shall attach a statement to the final federal income
tax return for each REMIC formed hereby stating that pursuant to Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860F-1, the first day of the 90-day liquidation
period for each such REMIC was the date on which the Securities Administrator
on
behalf of the Trustee sold the assets of the Trust Fund to the Master
Servicer.
ARTICLE
XII
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
12.01 Amendment.
This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Originator,
the
Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee,
without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Cap Counterparty
(except to the extent that the rights or obligations of the Cap Counterparty
under the Cap Agreement are affected thereby, and except to the extent that
the
ability of the Securities Administrator to perform fully and timely its
obligations under the Cap Agreement is adversely affected, in which case prior
written consent of the Cap Counterparty is required) (i) to cure any
ambiguity or mistake, (ii) to correct any defective provision herein or to
supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other
provision herein, (iii) to add to the duties of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee,
(iv) to add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising hereunder, (v) to modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind any of
the terms or provisions contained in this Agreement, (vi) to comply with the
requirements of the Internal Revenue Code or (vii) to conform this agreement
to
the Offering Documents provided to investors in connection with the offering
of
the Certificates; provided,
that
any action pursuant to clause (iv) or (v) above shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or
the
Trust Fund), adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Certificateholder; provided,
further,
that
any such action pursuant to clause (iv) or (v) above shall not be
deemed to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Certificateholders if the Person requesting the amendment obtains a letter
from
each Rating Agency stating that the amendment would not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings then assigned to the
Certificates; it being understood and agreed that any such letter in and of
itself will not represent a determination as to the materiality of any such
amendment and will represent a determination only as to the credit issues
affecting any such rating. The Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the
Originator, the Servicer and the Securities Administrator also may at any time
and from time to time amend this Agreement, but without the consent of the
Certificateholders or the Cap Counterparty (except to the extent that the rights
or obligations of the Cap Counterparty hereunder or under the Cap Agreement
are
affected thereby, and except to the extent that the ability of the Securities
Administrator to perform fully and timely its obligations under the Cap
Agreement is adversely affected, in which case prior written consent of the
Cap
Counterparty is required) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions
to such extent as shall be necessary or helpful to (i) maintain the
qualification of each REMIC created hereunder under the Code, (ii) avoid or
minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on any REMIC created hereunder
pursuant to the Code that would be a claim at any time prior to the final
redemption of the Certificates or (iii) comply with any other requirements
of the Code; provided,
that
the Trustee and the Master Servicer have been provided an Opinion of Counsel,
which opinion shall be an expense of the party requesting such opinion but
in
any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect
that such action is necessary or helpful to, as applicable, (i) maintain
such qualification, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of
such a tax or (iii) comply with any such requirements of the
Code.
-140-
This
Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Servicer, the Originator, the Securities Administrator and the
Trustee, but with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing
Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 662/3%
of each
Class of Certificates affected thereby for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of
this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
Certificates; provided,
however,
that no
such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the
timing of, payments required to be distributed on any Certificate without the
consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the Holders of any Class of Certificates
in a manner other than as described in clause (i), without the consent of
the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing, as to such Class,
Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 662/3%,
(iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates the Holders of which
are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the
Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding or (iv) adversely affect
the
rights or obligations of the Cap Counterparty hereunder or under the Cap
Agreement or the rights of the Securities Administrator to fully and timely
perform its obligations under the Cap Agreement without obtaining the prior
written consent of the Cap Counterparty.
-141-
Notwithstanding
any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee and the Master Servicer
shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless (i) it shall
have first received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall not be an expense
of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such
amendment will not cause the imposition of any tax on any REMIC created
hereunder or the Certificateholders or cause any such REMIC to fail to qualify
as a REMIC or the grantor trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust at any
time that any Certificates are outstanding and (ii) the party seeking such
amendment shall have provided written notice to the Rating Agencies (with a
copy
of such notice to the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Cap Counterparty)
of
such amendment, stating the provisions of the Agreement to be
amended.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.01, with respect to any
amendment that significantly modifies the permitted activities of the Trustee,
any Certificate beneficially owned by the Depositor shall be deemed not to
be
outstanding (and shall not be considered when determining the percentage of
Certificateholders consenting or when calculating the total number of
Certificates entitled to consent) for purposes of determining if the requisite
consents of Certificateholders under this Section 12.01 have been
obtained.
Promptly
after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement requiring the consent
of
Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written notification of the
substance or a copy of such amendment to each Certificateholder and each Rating
Agency.
It
shall
not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this
Section 12.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but
it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
The
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the
execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing
in this Agreement shall require the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the
Securities Administrator to enter into an amendment without receiving an Opinion
of Counsel (which opinion shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trust Fund), satisfactory to
the
Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator, as applicable,
that (i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this
Agreement and that all requirements for amending this Agreement have been
complied with and (ii) either (A) the amendment does not adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or
(B) the conclusion set forth in the immediately preceding
clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant to this
Section 12.01.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the consent of Originator shall not be required to enter into
any
amendment to this Agreement unless such amendment would potentially have a
material and adverse effect on the rights or obligations of the Originator
under
this Agreement.
Section
12.02 Recordation
of Agreement; Counterparts.
This
Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real
property records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which
any or all of the Mortgaged Properties are situated, and in any other
appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be
effected by the Securities Administrator at the direction and expense of the
Depositor, but only upon receipt of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the
Certificateholders.
-142-
For
the
purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as herein provided
and
for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number
of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original,
and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section
12.03 Governing
Law.
THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE SUBSTANTIVE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES
HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
LAWS.
Section
12.04 Intention
of Parties.
(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 first priority security interest to secure repayment of an
obligation in an amount equal to the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of
the
Certificates in all of the Depositor’s right, title and interest in, to and
under, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, the Trust Fund and the
Supplemental Interest Trust and all proceeds of any and all property
constituting the Trust Fund and the Supplemental Interest Trust to secure
payment of the Certificates (such security interest being, to the extent of
the
assets that constitute the Supplemental Interest Trust, pari
passu
with the
security interest as provided in clause (4) below); (3) this Agreement shall
constitute a security agreement under applicable law; and (4) the Cap
Counterparty shall be deemed, during the term of such agreement and while such
agreement is the property of the Trustee, to have a security interest in all
of
the assets that constitute the Supplemental Interest Trust, but only to the
extent of such Cap Counterparty’s right to payment under the Cap Agreement (such
security interest being pari
passu
with the
security interest as provided in clause (2) above). 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 by the Securities Administrator
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 shall
be
maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement. The Depositor shall,
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 the Sponsor, the Depositor or the Trustee, (2) any
change of location of the jurisdiction of organization of the Sponsor or the
Depositor, (3) any transfer of any interest of the Sponsor or the Depositor
in
any Mortgage Loan or (4) any change under the relevant UCC or other applicable
laws. Neither the Sponsor 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, the Sponsor 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 intermediate transferees,
including the Trustee, in the Mortgage Loans. In connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each of the Sponsor and the
Depositor authorizes its immediate or intermediate 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).
-143-
Section
12.05 Notices.
(a) The Securities Administrator shall use its best efforts to
promptly provide notice to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the
following of which a Responsible Officer of the Securities Administrator has
actual knowledge:
1. Any
amendment to this Agreement;
2. The
occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been cured;
3. The
resignation or termination of the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator or the Trustee and the appointment of any successor;
4. The
repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 2.03;
5. The
final
payment to Certificateholders; and
6. An
Early
Termination Event with respect to the Cap Agreement.
(b) In
addition, the Securities Administrator shall promptly make available on its
internet website to each Rating Agency copies of the following:
1. Each
report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.03; and
2. Any
notice of a purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 2.03.
-144-
(c) All
directions, demands, consents and notices hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to:
(i) in
the
case of the Depositor,
HSI
Asset Securitization Corporation, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Head MBS Principal Finance, or such other
address as may be hereafter furnished to the other parties by the Depositor
in
writing;
(ii) in
the
case of the Originator or Servicer,
to
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, X.X., 0 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000, or such
other address as may be hereafter furnished to the other parties by Xxxxx Fargo
in writing;
(iii) in
the
case of the Master Servicer,
CitiMortgage, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Master
Servicing Division, Compliance Manager - HALO 2007-WF1, or such other address
as
may be hereafter furnished to the to the other parties by CitiMortgage in
writing;
(iv) in
the
case of the Securities Administrator,
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Structured Finance Agency and Trust, HALO
2007-WF1, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the other
parties by Citibank in writing;
(v) in
the
case of the Trustee,
the
Corporate Trust Office (Attention: Corporate Trust Services - HB07W1), or such
other address as may be hereafter furnished to the to the other parties by
the
Trustee in writing;
(vi) in
the
case of the Cap Counterparty,
Bear
Xxxxxxx Financial Products Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxx., Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000,
or
such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the other parties by the
Cap
Counterparty in writing;
(vii) in
the
case of the Credit Risk Manager,
OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc., Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000,
Xxxxxxx, Xx. 30328, Attention: General Counsel. Notices to Certificateholders
shall be deemed given when mailed, first class postage prepaid, to their
respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register; and
(viii) in
the
case of each of the Rating Agencies,
the
address specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of such
Rating Agency.
Section
12.06 Severability
of Provisions.
If any
one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement
shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no
way
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement
or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
Section
12.07 Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided
in
Section 6.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Servicer without
the prior written consent of the Master Servicer, the Trustee and Depositor;
provided,
however,
that
the Servicer may pledge its interest in any reimbursements for P&I Advances
or Servicing Advances hereunder.
-145-
Section
12.08 Limitation
on Rights of Certificateholders.
The
death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate
this
Agreement or the trust created hereby, nor entitle such Certificateholder’s
legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action
or
commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the trust
created hereby, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities
of
the parties hereto or any of them.
No
Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as provided herein)
or in
any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust Fund,
or
the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth
or
contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so as to constitute
the
Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association;
nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any third party by
reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any
provision hereof.
No
Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing itself of any
provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such
Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of an Event
of Default and of the continuance thereof, as herein provided, and unless the
Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25.00% of the Voting Rights
evidenced by the Certificates shall also have made written request to the
Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee
hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as
it
may require against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein
or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity shall have neglected or refused to institute
any
such action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself
or
themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates, or to obtain or
seek
to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce
any
right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the
common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement
of
the provisions of this Section 12.08, each and every Certificateholder and
the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law
or in
equity.
Section
12.09 Inspection
and Audit Rights.
The
Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, which shall not be less than
two Business Days prior written notice, it will permit any representative of
the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and/or the Trustee during the Servicer’s normal
business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports and other
papers of the Servicer relating to the Mortgage Loans, to make copies and
extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent certified
public accountants selected by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and/or the
Trustee and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts relating to the
Mortgage Loans with its officers, employees and independent public accountants
(and by this provision the Servicer hereby authorizes said accountants to
discuss with such representative such affairs, finances and accounts), all
at
such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. Any
out-of-pocket expense of the Servicer incident to the exercise by the Depositor,
the Master Servicer and/or the Trustee of any right under this
Section 12.09 shall be borne by the Servicer.
-146-
Section
12.10 Certificates
Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
It is
the intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be personally
liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the Trust Fund
represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason
whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by the
Securities Administrator pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed
fully paid.
Section
12.11 Rule of
Construction.
Article
and section headings are for the convenience of the reader and shall not be
considered in interpreting this Agreement or the intent of the parties
hereto.
Section
12.12 Waiver
of Jury Trial.
EACH
PARTY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY, WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY
DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH
DISPUTE SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.
[SIGNATURE
PAGE FOLLOWS]
-147-
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties below have caused their names to be signed
hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day
and
year first above written.
HSI
ASSET
SECURITIZATION
CORPORATION,
as Depositor
By
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
DEUTSCHE
BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
DEUTSCHE
BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
as Trustee
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
CITIMORTGAGE,
INC., as Master Servicer
By:
/s/
Xxxxx X Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Sr. Vice President
CITIBANK,
N.A., as Securities Administrator
By:/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., as Custodian
By:/s/
Xxxxx X Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X Xxxxxxx
Title:
Assistant Vice President
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., as Originator
By:/s/
Xxxxxxx X Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., as Servicer
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx X Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
OFFICETIGER
GLOBAL REAL ESTATE
SERVICES
INC., as Credit Risk Manager
By:/s/
D
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name:
D. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:
SVP
ACKNOWLEDGED
BY HSBC BANK USA,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as
Sponsor, solely for the purposes of
Section
2.03(k).
By:
/s/
Xxx X Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Officer #14311
SCHEDULE
I
Mortgage
Loan Schedule
[To
be
retained in a separate closing binder entitled “HALO 2007-WF1 Mortgage Loan
Schedules”
at the Washington, D.C. offices of XxXxx Xxxxxx LLP]
SCH.
I-1
EXHIBIT
A
[IF
THIS
CERTIFICATE IS A PHYSICAL CERTIFICATE, NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST
HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE PROPOSED TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE
SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR A TRANSFEROR LETTER (THE “TRANSFEROR
LETTER”)
IN THE
FORM OF EXHIBIT H TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN AND EITHER
(I) THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR RECEIVES A RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER
(THE “144A
INVESTMENT LETTER”)
OR A
REGULATION S INVESTMENT LETTER (THE “REGULATION
S INVESTMENT LETTER”)
IN THE
FORM OF EXHIBIT I-A AND EXHIBIT I-B, RESPECTIVELY, TO THE AGREEMENT
REFERRED TO HEREIN OR (II) THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR RECEIVES AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL, DELIVERED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TRANSFEROR, THAT SUCH TRANSFER
MAY
BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.]
[To
be added to the Class M-7 Certificates while such Certificates remain
Private Certificates.]
[IF
THIS
CERTIFICATE IS A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE, THE PROPOSED TRANSFEROR WILL BE DEEMED
TO HAVE MADE EACH OF THE CERTIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THE TRANSFEROR LETTER
AND
THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE EACH OF THE CERTIFICATIONS
SET FORTH IN THE RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER OR REGULATION S INVESTMENT LETTER,
AS APPLICABLE, IN EACH CASE AS IF SUCH CERTIFICATE WERE EVIDENCED BY A PHYSICAL
CERTIFICATE.] [To be added to the Class M-7 Certificates while such
Certificates remain Private Certificates.]
UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”),
TO
ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND
ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE
OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST
IN
A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”),
AND
CERTAIN OTHER ASSETS.
[PRIOR
TO
THE TERMINATION OF THE CAP AGREEMENT, NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL
BE
MADE UNLESS THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR SHALL HAVE RECEIVED A REPRESENTATION
LETTER FROM THE TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE EFFECT THAT EITHER (I)
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NEITHER AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT
ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 406 OF ERISA AND/OR SECTION 4975 OF
THE
CODE OR ANY ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE SUCH PLAN’S OR ARRANGEMENT’S
ASSETS BY REASON OF THEIR INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (A “PLAN”) NOR A PERSON
ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN TO EFFECT
SUCH TRANSFER OR (II) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF UNDER THE
STATUTORY EXEMPTION FOR NON-FIDUCIARY SERVICE PROVIDERS UNDER SECTION
408(b)(17)
OF
ERISA AND SECTION 4975(d)(20)
OF
THE CODE, PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION (“PTCE”)
00-00,
XXXX 00-0, XXXX 00-00, XXXX 00-00, XXXX 96-23 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE
EXEMPTION.
ANY
PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE PRIOR TO THE TERMINATION OF THE CAP
AGREEMENT TO OR ON BEHALF OF A PLAN WITHOUT THE DELIVERY TO THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR OF A REPRESENTATION LETTER AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND
OF
NO EFFECT. IF THIS CERTIFICATE IS A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE, THE TRANSFEREE
WILL
BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE A REPRESENTATION AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (I) OR (II) OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, AS APPLICABLE.] [To
be
added to all Offered Certificates.]
EXHIBIT
A-1
[NEITHER
THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR EITHER A REPRESENTATION
LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974,
AS
AMENDED (“ERISA”),
OR A
PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE
FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR
LAW”)
MATERIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE OR A PERSON
INVESTING ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN, OR, IF THE TRANSFEREE
IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, A REPRESENTATION LETTER THAT IT IS USING THE ASSETS
OF
ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT AND THAT THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE
COVERED UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION
95-60
OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, TO THE
EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE
OR
RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ERISA,
SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR ANY SIMILAR LAW AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE,
THE DEPOSITOR, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER OR THE SERVICER
TO ANY OBLIGATION IN ADDITION TO THOSE EXPRESSLY UNDERTAKEN IN THE AGREEMENT
OR
TO ANY LIABILITY. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY
PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR SIMILAR LAW
WITHOUT THE REPRESENTATION LETTER OR OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE
SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.]
[To
be added to the Class M-7 Certificates.]
EXHIBIT
A-2
[THE
HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS
THAT
(A) UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE APPLICABLE “DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD”
WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S, ANY OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER
OF
THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL NOT BE MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON (EACH AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S) AND
(B)
IF THIS CERTIFICATE IS HELD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR SUCH HOLDER IS A U.S.
PERSON OR THIS CERTIFICATE IS HELD FOR THE ACCOUNT OR SUCH BENEFIT OF, A U.S.
PERSON (EACH AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S) SUCH CERTIFICATE WAS ACQUIRED ONLY
(1)
PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER
THE
1933 ACT OR (2) BY SUCH HOLDER AS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED
IN RULE 144A UNDER THE 1933 ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A.][For any Private Certificate
to
be acquired or transferred pursuant to Regulation S.]
Certificate
No:
|
1
|
|
Cut-off
Date:
|
January
1, 2007
|
|
First
Distribution Date:
|
February
26, 2007
|
|
Initial
Certificate Balance of
this
Certificate
(“Denomination”):
|
$[
]
|
|
Initial
Certificate Balances of all
Certificates
of this Class:
|
A-1
|
$106,992,000
|
A-2
|
$
8,374,000
|
|
A-3
|
$
64,055,000
|
|
A-4
|
$
9,919,000
|
|
A-5
|
$
21,331,000
|
|
A-6
|
$
37,177,000
|
|
M-1
|
$
9,469,000
|
|
M-2
|
$
10,357,000
|
|
M-3
|
$
3,257,000
|
|
M-4
|
$
8,730,000
|
|
M-5
|
$
3,995,000
|
|
M-6
|
$
2,811,000
|
|
M-7
|
$
2,663,000
|
EXHIBIT
A-3
Interest
Rate:
|
X-0
|
Xxxxxxxx
|
X-0
|
Xxxxxxxx
|
|
X-0
|
Fixed
|
|
A-4
|
Fixed
|
|
A-5
|
Fixed
|
|
A-6
|
Fixed
|
|
M-1
|
Fixed
|
|
M-2
|
Fixed
|
|
M-3
|
Fixed
|
|
M-4
|
Fixed
|
|
M-5
|
Fixed
|
|
M-6
|
Fixed
|
|
M-7
|
Fixed
|
|
CUSIP:
|
A-1
|
00000XXX0
|
A-2
|
00000XXX0
|
|
A-3
|
00000XXX0
|
|
A-4
|
00000XXX0
|
|
A-5
|
00000XXX0
|
|
A-6
|
00000XXX0
|
|
M-1
|
00000XXX0
|
|
M-2
|
00000XXX0
|
|
M-3
|
00000XXX0
|
|
M-4
|
00000XXX0
|
|
M-5
|
00000XXX0
|
|
M-6
|
00000XXX0
|
|
M-7
|
00000XXX0
|
|
ISIN:
|
A-1
|
US40431KAA88
|
A-2
|
US40431KAB61
|
|
A-3
|
US40431KAC45
|
|
A-4
|
US40431KAD28
|
|
A-5
|
US40431KAE01
|
|
A-6
|
US40431KAF75
|
|
M-1
|
US40431KAG58
|
|
M-2
|
US40431KAH32
|
|
M-3
|
US40431KAJ97
|
|
M-4
|
US40431KAK60
|
|
M-5
|
US40431KAL44
|
|
M-6
|
US40431KAM27
|
|
M-7
|
US40431KAN00
|
EXHIBIT
A-4
HSI
ASSET
SECURITIZATION CORPORATION
HSI
Asset
Loan Obligation Trust, 2007-WF1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-WF1
Class
[A-__][M-__]
evidencing
a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the Certificates of
the
above-referenced Class.
Principal
in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as set forth herein.
Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less than the
Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence
an
obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the
Trustee or any other party to the Agreement 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 of the denominations of all Certificates of the
Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly distributions of
principal and interest (pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated
as
of the Cut-off Date specified above (the “Agreement”)
among
HSI Asset Securitization Corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”),
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., as servicer, originator and custodian, CitiMortgage, Inc.,
as
master servicer (the “Master
Servicer”),
Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator (the “Securities
Administrator”),
OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc., as credit risk manager and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
To
the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the
meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is
subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which
Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof
assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place.
This
Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be
valid
for any purpose unless manually authenticated by an authorized signatory of
the
Securities Administrator.
* * *
EXHIBIT
A-5
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this Certificate to
be
duly executed.
Dated:
|
CITIBANK,
N.A.,
not
in
its individual capacity, but solely as
Securities
Administrator
By:
_____________________________
Authenticated:
By:
_________________________
Authorized Signatory of
CITIBANK, N.A.,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Securities Administrator
EXHIBIT
A-6
HSI
ASSET
SECURITIZATION CORPORATION
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
This
Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as
HSI
Asset Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of
the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
“Certificates”),
and
representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund created by the
Agreement.
The
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will
look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account or Cap Account
for payment hereunder and that neither the Trustee nor the Securities
Administrator is liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under
this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the
Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.
This
Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference is made
to
the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights, benefits,
obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights, duties and immunities
of the Trustee.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on the 25th day
of
each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately
following (the “Distribution
Date”),
commencing on the first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to
the
Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business
on
the applicable Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed
to Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on
such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. [The Record Date applicable
to
each Distribution Date is the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date.] [Insert
for the LIBOR Certificates.]
[The
Record Date applicable to each Distribution Date is the last Business Day of
the
month immediately preceding such Distribution Date.] [Insert
for the Fixed Rate Certificates.]
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 offices designated by the Securities
Administrator for such purposes or such other location specified in the notice
to Certificateholders of such final distribution.
The
Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Trustee and
the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the
parties to the Agreement 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 herefor 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.
EXHIBIT
A-7
As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register
of
the Securities Administrator upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices designated by the Securities Administrator for such
purposes, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
The
Trustee, the Depositor and the Securities Administrator and any agent of the
Trustee, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator may treat the Person
in
whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
and neither the Trustee, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator nor any
such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The
Master Servicer may, or upon the instruction of the Depositor, shall, purchase
the Mortgage Loans and therefore cause the termination of the Trust on any
Optional Termination Date, which is any Distribution Date following any month
in
which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
last day of the related Due Period is less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date. Any
such
purchase of the Mortgage Loans would result in the payment on that Distribution
Date of the final distribution on the Certificates.
The
obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as
provided in Section 11.01 of the Agreement.
Any
term
used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the meaning assigned
in
the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed inconsistent with that
meaning.
EXHIBIT
A-8
ASSIGNMENT
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
(Please
print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the
Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby authorizes
the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I
(We)
further direct the Securities Administrator to issue a new Certificate of a
like
denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate
to the following address:
Dated:
|
____________________________
Signature
by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION
INSTRUCTIONS
The
assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions
shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately
available
funds to
___________________________________________________________________________,
_________________________________________________________________________________________,
for
the
account of
___________________________________________________________________________,
account
number __________, or, if mailed by check, to
______________________________________________.
Applicable
statements should be mailed to
________________________________________________________,
_________________________________________________________________________________________
This
information is provided by
___________________________________________________,
the
assignee named above, or
__________________________________________________________________,
as
its
agent.
EXHIBIT
A-9
EXHIBIT
B
NEITHER
THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR A TRANSFEROR LETTER IN
THE
FORM OF EXHIBIT H TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN AND EITHER
(I) THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR RECEIVES EITHER A RULE 144A INVESTMENT
LETTER OR REGULATION S INVESTMENT LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT I-A AND
EXHIBIT I-B, RESPECTIVELY, TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN OR (II) THE
SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, DELIVERED AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE TRANSFEROR, STATING THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE MADE WITHOUT
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
NEITHER
THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR A REPRESENTATION LETTER
TO
THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO
TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
(“ERISA”),
OR A
PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO MATERIALLY
SIMILAR PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR
LAW”)
OR A
PERSON INVESTING ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN. IN THE EVENT
THAT SUCH REPRESENTATION IS VIOLATED, OR ANY ATTEMPT IS MADE TO TRANSFER TO
A
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 406 OF ERISA, A PLAN SUBJECT TO
SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, OR A PERSON
ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY
SUCH
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT, SUCH ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OR ACQUISITION SHALL BE VOID AND
OF
NO EFFECT.
Certificate
No.
|
:
|
P-1
|
Cut-off
Date
|
:
|
January
1, 2007
|
First
Distribution Date
|
:
|
February
26, 2007
|
Percentage
Interest of this
Certificate
|
:
|
100%
|
Interest
|
:
|
None
|
CUSIP
|
:
|
00000XXX0
|
ISIN
|
:
|
US40431KAP57
|
EXHIBIT
B-1
HSI
ASSET
SECURITIZATION CORPORATION
HSI
Asset
Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-WF1
Class
P
evidencing
a percentage interest in the distribution of Prepayment Charges allocable to
the
Certificates of the above-referenced Class.
Distributions
in respect of this Certificate are distributable monthly as set forth herein.
This Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and
is
not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Trustee or any other party to the Agreement
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 HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC. is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate in certain monthly
distributions of Prepayment Charges pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the “Agreement”)
among
HSI Asset Securitization Corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”),
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., as servicer, originator and custodian, CitiMortgage, Inc.,
as
master servicer (the “Master
Servicer”),
Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator (the “Securities
Administrator”),
OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc., as Credit Risk Manager, and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
To
the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the
meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is
subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which
Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof
assents and by which such Holder is bound.
This
Certificate does not have an Interest Rate and will solely be entitled to
receive distributions of Prepayment Charges to the extent set forth in the
Agreement. In addition, any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets
of the Trust will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this
Certificate at the offices designated by the Securities Administrator for such
purpose, or such other location specified in the notice to
Certificateholders.
No
transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless such disposition
is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “1933 Act”),
and
any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933
Act
and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Securities Administrator
shall require the transferor to execute a transferor certificate (in
substantially the form attached to the Agreement) and deliver either (i) a
Rule 144A Investment Letter or a Regulation S Investment Letter, as
applicable, in either case substantially in the form attached as Exhibit I-A
and
Exhibit I-B, respectively, to the Agreement, or (ii) a written Opinion of
Counsel to the Securities Administrator that such transfer may be made pursuant
to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor,
from the 1933 Act or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act, which Opinion
of
Counsel shall be an expense of the transferor.
EXHIBIT
B-2
No
transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless the Securities
Administrator shall have received a representation letter from the transferee
of
such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Securities Administrator, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee
benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code
or any materially similar provisions of applicable federal, state or local
law
(“Similar
Law”),
or a
person acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of any such plan, which
representation letter shall not be an expense of the Securities
Administrator.
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 authenticated by an authorized signatory of
the
Securities Administrator.
* * *
EXHIBIT
B-3
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this Certificate to
be
duly executed.
Dated:
|
CITIBANK,
N.A.,
not
in
its individual capacity, but solely as
Securities
Administrator
By:
______________________________
Authenticated:
By:
____________________________
Authorized Signatory of
CITIBANK, N.A.,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Securities Administrator
EXHIBIT
B-4
HSI
ASSET
SECURITIZATION CORPORATION
HSI
Asset
Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
This
Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as
HSI
Asset Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of
the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
“Certificates”),
and
representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund created by the
Agreement.
The
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will
look solely
to the
funds on deposit in the Distribution Account or constituting Prepayment Charges
for payment hereunder and that neither the Trustee nor the Securities
Administrator is liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under
this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the
Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.
This
Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference is made
to
the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights, benefits,
obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights, duties and immunities
of the Trustee.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on the 25th day
of
each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately
following (the “Distribution
Date”),
commencing on the first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to
the
Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business
on
the applicable Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed
to Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on
such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable
to
each Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month next preceding
the
month of such Distribution Date.
Distributions
on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or other entity having
appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall have so
notified the 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 offices designated by the Securities
Administrator for such purposes or such other location specified in the notice
to Certificateholders of such final distribution.
The
Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Trustee and
the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the
parties to the Agreement 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.
EXHIBIT
B-5
As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register
of
the Securities Administrator upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices designated by the Securities Administrator for such
purposes, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
The
Trustee, the Depositor and the Securities Administrator and any agent of the
Trustee, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator may treat the Person
in
whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
and neither the Trustee, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator nor any
such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The
Master Servicer may, or upon the instruction of the Depositor, shall, purchase
the Mortgage Loans and therefore cause the termination of the Trust on any
Optional Termination Date, which is any Distribution Date following any month
in
which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
last day of the related Due Period is less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date. Any
such
purchase of the Mortgage Loans would result in the payment on that Distribution
Date of the final distribution on the Certificates.
The
obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as
provided in Section 11.01 of the Agreement.
Any
term
used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the meaning assigned
in
the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed inconsistent with that
meaning.
EXHIBIT
B-6
ASSIGNMENT
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
(Please
print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the
Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby authorizes
the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I
(We)
further direct the Securities Administrator to issue a new Certificate of
a like
denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate
to the following address:
Dated:
|
____________________________
Signature
by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION
INSTRUCTIONS
The
assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions
shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately
available
funds to
___________________________________________________________________________,
_________________________________________________________________________________________,
for
the
account of
___________________________________________________________________________,
account
number __________, or, if mailed by check, to
______________________________________________.
Applicable
statements should be mailed to
________________________________________________________,
_________________________________________________________________________________________
This
information is provided by
___________________________________________________,
the
assignee named above, or
__________________________________________________________________,
as
its
agent.
EXHIBIT
B-7
EXHIBIT
C
SOLELY
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A “RESIDUAL INTEREST”
IN TWO “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED,
RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986,
AS
AMENDED (THE “CODE”).
NEITHER
THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NEITHER
THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED (I) TO A PERSON
OTHER THAN A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5.02I OF THE
AGREEMENT OR (II) UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS
NOT
AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”),
OR A
PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO MATERIALLY
SIMILAR PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR
LAW”)
OR A
PERSON INVESTING ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN. IN THE EVENT
THAT SUCH REPRESENTATION IS VIOLATED, OR ANY ATTEMPT IS MADE TO TRANSFER TO
A
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 406 OF ERISA, A PLAN SUBJECT TO
SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, OR A PERSON
ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY
SUCH
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT, SUCH ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OR ACQUISITION SHALL BE VOID AND
OF
NO EFFECT.
Certificate
No.
|
:
|
R-1
|
Cut-off
Date
|
:
|
January
1, 2007
|
First
Distribution Date
|
:
|
February
26, 2007
|
Percentage
Interest of this
Certificate
|
:
|
100.00%
|
Interest
Rate
|
:
|
None
|
CUSIP
|
:
|
00000XXX0
|
ISN
|
:
|
US40431KAR14
|
EXHIBIT
C-1
HSI
ASSET
SECURITIZATION CORPORATION
HSI
Asset
Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-WF1
Class
R
evidencing
a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the Certificates of
the
above-referenced Class.
Distributions
in respect of this Certificate are distributable monthly as set forth herein.
This Class R Certificate has no Certificate Balance and is not entitled to
distributions in respect of principal or interest. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Trustee or any other party to the Agreement 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 [HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.] is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest specified above of any monthly distributions due to the
Class R Certificates pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as
of the Cut-off Date specified above (the “Agreement”)
among
HSI Asset Securitization Corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”),
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., as servicer, originator and custodian, CitiMortgage, Inc.,
as
master servicer (the “Master
Servicer”),
Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator (the “Securities
Administrator”),
OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc., as Credit Risk Manager, and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
To
the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the
meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is
subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which
Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof
assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Any
distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the Trust will be made
only upon presentment and surrender of this Class R Certificate at the
offices designated by the Securities Administrator for such purpose, or such
other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders.
No
transfer of a Class R Certificate shall be made unless the Securities
Administrator shall have received a representation letter from the transferee
of
such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Securities Administrator, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee
benefit plan or arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan or
arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to
Similar Law, or a person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor
using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such transfer, which
representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund. In the
event that such representation is violated, or any attempt is made to transfer
to a plan or arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject
to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person
acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any
such
plan or arrangement, such attempted transfer or acquisition shall be void and
of
no effect.
EXHIBIT
C-2
Each
Holder of this Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or
acquisition an Ownership Interest in this Class R Certificate to have
agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each Person
acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class R Certificate are expressly
subject to the following provisions: (i) each Person holding or acquiring
any Ownership Interest in this Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted
Transferee and shall promptly notify the Securities Administrator of any change
or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee, (ii) no
Ownership Interest in this Class R Certificate may be registered on the
Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the Securities Administrator shall
not register the Transfer of this Certificate unless, in addition to the
certificates required to be delivered to the Securities Administrator under
Section 5.02(b) of the Agreement, the Securities Administrator shall have
been furnished with a Transfer Affidavit of the initial owner or the proposed
transferee in the form attached as Exhibit G to the Agreement,
(iii) each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this
Class R Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit
from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership
Interest this Class R Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit
from any Person for whom such Person is acting as nominee, trustee or agent
in
connection with any Transfer of this Class R Certificate, (C) not to
cause income with respect to the Class R Certificate to be attributable to
a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an
applicable income tax treaty, of such Person or any other U.S. Person and
(D) not to Transfer the Ownership Interest in this Class R Certificate
or to cause the Transfer of the Ownership Interest in this Class R
Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person
is a
Non-Permitted Transferee and (iv) any attempted or purported Transfer of
the Ownership Interest in this Class R Certificate in violation of the
provisions herein shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights
in
the purported Transferee.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place.
This
Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be
valid
for any purpose unless manually authenticated by an authorized signatory of
the
Securities Administrator.
* * *
EXHIBIT
C-3
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this Certificate to
be
duly executed.
Dated:
|
CITIBANK,
N.A.,
not
in
its individual capacity, but solely as
Securities
Administrator
By:
______________________________
Authenticated:
By:
____________________________
Authorized Signatory of
CITIBANK, N.A.,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Securities Administrator
EXHIBIT
C-4
HSI
ASSET
SECURITIZATION CORPORATION
HSI
Asset
Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
This
Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as
HSI
Asset Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of
the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
“Certificates”),
and
representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund created by the
Agreement.
The
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will
look solely
to the
funds on deposit in the Distribution Account or Cap Account for payment
hereunder and that neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator is
liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Certificate
or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement, subject
to
any liability under the Agreement.
This
Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference is made
to
the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights, benefits,
obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights, duties and immunities
of the Trustee.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on the 25th day
of
each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately
following (the “Distribution
Date”),
commencing on the first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to
the
Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business
on
the applicable Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed
to Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on
such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable
to
each Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month next preceding
the
month of such Distribution Date.
Distributions
on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or other entity having
appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall have so
notified the 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 offices designated by the Securities
Administrator for such purpose, or such other location specified in the notice
to Certificateholders of such final distribution.
The
Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Trustee and
the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the
parties to the Agreement 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.
EXHIBIT
C-5
As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register
of
the Securities Administrator upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices designated by the Securities Administrator for such
purposes, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
The
Trustee, the Depositor and the Securities Administrator and any agent of the
Trustee, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator may treat the Person
in
whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
and neither the Trustee, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator nor any
such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The
Master Servicer may, or upon the instruction of the Depositor, shall, purchase
the Mortgage Loans and therefore cause the termination of the Trust on any
Optional Termination Date, which is any Distribution Date following any month
in
which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
last day of the related Due Period is less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date. Any
such
purchase of the Mortgage Loans would result in the payment on that Distribution
Date of the final distribution on the Certificates.
The
obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as
provided in Section 11.01 of the Agreement.
Any
term
used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the meaning assigned
in
the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed inconsistent with that
meaning.
EXHIBIT
C-6
EXHIBIT
C-7
ASSIGNMENT
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
(Please
print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the
Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby authorizes
the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee on
the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I
(We)
further direct the Securities Administrator to issue a new Certificate
of a like
denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate
to the following address:
Dated:
|
____________________________
Signature
by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION
INSTRUCTIONS
The
assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions
shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately
available
funds to
___________________________________________________________________________,
_________________________________________________________________________________________,
for
the
account of
___________________________________________________________________________,
account
number __________, or, if mailed by check, to
______________________________________________.
Applicable
statements should be mailed to
________________________________________________________,
_________________________________________________________________________________________
This
information is provided by
___________________________________________________,
the
assignee named above, or
__________________________________________________________________,
as
its
agent.
EXHIBIT
C-8
EXHIBIT
D
SOLELY
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST
IN
A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”)
AND
CERTAIN OTHER ASSETS.
NEITHER
THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR A TRANSFEROR LETTER IN
THE
FORM OF EXHIBIT H TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN AND EITHER
(I) THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR RECEIVES EITHER A RULE 144A INVESTMENT
LETTER OR A REGULATION S INVESTMENT LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT I-A AND
EXHIBIT I-B, RESPECTIVELY, TO THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN OR (II) THE
SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, DELIVERED AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE TRANSFEROR, THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
NEITHER
THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR A REPRESENTATION LETTER
TO
THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO
TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
(“ERISA”),
OR A
PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO MATERIALLY
SIMILAR PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR
LAW”)
OR A
PERSON INVESTING ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN. IN THE EVENT
THAT SUCH REPRESENTATION IS VIOLATED, OR ANY ATTEMPT IS MADE TO TRANSFER TO
A
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 406 OF ERISA, A PLAN SUBJECT TO
SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, OR A PERSON
ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY
SUCH
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT, SUCH ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OR ACQUISITION SHALL BE VOID AND
OF
NO EFFECT.
Certificate
No.
|
:
|
X-1
|
Cut-off
Date
|
:
|
January
1, 2007
|
First
Distribution Date
|
:
|
February
26, 2007
|
Percentage
Interest of this
Certificate
|
:
|
100%
|
Interest
Rate
|
:
|
None
|
CUSIP
|
:
|
00000XXX0
|
ISIN
|
:
|
US40431KAQ31
|
EXHIBIT
D-1
HSI
ASSET
SECURITIZATION CORPORATION
HSI
Asset
Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-WF1
Class
X
evidencing
a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the Certificates of
the
above-referenced Class.
Distributions
in respect of this Certificate are distributable monthly as set forth herein.
This Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and
is
not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Trustee or any other party to the Agreement
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 of the denominations of all Certificates
of
the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly distributions
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date
specified above (the “Agreement”)
among
HSI Asset Securitization Corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”),
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., as servicer, originator and custodian, CitiMortgage, Inc.,
as
master servicer (the “Master
Servicer”),
Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator (the “Securities
Administrator”),
OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc., as Credit Risk Manager, and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
To
the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the
meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is
subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which
Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof
assents and by which such Holder is bound.
This
Certificate does not have a Certificate Balance or an Interest Rate and will
be
entitled to distributions only to the extent set forth in the Agreement. In
addition, any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the Trust
will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the
offices designated by the Securities Administrator for such purpose, or such
other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders.
No
transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless such disposition
is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “1933 Act”),
and
any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933
Act
and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Securities Administrator
shall require the transferor to execute a transferor certificate (in
substantially the form attached to the Agreement) and deliver either (i) a
Rule 144A Investment Letter or Regulation S Investment Letter, as
applicable, in either case substantially in the form attached to the Agreement,
or (ii) a written Opinion of Counsel to the Securities Administrator that
such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable
exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act or is being made pursuant
to
the 1933 Act, which Opinion of Counsel shall be an expense of the
transferor.
EXHIBIT
D-2
No
transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless the Securities
Administrator shall have received a representation letter from the transferee
of
such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Securities Administrator, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee
benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code
or any materially similar provisions of applicable federal, state or local
law
(“Similar
Law”),
or a
person acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of any such plan, which
representation letter shall not be an expense of the Securities
Administrator.
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 authenticated by an authorized signatory of
the
Securities Administrator.
* * *
EXHIBIT
D-3
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this Certificate to
be
duly executed.
Dated:
|
CITIBANK,
N.A.,
not
in
its individual capacity, but solely as
Securities
Administrator
By:
______________________________
Authenticated:
By:
____________________________
Authorized Signatory of
CITIBANK, N.A.,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Securities Administrator
EXHIBIT
D-4
HSI
ASSET
SECURITIZATION CORPORATION
HSI
Asset
Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
This
Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as
HSI
Asset Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of
the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
“Certificates”),
and
representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund created by the
Agreement.
The
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will
look solely
to the
funds on deposit in the Distribution Account or Cap Account for payment
hereunder and that neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator is
liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Certificate
or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement, subject
to
any liability under the Agreement.
This
Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference is made
to
the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights, benefits,
obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights, duties and immunities
of the Trustee.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on the 25th day
of
each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day
immediately following (the “Distribution
Date”),
commencing on the first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to
the
Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business
on
the applicable Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed
to Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on
such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable
to
each Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month next preceding
the
month of such Distribution Date.
Distributions
on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or other entity having
appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall have so
notified the 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 offices designated by the Securities
Administrator for such purposes or such other location specified in the notice
to Certificateholders of such final distribution.
The
Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Trustee and
the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the
parties to the Agreement 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.
EXHIBIT
D-5
As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register
of
the Securities Administrator upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices designated by the Securities Administrator for such
purposes, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
The
Trustee, the Depositor and the Securities Administrator and any agent of the
Trustee, the Depositor or the Securities Administrator may treat the Person
in
whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
and neither the Trustee, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator nor any
such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The
Master Servicer may, or upon the instruction of the Depositor, shall, purchase
the Mortgage Loans and therefore cause the termination of the Trust on any
Optional Termination Date, which is any Distribution Date following any month
in
which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
last day of the related Due Period is less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date. Any
such
purchase of the Mortgage Loans would result in the payment on that Distribution
Date of the final distribution on the Certificates.
The
obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate as
provided in Section 11.01 of the Agreement.
Any
term
used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the meaning assigned
in
the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed inconsistent with that
meaning
EXHIBIT
D-6
ASSIGNMENT
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
(Please
print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the
Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby authorizes
the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I
(We)
further direct the Securities Administrator to issue a new Certificate of
a like
denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate
to the following address:
Dated:
|
____________________________
Signature
by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION
INSTRUCTIONS
The
assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions
shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately
available
funds to
___________________________________________________________________________,
_________________________________________________________________________________________,
for
the
account of
___________________________________________________________________________,
account
number __________, or, if mailed by check, to
______________________________________________.
Applicable
statements should be mailed to
________________________________________________________,
_________________________________________________________________________________________
This
information is provided by
___________________________________________________,
the
assignee named above, or
__________________________________________________________________,
as
its
agent.
EXHIBIT
D-7
EXHIBIT
E
FORM
OF
INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF CUSTODIAN
[date]
HSI
Asset Securitization Corporation
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
|
|
Citibank,
N.A.,
as
Securities Administrator
000
Xxxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Structured Finance Agency and Trust - HSI Asset Securitization
2007-WF1
|
|
Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company
0000
Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
|
Re:
|
HSI
Asset Securitization Corporation, Series
2007-WF1
|
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
“Pooling
and Servicing Agreement”)
dated
as of January 1, 2007 among HSI Asset Securitization Corporation, as depositor,
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as servicer, originator and custodian, CitiMortgage,
Inc., as master servicer, Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator,
OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc., as Credit Risk Manager, and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee, for each Mortgage Loan listed
in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan listed in the
attached schedule), it has received:
(i) the
original Mortgage Note, endorsed as provided in the following form: “Pay to the
order of ________, without recourse”; and
(ii) a
duly
executed assignment of the Mortgage (which may be included in a blanket
assignment or assignments).
Based
on
its review and examination and only as to the foregoing documents, such
documents appear regular on their face and related to such Mortgage
Loan.
The
Custodian has made no independent examination of any documents contained in
each
Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. The Custodian makes no representations as to: (i) the
validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any of the
documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage
Loan.
EXHIBIT
E-1
Capitalized
words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to
them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., as Custodian
By:
_____________________________________
Name: ________________________________
Title: _________________________________
EXHIBIT
E-2
EXHIBIT
F
FORM
OF
DOCUMENT CERTIFICATION
AND
EXCEPTION REPORT OF CUSTODIAN
______,
20___
HSI
Asset Securitization Corporation
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
|
Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company
0000
Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
|
Citibank,
N.A.,
as
Securities Administrator
000
Xxxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Structured Finance Agency and
Trust
- HSI Asset Securitization 2007-WF1
|
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
1
Home Campus
Xxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
|
Re:
|
HSI
Asset Securitization Corporation, Series
2007-WF1
|
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
“Pooling
and Servicing Agreement”)
dated
as of January 1, 2007 among HSI Asset Securitization Corporation, as depositor,
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as servicer, originator and custodian, CitiMortgage,
Inc., as master servicer, Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator,
OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc., as Credit Risk Manager, and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee, the undersigned, as Custodian,
hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on the attached
Document Exception Report) it has received:
(i) The
original Mortgage Note, endorsed in the form provided in Section 2.01 of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with all intervening endorsements showing
a
complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the last
endorsee.
(ii) The
original recorded Mortgage.
(iii) A
duly
executed assignment of the Mortgage in the form provided in Section 2.01 of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; or, if the Originator has certified or
the
Custodian otherwise knows that the related Mortgage has not been returned from
the applicable recording office, a copy of the assignment of the Mortgage
(excluding information to be provided by the recording office).
EXHIBIT
F-1
(iv) The
original or duplicate original recorded assignment or assignments of the
Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from the originator to the
last
endorsee.
(v) The
original or duplicate original lender’s title policy and all riders thereto or,
any one of an original title binder, an original preliminary title report or
an
original title commitment, or a copy thereof certified by the title
company.
Based
on
its review and examination and only as to the foregoing documents, (a) such
documents appear regular on their face and related to such Mortgage Loan, and
(b) the information set forth in items (1), (2), (3), (15), (18) and
(22) of the Data Tape Information accurately reflects information set forth
in
the Custodial File.
The
Custodian has made no independent examination of any documents contained in
each
Mortgage File beyond the review of the Custodial File specifically required
in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Custodian makes no representation
as
to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness
of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage
Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Custodian has made no
determination and makes no representations as to whether (i) any
endorsement is sufficient to transfer all right, title and interest of the
party
so endorsing, as noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note
or
(ii) any assignment is in recordable form or sufficient to effect the
assignment of and transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which
the assignment relates.
Capitalized
words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to
them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., as Custodian
By:
_____________________________________
Name: ________________________________
Title: _________________________________
EXHIBIT
F-2
EXHIBIT
G
FORM
OF
RESIDUAL TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
HSI
Asset
Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-WF1
STATE
OF
|
)
|
|
)
|
ss.:
|
|
COUNTY
OF
|
)
|
The
undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:
1. The
undersigned is an officer of ___________________, the proposed Transferee of
an
Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate (the “Certificate”)
issued
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Agreement”),
relating to the above-referenced Series, dated as of January 1, 2007 among
HSI
Asset Securitization Corporation, as depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as
servicer, originator and custodian, CitiMortgage, Inc., as master servicer,
Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator, OfficeTiger Global Real Estate
Services Inc., as Credit Risk Manager, and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as trustee. Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein, shall have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement. The Transferee has authorized
the undersigned to make this affidavit on behalf of the Transferee for the
benefit of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the
Trustee.
2. The
Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of the date of the
Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee is acquiring its Ownership
Interest in the Certificate for its own account. The Transferee has no knowledge
that any such affidavit is false.
3. The
Transferee has been advised of, and understands that (i) a tax will be
imposed on Transfers of the Certificate to Persons that are Non-Permitted
Transferees; (ii) such tax will be imposed on the transferor, or, if such
Transfer is through an agent (which includes a broker, nominee or middleman)
for
a Person that is a Non-Permitted Transferee, on the agent; and (iii) the
Person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability for the
tax
if the subsequent Transferee furnished to such Person an affidavit that such
subsequent Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of Transfer,
such Person does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is
false.
4. The
Transferee has been advised of, and understands that a tax will be imposed
on a
“pass-through entity” holding the Certificate if at any time during the taxable
year of the pass-through entity a Person that is a Non-Permitted Transferee
is
the record holder of an interest in such entity. The Transferee understands
that
such tax will not be imposed for any period with respect to which the record
holder furnishes to the pass-through entity an affidavit that such record holder
is a Permitted Transferee and the pass-through entity does not have actual
knowledge that such affidavit is false. (For this purpose, a “pass-through
entity” includes a regulated investment company, a real estate investment trust
or common trust fund, a partnership, trust or estate, and certain cooperatives
and, except as may be provided in Treasury Regulations, persons holding
interests in pass-through entities as a nominee for another
Person.)
EXHIBIT
G-1
5. The
Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement
and understands the legal consequences of the acquisition of an Ownership
Interest in the Certificate including, without limitation, the restrictions
on
subsequent Transfers and the provisions regarding voiding the Transfer and
mandatory sales. The Transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and to abide
by
the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement and the restrictions
noted on the face of the Certificate. The Transferee understands and agrees
that
any breach of any of the representations included herein shall render the
Transfer to the Transferee contemplated hereby null and void.
6. The
Transferee agrees to require a Transfer Affidavit from any Person to whom the
Transferee attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in the Certificate,
and
in connection with any Transfer by a Person for whom the Transferee is acting
as
nominee, trustee or agent, and the Transferee will not Transfer its Ownership
Interest or cause any Ownership Interest to be Transferred to any Person that
the Transferee knows is a Non-Permitted Transferee. In connection with any
such
Transfer by the Transferee, the Transferee agrees to deliver to the Securities
Administrator a certificate substantially in the form set forth as
Exhibit H to the Agreement (a “Transferor
Certificate”)
to the
effect that, among other things, such Transferee has no actual knowledge that
the Person to which the Transfer is to be made is a Non-Permitted
Transferee.
7. The
Transferee does not have the intention to impede the assessment or collection
of
any tax legally required to be paid with respect to the Certificate. The
Transferee has historically paid its debts as they have come due and intends
to
pay its debts as they come due in the future. The Transferee intends to pay
all
taxes due with respect to the Certificate as they become due.
8. The
Transferee’s taxpayer identification number is __________.
9. The
Transferee is not a Disqualified Non-U.S. Person as defined in the
Agreement.
10. The
Transferee is aware that the Certificate may be a “noneconomic residual
interest” within the meaning of proposed Treasury regulations promulgated
pursuant to the Code and that the transferor of a noneconomic residual interest
will remain liable for any taxes due with respect to the income on such residual
interest, unless no significant purpose of the transfer was to impede the
assessment or collection of tax.
11. The
Transferee will not cause income from the Residual Certificate to be
attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the Transferee or any other
U.S.
Person.
EXHIBIT
G-2
12. Check
the
applicable paragraph:
o
The present value of
the anticipated tax liabilities associated with holding the Certificate, as
applicable, does not exceed the sum of:
(i) the
present value of any consideration given to the Transferee to acquire such
Certificate;
(ii) the
present value of the expected future distributions on such Certificate;
and
(iii) the
present value of the anticipated tax savings associated with holding such
Certificate as the related REMIC generates losses.
For
purposes of this calculation, (i) the Transferee is assumed to pay tax at
the highest rate currently specified in Section 11(b) of the Code (but the
tax rate in Section 55(b)(1)(B) of the Code may be used in lieu of the highest
rate specified in Section 11(b) of the Code if the Transferee has been
subject to the alternative minimum tax under Section 55 of the Code in the
preceding two years and will compute its taxable income in the current taxable
year using the alternative minimum tax rate) and (ii) present values are
computed using a discount rate equal to the short-term Federal rate prescribed
by Section 1274(d) of the Code for the month of the transfer and the
compounding period used by the Transferee.
o
The transfer of the Certificate complies
with U.S. Treasury Regulations Sections 1.860E-1(c)(5) and (6) and,
accordingly,
(i) the
Transferee is an “eligible corporation,” as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations
Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), as to which income from the Certificate will only
be
taxed in the United States;
(ii) at
the
time of the transfer, and at the close of the Transferee’s two fiscal years
preceding the year of the transfer, the Transferee had gross assets for
financial reporting purposes (excluding any obligation of a person related
to
the Transferee within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section
1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii)) in excess of $100 million and net assets in excess of
$10 million;
(iii) the
Transferee will transfer the Certificate only to another “eligible corporation,”
as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), in a
transaction that satisfies the requirements of Sections 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i),
(ii)
and (iii) and Section 1.860E-1(c)(5) of the U.S. Treasury Regulations;
and
(iv) the
Transferee determined the consideration paid to it to acquire the Certificate
based on reasonable market assumptions (including, but not limited to, borrowing
and investment rates, prepayment and loss assumptions, expense and reinvestment
assumptions, tax rates and other factors specific to the Transferee) that it
has
determined in good faith.
o
None of the above.
EXHIBIT
G-3
13. The
Transferee is not an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of
ERISA or a plan that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan
subject to any Federal, state or local law that is substantially similar to
Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and the Transferee is
not acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of such a plan.
* * *
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be executed on
its
behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by its duly authorized
officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, duly attested, this
___
day of _______, 20__.
____________________________
Print
Name of Transferee
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
[Corporate
Seal]
ATTEST:
___________________________
[Assistant]
Secretary
Personally
appeared before me the above-named __________, known or proved to me to be
the
same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be the ___________
of
the Transferee, and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act
and
deed and the free act and deed of the Transferee.
Subscribed
and sworn before me this ___ day of _______, 20__.
____________________________
NOTARY
PUBLIC
My
Commission expires the __ day
of
_________, 20__
EXHIBIT
G-4
EXHIBIT
H
FORM
OF
TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
__________,
20__
HSI
Asset
Securitization Corporation
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Head MBS Principal Finance
Citibank,
N.A.,
as
Securities Administrator
000
Xxxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Structured Finance Agency and Trust - HSI Asset Securitization
2007-WF1
Re:
|
HSI
Asset Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2007-WF1, Class [__]
|
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our disposition of the above Certificates we certify that
(a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”),
and
are being disposed by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Act, (b) we have not offered or sold any Certificates
to, or solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise
approached or negotiated with any person with respect thereto, in a manner
that
would be deemed, or taken any other action which would result in, a violation
of
Section 5 of the Act and (c) to the extent we are disposing of a
Residual Certificate, (i) we have no knowledge the Transferee is a
Non-Permitted Transferee, (ii) after conducting a reasonable investigation
of the financial condition of the Transferee, we have no knowledge and no reason
to believe that the Transferee will not pay all taxes with respect to the
Residual Certificates as they become due and (iii) we have no reason to
believe that the statements made in paragraphs 7, 10 and 11 of the
Transferee’s Residual Transfer Affidavit are false.
In
connection with any disposition of the above Certificates in accordance with
Rule 904 of Regulation S we hereby certify that:
a.
|
the
offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United
States;
|
b.
|
at
the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside
the
United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf
responsibly believed
the transferee was outside the United
States;
|
EXHIBIT
H-1
c.
|
no
directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the
requirements of Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S, as
applicable;
|
d.
|
the
transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to
evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act, as amended;
and
|
e.
|
the
transferee is not a U.S. person (as defined in Regulation
S).
|
Very
truly yours,
___________________________
Print
Name of Transferor
By:
____________________________
Authorized
Officer
EXHIBIT
H-2
EXHIBIT
I-A
FORM
OF
RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER
____________,
20__
HSI
Asset
Securitization Corporation
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Head MBS Principal Finance
Citibank,
N.A.,
as
Securities Administrator
000
Xxxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Structured Finance Agency and Trust - HSI Asset Securitization
2007-WF1
Re:
|
HSI
Asset Loan Obligation Trust
2007-WF1
|
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-WF1, Class
[__]
|
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we certify that
(a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”),
or
any state securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction
that
is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws,
(b) we have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
that we are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the
Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and
receive answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates
and all matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary
to our decision to purchase the Certificates, (d) in the case of an
ERISA-Restricted Certificate, we are not an employee benefit plan that is
subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended (“ERISA”),
or a
plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, or a plan subject to materially similar provisions
of
applicable federal, state or local law, nor are we acting on behalf of any
such
plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to
effect such acquisition or, with respect to an ERISA-Restricted Certificate
other than a Class P Certificate, a Class X Certificate or a Residual
Certificate, such Certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying
Underwriting and the purchaser is an insurance company that is purchasing this
certificate with funds contained in an “insurance company general account” (as
such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption (“PTCE”)
95-60)
and that the purchase and holding of such Certificates are covered under
Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, (e) in the case of an
ERISA-Restricted Trust Certificate prior to the termination of the cap
agreement, either (i) we are not an employee benefit plan that is subject to
Title I of ERISA, or a plan or arrangement that is subject to
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
EXHIBIT I-A-1
amended,
nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan, nor are we using the assets
of
any such plan to effect such transfer or (ii) our acquisition and holding of
the
ERISA-Restricted Trust Certificate is eligible for exemptive relief under the
statutory exemption for non-fiduciary service providers under Section 408(b)(17)
of ERISA and Section 4975(d)(20) of the Code, XXXX 00-00, XXXX 00-0, XXXX 91-38,
PTCE 95-60 or PTCE 96-23 or some other applicable exemption, (f) we have
not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf offered, transferred, pledged, sold
or
otherwise disposed of the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or
any
other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer,
pledge or other disposition of the Certificates, any interest in the
Certificates or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or
negotiated with respect to the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates
or
any other similar security with, any person in any manner, or made any general
solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken
any other action, that would constitute a distribution of the Certificates
under
the Securities Act or that would render the disposition of the Certificates
a
violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require registration
pursuant thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized or will authorize any person
to act, in such manner with respect to the Certificates, and (g) we are a
“qualified institutional buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under
the Securities Act and have completed either of the forms of certification
to
that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. We are aware that
the sale to us is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. We are acquiring the
Certificates for our own account or for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and
further, understand that such Certificates may be resold, pledged or transferred
only (i) to a person reasonably believed to be a qualified institutional
buyer that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer
is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii) pursuant to another
exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
EXHIBIT
I-A-2
ANNEX
1 TO EXHIBIT I
QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For
Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The
undersigned (the “Buyer”)
hereby
certifies as follows to the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee
Certificate to which this certification relates with respect to the Certificates
described therein:
1. As
indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial Officer,
Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the Buyer.
2. In
connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a “qualified institutional
buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (“Rule 144A”),
because (i) the Buyer owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis
$________ in securities (except for the excluded securities referred to below)
as of the end of the Buyer’s most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A and (ii) the Buyer satisfies
the criteria in the category marked below.
____
|
Corporation,
etc.
The Buyer is a corporation (other than a bank, savings and loan
association or similar institution), Massachusetts or similar business
trust, partnership, or charitable organization described in
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
|
____
|
Bank.
The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution organized
under the laws of any State, territory or the District of Columbia,
the
business of which is substantially confined to banking and is supervised
by the State or territorial banking commission or similar official
or is a
foreign bank or equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited net
worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual
financial statements, a copy of which is attached
hereto.
|
____
|
Savings
and Loan.
The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan association, building and loan
association, cooperative bank, homestead association or similar
institution, which is supervised and examined by a State or Federal
authority having supervision over any such institutions or is a foreign
savings and loan association or equivalent institution and (b) has an
audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its
latest
annual financial statements, a copy of which is attached
hereto.
|
____
|
Broker-dealer.
The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
|
_______________________
1 |
Buyer
must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000
in
securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case, Buyer must
own
and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in
securities.
|
EXHIBIT
I-A-3
____
|
Insurance
Company.
The Buyer is an insurance company whose primary and predominant business
activity is the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks
underwritten by insurance companies and which is subject to supervision
by
the insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency of a State,
territory or the District of
Columbia.
|
____
|
State
or Local Plan.
The Buyer is a plan established and maintained by a State, its political
subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the State or its
political subdivisions, for the benefit of its
employees.
|
____
|
ERISA
Plan.
The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974.
|
____
|
Investment
Advisor.
The Buyer is an investment advisor registered under the Investment
Advisors Act of 1940.
|
____
|
Small
Business Investment Company.
Buyer is a small business investment company licensed by the U.S.
Small
Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small
Business
Investment Act of 1958.
|
____
|
Business
Development Company.
Buyer is a business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22)
of the Investment Advisors Act of
1940.
|
3. The
term
“securities”
as
used
herein does
not include
(i) securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer,
(ii) securities that are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by
the Buyer, if the Buyer is a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed
by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and
certificates of deposit, (v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase
agreements, (vii) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement
and (viii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
4. For
purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities owned and/or invested
on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the cost of such
securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities referred
to in
the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer reports its securities
holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market value, and
(ii) no current information with respect to the cost of those securities
has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies, the
securities may be valued at market. Further, in determining such aggregate
amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the
Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the
Buyer’s direction. However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer
is
not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
5. The
Buyer
acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the
seller to it and other parties related to the Certificates are relying and
will
continue to rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales to
the
Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
EXHIBIT I-A-4
6. Until
the
date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the Buyer will notify each of
the parties to which this certification is made of any changes in the
information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer’s
purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer is
a
bank or savings and loan is provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly after
they
become available.
_____________________________
Print
Name of Transferee
By:
______________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
_____________________________
EXHIBIT
I-A-5
ANNEX
2 TO EXHIBIT I
QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For
Transferees That Are Registered Investment Companies]
The
undersigned (the “Buyer”)
hereby
certifies as follows to the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee
Certificate to which this certification relates with respect to the Certificates
described therein:
1. As
indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial Officer
or
Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a “qualified
institutional buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144A”),
because Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies (as defined below),
is
such an officer of the Adviser.
2. In
connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is an
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer’s Family
of Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than
the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer’s most
recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned
by the Buyer or the Buyer’s Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such
securities was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer’s Family of
Investment Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial statements
on the basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information with
respect to the cost of those securities has been published. If clause (ii)
in the preceding sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market.
____
|
The
Buyer owned $_______ in securities (other than the excluded securities
referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer’s most recent fiscal year
(such amount being calculated in accordance with
Rule 144A).
|
____
|
The
Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies which owned in
the
aggregate $_______ in securities (other than the excluded securities
referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer’s most recent fiscal year
(such amount being calculated in accordance with
Rule 144A).
|
3. The
term
“Family
of Investment Companies”
as
used
herein means two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof)
that have the same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated
(by virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because
one investment adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the
other).
4. The
term
“securities”
as
used
herein does not include (i) securities of issuers that are affiliated with
the Buyer or are part of the Buyer’s Family of Investment Companies,
(ii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any instrumentality
thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements,
(vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and
(vii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
EXHIBIT
I-A-6
5. The
Buyer
is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the parties listed in the
Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification relates are
relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one
or
more sales to the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the
Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer’s own account.
6. Until
the
date of purchase of the Certificates, the undersigned will notify the parties
listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification
relates of any changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such
notice is given, the Buyer’s purchase of the Certificates will constitute a
reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the date of such
purchase.
_____________________________
Print
Name of Transferee
By:
______________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
_____________________________
IF
AN
ADVISER:
_____________________________
Print
Name of Buyer
Date:_____________________________
EXHIBIT
I-A-7
EXHIBIT
I-B
FORM
OF
REGULATION S INVESTMENT LETTER
____________,
20__
HSI
Asset
Securitization Corporation
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Head MBS Principal Finance
Citibank,
N.A.,
as
Securities Administrator
000
Xxxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Structured Finance Agency and Trust - HSI Asset Securitization
2007-WF1
Re:
|
HSI
Asset Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1
|
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-WF1, Class [__]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we certify that
(a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”),
or
any state securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction
that
is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws,
(b) we have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
that we are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the
Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and
receive answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates
and all matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary
to our decision to purchase the Certificates, (d) in
the
case of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate, we are not an employee benefit plan
that is subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”),
or a
plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, or a plan subject to materially similar provisions
of
applicable federal, state or local law, nor are we acting on behalf of any
such
plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to
effect such acquisition or, with respect to an ERISA-Restricted Certificate
other than a Class P Certificate, a Class X Certificate or a Residual
Certificate, such Certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying
Underwriting and the purchaser is an insurance company that is purchasing this
certificate with funds contained in an “insurance company general account” (as
such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption (“PTCE”)
95-60)
and that the purchase and holding of such Certificates are covered under
Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, (e) in the case of an
ERISA-Restricted Trust Certificate prior to the termination of the cap
agreement, either (i) we are not an employee benefit plan that is subject to
Title I of ERISA, or a plan or arrangement that is subject to
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
EXHIBIT
I-B-1
amended,
nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan, nor are we using the assets
of
any such plan to effect such transfer or (ii) our acquisition and holding of
the
ERISA-Restricted Trust Certificate is eligible for exemptive relief under the
statutory exemption for non-fiduciary service providers under Section 408(b)(17)
of ERISA and Section 4975(d)(20) of the Code, XXXX 00-00, XXXX 00-0, XXXX 91-38,
PTCE 95-60 or PTCE 96-23 or some other applicable exemption, (f) we have not,
nor has anyone acting on our behalf offered, transferred, pledged, sold or
otherwise disposed of the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or
any
other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer,
pledge or other disposition of the Certificates, any interest in the
Certificates or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or
negotiated with respect to the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates
or
any other similar security with, any person in any manner, or made any general
solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken
any other action, that would constitute a distribution of the Certificates
under
the Securities Act or that would render the disposition of the Certificates
a
violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require registration
pursuant thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized or will authorize any person
to act, in such manner with respect to the Certificates, and (g) we are not
a U.S. person within the meaning of Regulation S of the Securities Act and
was
at the time the buy order was originated for the Class [ ] Certificates outside
the United States. We are aware that the sale to us is being made in reliance
on
Regulation S of the Securities Act and we understand (x) that until the
expiration of the 40-day distribution
compliance period (within the meaning of Regulation S), no offer, sale, pledge
or other transfer of such Certificates or any interest therein shall be made
in
the United States or to or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person (each
as
defined in Regulation S), (y) if in the future we decide to offer, resell,
pledge or otherwise transfer such Certificates, such Certificates may be
offered, resold, pledged or transferred only to (A) a person which the seller
reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” (a “QIB”) as defined in
Rule 144A under the Securities Act, that is purchasing such Certificate for
its
own account or for the account of a QIB in reliance on Rule 144A or (B) in
an
offshore transaction (as defined in Regulation S) in compliance with the
provisions of Regulation S, in each case in compliance with the requirements
of
the Agreement; and we will notify such transferee of the transfer restrictions
specified in the Agreement.
_____________________________
Print
Name of Transferee
By:
______________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
_____________________________
IF
AN
ADVISER:
_____________________________
Print
Name of Buyer
Date:_____________________________
EXHIBIT
I-B-2
EXHIBIT
J
FORM
OF
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for
Custodian)
To:
|
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
0000
00xx Xxxxxx XX
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx
00000
|
Re:
|
Pooling
and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) dated as
of January 1, 2007 among HSI Asset Securitization Corporation, as
depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as servicer, originator and custodian,
CitiMortgage, Inc., as master servicer, Citibank, N.A., as securities
administrator, OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc., as Credit
Risk Manager, and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
trustee.
|
In
connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you as the
Custodian on behalf of the Certificateholders, we request the release, and
acknowledge receipt, of the (Custodial File/[specify documents]) for the
Mortgage Loan described below, for the reason indicated.
Mortgagor’s
Name, Address & Zip Code:
Mortgage
Loan Number:
Send
Custodial File to:
Delivery
Method (check one)
____1.
|
Regular
mail
|
____2.
|
Overnight
courier (Tracking information:
)
|
If
neither box 1 nor 2 is checked, regular mail shall be assumed.
Reason
for Requesting Documents
(check
one)
____1.
|
Mortgage
Loan Paid in Full.
(The Servicer hereby certifies that all amounts received in connection
therewith have been credited to the Collection Account as provided
in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.)
|
____2.
|
Mortgage
Loan Repurchase Pursuant to Subsection 2.03 of the Pooling and
Servicing
Agreement.
(The Servicer hereby certifies that the repurchase price has been
credited
to the Collection Account as provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.)
|
____3. |
Mortgage
Loan Liquidated by _________________. (The Servicer hereby certifies
that
all proceeds of foreclosure, insurance, condemnation or other liquidation
have been finally received and credited to the Collection Account
pursuant
to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.)
|
EXHIBIT
J-1
____4. |
Mortgage
Loan in Foreclosure.
|
____5. |
Other
(explain).
|
If
box 1,
2 or 3 above is checked, and if all or part of the Custodial File was previously
released to us, please release to us our previous request and receipt on file
with you, as well as any additional documents in your possession relating to
the
specified Mortgage Loan.
If
box 4
or 5 above is checked, upon our return of all of the above documents to you
as
the Trustee, please acknowledge your receipt by signing in the space indicated
below, and returning this form if requested by us.
[XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.]
By:
_______________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
ACKNOWLEDGED
AND AGREED:
[XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.]
By:
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
EXHIBIT
J-2
EXHIBIT
K
CONTENTS
OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include each of the
following items, which shall be available for inspection by the Depositor and
which shall be retained by the Servicer or delivered to and retained by the
Custodian:
(a) The
documents or instruments set forth as items (i) to (ix) in Section 2.01(b)
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(b) Residential
loan application.
(c) Mortgage
Loan closing statement.
(d) Verification
of employment and income.
(e) Verification
of acceptable evidence of source and amount of downpayment.
(f) Credit
report on Mortgagor.
(g) Residential
appraisal report.
(h) Photograph
of the Mortgaged Property.
(i) Survey
of
the Mortgaged Property.
(j) Copy
of
each instrument necessary to complete identification of any exception set forth
in the exception schedule in the title policy, i.e., map or plat, restrictions,
easements, sewer agreements, home association declarations, etc.
(k) All
required disclosure statements and statement of Mortgagor confirming receipt
thereof.
(l) If
available, termite report, structural engineer’s report, water potability and
septic certification.
(m) Sales
contract, if applicable.
(n) Hazard
insurance policy.
(o) Tax
receipts, insurance premium receipts, ledger sheets, payment history from date
of origination, insurance claim files, correspondence, current and historical
computerized data files, and all other processing, underwriting and closing
papers and records which are customarily contained in a mortgage loan file
and
which are required to document the Mortgage Loan or to service the Mortgage
Loan.
EXHIBIT
K-1
(p) Amortization
schedule, if available.
(q) Payment
history for Mortgage Loans that have been closed for more than 90
days.
EXHIBIT
K-2
EXHIBIT
L
FORM
OF
XXXXXXXX-XXXXX CERTIFICATION TO BE
PROVIDED
BY MASTER SERVICER (OR OTHER
CERTIFICATION
PARTY) WITH FORM 10-K
HSI
Asset
Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series
2007-WF1
This
Certification is being made pursuant to Section 3.24 and Section 8.12 of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of January 1, 2007 (the
“Pooling
and Servicing Agreement”)
relating to the above-referenced Series, among HSI Asset Securitization
Corporation, as depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as servicer, originator
and
custodian, CitiMortgage, Inc., as master servicer, Citibank, N.A., as securities
administrator, OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc., as Credit Risk
Manager, and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee. Capitalized
terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned in the Pooling
and
Servicing Agreement.
1. I
have
reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, and all reports on Form 10-D
required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form
10-K of HSI Asset Loan Obligation Trust 2007-WF1 (the “Exchange
Act periodic reports”);
2. Based
on
my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered
by
this report;
3. Based
on
my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information required
to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is included
in the Exchange Act periodic reports;
4. I
am
responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Servicer and based
on
my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the servicer
compliance statement required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation
AB,
and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the Servicer
has
fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
and
5. All
of
the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed
securities and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance
with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included
in
this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act
Rules
13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as
otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance
described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form
10-K.
EXHIBIT
L-1
In
giving
the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided
to me
by the following parties: Citibank, N.A. and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
CITIMORTGAGE,
INC.
as
Master
Servicer
By:
______________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
EXHIBIT
L-2
EXHIBIT
M
FORM
OF
SERVICER (OR SERVICING FUNCTION
PARTICIPANT)
BACK-UP CERTIFICATION
CitiMortgage,
Inc.,
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx.
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Master Servicing Division, Compliance Manager - HALO 2007-WF1
Re:
|
HSI
Asset Loan Obligation Trust
2007-WF1
|
[_______],
the [_______] of [_______] (the “Company”)
hereby
certifies to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator, and each of their officers, directors and affiliates
that:
(1) I
have
reviewed the Company’s report on assessment of compliance with the servicing
criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the “Servicing
Criteria”),
provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”)
and
Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the “Servicing
Assessment”),
the
registered public accounting firm’s attestation report provided in accordance
with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Section 1122(b) of
Regulation AB (the “Attestation
Report”),
and
all servicing reports, officer’s certificates and other information relating to
the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by [____] during 200[ ] that were delivered
by [____] to any of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, and the Trustee pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the
“Company
Servicing Information”);
(2) Based
on
my knowledge, the Company Servicing Information, taken as a whole, does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
of
time covered by the Company Servicing Information;
(3) Based
on
my knowledge, all of the Company Servicing Information required to be provided
by the Company under the Agreement has been provided to the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee;
(4) I
am
responsible for reviewing the activities performed by [____] as [____] under
the
Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in
preparing the Servicing Assessment or the Attestation Report, the Company has
fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement in all material respects;
and
(5) The
Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report required to be provided by [____]
and [by any Subservicer or Subcontractor] pursuant to the Agreement, have been
provided to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator.
Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been
disclosed to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator. Any material instance of noncompliance with the Servicing
Criteria has been disclosed in such reports.
EXHIBIT
M-1
Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Pooling Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2007 (the “Pooling
and Servicing Agreement”),
by
and among HSI Asset Securitization Corporation, as depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
N.A., as servicer, originator and custodian, CitiMortgage, Inc., as master
servicer, Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator, OfficeTiger Global Real
Estate Services Inc., as Credit Risk Manager, and Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, as trustee.
[____]
as
[____]
By:
Name:
Title:
Date:
EXHIBIT
M-2
EXHIBIT
N
LIMITED
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL
MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a national
banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States
and having its principal place of business at 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, 00000, as Trustee (the “Trustee”)
pursuant to that Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of January 1, 2007
(the “Agreement”)
by and
among HSI Asset Securitization Corporation, as depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
N.A., as servicer, originator and custodian, CitiMortgage, Inc., as master
servicer, Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator, OfficeTiger Global Real
Estate Services Inc., as Credit Risk Manager, and the Trustee, hereby
constitutes and appoints the Servicer, by and through the Servicer’s officers,
the Trustee’s true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, in the Trustee’s name, place and
stead and for the Trustee’s benefit, in connection with all mortgage loans
serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Agreement solely for the purpose of
performing such acts and executing such documents in the name of the Trustee
necessary and appropriate to effectuate the following enumerated transactions
in
respect of any of the mortgages or deeds of trust (the “Mortgages”
and
the
“Deeds
of Trust”
respectively) and promissory notes secured thereby (the "Mortgage
Notes”)
for
which the undersigned is acting as Trustee for various certificateholders
(whether the undersigned is named therein as mortgagee or beneficiary or has
become mortgagee by virtue of endorsement of the Mortgage Note secured by any
such Mortgage or Deed of Trust) and for which [INSERT
NAME OF SERVICER]
is
acting as the Servicer.
This
Appointment shall apply only to the following enumerated transactions and
nothing herein or in the Agreement shall be construed to the
contrary:
1.
|
The
modification or re-recording of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust, where
said
modification or re-recording is solely for the purpose of correcting
the
Mortgage or Deed of Trust to conform same to the original intent
of the
parties thereto or to correct title errors discovered after such
title
insurance was issued; provided that (i) said modification or
re-recording, in either instance, does not adversely affect the lien
of
the Mortgage or Deed of Trust as insured and (ii) otherwise conforms
to the provisions of the Agreement.
|
2.
|
The
subordination of the lien of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust to an easement
in
favor of a public utility company of a government agency or unit
with
powers of eminent domain; this section shall include, without limitation,
the execution of partial satisfactions/releases, partial reconveyances
or
the execution or requests to trustees to accomplish
same.
|
3.
|
The
conveyance of the properties to the mortgage insurer, or the closing
of
the title to the property to be acquired as real estate owned, or
conveyance of title to real estate
owned.
|
4.
|
The
completion of loan assumption
agreements.
|
EXHIBIT
N-1
5.
|
The
full satisfaction/release of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust or full
conveyance upon payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby,
including, without limitation, cancellation of the related Mortgage
Note.
|
6.
|
The
assignment of any Mortgage or Deed of Trust and the related Mortgage
Note,
in connection with the repurchase of the mortgage loan secured and
evidenced thereby.
|
7.
|
The
full assignment of a Mortgage or Deed of Trust upon payment and discharge
of all sums secured thereby in conjunction with the refinancing thereof,
including, without limitation, the assignment of the related Mortgage
Note.
|
8.
|
With
respect to a Mortgage or Deed of Trust, the foreclosure, the taking
of a
deed in lieu of foreclosure, or the completion of judicial or non-judicial
foreclosure or termination, cancellation or rescission of any such
foreclosure, including, without limitation, any and all of the following
acts:
|
a.
|
the
substitution of trustee(s) serving under a Deed of Trust, in accordance
with state law and the Deed of
Trust;
|
b.
|
the
preparation and issuance of statements of breach or
non-performance;
|
c.
|
the
preparation and filing of notices of default and/or notices of
sale;
|
d.
|
the
cancellation/rescission of notices of default and/or notices of
sale;
|
e.
|
the
taking of deed in lieu of foreclosure;
and
|
f.
|
the
preparation and execution of such other documents and performance
of such
other actions as may be necessary under the terms of the Mortgage,
Deed of
Trust or state law to expeditiously complete said transactions in
paragraphs 8.a. through 8.e. above.
|
9.
|
With
respect to the sale of property acquired through a foreclosure or
deed-in
lieu of foreclosure, including, without limitation, the execution
of the
following documentation:
|
a.
|
listing
agreements;
|
b.
|
purchase
and sale agreements;
|
x.
|
xxxxx/warranty/quit
claim deeds or any other deed causing the transfer of title of the
property to a party contracted to purchase
same;
|
d.
|
escrow
instructions; and
|
e.
|
any
and all documents necessary to effect the transfer of
property.
|
EXHIBIT
N-2
10.
|
The
modification or amendment of escrow agreements established for repairs to
the mortgaged property or reserves for replacement of personal
property.
|
The
undersigned gives said Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to execute
such
instruments and to do and perform all and every act and thing necessary and
proper to carry into effect the power or powers granted by or under this Limited
Power of Attorney as fully as the undersigned might or could do, and hereby
does
ratify and confirm to all that said Attorney-in-Fact shall be effective as
of
[INSERT
CLOSING DATE].
This
appointment is to be construed and interpreted as a limited power of attorney.
The enumeration of specific items, rights, acts or powers herein is not intended
to, nor does it give rise to, and it is not to be construed as a general power
of attorney.
Nothing
contained herein shall (i) limit in any manner any indemnification provided
by the Servicer to the Trustee under the Agreement, or (ii) be construed to
grant the Servicer the power to initiate or defend any suit, litigation or
proceeding in the name of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company except as
specifically provided for herein. If the Servicer receives any notice of suit,
litigation or proceeding in the name of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
or
Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., then the Servicer shall promptly
forward a copy of same to the Trustee.
This
limited power of attorney is not intended to extend the powers granted to the
Servicer under the Agreement or to allow the Servicer to take any action with
respect to Mortgages, Deeds of Trust or Mortgage Notes not authorized by the
Agreement.
The
Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee and its directors,
officers, employees and agents harmless from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred
by
reason or result of or in connection with the exercise by the Servicer of the
powers granted to it hereunder. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the
termination of this Limited Power of Attorney and the Agreement or the earlier
resignation or removal of the Trustee under the Agreement.
This
Limited Power of Attorney is entered into and shall be governed by the laws
of
the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles of such
state.
Third
parties without actual notice may rely upon the exercise of the power granted
under this Limited Power of Attorney; and may be satisfied that this Limited
Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect and has not been
revoked unless an instrument of revocation has been made in writing by the
undersigned.
EXHIBIT
N-3
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee has caused
its
corporate seal to be hereto affixed and these presents to be signed and
acknowledged in its name and behalf by a duly elected and authorized signatory
this ___________ day of ____________.
Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee
By:
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged
and Agreed
[INSERT
NAME OF THE SERVICER]
BY:
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT
N-4
STATE
OF
CALIFORNIA
COUNTY
OF
____________
On
________________, _____, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and
for
said state, personally appeared ________________________________ of Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for HSI Asset Loan Obligation Trust
2007-WF1, personally known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed
to
the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed that same
in
his/her authorized capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument
the
entity upon behalf of which the person acted and executed the
instrument.
WITNESS
my hand and official seal.
(SEAL)
____________________________________
Notary
Public, State of California
EXHIBIT
N-5
EXHIBIT
O
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT
O-1
EXHIBIT
P
FORM
OF CAP AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
P-1
EXHIBIT
Q
SELLER’S
WARRANTIES AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
Q-1
Execution
Copy
HSBC
BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Purchaser
and
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.
Company
__________________________________________________________
SELLER'S
WARRANTIES AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated
as of November 1, 2006
__________________________________________________________
Fixed
Rate and Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans
WFHM
2006-W93
WFHM
2006-W99
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS
|
1
|
ARTICLE
II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; POSSESSION OF CUSTODIAL MORTGAGE
FILES;
BOOKS AND RECORDS; CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT; DELIVERY OF
DOCUMENTS
|
13
|
ARTICLE
III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REMEDIES AND
BREACH
|
19
|
ARTICLE
IV ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
|
37
|
ARTICLE
V PAYMENTS TO PURCHASER
|
55
|
ARTICLE
VI GENERAL SERVICING PROCEDURES
|
57
|
ARTICLE
VII COMPANY TO COOPERATE
|
62
|
ARTICLE
VIII THE COMPANY
|
63
|
ARTICLE
IX AGENCY TRANSFERS, SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS AND WHOLE LOAN
TRANSFERS
|
65
|
ARTICLE
X DEFAULT
|
77
|
ARTICLE
XI TERMINATION
|
79
|
ARTICLE
XII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
|
80
|
i
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A-1
|
Mortgage
Loan Schedule
|
(WFHM
2006-W93)
|
Exhibit
A-2
|
Mortgage
Loans Schedule
|
(WFHM
2006-W99)
|
Exhibit
B
|
Custodial
Agreement
|
Exhibit
C
|
Contents
of Each Custodial Mortgage File and Servicing
File
|
Exhibit
D
|
Data
File Elements
|
Exhibit
E
|
Document
Coding
|
Exhibit
F
|
Form
of Opinion of Counsel
|
Exhibit
G
|
Servicing
Criteria
|
Exhibit
H
|
Sarbanes
Certification
|
Exhibit
I
|
Form
of Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement
|
Exhibit
J
|
Form
of Officer’s Certificate
|
Exhibit
K
|
Form
of Escrow Account Letter Agreement
|
Exhibit
L
|
Form
of Custodial Account Letter
Agreement
|
Exhibit
M
|
Xxxxxxx
Mac Representations and Warranties
|
ii
This
is a
Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement for fixed rate and adjustable rate
residential first lien mortgage loans, dated and effective as of November
1,
2006, and is executed between HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as purchaser
(the "Purchaser"), and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as seller and servicer (the
"Company").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS,
the Purchaser has agreed to purchase from the Company and the Company has
agreed
to sell to the Purchaser certain Mortgage Loans (as defined herein) which
have
an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the close of business on
the
Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments due on or before such date, whether
or
not received, as indicated on the respective Mortgage Loan Schedule, which
is
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2;
WHEREAS,
each of the Mortgage Loans is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust or other
security instrument creating a first lien on a residential dwelling located
in
the jurisdiction indicated on the respective Mortgage Loan Schedule; and
WHEREAS,
the Purchaser and the Company wish to prescribe the manner of purchase of
the
Mortgage Loans and the conveyance, servicing and control of the Mortgage
Loans.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth,
and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which
is
hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser and the Company agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever
used herein, the following words and phrases, unless the content otherwise
requires, shall have the following meanings:
Accepted
Servicing Practices:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, those customary mortgage servicing practices
(including collection procedures) that comply with applicable federal, state
and
local law, and that the Company customarily employs and exercises in servicing
and administering mortgage loans for its own account, the terms of the related
Mortgage and Mortgage Note and accepted mortgage servicing practices of prudent
mortgage lending institutions which service mortgage loans of the same type
as
the Mortgage Loans in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property
is
located.
Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan which provides for the adjustment of the Mortgage Interest
Rate
payable in respect thereto.
Adjustment
Date:
As to
each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the date on which the Mortgage Interest
Rate
is adjusted in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note and
Mortgage.
1
Affiliate:
Any
Person who directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under
direct
or indirect common control with such person. For the purposes of this
definition, the term “control” when used with respect to any Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person directly or
indirectly, whether thorough the ownership of voting securities, by contract
or
otherwise.
Agency
Transfer:
Any sale
or transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser to an Agency
which sale or transfer is not a Securitization Transaction or Whole Loan
Transfer.
Agreement:
This
Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement and all exhibits, amendments and
supplements hereto.
ALTA:
The
American Land Title Association or any successor thereto.
Appraised
Value:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (i) the value set forth on the
appraisal made in connection with the origination of the related Mortgage
Loan
as the value of the related Mortgaged Property, or (ii) the purchase price
paid
for the Mortgaged Property, provided, however, that in the case of a Refinanced
Mortgage Loan, such value shall be based solely on the appraisal made in
connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan.
Assignment
of Mortgage:
An
assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument in
recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the
related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect the ownership of the Mortgage
to the Purchaser, or if the related Mortgage has been recorded in the name
of
MERS or its designee, such actions as are necessary to cause the Purchaser
to be
shown as the owner of the related Mortgage on the records of MERS for purposes
of the system of recording transfers of beneficial ownership of mortgages
maintained by MERS, including assignment of the MIN which will appear either
on
the Mortgage or the Assignment of Mortgage to MERS.
Balloon
Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan for which the Monthly Payments will not fully amortize the
loan by
the end of the term, at which time the balance of the principal is due in
a lump
sum.
Business
Day:
Any day
other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking and savings
and loan institutions in the states where the parties are located are authorized
or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
Buydown
Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan in respect of which, pursuant to a Buydown Agreement, (i) the
Mortgagor pays less than the full monthly payments specified in the Mortgage
Note for a specified period, and (ii) the difference between the payments
required under such Buydown Agreement and the Mortgage Note is provided from
Buydown Funds.
Closing
Date:
November 28, 2006.
Closing
Documents:
With
respect to any Closing Date, the documents required pursuant to
Section 2.08.
2
Code:
The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time or
any
successor statute thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of the Treasury
regulations issued pursuant thereto.
Commission:
The
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Commitment
Letter:
Those
certain letter agreements dated as of October 18, 2006 (WFHM 2006-W93) and
October 27, 2006 (WFHM 2006-W99) between the Company and the Purchaser
(including any exhibits, schedules and attachments thereto), setting forth
the
terms and conditions of such transaction and describing the Mortgage Loans
to be
purchased by the Purchaser on the Closing Date.
Company:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., or its successor in interest or assigns, or any successor
to
the Company under this Agreement appointed as herein provided.
Company
Information:
As
defined in Section 9.01(f)(i)(A).
Condemnation
Proceeds:
All
awards or settlements in respect of a Mortgaged Property, whether permanent
or
temporary, partial or entire, by exercise of the power of eminent domain
or
condemnation, to the extent not required to be released to a Mortgagor in
accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Documents.
Convertible
Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan that by its terms and subject to certain conditions contained
in
the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note allows the Mortgagor to convert the
adjustable Mortgage Interest Rate on such Mortgage Loan to a fixed Mortgage
Interest Rate.
Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio or CLTV:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan as of the date of origination, the ratio of
the
original loan amount of the Mortgage Loan and any other mortgage loan which
is
secured by a lien on the related Mortgaged Property to the Appraised Value
of
the Mortgaged Property.
Covered
Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan categorized as “Covered” pursuant to the Standard & Poor’s
Glossary for File Format for LEVELS® Version 5.7, Appendix E, in effect on the
Closing Date (excluding New Jersey “Covered Home Loans” as that term is defined
in clause (1) of the definition of that term in the New Jersey Home Ownership
Security Act of 2002).
Custodial
Account:
The
separate account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section
4.04.
Custodial
Agreement:
The
agreement governing the retention of the originals of each Mortgage Note,
Assignment of Mortgage and other Mortgage Loan Documents, a form of which
is
annexed hereto as Exhibit B.
Custodial
Mortgage File:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file consisting of the Mortgage Loan
Documents listed as items 1 through 12 of Exhibit C attached hereto, which
have
been delivered to the Custodian as of the Closing Date.
3
Custodian:
The
custodian under the Custodial Agreement, or its successor in interest or
assigns, or any successor to the Custodian under the Custodial Agreement
as
provided therein.
Cut-off
Date:
November 1, 2006.
Data
File:
The
electronic data file prepared by the Company and delivered to the Purchaser
including the data fields set forth on Exhibit D, with respect to the Mortgage
Loans.
Deleted
Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan which is repurchased by the Company in accordance with the
terms
of this Agreement.
Depositor:
The
depositor, as such term is defined in Regulation AB, with respect to any
Securitization Transaction.
Determination
Date:
The
Business Day immediately preceding the related Remittance Date.
Due
Date:
The day
of the month on which the Monthly Payment is due on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive
of any days of grace.
Due
Period:
With
respect to each Remittance Date, the period commencing on the second day
of the
month preceding the month of the Remittance Date and ending on the first
day of
the month of the Remittance Date.
Eligible
Account:
Either
(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 short-term
unsecured debt obligations of such holding company) are rated A-1 by S&P or
Prime-1 by Moody's (or a comparable rating if another rating agency is specified
by the Purchaser by written notice to the Company) at the time any amounts
are
held on deposit therein, (ii) an account or accounts the deposits in which
are
fully insured by the FDIC or (iii) a trust account or accounts maintained
with a
federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company acting
in its
fiduciary capacity. Eligible Accounts may bear interest.
Errors
and Omissions Insurance Policy:
An
errors and omissions insurance policy to be maintained by the Company pursuant
to Section 4.12.
Escrow
Account:
The
separate account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section
4.06.
Escrow
Payments:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts constituting ground rents, taxes,
assessments, water rates, sewer rents, municipal charges, mortgage insurance
premiums, fire and hazard insurance premiums, condominium charges, and any
other
payments required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant
to
the Mortgage or any other related document.
4
Event
of Default:
Any one
of the conditions or circumstances enumerated in Section 10.01.
Exchange
Act:
The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Xxxxxx
Mae:
The
Federal National Mortgage Association, or any successor thereto.
FDIC:
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor thereto.
Fidelity
Bond:
A
fidelity bond to be maintained by the Company pursuant to Section
4.12.
Final
Recovery Determination:
With
respect to any defaulted Mortgage Loan or any REO Property (other than a
Mortgage Loan or REO Property purchased by the Seller pursuant to this
Agreement), a determination made by the Seller that all Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries which the Seller, in
its
reasonable good faith judgment, expects to be finally recoverable in respect
thereof have been so recovered. The Seller shall maintain records, prepared
by a
servicing officer of the Seller, of each Final Recovery
Determination.
First
Remittance Date:
December 18, 2006.
Flood
Zone Service Contract:
A
transferable contract maintained for the Mortgaged Property with a flood
zone
service provider for the purpose of obtaining the current flood zone status
relating to such Mortgaged Property.
Xxxxxxx
Mac:
The
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any successor thereto.
Gross
Margin:
With
respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage amount
set
forth in the related Mortgage Note which is added to the Index in order to
determine the related Mortgage Interest Rate, as set forth in the respective
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
High
Cost Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan classified as (a) a “high cost” loan under the Home Ownership and
Equity Protection Act of 1994, (b) a “high cost home,” “threshold,” “covered,”
(excluding New Jersey “Covered Home Loans” as that term is defined in clause (1)
of the definition of that term in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security
Act of
2002), “high risk home,” “predatory” or similar loan under any other applicable
state, federal or local law or (c) a Mortgage Loan categorized as “High Cost”
pursuant to the Standard & Poor’s Glossary for File Format for LEVELS®
Version 5.7, Appendix E, in effect on the Closing Date.
Index:
With
respect to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the index identified on the
respective Mortgage Loan Schedule and set forth in the related Mortgage Note
for
the purpose of calculating the interest thereon.
Insurance
Proceeds:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of insurance policies insuring the
Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.
5
Interest
Only Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan for which an interest-only payment feature is allowed during
the
interest-only period set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
Lender
Paid Mortgage Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy:
A PMI
Policy for which the Purchaser or the Company pays all premiums from its
own
funds, without reimbursement therefor.
Liquidation
Proceeds:
Cash
received in connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan,
whether through the sale or assignment of such Mortgage Loan, trustee's sale,
foreclosure sale or otherwise, or the sale of the related Mortgaged Property
if
the Mortgaged Property is acquired in satisfaction of the Mortgage
Loan.
Loan-to-Value
Ratio or LTV:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the ratio of the original loan amount of the
Mortgage Loan at its origination (unless otherwise indicated) to the Appraised
Value of the Mortgaged Property.
Master
Servicer:
With
respect to any Securitization Transaction, the “master servicer,” if any,
identified in the related transaction documents.
Maximum
Mortgage Interest Rate:
With
respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, a rate that is set forth on
the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule and in the related Mortgage Note which is
the
maximum interest rate to which the Mortgage Interest Rate on such Mortgage
Loan
may be increased on any Adjustment Date..
MERS:
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or
any
successor in interest thereto.
MERS
Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan as to which the related Mortgage or Assignment of Mortgage
has
been registered with MERS on the MERS System.
MERS
System:
The
system of recording transfers of mortgages electronically maintained by
MERS.
MIN:
The
Mortgage Identification Number used to identify the Mortgage Loans.
Minimum
Mortgage Interest Rate:
With
respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, a rate that is set forth in
the
related Mortgage Note which is the minimum interest rate to which the Mortgage
Interest Rate on such Mortgage Loan may be decreased on any Adjustment
Date.
MOM
Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan for which MERS acts as the mortgagee of record of such Mortgage
Loan, solely as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its
successors and assigns, at the origination thereof.
Monthly
Advance:
The
portion of each Monthly Payment that is delinquent with respect to each Mortgage
Loan at the close of business on the Determination Date required to be advanced
by the Company pursuant to Section 5.03 on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Remittance Date of the related month.
6
Monthly
Payment:
The
scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest, or in the case of an
Interest Only Mortgage Loan, payments of (i) interest or (ii) principal and
interest, as applicable, on a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage:
The
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing a Mortgage Note, which
creates a first lien on an unsubordinated estate in fee simple in real property
securing the Mortgage Note.
Mortgage
Impairment Insurance Policy:
A
mortgage impairment or blanket hazard insurance policy as described in Section
4.11.
Mortgage
Interest Rate:
The
annual rate at which interest accrues on a Mortgage Note from time to
time..
Mortgage
Loan:
An
individual mortgage loan which is the subject of this Agreement, each Mortgage
Loan originally sold and subject to this Agreement being identified on the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan includes without limitation
the Custodial Mortgage File, the Monthly Payments, Principal Prepayments,
Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition
Proceeds and all other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising
from
or in connection with such Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage
Loan Documents:
With
respect to a Mortgage Loan, the documents listed on Exhibit C attached
hereto.
Mortgage
Loan Remittance Rate:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the annual rate of interest remitted to the
Purchaser, which shall be equal to the related Mortgage Interest Rate minus
the
Servicing Fee Rate.
Mortgage
Loan Schedule:
The
schedules of Mortgage Loans annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2,
such
schedules delivered to the Purchaser prior to the Closing Date and setting
forth
the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan: (1) the Company’s
Mortgage Loan number; (2) xxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx, xxxx, xxxxx and zip code of
the
Mortgaged Property; (3) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property
is a
single family residence, two-family residence, three-family residence,
four-family residence, planned unit development or condominium; (4) the Mortgage
Interest Rate as of the Cut-off Date; (5) the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate
as
of the Cut-off Date; (6) the Monthly Payment as of the Cut-off Date; (7)
the
Gross Margin; (8) the original term to maturity; (9) the scheduled maturity
date; (10) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date
after deduction of payments of principal due on or before the Cut-off Date
whether or not collected; (11) the Loan-to-Value Ratio; (12) the next Adjustment
Date immediately following the Cut-off Date; (13) the lifetime Periodic Interest
Rate Cap; (14) the Index; (15) the type of Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan;
(16)
the Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate; (17) the first Adjustment Date immediately
following origination; (18) whether the Mortgage Loan is convertible or not;
(19) a code indicating the mortgage guaranty insurance company; and (20)
the
Servicing Fee Rate.
7
Mortgage
Note:
The
original executed note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor
secured by a Mortgage and riders thereto.
Mortgaged
Property:
The
real property securing repayment of the debt evidenced by a Mortgage
Note.
Mortgagor:
The
obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Non-Assigned
Letter of Credit:
A
Letter of Credit in which the named beneficiary is the Company.
Nonrecoverable
Monthly Advance:
Any
Monthly Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage
Loan or REO Property that, in the good faith business judgment of the Company,
will not, or, in the case of a proposed Monthly Advance, would not be,
ultimately recoverable from related late payments, Insurance Proceeds or
Liquidation Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided
herein.
Officer's
Certificate:
A
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board or the Vice Chairman of the
Board or the President or a Vice President or an Assistant Vice President
and
certified by the Treasurer or the Secretary or one of the Assistant Treasurers
or Assistant Secretaries of the Company, and delivered to the Purchaser as
required by this Agreement.
Opinion
of Counsel:
A
written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of the Company, reasonably
acceptable to the Purchaser.
Periodic
Interest Rate Cap:
With
respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan and any Adjustment Date therefor,
a number of percentage points per annum that is set forth in the related
Data
File and in the related Mortgage Note, which is the maximum amount by which
the
Mortgage Interest Rate for such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan may increase
(without regard to the Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate) or decrease (without
regard to the Minimum Mortgage Interest Rate) on such Adjustment Date from
the
Mortgage Interest Rate in effect immediately prior to such Adjustment
Date.
Person:
Any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Pledged
Asset Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgagor has pledged financial assets as partial
collateral for the Mortgage Loan, in lieu of a cash down payment.
PMI
Policy:
A
policy of primary mortgage guaranty insurance evidenced by an electronic
form
and certificate number issued by a Qualified Insurer, as required by this
Agreement with respect to certain Mortgage Loans. The premiums on a PMI Policy
may be paid (i) by the Mortgagor or (ii) by the Company from its own funds,
without reimbursement, in the case of an LPMI Policy.
8
Prepayment
Penalty:
Payments penalties, fees or charges calculated pursuant to the Mortgage Note
and
due pursuant
to the terms of the
Mortgage
Loan as the result of a Principal Prepayment
of the
Mortgage Loan, not otherwise due thereon in respect of principal or
interest.
Prime
Rate:
The
prime rate announced to be in effect from time to time, as published as the
average rate in The
Wall Street Journal.
Principal
Prepayment:
Any
payment or other recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan which is received
in
advance of its scheduled Due Date, including any Prepayment Penalty or premium
thereon and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing
scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent
to
the month of prepayment.
Principal
Prepayment Period:
The
calendar month preceding the month in which the related Remittance Date
occurs.
Purchase
Price:
The
purchase price as adjusted for a mortgage loan pool as specified in the
respective Commitment Letter.
Purchaser:
HSBC
Bank USA, National Association, or its successor in interest or any successor
to
the Purchaser under this Agreement as herein provided.
Qualified
Correspondent:
Any
Person from which the Company purchased Mortgage Loans, provided that the
following conditions are satisfied: (i) such Mortgage Loans were originated
pursuant to an agreement between the Company and such Person that contemplated
that such Person would underwrite mortgage loans from time to time, for sale
to
the Company, in accordance with underwriting guidelines designated by the
Company (“Designated Guidelines”) or guidelines that do not vary materially from
such Designated Guidelines; (ii) such Mortgage Loans were in fact underwritten
as described in clause (i) above and were acquired by the Company within
180
days after origination; (iii) either (x) the Designated Guidelines were,
at the
time such Mortgage Loans were originated, used by the Company in origination
of
mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans for the Company’s own
account or (y) the Designated Guidelines were, at the time such Mortgage
Loans
were underwritten, designated by the Company on a consistent basis for use
by
lenders in originating mortgage loans to be purchased by the Company; and
(iv)
the Company employed, at the time such Mortgage Loans were acquired by the
Company, pre-purchase or post-purchase quality assurance procedures (which
may
involve, among other things, review of a sample of mortgage loans purchased
during a particular time period or through particular channels) designed
to
ensure that Persons from which it purchased mortgage loans properly applied
the
underwriting criteria designated by the Company.
Qualified
Depository:
A
deposit account or accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered
depository institution the deposits in which are insured by the FDIC to the
applicable limits and the short-term unsecured debt obligations of which
(or, in
the case of a depository institution that is a subsidiary of a holding company,
the short-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding company) are rated
A-1
by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or Prime-1 by Xxxxx’x Investors
Service, Inc. (or a comparable rating if another rating agency is specified
by
the Purchaser by written notice to the Company) at the time any deposits
are
held on deposit therein.
9
Qualified
Insurer:
A
mortgage guaranty insurance company duly authorized and licensed where required
by law to transact mortgage guaranty insurance business and approved as an
insurer by Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac.
Rate/Term
Refinancing:
A
Refinanced Mortgage Loan, the proceeds of which are not in excess of the
existing first mortgage loan on the related Mortgaged Property and related
closing costs, and were used exclusively to satisfy the then existing first
mortgage loan of the Mortgagor on the related Mortgaged Property and to pay
related closing costs.
Rating
Agency:
Each of
Fitch, Inc., Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services and Dominion Bond Rating Service, Inc., or any successor
thereto.
Reconstitution:
Any
Securitization Transaction, Agency Transfer or Whole Loan Transfer.
Reconstitution
Agreement:
The
agreement or agreements entered into by the Company and the Purchaser and/or
certain third parties on the Reconstitution Date or Dates with respect to
any or
all of the Mortgage Loans serviced hereunder, in connection with a Whole
Loan
Transfer or Securitization Transaction.
Reconstitution
Date:
The
date on which any or all of the Mortgage Loans serviced under this Agreement
shall be reconstituted as part of an Agency Transfer, Securitization Transaction
or Whole Loan Transfer pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof. The Reconstitution
Date
shall be such date which the Purchaser shall designate.
Refinanced
Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which were not used to purchase the related
Mortgaged Property.
Regulation
AB:
Subpart
229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
§§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject
to
such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission
in
the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No.
33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the
Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time
to
time.
REMIC:
A "real
estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of Section 860D of
the
Code.
REMIC
Provisions:
Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to a REMIC, which appear
at
Section 860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1, Subtitle A of the
Code,
and related provisions, regulations, rulings or pronouncements promulgated
thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.
10
Remittance
Date:
The
18th day (or if such 18th day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day
immediately following) of any month, beginning with the First Remittance
Date.
REO
Account:
The
separate trust account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to this
Agreement which shall be entitled “[Seller] in trust for the Purchaser, as of
[date of acquisition of title], Fixed and Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans”.
REO
Disposition:
The
final sale by the Company of any REO Property.
REO
Disposition Proceeds:
All
amounts received with respect to an REO Disposition pursuant to Section
4.16.
REO
Property:
A
Mortgaged Property acquired by the Company on behalf of the Purchaser through
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, as described in Section
4.16.
Repurchase
Price:
A price
equal to (i) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the
date on
which such repurchase takes place, plus (ii) interest on such Stated Principal
Balance at the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate from the date on which interest
has
last been paid and distributed to the Purchaser through the last day of the
month in which such repurchase takes place, less amounts received or advanced
in
respect of such repurchased Mortgage Loan which are being held in the Custodial
Account for distribution in the month of repurchase.
Securities
Act:
The
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securitization
Transaction:
Any
transaction involving either (a) a sale or other transfer of some or all
of the
Mortgage Loans directly or indirectly to an issuing entity in connection
with an
issuance of publicly offered or privately placed, rated or unrated
mortgage-backed securities or (b) an issuance of publicly offered or privately
placed, rated or unrated mortgage-backed securities, the payments on which
are
determined primarily by reference to one or more portfolios of residential
mortgage loans consisting, in whole or in part, of some or all of the Mortgage
Loans.
Servicer:
As
defined in Section 9.01(e)(iii).
Servicing
Advances:
All
customary, reasonable and necessary "out of pocket" costs and expenses other
than Monthly Advances (including reasonable attorney's fees and disbursements)
incurred in the performance by the Company of its servicing obligations,
including, but not limited to, the cost of (a) the preservation, restoration
and
protection of the Mortgaged Property, (b) any enforcement or judicial
proceedings, including foreclosures, (c) the management and liquidation of
any
REO Property and (d) compliance with the obligations under Section 4.08
(excluding the Company’s obligation to pay the premiums on LPMI Policies) and
4.10.
Servicing
Criteria:
The
“servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such may be
amended from time to time.
Servicing
Fee:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the amount of the annual fee the Purchaser
shall
pay to the Company, which shall, for a period of one full month, be equal
to
one-twelfth of the product of (a) the Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the unpaid
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan. Such fee shall be payable monthly,
computed on the basis of the same principal amount and period respecting
which
any related interest payment on a Mortgage Loan is received. The obligation
of
the Purchaser to pay the Servicing Fee is limited to, and the Servicing Fee
is
payable solely from, the interest portion (including recoveries with respect
to
interest from Liquidation Proceeds, to the extent permitted by Section 4.05)
of
such Monthly Payment collected by the Company, or as otherwise provided under
Section 4.05.
11
Servicing
Fee Rate:
0.3750%
per annum per Mortgage Loan.
Servicing
File:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file consisting of the Mortgage Loan
Documents listed as items 13 through 28 of Exhibit C attached hereto, plus
copies of all Mortgage Loan Documents contained in the Custodial Mortgage
File
is retained by the Company.
Servicing
Officer:
Any
officer of the Company involved in or responsible for the administration
and
servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name appears on a list of servicing
officers furnished by the Company to the Purchaser upon request, as such
list
may from time to time be amended.
Stated
Principal Balance:
As to
each Mortgage Loan and as of any date of determination, (i) the principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan at the Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments
of principal due on or before such date, whether or not received, minus (ii)
all
amounts previously distributed to the Purchaser with respect to the related
Mortgage Loan representing payments or recoveries of principal or advances
in
lieu thereof.
Static
Pool Information:
Static
pool information as described in Item 1105(a)(1)-(3) and 1105(c) of Regulation
AB.
Subcontractor:
Any
vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall
servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the
mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or
more
discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect
to
Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the Company or a
Subservicer.
Subservicer:
Any
Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Company or any Subservicer
and is responsible for the performance (whether directly or through Subservicers
or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the material servicing functions
required to be performed by the Company under this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation
AB.
Subsidy
Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan subject to a temporary interest subsidy agreement pursuant
to
which the monthly interest payments made by the related Mortgagor will be
less
than the scheduled monthly interest payments on such Mortgage Loan, with
the
resulting difference in interest payments being provided by the employer
of the
Mortgagor.
12
Tax
Service Contract:
A
transferable contract maintained for the Mortgaged Property with a tax service
provider for the purpose of obtaining current information from local taxing
authorities relating to such Mortgaged Property.
Third-Party
Originator:
Each
Person, other than a Qualified Correspondent, that originated Mortgage Loans
acquired by the Company.
Time$aver®
Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan which has been refinanced pursuant to a Company program that
allows a rate/term refinance of an existing Company serviced loan with minimal
documentation.
Underwriting
Guidelines:
The
underwriting guidelines of the Company, a copy of which has been delivered
by
the Company to the Purchaser.
Unverified
Information:
With
respect to the Mortgage Loans listed on the attached Exhibit E, information
regarding the Mortgagor’s income, source of income, or assets that is stated on
the loan application by the Mortgagor but not verified in the origination
process, pursuant to the applicable Underwriting Guidelines.
Whole
Loan Transfer:
Any
sale or transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans other than a
Securitization Transaction or Agency Transfer.
ARTICLE
II
CONVEYANCE
OF MORTGAGE LOANS; POSSESSION OF CUSTODIAL MORTGAGE FILES; BOOKS AND RECORDS;
CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT; DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS
Section
2.01
|
Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans; Possession of Custodial Mortgage Files; Maintenance
of
Servicing Files.
|
The
Company, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
does
hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Purchaser, without
recourse, but subject to the terms of this Agreement, all the right, title
and
interest of the Company in and to the Mortgage Loans, together with the
Custodial Mortgage Files and all rights and obligations arising under the
documents contained therein. Pursuant to Section 2.03, the Company has delivered
the Custodial Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan to the
Custodian.
The
Mortgage Loan Documents not delivered to the Custodian are and shall be held
in
trust by the Company for the benefit of the Purchaser as the owner thereof.
The
Company shall maintain a Servicing File consisting of a copy of the contents
of
each Custodial Mortgage File. The possession of each Servicing File by the
Company is at the will of the Purchaser for the sole purpose of servicing
the
related Mortgage Loan, and such retention and possession by the Company is
in a
custodial capacity only. Upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans the ownership
of
each Mortgage Note, the related Mortgage and the related Custodial Mortgage
File
and Servicing File shall vest immediately in the Purchaser. The Servicing
File
retained by the Company shall be appropriately identified in the Company’s
computer system to clearly reflect the sale of each related Mortgage Loan
to the
Purchaser. The ownership of all records and documents with respect to the
related Mortgage Loan prepared by or which come into the possession of the
Company shall vest immediately in the Purchaser and shall be retained and
maintained by the Company, in trust, at the will of the Purchaser and only
in
such custodial capacity. The Company shall release its custody of the contents
of any Servicing File only in accordance with written instructions from the
Purchaser, unless such release is required as incidental to the Company's
servicing of the Mortgage Loans or is in connection with a repurchase of
any
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 or 6.02.
Company
shall not be responsible for any such costs associated with the release,
transfer and re-delivery of
any Custodial Mortgage Files and/or Servicing Files between the
parties
unless
the Company is releasing, transferring or re-delivering such Custodial Mortgage
Files and/or Servicing Files in connection with the repurchase of such Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 or 6.02
13
In
addition, in connection with the assignment of any MERS Mortgage Loan, the
Company agrees that it will cause the MERS System to indicate that such Mortgage
Loan has been assigned by the Company to the Purchaser in accordance with
this
Agreement by including (or deleting, in the case of a Mortgage Loan repurchased
in accordance with this Agreement) in such computer files the information
required by the MERS System to identify the Purchaser as the beneficial owner
of
such Mortgage Loan.
Section
2.02
|
Books
and Records; Transfers of Mortgage Loans.
|
From
and
after the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser all rights arising
out of
the Mortgage Loans, including, but not limited to, all funds received on
or in
connection with the Mortgage Loans, shall be received and held by the Company
in
trust for the benefit of the Purchaser as owner of the Mortgage Loans, and
the
Company shall retain record title to the related Mortgages for the sole purpose
of facilitating the servicing and the supervision of the servicing of the
Mortgage Loans.
It
is the
express intention of the parties that the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement be, and be construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Company
and not a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the Company to the Purchaser to
secure
a debt or other obligation of the Company. Consequently, the sale of each
Mortgage Loan shall be reflected on the Company's balance sheet and other
financial statements as a sale of assets by the Company. The Company shall
be
responsible for maintaining, and shall maintain, a complete set of books
and
records for each Mortgage Loan which shall be marked clearly to reflect the
ownership of each Mortgage Loan by the Purchaser. In particular, the Company
shall maintain in its possession, available for inspection by the Purchaser,
or
its designee, and shall deliver to the Purchaser upon demand, evidence of
compliance with all federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations,
and
requirements of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac, including but not limited to
documentation as to the method used in determining the applicability of the
provisions of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, to the
Mortgaged Property, documentation evidencing insurance coverage and eligibility
of any condominium project for approval by Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac and
records
of periodic inspections as required by Section 4.13. To the extent that original
documents are not required for purposes of realization of Liquidation Proceeds
or Insurance Proceeds, documents maintained by the Company may be in the
form of
microfilm or microfiche or such other reliable means of recreating original
documents, including but not limited to, optical imagery techniques so long
as
the Company complies with the requirements of the Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac
Selling and Servicing Guide, as amended from time to time.
14
The
Company shall maintain with respect to each Mortgage Loan and shall make
available for inspection by the Purchaser or its designee the related Servicing
File during the time the Purchaser retains ownership of a Mortgage Loan and
thereafter in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
The
Company shall keep at its servicing office books and records in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall note
transfers of Mortgage Loans. No transferee of a Mortgage Loan shall be
recognized by the Company hereunder unless such transfer is in compliance
with
the terms hereof. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall be
under
no obligation to deal with any Person with respect to this Agreement or the
Mortgage Loans unless the books and records show such Person as the owner
of the
Mortgage Loan. The Purchaser may, subject to the terms of this Agreement,
sell
and transfer one or more of the Mortgage Loans. The Purchaser shall advise
the
Company of the transfer. Upon receipt of notice of the transfer, the Company
shall xxxx its books and records to reflect the ownership of the Mortgage
Loans
of such assignee, and shall release the previous Purchaser from its obligations
hereunder with respect to the Mortgage Loans sold or transferred. Such
notification of a transfer shall include a final loan schedule which shall
be
received by the Company no fewer than five (5) Business Days before the last
Business Day of the month. If such notification is not received as specified
above, the Company’s duties to remit and report as required by Section 5 shall
begin with the next Due Period.
Upon
request from the Purchaser, at the Purchaser’s expense, the Company shall
deliver no later than twenty (20) Business Days after such request any Mortgage
Loan Document, or copies thereof, to the Purchaser at the direction of the
Purchaser. An extension of this date may be requested from the Purchaser,
which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Purchaser shall return any
Mortgage Loan Document therein delivered pursuant to this Section 2.02 no
later
than ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof. In the event that the
Company
fails to make delivery of the requested Mortgage Loan Document therein, or
copies thereof, as required under this Section 2.02, the Company shall
repurchase, in accordance with this Agreement, the related Mortgage Loan
within
twenty (20) Business Days of a request to do so by the Purchaser.
Section
2.03
|
Custodial
Agreement; Delivery of Documents.
|
The
Company has delivered to the Custodian, at least five (5) Business Days prior
to
the Closing Date, those Mortgage Loan Documents as contained in the Custodial
Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement with respect to each Mortgage
Loan.
The
Custodian has certified its receipt of all such Mortgage Loan Documents in
each
Custodial Mortgage File required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement,
as
evidenced by the trust receipt and/or initial certification of the Custodian
in
the form annexed to the Custodial Agreement. The Purchaser will be responsible
for the fees and expenses of the Custodian.
15
The
Company shall provide to each of the Purchaser and the Custodian a notice
containing a list of authorized servicing officers (each, an “Authorized
Representative”) for the purpose of giving and receiving notices, requests and
instructions and delivering certificates and documents in connection with
this
Agreement. Such notice shall contain the specimen signature for each Authorized
Representative. From time to time, the Company may, by delivering to the
others
a revised notice, change the information previously given pursuant to this
Section, but each of the parties hereto shall be entitled to rely conclusively
on the then current notice until receipt of a superseding notice.
The
Company shall forward to the Custodian original documents evidencing an
assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of any Mortgage Loan
entered into in accordance with Section 4.01 or 6.01 within one week of their
execution, provided, however, that the Company shall provide the Custodian
with
a certified true copy of any such document submitted for recordation within
ten
(10) days of its execution, and shall provide the original of any document
submitted for recordation or a copy of such document certified by the
appropriate public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original within sixty (60) days of its submission for recordation.
In
the
event the public recording office is delayed in returning any original document,
the Company shall deliver to the Custodian within 240 days of its submission
for
recordation, a copy of such document and an Officer's Certificate, which
shall
(i) identify the recorded document; (ii) state that the recorded document
has
not been delivered to the Custodian due solely to a delay by the public
recording office, (iii) state the amount of time generally required by the
applicable recording office to record and return a document submitted for
recordation, and (iv) specify the date the applicable recorded document will
be
delivered to the Custodian. The Company will be required to deliver the document
to the Custodian by the date specified in (iv) above. An extension of the
date
specified in (iv) above may be requested from the Purchaser, which consent
shall
not be unreasonably withheld.
Prior
to
Company’s receipt of the Purchase Price, the Purchaser shall cause the Custodian
to act as bailee for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company pursuant
to
the Custodial Agreement and this Agreement and act only in accordance with
Company’s instructions. Upon the Company’s receipt of the Purchase Price, the
Company shall provide notification to the Custodian to release the ownership
of
the Mortgage Loan Documents delivered in the Custodial Mortgage File to the
Purchaser. Such notification shall be in a form of a written notice by facsimile
or other electronic media, with a copy sent to the Purchaser. Subsequent
to such
release, such Mortgage Loan Documents shall be retained by the Custodian
for the
benefit of the Purchaser. All Mortgage Loan Documents related to Mortgage
Loans
not purchased by the Purchaser on the Closing Date shall be maintained by
the
Custodian for the benefit of the Company and shall be returned to the Company
within two (2) Business Days after the Closing Date.
Section
2.04 Examination
of Mortgage Files; Quality Control Procedures
16
Prior
to
the Closing Date, the Company shall (a) deliver to the Purchaser in escrow,
for
examination, the Custodial Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan, including
a
copy of the Assignment of Mortgage, pertaining to each Mortgage Loan, or
(b)
make the Servicing Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser for examination
at
the Company's offices or such other location as shall otherwise be agreed
upon
by the Purchaser and the Company. Such examination may be made by the Purchaser
at any time before or after the Closing Date or by any prospective purchaser
of
the Mortgage Loans from the Purchaser, at any time after the Closing Date
upon
prior reasonable notice to the Company. If the Purchaser makes such examination
prior to the Closing Date and identifies any Mortgage Loans that do not conform
to the terms of the this Agreement or the Company’s Underwriting Guidelines,
such Mortgage Loans may, at the Purchaser's option, be rejected for purchase
by
the Purchaser. If not purchased by the Purchaser, such Mortgage Loans shall
be
deleted from the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. The fact that the Purchaser
or
any prospective purchaser of the Mortgage Loans has conducted or has failed
to
conduct any partial or complete examination of the Custodial Mortgage Files
shall not affect the Purchaser's (or any of its successor's) rights to demand
repurchase or other relief or remedy as provided under this
Agreement.
Section
2.05 Representations,
Warranties and Agreements of Company.
The
Company agrees and acknowledges that it shall, as a condition to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, make the representations
and warranties specified in Section 3.01 and 3.02 of this Agreement, as of
the
Closing Date. The Company, without conceding that the Mortgage Loans are
securities, hereby makes the following additional representations, warranties
and agreements which shall be deemed to have been made as of the Closing
Date:
(a)
|
neither
the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered, transferred,
pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of any Mortgage Loans, any
interest in
any Mortgage Loans or any other similar security to, or solicited
any
offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition
of any
Mortgage Loans, any interest in any Mortgage Loans or any other
similar
security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect
to any
Mortgage Loans, any interest in any Mortgage Loans or any other
similar
security with, any Person in any manner, or made any general solicitation
by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken
any other
action which would constitute a distribution of the Mortgage Loans
under
the Securities Act or which would render the disposition of any
Mortgage
Loans a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require
registration pursuant thereto, nor will it act, nor has it authorized
or
will it authorize any Person to act, in such manner with respect
to the
Mortgage Loans; and
|
(b)
|
the
Company has not dealt with any broker or agent or anyone else who
might be
entitled to a fee or commission in connection with this transaction
other
than the Purchaser.
|
Section
2.06 Representation,
Warranties and Agreement of Purchaser.
17
The
Purchaser, without conceding that the Mortgage Loans are securities, hereby
makes the following representations, warranties and agreements, which shall
have
been deemed to have been made as of the Closing Date.
(a)
|
the
Purchaser understands that the Mortgage Loans have not been registered
under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any
state;
|
(b)
|
the
Purchaser is acquiring the Mortgage Loans for its own account only
and not
for any other Person;
|
(c)
|
the
Purchaser considers itself a substantial, sophisticated institutional
investor having such knowledge and experience in financial and
business
matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
investment in the Mortgage Loans;
|
(d)
|
the
Purchaser has been furnished with all information regarding the
Mortgage
Loans which it has requested from the Company;
and
|
(e)
|
neither
the Purchaser nor anyone acting on its behalf offered, transferred,
pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of any Mortgage Loan, any interest
in
any Mortgage Loan or any other similar security to, or solicited
any offer
to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of any
Mortgage
Loan, any interest in any Mortgage Loan or any other similar security
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to any
Mortgage
Loan, any interest in any Mortgage Loan or any other similar security
with, any Person in any manner, or made any general solicitation
by means
of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other
action
which would constitute a distribution of the Mortgage Loans under
the
Securities Act or which would render the disposition of any Mortgage
Loan
a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require registration
pursuant thereto, nor will it act, nor has it authorized or will
it
authorize any Person to act, in such manner with respect to the
Mortgage
Loans.
|
Section
2.07 Closing.
The
closing for the purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans, shall take place
on the
Closing Date. At the Purchaser's option, the closing shall be either: by
telephone, confirmed by letter or wire as the parties shall agree; or conducted
in person, at such place as the parties shall agree.
The
closing shall be subject to each of the following conditions:
(a)
|
all
of the representations and warranties of the Company under this
Agreement
shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date and no event shall
have
occurred which, with notice or the passage of time, would constitute
an
Event of Default under this
Agreement;
|
(b)
|
the
Purchaser shall have received, or the Purchaser's attorneys shall
have
received in escrow, all Closing Documents, in such forms as are
agreed
upon and acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed by all signatories
other than the Purchaser as required pursuant to the respective
terms
thereof;
|
18
(c)
|
the
Company shall have delivered to the Custodian under this Agreement
all
documents required pursuant to this Agreement and released the
ownership
in such documents upon receipt from the Purchaser of the Purchase
Price;
and
|
(d)
|
all
other terms and conditions of this Agreement shall have been complied
with.
|
Subject
to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall pay to the Company on the
Closing Date the Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available
funds
to the account designated by the Company.
Section
2.08 Closing
Documents.
With
respect to the Mortgage Loans, the closing documents shall consist of fully
executed originals of the following documents:
(a)
|
this
Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date, in two
counterparts;
|
(b)
|
the
Mortgage Loan Schedules, one copy to be attached to each counterpart
of
this Agreement;
|
(c)
|
a
trust receipt and/or initial certification, pursuant to the Custodial
Agreement between Purchaser and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. as custodian,
dated
June 1, 2005;
|
(d) a
Custodial Account Letter Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit L
hereto;
(e)
|
an
Escrow Account Letter Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit
K
hereto;
|
(f)
|
an
Officer's Certificate, in the form of Exhibit J hereto, including
all
attachments thereto;
|
(g)
|
the
Underwriting Guidelines;
|
(h)
|
an
Opinion of Counsel of the Company, in the form of Exhibit F hereto;
and
|
(i)
|
the
Commitment Letters.
|
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES REMEDIES AND BREACH
Section
3.01 Company
Representations and Warranties.
19
The
Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser that, as of the Closing
Date:
(a)
|
Due
Organization and Authority.
|
The
Company is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing
and
in good standing under the laws of the United States and has all licenses
necessary to carry on its business as now being conducted and is licensed,
qualified and in good standing in each state where a Mortgaged Property is
located if the laws of such state require licensing or qualification in order
to
conduct business of the type conducted by the Company, and in any event the
Company is in compliance with the laws of any such state to the extent necessary
to ensure the enforceability of the related Mortgage Loan and the servicing
of
such Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; the Company
has the full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and
to
perform in accordance herewith; the execution, delivery and performance of
this
Agreement (including all instruments of transfer to be delivered pursuant
to
this Agreement) by the Company and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized; this Agreement
evidences the valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company; and
all
requisite action has been taken by the Company to make this Agreement valid
and
binding upon the Company in accordance with its terms;
(b)
|
Ordinary
Course of Business.
|
The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the
ordinary course of business of the Company, who is in the business of selling
and servicing loans, and the transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage
Notes and the Mortgages by the Company pursuant to this Agreement are not
subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect
in
any applicable jurisdiction;
(c)
|
No
Conflicts.
|
Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the acquisition of the Mortgage
Loans by the Company, the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser or
the
transactions contemplated hereby, nor the fulfillment of or compliance with
the
terms and conditions of this Agreement will conflict with or result in a
breach
of any of the terms, articles of incorporation or by-laws or any legal
restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the Company is now a
party
or by which it is bound, or result in an acceleration under any such agreement
or instrument, or constitute a default or result in the violation of any
law,
rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Company or its property
is subject, or impair the ability of the Purchaser to realize on the Mortgage
Loans, or impair the value of the Mortgage Loans;
20
(d)
|
Ability
to Service.
|
The
Company is an approved seller/servicer of conventional residential mortgage
loans for Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac, with the facilities, procedures, and
experienced personnel necessary for the sound servicing of mortgage loans
of the
same type as the Mortgage Loans. The Company is a HUD approved mortgagee
pursuant to Section 203 of the National Housing Act and is in good standing
to sell mortgage loans to and service mortgage loans for Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx
Mac, and no event has occurred, including but not limited to a change in
insurance coverage, which would make the Company unable to comply with Xxxxxx
Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac eligibility requirements or which would require notification
to either Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac;
(e)
|
Reasonable
Servicing Fee.
|
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Servicing Fee represents reasonable
compensation for performing such services and that the entire Servicing Fee
shall be treated by the Company, for accounting and tax purposes, as
compensation for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans pursuant
to this Agreement;
(f)
|
Ability
to Perform.
|
The
Company does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe,
that
it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this Agreement. The
Company is solvent and the sale of the Mortgage Loans will not cause the
Company
to become insolvent. The sale of the Mortgage Loans is not undertaken to
hinder,
delay or defraud any of the Company's creditors;
(g)
|
No
Litigation Pending.
|
There
is
no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against
the
Company which, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result
in any
material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition,
properties or assets of the Company, or in any material impairment of the
right
or ability of the Company to carry on its business substantially as now
conducted, or in any material liability on the part of the Company, or which
would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans
or
of any action taken or to be contemplated herein, or which would be likely
to
impair materially the ability of the Company to enter into or perform under
the
terms of this Agreement;
(h)
|
No
Consent Required.
|
No
consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency
or
body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of
or compliance by the Company with this Agreement or the sale of the Mortgage
Loans as evidenced by the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this
Agreement, or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the Closing
Date;
21
(i)
|
Selection
Process.
|
The
Mortgage Loans were selected from among the outstanding fixed rate and
adjustable rate, one- to four-family mortgage loans in the Company's mortgage
banking portfolio at the Closing Date as to which the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.02 could be made and such selection was
not
made in a manner so as to affect adversely the interests of the Purchaser;
(j)
|
No
Untrue Information.
|
Neither
this Agreement nor any statement, report or other document furnished or to
be
furnished pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of fact or omits to state
a
fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not
misleading;
(k)
|
Sale
Treatment.
|
The
Company has determined that the disposition of the Mortgage Loans pursuant
to
this Agreement will be afforded sale treatment for accounting and tax purposes;
(l)
|
No
Material Change.
|
There
has
been no material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition
or assets of the Company since the date of the Company’s most recent financial
statements;
(m)
|
No
Brokers’ Fees.
|
The
Company has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other
Person
that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in the connection
with
the sale of the Mortgage Loans;
(n)
|
MERS.
|
The
Company is a member of MERS in good standing;
Section
3.02 Representations
and Warranties Regarding Individual Mortgage Loans.
As
to
each Mortgage Loan, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser
that as of the Closing Date:
(a)
|
Mortgage
Loans as Described.
|
22
The
information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedules attached hereto as Exhibit
A-1 and Exhibit A-2 and the information contained on the electronic Data
Files
delivered to the Purchaser is true and correct, provided that the Company
makes
no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of Unverified
Information;
(b)
|
Payments
Current.
|
All
payments required to be made up to the Cut-off Date for the Mortgage Loan
under
the terms of the Mortgage Note have been made and credited. No payment under
any
Mortgage Loan has been thirty (30) days delinquent more than one time within
twelve (12) months prior to the Closing Date;
(c)
|
No
Outstanding Charges.
|
There
are
no defaults in complying with the terms of the Mortgages, and all taxes,
governmental assessments, ground rents, insurance premiums, leasehold payments,
water, sewer and municipal charges, which previously became due and owing
have
been paid, or an escrow of funds has been established in an amount sufficient
to
pay for every such item which remains unpaid and which has been assessed
but is
not yet due and payable. The Company has not advanced funds, or induced,
or
solicited directly or indirectly, the payment of any amount required under
the
Mortgage Loan, except for interest accruing from the date of the Mortgage
Note
or date of disbursement of the Mortgage Loan proceeds, whichever is later,
to
the day which precedes by one (1) month the Due Date of the first installment
of
principal and interest;
(d)
|
Original
Terms Unmodified.
|
The
terms
of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage, have not been impaired, waived, altered
or
modified in any respect, except by a written instrument which has been recorded
or registered with the MERS System, if necessary, to protect the interests
of
the Purchaser and is retained by the Company in the Servicing File; the related
Mortgage Note has been delivered to the Custodian. The substance of any such
waiver, alteration or modification has been approved by the issuer of any
related PMI Policy and the title insurer, to the extent required by the policy,
and its terms are reflected on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. No Mortgagor
has been released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an assumption
agreement approved by the issuer of any related PMI Policy and the title
insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and which assumption agreement
is
part of the Custodial Mortgage File delivered to the Custodian and the terms
of
which are reflected in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(e)
|
No
Defenses.
|
The
Mortgage Loan is not subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim
or defense, including without limitation the defense of usury, nor will the
operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage, or the
exercise of any right thereunder, render either the Mortgage Note or the
Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including without limitation
the
defense of usury, and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim
or
defense has been asserted with respect thereto;
23
(f)
|
No
Satisfaction of Mortgage.
|
The
Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded, in
whole
or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien
of
the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that
would effect any such satisfaction, release, cancellation, subordination
or
rescission;
(g)
|
Validity
of Mortgage Documents.
|
The
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and related documents are genuine, and each
is
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof enforceable
in
accordance with its terms. All parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage
had
legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver
the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, and the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have
been
duly and properly executed by such parties. The Company has reviewed all
documents constituting the Custodial Mortgage File and has made such inquiries
as it deems necessary to make and confirm the accuracy of the representations
set forth herein;
(h)
|
No
Fraud.
|
No
error,
omission, misrepresentation, negligence, fraud or similar occurrence with
respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of the Company, or
the
Mortgagor (except with respect to the accuracy of Unverified Information
contained in any documents), or to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any
appraiser, any builder, or any developer, or any other party involved in
the
origination of the Mortgage Loan or in the application of any insurance in
relation to such Mortgage Loan;
(i)
|
Compliance
with Applicable Laws.
|
Any
and
all requirements of any federal, state or local law including, without
limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer
credit protection and privacy, equal credit opportunity, disclosure, fair
housing and predatory and abusive and fair lending laws applicable to the
Mortgage Loan have been complied with. All inspections, licenses and
certificates required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions
of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of the
same, including, but not limited to, certificates of occupancy and fire
underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from the appropriate
authorities;
24
(j)
|
Location
and Type of Mortgaged Property.
|
The
Mortgaged Property is located in the state identified in the related Mortgage
Loan Schedule and consists of a contiguous parcel of real property with a
detached single family residence erected thereon, or a two- to four-family
dwelling, or an individual condominium unit in a condominium project, or
an
individual unit in a planned unit development or a townhouse, provided, however,
that any condominium project or planned unit development shall conform to
the
applicable Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac requirements, or the Underwriting
Guidelines, regarding such dwellings, and no residence or dwelling is a mobile
home. As of the respective appraisal
date for
each Mortgaged Property, any
Mortgaged Property being
used for commercial purposes conforms to the Underwriting Guidelines and,
to the
best of the Company’s knowledge, since the date of such appraisal, no portion of
the Mortgaged Property was being used for commercial purposes outside of
the
Underwriting Guidelines;
(k)
|
Valid
First Lien.
|
The
Mortgage is a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the Mortgaged
Property, including all buildings on the Mortgaged Property and all
installations and mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning
systems located in or annexed to such buildings, and all additions, alterations
and replacements made at any time with respect to the foregoing. The lien
of the
Mortgage is subject only to:
(1)
|
the
lien of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due
and
payable;
|
(2)
|
covenants,
conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other
matters of
the public record as of the date of recording acceptable to mortgage
lending institutions generally and specifically referred to in
the
lender's title insurance policy delivered to the originator of
the
Mortgage Loan and (i) referred to or otherwise considered in the
appraisal
made for the originator of the Mortgage Loan and (ii) which do
not
adversely affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property
set forth
in such appraisal; and
|
(3)
|
other
matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do
not
materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended
to be
provided by the mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability
of
the related Mortgaged Property.
|
25
Any
security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and
delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a
valid,
subsisting and enforceable first lien and first priority security interest
on
the property described therein and the Company has full right to sell and
assign
the same to the Purchaser;
(l)
|
Full
Disbursement of Proceeds.
|
The
proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed, except for escrows
established or created due to seasonal weather conditions, and there is no
requirement for future advances thereunder. All costs, fees and expenses
incurred in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording of the
Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of any
amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage. No
escrow
holdback will result in any understated finance charge to the Borrower other
than permitted by applicable law;
(m)
|
Consolidation
of Future Advances.
|
Any
future advances made prior to the Cut-off Date, have been consolidated with
the
outstanding principal amount secured by the Mortgage, and the secured principal
amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest rate and single repayment
term
reflected on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. The lien of the Mortgage
securing the consolidated principal amount is expressly insured as having
first
lien priority by a title insurance policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring
the mortgagee’s consolidated interest or by other title evidence acceptable to
Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac; the consolidated principal amount does not exceed
the
original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan; the Company shall not make
future advances after the Cut-off Date;
(n)
|
Ownership.
|
The
Company is the sole owner of record and holder of the Mortgage Loan and the
related Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not assigned or pledged, and the
Company has good and marketable title thereto and has full right and authority
to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser. The Company is
transferring the Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all encumbrances,
liens, pledges, equities, participation interests, claims, charges or security
interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan;
(o)
|
Origination/Doing
Business.
|
The
Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, a savings
bank,
a commercial bank, a credit union, an insurance company, or similar institution
that is supervised and examined by a federal or state authority or by a
mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant
to
Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act. All parties which have
had any
interest in the Mortgage Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or
otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held and disposed of
such
interest, were) (1) in compliance with any and all applicable licensing
requirements of the laws of the state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located,
and (2) organized under the laws of such state, or (3) qualified to do business
in such state, or (4) federal savings and loan associations or national banks
having principal offices in such state, or (5) not doing business in such
state;
26
(p)
|
LTV,
PMI Policy.
|
No
Mortgage Loan has an LTV or CLTV greater than 100%. Except as indicated on
the
related Data File, if the LTV of the Mortgage Loans was greater than 80%
at the
time of origination, a portion of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan is and will be insured as to payment defaults by a PMI Policy. If the
Mortgage Loan is insured by a PMI Policy which is not an LPMI Policy, the
coverage will remain in place until (i) the LTV decreases to 78% or (ii)
the PMI
Policy is otherwise terminated pursuant to the Homeowners Protection Act
of
1998, 12 USC §4901, et seq. All provisions of such PMI Policy or LPMI Policy
have been and are being complied with, such policy is in full force and effect,
and all premiums due thereunder have been paid. The Qualified Insurer has
a
claims paying ability acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac. Any Mortgage
Loan
subject to a PMI Policy or an LPMI Policy obligates the Mortgagor or the
Company
to maintain the PMI Policy or LPMI Policy, as applicable, and to pay all
premiums and charges in connection therewith. The Mortgage Interest Rate
for the
Mortgage Loan as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule is net of
any
such insurance premium;
(q)
|
Title
Insurance.
|
The
Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender's title insurance policy (or in
the
case of any Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in a
jurisdiction where such policies are generally not available, an opinion
of
counsel of the type customarily rendered in such jurisdiction in lieu of
title
insurance), or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance acceptable
to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, issued by a title insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx
Mae
or Xxxxxxx Mac and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the
Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the Company, its successors and assigns,
as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount
of the Mortgage Loan, subject only to the exceptions contained in clauses
(1),
(2) and (3) of Paragraph (k) of this Section 3.02, and against any loss by
reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the
provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment to the Mortgage Interest
Rate and Monthly Payment Additionally, such lender's title insurance policy
includes no exceptions regarding ingress, egress or encroachments that impact
the value or the marketability of the Mortgaged Property. The Company is
the
sole insured of such lender's title insurance policy, and such lender's title
insurance policy is in full force and effect and will be in force and effect
upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
No
claims have been made under such lender's title insurance policy, and no
prior
holder of the Mortgage, including the Company, has done, by act or omission,
anything which would impair the coverage of such lender's title insurance
policy;
27
(r)
|
No
Defaults.
|
There
is
no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the
Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event which, with the passage of time
or
with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute
a
default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, and neither the Company
nor
its predecessors have waived any default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration;
(s)
|
No
Mechanics' Liens.
|
There
are
no mechanics' or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work,
labor
or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give
rise to
such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be
liens
prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage which
are not
insured against by the title insurance policy referenced in Paragraph (q)
above;
(t)
|
Location
of Improvements; No Encroachments.
|
Except
as
insured against by the title insurance policy referenced in Paragraph (q)
above,
all improvements which were considered in determining the Appraised Value
of the
Mortgaged Property lay wholly within the boundaries and building restriction
lines of the Mortgaged Property and no improvements on adjoining properties
encroach upon the Mortgaged Property. No improvement located on or being
part of
the Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable zoning law or
regulation;
(u)
|
Payment
Terms.
|
Except
with respect to the Interest Only Mortgage Loans, principal payments commenced
no more than sixty (60) days after the funds were disbursed to the Mortgagor
in
connection with the Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loans have an original term
to
maturity of not more than thirty (30) years, with interest payable in arrears.
With respect to each Balloon Loan that is not an Interest Only Mortgage Loan,
the Mortgage Loan is payable in equal monthly installments of principal and
interest based on a fifteen (15), thirty (30) or forty (40) year amortization
schedule, as set forth in the related Mortgage Note, and a final lump sum
payment substantially greater than the preceding Monthly Payment is required
which is sufficient to amortize the remaining principal balance of the Balloon
Loan. As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan on each applicable Adjustment
Date, the Mortgage Interest Rate will be adjusted to equal the sum of the
Index
plus the applicable Gross Margin, rounded up or down to the nearest multiple
of
0.125% indicated by the Mortgage Note; provided that the Mortgage Interest
Rate
will not increase or decrease by more than the Periodic Interest Rate Cap
on any
Adjustment Date, and will in no event exceed the maximum Mortgage Interest
Rate
or be lower than the minimum Mortgage Interest Rate listed on the Mortgage
Note
for such Mortgage Loan. Each Mortgage Note requires a monthly payment which
is
sufficient, during the period prior to the first adjustment to the Mortgage
Interest Rate, to fully amortize the outstanding principal balance as of
the
first day of such period over the then remaining term of such Mortgage Note
and
to pay interest at the related Mortgage Interest Rate. As to each Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan, if the related Mortgage Interest Rate changes on an
Adjustment Date, or with respect to an Interest Only Mortgage Loan, on an
Adjustment Date following the related interest-only period, the then outstanding
principal balance will be reamortized over the remaining life of such Mortgage
Loan. No Mortgage Loan contains terms or provisions which would result in
negative amortization. With respect to each Interest Only Mortgage Loan,
the
interest-only period shall not exceed fifteen (15) years (or such other period
specified on the Data File) and following the expiration of such interest-only
period, the remaining Monthly Payments shall be sufficient to fully amortize
the
original principal balance over the remaining term of the Mortgage Loan and
to
pay interest at the related Mortgage Interest Rate. No Mortgage Loan is a
Convertible Mortgage Loan;
28
(v)
|
Customary
Provisions.
|
The
Mortgage and related Mortgage Note contain customary and enforceable provisions
such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate
for the
realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security
provided thereby, including, (i) in the case of a Mortgage designated as
a deed
of trust, by trustee's sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure.
There
is no homestead or other exemption available to a Mortgagor which would
interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee's sale
or
the right to foreclose the Mortgage;
(w)
|
Occupancy
of the Mortgaged Property.
|
As
of the
date of origination, and to the best of the Company’s knowledge, as of the
Closing Date, the Mortgaged Property was lawfully occupied under applicable
law;
(x)
|
No
Additional Collateral.
|
The
Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by any collateral, pledged
account
or other security except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage and the security
interest of any applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage referred
to in
Paragraph (k) above;
29
(y)
|
Deeds
of Trust.
|
In
the
event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified
under
applicable law to serve as such, has been properly designated and currently
so
serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will
become
payable by the Mortgagee to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in
connection with a trustee's sale after default by the Mortgagor;
(z)
|
Acceptable
Investment.
|
The
Company has no knowledge of any circumstances or conditions with respect
to the
Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or the Mortgagor's credit
standing that can reasonably be expected to cause private institutional
investors to regard the Mortgage Loan as an unacceptable investment, cause
the
Mortgage Loan to become delinquent, or adversely affect the value or
marketability of the Mortgage Loan;
(aa)
|
Transfer
of Mortgage Loans.
|
If
the
Mortgage Loan is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the Assignment of Mortgage, upon
the
insertion of the name of the assignee and recording information, is in
recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located and has been duly
and
properly recorded;
(bb)
|
Mortgaged
Property Undamaged.
|
The
Mortgaged Property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement,
windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty so as to affect adversely the
value
of the Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan or the use for
which
the premises were intended;
(cc)
|
Collection
Practices; Escrow Deposits.
|
The
origination, servicing and collection practices used with respect to the
Mortgage Loan including, without limitation, the establishment, maintenance
and
servicing of the Escrow Accounts and Escrow Payments, if any, since origination,
have been in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, the Mortgage and
the
Mortgage Note and have been in all material respects legal and proper. With
respect to escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, all such payments are in
the
possession of the Company and there exist no deficiencies in connection
therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment thereof have not
been
made. All Escrow Payments have been collected in full compliance with state
and
federal law. No escrow deposits or Escrow Payments or other charges or payments
due the Company have been capitalized under the Mortgage Note. No escrow
holdback will result in any understated finance charge to the Borrower other
than permitted by applicable law;
30
(dd)
|
No
Condemnation.
|
There
is
no proceeding pending or to the best of the Company’s knowledge threatened for
the total or partial condemnation of the related Mortgaged
Property;
(ee)
|
The
Appraisal.
|
The
Mortgage Loan Documents includes an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property.
As to each Time$aver® Mortgage Loan, the appraisal may be from the original of
the existing Company-serviced loan, which was refinanced via such Time$aver®
Mortgage Loan. The appraisal was conducted by an appraiser who had no interest,
direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the
security thereof; and whose compensation is not affected by the approval
or
disapproval of the Mortgage Loan, and the appraisal and the appraiser both
satisfy the applicable requirements of Title XI of the Financial Institution
Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was
originated;
(ff)
|
Insurance.
|
The
Mortgaged Property securing each Mortgage Loan is insured by an insurer
acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac against loss by fire and such hazards
as
are covered under a standard extended coverage endorsement and such other
hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located
pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of Section
4.10,
in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (i) 100% of the insurable
value, on a replacement cost basis, of the improvements on the related Mortgaged
Property and (ii) the greater of (a) the outstanding principal balance of
the
Mortgage Loan and (b) an amount such that the proceeds of such insurance
shall
be sufficient to prevent the application to the Mortgagor or the loss payee
of
any coinsurance clause under the policy. If the Mortgaged Property is a
condominium unit, it is included under the coverage afforded by a blanket
policy
for the project. If the improvements on the Mortgaged Property are in an
area
identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
as
having special flood hazards, a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements
of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration is in effect
with a generally acceptable insurance carrier, in an amount representing
coverage not less than the least of (A) the outstanding principal balance
of the Mortgage Loan, (B) the full insurable value and (C) the maximum
amount of insurance which was available under the Flood Disaster Protection
Act
of 1973, as amended. All individual insurance policies contain a standard
mortgagee clause naming the Company and its successors and assigns as mortgagee,
and all premiums thereon have been paid. The Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor
thereunder to maintain a hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor's cost
and
expense, and on the Mortgagor's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of
the
Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor's cost and
expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. The hazard
insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in
full
force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit
of the Purchaser upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this
Agreement. The Company has not acted or failed to act so as to impair the
coverage of any such insurance policy or the validity, binding effect and
enforceability thereof;
31
(gg)
|
Servicemembers
Civil Relief Act.
|
The
Mortgagor has not notified the Company, and the Company has no knowledge
of any
relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act, as amended;
(hh)
|
Balloon
Payments, Graduated Payments or Contingent Interests.
|
The
Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment mortgage loan and the Mortgage Loan
does not have a shared appreciation or other contingent interest feature.
Unless
otherwise disclosed on the related Data File, no Mortgage Loan has a balloon
payment feature;
(ii)
|
No
Construction Loans.
|
No
Mortgage Loan was made in connection with (i) the construction or rehabilitation
of a Mortgage Property or (ii) facilitating the trade-in or exchange of a
Mortgaged Property other than a construction-to-permanent loan which has
converted to a permanent Mortgage Loan;
(jj)
|
Underwriting.
|
Each
Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the Underwriting Guidelines;
and the Mortgage Note and Mortgage are on forms acceptable to Xxxxxxx Mac
or
Xxxxxx Mae;
(kk)
|
No
Bankruptcy.
|
No
Mortgagor was a debtor in any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding at the time the Mortgage Loan was originated and as of the Closing
Date, the Company has not received notice that any Mortgagor is a debtor
under
any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;
(ll)
|
The
Mortgagor.
|
32
The
Mortgagor is one or more natural Persons and/or an Illinois land trust or
a
“living trust” and such “living trust” is in compliance with the Underwriting
Guidelines;
(mm)
|
Interest
Calculation.
|
Interest
on each Mortgage Loan is calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting
of
twelve 30-day months. No Mortgage Loan is a simple interest mortgage
loan;
(nn)
|
Environmental
Status.
|
There
is
no pending action or proceeding directly involving the Mortgaged Property
of
which the Company is aware in which compliance with any applicable environmental
law, rule or regulation is an issue; and to the best of the Company’s knowledge,
the Mortgaged Property is in material compliance with all applicable
environmental laws and nothing further remains to be done to satisfy in full
all
requirements of each such law, rule or regulation constituting a prerequisite
to
the use and enjoyment of the Mortgaged Property;
(oo)
|
No
High Cost Loans.
|
No
Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Covered Loan;
(pp)
|
Anti-Money
Laundering Laws.
|
The
Company has complied with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and
regulations (the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and has established an
anti-money laundering compliance program as required by the Anti-Money
Laundering Laws. No Mortgage Loan is subject to nullification pursuant to
Executive Order 13224 (the “Executive Order”) or the regulations promulgated by
the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the
Treasury (the “OFAC Regulations”) or in violation of the Executive Order or the
OFAC Regulations, and as of the origination date of the related Mortgage
Loan,
no Mortgagor was subject to the provisions of such Executive Order or the
OFAC
Regulations nor listed as a “blocked person” for purposes of the OFAC
Regulations;
(qq)
|
Single
Premium Credit Life Insurance.
|
No
Mortgagor was required to purchase any single premium credit insurance policy
(e.g. life, disability, accident, unemployment or health insurance product)
or
debt cancellation agreement as a condition of obtaining the extension of
credit.
No Mortgagor obtained a prepaid single premium credit insurance policy (e.g.
life, disability, accident, unemployment or health insurance product) as
part of
the origination of the Mortgage Loan. No proceeds from any Mortgage Loan
were
used to purchase single premium credit insurance policies or debt cancellation
agreements as part of the origination of, or as a condition to closing, such
Mortgage Loan;
33
(rr)
|
No
Buydown Mortgage Loans, Subsidy Loans or Pledged Asset
Loans
|
No
Mortgage Loan is a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, a Subsidy Loan or a Buydown
Mortgage Loan;
(ss)
|
Credit
Reporting.
|
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Company has furnished complete information
on
the related borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit
Information Company, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and
its
implementing regulations;
(tt)
|
Tax
Service Contract.
|
Each
Mortgage Loan is covered by a “life of loan” Tax Service Contract which is
assignable to the Purchaser or its designee at no cost;
(uu)
|
Flood
Zone Service Contract.
|
Each
Mortgage Loan is covered by a “life of loan” Flood Zone Service Contract which
is assignable to the Purchaser or its designee at no cost;
(vv)
|
Arbitration.
|
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, neither the related Mortgage nor the related
Mortgage Note requires the Mortgagor to submit to arbitration to resolve
any
dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the Mortgage Loan
transaction;
(ww)
|
Indiana.
|
There
is no Mortgage Loan that was originated on or after January 1, 2005, which
is a
“high cost home loan” as defined under the Indiana Home Loan Practices Act (I.C.
24-9);
(xx)
|
Prepayment
Penalties.
|
No
Mortgage Loan originated on or after October 1, 2002, will impose a prepayment
premium for a term in excess of three (3) years after its origination. No
Mortgage Loan originated before October 1, 2002, will impose a prepayment
premium for a term in excess of five (5) years after its origination. Each
Prepayment Penalty with respect to any Mortgage Loan is permissible, enforceable
and collectible under applicable federal, state and local law;
(yy)
|
Mortgage
Loans in Xxxx County, Illinois.
|
34
Each
Mortgage Loan secured by property located within the Xxxx County, Illinois
anti-predatory lending database pilot program area complies with the recording
requirements under Illinois law; and
(zz)
|
Leasehold
Estates.
|
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan secured in whole or in part by the interest
of the
Mortgagor as a lessee under a ground lease of the related Mortgaged Property
(a
“Ground Lease”) and not be a fee interest in such Mortgaged Property:
(i) The
Mortgagor is the owner of a valid and subsisting interest as tenant under
the
Ground Lease;
(ii)
The
Ground Lease is in full force and effect;
(iii) The
Mortgagor is not in default under any provision of the lease;
(iv) The
lessor under the Ground Lease is not in default under any of the terms or
provisions thereof on the part of the lessor to be observed or performed;
(v) The
term of the Ground Lease exceeds the maturity date of the related Mortgage
Loan
by at least five (5) years;
(vi) The
Mortgagee under the Mortgage Loan is given at least sixty (60) days’ notice of
any default and an opportunity to cure any defaults under the Ground Lease
or to
take over the Mortgagor’s rights under the Ground Lease;
(vii) The
Ground Lease does not contain any default provisions that could result in
forfeiture or termination of the Ground Lease except for non-payment of the
Ground Lease or a court order.
(viii) The
Ground Lease provides that the leasehold can be transferred, mortgaged and
sublet an unlimited number of times either without restriction or on payment
of
a reasonable fee and delivery of reasonable documentation to the lessor;
(ix) The
Ground Lease or a memorandum thereof has been recorded and by its terms permits
the leasehold estate to be mortgaged; and
(x) The
execution, delivery and performance of the Mortgage do not require consent
(other than those consents which have been obtained and are in full force
and
effect) under, and will not contravene any provision of or cause a default
under, the Ground Lease
35
Section
3.03 Repurchase.
It
is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
Sections 3.01 and 3.02 shall survive the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser and the delivery of the applicable Mortgage Loan Documents to the
Custodian and shall inure to the benefit of the Purchaser, notwithstanding
any
restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or Assignment of
Mortgage or the examination or failure to examine any Custodial Mortgage
File.
Upon discovery by either the Company or the Purchaser of a breach of any
of the
foregoing representations and warranties which materially and adversely affects
the value of the Mortgage Loans or the interest of the Purchaser (or which
materially and adversely affects the value of a Mortgage Loan or the interests
of the Purchaser in the related Mortgage Loan in the case of a representation
and warranty relating to a particular Mortgage Loan), the party discovering
such
breach shall give prompt written notice to the other.
Within
ninety (90) days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the Company
of any breach of a representation or warranty which materially and adversely
affects the value of the Mortgage Loans or the Purchaser’s interest in a
Mortgage Loan, the Company shall use its best efforts promptly to cure such
breach in all material respects and, if such breach cannot be cured, the
Company
shall, at the Purchaser's option, repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the
Repurchase Price. In the event that a breach shall involve any representation
or
warranty set forth in Section 3.01, and such breach cannot be cured within
ninety (90) days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the Company
of such breach, all of the Mortgage Loans shall, at the Purchaser's option,
be
repurchased by the Company at the Repurchase Price. Any repurchase of a Mortgage
Loan or Loans pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03 shall
be
accomplished by deposit in the Custodial Account of the amount of the Repurchase
Price for distribution to Purchaser on the Remittance Date immediately following
the Principal Prepayment Period in which such Repurchase Price is received,
after deducting therefrom any amount received in respect of such repurchased
Mortgage Loan or Loans and being held in the Custodial Account for future
distribution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
it is
understood by the parties hereto that a breach of the representations and
warranties made in Subsections 3.02(oo), (qq) or (ss) will be deemed to
materially and adversely affect the value of the related Mortgage Loan or
the
interest of the Purchaser therein.
At
the
time of repurchase, the Purchaser and the Company shall arrange for the
reassignment of the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Company and the delivery
to the
Company of any documents held by the Custodian relating to the Deleted Mortgage
Loan. If the Company repurchases a Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage
Loan,
the Company shall either (i) cause MERS to execute and deliver an assignment
of
the Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the
Company and shall cause such Mortgage to be removed from registration on
the
MERS System in accordance with MERS’ rules and regulations or (ii) cause MERS to
designate on the MERS System the Company as the beneficial holder of such
Mortgage Loan. In the event of a repurchase, the Company shall, simultaneously
with such reassignment, give written notice to the Purchaser that such
repurchase has taken place, amend the related Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect
the withdrawal of the Deleted Mortgage Loan from this Agreement.
36
In
addition to such repurchase obligation, the Company shall indemnify the
Purchaser and and hold it harmless against any losses, damages, penalties,
fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs,
judgments, and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim, demand,
defense or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach
of
the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. It is understood
and agreed that the obligations of the Company set forth in this Section
3.03 to
cure or repurchase a defective Mortgage Loan and to indemnify the Purchaser
as
provided in this Section 3.03 constitute the sole remedies of the Purchaser
respecting a breach of the foregoing representations and warranties. The
indemnification obligation of the Company set forth herein shall survive
the
termination of this Agreement.
Any
cause
of action against the Company relating to or arising out of the breach of
any
representations and warranties made in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 shall accrue
as to
any Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such breach by the Purchaser or notice
thereof by the Company to the Purchaser, (ii) failures by the Company to
cure
such breach or repurchase such Mortgage Loan as specified above, and (iii)
demand upon the Company by the Purchaser for compliance with this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
IV
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section
4.01 Company
to Act as Servicer.
The
Company, as an independent contractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage
Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through the
utilization of a Subservicer or a Subcontractor, to do any and all things
in
connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem
necessary or desirable, consistent with the terms of this Agreement and with
Accepted Servicing Practices. The Company shall be responsible for any and
all
acts of a Subservicer and a Subcontractor, and the Company’s utilization of a
Subservicer or a Subcontractor shall in no way relieve the liability of the
Company under this Agreement.
Consistent
with the terms of this Agreement, the Company may waive, modify or vary any
term
of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance
with
any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the
Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification,
postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the Purchaser; provided,
however, that the Company shall not permit any modification with respect
to any
Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive
the
payment thereof or of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding
principal amount (except for actual payments of principal), make additional
advances of additional principal or extend the final maturity date on such
Mortgage Loan, unless
the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default
is, in the judgment of the Company, imminent. In the event that no default
exists or is imminent, the Company shall request written consent from the
Purchaser to permit such a modification and the Purchaser shall provide written
consent or notify the Company of its objection to such modification within
three
(3) Business Days of its receipt of the Company's request. In the event of
any
such modification which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments
on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall, on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Remittance Date in any month in which any such principal or
interest payment has been deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from
its
own funds, in accordance with Section 5.03, the difference between (a) such
month's principal and one month's interest at the Mortgage Loan Remittance
Rate
on the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan and (b) the amount
paid by
the Mortgagor. The Company shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances
to the same extent as for all other advances made pursuant to Section 5.03.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall continue, and
is
hereby authorized and empowered, to execute and deliver on behalf of itself
and
the Purchaser, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial
or
full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect
to
the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably
required by the Company, the Purchaser shall furnish the Company with any
powers
of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Company
to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this
Agreement.
37
The
Company is authorized and empowered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when
the
Company believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any
Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, or cause the removal from MERS registration
of
any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the
Purchaser, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable
instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage
in the
name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Purchaser and its successors and
assigns. The Company shall notify MERS of the ownership interest of the
Purchaser in each MOM Loan through the MORNET system or MIDANET system, as
applicable, or any other comparable system acceptable to MERS.
In
servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the Company shall employ
procedures (including collection procedures) and exercise the same care that
it
customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage
loans
for its own account, giving due consideration to Accepted Servicing Practices
where such practices do not conflict with the requirements of this Agreement,
and the Purchaser's reliance on the Company. In addition, with respect to
any
Mortgage Loan that is not subject to an assignable life of loan Flood Zone
Service Contract or Tax Service Contract as of the Closing Date, the Company
agrees to purchase such Flood Zone Service Contract or Tax Service
Contract.
Section
4.02 Liquidation
of Mortgage Loans.
(a) In
the
event that any payment due under any Mortgage Loan and not postponed pursuant
to
Section 4.01 is not paid when the same becomes due and payable, or in the
event
the Mortgagor fails to perform any other covenant or obligation under the
Mortgage Loan and such failure continues beyond any applicable grace period,
the
Company shall take such action as (1) the Company would take under similar
circumstances with respect to a similar mortgage loan held for its own account
for investment, (2) shall be consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices,
(3)
the Company shall determine prudently to be in the best interest of Purchaser,
and (4) is consistent with any related PMI Policy. In the event that any
payment
due under any Mortgage Loan is not postponed pursuant to Section 4.01 and
remains delinquent for a period of ninety (90) days or any other default
continues for a period of ninety (90) days beyond the expiration of any grace
or
cure period, the Company shall commence foreclosure proceedings. The Company
shall notify the Purchaser in writing of the commencement of foreclosure
proceedings. The Company shall use its best efforts to realize upon defaulted
Mortgage Loans in such a manner as will maximize the receipt of principal
and
interest by the Purchaser, taking into account, among other things, the timing
of foreclosure proceedings. In the event the Purchaser objects to such
foreclosure action, the Company shall not be required to make Monthly Advances
with respect to such Mortgage Loan, pursuant to Section 5.03, and the Company's
obligation to make such Monthly Advances shall terminate on the 90th day
referred to above. In such connection, the Company shall from its own funds
make
all necessary and proper Servicing Advances, provided, however, that the
Company
shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure
or towards the restoration or preservation of any Mortgaged Property, unless
it
shall determine (a) that such preservation, restoration and/or foreclosure
will
increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan to Purchaser after
reimbursement to itself for such expenses and (b) that such expenses will
be
recoverable by it either through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it
shall
have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant
to
Section 4.05) or through Insurance Proceeds (respecting which it shall have
similar priority). The foregoing is subject to the provisions that, in any
case
in which Mortgaged Property shall have suffered damage, the Company shall
not be
required to expend its own funds toward the restoration of such property
in
excess of $2,000 unless it shall determine in its discretion (i) that such
restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgage
Loan to Purchaser after reimbursement to itself for such expenses, and (ii)
that
such expenses will be recoverable by the Company through Insurance Proceeds
or
Liquidation Proceeds from the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated
herein. In the event that any payment due under any Mortgage Loan is not
paid
when the same becomes due and payable, or in the event the Mortgagor fails
to
perform any other covenant or obligation under the Mortgage Loan and such
failure continues beyond any applicable grace period, the Company shall take
such action as it shall deem to be in the best interest of the Purchaser.
38
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, in connection with a foreclosure
or
acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, in the event the Company has
reasonable cause to believe that a Mortgaged Property is contaminated by
hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, or if the Purchaser otherwise requests
an environmental inspection or review of such Mortgaged Property, such an
inspection or review is to be conducted by a qualified inspector. The cost
for
such inspection or review shall be borne by the Purchaser. Upon completion
of
the inspection or review, the Company shall promptly provide the Purchaser
with
a written report of the environmental inspection.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.02, with respect to any Mortgage
Loan
as to which the Company has received actual notice of, or has actual knowledge
of, the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on the related Mortgaged
Property the Company shall not either (i) obtain title to such Mortgaged
Property as a result of or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or (ii)
otherwise acquire possession of, or take any other action, with respect to,
such
Mortgaged Property if, as a result of any such action, the Purchaser would
be
considered to hold title to, to be a mortgagee-in-possession of, or to be
an
owner or operator of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980,
as
amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Company has
also
previously determined, based on its reasonable judgment and a prudent report
prepared by a Person who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary
industry standards, that:
39
(1) such
Mortgaged Property is in compliance with applicable environmental laws or,
if
not, that it would be in the best economic interest of the Purchaser to take
such actions as are necessary to bring the Mortgaged Property into compliance
therewith; and
(2) there
are
no circumstances present at such Mortgaged Property relating to the use,
management or disposal of any hazardous substances, hazardous materials,
hazardous wastes, or petroleum-based materials for which investigation, testing,
monitoring, containment, clean-up or remediation could be required under
any
federal, state or local law or regulation, or that if any such materials
are
present for which such action could be required, that it would be in the
best
economic interest of the Purchaser to take such actions with respect to the
affected Mortgaged Property.
The
cost
of the environmental audit report contemplated by this Section 4.02 shall
be
advanced by the Company, subject to the Company's right to be reimbursed
therefor from the Custodial Account.
If
the
Company determines, as described above, that it is in the best economic interest
of the Purchaser to take such actions as are necessary to bring any such
Mortgaged Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws, or
to
take such action with respect to the containment, clean-up or remediation
of
hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, or petroleum-based
materials affecting any such Mortgaged Property, then the Company shall take
such action as it deems to be in the best economic interest of the Purchaser.
The cost of any such compliance, containment, cleanup or remediation shall
be
advanced by the Company, subject to the Company's right to be reimbursed
therefor from the Custodial Account.
(c) Proceeds
received in connection with any Final Recovery Determination, as well as
any
recovery resulting from a partial collection of Insurance Proceeds or
Liquidation Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan, will be applied in
the
following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Company for any related
unreimbursed Servicing Advances; second, to accrued and unpaid interest on
the
Mortgage Loan, to the date of the Final Recovery Determination, or to the
Due
Date prior to the Remittance Date on which such amounts are to be distributed
if
not in connection with a Final Recovery Determination; and third, as a recovery
of principal of the Mortgage Loan. If the amount of the recovery so allocated
to
interest is less than the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest due
on such
Mortgage Loan, the amount of such recovery will be allocated by the Company
as
follows: first, to unpaid Servicing Fees; and second, to the balance of the
interest then due and owing. The portion of the recovery so allocated to
unpaid
Servicing Fees shall be reimbursed to the Company pursuant to the terms of
this
Agreement.
Section
4.03 Collection
of Mortgage Loan Payments.
40
Continuously
from the date hereof until the principal and interest on all Mortgage Loans
are
paid in full, the Company shall proceed diligently to collect all payments
due
under each of the Mortgage Loans when the same shall become due and payable
and
shall take special care in ascertaining and estimating Escrow Payments and
all
other charges that will become due and payable with respect to the Mortgage
Loan
and the Mortgaged Property, to the end that the installments payable by the
Mortgagors will be sufficient to pay such charges as and when they become
due
and payable.
The
Company shall not waive any Prepayment Penalty with respect to any Mortgage
Loan
which contains a Prepayment Penalty which prepays during the term of the
charge.
If the Company fails to collect the Prepayment Penalty upon any prepayment
of
any Mortgage Loan which contains a Prepayment Penalty, the Company shall
pay the
Purchaser at such time (by deposit to the Custodial Account) an amount equal
to
amount of the Prepayment Penalty which was not collected. Notwithstanding
the
above, the Company may waive (and shall waive, in the case of (v) below)
a
Prepayment Penalty without paying the Purchaser the amount of the Prepayment
Penalty (i) if the Mortgage Loan is in default (defined as 61 days or more
delinquent) and such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking
into account the value of such Prepayment Penalty and the related Mortgage
Loan,
(ii) if the prepayment is not a result of a refinancing by the Company or
any of
its affiliates and the Mortgage Loan is foreseen to be in default and such
waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the
value
of such Prepayment Penalty and the related Mortgage Loan, (iii) if the
collection of the Prepayment Penalty would be in violation of applicable
laws,
(iv) if the collection of such Prepayment Penalty would be considered
“predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by any applicable
federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity
and
having jurisdiction over such matters and (v) notwithstanding any state or
federal law to the contrary, any instance when a Mortgage Loan is in
foreclosure.
Section
4.04 Establishment
of and Deposits to Custodial Account.
The
Company shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received in
connection with
a
Mortgage Loan separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets
and shall establish and maintain one or more Custodial Accounts, in the form
of
time deposit or demand accounts, titled "Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., in trust
for
the Purchaser and/or subsequent purchasers of Mortgage Loans - P & I." The
Custodial Account shall be established with a Qualified Depository. The creation
of any Custodial Account shall be evidenced by a certification in the form
of
Exhibit L hereto. A copy of such certification shall be furnished to the
Purchaser or to any subsequent owner of the Mortgage Loans upon request.
The
Custodial Account shall at all times be insured to the fullest extent allowed
by
applicable law. Funds deposited in the Custodial Account may be drawn on
by the
Company in accordance with Section 4.05.
The
Company shall deposit in the Custodial Account within two (2) Business Days
of
Company’s receipt, and retain therein, the following collections received by the
Company and payments made by the Company after the Cut-off Date, other than
payments of principal and interest due on or before the Cut-off Date, or
received by the Company prior to the Cut-off Date but allocable to a period
subsequent thereto:
41
(i)
|
all
payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans, including
all
Principal Prepayments;
|
(ii)
|
all
payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans adjusted
to the
Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate;
|
(iii)
|
all
Liquidation Proceeds;
|
(iv)
|
all
Insurance Proceeds including amounts required to be deposited pursuant
to
Section 4.10 (other than proceeds to be held in the Escrow Account
and
applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property
or released
to the Mortgagor in accordance with Section 4.14), Section 4.11,
Section
4.15, the Company's normal servicing procedures, the loan documents
or
applicable law;
|
(v)
|
all
Condemnation Proceeds which are not applied to the restoration
or repair
of any Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance
with
Section 4.14, Company's normal servicing procedures, the loan documents
or
applicable law;
|
(vi)
|
any
amount required to be deposited in the Custodial Account pursuant
to
Section 4.01, 5.03, 6.01 or 6.02;
|
(vii)
|
any
amounts payable in connection with the repurchase of any Mortgage
Loan
pursuant to Section 3.03;
|
(viii)
|
with
respect to each Principal Prepayment, an amount which, when added
to all
amounts allocable to interest received in connection with such
Principal
Prepayment, equals one (1) month’s interest on the amount of principal so
prepaid at the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate provided, however,
that in no
event shall the aggregate of deposits made by the Company pursuant
to this
clause (viii) exceed the aggregate amount of the Service Fee for
the
related Due Period;
|
(ix)
|
any
amounts required to be deposited by the Company pursuant to Section
4.11
in connection with the deductible clause in any blanket hazard
insurance
policy; and
|
(x)
|
any
amounts received with respect to or related to any REO Property
and all
REO Disposition Proceeds pursuant to Section
4.16.
|
The
foregoing requirements for deposit into the Custodial Account shall be
exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges and assumption
fees, to the extent permitted by Section 6.01, need not be deposited by the
Company into the Custodial Account. Such Custodial Account shall be an Eligible
Account. Any interest or earnings on funds deposited in the Custodial Account
by
the depository institution shall accrue to the benefit of the Company and
the
Company shall be entitled to retain and withdraw such interest from the
Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05.
42
If
the
balance on deposit in the Custodial Account exceeds $75,000 as of the
commencement of business on any Business Day and the Custodial Account
constitutes an Eligible Account solely pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition
of Eligible Account, the Company shall, on or before twelve o'clock noon
Eastern
time on such Business Day, withdraw from the Custodial Account any and all
amounts payable to the Purchaser and remit such amounts to the Purchaser
by wire
transfer of immediately available funds.
Section
4.05 Permitted
Withdrawals From Custodial Account.
The
Company shall, from time to time, withdraw funds from the Custodial Account
for
the following purposes:
(i)
|
to
make payments to the Purchaser in the amounts and in the manner
provided
for in Section 5.01;
|
(ii)
|
to
reimburse itself for Monthly Advances of the Company's funds
made pursuant
to Section 5.03, the Company's right to reimburse itself pursuant
to this
sub clause (ii) being limited to amounts received on the related
Mortgage
Loan which represent late Monthly Payments, Liquidation Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and such other amounts
as may be
collected by the Company respecting which any such advance was
made, it
being understood that, in the case of any such reimbursement,
the
Company's right thereto shall be prior to the rights of Purchaser,
except
that, where the Company is required to repurchase a Mortgage
Loan pursuant
to Section 3.03 or 6.02, the Company's right to such reimbursement
shall
be subsequent to the payment to the Purchaser of the Repurchase
Price
pursuant to such sections and all other amounts required to be
paid to the
Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage
Loan;
|
(iii)
|
to
reimburse itself for unreimbursed Servicing Advances, and for
any unpaid
Servicing Fees, the Company's right to reimburse itself pursuant
to this
sub clause (iii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited
to
related Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds
and such other amounts as may be collected by the Company from
the
Mortgagor or otherwise relating to the Mortgage Loan, it being
understood
that, in the case of any such reimbursement, the Company's right
thereto
shall be prior to the rights of Purchaser, except that where
the Company
is required to repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section
3.03 or
6.02, in which case the Company's right to such reimbursement
shall be
subsequent to the payment to the Purchaser of the Repurchase
Price
pursuant to such sections and all other amounts required to be
paid to the
Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage
Loan;
|
(iv)
|
to
pay itself interest on funds deposited in the Custodial Account
(all such
interest to be withdrawn monthly not later than each Remittance
Date);
|
(v)
|
to
reimburse itself for expenses incurred and reimbursable to it
pursuant to
Section 8.01;
|
43
(vi)
|
to
pay any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.16 related
to any
REO Property, it being understood that, in the case of any such
expenditure or withdrawal related to a particular REO Property,
the amount
of such expenditure or withdrawal from the Custodial Account
shall be
limited to amounts on deposit in the Custodial Account with respect
to the
related REO Property;
|
(vii)
|
to
reimburse itself for any Servicing Advances or REO expenses after
liquidation of the Mortgaged Property not otherwise reimbursed
above;
|
(viii)
|
to
remove funds inadvertently placed in the Custodial Account by
the Company;
and
|
(ix)
|
to
clear and terminate the Custodial Account upon the termination
of this
Agreement
|
In
the
event that the Custodial Account is interest bearing, on each Remittance
Date,
the Company shall withdraw all funds from the Custodial Account except for
those
amounts which, pursuant to Section 5.01, the Company is not obligated to
remit
on such Remittance Date. The Company may use such withdrawn funds only for
the
purposes described in this Section 4.05.
The
Company shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by
Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from the
Custodial Account pursuant to subclauses (i), (ii), (iii), (v) and (vii)
above.
The Company shall provide written notification in the form of a Servicing
Officers’ certification to the Purchaser, on or prior to the next succeeding
Remittance Date, upon making any withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant
to subclause (vii) above.
Section
4.06 Establishment
of and Deposits to Escrow Account.
The
Company shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant
to a
Mortgage Loan constituting Escrow Payments separate and apart from any of
its
own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more
Escrow
Accounts, in the form of time deposit or demand accounts, titled, "Xxxxx
Fargo
Bank, N.A., in trust for the Purchaser and/or subsequent purchasers of
Residential Mortgage Loans, and various Mortgagors - T & I." The Escrow
Accounts shall be established with a Qualified Depository, in a manner which
shall provide maximum available insurance thereunder. The creation of any
Escrow
Account shall be evidenced by a certification in the form of Exhibit K hereto.
A
copy of such certification shall be furnished to the Purchaser or to any
subsequent owner of the Mortgage Loans upon request. Funds deposited in the
Escrow Account may be drawn on by the Company in accordance with Section
4.07.
The
Company shall deposit in the Escrow Account or Accounts within two (2) Business
Days of Company’s receipt, and retain therein:
(i)
|
all
Escrow Payments collected on account of the Mortgage Loans, for
the
purpose of effecting timely payment of any such items as required
under
the terms of this Agreement;
|
44
(ii)
|
all
amounts representing Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds
which are
to be applied to the restoration or repair of any Mortgaged Property;
|
(iii)
|
all
payments on account of Buydown Funds;
and
|
(iv)
|
all
Servicing Advances for Mortgagors whose Escrow Payments are insufficient
to cover escrow disbursements.
|
The
Company shall make withdrawals from the Escrow Account only to effect such
payments as are required under this Agreement, as set forth in Section 4.07.
The
Company shall be entitled to retain any interest paid on funds deposited
in the
Escrow Account by the depository institution, other than interest on escrowed
funds required by law to be paid to the Mortgagor. To the extent required
by
law, the Company shall pay interest on escrowed funds to the Mortgagor
notwithstanding that the Escrow Account may be non-interest bearing or that
interest paid thereon is insufficient for such purposes.
Section
4.07 Permitted
Withdrawals From Escrow Account.
Withdrawals
from the Escrow Account or Accounts may be made by the Company
only:
(i)
|
to
effect timely payments of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water
rates,
mortgage insurance premiums, condominium charges, fire and hazard
insurance premiums, PMI Policy premiums, if applicable, or other
items
constituting Escrow Payments for the related
Mortgage;
|
(ii)
|
to
reimburse the Company for any Servicing Advances made by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.08 with respect to a related Mortgage Loan,
but only
from amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan which represent
late
payments or collections of Escrow Payments
thereunder;
|
(iii)
|
to
refund to any Mortgagor any funds found to be in excess of the
amounts
required under the terms of the related Mortgage
Loan;
|
(iv)
|
for
transfer to the Custodial Account and application to reduce the
principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of the
related
Mortgage, Mortgage Note and this
Agreement;
|
(v)
|
for
application to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property
in
accordance with the procedures outlined in Section
4.14;
|
(vi)
|
to
pay to the Company, or any Mortgagor to the extent required by
law, any
interest paid on the funds deposited in the Escrow
Account;
|
(vii)
|
to
remove funds inadvertently placed in the Escrow Account by the
Company;
and
|
(viii)
|
to
clear and terminate the Escrow Account on the termination of this
Agreement.
|
45
Section
4.08 Payment
of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges.
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Company shall maintain accurate records
reflecting the status of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer
rents, and other charges which are or may become a lien upon the Mortgaged
Property and the status of PMI Policy premiums and fire and hazard insurance
coverage and shall obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of
such
charges (including insurance renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof
prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and at a time appropriate
for securing maximum discounts allowable, employing for such purpose deposits
of
the Mortgagor in the Escrow Account which shall have been estimated and
accumulated by the Company in amounts sufficient for such purposes, as allowed
under the terms of the Mortgage and applicable law. To the extent that the
Mortgage does not provide for Escrow Payments, the Company shall determine
that
any such payments are made by the Mortgagor in a timely fashion. The Company
assumes full responsibility for the timely payment of all such bills and
shall
effect timely payment of all such charges irrespective of each Mortgagor's
faithful performance in the payment of same or the making of the Escrow
Payments, and the Company shall make advances from its own funds to effect
such
payments.
Section
4.09 Protection
of Accounts.
The
Company may transfer the Custodial Account or the Escrow Account to a different
Qualified Depository from time to time so long as such accounts remain Eligible
Accounts. The Company shall promptly notify the Purchaser of such transfer.
Section
4.10 Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance.
The
Company shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan fire and hazard
insurance with extended coverage such that all buildings upon the Mortgaged
Property are insured by a Qualified Insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx
Mac against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards
as
are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located, in an
amount
which is at least equal to the lesser of (i) 100% of the insurable value,
on a
replacement cost basis, of the improvements on the related Mortgaged Property
and (ii) the greater of (a) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan and (b) an amount such that the proceeds of such insurance shall be
sufficient to prevent the application to the Mortgagor or the loss payee
of any
coinsurance clause under the policy. In the event a hazard insurance policy
shall be in danger of being terminated, or in the event the insurer shall
cease
to be acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac, the Company shall notify the
Purchaser and the related Mortgagor, and shall use its best efforts, as
permitted by applicable law, to obtain from another qualified insurer a
replacement hazard insurance policy substantially and materially similar
in all
respects to the original policy. In no event, however, shall a Mortgage Loan
be
without a hazard insurance policy at any time, subject only to Section 4.11
hereof.
If
the
related Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified by the Flood
Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood
insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the
requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration
is in effect with a generally acceptable insurance carrier acceptable to
Xxxxxx
Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac in an amount representing coverage equal to the lesser
of (i)
the minimum amount required, under the terms of coverage, to compensate for
any
damage or loss on a replacement cost basis (or the unpaid balance of the
mortgage if replacement cost coverage is not available for the type of building
insured) and (ii) the maximum amount of insurance which is available under
the
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended. If at any time during
the
term of the Mortgage Loan, the Company determines in accordance with the
applicable law and pursuant to the Xxxxxx Mae Guide, that the Mortgaged Property
is located in a special flood hazard area and is not covered by flood insurance
or is covered in an amount less than the amount required by the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, as amended, the Company shall notify the related
Mortgagor that they must obtain such flood insurance coverage and if the
Mortgagor fails to provide proof of such coverage within forty-five (45)
days of
such notice, the Company shall force place the required flood insurance on
the
Mortgagor's behalf.
46
If
a
Mortgage is secured by a unit in a condominium project, the Company shall
verify
that the coverage required of the owner's association, including hazard,
flood,
liability, and fidelity coverage, is being maintained in accordance with
then
current Xxxxxx Xxx requirements, and secure from the owner's association
its
agreement to notify the Company promptly of any change in the insurance coverage
or of any condemnation or casualty loss that may have a material effect on
the
value of the Mortgaged Property as security.
In
the
event that any Purchaser or the Company shall determine that the Mortgaged
Property should be insured against loss or damage by hazards and risks not
covered by the insurance required to be maintained by the Mortgagor pursuant
to
the terms of the Mortgage, the Company shall communicate and consult with
the
Mortgagor with respect to the need for such insurance and bring to the
Mortgagor's attention the required amount of coverage for the Mortgaged Property
and if the Mortgagor does not obtain such coverage, the Company shall
immediately force place the required coverage on the Mortgagor’s
behalf.
All
policies required hereunder shall name the Company as loss payee and shall
be
endorsed with standard or union mortgagee clauses, without contribution which
shall provide for at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of any
cancellation, reduction in amount or material change in coverage.
The
Company shall not interfere with the Mortgagor's freedom of choice in selecting
either his insurance carrier or agent, provided, however, that the Company
shall
not accept any such insurance policies from insurance companies unless such
companies are acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac, and are licensed
to do
business in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located.
The
Company shall determine that such policies provide sufficient risk coverage
and
amounts, that they insure the property owner, and that they properly describe
the property address.
Pursuant
to Section 4.04, any amounts collected by the Company under any such policies
(other than amounts to be deposited in the Escrow Account and applied to
the
restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property, or property acquired
in
liquidation of the Mortgage Loan, or to be released to the Mortgagor, in
accordance with the Company's normal servicing procedures as specified in
Section 4.14) shall be deposited in the Custodial Account subject to withdrawal
pursuant to Section 4.05.
47
Any
cost
incurred by the Company in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for
the
purpose of calculating distributions to the Purchaser, be added to the unpaid
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the
terms
of such Mortgage Loan so permit. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake
or other additional insurance need be required by the Company of the Mortgagor
or maintained on property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loan, other
than
pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be
in
force and as shall require such additional insurance.
Section
4.11 Maintenance
of Mortgage Impairment Insurance.
In
the
event that the Company shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy insuring
against losses arising from fire and hazards covered under extended coverage
on
all of the Mortgage Properties securing the Mortgage Loans, then, to the
extent
such policy provides coverage in an amount equal to the amount required pursuant
to Section 4.10 and otherwise complies with all other requirements of Section
4.10, it shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as
set
forth in Section 4.10. The Company shall prepare and make any claims on the
blanket policy as deemed necessary by the Company in accordance with Accepted
Servicing Practices and the terms of such policy. Any amounts collected by
the
Company under any such policy relating to a Mortgage Loan shall be deposited
in
the Custodial Account subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.05. Such
policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case, in the event that
there
shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property
a policy complying with Section 4.10, and there shall have been one or more
losses which would have been covered by such policy, the Company shall deposit
in the Custodial Account at the time of such loss the amount not otherwise
payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause, such
amount
to be deposited from the Company's funds, without reimbursement therefor.
Upon
request of the Purchaser, the Company shall cause to be delivered to such
Purchaser a certificate of insurance and a statement from the insurer thereunder
that such policy shall in no event be terminated or materially modified without
thirty 30 days prior written notice to such Purchaser.
Section
4.12 Maintenance
of Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance.
The
Company shall maintain with responsible companies, at its own expense, a
blanket
Fidelity Bond and an Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy, with broad coverage
on all officers, employees or other Persons acting in any capacity requiring
such Persons to handle funds, money, documents or papers relating to the
Mortgage Loans ("Company Employees"). Any such Fidelity Bond and Errors and
Omissions Insurance Policy shall be in the form of the Mortgage Banker's
Blanket
Bond and shall protect and insure the Company against losses, including forgery,
theft, embezzlement, fraud, errors and omissions and negligent acts of such
Company Employees. Such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance
Policy
also shall protect and insure the Company against losses in connection with
the
failure to maintain any insurance policies required pursuant to this Agreement
and the release or satisfaction of a Mortgage Loan without having obtained
payment in full of the indebtedness secured thereby. No provision of this
Section 4.12 requiring such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance
Policy shall diminish or relieve the Company from its duties and obligations
as
set forth in this Agreement. The minimum coverage under any such Fidelity
Bond
and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy shall be acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx
or
Xxxxxxx Mac. Upon the request of any Purchaser, the Company shall cause to
be
delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of insurance for such Fidelity
Bond
and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy and a statement from the surety
and
the insurer that such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy
shall in no event be terminated or materially modified without thirty (30)
days
prior written notice to the Purchaser.
48
Section
4.13 Inspections.
If
any
Mortgage Loan is more than sixty (60) days delinquent, the Company immediately
shall inspect the Mortgaged Property and shall conduct subsequent inspections
in
accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices or as may be required by the
primary mortgage guaranty insurer. The Company shall keep a record of each
such
inspection and, upon request, shall provide the Purchaser with such
information.
Section
4.14 Restoration
of Mortgaged Property.
The
Company need not obtain the approval of the Purchaser prior to releasing
any
Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds to the Mortgagor to be applied
to
the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property if such release is in
accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. For claims greater than $15,000,
at a minimum the Company shall comply with the following conditions in
connection with any such release of Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation
Proceeds:
(i)
the
Company shall receive satisfactory independent verification of completion
of
repairs and issuance of any required approvals with respect
thereto;
(ii)
the
Company shall take all steps necessary to preserve the priority of the lien
of
the Mortgage, including, but not limited to requiring waivers with respect
to
mechanics' and materialmen's liens;
(iii)
the
Company shall verify that the Mortgage Loan is not in default; and
(iv)
pending repairs or restoration, the Company shall place the Insurance Proceeds
or Condemnation Proceeds in the Escrow Account.
If
the
Purchaser is named as an additional loss payee, the Company is hereby empowered
to endorse any loss draft issued in respect of such a claim in the name of
the
Purchaser.
Section
4.15 Maintenance
of PMI Policy; Claims.
Except
for the Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans or as indicated on the related Data
File,
for each Mortgage Loan with an LTV in excess of 80% at the time of origination,
the Company shall, without any cost to the Purchaser, maintain or cause the
Mortgagor to maintain, in full force and effect, a PMI Policy insuring the
portion of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as to payment
defaults. If the Mortgage Loan is insured by a PMI Policy for which the
Mortgagor pays all premiums, the coverage will remain in place until (i)
the LTV
decreases to 78% or (ii) the PMI Policy is otherwise terminated pursuant
to the
Homeowners Protection Act of 1998, 12 USC §4901, et seq. In the event that such
PMI Policy shall be terminated other than as required by law, the Company
shall
obtain from another Qualified Insurer a comparable replacement policy, with
a
total coverage equal to the remaining coverage of such terminated PMI Policy.
If
the insurer shall cease to be a Qualified Insurer, the Company shall determine
whether recoveries under the PMI Policy are jeopardized for reasons related
to
the financial condition of such insurer, it being understood that the Company
shall in no event have any responsibility or liability for any failure to
recover under the PMI Policy for such reason. If the Company determines that
recoveries are so jeopardized, it shall notify the Purchaser and the Mortgagor,
if required, and obtain from another Qualified Insurer a replacement insurance
policy. The Company shall not take any action which would result in noncoverage
under any applicable PMI Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of
the
Company would have been covered thereunder. In connection with any assumption
or
substitution agreement entered into or to be entered into pursuant to Section
6.01, the Company shall promptly notify the insurer under the related PMI
Policy, if any, of such assumption or substitution of liability in accordance
with the terms of such PMI Policy and shall take all actions which may be
required by such insurer as a condition to the continuation of coverage under
such PMI Policy. If such PMI Policy is terminated as a result of such assumption
or substitution of liability, the Company shall obtain a replacement PMI
Policy
as provided above.
49
In
connection with its activities as servicer, the Company agrees to prepare
and
present, on behalf of itself and the Purchaser, claims to the insurer under
any
PMI Policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such PMI Policy
and, in this regard, to take such action as shall be necessary to permit
recovery under any PMI Policy respecting a defaulted Mortgage Loan. Pursuant
to
Section 4.04, any amounts collected by the Company under any PMI Policy shall
be
deposited in the Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section
4.05.
Section
4.16 Title,
Management and Disposition of REO Property.
In
the
event that title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired in foreclosure or
by deed
in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in
the
name of the Purchaser or the Purchaser's designee, or in the event that such
person is not authorized or permitted to hold title to real property in the
state where the REO Property is located, or would be adversely affected under
the "doing business" or tax laws of such state by so holding title, the deed
or
certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of such Person or Persons
as
shall be consistent with an Opinion of Counsel obtained by the Company from
an
attorney duly licensed to practice law in the state where the REO Property
is
located. The Person or Persons holding such title other than the Purchaser
shall
acknowledge in writing that such title is being held as nominee for the benefit
of the Purchaser.
The
Company shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property for
the
Purchaser solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale. The
Company, either itself or through an agent selected by the Company, shall
manage, conserve, protect and operate the REO Property in the same manner
that
it manages, conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed property for
its
own account, and in the same manner that similar property in the same locality
as the REO Property is managed and in a manner which does not cause such
REO
Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or result in the receipt by
such REMIC of any "income from non-permitted assets" within the meaning of
Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or any "net income from foreclosure property"
within the meaning of Section 860G(c)(2) of the Code. The Servicer shall
cause
each REO Property to be inspected promptly upon the acquisition of title
thereto
and shall cause each REO Property to be inspected at least annually thereafter.
The Servicer shall make or cause to be made an electronic report of each
such
inspection. Such reports shall be retained in the Mortgage File and copies
thereof shall be forwarded by the Servicer to the Owner upon receipt.
The
Company shall attempt to sell the same (and may temporarily rent the same
for a
period not greater than one (1) year, except as otherwise provided below)
on
such terms and conditions as the Company deems to be in the best interest
of the
Purchaser.
50
The
Company shall use its best efforts to dispose of the REO Property as soon
as
possible and shall sell such REO Property in any event within one (1) year
after
title has been taken to such REO Property, unless the Company determines,
and
gives appropriate notice to the Purchaser, that a longer period is necessary
for
the orderly liquidation of such REO Property. If a period longer than one
(1)
year is necessary to sell any REO property, (i) the Company shall report
monthly
to the Purchaser as to the progress being made in selling such REO Property
and
(ii) if, with the written consent of the Purchaser, a purchase money mortgage
is
taken in connection with such sale, such purchase money mortgage shall name
the
Company as mortgagee, and a separate servicing agreement between the Company
and
the Purchaser shall be entered into with respect to such purchase money
mortgage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a REMIC election is made with
respect to the arrangement under which the Mortgage Loans and the REO Property
are held, such REO Property shall be disposed of before the close of the
third
taxable year following the taxable year in which the Mortgage Loan became
an REO
Property, unless the Company provides to the trustee under such REMIC an
opinion
of counsel to the effect that the holding of such REO Property subsequent
to the
close of the third taxable year following the taxable year in which the Mortgage
Loan became an REO Property, will not result in the imposition of taxes on
"prohibited transactions" as defined in Section 860F of the Code, or cause
the
transaction to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that certificates are
outstanding.
The
Company shall also maintain on each REO Property fire and hazard insurance
with
extended coverage in amount which is at least equal to the maximum insurable
value of the improvements which are a part of such property, liability insurance
and, to the extent required and available under the Flood Disaster Protection
Act of 1973, as amended, flood insurance in the amount required
above.
The
proceeds of sale of the REO Property shall be promptly deposited in the
Custodial Account only with the prior written consent of the Purchaser. As
soon
as practical thereafter the expenses of such sale shall be paid and the Company
shall reimburse itself for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances, unpaid
Servicing Fees and unreimbursed advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. On
the
Remittance Date immediately following the Principal Prepayment Period in
which
such sale proceeds are received the net cash proceeds of such sale remaining
in
the Custodial Account shall be distributed to the Purchaser.
51
With
respect to each REO Property, the Company shall segregate and hold all funds
collected and received in connection with the operation of the REO Property
separate and apart from its own funds or general assets and shall establish
and
maintain a separate REO Account. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company may employ the Custodial Account
as the
REO Account to the extent that the Company can separately identify any REO
funds
deposited herein. The creation of any REO Account shall be evidenced by a
certification in the form of Exhibit L hereto. A copy of such certification
shall be furnished to the Purchaser or to any subsequent owner of the Mortgage
Loans upon request.
The
Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited, in a clearing account on
a daily
basis and in each REO Account with two (2) Business Days of receipt all revenues
received with respect to the related REO Property and shall withdraw therefrom
funds necessary for the proper operation, management and maintenance of the
REO
Property, including the cost of maintaining any hazard insurance pursuant
to
Section 11.10 hereof and the fees of any managing agent acting on behalf
of the
Company. The Company shall not be entitled to retain interest paid or other
earnings, if any, on funds deposited in such REO Account.
Each
REO
Disposition shall be carried out by the Company at such price and upon such
terms and conditions as the Company deems to be in the best interest of
thePurchaser only with the prior written consent of the Purchaser. If as
of the
date title to any REO Property was acquired by the Company there were
outstanding unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to the REO Property,
the Company, upon an REO Disposition of such REO Property, shall be entitled
to
reimbursement for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances from proceeds
received in connection with such REO Disposition.
Section
4.17 Real
Estate Owned Reports.
Together
with the statement furnished pursuant to Section 5.02, the Company shall
furnish
to the Purchaser on or before the Remittance Date each month a statement
with
respect to any REO Property covering the operation of such REO Property for
the
previous month and the Company's efforts in connection with the sale of such
REO
Property and any rental of such REO Property incidental to the sale thereof
for
the previous month. That statement shall be accompanied by such other
information available to the Company as the Purchaser shall reasonably
request.
Section
4.18 Liquidation
Reports.
Upon
the
foreclosure sale of any Mortgaged Property or the acquisition thereof by
the
Purchaser pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Company shall submit
to
the Purchaser a liquidation report with respect to such Mortgaged
Property.
Section
4.19 Reports
of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property.
52
Following
the foreclosure sale or abandonment of any Mortgaged Property, the Company
shall
file such foreclosure or abandonment as required pursuant to Section 6050J
of
the Code. The Company shall file information reports with respect to the
receipt
of mortgage interest received in a trade or business and information returns
relating to cancellation of indebtedness income with respect to any Mortgaged
Property as required by the Code. Such reports shall be in form and substance
sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed by the Code.
Section
4.20 Notification
of Adjustments.
With
respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Company shall adjust the
Mortgage Interest Rate on the related Adjustment Date in compliance with
the
requirements of applicable law and the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note.
The
Company shall execute and deliver any and all necessary notices required
under
applicable law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding
the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustments. Upon the discovery by the Company
or the
receipt of notice from the Purchaser that the Company has failed to adjust
a
Mortgage Interest Rate in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage
Note, the Company shall immediately deposit in the Custodial Account from
its
own funds the amount of any interest loss or deferral caused the Purchaser
thereby without any reimbursement therefor.
Section
4.21 Confidentiality/Protection
of Customer Information.
The
Company shall keep confidential and shall not divulge to any party, without
the
Purchaser's prior written consent, the price paid by the Purchaser for the
Mortgage Loans, except to the extent that it is reasonable and necessary
for the
Company to do so in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities
or
other governmental agencies. Each party agrees that it shall comply with
all
applicable laws and regulations regarding the privacy or security of Customer
Information and shall maintain appropriate administrative, technical and
physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity
of
Customer Information, including maintaining security measures designed to
meet
the objectives of the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for
Safeguarding Customer Information, 66 Fed. Reg. 8616 (the “Interagency
Guidelines”). For purposes of this Section, the term “Customer Information”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Interagency
Guidelines.
Section
4.22 Fair
Credit Reporting Act
The
Company, in its capacity as servicer for each Mortgage Loan, agrees to fully
furnish, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing
regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable)
on its borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit
Information Company (three of the credit repositories), on a monthly
basis.
Section
4.23 Use
of
Subservicers and Subcontractors.
The
Company shall not hire or otherwise utilize the services of any Subservicer
to
fulfill any of the obligations of the Company as servicer under this Agreement
or any Reconstitution Agreement unless the Company complies with the provisions
of paragraph (a) of this Section 4.23. The Company shall not hire or otherwise
utilize the services of any Subcontractor, and shall not permit any Subservicer
to hire or otherwise utilize the services of any Subcontractor, to fulfill
any
of the obligations of the Company as servicer under this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement unless the Company complies with the provisions
of
paragraph (b) of this Section 4.23.
53
(a) It
shall
not be necessary for the Company to seek the consent of the Purchaser, any
Master Servicer or any Depositor to the utilization of any Subservicer. The
Company shall cause any Subservicer used by the Company (or by any Subservicer)
for the benefit of the Purchaser and any Depositor to comply with the provisions
of this Section 4.23 and with Sections 6.04, 6.06, 9.01(e)(iii), 9.01(e)(v)
and
9.01(f) of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subservicer were
the
Company, and to provide the information required with respect to such
Subservicer under Section 9.01(l)(iv) of this Agreement. The Company shall
be
responsible for obtaining from each Subservicer and delivering to the Purchaser
and any Depositor any servicer compliance statement required to be delivered
by
such Subservicer under Section 6.04 and any assessment of compliance and
attestation required to be delivered by such Subservicer under Section 6.06
and
any certification required to be delivered to the Person that will be
responsible for signing the Sarbanes Certification under Section 6.06 as
and
when required to be delivered.
(b) It
shall
not be necessary for the Company to seek the consent of the Purchaser, any
Master Servicer or any Depositor to the utilization of any Subcontractor.
The
Company shall promptly upon request provide to the Purchaser, any Master
Servicer and any Depositor (or any designee of the Depositor, such as an
administrator) a written description (in form and substance satisfactory
to the
Purchaser, such Master Servicer and such Depositor) of the role and function
of
each Subcontractor utilized by the Company or any Subservicer, specifying
(i)
the identity of each such Subcontractor, (ii) which (if any) of such
Subcontractors are “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning
of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, and (iii) which elements of the Servicing
Criteria will be addressed in assessments of compliance provided by each
Subcontractor identified pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph.
Any
subservicing arrangement and the terms of the related subservicing agreement
must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loans in a manner consistent
with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder. Each Subservicer
shall
be authorized to transact business in the state or states where the related
Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated, if and to the extent
required by applicable law to enable the Subservicer to perform its obligations
hereunder and under the subservicing agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions
of any subservicing agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating
to agreements or arrangements between the Company or a Subservicer or reference
to actions taken through the Company or otherwise, the Company shall remain
obligated and liable to the Purchaser and its successors and assigns for
the
servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability
by virtue of such subservicing agreements or arrangements or by virtue of
indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the
same
terms and conditions as if the Company alone were servicing and administering
the Mortgage Loans. Every subservicing agreement entered into by the Company
shall contain a provision giving the successor servicer the option to terminate
such agreement, without fee, in the event a successor servicer is appointed.
All
actions of each Subservicer performed pursuant to the related subservicing
agreement shall be performed as an agent of the Company with the same force
and
effect as if performed directly by the Company.
54
For
purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have received
any
collections, recoveries or payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans that
are
received by a Subservicer regardless of whether such payments are remitted
by
the Subservicer to the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the Assignment
Agreements shall not be deemed to be subservicing agreements.
As
a
condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be
“participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB, the Company shall cause any such Subcontractor used by the
Company (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Purchaser and any
Depositor to comply with the provisions of Sections 6.06 and 9.01(f) of this
Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were the Company. The
Company shall be responsible for obtaining from each Subcontractor and
delivering to the Purchaser and any Depositor any assessment of compliance
and
attestation and other certifications required to be delivered by such
Subservicer and such Subcontractor under Section 6.06, in each case as and
when
required to be delivered.
Any
subservicing agreement and any other transactions or services relating to
the
Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer shall be deemed to be between the
Subservicer and the Company alone and the Purchaser shall not be deemed a
party
thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities
with respect to any Subservicer.
In
connection with the assumption of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities
and of the authority, power and rights of the Company hereunder by a successor
servicer pursuant to Section 12.01 of this Agreement, it is understood and
agreed that the Company’s rights and obligations under any subservicing
agreement then in force between the Company and a Subservicer shall be assumed
simultaneously by such successor servicer without act or deed on the part
of
such successor servicer; provided, however, that any successor servicer may
terminate the Subservicer.
The
Company shall, upon the reasonable request of the Purchaser, but at its own
expense, deliver to the assuming party documents and records relating to
each
subservicing agreement and an accounting of amounts collected and held by
it and
otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer
of
the subservicing agreements to the assuming party.
ARTICLE
V
PAYMENTS
TO PURCHASER
55
Section
5.01 Remittances.
On
each
Remittance Date the Company shall remit by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the Purchaser (a) all amounts deposited in the Custodial
Account as of the close of business on the Determination Date (net of charges
against or withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05),
plus (b) all amounts, if any, which the Company is obligated to distribute
pursuant to Section 5.03, minus (c) any amounts attributable to Principal
Prepayments received after the applicable Principal Prepayment Period which
amounts shall be remitted on the following Remittance Date, together with
any
additional interest required to be deposited in the Custodial Account in
connection with such Principal Prepayment in accordance with Section 4.04(viii);
minus (d) any amounts attributable to Monthly Payments collected but due
on a
Due Date or Dates subsequent to the first day of the month of the Remittance
Date, and minus (e) any amounts attributable to Buydown Funds being held
in the
Custodial Account, which amounts shall be remitted on the Remittance Date
next
succeeding the Due Period for such amounts.
With
respect to any remittance received by the Purchaser after the first Business
Day
following the Business Day on which such payment was due, the Company shall
pay
to the Purchaser interest on any such late payment at an annual rate equal to
the Prime Rate adjusted as of the date of each change, plus three percentage
points, but in no event greater than the maximum amount permitted by applicable
law. Such interest shall be deposited in the Custodial Account by the Company
on
the date such late payment is made and shall cover the period commencing
with
the day following such second Business Day and ending with the Business Day
on
which such payment is made, both inclusive. Such interest shall be paid by
the
Company to the Purchaser on the date such late payment is made and shall
cover
the period commencing with the day following such first Business Day and
ending
with the Business Day on which such payment is made, both inclusive. Such
interest shall be remitted along with such late payment. The payment by the
Company of any such interest shall not be deemed an extension of time for
payment or a waiver by the Purchaser of any Event of Default by the
Company.
Section
5.02 Remittance
Reports; Statements to Purchaser.
Not
later
than the Remittance Date, the Company shall furnish to the Purchaser, a monthly
remittance advice, with a trial balance report attached thereto, as to the
remittance period ending on the last day of the preceding month in an electronic
format mutually agreed upon between the Purchaser and the Company. In addition,
the Company shall provide the Purchaser with such information as the Purchaser
may reasonably request from time to time concerning the Mortgage Loans as
is
necessary for the Purchaser to prepare its federal income tax return and
any and
all other tax returns, information statements or other filings required to
be
delivered to any governmental authority or to the Purchaser pursuant to any
applicable law with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the transactions
contemplated hereby.
Section
5.03 Monthly
Advances by Company.
56
Not
later
than the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding each
Remittance Date, the Company shall deposit in the Custodial Account from
its own
funds or from amounts held for future distribution an amount equal to all
payments not previously advanced by the Company, whether or not deferred
pursuant to Section 4.01, of principal (due after the Cut-off Date) and interest
not allocable to the period prior to the Cut-off Date, at the Mortgage Loan
Remittance Rate which were due on the Mortgage Loans during the applicable
Due
Period and which were delinquent at the close of business on the immediately
preceding Determination Date or which were deferred pursuant to Section 4.01.
Any amounts held for future distribution and so used shall be replaced by
the
Company by deposit in the Custodial Account on or before any future Remittance
Date if funds in the Custodial Account on such Remittance Date shall be less
than payments to the Purchaser required to be made on such Remittance Date.
The
Company's obligation to make such Monthly Advances is mandatory, notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, and, with respect to any Mortgage
Loan or
REO Property, will continue until a Final Recovery Determination in connection
therewith, or through the last Remittance Date prior to the Remittance Date
for
the distribution of all Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries
(including REO Disposition Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation
Proceeds) with respect to the Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that such
obligation shall cease if the Company determines, in its sole reasonable
opinion, that advances with respect to such Mortgage Loan are Nonrecoverable
Monthly Advances. In the event that the Company determines that any such
advances is a Nonrecoverable Monthly Advance, the Company shall provide the
Purchaser with a Servicing Officer’s certification signed by two officers of the
Company evidencing such determination. The Company shall not have an obligation
to make such Monthly Advances as to any Mortgage Loan with respect to shortfalls
relating to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or similar state and local
laws.
ARTICLE
VI
GENERAL
SERVICING PROCEDURES
Section
6.01 Transfers
of Mortgaged Property.
The
Company shall use its best efforts to enforce any "due-on-sale" provision
contained in any Mortgage or Mortgage Note and to deny assumption by the
Person
to whom the Mortgaged Property has been or is about to be sold whether by
absolute conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or not the Mortgagor
remains liable on the Mortgage and the Mortgage Note. When the Mortgaged
Property has been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Company shall, to the extent
it
has knowledge of such conveyance, exercise its rights to accelerate the maturity
of such Mortgage Loan under the "due-on-sale" clause applicable thereto,
provided, however, that the Company shall not exercise such rights if prohibited
by law from doing so or if the exercise of such rights would impair or threaten
to impair any recovery under the related PMI Policy, if any.
If
the
Company reasonably believes it is unable under applicable law to enforce
such
"due-on-sale" clause, the Company shall enter into (i) an assumption and
modification agreement with the Person to whom such property has been conveyed,
pursuant to which such Person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and
the
original Mortgagor remains liable thereon or (ii) in the event the Company
is
unable under applicable law to require that the original Mortgagor remain
liable
under the Mortgage Note and the Company has the prior consent of the primary
mortgage guaranty insurer, a substitution of liability agreement with the
purchaser of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to which the original Mortgagor
is
released from liability and the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property is
substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note. If an
assumption fee is collected by the Company for entering into an assumption
agreement the fee will be retained by the Company as additional servicing
compensation. In connection with any such assumption or substitution of
liability, the Company shall follow the underwriting practices and procedures
of
prudent mortgage lenders in the state in which the related Mortgaged Property
is
located. With respect to an assumption or substitution of liability, Mortgage
Interest Rate, the amount of the Monthly Payment, and the final maturity
date of
such Mortgage Note may not be changed without the Purchaser’s consent. The
Company shall notify the Purchaser that any such substitution of liability
or
assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Purchaser the
original of any such substitution of liability or assumption agreement, which
document shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for all
purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as
all
other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof.
57
To
the
extent that any Mortgage Loan is assumable, the Company shall inquire diligently
into the credit worthiness of the proposed transferee, and shall use the
underwriting criteria for approving the credit of the proposed transferee
which
are used with respect to underwriting mortgage loans of the same type as
the
Mortgage Loan. If the credit worthiness of the proposed transferee does not
meet
such underwriting criteria, the Company diligently shall, to the extent
permitted by the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and by applicable law, accelerate
the maturity of the Mortgage Loan.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 6.01 or any other provision of this
Agreement, the Company shall not be deemed to be in default, breach or any
other
violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a Mortgage
Loan by operation of law or any assumption which the Company may be restricted
by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever. For purposes of this Section
6.01, the term “assumption” is deemed to also include a sale of a Mortgaged
Property that is not accompanied by an assumption or substitution of liability
agreement.
Section
6.02 Satisfaction
of Mortgages and Release of Custodial Mortgage Files.
Upon
the
payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the Company of a
notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner customary
for
such purposes, the Company shall notify the Purchaser in the monthly remittance
advice as provided in Section 5.02, and may request the release of any Mortgage
Loan Documents.
If
the
Company satisfies or releases the lien of the Mortgage without first having
obtained payment in full of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage
(other
than as a result of a modification of the Mortgage pursuant to the terms
of this
Agreement or liquidation of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the terms
of this
Agreement) or
should
the Company otherwise prejudice any rights the Purchaser may have under the
mortgage instruments, upon written demand of the Purchaser, the Company shall
repurchase the related Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price by deposit thereof
in the Custodial Account within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such
demand
by the Purchaser. The Company shall maintain the Fidelity Bond and Errors
and
Omissions Insurance Policy as provided for in Section 4.12 insuring the Company
against any loss it may sustain with respect to any Mortgage Loan not satisfied
in accordance with the procedures set forth herein.
58
Section
6.03 Servicing
Compensation.
As
compensation for its services hereunder, the Company shall be entitled to
withdraw from the Custodial Account the amount of its Servicing Fee. The
Servicing Fee shall be payable monthly and shall be computed on the basis
of the
unpaid principal balance and for the period respecting which any related
interest payment on a Mortgage Loan is received. The obligation of the Purchaser
to pay the Servicing Fee is limited to, and payable solely from, the interest
portion (including recoveries with respect to interest from Liquidation
Proceeds, to the extent permitted by Section 4.05) of such Monthly
Payments.
Additional
servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, to the extent provided
in
Section 6.01, and late payment charges shall be retained by the Company to
the
extent not required to be deposited in the Custodial Account. The Company
shall
not be permitted to retain any portion of the Prepayment Penalties collected
on
the Mortgage Loans. The Company shall be required to pay all expenses incurred
by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder and shall not
be
entitled to reimbursement thereof except as specifically provided for
herein.
Section
6.04 Annual
Statements as to Compliance.
On
or
before March 1 of each calendar year, the Company shall deliver to the
Purchaser, any Master Servicer or any Depositor, as directed by the Depositor,
a
statement of compliance addressed to the Purchaser, such Master Servicer
or such
Depositor and signed by an authorized officer of the Company, to the effect
that
(a) a review of the Company’s activities during the immediately preceding
calendar year (or applicable portion thereof) and of its performance under
this
Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution Agreement during such period
has
been made under such officer’s supervision, and (b) to the best of such
officers’ knowledge, based on such review, the Company has fulfilled all of its
obligations under this Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution Agreement
in
all material respects throughout such calendar year (or applicable portion
thereof) or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in
any
material respect, specifically identifying each such failure known to such
officer and the nature and the status thereof. Copies of such statement shall
be
provided by the Purchaser to any Person identified as a prospective purchaser
of
the Mortgage Loans.
Section
6.05 [Reserved]
Section
6.06 Report
on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.
On
or
before March 1 of each calendar year, the Company shall:
59
(i)
|
deliver
to the Purchaser, any Master Servicer or any Depositor, as directed
by the
Depositor, a report (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the
Purchaser, such Master Servicer and such Depositor) regarding the
Company’s assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the
immediately preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18
and
15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such
report
shall be addressed to the Purchaser, such Master Servicer or such
Depositor and signed by an authorized officer of the Company and
shall
address each of the “Applicable Servicing Criteria” specified on Exhibit G
hereto (or those Servicing Criteria otherwise mutually agreed to
by the
Purchaser, the Company and any Person that will be responsible
for signing
any Sarbanes Certification with respect to a Securitization Transaction
in
response to evolving interpretations of Regulation AB);
|
(ii)
|
deliver
to the Purchaser, any Master Servicer or any Depositor, as directed
by the
Depositor, a report of a registered public accounting firm reasonably
acceptable to the Purchaser, such Master Servicer and such Depositor
that
attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by
the
Company and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such
attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g)
of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;
|
(iii)
|
cause
each Subservicer and each Subcontractor, determined by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.29(b) to be “participating in the servicing
function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, to deliver to
the Purchaser and any Depositor an assessment of compliance and
accountants’ attestation as and when provided in this Section 6.06; and
|
(iv)
|
deliver,
and cause each Subservicer and each Subcontractor described in
clause
(iii) to deliver, to the Purchaser, any Master Servicer any Depositor
or
any other Person, as directed by the Depositor, that will be responsible
for signing the certification (a “Sarbanes Certification”) required by
Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act (pursuant
to Section
302 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002) on behalf of an asset-backed
issuer
with respect to a Securitization Transaction a certification, signed
by
the appropriate officer of the Company, in the form attached hereto
as
Exhibit H.
|
The
Company acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (iv) above may
rely
on the certification provided by the Company pursuant to such clause in signing
a Sarbanes Certification and filing such with the Commission. Neither the
Purchaser, any Master Servicer nor any Depositor will request delivery of
a
certification under clause (iv) above unless a Depositor is required under
the
Exchange Act to file an annual report on Form 10-K with respect to an issuing
entity whose asset pool includes Mortgage Loans.
Each
assessment of compliance provided by a Subservicer pursuant to Section 6.06(i)
shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified substantially in the
form
of Exhibit G hereto delivered to the Purchaser at the time of any Securitization
Transaction or, in the case of a Subservicer subsequently appointed as such,
on
or prior to the date of such appointment. An assessment of compliance provided
by a Subcontractor pursuant to Section 6.06(iii) need not address any elements
of the Servicing Criteria other than those specified by the Company pursuant
to
Section 4.23.
60
Section
6.07 Remedies.
(i) Any
failure by the Company, any Subservicer, any Subcontractor or any Third-Party
Originator to deliver any information, report, certification, accountants’
letter or other material when and as required under Article IX, Section
4.23,
Section 6.04 or Section 6.06, or any breach by the Company of a representation
or warranty set forth in Section 9.01(l)(vi)(A), or in a writing furnished
pursuant to Section 9.01(l)(vi)(B) and made as of a date prior to the closing
date of the related Securitization Transaction, to the extent that such breach
is not cured by such closing date, or any breach by the Company of a
representation or warranty in a writing furnished pursuant to Section
9.01(l)(vi)(B) to the extent made as of a date subsequent to such closing
date,
shall, except as provided in sub-clause (ii) of this Section, immediately
and
automatically, without notice or grace period, constitute an Event of Default
with respect to the Company under this Agreement and any applicable
Reconstitution Agreement, and shall entitle the Purchaser, any Master Servicer
or any Depositor, as applicable, in its sole discretion to terminate the
rights
and obligations of the Company as servicer under this Agreement and/or any
applicable Reconstitution Agreement without payment (notwithstanding anything
in
this Agreement or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement to the contrary)
of
any compensation to the Company (and, if the Company is servicing any of
the
Mortgage Loans in a Securitization Transaction, appoint a successor servicer
reasonably acceptable to any Master Servicer for such Securitization
Transaction); provided that to the extent that any provision of this Agreement
and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement expressly provides for the
survival of certain rights or obligations following termination of the Company
as servicer, such provision shall be given effect.
(ii) Any
failure by the Company, any Subservicer or any Subcontractor to deliver any
information, report, certification or accountants’ letter when and as required
under Section 6.04 or Section 6.06, including (except as provided below)
any
failure by the Company to identify any Subcontractor “participating in the
servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, which
continues unremedied for ten (10) calendar days after the date on which such
information, report, certification or accountants’ letter was required to be
delivered shall constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Company
under
this Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution Agreement, and shall entitle
the Purchaser, any Master Servicer or any Depositor, as applicable, in its
sole
discretion to terminate the rights and obligations of the Company under this
Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement without payment
(notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary) of any compensation
to the Company; provided that to the extent that any provision of this Agreement
and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement expressly provides for the
survival of certain rights or obligations following termination of the Company
as servicer, such provision shall be given effect.
61
Neither
the Purchaser nor any Depositor shall be entitled to terminate the rights
and
obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section 6.07(ii) if a failure
of the
Company to identify a Subcontractor “participating in the servicing function”
within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB was attributable solely
to the
role or function of such Subcontractor with respect to mortgage loans other
than
the Mortgage Loans.
(iii) The
Company shall promptly reimburse the Purchaser (or any designee of the
Purchaser), any Master Servicer and any Depositor, as applicable, for all
reasonable expenses incurred by the Purchaser (or such designee) or such
Depositor, as such are incurred, in connection with the termination of the
Company as servicer and the transfer of servicing of the Mortgage Loans to
a
successor servicer. The provisions of this paragraph shall not limit whatever
rights the Purchaser or any Depositor may have under other provisions of
this
Agreement
and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement or otherwise, whether in equity
or at law, such as an action for damages, specific performance or injunctive
relief.
Section
6.08 Right
to Examine Company Records.
The
Purchaser, or its designee, shall have the right to examine and audit any
and
all of the books, records, or other information of the Company, whether held
by
the Company or by another on its behalf, with respect to or concerning this
Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, during business hours or at such other times
as
may be reasonable under applicable circumstances, upon reasonable advance
notice. The Purchaser shall pay its own expenses associated with such
examination.
Section
6.09 Compliance
with REMIC Provisions.
If
a
REMIC election has been made with respect to the arrangement under which
the
Mortgage Loans and REO Property are held, the Company shall not take any
action,
cause the REMIC to take any action or fail to take any action that, under
the
REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) endanger
the status of the REMIC as a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a
tax
upon the REMIC (including but not limited to the tax on “prohibited
transactions” as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on
“contributions” to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code) unless the
Company has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking
to take such action) to the effect that the contemplated action will not
endanger such REMIC status or result in the imposition of any such
tax.
ARTICLE
VII
COMPANY
TO COOPERATE
Section
7.01 Provision
of Information.
During
the term of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the Purchaser such
periodic, special, or other reports or information, and copies or originals
of
any documents contained in the Servicing File for each Mortgage Loan provided
for herein. All other special reports or information not provided for herein
as
shall be necessary, reasonable, or appropriate with respect to the Purchaser
or
any regulatory agency will be provided at the Purchaser’s expense. All such
reports, documents or information shall be provided by and in accordance
with
all reasonable instructions and directions which the Purchaser may
give.
62
The
Company shall execute and deliver all such instruments and take all such
action
as the Purchaser may reasonably request from time to time, in order to
effectuate the purposes and to carry out the terms of this
Agreement.
Section
7.02 Financial
Statements; Servicing Facility.
In
connection with marketing the Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser may make available
to a prospective purchaser a Consolidated Statement of Operations of the
Company
for the most recently completed two (2) fiscal years for which such a statement
is available, as well as a Consolidated Statement of Condition at the end
of the
last two (2) fiscal years covered by such Consolidated Statement of Operations.
The Company, upon request, shall also make available any comparable interim
statements to the extent any such statements have been prepared by or on
behalf
of the Company (and are available upon request to members or stockholders
of the
Company or to the public at large). The Company, if it has not already done
so,
agrees to furnish promptly to the Purchaser copies of the statements specified
above.
The
Company also shall make available to Purchaser or prospective purchasers
knowledgeable financial, accounting, origination and servicing officers for
the
purpose of answering questions respecting recent developments affecting the
Company its loan origination or servicing practices or the financial statements
of the Company, and to permit any prospective purchaser to inspect the Company's
servicing facilities for the purpose of satisfying such prospective purchaser
that the Company has the ability to service the Mortgage Loans as provided
in
this Agreement.
ARTICLE
VIII
THE
COMPANY
Section
8.01 Additional
Indemnification; Third Party Claims.
In
addition to any indemnification provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the
Company shall indemnify the Purchaser and hold it harmless against any and
all
claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary
legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses
that the Purchaser may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Company
to perform its duties and service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance
with
the terms of this Agreement. The Company immediately shall notify the Purchaser
if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the
Mortgage Loans, assume (with the prior written consent of the Purchaser)
the
defense of any such claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith,
including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment
or
decree which may be entered against it or the Purchaser in respect of such
claim. The Company shall follow any written instructions received from the
Purchaser in connection with such claim. The Purchaser promptly shall reimburse
the Company for all amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding sentence
except when the claim is in any way related to the Company's indemnification
pursuant to Section 3.03, or the failure of the Company to service and
administer the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the terms of this
Agreement. The indemnification obligation of the Company set forth herein
shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.
63
Section
8.02 Merger
or Consolidation of the Company.
The
Company shall keep in full force and effect its existence, rights and franchises
as a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in
good
standing under the laws of the United States except as permitted herein,
and
shall obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction
in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity
and
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform
its
duties under this Agreement.
Any
Person into which the Company may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Company
shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Company,
shall
be the successor of the Company hereunder, without the execution or filing
of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, provided, however, that the successor
or
surviving Person shall (i) be an institution whose deposits are insured by
FDIC
or a company whose business is the servicing of mortgage loans, (ii) have
a GAAP
net worth of not less than $25,000,000, and (iii) be a Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx
Mac
approved seller/servicer in good standing and shall satisfy any requirements
of
Section 12.01 with respect to the qualifications of a successor to the Company.
Furthermore, in the event the Company transfers or otherwise disposes of
all or
substantially all of its assets to an affiliate of the Company, such affiliate
shall satisfy the condition above, and shall also be fully liable to the
Purchaser for all of the Company's obligations and liabilities
hereunder.
Section
8.03 Limitation
on Liability of Company and Others.
Neither
the Company nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the
Company shall be under any liability to the Purchaser for any action taken
or
for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this
Agreement, or for errors in judgment, provided, however, that this provision
shall not protect the Company or any such Person against any breach of
warranties or representations made herein, or failure to perform its obligations
in strict compliance with any standard of care set forth in this Agreement
or
any other liability which would otherwise be imposed under this Agreement.
The
Company and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company may rely
in
good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and
submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Company
shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal
action which is not incidental to its duties to service the Mortgage Loans
in
accordance with this Agreement and which in its opinion may involve it in
any
expense or liability, provided, however, that the Company may, with the consent
of the Purchaser, undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or
desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties
hereto. In such event, the Company shall be entitled to reimbursement from
the
Purchaser of the reasonable legal expenses and costs of such
action.
64
Section
8.04 Limitation
on Resignation and Assignment by Company.
The
Purchaser has entered into this Agreement with the Company and subsequent
purchasers will purchase the Mortgage Loans in reliance upon the independent
status of the Company, and the representations as to the adequacy of its
servicing facilities, personnel, records and procedures, its integrity,
reputation and financial standing, and the continuance thereof. Therefore,
the
Company shall neither assign this Agreement or the servicing rights hereunder
or
delegate its rights or duties hereunder (other than pursuant to Section 4.01)
or
any portion hereof or sell or otherwise dispose of all of its property or
assets
without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, which consent shall not
be
unreasonably withheld.
The
Company shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on
it
except by mutual consent of the Company and the Purchaser or upon the
determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under
applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by the Company. Any such
determination permitting the resignation of the Company shall be evidenced
by an
Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Purchaser which Opinion
of
Counsel shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser. No such
resignation shall become effective until a successor shall have assumed the
Company's responsibilities and obligations hereunder in the manner provided
in
Section 12.01.
Without
in any way limiting the generality of this Section, in the event that the
Company either shall assign this Agreement or the servicing responsibilities
hereunder or delegate its rights or duties hereunder (other than pursuant
to
Section 4.01) or any portion hereof, or sell or otherwise dispose of all
or
substantially all of its property or assets, without the prior written consent
of the Purchaser, then the Purchaser shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement upon notice given as set forth in Section 10.01, without any payment
of any penalty or damages and without any liability whatsoever to the Purchaser
or any third party.
ARTICLE
IX
AGENCY
TRANSFERS, SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS AND WHOLE LOAN
TRANSFERS
Section
9.01 Agency
Transfers, Securitization Transactions and Whole Loan Transfers
The
Purchaser and the Company agree that with respect to some or all of the Mortgage
Loans, the Purchaser, at its sole option, may effect Whole Loan Transfers,
Agency Transfers or Securitization Transactions, retaining the Company as
the
servicer thereof or subservicer if a master servicer is employed, or as
applicable the "seller/servicer." On the Reconstitution Date, the Mortgage
Loans
transferred may cease to be covered by this Agreement; provided, however,
that,
in the event that any Mortgage Loan transferred pursuant to this Section
9.01 is
rejected by the transferee, the Company shall continue to service such rejected
Mortgage Loan on behalf of the Purchaser in accordance with the terms and
provisions of this Agreement.
65
The
Company shall cooperate with the Purchaser in connection with each Whole
Loan
Transfer, Agency Transfer or Securitization Transaction in accordance with
this
Section 9.01, provided such participation creates no greater obligation on
the
part of the Company than otherwise set forth in this Agreement. The Purchaser
shall be responsible for reasonable out-of-pocket costs of the Company that
are
not contemplated by this Agreement. All Mortgage Loans not sold or transferred
pursuant to a Reconstitution shall remain subject to this Agreement and shall
continue to be serviced in accordance with the terms hereof. Under this
Agreement, the Company shall retain a Servicing Fee for each Mortgage Loan
at
the Servicing Fee Rate. In connection with a Reconstitution:
(a)
|
The
Company shall make all representations and warranties made herein
with
respect to the Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date and all
representations and warranties made herein with respect to the
Company
itself as of the closing date of each Whole Loan Transfer, Agency
Transfer
or Securitization Transaction. In the event of a Securitization
Transaction or Agency Sale for which Xxxxxxx Mac representations
and
warranties are required, the Company agrees to make the representations
and warranties listed on Exhibit M, as of the related Closing Date,
at the
time of such Securitization Transaction or Agency Sale, with respect
to
the Mortgage Loans included
therein;
|
(b)
|
The
Company shall deliver to the Purchaser, and to any Person designated
by
the Purchaser, such legal documents and in-house Opinions of Counsel
as
are customarily delivered by originators or servicers, as the case
may be,
and reasonably determined by the Purchaser to be necessary in connection
with an Reconstitution, as the case may be, such in-house Opinions
of
Counsel for a Securitization Transaction to be in the form reasonably
acceptable to the Purchaser, it being understood that the cost
of any
opinions of outside special counsel that may be required for a
Reconstitution, as the case may be, shall be the responsibility
of the
Purchaser;
|
(c)
|
The
Company shall negotiate and execute one or more servicing agreements
between the Company and any master servicer which is generally
considered
to be a prudent master servicer in the secondary mortgage market,
designated by the Purchaser in its sole discretion after consultation
with
the Company, an assignment, assumption and recognition agreement,
in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit I, an indemnification agreement,
a pooling
and servicing agreement and/or one or more custodial and servicing
agreements among the Purchaser, the Company and a third party
custodian/trustee which is generally considered to be a prudent
custodian/trustee in the secondary mortgage market designated by
the
Purchaser in its sole discretion after consultation with the Company,
in
either case for the purpose of pooling the Mortgage Loans with
other
Mortgage Loans for resale or securitization, which subservicing
agreements
or servicing agreements in the case of a securitization shall contain
contractual provisions including, but not limited to, servicer
advances of
delinquent scheduled payments of principal and interest through
liquidation (unless deemed non-recoverable) and prepayment interest
shortfalls (to the extent of the monthly servicing fee payable
thereto);
|
66
(d)
|
In
the event that the Purchaser appoints a credit risk manager in
connection
with a Securitization Transaction, the Company shall execute a
credit risk
management agreement and provide reports and information reasonably
required by the credit risk
manager.
|
(e)
|
In
connection with any Securitization Transaction, the Company shall
(1)
within five (5) Business Days following request by the Purchaser
or any
Depositor, provide to the Purchaser and such Depositor (or, as
applicable,
cause each Third-Party Originator and each Subservicer to provide),
in
writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Purchaser
and such Depositor, the information and materials specified in
paragraphs
(i), (ii), (iii) and (vii) of this subsection (d), and (2) as promptly
as
practicable following notice to or discovery by the Company, provide
to
the Purchaser and any Depositor (in writing and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor) the
information specified in paragraph (iv) of this subsection (e).
|
(i) If
so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company shall provide
such
information regarding (1) the Company, as originator of the Mortgage Loans
(including as an acquirer of Mortgage Loans from a Qualified Correspondent),
or
(2) each Third-Party Originator, and (3) as applicable, each Subservicer,
as is
requested for the purpose of compliance with Items 1103(a)(1), 1105, 1110,
1117
and 1119 of Regulation AB. Such information shall include, at a minimum:
(A)
the
originator’s form of organization;
(B)
|
a
description of the originator’s origination program and how long the
originator has been engaged in originating residential mortgage
loans,
which description shall include a discussion of the originator’s
experience in originating mortgage loans of a similar type as the
Mortgage
Loans; information regarding the size and composition of the originator’s
origination portfolio; and information that may be material, in
the good
faith judgment of the Purchaser or any Depositor, to an analysis
of the
performance of the Mortgage Loans, including the originators’
credit-granting or underwriting criteria for mortgage loans of
similar
type(s) as the Mortgage Loans and such other information as the
Purchaser
or any Depositor may reasonably request for the purpose of compliance
with
Item 1110(b)(2) of Regulation AB;
|
(C)
|
a
description of any material legal or governmental proceedings pending
(or
known to be contemplated) against the Company, each Third-Party
Originator
and each Subservicer; and
|
(D)
|
a
description of any affiliation or relationship (of a type described
in
Item 1119 of Regulation AB) between the Company, each Third-Party
Originator, each Subservicer and any of the following parties to
a
Securitization Transaction, as such parties are identified to the
Company
by the Purchaser or any Depositor in writing in advance of a
Securitization Transaction:
|
67
(1)
|
the
sponsor;
|
(2)
|
the
depositor;
|
(3)
|
the
issuing entity;
|
(4)
|
any
servicer;
|
(5)
|
any
trustee;
|
(6)
|
any
originator;
|
(7)
|
any
significant obligor;
|
(8)
|
any
enhancement or support provider; and
|
(9)
|
any
other material transaction party.
|
(ii)
|
If
so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company shall
provide
(or, as applicable, cause each Third-Party Originator to provide)
Static
Pool Information with respect to the mortgage loans (of a similar
type as
the Mortgage Loans, as reasonably identified by the Purchaser as
provided
below) originated by (1) the Company, if the Company is an originator
of
Mortgage Loans (including as an acquirer of Mortgage Loans from
a
Qualified Correspondent), and/or (2) each Third-Party Originator.
Such
Static Pool Information shall be prepared by the Company (or Third-Party
Originator) on the basis of its reasonable, good faith interpretation
of
the requirements of Item 1105(a)(1)-(3) of Regulation AB. To the
extent
that there is reasonably available to the Company (or Third-Party
Originator) Static Pool Information with respect to more than one
mortgage
loan type, the Purchaser or any Depositor shall be entitled to
specify
whether some or all of such information shall be provided pursuant
to this
paragraph. The content of such Static Pool Information may be in
the form
customarily provided by the Company, and need not be customized
for the
Purchaser or any Depositor. Such Static Pool Information for each
vintage
origination year or prior securitized pool, as applicable, shall
be
presented in increments no less frequently than quarterly over
the life of
the mortgage loans included in the vintage origination year or
prior
securitized pool. The most recent periodic increment must be as
of a date
no later than 135 days prior to the date of the prospectus or other
offering document in which the Static Pool Information is to be
included
or incorporated by reference. The Static Pool Information shall
be
provided in an electronic format that provides a permanent record
of the
information provided, such as a portable document format (pdf)
file, or
other such electronic format reasonably required by the Purchaser
or the
Depositor, as applicable.
|
Promptly
following notice or discovery of a material error in Static Pool Information
provided pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph (including an omission
to include therein information required to be provided pursuant to such
paragraph), the Company shall provide corrected Static Pool Information to
the
Purchaser or any Depositor, as applicable, in the same format in which Static
Pool Information was previously provided to such party by the
Company.
68
If
so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company shall provide
(or,
as applicable, cause each Third-Party Originator to provide), at the expense
of
the requesting party (to the extent of any additional incremental expense
associated with delivery pursuant to this Agreement), such agreed-upon
procedures letters of certified public accountants reasonably acceptable
to the
Purchaser or Depositor, as applicable, pertaining to Static Pool Information
relating to prior securitized pools for securitizations closed on or after
January 1, 2006 or, in the case of Static Pool Information with respect to
the
Company’s or Third-Party Originator’s originations or purchases, to calendar
months commencing January 1, 2006, as the Purchaser or such Depositor shall
reasonably request. Such letters shall be addressed to and be for the benefit
of
such parties as the Purchaser or such Depositor shall designate, which may
include, by way of example, any sponsor, any Depositor and any broker dealer
acting as underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser with respect
to a
Securitization Transaction. Any such statement or letter may take the form
of a
standard, generally applicable document accompanied by a reliance letter
authorizing reliance by the addressees designated by the Purchaser or such
Depositor.
(iii)
|
If
so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company shall
provide
such information regarding the Company, as servicer of the Mortgage
Loans,
and each Subservicer (each of the Company and each Subservicer,
for
purposes of this paragraph, a “Servicer”), as is requested for the purpose
of compliance with Items 1108, 1117 and 1119 of Regulation AB.
Such
information shall include, at a minimum:
|
(A)
|
the
Servicer’s form of organization;
|
(B)
|
a
description of how long the Servicer has been servicing residential
mortgage loans; a general discussion of the Servicer’s experience in
servicing assets of any type as well as a more detailed discussion
of the
Servicer’s experience in, and procedures for, the servicing function it
will perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreements;
information regarding the size, composition and growth of the Servicer’s
portfolio of residential mortgage loans of a type similar to the
Mortgage
Loans and information on factors related to the Servicer that may
be
material, in the good faith judgment of the Purchaser or any Depositor,
to
any analysis of the servicing of the Mortgage Loans or the related
asset-backed securities, as applicable, including, without limitation:
|
69
(1)
|
whether
any prior securitizations of mortgage loans of a type similar to
the
Mortgage Loans involving the Servicer have defaulted or experienced
an
early amortization or other performance triggering event because
of
servicing during the three-year period immediately preceding the
related
Securitization Transaction;
|
(2)
|
the
extent of outsourcing the Servicer utilizes;
|
(3)
|
whether
there has been previous disclosure of material noncompliance with
the
applicable Servicing Criteria with respect to other securitizations
of
residential mortgage loans involving the Servicer as a servicer
during the
three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction;
|
(4)
|
whether
the Servicer has been terminated as servicer in a residential mortgage
loan securitization, either due to a servicing default or to application
of a servicing performance test or trigger; and
|
(5)
|
such
other information as the Purchaser or any Depositor may reasonably
request
for the purpose of compliance with Item 1108(b)(2) of Regulation
AB;
|
(C)
|
a
description of any material changes during the three-year period
immediately preceding the related Securitization Transaction to
the
Servicer’s policies or procedures with respect to the servicing function
it will perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreements
for
mortgage loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans;
|
(D)
|
information
regarding the Servicer’s financial condition, to the extent that there is
a material risk that an adverse financial event or circumstance
involving
the Servicer could have a material adverse effect on the performance
by
the Company of its servicing obligations under this Agreement or
any
Reconstitution Agreement;
|
(E)
|
information
regarding advances made by the Servicer on the Mortgage Loans and
the
Servicer’s overall servicing portfolio of residential mortgage loans for
the three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction, which may be limited to a statement by an authorized
officer
of the Servicer to the effect that the Servicer has made all advances
required to be made on residential mortgage loans serviced by it
during
such period, or, if such statement would not be accurate, information
regarding the percentage and type of advances not made as required,
and
the reasons for such failure to advance;
|
70
(F)
|
a
description of the Servicer’s processes and procedures designed to address
any special or unique factors involved in servicing loans of a
similar
type as the Mortgage Loans;
|
(G)
|
a
description of the Servicer’s processes for handling delinquencies,
losses, bankruptcies and recoveries, such as through liquidation
of
mortgaged properties, sale of defaulted mortgage loans or workouts;
|
(H)
|
information
as to how the Servicer defines or determines delinquencies and
charge-offs, including the effect of any grace period, re-aging,
restructuring, partial payments considered current or other practices
with
respect to delinquency and loss
experience;
|
(I)
|
a
description of any material legal or governmental proceedings pending
(or
known to be contemplated) against the Servicer;
and
|
(J)
|
a
description of any affiliation or relationship between the Servicer
and
any of the following parties to a Securitization Transaction, as
such
parties are identified to the Servicer by the Purchaser or any
Depositor
in writing in advance of such Securitization
Transaction:
|
(1)
|
the
sponsor;
|
(2)
|
the
depositor;
|
(3)
|
the
issuing entity;
|
(4)
|
any
servicer;
|
(5)
|
any
trustee;
|
(6)
|
any
originator;
|
(7)
|
any
significant obligor;
|
(8)
|
any
enhancement or support provider;
and
|
(9)
|
any
other material transaction party.
|
(iv)
|
For
the purpose of satisfying the reporting obligation under the Exchange
Act
with respect to any class of asset-backed securities, the Company
shall
(or shall cause each Subservicer and Third-Party Originator to)
(1)
provide prompt notice to the Purchaser,
any Master Servicer or
any Depositor, as directed by the Depositor, in writing of (A)
any
material litigation or governmental proceedings involving the Company,
any
Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator, (B) any affiliations
or
relationships that develop following the closing date of a Securitization
Transaction between the Company, any Subservicer or any Third-Party
Originator and any of the parties specified in Section 9.01(l)(i)(D)
(and
any other parties identified in writing by the requesting party)
with
respect to such Securitization Transaction, (C)
any Event of Default under the terms of this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement, (D) any merger, consolidation or sale
of
substantially all of the assets of the Company, and (E) the Company’s
entry into an agreement with a Subservicer to perform or assist
in the
performance of any of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement or
any Reconstitution Agreement
and (2) provide to the Purchaser and any Depositor a description
of such
proceedings, affiliations or relationships.
|
71
(v)
|
As
a condition to the succession to the Company or any Subservicer
as
servicer or Subservicer under this Agreement or any Reconstitution
Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Company or such Subservicer
may
be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a
successor
to the Company or any Subservicer, the Company shall provide to
the
Purchaser and any Depositor, at least fifteen (15) calendar days
prior to
the effective date of such succession or appointment, (x) written
notice
to the Purchaser and any Depositor of such succession or appointment
and
(y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the
Purchaser and such Depositor, all information reasonably requested
by the
Purchaser or any Depositor in order to comply with is reporting
obligation
under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to any class of asset-backed
securities.
|
(vi)
(A)
The
Company shall be deemed to represent to the Purchaser,
to any
Master Servicer and
to any Depositor, as of the date on which information is first provided to
the
Purchaser,
any
Master Servicer or
any Depositor under this Section 9.01(e) that, except as disclosed in writing
to
the Purchaser,
any
Master Servicer or
such Depositor prior to such date: (1) the Company is not aware and has not
received notice that any default, early amortization or other performance
triggering event has occurred as to any other securitization due to any act
or
failure to act of the Company; (2) the Company has not been terminated as
servicer in a residential mortgage loan securitization, either due to a
servicing default or to application of a servicing performance test or trigger;
(3) no material noncompliance with the applicable Servicing Criteria with
respect to other securitizations of residential mortgage loans involving
the
Company as servicer has been disclosed or reported by the Company; (4) no
material changes to the Company’s policies or procedures with respect to the
servicing function it will perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution
Agreement for mortgage loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans have
occurred during the three-year period immediately preceding the related
Securitization Transaction; (5) there are no aspects of the Company’s financial
condition that could have a material adverse effect on the performance by
the
Company of its servicing obligations under this Agreement or any Reconstitution
Agreement; (6) there are no material legal or governmental proceedings pending
(or known to be contemplated) against the Company, any Subservicer or any
Third-Party Originator; and (7) there are no affiliations, relationships
or
transactions relating to the Company, any Subservicer or any Third-Party
Originator with respect to any Securitization Transaction and any party thereto
identified by the related Depositor of a type described in Item 1119 of
Regulation AB.
72
(B) If
so requested by the Purchaser,
any
Master Servicer or
any Depositor on any date following the date on which information is first
provided to the Purchaser,
any
Master Servicer or
any Depositor under this Section 9.01(l), the Company shall, within five
(5)
Business Days following such request, confirm in writing the accuracy of
the
representations and warranties set forth in sub clause (A) above or, if any
such
representation and warranty is not accurate as of the date of such request,
provide reasonably adequate disclosure of the pertinent facts, in writing,
to
the requesting party.
(vii)
|
In
addition to such information as the Company, as servicer, is obligated
to
provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, not later
than ten
(10) days prior to the deadline for the filing of any distribution
report
on Form 10-D in respect of any Securitization Transaction that
includes
any of the Mortgage Loans serviced by the Company or any Subservicer,
the
Company or such Subservicer, as applicable, shall, to the extent
the
Company or such Subservicer has knowledge thereof, provide to the
party
responsible for filing such report (including, if applicable, the
Master
Servicer) notice of the occurrence of any of the following events
along
with all information, data, and materials related thereto as may
be
required to be included in the related distribution report on Form
10-D
(as specified in the provisions of Regulation AB referenced
below):
|
(i)
|
any
material modifications, extensions or waivers of pool asset terms,
fees,
penalties or payments during the distribution period or that have
cumulatively become material over time (Item 1121(a)(11) of Regulation
AB);
|
(ii)
|
material
breaches of pool asset representations or warranties or transaction
covenants (Item 1121(a)(12) of Regulation AB);
and
|
(iii)
|
information
regarding new asset-backed securities issuances backed by the same
pool
assets, any pool asset changes (such as, additions, substitutions
or
repurchases), and any material changes in origination, underwriting
or
other criteria for acquisition or selection of pool assets (Item
1121(a)(14) of Regulation AB).
|
73
(viii)
|
The
Company shall provide to the Purchaser, any Master Servicer or
any
Depositor, as directed by the Depositor, evidence of the authorization
of
the person signing any certification or statement, copies or other
evidence of Fidelity Bond Insurance and Errors and Omission Insurance
policy, financial information and reports, and such other information
related to the Company or any Subservicer or the Company or such
Subservicer’s performance
hereunder.
|
(f)
|
The
Company shall indemnify the Purchaser, each affiliate of the Purchaser
and
each of the following parties participating in a Securitization
Transaction: each sponsor and issuing entity; each Person (including,
but
not limited to, any Master Servicer responsible for the preparation,
execution or filing of any report required to be filed with the
Commission
with respect to such Securitization Transaction, or for execution
of a
certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under
the
Exchange Act with respect to such Securitization Transaction; each
broker
dealer acting as underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser,
each
Person who controls any of such parties or the Depositor (within
the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the
Exchange
Act); and the respective present and former directors, officers,
employees, affiliates and agents of each of the foregoing and of
the
Depositor (each, an “Indemnified Party”), and shall hold each of them
harmless from and against any claims, losses, damages, penalties,
fines,
forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments,
and any
other costs, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain arising
out of
or based upon:
|
(i)
(A)
any
untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to be contained
in any
information, report, certification, data, accountants’ letter or other material
provided in written or electronic form under Sections 4.23, 6.04, 6.06, 9.01(e)
and (f) by or on behalf of the Company, or provided under Sections 4.23,
6.04,
6.06, 9.01(e) and (f) by or on behalf of any Subservicer, Subcontractor or
Third-Party Originator (collectively, the “Company Information”), or (B) the
omission or alleged omission to state in the Company Information a material
fact
required to be stated in the Company Information or necessary in order to
make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were
made, not misleading; provided,
by way of clarification, that
clause (B) of this paragraph shall be construed solely by reference to the
Company Information and not to any other information communicated in connection
with a sale or purchase of securities, without regard to whether the Company
Information or any portion thereof is presented together with or separately
from
such other information;
(ii)
|
any
breach by the Company of its obligations under Sections 4.23, 6.04,
6.06,
6.07 and 9.01, including particularly any failure by the Company,
any
Subservicer, any Subcontractor or any Third-Party Originator to
deliver
any information, report, certification, accountants’ letter or other
material when and as required under Sections 4.23, 6.04, 6.06,
9.01(e) and
(f), including any failure by the Company to identify any Subcontractor
“participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122
of Regulation AB; or
|
74
(iii)
|
any
breach by the Company of a representation or warranty set forth
in Section
9.01(l)(vi)(A) or in a writing furnished pursuant to Section
9.01(l)(vi)(B) and made as of a date prior to the closing date
of the
related Securitization Transaction, to the extent that such breach
is not
cured by such closing date, or any breach by the Company of a
representation or warranty in a writing furnished pursuant to Section
9.01(l)(vi)(B) to the extent made as of a date subsequent to such
closing
date; or
|
(iv)
|
the
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Company in connection
with its performance under Sections 4.23, 6.04, 6.06, 6.07 or
9.01.
|
If
the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to
hold
harmless an Indemnified Party, then the Company agrees that it shall contribute
to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of any
claims, losses, damages or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Party
in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of such
Indemnified Party on the one hand and the Company on the other.
In
the case of any failure of performance described in sub-clause (ii) of this
Section 9.01(f), the Company shall promptly reimburse the Purchaser, any
Depositor, as applicable, and each Person responsible for the preparation,
execution or filing of any report required to be filed with the Commission
with
respect to such Securitization Transaction, or for execution of a certification
pursuant to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act with
respect
to such Securitization Transaction, for all costs reasonably incurred by
each
such party in order to obtain the information, report, certification,
accountants’ letter or other material not delivered as required by the Company,
any Subservicer, any Subcontractor or any Third-Party Originator.
This
indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the
termination of any party to this Agreement.
(g)
|
The
Purchaser shall indemnify the Company, each affiliate of the Company,
each
Person who controls any of such parties or the Company (within
the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange
Act)
and the respective present and former directors, officers, employees
and
agents of each of the foregoing and of the Company, and shall hold
each of
them harmless from and against any losses, damages, penalties,
fines,
forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments,
and any
other costs, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain arising
out of
or based upon:
|
75
(i) any
untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to be contained
in any
offering materials related to a Securitization Transaction, including without
limitation the registration statement, prospectus, prospectus supplement,
any
private placement memorandum, any free writing prospectuses, any ABS
informational and computational material, and any amendments or supplements
to
the foregoing (collectively, the “Securitization Materials”) or
(ii) the
omission or alleged omission to state in the Securitization Materials a material
fact required to be stated in the Securitization Materials or necessary in
order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading,
but
only
to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission is other than a statement or omission arising out of,
resulting from, or based upon the Company Information; provided
however,
that
notwithstanding the forgoing, in the event that HSBC Bank USA, National
Association or any of its Affiliates enters into a Securitization Transaction,
HSBC Bank USA, National Association shall remain obligated to indemnify the
Company pursuant to this Section 9.01(g).
If
the
indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold
harmless an Indemnified Party, then the Purchaser agrees that it shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result
of any claims, losses, damages or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified
Party
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of such
Indemnified Party on the one hand and the Purchaser on the other.
This
indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the
termination of any party to this Agreement.
The
Purchaser and the Company acknowledge and agree that the purpose of Section
9.01(e) is to facilitate compliance by the Purchaser and any Depositor with
the
provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and regulations of the Commission.
Although Regulation AB is applicable by its terms only to offerings of
asset-backed securities that are registered under the Securities Act, the
Company acknowledges that investors in privately offered securities may require
that the Purchaser or any Depositor provide comparable disclosure in
unregistered offerings. References in this Agreement to compliance with
Regulation AB include provisions of comparable disclosure in private
offerings.
Neither
the Purchaser nor any Depositor shall exercise its right to request delivery
of
information or other performance under these provisions other than in good
faith, or for purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (or
the
provision in a private offering of disclosure comparable to that required
under
the Securities Act) and the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company acknowledges
that
interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time,
whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff,
consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice
of
counsel, or otherwise, and agrees to comply with requests made by the Purchaser
or any Depositor in good faith for delivery of information under these
provisions on the basis of established and evolving interpretations of
Regulation AB. In connection with any Securitization Transaction, the Company
shall cooperate fully with the Purchaser to deliver to the Purchaser (including
any of its assignees or designees) and any Depositor, any and all statements,
reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary in the
good
faith determination of the Purchaser or any Depositor to permit the Purchaser
or
such Depositor to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with
such disclosures relating to the Company, any Subservicer, any Third-Party
Originator and the Mortgage Loans, or the servicing of the Mortgage Loans,
reasonably believed by the Purchaser or any Depositor to be necessary in
order
to effect such compliance.
76
The
Purchaser (including any of its assignees or designees) shall cooperate with
the
Company by providing timely notice of requests for information under these
provisions and by reasonably limiting such requests to information required,
in
the Purchaser’s reasonable judgment, to comply with Regulation AB.
In
the
event the Purchaser has elected to have the Company hold record title to
the
Mortgages, prior to the Reconstitution Date the Company shall prepare an
Assignment of Mortgage in blank or to the trustee from the Company acceptable
to
the trustee for each Mortgage Loan that is part of the Whole Loan Transfers,
Agency Transfers or Securitization Transactions. The Purchaser shall pay
all
preparation and recording costs associated therewith, if such Assignments
of
Mortgage have been previously prepared and recorded in the name of the Purchaser
or its designee. The Company shall execute each Assignment of Mortgage, track
such Assignments of Mortgage to ensure they have been recorded and deliver
them
as required by the trustee upon the Company's receipt thereof. Additionally,
the
Company shall prepare and execute, at the direction of the Purchaser, any
note
endorsements in connection with any and all seller/servicer
agreements.
All
Mortgage Loans (i) not sold or transferred pursuant to Whole Loan Transfers,
Agency Transfers or Securitization Transactions or (ii) that are subject
to a
Securitization Transaction for which the related trust is terminated for
any
reason, shall remain subject to this Agreement and shall continue to be serviced
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and with respect thereto this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE
X
DEFAULT
Section
10.01 Events
of Default.
Each
of
the following shall constitute an Event of Default on the part of the
Company:
(i)
|
any
failure by the Company to remit to the Purchaser any payment required
to
be made under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied
for a
period of two (2) Business Days after the date upon which written
notice
of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have
been given
to the Company by the Purchaser; or
|
77
(ii)
|
failure
by the Company duly to observe or perform in any material respect
any
other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Company
set forth
in this Agreement or in the Custodial Agreement which continues
unremedied
for a period of sixty (60) days (except that such number of days
shall be
fifteen (15) in the case of a failure to pay any premium for any
insurance
policy required to be maintained to be maintained under this Agreement)
after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring
the same
to be remedied, shall have been given to the Company by the Purchaser
or
by the Custodian; or
|
(iii)
|
failure
by the Company to maintain its license to do business in any jurisdiction
where the Mortgaged Property is located if such license is required;
or
|
(iv)
|
a
decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having
jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, including bankruptcy,
marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or
for the
winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered
against
the Company and such decree or order shall have remained in force
undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days;
or
|
(v)
|
the
Company shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver
or
liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, readjustment of debt,
marshaling
of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating
to the
Company or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property;
or
|
(vi)
|
the
Company shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally
as
they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization statute, make an assignment
for
the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its
obligations or cease its normal business operations for three (3)
Business
Days; or
|
(vii)
|
the
Company ceases to meet the qualifications of a Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx
Mac
seller/servicer; or
|
(viii)
|
the
Company attempts to assign its right to servicing compensation
hereunder
or to assign this Agreement or the servicing responsibilities hereunder
or
to delegate its duties hereunder or any portion thereof in violation
of
Section 8.04; or
|
(ix)
|
an
Event of Default as set forth in Section
6.07.
|
In
each
and every such case, so long as an Event of Default shall not have been
remedied, in addition to whatever rights the Purchaser may have at law or
equity
to damages, including injunctive relief and specific performance, the Purchaser,
by notice in writing to the Company, may terminate all the rights and
obligations of the Company as servicer under this Agreement and in and to
the
Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof.
78
Upon
receipt by the Company of such written notice, all authority and power of
the
Company under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans
or
otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the successor appointed pursuant
to
Section 12.01. Upon written request from any Purchaser, the Company shall
prepare, execute and deliver to the successor entity designated by the Purchaser
any and all documents and other instruments, and do or cause to be done all
other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such
notice of termination, including but not limited to the transfer and endorsement
or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, at the Company's
sole
expense. The Company shall cooperate with the Purchaser and such successor
in
effecting the termination of the Company's responsibilities and rights
hereunder, including without limitation, the transfer to such successor for
administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be credited
by
the Company to the Custodial Account or Escrow Account or thereafter received
with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Section
10.02 Waiver
of Defaults.
By
a
written notice, the Purchaser may waive any default by the Company in the
performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences. Upon any waiver
of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose
of
this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default
or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so
waived.
ARTICLE
XI
TERMINATION
Section
11.01 Termination.
This
Agreement shall terminate upon either: (i) the later of the final payment
or
other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage
Loan or the disposition of any REO Property with respect to the last Mortgage
Loan and the remittance of all funds due hereunder, or (ii) mutual consent
of
the Company and the Purchaser in writing.
Section
11.02 Termination
Without Cause.
The
Purchaser may terminate, at its sole option, any rights the Company may have
hereunder, without cause as provided in this Section 11.02. Any such notice
of
termination shall be in writing and delivered to the Company by registered
mail
as provided in Section 12.05.
The
Company shall be entitled to receive, as such liquidated damages, upon the
transfer of the servicing rights, an amount equal to: (i) 2.75% of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loans as of the termination
date
paid by the Purchaser to the Company with respect to all of the Mortgage
Loans
for which a servicing fee rate of .25% is paid per annum, (ii) 3.25% of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loans as of the
termination date paid by the Purchaser to the Company with respect to all
of the
Mortgage Loans for which a servicing fee rate of .375% is paid per annum,
and
(iii) 3.75% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage
Loans
as of the termination date paid by the Purchaser to the Company with respect
to
all of the Mortgage Loans for which a servicing fee rate of .44% or greater
is
paid per annum.
79
ARTICLE
XII
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
12.01 Successor
to Company.
Prior
to
termination of the Company's responsibilities and duties under this Agreement
pursuant to Sections 8.04, 10.01, 11.01 (ii) or pursuant to Section 11.02
the
Purchaser shall, (i) succeed to and assume all of the Company's
responsibilities, rights, duties and obligations under this Agreement, or
(ii)
appoint a successor having the characteristics set forth in Section 8.02
and
which shall succeed to all rights and assume all of the responsibilities,
duties
and liabilities of the Company under this Agreement prior to the termination
of
Company's responsibilities, duties and liabilities under this Agreement.
In
connection with such appointment and assumption, the Purchaser may make such
arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage
Loans as it and such successor shall agree. In the event that the Company's
duties, responsibilities and liabilities under this Agreement should be
terminated pursuant to the aforementioned sections, the Company shall discharge
such duties and responsibilities during the period from the date it acquires
knowledge of such termination until the effective date thereof with the same
degree of diligence and prudence which it is obligated to exercise under
this
Agreement, and shall take no action whatsoever that might impair or prejudice
the rights or financial condition of the Purchaser or such successor. The
resignation or removal of the Company as servicer pursuant to the aforementioned
sections shall not become effective until a successor shall be appointed
pursuant to this Section 12.01 and shall in no event relieve the Company
of the
representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.02 and
the
remedies available to the Purchaser under Sections 3.03 and 8.01, it being
understood and agreed that the provisions of such Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03
and
8.01 shall be applicable to the Company notwithstanding any such sale,
assignment, resignation or termination of the Company, or the termination
of
this Agreement.
Any
successor appointed as provided herein shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
to
the Company and to the Purchaser an instrument accepting such appointment,
wherein the successor shall make the representations and warranties set forth
in
Section 3.01, except for subsection (h) with respect to the sale of the Mortgage
Loans and subsections (i) and (k) thereof, whereupon such successor shall
become
fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations
and liabilities of the Company, with like effect as if originally named as
a
party to this Agreement. Any termination or resignation of the Company as
servicer or termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.04, 10.01,
11.01
or 11.02 shall not affect any claims that any Purchaser may have against
the
Company arising out of the Company's actions or failure to act prior to any
such
termination or resignation.
80
The
Company shall deliver promptly to the successor servicer the funds in the
Custodial Account, REO Account and Escrow Account and the Servicing Files
and
related documents and statements held by it hereunder and the Company shall
account for all funds and shall execute and deliver such instruments and
do such
other things as may reasonably be required to more fully and definitively
vest
in the successor all such rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations
and liabilities of the Company as servicer, including making any transfers
on
the MERS System. The successor shall make arrangements as it may deem
appropriate to reimburse the Company for amounts the Company actually expended
as servicer pursuant to this Agreement which the successor is entitled to
retain
hereunder and which would otherwise have been recovered by the Company pursuant
to this Agreement but for the appointment of the successor
servicer.
Upon
a
successor's acceptance of appointment as such, the Company shall notify by
mail
the Purchaser of such appointment in accordance with the procedures set forth
in
Section 12.05.
Section
12.02 Amendment.
This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by written agreement signed by
the
Company and the Purchaser.
Section
12.03 Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New
York without regard to any conflicts of law provisions and the obligations,
rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, except to the extent preempted by
Federal law.
Each
of
the Company and the Purchaser hereby knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally
waives any and all rights it may have to a trial by jury in respect or any
litigation based on, or arising out of, under, or in connection with, this
Agreement, or any other documents and instruments executed in connection
herewith, or any course of conduct, course of dealing, statements (whether
oral
or written), or actions of the Company or the Purchaser. This provision is
a
material inducement for the Purchaser to enter into this Agreement.
Section
12.04 Duration
of Agreement.
This
Agreement shall continue in existence and effect until terminated as herein
provided. This Agreement shall continue notwithstanding transfers of the
Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser.
Section
12.05 Notices.
All
demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be
deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed by
registered mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
(i)
|
if
to the Company with respect to servicing
issues:
|
81
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
1
Home
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx, MAC X2302-033
Fax:
515/000-0000
(ii)
|
if
to the Company with respect to all other
issues:
|
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Structured Finance Manager, MAC X3906-012
Fax:
301/000-0000
In
each
instance, with a copy to:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
1
Home
Campus
Xxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention:
General Counsel MAC X2401-06T
or
such
other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Purchaser in writing by
the
Company;
(ii)
|
HSBC
if to Purchaser:
|
HSBC
Bank
USA, National Association.
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxx
or
such
other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Company in writing by
the
Purchaser;
Section
12.06 Severability
of Provisions.
If
any
one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement
shall be held invalid for any reason whatsoever, then such covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in
no way
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any
provision of law which prohibits or renders void or unenforceable any provision
hereof. If the invalidity of any part, provision, representation or warranty
of
this Agreement shall deprive any party of the economic benefit intended to
be
conferred by this Agreement, the parties shall negotiate, in good-faith,
to
develop a structure the economic effect of which is nearly as possible the
same
as the economic effect of this Agreement without regard to such
invalidity.
82
Section
12.07 Relationship
of Parties.
Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed or construed to create a partnership or
joint
venture between the parties hereto and the services of the Company shall
be
rendered as an independent contractor and not as agent for the
Purchaser.
Section
12.08 Execution;
Successors and Assigns.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the different
parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed,
shall
be deemed to be an original; such counterparts, together, shall constitute
one
and the same agreement. Subject to Section 8.04, this Agreement shall inure
to
the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and the Purchaser and their
respective successors and assigns. The parties agree that this Agreement
and
signature pages thereof may be transmitted between them by facsimile and
that
faxed signatures may constitute original signatures and that a faxed signature
page containing the signature (faxed or original) is binding on the
parties.
Section
12.09 Recordation
of Assignments of Mortgage.
To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Assignments of Mortgage is
subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property
records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any
or
all of the Mortgaged Properties are situated, and in any other appropriate
public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected at
the
Company's expense in the event recordation is either necessary under applicable
law or requested by the Purchaser at its sole option.
Section
12.10 Assignment
by Purchaser.
The
Purchaser shall have the right, without the consent of the Company to assign,
in
whole or in part, its interest under this Agreement with respect to some
or all
of the Mortgage Loans, and designate any Person to exercise any rights of
the
Purchaser hereunder, by executing an assignment, assumption and recognition
agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit I, and the assignee
or
designee shall accede to the rights and obligations hereunder of the Purchaser
with respect to such Mortgage Loans. Upon any such assignment, the Person
to
whom such assignment is made shall succeed to all rights and obligations
of the
Purchaser under this Agreement to the extent of the related Mortgage Loan
or
Mortgage Loans and this Agreement, to the extent of the related Mortgage
Loan or
Loans, shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct Agreement between the
Company and such Purchaser, and a separate and distinct Agreement between
the
Company and each other Purchaser to the extent of the other related Mortgage
Loan or Loans. In the event that this Agreement is assigned to any Person
to
whom the servicing or master servicing of any Mortgage Loan is sold or
transferred, the rights and benefits under this agreement which inure to
the
Purchaser shall inure to the benefit of both the Person to whom such Mortgage
Loan is transferred and the Person to whom the servicing or master servicing
of
the Mortgage Loan has been transferred; provided that, the right to require
a
Mortgage Loan to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to this Agreement
shall
be retained solely by the Purchaser. All references to the Purchaser in this
Agreement shall be deemed to include its assignee or designee.
83
Section
12.11 Solicitation
of Mortgagor.
Neither
party shall, after the Closing Date, take any action to solicit the refinancing
of any Mortgage Loan. It is understood and agreed that neither (i) promotions
undertaken by either party or any affiliate of either party which are directed
to the general public at large, including, without limitation, mass mailings
based upon commercially acquired mailing lists, newspaper, radio, television
advertisements nor (ii) serving the refinancing needs of a Mortgagor who,
without solicitation, contacts either party in connection with the refinance
of
such Mortgage or Mortgage Loan, shall constitute solicitation under this
Section. The provisions of this Section 12.11 shall survive the termination
of
this Agreement
Section
12.12 Further
Agreements.
The
Purchaser and the Company each agree to execute and deliver to the other
such
additional documents, instruments or agreements as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.
Section
12.13 General
Interpretive Principles.
For
purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the
context otherwise requires:
(i) the
terms
defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in this Agreement
and include the plural as well as the singular, and the use of any gender
herein
shall be deemed to include the other gender;
(ii) accounting
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(iii) references
herein to "Articles", "Sections", "Subsections", "Paragraphs", and other
subdivisions without reference to a document are to designated Articles,
Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs and other subdivisions of this
Agreement;
(iv) a
reference to a Subsection without further reference to a Section is a reference
to such Subsection as contained in the same Section in which the reference
appears, and this rule shall also apply to Paragraphs and other
subdivisions;
(v) the
words
"herein", "hereof", "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to
this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision; and
(vi) the
term
"include" or "including" shall mean without limitation by reason of
enumeration.
84
Section
12.14 Waivers.
No
term
or provision of this Agreement may be waived or modified unless such waiver
or
modification is in writing and signed by the party against whom such waiver
or
modification is sought.
Section
12.15 Exhibits.
The
exhibits to this Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a part hereof
and
are an integral part of this Agreement.
Section
12.16 Reproduction
of Documents.
This
Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation,
(a)
consents, waivers and modifications which may hereafter be executed, (b)
documents received by any party at the closing, and (c) financial statements,
certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished, may
be
reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature
photographic or other similar process. The parties agree that any such
reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any
judicial or administrative proceeding, whether or not the original is in
existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by a party in the
regular course of business, and that any enlargement, facsimile or further
reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in
evidence.
Section
12.17 Third
Party Beneficiary.
For
purposes of this Agreement, any Master Servicer shall be considered a third
party beneficiary to this Agreement entitled to all the rights and benefits
accruing to any Master Servicer herein as if it were a direct party to this
Agreement.
Section
12.18 Intention
of the Parties.
85
It
is the
intention of the parties that the Purchaser is purchasing, and the Company
is
selling, the Mortgage Loans and not a debt instrument of the Company or another
security. Accordingly, the parties hereto each intend to treat the transaction
for Federal income tax purposes as a sale by the Company, and a purchase
by the
Purchaser, of the Mortgage Loans. The Purchaser shall have the right to review
the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgage Loan Files to determine the
characteristics of the Mortgage Loans which shall affect the Federal income
tax
consequences of owning the Mortgage Loans and the Company shall cooperate
with
all reasonable requests made by the Purchaser in the course of such review.
In
the event, for any reason, any transaction contemplated herein is construed
by
any court or regulatory authority as a borrowing rather than as a sale, the
Company and the Purchaser intend that the Purchaser or its assignee, as the
case
may be, shall have a perfected first priority security interest in the Mortgage
Loans, the Custodial Account and the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing
(collectively, the “Collateral”), free and clear of adverse claims. In such
case, the Company shall be deemed to have hereby granted to the Purchaser
or its
assignee, as the case may be, a first priority security interest in and lien
upon the Collateral, free and clear of adverse claims. In such event, the
related Commitment Letter and this Agreement shall constitute a security
agreement, the Custodian shall be deemed to be an independent custodian for
purposes of perfection of the security interest granted to the Purchaser
or its
assignee, as the case may be, and the Purchaser or its assignee, as the case
may
be, shall have all of the rights of a secured party under applicable
law.
[Intentionally
Blank - Next Page Signature Page]
86
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Purchaser have caused their names to
be
signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of
the
day and year first above written.
HSBC
BANK USA, NATIONAL.
|
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.
|
ASSOCIATION
|
|
Purchaser
|
Company
|
By:
_______________________________
|
By:
_______________________________
|
Name:
_____________________________
|
Name:
_____________________________
|
Title:
______________________________
|
Title:
______________________________
|
87
STATE
OF
|
)
|
) ss:
|
|
COUNTY
OF ___________
|
)
|
On
the
_____ day of _______________, 20___ before me, a Notary Public in and for
said
State, personally appeared ______, known to me to be _________ of Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A., the national banking association that executed the within instrument
and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said bank,
and acknowledged to me that such bank executed the within
instrument.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand affixed my office seal the day
and
year in this certificate first above written.
____________________________________
Notary
Public
My
Commission expires __________________
88
STATE
OF
|
)
|
) ss:
|
|
COUNTY
OF
|
)
|
On
the
_____ day of _______________, 20___ before me, a Notary Public in and for
said
State, personally appeared _______________________________, known to me to
be
the _____________________ of _____________________, the corporation that
executed the within instrument and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand affixed my office seal the day
and
year in this certificate first above written.
____________________________________
Notary
Public
My
Commission expires __________________
89
EXHIBIT
A-1
MORTGAGE
LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT
A-2
MORTGAGE
LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT
B
CUSTODIAL
AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
C
CONTENTS
OF EACH CUSTODIAL
MORTGAGE
FILE AND SERVICING FILE
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Custodial Mortgage File shall include
each of
the following items, which shall be available for inspection by the Purchaser
and any prospective Purchaser, and which shall be retained by the Company
in the
Servicing File or delivered to the Custodian pursuant to Sections 2.01 and
2.03
of the Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement to which this Exhibit is
attached (the "Agreement"):
With
respect to each Custodial Mortgage File:
1.
|
The
original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening endorsements, endorsed
"Pay
to the order of __________ without recourse" and signed in the
name of the
Company by an authorized officer (in the event that the Mortgage
Loan was
acquired by the Company in a merger, the signature must be in the
following form: "[Company], successor by merger to [name of predecessor]";
and in the event that the Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated
by the
Company while doing business under another name, the signature
must be in
the following form: "[Company], formerly known as [previous
name]").
|
2.
|
The
originals or certified true copies of any document sent for recordation
of
all assumption, modification, consolidation or extension agreements,
with
evidence of recording thereon.
|
3.
|
Except
in the case of MERS Mortgage Loans, the original Assignment of
Mortgage
for each Mortgage Loan, in form and substance acceptable for recording
(except for the insertion of the name of the assignee and recording
information). The Assignment of Mortgage must be duly recorded
only if
recordation is either necessary under applicable law or commonly
required
by private institutional mortgage investors in the area where the
Mortgaged Property is located or on direction of the Purchaser.
If the
Assignment of Mortgage is to be recorded, the Mortgage shall be
assigned
to the Purchaser. If the Assignment of Mortgage is not to be recorded,
the
Assignment of Mortgage shall be delivered in blank. If the Mortgage
Loan
was acquired by the Company in a merger, the Assignment of Mortgage
must
be made by "[Company], successor by merger to [name of predecessor]."
If
the Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated by the Company while
doing
business under another name, the Assignment of Mortgage must be
by
"[Company], formerly know as [previous name]."
|
4.
|
The
original of any guarantee executed in connection with the Mortgage
Note.
|
5.
|
Original
or certified copy of power of attorney, if
applicable.
|
6.
|
The
original Mortgage, with evidence of recording thereon or a certified
true
and correct copy of the Mortgage sent for recordation. If in connection
with any Mortgage Loan, the Company cannot deliver or cause to
be
delivered the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon
on or
prior to the Closing Date because of a delay caused by the public
recording office where such Mortgage has been delivered for recordation
or
because such Mortgage has been lost or because such public recording
office retains the original recorded Mortgage, the Company shall
deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Custodian, a photocopy of such
Mortgage,
together with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording
office, an Officer's Certificate of the Company stating that such
Mortgage
has been dispatched to the appropriate public recording office
for
recordation and that the original recorded Mortgage or a copy of
such
Mortgage certified by such public recording office to be a true
and
complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage will be promptly
delivered
to the Custodian upon receipt thereof by the Company; or (ii) in
the case
of a Mortgage where a public recording office retains the original
recorded Mortgage or in the case where a Mortgage is lost after
recordation in a public recording office, a copy of such Mortgage
certified by such public recording office [or by the title insurance
company that issued the title policy] to be a true and complete
copy of
the original recorded Mortgage.
|
For
each
MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, noting the presence of the MIN
for
that Mortgage Loan and either language indicating that the Mortgage Loan
was
originated in the name of MERS, or if the Mortgage Loan was not originated
in
the name of MERS, the original Mortgage and the assignment to MERS, with
evidence of recording thereon. Further, with respect to MERS Mortgage Loans,
(a)
the Mortgage names MERS as the Mortgagee and (b) the requirements set forth
in
the Electronic Tracking Agreement have been satisfied, with a conformed recorded
copy to follow as soon as the same is received by the Company.
7.
|
Except
in the case of MERS Mortgage Loans, originals or certified true
copies of
documents sent for recordation of all intervening assignments of
the
Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon, or if any such intervening
assignment has not been returned from the applicable recording
office or
has been lost or if such public recording office retains the original
recorded assignments of mortgage, the Company shall deliver or
cause to be
delivered to the Custodian, a photocopy of such intervening assignment,
together with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording
office, an Officer's Certificate of the Company stating that such
intervening assignment of mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate
public recording office for recordation and that such original
recorded
intervening assignment of mortgage or a copy of such intervening
assignment of mortgage certified by the appropriate public recording
office or by the title insurance company that issued the title
policy to
be a true and complete copy of the original recorded intervening
assignment of mortgage will be promptly delivered to the Custodian
upon
receipt thereof by the Company; or (ii) in the case of an intervening
assignment where a public recording office retains the original
recorded
intervening assignment or in the case where an intervening assignment
is
lost after recordation in a public recording office, a copy of
such
intervening assignment certified by such public recording office
to be a
true and complete copy of the original recorded intervening
assignment.
|
8.
|
The
electronic form of PMI Policy as identified by certificate
number.
|
9.
|
The
original mortgagee policy of title insurance or other evidence
of title
such as a copy of the title commitment or copy of the preliminary
title
commitment.
|
10.
|
Any
security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent executed in
connection
with the Mortgage.
|
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Servicing File shall include each of the
following items to the extent in the possession of the Company or in the
possession of the Company’s agent(s):
13.
|
The
original hazard insurance policy and, if required by law, flood
insurance
policy, in accordance with Section 4.10 of the
Agreement.
|
14.
|
Residential
loan application.
|
15.
|
Mortgage
Loan closing statement.
|
16.
|
Verification
of employment and income, unless originated under the Company's
Limited
Documentation program, Xxxxxx Mae Timesaver
Plus.
|
17.
|
Verification
of acceptable evidence of source and amount of down payment, including
any
related asset verification, if
applicable.
|
18.
|
Credit
report on the Mortgagor.
|
19.
|
Residential
appraisal report, including the related completion certificate,
if
applicable.
|
20.
|
Photograph
of the Mortgaged Property.
|
21.
|
Survey
of the Mortgage property, if required by the title company or applicable
law.
|
22.
|
Copy
of each instrument necessary to complete identification of any
exception
set forth in the exception schedule in the title policy, i.e. map
or plat,
restrictions, easements, sewer agreements, home association declarations,
etc.
|
23.
|
All
required disclosure statements.
|
24.
|
If
available, termite report, structural engineer's report, water
potability
and septic certification.
|
25.
|
Sales
contract, if applicable.
|
26.
|
Evidence
of payment of taxes and insurance premiums, insurance claim files,
correspondence, current and historical computerized data files,
and all
other processing, underwriting and closing papers and records which
are
customarily contained in a mortgage loan file and which are required
to
document the Mortgage Loan or to service the Mortgage
Loan.
|
27.
|
Amortization
schedule, if available.
|
28.
|
Payment
history for any Mortgage Loan that has been closed for more than
90
days.
|
In
the
event an Officer's Certificate of the Company is delivered to the Custodian
because of a delay caused by the public recording office in returning any
recorded document, the Company shall deliver to the Custodian, within 240
days
of the Closing Date, an Officer's Certificate which shall (i) identify the
recorded document, (ii) state that the recorded document has not been delivered
to the Custodian due solely to a delay caused by the public recording office,
(iii) state the amount of time generally required by the applicable recording
office to record and return a document submitted for recordation, and (iv)
specify the date the applicable recorded document will be delivered to the
Custodian. The Company shall be required to deliver to the Custodian the
applicable recorded document by the date specified in (iv) above. An extension
of the date specified in (iv) above may be requested from the Purchaser,
which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Notwithstanding
Paragraphs 1 and 3 above, the Purchaser acknowledges that the Company may
deliver (i) a Mortgage Note for which the chain of endorsements is not identical
to that of the intervening Assignments with respect to such Mortgage Note,
which
shall not affect the enforceability of such Mortgage Note, and/or (ii)
intervening Assignments which are not identical to the chain of endorsements
with respect to such Mortgage Note, which shall not affect the validity of
such
intervening Assignments; provided, however, that such acknowledgment shall
in no
way operate to negate the Purchaser's remedies for the Company’s breach of the
representations and warranties under this Agreement.
EXHIBIT
D
DATA
FILE ELEMENTS
(1)
|
the
street address of the Mortgaged Property including the city, state,
county
and zip code;
|
(2)
|
a
code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is a single family
residence, a 2-4 family dwelling, a PUD, a cooperative, a townhouse,
manufactured housing or a unit in a condominium
project;
|
(3)
|
the
Mortgage Interest Rate as of the Cut-off
Date;
|
(4)
|
the
current Monthly Payment;
|
(5)
|
original
loan term, number of months;
|
(6)
|
the
stated maturity date;
|
(7)
|
the
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of
business
on the Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments of principal due
on or
before the Cut-off Date;
|
(8)
|
the
Loan-to-Value Ratio;
|
(9)
|
a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is an Interest Only Mortgage
Loan and the term of such Interest Only Mortgage
Loan;
|
(10)
|
a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a temporary buydown
(Y or
N);
|
(11)
|
the
Servicing Fee Rate;
|
(12)
|
a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is covered by lender-paid
mortgage insurance (Y or N);
|
(13)
|
a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Time$aver® Mortgage Loan (Y
or N);
|
(14)
|
the
Mortgagor's first and last name;
|
(15)
|
a
code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is owner-occupied,
a second
home or an investment property;
|
(16)
|
the
remaining months to maturity from the Cut-off Date, based on the
original
amortization schedule;
|
(17)
|
the
date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the Mortgage
Loan;
|
(18)
|
the
last Due Date on which a Monthly Payment was actually applied to
the
actual principal balance;
|
(19)
|
the
original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
|
(20)
|
a
code indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e., purchase, financing,
Rate/Term refinancing, cash-out refinancing);
|
(21)
|
the
Mortgage Interest Rate at origination;
|
(22)
|
a
code indicating the documentation style (i.e., full (providing
two (2)
years employment verification - two (2) years W-2’s and current pay stub
or two (2) years 1040’s for self employed borrowers), alternative or
reduced);
|
(23)
|
a
code indicating if the Mortgage Loan is subject to a PMI
Policy;
|
(24)
|
the
Appraised Value of the Mortgage
Property;
|
(25)
|
the
sale price of the Mortgaged Property, if
applicable;
|
(26)
|
the
Mortgagor’s FICO Score;
|
(27)
|
term
of Prepayment Penalty in years;
|
(28)
|
a
code indicating the product type;
|
(29)
|
a
code indicating the credit grade of the Mortgage
Loan;
|
(30)
|
the
unpaid balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of business
on the
Cut-off Date, after deduction of all payments of
principal;
|
(31)
|
the
Mortgage Note date of the Mortgage
Loan;
|
(32)
|
the
mortgage insurance certificate number and percentage of coverage,
if
applicable;
|
(33)
|
the
Mortgagor’s date of birth;
|
(34)
|
if
the Mortgage Loan is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the MIN Number for each
MERS
Mortgage Loan;
|
(35)
|
employer
name;
|
(36)
|
subsidy
program code;
|
(37)
|
servicer
name;
|
(38)
|
the
combined Loan-to-Value Ratio;
|
(39)
|
the
total Loan-to-Value Ratio;
|
(40)
|
whether
the Mortgage Loan is convertible (Y or
N);
|
(41)
|
a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a relocation loan
(Y or
N);
|
(42)
|
a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a leasehold loan (Y
or
N);
|
(43)
|
a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is an Alt A loan (Y or
N);
|
(44)
|
a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a no ratio loan (Y
or N);
|
(45)
|
a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loan
(Y or N);
|
(46)
|
effective
LTV percentage for pledged asset mortgage
loan;
|
(47)
|
citizenship
type code;
|
(48)
|
a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a conforming or
non-conforming loan, based on the original loan
balance;
|
(49)
|
the
name of the client for which the Mortgage Loan was
originated;
|
(50)
|
the
program code;
|
(51)
|
the
loan sub doc code;
|
(52)
|
a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is secured by a first
or second
lien;
|
(53)
|
a
code indicating amortization type (1 or
2);
|
(54)
|
interest-only
note payment;
|
(55)
|
first
full amortization payment date;
|
(56)
|
interest-only
term, number of months;
|
(57)
|
remaining
interest-only term for Interest-Only Mortgage Loans, number of
months;
|
(58)
|
a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a 2nd
lien (Y or N);
|
(59)
|
a
code indicating borrower verification of assets or lender verification
of
assets (L or B);
|
(60)
|
combined
current loan balance;
|
The
Company shall provide the following
For
the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA):
(61)
|
the
Mortgagor’s and co-Mortgagor’s (if applicable)
ethnicity;
|
(62)
|
the
Mortgagor’s and co-Mortgagor’s (if applicable)
race;
|
(63)
|
lien
status;
|
(64)
|
for
cash-out refinance loans, the cash
purpose;
|
(65)
|
the
Mortgagor’s and co-Mortgagor’s (if applicable)
gender;
|
(66)
|
the
Mortgagor’s and co-Mortgagor’s (if applicable) social security
numbers;
|
(67)
|
the
number of units for the property;
|
(68)
|
the
year in which the property was
built;
|
(69)
|
the
qualifying monthly income of the
Mortgagor;
|
(70)
|
the
number of bedrooms contained in the
property;
|
(71)
|
a
code indicating first time buyer (Y or
N);
|
(72)
|
the
total rental income, if any;
|
The
Company shall provide the following
for
the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans (if applicable):
(73)
|
the
maximum Mortgage Interest Rate under the terms of the Mortgage
Note;
|
(74)
|
the
Periodic Interest Rate Cap;
|
(75)
|
the
Index;
|
(76)
|
the
next Adjustment Date;
|
(77)
|
the
Gross Margin; and
|
(78)
|
the
lifetime interest rate cap.
|
EXHIBIT
E
DOCUMENT
CODING
EXHIBIT
F
FORM
OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
@
@
@
@
Re:
|
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
|
Mortgage
Loan Series @
|
Dear
Sir/Madam:
I
am @ of
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. and have acted as counsel to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
(the
“Company”), with respect to certain matters in connection with the sale by the
Company of the mortgage loans designated as Mortgage Loan Series @ (the
“Mortgage Loans”) pursuant to that certain Seller’s Warranties and Servicing
Agreement by and between the Company and @ (the “Purchaser”), dated as of @,
20__, (the “Agreement”), which sale is in the form of whole Mortgage Loans.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth
in
the Agreement.
I
have
examined the following documents:
1.
|
the
Seller’s Warranties and Servicing
Agreement;
|
2.
|
the
Custodial Agreement;
|
3.
|
the
form of endorsement of the Mortgage Notes;
and
|
4.
|
such
other documents, records and papers as I have deemed necessary
and
relevant as a basis for this
opinion.
|
To
the
extent I have deemed necessary and proper, I have relied upon the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Agreement.
I have
assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the
genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons and
the
conformity to the originals of all documents.
Based
upon the foregoing, it is my opinion that;
1.
|
The
Company is a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing
and in good standing under the laws of the United States.
|
2.
|
The
Company has the power to engage in the transactions contemplated
by the
Agreement, the Custodial Agreement and all requisite power, authority
and
legal right to execute and deliver the Agreement, the Custodial
Agreement
and the Mortgage Loans, and to perform and observe the terms and
conditions of such instruments.
|
3.
|
Each
person who, as an officer or attorney-in-fact of the Company, signed
(a)
the Agreements, each dated as of @, 20__, by and between the Company
and
the Purchaser, and (b) any other document delivered prior hereto
or on the
date hereof in connection with the sale and servicing of the Mortgage
Loans in accordance with the Agreements was, at the respective
times of
such signing and delivery, and is, as of the date hereof, duly
elected or
appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or attorney-in-fact,
and
the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents are
their
genuine signatures.
|
4.
|
Each
of the Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, and the Mortgage Loans,
has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and
is a
legal, valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with
its
terms, subject to the effect of insolvency, liquidation, conservatorship
and other similar laws administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation affecting the enforcement of contract obligations of
insured
banks and subject to the application of the rules of equity, including
those respecting the availability of specific performance, none
of which
will materially interfere with the realization of the benefits
provided
thereunder or with the Purchaser’s ownership of the Mortgage
Loans.
|
5.
|
The
Company has been duly authorized to allow any of its officers to
execute
any and all documents by original or facsimile signature in order
to
complete the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and the
Custodial
Agreement and in order to execute the endorsements to the Mortgage
Notes
and the assignments of the Mortgages, and the original or facsimile
signature of the officer at the Company executing the Agreement,
the
Custodial Agreement, the endorsements to the Mortgage Notes and
the
assignments of the Mortgages represents the legal and valid signature
of
said officer of the Company.
|
6.
|
Either
(i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
and
performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company with
the
Agreement, the Custodial Agreement or the sale and delivery of
the
Mortgage Loans or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the
Agreement and the Custodial Agreement; or (ii) any required consent,
approval, authorization or order has been obtained by the Company.
|
7.
|
Neither
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, nor the fulfillment
of the terms of the Agreement and the Custodial Agreement, will
conflict
with or results in or will result in a breach of or constitutes
or will
constitute a default under the charter or by-laws of the Company,
the
terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which
the
Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject,
or
violates any statute or order, rule, regulations, writ, injunction
or
decree of any court, governmental authority or regulatory body
to which
the Company is subject or by which it is
bound.
|
8.
|
There
is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to
the best of
my knowledge, threatened against the Company which, in my opinion,
either
in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result in any material
adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition,
properties or assets of the Company or in any material impairment
of the
right or ability of the Company to carry on its business substantially
as
now conducted or in any material liability on the part of the Company
or
which would draw into question the validity of the Agreement, and
the
Custodial Agreement, or of any action taken or to be taken in connection
with the transactions contemplated thereby, or which would be likely
to
impair materially the ability of the Company to perform under the
terms of
the Agreement and the Custodial
Agreement.
|
9.
|
For
purposes of the foregoing, I have not regarded any legal or governmental
actions, investigations or proceedings to be "threatened" unless
the
potential litigant or governmental authority has manifested to
the legal
department of the Company or an employee of the Company responsible
for
the receipt of process a present intention to initiate such proceedings;
nor have I regarded any legal or governmental actions, investigations
or
proceedings as including those that are conducted by state or federal
authorities in connection with their routine regulatory activities.
The
sale of each Mortgage Note and Mortgage as and in the manner contemplated
by the Agreements is sufficient fully to transfer all right, title
and
interest of the Company thereto as noteholder and mortgagee, apart
from
the rights to service the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the
Agreement.
|
10.
|
The
form of endorsement that is to be used with respect to the Mortgage
Loans
is legally valid and sufficient to duly endorse the Mortgage Notes
to the
Purchaser. Upon the completion of the endorsement of the Mortgage
Notes
and the completion of the assignments of the Mortgages, and the
recording
thereof, the endorsement of the Mortgage Notes, the delivery to
the
Custodian of the completed assignments of the Mortgages, and the
delivery
of the original endorsed Mortgage Notes to the Custodian would
be
sufficient to permit the entity to which such Mortgage Note is
initially
endorsed at the Purchaser’s direction, and to whom such assignment of
Mortgages is initially assigned at the Purchaser’s direction, to avail
itself of all protection available under applicable law against
the claims
of any present or future creditors of the Company, and would be
sufficient
to prevent any other sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation
of the Mortgages and the Mortgage Notes by the Company from being
enforceable.
|
This
opinion is given to you for your sole benefit, and no other person or entity
is
entitled to rely hereon except that the purchaser or purchasers to which
you
initially and directly resell the Mortgage Loans may rely on this opinion
as if
it were addressed to them as of its date.
Sincerely,
@
@
@/@
EXHIBIT
G
SERVICING
CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED
IN
ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The
assessment of compliance to be delivered by [the Company][Name of Subservicer]
shall address, as a minimum, the criteria identified below as “Applicable
Servicing Criteria”
Reg
AB Reference
|
Servicing
Criteria
|
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
|
Inapplicable
Servicing Criteria
|
General
Servicing Considerations
|
|||
1122(d)(1)(i)
|
Policies
and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other
triggers
and events of default in accordance with the transaction
agreements.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(1)(ii)
|
If
any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties,
policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s
performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(1)(iii)
|
Any
requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up
servicer
for the mortgage loans are maintained.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(1)(iv)
|
A
fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the
party
participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting
period in
the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance
with the
terms of the transaction agreements.
|
X
|
|
Cash
Collection and Administration
|
|||
1122(d)(2)(i)
|
Payments
on mortgage loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial
bank
accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business
days
following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(2)(ii)
|
Disbursements
made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor
are made
only by authorized personnel.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(2)(iii)
|
Advances
of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions,
and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made,
reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(2)(iv)
|
The
related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts
or
accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately
maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth
in the
transaction agreements.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(2)(v)
|
Each
custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository
institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes
of
this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to
a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution
that
meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange
Act.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(2)(vi)
|
Unissued
checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.
|
X
|
Reg
AB Reference
|
Servicing
Criteria
|
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
|
Inapplicable
Servicing Criteria
|
1122(d)(2)(vii)
|
Reconciliations
are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities
related
bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing
accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate;
(B)
prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff
date, or
such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements;
(C)
reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared
the
reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items.
These
reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their
original
identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
|
X
|
|
Investor
Remittances and Reporting
|
|||
1122(d)(3)(i)
|
Reports
to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission,
are
maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable
Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared
in
accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with
the
terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with
the
Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree
with
investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal
balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the Servicer.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(3)(ii)
|
Amounts
due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with
timeframes,
distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(3)(iii)
|
Disbursements
made to an investor are posted within two business days to the
Servicer’s
investor records, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(3)(iv)
|
Amounts
remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.
|
X
|
|
Pool
Asset Administration
|
|||
1122(d)(4)(i)
|
Collateral
or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the
transaction
agreements or related mortgage loan documents.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(4)(ii)
|
Mortgage
loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction
agreements
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(4)(iii)
|
Any
additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made,
reviewed
and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements
in the
transaction agreements.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(4)(iv)
|
Payments
on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with
the
related mortgage loan documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor
records maintained no more than two business days after receipt,
or such
other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and
allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow)
in
accordance with the related mortgage loan documents.
|
X
|
Reg
AB Reference
|
Servicing
Criteria
|
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
|
Inapplicable
Servicing Criteria
|
1122(d)(4)(v)
|
The
Servicer’s records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Servicer’s
records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(4)(vi)
|
Changes
with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's mortgage loans
(e.g.,
loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved
by
authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements
and
related pool asset documents.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(4)(vii)
|
Loss
mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications
and
deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as
applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance
with the
timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction
agreements.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(4)(viii)
|
Records
documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period
a mortgage
loan is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements.
Such
records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other
period
specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s
activities in monitoring delinquent mortgage loans including, for
example,
phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where
delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(4)(ix)
|
Adjustments
to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with variable
rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan documents.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(4)(x)
|
Regarding
any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts):
(A) such
funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s mortgage loan
documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified
in
the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid,
or
credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan
documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the
obligor
within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage
loans,
or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(4)(xi)
|
Payments
made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments)
are made
on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated
on the
appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such
support
has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior
to these
dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(4)(xii)
|
Any
late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made
on behalf
of an obligor are paid from the Servicer’s funds and not charged to the
obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or
omission.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(4)(xiii)
|
Disbursements
made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days
to the
obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days
specified in the transaction agreements.
|
X
|
Reg
AB Reference
|
Servicing
Criteria
|
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
|
Inapplicable
Servicing Criteria
|
1122(d)(4)(xiv)
|
Delinquencies,
charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded
in
accordance with the transaction agreements.
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(4)(xv)
|
Any
external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1)
through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set
forth in
the transaction agreements.
|
X
|
EXHIBIT
H
SARBANES
CERTIFICATION
Re:
|
The
[ ] agreement dated as of [ ], 200[ ] (the “Agreement”), among [IDENTIFY
PARTIES]
|
I,
________________________________, the _______________________ of [Name of
Servicer] (the “Servicer”), certify to [the Purchaser], [the Depositor], and the
[Master Servicer] [Securities Administrator] [Trustee], and their officers,
with
the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification,
that:
(1) I
have
reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the Servicer provided in
accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (the “Compliance Statement”), the
report on assessment of the Servicer’s compliance with the servicing criteria
set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Criteria”), provided
in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act
of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the
“Servicing Assessment”), the registered public accounting firm’s attestation
report provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange
Act and Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB (the “Attestation Report”), and all
servicing reports, officer’s certificates and other information relating to the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Servicer during 200[ ] that were
delivered by the Servicer to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer] [Securities
Administrator] [Trustee] pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the “Servicer
Servicing Information”);
(2) Based
on
my knowledge, the Servicer Servicing Information, taken as a whole, does
not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances
under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
of
time covered by the Servicer Servicing Information;
(3) Based
on
my knowledge, all of the Servicer Servicing Information required to be provided
by the Servicer under the Agreement has been provided to the [Depositor]
[Master
Servicer] [Securities Administrator] [Trustee];
(4) I
am
responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Servicer under
the
Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted
in
preparing the Compliance Statement and except as disclosed in the Compliance
Statement, the Servicing Assessment or the Attestation Report, the Servicer
has
fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement in all material respects;
and
(5) The
Compliance Statement required to be delivered by the Servicer pursuant to
the
Agreement, and the Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report required to
be
provided by the Servicer and by any Subservicer or Subcontractor pursuant
to the
Agreement have been provided to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer]. Any material
instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed
to the
[Depositor] [Master Servicer]. Any material instance of noncompliance with
the
Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in such reports.
Date:
By:
________________________
Name:
______________________
Title:
_______________________
EXHIBIT
I
ASSIGNMENT,
ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
____________,
20__
ASSIGNMENT,
ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT, dated _____________, 20__ between
_________________, a _________________ corporation having an office at
_________________ ("Assignor") and _____________, having an office at
____________ ("Assignee"):
For
and
in consideration of the sum of one dollar ($1.00) and other valuable
consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledge,
and
of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree
as
follows:
1. The
Assignor hereby grants, transfers and assigns to Assignee all of the right,
title and interest of Assignor, as Purchaser, in, to and under that certain
Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement, (the "Seller’s Warranties and
Servicing Agreement"), dated as of _________________, by and between
_________________ (the "Purchaser"), and _________________ (the "Company"),
and
the Mortgage Loans delivered thereunder by the Company to the Assignor, and
that
certain Custodial Agreement, (the "Custodial Agreement"), dated as of
_________________, by and among the Company, the Purchaser and _________________
(the "Custodian").
2. The
Assignor warrants and represents to, and covenants with, the Assignee
that:
a. The
Assignor is the lawful owner of the Mortgage Loans with the full right to
transfer the Mortgage Loans free from any and all claims and encumbrances
whatsoever;
b. The
Assignor has not received notice of, and has no knowledge of, any offsets,
counterclaims or other defenses available to the Seller with respect to the
Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement or the Mortgage Loans;
c. The
Assignor has not waived or agreed to any waiver under, or agreed to any
amendment or other modification of, the Seller’s Warranties and Servicing
Agreement, the Custodial Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, including without
limitation the transfer of the servicing obligations under the Seller’s
Warranties and Servicing Agreement. The Assignor has no knowledge of, and
has
not received notice of, any waivers under or amendments or other modifications
of, or assignments of rights or obligations under, the Seller’s Warranties and
Servicing Agreement or the Mortgage Loans; and
d. Neither
the Assignor nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged,
sold or otherwise disposed of the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage
Loans or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or
accept
a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Mortgage Loans, any interest
in
the Mortgage Loans or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached
or negotiated with respect to the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage
Loans or any other similar security with, any person in any manner, or made
any
general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner,
or
taken any other action which would constitute a distribution of the Mortgage
Loans under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "33 Act") or which would render
the
disposition of the Mortgage Loans a violation of Section 5 of the 33 Act
or
require registration pursuant thereto.
3. That
Assignee warrants and represent to, and covenants with, the Assignor and
the
Company pursuant to Section 12.10 of the Seller’s Warranties and Servicing
Agreement that:
a. The
Assignee agrees to be bound, as Purchaser, by all of the terms, covenants
and
conditions of the Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage
Loans and the Custodial Agreement, and from and after the date hereof, the
Assignee assumes for the benefit of each of the Company and the Assignor
all of
the Assignor's obligations as purchaser thereunder;
b. The
Assignee understands that the Mortgage Loans have not been registered under
the
33 Act or the securities laws of any state;
c. The
purchase price being paid by the Assignee for the Mortgage Loans are in excess
of $250,000.00 and will be paid by cash remittance of the full purchase price
within 60 days of the sale;
d. The
Assignee is acquiring the Mortgage Loans for investment for its own account
only
and not for any other person. In this connection, neither the Assignee nor
any
person authorized to act therefor has offered to sell the Mortgage Loans
by
means of any general advertising or general solicitation within the meaning
of
Rule 502(c) of US Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation D, promulgated
under the 1933 Act;
e. The
Assignee considers itself a substantial sophisticated institutional investor
having such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that
it
is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the Mortgage
Loans;
f. The
Assignee has been furnished with all information regarding the Mortgage Loans
that it has requested from the Assignor or the Company;
g. Neither
the Assignee nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged,
sold or otherwise disposed of the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage
Loans or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or
accepted a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Mortgage Loans, any
interest in the Mortgage Loans or any other similar security from, or otherwise
approached or negotiated with respect to the Mortgage Loans, any interest
in the
Mortgage Loans or any other similar security with, any person in any manner
which would constitute a distribution of the Mortgage Loans under the 33
Act or
which would render the disposition of the Mortgage Loans a violation of Section
5 of the 33 Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will it act,
nor
has it authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in such manner
with
respect to the Mortgage Loans; and
h. Either
(1) the Assignee is not an employee benefit plan ("Plan") within the meaning
of
section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA") or a plan (also "Plan") within the meaning of section 4975(e)(1)
of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ("Code"), and the Assignee is not directly
or
indirectly purchasing the Mortgage Loans on behalf of, investment manager
of, as
named fiduciary of, as Trustee of, or with assets of, a Plan; or (2) the
Assignee's purchase of the Mortgage Loans will not result in a prohibited
transaction under section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code.
i. The
Assignee's address for purposes of all notices and correspondence related
to the
Mortgage Loans and the Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreements
is:
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
Attention:
_________________
The
Assignee's wire transfer instructions for purposes of all remittances and
payments related to the Mortgage Loans and the Seller’s Warranties and Servicing
Agreement is:
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
Attention:
_________________
4. From
and
after the date hereof, the Company shall note the transfer of the Mortgage
Loans
to the Assignee in its books and records, the Company shall recognize the
Assignee as the owner of the Mortgage Loans and the Company shall service
the
Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Assignee pursuant to the Seller’s
Warranties and Servicing Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein
by reference. It is the intention of the Assignor, the Company and the Assignee
that the Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Company and the Assignee and their respective
successors and assigns.
[Signatures
Follow]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Assignment and Assumption to
be
executed by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above
written.
________________________________
|
_________________________________
|
Assignor
|
Assignee
|
By:
______________________________
|
By:
______________________________
|
Name:
____________________________
|
Name:
____________________________
|
Its:
_______________________________
|
Its:
_______________________________
|
Tax
Payer Identification No.:
|
Tax
Payer Identification No.:
|
________________________________
|
_________________________________
|
EXHIBIT
J
COMPANY'S
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
I,
_______________________, hereby certify that I am the duly elected ___________
of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., (the "Company") and state as follows:
1.
|
The
Company is a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing
and in good standing under the laws of the United
States.
|
2.
|
Attached
hereto as Exhibit A is a true, correct and complete copy of the
articles
of association of the Company which are in full force and effect
on the
date hereof and which have been in effect without amendment, waiver,
rescission or modification.
|
3.
|
Attached
hereto as Exhibit B is a true, correct and complete copy of the
by-laws of
the Company which are in effect on the date hereof and which have
been in
effect without amendment, waiver, rescission or
modification.
|
4.
|
Attached
hereto as Exhibit C is a certified true, correct and complete copy
of the
resolutions of the Mortgage Banking Committee of the Board of Directors
of
the Company authorizing the Company to execute and deliver the
Seller’s
Warranties and Servicing Agreement, dated as of ___________, 2006
by and
between the Company and the Purchaser (the “Seller’s Warranties and
Servicing Agreement”), by original or facsimile signature, and to endorse
the Mortgage Notes and execute the Assignments of Mortgages by
original or
facsimile signature, and each such resolutions are in effect on
the date
hereof and have been in effect without amendment, waiver rescission
or
modification.
|
5.
|
Either
(i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
and
performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company with
the
Agreement or the sale of the Mortgage Loans or the consummation
of the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement; or (ii) any required
consent,
approval, authorization or order has been obtained by the
Company.
|
6.
|
To
the best of my knowledge, neither the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by, nor the fulfillment of the terms of the Agreement,
conflicts or will conflict with or results or will result in a
breach of,
or constitutes or will constitute a default under, the charter
or by-laws
of the Company, the terms of any indenture or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound
or to
which it is subject, or any statute or order, rule, regulation,
writ,
injunction or decree of any court, governmental authority or regulatory
body to which the Company is subject or by which it is
bound.
|
7.
|
There
are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of
my
knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Company that would
materially and adversely affect the Company's ability to perform
its
obligations under the Agreement. No proceedings looking toward
merger,
consolidation or liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of the
Company are
pending or contemplated.
|
8.
|
The
Company is duly authorized to engage in the transactions described
and
contemplated by the Agreement.
|
9.
|
Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
in the
Seller’s Warranties and Servicing
Agreement.
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed by name and affixed the seal of the
Company.
Dated:
|
By:
_______________________________
|
Name:
_____________________________
|
|
[Seal]
|
Title:
______________________________
|
I,
________________, __________________of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., hereby certify
that _________________ is the duly elected, qualified and acting
_______________of the Company and that the signature appearing above is his/her
genuine signature.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.
Dated:
|
By:
_______________________________
|
Name:
_____________________________
|
|
|
Title:
______________________________
|
EXHIBIT
K
ESCROW
ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT
________________,
2006
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A. hereby certifies that it has established the account described
below as an Escrow Account pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Seller's Warranties
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of ___________________, 2006.
Title
of
Account: Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A. in trust for the Purchaser and/or subsequent purchasers
of
Mortgage Loans, and various Mortgagors - T & I
Address
of office or branch
|
|
of
the Company at which
|
|
Account
is maintained:
|
_______________________________ |
_______________________________ | |
_______________________________ | |
_______________________________ | |
Account
No.:_________________________
|
|
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.
Company
|
|
By: _________________________________ | |
Name: _______________________________ | |
Title: ________________________________ |
EXHIBIT
L
CUSTODIAL
ACCOUNT CERTIFICATION
_________________,
2006
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A. hereby certifies that it has established the account described
below as a Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Seller's Warranties
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of _________________________,
2006.
Title
of
Account: Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A. in trust for the Purchaser and/or subsequent purchasers
of
Mortgage Loans - P & I
Address
of office or branch
|
|
of
the Company at which
|
|
Account
is maintained:
|
_______________________________ |
_______________________________ | |
_______________________________ | |
_______________________________ | |
Account
No.:_________________________
|
|
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.
Company
|
|
By: _________________________________ | |
Name: _______________________________ | |
Title: ________________________________ |
EXHIBIT
L
XXXXXXX
MAC REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
1.
|
Eligible
Products.
|
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagor was not encouraged or required
to
select a mortgage loan product offered by the Mortgage Loan’s originator which
is a higher cost product designed for less creditworthy borrowers, taking
into
account such facts as, without limitation, the Mortgage Loan’s requirements and
the borrower’s credit history, income,
assets and liabilities.
For a
borrower who seeks
financing through a
Mortgage Loan originator’s higher-priced subprime lending channel, the borrower
should be directed towards or offered the Mortgage Loan originator’s standard
mortgage line if the borrower is able to qualify for one of the standard
products.
2. Borrower’s
Ability to Repay.
The
methodology used in underwriting the extension of credit for each Mortgage
Loan
in the trust did not rely on the extent of the Mortgagor’s equity in the
collateral as the principal determining factor in approving such extension
of
credit. The methodology employed objective criteria that related such
facts as, without limitation, the borrower’s credit history, income, assets
or
liabilities, to the proposed mortgage payment and, based on such methodology,
the Mortgage Loan’s originator made a reasonable determination that at the time
of origination the Mortgagor had the ability to make timely payments on the
Mortgage Loan.
3.
|
Mortgage
Premise Located in Georgia.
|
There
is
no Mortgage Loan that was originated on or after October 1, 2002 and before
March 7, 2003, that is secured by property located in the State of Georgia.
There is no Mortgage Loan that was originated on or after March 7, 2003,
that is
a “high cost home loan” as defined under the Georgia Fair Lending
Act.
4.
|
Prepayment
Penalties.
|
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan that contains a Prepayment Penalty: (a) the
Mortgage Loan provides some benefit to the Mortgagor (e.g.,
a rate
or fee reduction) in exchange for accepting such Prepayment Penalty; (b)
the
Mortgage Loan’s originator had a written policy of offering the Mortgagor, or
requiring third-party brokers to offer the Mortgagor, the option of obtaining
a
mortgage loan that did not require payment of such a Prepayment Penalty;
(c) the
Prepayment Penalty was adequately disclosed to the Mortgagor pursuant to
applicable state and federal law; (d) no subprime
Mortgagor Loan
originated on or after October 1, 2002 will provide for Prepayment Penalties
for
a term in
excess of three years
and any
Mortgage Loans originated prior to such date, and any non-subprime
loans,
will
not provide for Prepayment Penalties for a term in
excess of five years;
in each
case unless the Mortgage Loan was modified to reduce the prepayment period
to no
more than three years from the date of the note and the Mortgagor was notified
in writing of such reduction in prepayment period; and (e) such Prepayment
Penalty shall not be imposed in any instance when the Mortgage Loan is
accelerated or paid off in connection with the workout of a delinquent Mortgage
Loan or due to the Mortgagor’s default, notwithstanding that the terms of the
Mortgage Loan or state or federal law might permit the imposition of such
Prepayment Penalty.
NOTE:
At
the time of a Securitization Transaction, this representation and warranty
replaces Section 3.02(xx).
5.
|
Manufactured
Housing.
|
No
Mortgage Loan is secured by manufactured housing.
EXHIBIT
R
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT
R-1
EXHIBIT
S
SERVICING
CRITERIA MATRIX
The
assessment of compliance to be delivered by each of the parties listed below,
shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified as below as “Applicable
Servicing Criteria:”
Where
there are multiple checks for criteria the attesting party will identify in
their management assertion that they are attesting only to the portion of the
distribution chain they are responsible for in the related transaction
agreements. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have
the
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of
January 1, 2007 (the “Pooling
and Servicing Agreement”),
by
and among HSI Asset Securitization Corporation, as depositor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
N.A., as servicer, originator and custodian, CitiMortgage, Inc., as master
servicer, Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator, OfficeTiger Global Real
Estate Services Inc., as Credit Risk Manager, and Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, as trustee.
Reg
AB Reference
|
Servicing
Criteria
|
Master
Servicer
|
Securities
Administrator
|
Servicer
|
Custodian
|
General Servicing
Considerations
|
|||||
1122(d)(1)(i)
|
Policies
and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other
triggers
and events of default in accordance with the transaction
agreements.
|
X
|
X
|
||
1122(d)(1)(ii)
|
If
any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties,
policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s
performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
|
X
|
|||
1122(d)(1)(iii)
|
Any
requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up
servicer
for the pool assets are maintained.
|
X
|
|||
1122(d)(1)(iv)
|
A
fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the
party
participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting
period in
the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with
the
terms of the transaction agreements.
|
X
|
X
|
||
Cash Collection and Administration
|
|||||
1122(d)(2)(i)
|
Payments
on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank
accounts
and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days
following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(2)(ii)
|
Disbursements
made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor
are made
only by authorized personnel.
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
EXHIBIT
S-1
Reg
AB Reference
|
Servicing
Criteria
|
Master
Servicer
|
Securities
Administrator
|
Servicer
|
Custodian
|
1122(d)(2)(iii)
|
Advances
of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions,
and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made,
reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.
|
X
|
X
|
||
1122(d)(2)(iv)
|
The
related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts
or
accounts established as a form of over collateralization, are separately
maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth
in the
transaction agreements.
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(2)(v)
|
Each
custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository
institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes
of
this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to
a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution
that
meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange
Act.
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(2)(vi)
|
Unissued
checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
1122(d)(2)(vii)
|
Reconciliations
are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related
bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing
accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate;
(B)
prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff
date, or
such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements;
(C)
reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared
the
reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items.
These
reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original
identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Investor
Remittances and Reporting
|
|||||
1122(d)(3)(i)
|
Reports
to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are
maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable
Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared
in
accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with
the
terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with
the
Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree
with
investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal
balance and number of pool assets serviced by the Servicer.
|
X
|
X
|
EXHIBIT
S-2
Reg
AB Reference
|
Servicing
Criteria
|
Master
Servicer
|
Securities
Administrator
|
Servicer
|
Custodian
|
1122(d)(3)(ii)
|
Amounts
due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes,
distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements.
|
X
|
X
|
||
1122(d)(3)(iii)
|
Disbursements
made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s
investor records, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
|
X
|
X
|
||
1122(d)(3)(iv)
|
Amounts
remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.
|
X
|
X
|
||
Pool
Asset Administration
|
|||||
1122(d)(4)(i)
|
Collateral
or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction
agreements or related pool asset documents.
|
X
|
X
|
||
1122(d)(4)(ii)
|
Pool
assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the
transaction agreements
|
X
|
X
|
||
1122(d)(4)(iii)
|
Any
additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made,
reviewed
and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in
the
transaction agreements.
|
X
|
|||
1122(d)(4)(iv)
|
Payments
on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the
related
pool asset documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor records
maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such
other
number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated
to
principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with
the
related pool asset documents.
|
X
|
|||
1122(d)(4)(v)
|
The
Servicer’s records regarding the pool assets agree with the Servicer’s
records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.
|
X
|
|||
1122(d)(4)(vi)
|
Changes
with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's pool assets (e.g.,
loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved
by
authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements
and
related pool asset documents.
|
X
|
X
|
EXHIBIT
S-3
Reg
AB Reference
|
Servicing
Criteria
|
Master
Servicer
|
Securities
Administrator
|
Servicer
|
Custodian
|
1122(d)(4)(vii)
|
Loss
mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications
and
deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as
applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance
with the
timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction
agreements.
|
X
|
X
|
||
1122(d)(4)(viii)
|
Records
documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a
pool
asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements.
Such
records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other
period
specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s
activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including, for example,
phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where
delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).
|
X
|
|||
1122(d)(4)(ix)
|
Adjustments
to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable
rates
are computed based on the related pool asset documents.
|
X
|
|||
1122(d)(4)(x)
|
Regarding
any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts):
(A) such
funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s pool asset documents,
on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the
transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited,
to obligors in accordance with applicable pool asset documents and
state
laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar
days of full repayment of the related pool assets, or such other
number of
days specified in the transaction agreements.
|
X
|
|||
1122(d)(4)(xi)
|
Payments
made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments)
are made
on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated
on the
appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such
support
has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior
to these
dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
|
X
|
|||
1122(d)(4)(xii)
|
Any
late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made
on behalf
of an obligor are paid from the Servicer’s funds and not charged to the
obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or
omission.
|
X
|
EXHIBIT
S-4
Reg
AB Reference
|
Servicing
Criteria
|
Master
Servicer
|
Securities
Administrator
|
Servicer
|
Custodian
|
1122(d)(4)(xiii)
|
Disbursements
made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days
to the
obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days
specified in the transaction agreements.
|
X
|
|||
1122(d)(4)(xiv)
|
Delinquencies,
charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded
in
accordance with the transaction agreements.
|
X
|
X
|
||
1122(d)(4)(xv)
|
Any
external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1)
through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth
in
the transaction agreements.
|
X*
|
____________
*
Solely
with respect to premiums paid on certificate insurance policies, if
any.
EXHIBIT
S-5
EXHIBIT
T
Trustee:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
Securities
Administrator:
Citibank, N.A.
Master
Servicer:
CitiMortgage, Inc.
Cap
Counterparty:
Bear
Xxxxxxx Financial Products Inc.
Servicer:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
Originator:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
Custodian:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
Sponsor:
HSBC
Bank USA, National Association
Credit
Risk Manager:
OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc.
EXHIBIT
T-1
EXHIBIT
U
FORM
OF ANNUAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Via
Overnight Delivery
[DATE]
HSI
Asset
Securitization Corporation,
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Head MBS Principal Finance
Citibank,
N.A.,
000
Xxxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Structured Finance Agency and Trust - HSI Asset Securitization
2007-WF1
RE:
|
Annual
officer’s certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.24 of that certain
Pooling Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2007 (the
“Pooling
and Servicing Agreement”),
among HSI Asset Securitization Corporation, as depositor (the
“Depositor”),
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”),
originator and custodian, CitiMortgage, Inc., as master servicer
(the
“Master
Servicer”),
Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator (the “Securities
Administrator”),
OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc., as credit risk manager,
and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”)
|
[_______],
the undersigned, a duly authorized [_______] of [Servicer] [Master Servicer]
[Subservicer], does hereby certify the following for the [calendar
year][identify other period] ending on December 31, 20[__]:
1.
|
A
review of the activities of the [Servicer] [Master Servicer] [Subservicer]
during the preceding calendar year (or portion thereof) and of its
performance under the Agreement for such period has been made under
my
supervision.
|
2.
|
To
the best of my knowledge, based on such review, the [Servicer] [Master
Servicer] [Subservicer] has fulfilled all of its obligations under
the
Agreement in all material respects throughout such year (or applicable
portion thereof), or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any
such
obligation in any material respect, I have specifically identified
to the
Depositor, Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator each
such
failure known to me and the nature and status thereof, including
the steps
being taken by the [Servicer] [Master Servicer] [Subservicer] to
remedy
such default.
|
EXHIBIT
U-1
Certified
By:
______________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT
U-2
EXHIBIT
V
ADDITIONAL
FORM 10-D DISCLOSURE
ADDITIONAL
FORM 10-D DISCLOSURE
|
|
Item
on Form 10-D
|
Party
Responsible
|
Item
1: Distribution and Pool Performance Information
|
|
Information
included in the [Monthly Statement]
|
Master
Servicer, Servicer
Securities
Administrator
|
Any
information required by 1121 which is NOT included on the [Monthly
Statement]
|
Depositor
|
Item
2: Legal Proceedings
Any
legal proceeding pending against the following entities or their
respective property, that is material to Certificateholders, including
any
proceeding known to be contemplated by governmental
authorities:
|
|
▪
Issuing Entity (Trust Fund)
|
Servicer
and Depositor
|
▪
Sponsor (Seller)
|
Seller
(if a party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) or
Depositor
|
▪
Depositor
|
Depositor
|
▪
Trustee
|
Trustee
|
▪
Securities Administrator
|
Securities
Administrator
|
▪
Master Servicer
|
Master
Servicer
|
▪
Servicer
|
Servicer
|
▪
Custodian
|
Custodian
|
▪
1110(b) Originator
|
Depositor
|
▪
Any 1108(a)(2) Servicer (other than the Master Servicer or Securities
Administrator)
|
Servicer
|
▪
Any other party contemplated by 1100(d)(1)
|
Depositor
|
Item
3: Sale of Securities and Use of Proceeds
Information
from Item 2(a) of Part II of Form 10-Q:
With
respect to any sale of securities by the sponsor, depositor or
issuing
entity, that are backed by the same asset pool or are otherwise
issued by
the issuing entity, whether or not registered, provide the sales
and use
of proceeds information in Item 701 of Regulation S-K. Pricing
information
can be omitted if securities were not registered.
|
Depositor
|
EXHIBIT
V-1
ADDITIONAL
FORM 10-D DISCLOSURE
|
|
Item
on Form 10-D
|
Party
Responsible
|
Item
4: Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Information
from Item 3 of Part II of Form 10-Q:
Report
the occurrence of any Event of Default (after expiration of any
grace
period and provision of any required notice)
|
Securities
Administrator
|
Item
5: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
Information
from Item 4 of Part II of Form 10-Q
|
Securities
Administrator
|
Item
6: Significant Obligors of Pool Assets
Item
1112(b) - Significant
Obligor Financial Information*
|
Depositor
|
*This
information need only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution
period in which updated information is required pursuant to the
Item.
|
|
Item
7: Significant Enhancement Provider Information
Item
1114(b)(2) - Credit Enhancement Provider Financial
Information*
|
|
▪
Determining applicable disclosure threshold
|
Depositor
|
▪
Requesting required financial information (including any required
accountants’ consent to the use thereof) or effecting incorporation by
reference
|
Depositor
|
Item
1115(b) - Cap Counterparty Financial Information*
|
|
▪
Determining current maximum probable exposure
|
Depositor
|
▪
Determining current significance percentage
|
Depositor
|
▪
Requesting required financial information (including any required
accountants’ consent to the use thereof) or effecting incorporation by
reference
|
Depositor
|
*This
information need only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution
period in which updated information is required pursuant to the
Items.
|
EXHIBIT
V-2
ADDITIONAL
FORM 10-D DISCLOSURE
|
|
Item
on Form 10-D
|
Party
Responsible
|
Item
8: Other Information
Disclose
any information required to be reported on Form 8-K during the
period
covered by the Form 10-D but not reported
|
Any
party responsible for the applicable Form 8-K Disclosure
item
|
Item
9: Exhibits
Monthly
Statement to Certificateholders
|
Securities
Administrator
|
Exhibits
required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K, such as material
agreements
|
Depositor
|
EXHIBIT
V-3
EXHIBIT
W
ADDITIONAL
FORM 10-K DISCLOSURE
ADDITIONAL
FORM 10-K DISCLOSURE
|
|
Item
on Form 10-K
|
Party
Responsible
|
Item
1B: Unresolved Staff Comments
|
Depositor
|
Item
9B: Other Information
Disclose
any information required to be reported on Form 8-K during the fourth
quarter covered by the Form 10-K but not reported
|
Any
party responsible for disclosure items on Form 8-K
|
Item
15: Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
|
Depositor
|
Reg
AB Item 1112(b): Significant Obligors of Pool
Assets
|
|
Significant
Obligor Financial Information*
|
Depositor
|
*This
information need only be reported on the Form 10-K if updated information
is required pursuant to the Item.
|
|
Reg
AB Item 1114(b)(2): Credit Enhancement Provider Financial
Information
|
|
▪
Determining applicable disclosure threshold
|
Depositor
|
▪
Requesting required financial information (including any required
accountants’ consent to the use thereof) or effecting incorporation by
reference
|
Depositor
|
*This
information need only be reported on the Form 10-K if updated information
is required pursuant to the Item.
|
|
Reg
AB Item 1115(b): Cap Counterparty Financial
Information
|
|
▪
Determining current maximum probable exposure
|
Depositor
|
▪
Determining current significance percentage
|
Depositor
|
▪
Requesting required financial information (including any required
accountants’ consent to the use thereof) or effecting incorporation by
reference
|
Depositor
|
*This
information need only be reported on the Form 10-K if updated information
is required pursuant to the Item.
|
|
Reg
AB Item 1117: Legal Proceedings
Any
legal proceeding pending against the following entities or their
respective property, that is material to Certificateholders, including
any
proceeding known to be contemplated by governmental
authorities:
|
EXHIBIT
W-1
ADDITIONAL
FORM 10-K DISCLOSURE
|
|
Item
on Form 10-K
|
Party
Responsible
|
▪
Issuing Entity (Trust Fund)
|
Servicer
and Depositor
|
▪
Sponsor (Seller)
|
Seller
(if a party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) or
Depositor
|
▪
Depositor
|
Depositor
|
▪
Trustee
|
Trustee
|
▪
Securities Administrator
|
Securities
Administrator
|
▪
Master Servicer
|
Master
Servicer
|
▪
Servicer
|
Servicer
|
▪
Custodian
|
Custodian
|
▪
1110(b) Originator
|
Depositor
|
▪
Any 1108(a)(2) Servicer (other than the Servicer, Master Servicer
or
Securities Administrator)
|
Servicer
|
▪
Any other party contemplated by 1100(d)(1)
|
Depositor
|
Reg
AB Item 1119: Affiliations and Relationships
|
|
Whether
(a) the Sponsor (Seller), Depositor or Issuing Entity is an affiliate
of
the following parties, and (b) to the extent known and material,
any of
the following parties are affiliated with one another:
|
Depositor
as to (a)
Sponsor/Seller
as to (a)
|
▪
Master Servicer
|
Master
Servicer
|
▪
Servicer
|
Servicer
|
▪
Securities Administrator
|
Securities
Administrator
|
▪
Trustee
|
Trustee
|
▪
Any other 1108(a)(3) servicer
|
Servicer
|
▪
Any 1110 Originator
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any 1112(b) Significant Obligor
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any 1114 Credit Enhancement Provider
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any 1115 Cap Counterparty Provider
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any other 1101(d)(1) material party
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
Whether
there are any “outside the ordinary course business arrangements” other
than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction between (a) the
Sponsor (Seller), Depositor or Issuing Entity on the one hand, and
(b) any
of the following parties (or their affiliates) on the other hand,
that
exist currently or within the past two years and that are material
to a
Certificateholder’s understanding of the Certificates:
|
Depositor
as to (a)
Sponsor/Seller
as to (a)
|
EXHIBIT
W-2
ADDITIONAL
FORM 10-K DISCLOSURE
|
|
Item
on Form 10-K
|
Party
Responsible
|
▪
Master Servicer
|
Master
Servicer
|
▪
Servicer
|
Servicer
|
▪
Securities Administrator
|
Securities
Administrator
|
▪
Trustee
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any other 1108(a)(3) servicer
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any 1110 Originator
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any 1112(b) Significant Obligor
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any 1114 Credit Enhancement Provider
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any 1115 Cap Counterparty Provider
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any other 1101(d)(1) material party
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
Whether
there are any specific relationships involving the transaction or
the pool
assets between (a) the Sponsor (Seller), Depositor or Issuing Entity
on
the one hand, and (b) any of the following parties (or their affiliates)
on the other hand, that exist currently or within the past two years
and
that are material:
|
Depositor
as to (a)
Sponsor/Seller
as to (a)
|
▪
Master Servicer
|
Master
Servicer
|
▪
Servicer
|
Servicer
|
▪
Securities Administrator
|
Securities
Administrator
|
▪
Trustee
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any other 1108(a)(3) servicer
|
Servicer
|
▪
Any 1110 Originator
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any 1112(b) Significant Obligor
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any 1114 Credit Enhancement Provider
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any 1115 Derivate Counterparty Provider
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
▪
Any other 1101(d)(1) material party
|
Depositor/Sponsor
|
EXHIBIT
W-3
EXHIBIT
X
FORM
8-K DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
FORM
8-K DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
|
|
Item
on Form 8-K
|
Party
Responsible
|
Item
1.01- Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Disclosure
is required regarding entry into or amendment of any definitive agreement
that is material to the securitization, even if depositor is not
a party.
Examples:
servicing agreement, custodial agreement.
Note:
disclosure not required as to definitive agreements that are fully
disclosed in the prospectus
|
All
parties other than the Trustee
|
Item
1.02- Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
Disclosure
is required regarding termination of any definitive agreement that
is
material to the securitization (other than expiration in accordance
with
its terms), even if depositor is not a party.
Examples:
servicing agreement, custodial agreement.
|
All
parties other than the Trustee
|
Item
1.03- Bankruptcy or Receivership
Disclosure
is required regarding the bankruptcy or receivership, with respect
to any
of the following:
|
Depositor
|
▪
Sponsor (Seller)
|
Depositor/Sponsor
(Seller)
|
▪
Depositor
|
Depositor
|
▪
Master Servicer
|
Master
Servicer
|
▪
Affiliated Servicer
|
Servicer
|
▪
Other Servicer servicing 20% or more of the pool assets at the time
of the
report
|
Servicer
|
▪
Other material servicers
|
Servicer
|
▪
Trustee
|
Trustee
|
▪
Securities Administrator
|
Securities
Administrator
|
EXHIBIT
X-1
FORM
8-K DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
|
|
Item
on Form 8-K
|
Party
Responsible
|
▪
Significant Obligor
|
Depositor
|
▪
Credit Enhancer (10% or more)
|
Depositor
|
▪
Cap Counterparty
|
Depositor
|
▪
Custodian
|
Custodian
|
Item
2.04- Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial
Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangement
Includes
an early amortization, performance trigger or other event, including
event
of default, that would materially alter the payment priority/distribution
of cash flows/amortization schedule.
Disclosure
will be made of events other than waterfall triggers which are disclosed
in the monthly statements to the certificateholders.
|
Depositor
|
Item
3.03- Material Modification to Rights of Security
Holders
Disclosure
is required of any material modification to documents defining the
rights
of Certificateholders, including the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
|
Depositor
|
Item
5.03- Amendments of Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change of
Fiscal
Year
Disclosure
is required of any amendment “to the governing documents of the issuing
entity”.
|
Depositor
|
Item
6.01- ABS Informational and Computational
Material
|
Depositor
|
Item
6.02- Change of Servicer or Securities Administrator
Requires
disclosure of any removal, replacement, substitution or addition
of any
master servicer, affiliated servicer, other servicer servicing 10%
or more
of pool assets at time of report, other material servicers or
trustee.
|
Master
Servicer/Depositor/
Servicer
|
Reg
AB disclosure about any new servicer or master servicer is also
required.
|
Servicer/new
Master Servicer/Depositor
|
Reg
AB disclosure about any new Trustee is also required.
|
Trustee
|
EXHIBIT
X-2
FORM
8-K DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
|
|
Item
on Form 8-K
|
Party
Responsible
|
Item
6.03- Change in Credit Enhancement or External
Support
Covers
termination of any enhancement in manner other than by its terms,
the
addition of an enhancement, or a material change in the enhancement
provided. Applies to external credit enhancements as well as derivatives.
|
Depositor
|
Reg
AB disclosure about any new enhancement provider is also
required.
|
Depositor
|
Item
6.04- Failure to Make a Required Distribution
|
Securities
Administrator
|
Item
6.05- Securities Act Updating Disclosure
If
any material pool characteristic differs by 5% or more at the time
of
issuance of the securities from the description in the final prospectus,
provide updated Reg AB disclosure about the actual asset
pool.
|
Depositor
|
If
there are any new servicers or originators required to be disclosed
under
Regulation AB as a result of the foregoing, provide the information
called
for in Items 1108 and 1110 respectively.
|
Depositor
|
Item
7.01- Reg FD Disclosure
|
All
parties other than the Trustee
|
Item
8.01- Other Events
Any
event, with respect to which information is not otherwise called
for in
Form 8-K, that the registrant deems of importance to
certificateholders.
|
Depositor
|
Item
9.01- Financial Statements and Exhibits
|
Responsible
party for reporting/disclosing the financial statement or
exhibit
|
(1)
This
information is provided pursuant to the applicable Servicing
Agreement.
EXHIBIT
X-3
EXHIBIT
Y
ADDITIONAL
DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION
**SEND
TO CITIBANK VIA FAX TO (000) 000-0000 AND VIA EMAIL TO XXXXXXXX.XXXXXXX@XXXXXXXXX.XXX
AND VIA OVERNIGHT MAIL TO THE ADDRESS
IMMEDIATELY BELOW. SEND TO THE DEPOSITOR AT THE ADDRESS
BELOW**
Citibank,
N.A.,
as
Securities Administrator
000
Xxxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Structured Finance Agency and Trust - HSI Asset Securitization
2007-WF1
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
E-mail:
xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
HSI
Asset
Securitization Corporation
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Head MBS Principal Finance
Attn:
Corporate Trust Services - [DEAL NAME]-SEC REPORT PROCESSING
RE:
**Additional Form [ ] Disclosure**Required
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
accordance with Section [ ] of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of
[ ] [ ], 2007, among [ ], as [ ], [ ], as [
], [ ], as [ ] and [ ], as [ ]. The Undersigned,
as [ ], hereby notifies you that certain events have come to our attention
that [will][may] need to be disclosed on Form [ ].
Description
of Additional Form [ ] Disclosure:
List
of
Any Attachments hereto to be included in the Additional Form [ ]
Disclosure:
Any
inquiries related to this notification should be directed to [ ], phone
number: [ ]; email address: [ ].
EXHIBIT
Y-1
[NAME
OF
PARTY]
as
[role]
By:
__________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT
Y-2