SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Depositor
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP
Servicer
and
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 1, 2002
Salomon Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2002-CIT1
Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2002-CIT1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.........................................................................1
SECTION 1.02. Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls............................................40
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans.....................................................41
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance of REMIC I by Trustee.....................................................43
SECTION 2.03. Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by the Originator
and the Seller..............................................................44
SECTION 2.04. Reserved.............................................................................46
SECTION 2.05. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer............................46
SECTION 2.06. Issuance of the REMIC I Regular Interests and the Class R-I
Interest....................................................................48
SECTION 2.07. Conveyance of the REMIC I Regular Interests; Acceptance of
REMIC II by the Trustee..............................................................49
SECTION 2.08. Issuance of Class R Certificates.....................................................49
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01. Servicer to Act as Servicer..........................................................50
SECTION 3.02. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Servicer and
Sub-Servicers...............................................................52
SECTION 3.03. Successor Sub-Servicers..............................................................53
SECTION 3.04. No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicer, Trustee
or the Certificateholders...................................................53
SECTION 3.05. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreement by
Trustee.....................................................................53
SECTION 3.06. [Reserved]...........................................................................53
SECTION 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments.........................................53
SECTION 3.08. [Reserved]...........................................................................54
SECTION 3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Servicing Accounts..........................................................54
SECTION 3.10. Collection Account, Distribution Account and Initial
Deposit Accounts............................................................55
SECTION 3.11. Withdrawals from the Collection Account and Distribution
Account.....................................................................57
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SECTION 3.12. Investment of Funds in the Investment Accounts.......................................59
SECTION 3.13. [Reserved]...........................................................................60
SECTION 3.14. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Errors and Omissions
and Fidelity Coverage.......................................................60
SECTION 3.15. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements..................................................................61
SECTION 3.16. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans............................................62
SECTION 3.17. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files......................................64
SECTION 3.18. Servicing Compensation...............................................................65
SECTION 3.19. Reports to the Trustee; Collection Account Statements................................66
SECTION 3.20. Statement as to Compliance...........................................................66
SECTION 3.21. Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report.....................................66
SECTION 3.22. Access to Certain Documentation......................................................67
SECTION 3.23. Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property....................................67
SECTION 3.24. Obligations of the Servicer in Respect of Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls.........................................................70
SECTION 3.25. [Reserved]...........................................................................70
SECTION 3.26. Obligations of the Servicer in Respect of Mortgage Rates
and Monthly Payments.......................................................70
SECTION 3.27. Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account...............................................70
SECTION 3.28. Advance Facility.....................................................................72
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
SECTION 4.01. Distributions........................................................................73
SECTION 4.02. Statements to Certificateholders.....................................................79
SECTION 4.03. Remittance Reports; Advances.........................................................82
SECTION 4.04. Allocation of Realized Losses........................................................83
SECTION 4.05. Compliance with Withholding Requirements.............................................85
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.01. The Certificate......................................................................86
SECTION 5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates................................88
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates....................................92
SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners................................................................92
SECTION 5.05. Certain Available Information........................................................93
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER
SECTION 6.01. Liability of the Depositor and the Servicer..........................................94
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Servicer.............................94
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer and
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Others......................................................................94
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the Servicer............................................95
SECTION 6.05. Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the Servicer...................................96
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
SECTION 7.01. Servicer Events of Default...........................................................97
SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.............................................99
SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders..................................................100
SECTION 7.04. Waiver of Servicer Events of Default................................................100
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee...................................................................101
SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Trust
Administrator..............................................................102
SECTION 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates. ......................................................103
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses. .......................................................103
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee. ..............................................104
SECTION 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee. ............................................104
SECTION 8.08. Successor Trustee...................................................................105
SECTION 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee..................................................105
SECTION 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.......................................106
SECTION 8.11. Appointment of Office or Agency.....................................................107
SECTION 8.12. Representations and Warranties......................................................107
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
SECTION 9.01 Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage
Loans.....................................................................108
SECTION 9.02 Additional Termination Requirements.................................................110
ARTICLE X
REMIC PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. REMIC Administration.......................................................111
SECTION 10.02. Prohibited Transactions and Activities.....................................113
SECTION 10.03. Servicer and Trustee Indemnification.......................................114
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.01. Amendment..................................................................115
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SECTION 11.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.....................................116
SECTION 11.03. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.................................116
SECTION 11.04. Governing Law..............................................................117
SECTION 11.05. Notices....................................................................117
SECTION 11.06. Severability of Provisions.................................................117
SECTION 11.07. Notice to Rating Agencies..................................................118
SECTION 11.08. Article and Section References.............................................119
SECTION 11.09. Grant of Security Interest.................................................119
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1 Form of Class A Certificate
Exhibit A-2 Form of Class M-1 Certificate
Exhibit A-3 Form of Class M-2 Certificate
Exhibit A-4 Form of Class M-3 Certificate
Exhibit A-5 Form of Class M-4 Certificate
Exhibit A-6 Form of Class M-5 Certificate
Exhibit A-7 Form of Class CE Certificate
Exhibit A-8 Form of Class P Certificate
Exhibit A-9 Form of Class R Certificate
Exhibit A-10 Form of Class R-III Certificate
Exhibit A-11 Form of Class R-IV Certificate
Exhibit B [Reserved]
Exhibit C-1 Form of Trustee's Initial Certification
Exhibit C-2 Form of Trustee's Final Certification
Exhibit D Form of Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit E Request for Release
Exhibit F-1 Form of Transferor Representation Letter and Form of Transferee Representation
Letter in Connection with Transfer of the Private Certificates Pursuant to Rule 144A
Under the 1933 Act
Exhibit F-2 Form of Transfer Affidavit and Agreement and Form of Transferor Affidavit in
Connection with Transfer of Residual Certificates
Exhibit G Form of Certification with respect to ERISA and the Code
Exhibit H Form of Report Pursuant to Section 4.06
Exhibit I [Reserved]
Exhibit J Form of Officer's Certificate with respect to Prepayments
Exhibit K Form of Lost Note Affidavit
Exhibit L Form of Cap Contract
Schedule 1 Mortgage Loan Schedule
Schedule 2 Prepayment Charge Schedule
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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, is dated and effective
as of May 1, 2002, among SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC. as
Depositor, XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP as Servicer and XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Trustee.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
The Depositor intends to sell pass-through certificates to be
issued hereunder in multiple classes, which in the aggregate will evidence the
entire beneficial ownership interest in each REMIC (as defined herein) created
hereunder. The Trust Fund will consist of a segregated pool of assets comprised
of the Mortgage Loans and certain other related assets subject to this
Agreement.
REMIC I
As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Mortgage Loans and certain other
related assets (other than the Net WAC Rate Carryover Account and any Servicer
Prepayment Charge Payment Amount) subject to this Agreement as a REMIC for
federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC I." The Class R-I Interest will be the sole class of
"residual interests" in REMIC I for purposes of the REMIC Provisions (as defined
herein). The following table irrevocably sets forth the designation, the REMIC I
Remittance Rate, the initial Uncertificated Balance and, solely for purposes of
satisfying Treasury regulation section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible
maturity date" for each of the REMIC I Regular Interests (as defined herein).
None of the REMIC I Regular Interests will be certificated.
REMIC I Initial Latest Possible
Designation Remittance Rate Uncertificated Balance Maturity Date(1)
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I-LTAA Variable(2) $243,107,296.98 Xxxxx 00, 0000
X-XXX Variable(2) $ 2,176,800.00 Xxxxx 00, 0000
X-XXX0 Variable(2) $ 155,040.00 March 25, 2032
I-LTM2 Variable(2) $ 68,220.00 Xxxxx 00, 0000
X-XXX0 Variable(2) $ 18,600.00 Xxxxx 00, 0000
X-XXX0 Variable(2) $ 31,010.00 Xxxxx 00, 0000
X-XXX0 Variable(2) $ 18,610.00 March 25, 2032
I-LTZZ Variable(2) $ 2,493,094.40 Xxxxx 00, 0000
X-XXX Variable(2) $ 100.00 March 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as
the "latest possible maturity date" for each REMIC I Regular Interest.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "REMIC I Remittance Rate"
herein.
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REMIC II
As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC I Regular Interests as a REMIC
for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC II." The Class R-II Interest will evidence the sole class
of "residual interests" in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions under
federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the initial aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for the indicated
Classes of Certificates.
Initial Aggregate
Certificate Principal Latest Possible
Designation Pass-Through Rate Balance Maturity Date(1)
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Class A Variable(2) $217,680,000.00 March 25, 2032
Class M-1 Variable(2) $ 15,504,000.00 March 25, 2032
Class M-2 Variable(2) $ 6,822,000.00 March 25, 2032
Class M-3 Variable(2) $ 1,860,000.00 March 25, 2032
Class M-4 Interest Variable(2) $ 3,101,000.00 March 25, 2032
Class M-5 Interest Variable(2) $ 1,861,000.00 March 25, 2032
Class CE Variable(3) $ 1,240,670.39 March 25, 2032
Class P N/A(4) $ 100.00 March 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
for the Mortgage Loans with the latest maturity date has been designated as
the "latest possible maturity date" for each Class of Certificates.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "Pass-Through Rate" herein.
(3) The Class CE Certificates will accrue interest at their variable
Pass-Through Rate on the Notional Amount of the Class CE Certificates
outstanding from time to time which shall equal the Uncertificated Balance
of the REMIC I Regular Interests. The Class CE Certificates will not accrue
interest on their Certificate Principal Balance.
(4) The Class P Certificates will not accrue interest.
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REMIC III
As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class M-4 Interest, as a REMIC for
federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC III." The Class R-III Certificates will evidence the sole
class of "residual interests" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions
under federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the initial aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for the indicated
Classes of Certificates.
Initial Aggregate
Certificate Principal Latest Possible
Designation Pass-Through Rate Balance Maturity Date(1)
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Class M-4 Variable(2) $ 3,101,000.00 March 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
for the Mortgage Loans with the latest maturity date has been designated as
the "latest possible maturity date" for each Class of Certificates.
(2) The Class M-4 Certificates will receive 100% of amounts received in respect
of the Class M-4 Interest.
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REMIC IV
As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class M-5 Certificates as a REMIC
for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC IV." The Class R-IV Certificates will evidence the sole
class of "residual interests" in REMIC IV for purposes of the REMIC Provisions
under federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the initial aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for the indicated
Classes of Certificates.
Initial Aggregate
Certificate Principal Latest Possible
Designation Pass-Through Rate Balance Maturity Date(1)
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Class M-5 Variable(2) $ 1,861,000.00 March 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity
date for the Mortgage Loans with the latest maturity date has been
designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for each Class of
Certificates.
(2) The Class M-4 Certificates, the Class M-5 Certificates, the Class CE
Certificates and the Class P Certificates will receive 100% of amounts
received in respect of the Class M-4 Interest, the Class M-5 Interest.
As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans had an aggregate
principal balance equal to $248,068,770.39.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.
Whenever used in this Agreement, including, without limitation,
in the Preliminary Statement hereto, the following words and phrases, unless the
context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this Article.
Unless otherwise specified, interest will be calculated for the Certificates
(other than the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates) and the
REMIC I Regular Interests on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months and interest will be calculated for the Class A Certificates and
the Mezzanine Certificates on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in
a 360-day year.
"Accepted Servicing Practices": The servicing standards set forth
in Section 3.01.
"Accrued Certificate Interest": With respect to any Class A
Certificate, Mezzanine Certificate or the Class CE Certificates and each
Distribution Date, interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period
at the Pass-Through Rate for such Certificate for such Distribution Date on the
Certificate Principal Balance, in the case of the Class A Certificates and the
Mezzanine Certificates, or on the Notional Amount, in the case of the Class CE
Certificates, of such Certificate immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
The Class P Certificates is not entitled to distributions in respect of interest
and, accordingly, will not accrue interest. All distributions of interest on the
Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates will be calculated on the
basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the applicable Interest
Accrual Period. All distributions of interest on the Class CE Certificates will
be based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Accrued
Certificate Interest with respect to each Distribution Date, as to any Class A
Certificate, Mezzanine Certificate or the Class CE Certificates, shall be
reduced by an amount equal to the portion allocable to such Certificate pursuant
to Section 1.02 hereof of the sum of (a) the aggregate Prepayment Interest
Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date to the extent not covered by
payments pursuant to Section 3.24 and (b) the aggregate amount of any Relief Act
Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date. In addition, Accrued
Certificate Interest with respect to each Distribution Date, as to the Class CE
Certificates, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the portion allocable to
the Class CE Certificates of Realized Losses, if any, pursuant to Section 4.04
hereof.
"Actuarial Mortgage Loan": Any Mortgage Loan other than a Simple
Interest Mortgage Loan.
"Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan": Each of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate that is
subject to adjustment.
"Adjustment Date": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan, the first day of the month in which the Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage
Loan changes pursuant to the related Mortgage Note. The first Adjustment Date
following the Cut-off Date as to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan is set forth
in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
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"Advance": As to any Mortgage Loan, any advance made by the
Servicer in respect of any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.03.
"Advancing Person": As defined in Section 3.28 hereof.
"Affiliate": With respect to any specified Person, any other
Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to
any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Aggregate Loss Severity 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 on any Mortgage Loans
from the Cut-off Date to the last day of the preceding calendar month and the
denominator of which is the aggregate principal balance of such Mortgage Loans
immediately prior to the liquidation of such Mortgage Loans.
"Agreement": This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all
amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
"Assignment": An assignment of Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument, in recordable form (excepting therefrom, if applicable,
the mortgage recordation information which has not been required pursuant to
Section 2.01 hereof or returned by the applicable recorder's office), which is
sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged
Property is located to reflect of record the sale of the Mortgage, which
assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may be in the form of
one or more blanket assignments covering Mortgages secured by Mortgaged
Properties located in the same county, if permitted by law.
"Available Distribution Amount": With respect to any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to (1) the sum of (a) the aggregate of the amounts on
deposit in the Collection Account and Distribution Account attributable to the
Mortgage Loans as of the close of business on the related Determination Date,
(b) the aggregate of any amounts received in respect of an REO Property
withdrawn from any REO Account and deposited in the Distribution Account for
such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.23, (c) the aggregate of any
amounts deposited in the Distribution Account by the Servicer in respect of
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls attributable to the Mortgage Loans for such
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.24, (d) the aggregate of any Advances
attributable to the Mortgage Loans made by the Servicer for such Distribution
Date pursuant to Section 4.03, (e) the aggregate of any advances attributable to
the Mortgage Loans made by the Trustee for such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 7.02(b) and (f) the aggregate of any withdrawals from the Simple
Interest Excess Sub-Account, reduced (to not less than zero), by (2) the portion
of the amount described in clause (1)(a) above that represents (i) Monthly
Payments on the Mortgage Loans received from a Mortgagor on or prior to the
Determination Date but due during any Due Period subsequent to the related Due
Period, (ii) Principal Prepayments on the Mortgage Loans received after the
related Prepayment Period (together with any interest payments received with
such Principal Prepayments to the extent they represent the payment of interest
accrued on the
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Mortgage Loans during a period subsequent to the related Prepayment Period),
(iii) Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received in respect of the
Mortgage Loans after the related Prepayment Period, (iv) amounts reimbursable or
payable to the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee, the Seller or any
Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11 or Section 3.12 or otherwise payable in
respect of Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses attributable to the Mortgage Loans,
(v) [reserved], (vi) the Trustee Fee attributable to the Mortgage Loans payable
from the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 8.05, (vii) amounts deposited
in the Collection Account or the Distribution Account in error, (viii) the
amount of any Prepayment Charges collected by the Servicer in connection with
the Principal Prepayment of any of the Mortgage Loans or any Servicer Prepayment
Charge Payment Amount with respect to the Mortgage Loans and (ix) deposits to
the Simple Interest Excess Sub- Account.
"Balloon Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan that provides for the
payment of the unamortized principal balance of such Mortgage Loan in a single
payment at the maturity of such Mortgage Loan that is substantially greater than
the preceding monthly payment.
"Balloon Payment": A payment of the unamortized principal balance
of a Mortgage Loan in a single payment at the maturity of such Mortgage Loan
that is substantially greater than the preceding Monthly Payment.
"Bankruptcy Code": The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Title 11 of
the United States Code), as amended.
"Bankruptcy Loss": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a Realized
Loss resulting from a Deficient Valuation or Debt Service Reduction.
"Book-Entry Certificate": The Class A Certificates and the
Mezzanine Certificates for so long as the Certificates of such Class shall be
registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee.
"Book-Entry Custodian": The custodian appointed pursuant to
Section 5.01.
"Business Day": Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day
on which banking or savings and loan institutions in the State of Minnesota, the
State of Maryland or in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee is located, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be
closed.
"Cap Contract": The cap contract between Xxxxx Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association and the counterparty thereunder, a form of which
is attached hereto as Exhibit L.
"Cash-Out Refinancing": A Refinanced Mortgage Loan the proceeds
of which are more than a nominal amount in excess of the principal balance of
any existing first mortgage or subordinate mortgage on the related Mortgaged
Property and related closing costs.
"Certificate": Any one of the Asset Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2002- CIT1, Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class
M-4, Class M-5, Class CE, Class P, Class
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R, Class R-III and Class R-IV issued under this Agreement.
"Certificate Factor": With respect to any Class of Regular
Certificates as of any Distribution Date, a fraction, expressed as a decimal
carried to six places, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance (or the Notional Amount, in the case of the Class CE
Certificates) of such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date (after
giving effect to any distributions of principal and in the case of the Mezzanine
Certificates and the Class CE Certificates, the allocations of Realized Losses
in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance (or the Notional Amount, in
the case of the Class CE Certificates) of such Class of Certificates to be made
on such Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the initial aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance (or the Notional Amount, in the case of the Class
CE Certificates) of such Class of Certificates as of the Closing Date.
"Certificate Margin": With respect to the Class A Certificates
and, for purposes of the definition of Marker Rate, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTA, 0.30% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
Distribution Date on which the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans
(and properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the Trust Fund is
reduced to less than 10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the Cut-off Date and 0.60% in the case of each Distribution Date
thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-1 Certificates and, for purposes of
the definition of Marker Rate, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, 0.73% in the
case of each Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date on
which the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans (and properties
acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the Trust Fund is reduced to less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date and 1.095% in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-2 Certificates, and, for purposes of
the definition of Marker Rate, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM2, 1.20% in the
case of each Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date on
which the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans (and properties
acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the Trust Fund is reduced to less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date and 1.80% in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-3 Certificates, and, for purposes of
the definition of Marker Rate, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3, 1.45% in the
case of each Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date on
which the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans (and properties
acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the Trust Fund is reduced to less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date and 2.175% in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-4 Interest, and, for purposes of the
definition of Marker Rate, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4, 1.90% in the case of
each Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date on which the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans (and properties acquired in
respect thereof) remaining in the Trust Fund is reduced to less than 10% of the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and
2.85% in the case
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of each Distribution Date thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-5 Interest, and, for purposes of the
definition of Marker Rate, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM5, 2.35% in the case of
each Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date on which the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans (and properties acquired in
respect thereof) remaining in the Trust Fund is reduced to less than 10% of the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and
3.525% in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.
"Certificateholder" or "Holder": The Person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that a
Disqualified Organization or a Non-United States Person shall not be a Holder of
a Residual Certificate for any purposes hereof and, solely for the purposes of
giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the
name of the Depositor or the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed
not to be outstanding and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled shall not be
taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Voting
Rights necessary to effect any such consent has been obtained, except as
otherwise provided in Section 11.01. The Trustee may conclusively rely upon a
certificate of the Depositor or the Servicer in determining whether a
Certificate is held by an Affiliate thereof. All references herein to "Holders"
or "Certificateholders" shall reflect the rights of Certificate Owners as they
may indirectly exercise such rights through the Depository and participating
members thereof, except as otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that
the Trustee shall be required to recognize as a "Holder" or "Certificateholder"
only the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate
Register.
"Certificate Owner": With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate,
the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate as reflected on the
books of the Depository or on the books of a Depository Participant or on the
books of an indirect participating brokerage firm for which a Depository
Participant acts as agent.
"Certificate Principal Balance": With respect to each Class A
Certificate, Mezzanine Certificate or Class P Certificate as of any date of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate on the
Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination, minus all
distributions allocable to principal made thereon and Realized Losses allocated
thereto on such immediately prior Distribution Date (or, in the case of any date
of determination up to and including the first Distribution Date, the initial
Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate, as stated on the face
thereof). With respect to the Class CE Certificates as of any date of
determination, an amount equal to the Percentage Interest evidenced by such
Certificate times the excess, if any, of (A) the then aggregate Uncertificated
Balances of the REMIC I Regular Interests over (B) the then aggregate
Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine
Certificates and the Class P Certificates then outstanding.
"Certificate Register": The register maintained pursuant to
Section 5.02.
"Class": Collectively, all of the Certificates bearing the same
class designation.
"Class A Certificate": Any one of the Class A Certificates
executed, authenticated
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and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A-1 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions.
"Class A Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the
lesser of (A) the product of (i) 75.50% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period
(after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related
Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related
Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during
the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus
$1,240,343.85.
"Class CE Certificate": Any one of the Class CE Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-7 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-1 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-1 Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-2 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (ii)
the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates immediately
prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i)
88.00% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect
to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the
extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received
during the related Prepayment Period) minus $1,240,343.85.
"Class M-2 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-2 Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-3 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date (after giving effect to
scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to
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the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal
received during the related Prepayment Period) over (y) the lesser of (A) the
product of (i) 93.50% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect
to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the
extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received
during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period minus
$1,240,343.85.
"Class M-3 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-3 Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-4 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (iv) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 95.00% and (ii)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day
of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) minus $1,240,343.85.
"Class M-4 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-4 Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-5 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-4 Interest": An uncertificated interest in the Trust
Fund held by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates,
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (v)
the Certificate Principal
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Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution
Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 97.50% and (ii) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related
Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during
the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day
of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) minus $1,240,343.85.
"Class M-5 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-5 Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-6 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC IV for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-5 Interest": An uncertificated interest in the Trust
Fund held by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates,
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (v) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of
(A) the product of (i) 99.00% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving
effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to
the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal
received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus
$1,240,343.85.
"Class P Certificate": Any one of the Class P Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-8 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class R Certificate": Any one of the Class R Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-9 and evidencing the ownership of the Class R-I
Interest and the Class R-II Interest.
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"Class R-III Certificate": Any one of the Class R-III
Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially
in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-10 and evidencing the Residual Interest
in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class R-IV Certificate": Any one of the Class R-IV Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-11 and evidencing the Residual Interest in REMIC IV
for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class R-I Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest in
REMIC I.
"Class R-II Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest in
REMIC II.
"Closing Date": May 29, 2002.
"Code": The Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Collection Account": The account or accounts created and
maintained, or caused to be created and maintained, by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.10(a), which shall be entitled "Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as Servicer
for Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee, in trust for
the registered holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.,
Salomon Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2002-CIT1, Asset Backed Pass-Through
Certificates." The Collection Account must be an Eligible Account.
"Commission": The Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Corporate Trust Office": The principal corporate trust office of
the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business in
connection with this Agreement shall be administered, which office, at the date
of the execution of this instrument is located at Sixth and Marquette,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479-0113, Attention: Salomon Home Equity Loan Trust,
Series 2002-CIT1, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time
to time by notice to the Certificateholders, the Depositor and the Servicer.
"Corresponding Certificate": With respect to (i) REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTA, (ii) REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, (iii) REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM2, (iv) REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3, (v) REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM4, (vi) REMIC I Regular Interest I- LTM5 and (vii) REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTP, (i) the Class A Certificates, (ii) the Class M-1 Certificates,
(iii) the Class M-2 Certificates, (iv) the Class M-3 Certificates, (v) the Class
M-4 Certificates, (vi) the Class M-5 Certificates and (vii) the Class P
Certificates, respectively.
"Credit Enhancement Percentage": For any Distribution Date, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of the Mezzanine Certificates and the
Class CE Certificates calculated after taking into account distribution of the
Principal Distribution Amount to the Certificates then entitled to distributions
of principal on such Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal
due during the related Due Period, to the extent
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received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during
the related Prepayment Period).
"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 preceding calendar month and the denominator of which is the sum of
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
"Cut-off Date": With respect to each Original Mortgage Loan, May
1, 2002. With respect to all Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans, their
respective dates of substitution. References herein to the "Cut-off Date," when
used with respect to more than one Mortgage Loan, shall be to the respective
Cut-off Dates for such Mortgage Loans.
"Debt Service Reduction": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a
reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation.
"Deficient Valuation": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
valuation of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction
in an amount less than the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan, which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy
Code.
"Definitive Certificates": As defined in Section 5.01(b).
"Deleted Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be
replaced by a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
"Delinquency Percentage": As of the last day of any Due Period,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that, as of the last day of the
previous calendar month, are 60 or more days delinquent, are in foreclosure,
have been converted to REO Properties or have been discharged by reason of
bankruptcy, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties as of the last day of such
calendar month; provided, however, that any Mortgage Loan purchased by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.16(c) shall not be included in either the
numerator or the denominator for purposes of calculating the Delinquency
Percentage.
"Depositor": Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, or its successor in interest.
"Depository": The Depository Trust Company, or any successor
Depository hereafter named. The nominee of the initial Depository, for purposes
of registering those Certificates that are to be Book-Entry Certificates, is
CEDE & Co. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as
defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New
York and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section
17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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"Depository Institution": Any depository institution or trust
company, including the Trustee, 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 (or,
in the case of a depository institution that is the principal subsidiary of a
holding company, such holding company has unsecured commercial paper or other
short-term unsecured debt obligations) that are rated F-1 by Fitch and A-1+ by
S&P (or comparable ratings if Fitch and S&P are not the Rating Agencies).
"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 Distribution Date, the
15th day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if
such 15th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such
15th day.
"Directly Operate": With respect to any REO Property, the
furnishing or rendering of services to the tenants thereof, the management or
operation of such REO Property, the holding of such REO Property primarily for
sale to customers, the performance of any construction work thereon or any use
of such REO Property in a trade or business conducted by REMIC I other than
through an Independent Contractor; provided, however, that the Trustee (or the
Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) shall not be considered to Directly Operate
an REO Property solely because the Trustee (or the Servicer on behalf of the
Trustee) establishes rental terms, chooses tenants, enters into or renews
leases, deals with taxes and insurance, or makes decisions as to repairs or
capital expenditures with respect to such REO Property.
"Disqualified Organization": Any of the following: (i) the United
States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United
States, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an
instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to
tax and, except for Xxxxxxx Mac, a majority of its board of directors is not
selected by such governmental unit), (ii) any foreign government, any
international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the
foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than certain farmers' cooperatives
described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from the tax imposed by
Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on
unrelated business taxable income), (iv) rural electric and telephone
cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an "electing
large partnership" and (vi) any other Person so designated by the Trustee based
upon an Opinion of Counsel that the holding of an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate by such Person may cause any Trust REMIC or any Person
having an Ownership Interest in any Class of Certificates (other than such
Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that
would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in
a Residual Certificate to such Person. The terms "United States," "State" and
"international organization" shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701
of the Code or successor provisions.
"Distribution Account": The trust account or accounts created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.10(b), which shall be entitled
"Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
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Association, as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Salomon Brothers
Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Salomon Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2002-CIT1,
Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates." The Distribution Account must be an
Eligible Account.
"Distribution Date": The 25th day of any month, or if such 25th
day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 25th day,
commencing in June 2002.
"Due Date": With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, the first day of the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date occurs on which the Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan was
due (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan under terms of which the Monthly
Payment for such Mortgage Loan was due on a day other than the first day of the
calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs, the day during the
related Due Period on which such Monthly Payment was due), in each case
exclusive of any days of grace.
"Due Period": With respect to any Distribution Date, the period
commencing on the second day of the month immediately preceding the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first day of the month of
such Distribution Date.
"Eligible Account": Any of (i) an account or accounts maintained
with a Depository Institution, (ii) an account or accounts the deposits in which
are fully insured by the FDIC or (iii) a trust account or accounts maintained
with the corporate trust department of a federal or state chartered depository
institution or trust company acting in its fiduciary capacity. Eligible Accounts
may bear interest.
"ERISA": The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"Estate in Real Property": A fee simple estate in a parcel of
land.
"Excess Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to the Class A
Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, the
excess, if any, of (i) the Overcollateralized Amount for such Distribution Date
over (ii) the Overcollateralization Target Amount for such Distribution Date.
"Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rate": With respect to any Mortgage
Loan (or the related REO Property), as of any date of determination, a per annum
rate of interest equal to the applicable Mortgage Rate thereon as of the first
day of the related Due Period minus the sum of (i) the Trustee Fee Rate and (ii)
the Servicing Fee Rate.
"Expense Adjusted Maximum Mortgage Rate": With respect to any
Mortgage Loan (or the related REO Property), as of any date of determination, a
per annum rate of interest equal to the applicable Maximum Mortgage Rate (or the
applicable Mortgage Rate in the case of any Fixed- Rate Mortgage Loan) thereon
as of the first day of the related Due Period minus the sum of (i) the Trustee
Fee Rate and (ii) the Servicing Fee Rate.
"Extraordinary Trust Fund Expense": Any amounts reimbursable to
the Trustee, or any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee from the
Trust Fund pursuant to Section 8.05
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or Section 10.01(c) and any amounts payable from the Distribution Account in
respect of taxes pursuant to Section 10.01(g)(iii).
"Xxxxxx Xxx": Xxxxxx Xxx, formally known as the Federal National
Mortgage Association, or any successor thereto.
"FDIC": Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor
thereto.
"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, the Originators, the Depositor or the Servicer pursuant
to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c) or Section 9.01), a
determination made by the Servicer that all Insurance 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.
"Fitch": Fitch Ratings, or its successor in interest.
"Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loan": Each of the Mortgage Loans identified
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a fixed Mortgage Rate.
"Formula Rate": For any Distribution Date and the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the REMIC I Regular Interests
(other than REMIC I Regular Interest I- LTAA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ
and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP) the lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR plus the
related Certificate Margin and (ii) the Maximum Cap Rate.
"Xxxxxxx Mac": Xxxxxxx Mac, formally known as the Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any successor thereto.
"Gross Margin": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan, the fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note that is added
to the Index on each Adjustment Date in accordance with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note used to determine the Mortgage Rate for such Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan.
"Independent": When used with respect to any specified Person,
any such Person who (a) is in fact independent of the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Seller and their respective Affiliates, (b) does not have any direct
financial interest in or any material indirect financial interest in the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller or any Affiliate thereof, and (c) is not
connected with the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller or any Affiliate thereof
as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or
Person performing similar functions; provided, however, that a Person shall not
fail to be Independent of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller or any
Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is the beneficial owner of 1% or
less of any class of securities issued by the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Seller or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may be.
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"Independent Contractor": Either (i) any Person (other than the
Servicer) that would be an "independent contractor" with respect to REMIC I
within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if REMIC I were a real
estate investment trust (except that the ownership tests set forth in that
section shall be considered to be met by any Person that owns, directly or
indirectly, 35% or more of any Class of Certificates), so long as REMIC I does
not receive or derive any income from such Person and provided that the
relationship between such Person and REMIC I is at arm's length, all within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.856-4(b)(5), or (ii) any other Person
(including the Servicer) if the Trustee has received an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that the taking of any action in respect of any REO Property by such
Person, subject to any conditions therein specified, that is otherwise herein
contemplated to be taken by an Independent Contractor will not cause such REO
Property to cease to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined without regard to the exception
applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of the Code), or cause any income
realized in respect of such REO Property to fail to qualify as Rents from Real
Property.
"Index": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan and
each related Adjustment Date, the index specified in the related Mortgage Note.
"Insurance Proceeds": Proceeds of any title policy, hazard policy
or other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan, to the extent such proceeds
are not to be applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or
released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Servicer
would follow in servicing mortgage loans held for its own account, subject to
the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage.
"Interest Accrual Period": With respect to any Distribution Date
and the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, the period
commencing on the Distribution Date of the month immediately preceding the month
in which such Distribution Date occurs (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, commencing on the Closing Date) and ending on the day
preceding such Distribution Date. With respect to any Distribution Date and the
Class CE Certificates and the REMIC I Regular Interests, the one-month period
ending on the last day of the calendar month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
"Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any Distribution
Date and the Class A Certificates or the Mezzanine Certificates, the sum of (i)
the amount, if any, by which (a) the Interest Distribution Amount for such Class
of Certificates as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date exceeded (b)
the actual amount distributed on such Class of Certificates in respect of
interest on such immediately preceding Distribution Date, (ii) the amount of any
Interest Carry Forward Amount for such Class of Certificates remaining unpaid
from the previous Distribution Date and (iii) accrued interest on the sum of (i)
and (ii) above calculated at the related Pass-Through Rate for the most recently
ended Interest Accrual Period.
"Interest Determination Date": With respect to the Class A
Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, and, for purposes of the definition
of Marker Rate, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM2, REMIC I Regular I-LTM3, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM4 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM5, and any Interest Accrual
Period therefor, the second London Business Day preceding the commencement
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of such Interest Accrual Period.
"Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to any Distribution
Date and any Class A Certificates, any Mezzanine Certificates and any Class CE
Certificates, the aggregate Accrued Certificate Interest on the Certificates of
such Class for such Distribution Date.
"Interest Remittance Amount ": For any Distribution Date, that
portion of the Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date that
represents interest received or advanced on the Mortgage Loans (other than
related Net Simple Interest Excess, if applicable).
"Late Collections": With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Due
Period, all amounts received subsequent to the Determination Date immediately
following such Due Period, whether as late payments of Monthly Payments or as
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds 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.
"Liquidation Event": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any of
the following events: (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full; (ii) a Final
Recovery Determination is made as to such Mortgage Loan; or (iii) such Mortgage
Loan is removed from REMIC I, by reason of its being purchased, sold or replaced
pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c) or Section 9.01.
With respect to any REO Property, either of the following events: (i) a Final
Recovery Determination is made as to such REO Property; or (ii) such REO
Property is removed from REMIC I by reason of its being purchased pursuant to
Section 9.01.
"Liquidation Proceeds": The amount (other than Insurance Proceeds
or amounts received in respect of the rental of any REO Property prior to REO
Disposition) received by the Servicer in connection with (i) the taking of all
or a part of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or
condemnation, (ii) the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan through a
trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, or (iii) the repurchase,
substitution or sale of a Mortgage Loan or an REO Property pursuant to or as
contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c), Section 3.23 or Section 9.01.
"Loan-to-Value Ratio": As of any date of determination, the
fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan at such date and the denominator of which
is the Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
"London Business Day": Any day on which banks in the City of
London and the City of New York are open and conducting transactions in United
States dollars.
"Loss Severity Percentage": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the
amount of Realized Losses incurred on a Mortgage Loan and the denominator of
which is the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan.
"Marker Rate": With respect to the Class CE Certificates and any
Distribution Date,
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a per annum rate equal to two (2) times the weighted average of the REMIC I
Remittance Rate for each of the REMIC I Regular Interests (other than REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTAA and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP), with the rate on
each such REMIC I Regular Interest subject to a cap equal to the related Formula
Rate for the purpose of this calculation for such Distribution Date and with the
rate on REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ subject to a cap of zero for the purpose
of this calculation; provided however, each cap and the REMIC I Remittance Rate
shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number
days in the related Interest Accrual Period and the denominator of which is 30.
"Maximum Cap Rate": For any Distribution Date and the Class A
Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the
product of (x) the weighted average of the Expense Adjusted Maximum Mortgage
Rates of the Mortgage Loans, weighted based on their Principal Balances as of
the first day of the related Due Period and (y) a fraction, the numerator of
which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number of days elapsed in
the related Interest Accrual Period.
"Maximum I-LTZZ Uncertificated Interest Deferral Amount": With
respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of (i) accrued interest at the
REMIC I Remittance Rate applicable to REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ for such
Distribution Date on a balance equal to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTZZ minus the REMIC I Overcollateralization Amount, in each
case for such Distribution Date, over (ii) Uncertificated Interest on the REMIC
I Regular Interests (other than REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTZZ and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP) for such Distribution Date,
with the rate on each REMIC I Regular Interest subject to a cap equal to the
related Formula Rate for the purpose of this calculation for such Distribution
Date; provided however, each cap and the REMIC I Remittance Rate shall be
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number days in
the related Interest Accrual Period and the denominator of which is 30.
"Maximum Mortgage Rate": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the
maximum Mortgage Rate thereunder.
"Mezzanine Certificates": The Class M-1 Certificates, the Class
M-2 Certificates, the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-4 Certificates or the
Class M-4 Interest, as applicable, and the Class M-5 Certificates or the Class
M-5 Interest, as applicable..
"Minimum Mortgage Rate": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the
minimum Mortgage Rate thereunder.
"Monthly Payment": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
scheduled monthly payment of principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan
which is payable by the related Mortgagor from time to time under the related
Mortgage Note, determined: (a) after giving effect to (i) any Deficient
Valuation and/or Debt Service Reduction with respect to such Mortgage Loan and
(ii) any reduction in the amount of interest collectible from the related
Mortgagor pursuant to the Relief Act; (b) without giving effect to any extension
granted or agreed to by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07 and (c) on the
assumption that all other amounts, if any, due under such Mortgage Loan are paid
when due.
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"Mortgage": The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
creating a first lien or second lien on, or first priority or second priority
security interest in, a Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Note.
"Mortgage File": The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required
to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
"Mortgage Loan": Each mortgage loan transferred, assigned and
delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.03(b) of this
Agreement, as held from time to time as a part of the Trust Fund, the Mortgage
Loans so held being identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
"Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement": The agreement among the
Originators, the Seller and the Depositor, regarding the sale of the Mortgage
Loans by the Seller to the Depositor, substantially in the form of Exhibit D
annexed hereto.
"Mortgage Loan Schedule": As of any date, the list of Mortgage
Loans included in REMIC I on such date, attached hereto as Schedule 1. The
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following information with respect to
each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(ii) the Mortgagor's name;
(iii) the street address of the Mortgaged Property including the
state and zip code;
(iv) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
owner-occupied;
(v) the type of Residential Dwelling constituting the Mortgaged
Property;
(vi) the original months to maturity;
(vii) the stated remaining months to maturity from the Cut-off
Date based on the original amortization schedule;
(viii) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(ix) the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately following the
Cut-off Date;
(x) (A) the date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on
the Mortgage Loan and (B) if such date is not consistent with the Due
Date currently in effect, such Due Date;
(xi) the stated maturity date;
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(xii) the amount of the Monthly Payment at origination;
(xiii) the amount of the Monthly Payment due on the first Due
Date after the Cut- off Date;
(xiv) the last Due Date on which a Monthly Payment was actually
applied to the unpaid Stated Principal Balance;
(xv) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(xvi) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close
of business on the Cut-off Date;
(xvii) a code indicating the purpose of the Mortgage Loan (i.e.,
purchase financing, Rate/Term Refinancing, Cash-Out Refinancing);
(xviii) with respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, the
Adjustment Dates, the Gross Margin, the Maximum Mortgage Rate, the
Minimum Mortgage Rate, the Periodic Rate Cap, the maximum first
Adjustment Date Mortgage Rate adjustment and the first Adjustment Date
immediately following the Cut-off Date;
(xix) the Mortgage Rate at origination;
(xx) a code indicating the documentation program (i.e., Full
Documentation, Limited Documentation, Stated Income Documentation);
(xxi) the risk grade;
(xxii) the Value of the Mortgaged Property;
(xxiii) the sale price of the Mortgaged Property, if applicable;
(xxiv) the actual unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan
as of the Cut-off Date;
(xxv) a code indicating the type and term of the related
Prepayment Charge;
(xxvi) with respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, the
rounding code (i.e., nearest 0.125%, next highest 0.125%);
(xxvii) the program code;
(xxviii) whether such Mortgage Loan is a Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loan
or Adjustable- Rate Mortgage Loan; and
(xxix) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Simple
Interest Mortgage
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Loan or an Actuarial Mortgage Loan.
The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following
information with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate, as of the
Cut-off Date: (1) the number of Mortgage Loans; (2) the current principal
balance of the Mortgage Loans; (3) the weighted average Mortgage Rate of the
Mortgage Loans and (4) the weighted average maturity of the Mortgage Loans. The
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be amended from time to time by the Depositor in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. With respect to any Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Cut-off Date shall refer to the related Cut-off
Date for such Mortgage Loan, determined in accordance with the definition of
Cut-off Date herein.
"Mortgage Note": The original executed note or other evidence of
the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
"Mortgage Pool": The pool of Mortgage Loans, identified on
Schedule 1 and existing from time to time thereafter, and any REO Properties
acquired in respect thereof.
"Mortgage Rate": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the annual
rate at which interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of the related Mortgage Note, which rate with
respect to the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loans, (A) as of any date of
determination until the first Adjustment Date following the Cut-off Date shall
be the rate set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the Mortgage Rate in
effect immediately following the Cut-off Date and (B) as of any date of
determination thereafter shall be the rate as adjusted on the most recent
Adjustment Date equal to the sum, rounded as provided in the Mortgage Note, of
the Index, as most recently available as of a date prior to the Adjustment Date
as set forth in the related Mortgage Note, plus the related Gross Margin;
provided that the Mortgage Rate on such Adjustable- Rate Mortgage Loan on any
Adjustment Date shall never be more than the lesser of (i) the sum of the
Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior to the Adjustment Date plus the
related Periodic Rate Cap, if any, and (ii) the related Maximum Mortgage Rate,
and shall never be less than the greater of (i) the Mortgage Rate in effect
immediately prior to the Adjustment Date less the Periodic Rate Cap, if any, and
(ii) the related Minimum Mortgage Rate. With respect to each Mortgage Loan that
becomes an REO Property, as of any date of determination, the annual rate
determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence as of the date
such Mortgage Loan became an REO Property.
"Mortgaged Property": The underlying property securing a Mortgage
Loan, including any REO Property, consisting of an Estate in Real Property
improved by a Residential Dwelling.
"Mortgagor": The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
"Net Monthly Excess Cashflow": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the sum of (i) any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such
Distribution Date and (ii) the excess of (x) the Available Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date over (y) the sum for such Distribution Date of (A)
the Senior Interest Distribution Amount payable to the holders of the Class A
Certificates and the Interest Distribution Amount payable to the holders of the
Mezzanine Certificates and (B) the sum of the amounts described in clauses (i)
through (iii) of the definition of
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"Net Mortgage Rate": With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or the
related REO Property) as of any date of determination, a per annum rate of
interest equal to the then applicable Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan minus
the Servicing Fee Rate.
"Net Simple Interest Excess": As of any Distribution Date, the
excess, if any, of the aggregate amount of Simple Interest Excess over the
amount of Simple Interest Shortfall.
"Net Simple Interest Shortfall": As of any Distribution Date, the
excess, if any, of the aggregate amount of Simple Interest Shortfall over the
amount of Simple Interest Excess.
"Net WAC Pass-Through Rate": With respect to the Class A
Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, a rate
per annum equal to the product of (x) the weighted average of the Expense
Adjusted Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans, weighted based on their Stated
Principal Balances as of the first day of the related Due Period and (y) a
fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the
actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest Accrual Period. With
respect to each REMIC I Regular Interest and any Distribution Date, a rate per
annum equal to the weighted average of the Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rates of
the Mortgage Loans, weighted based on their Stated Principal Balances as of the
first day of the related Due Period.
"Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount": With respect to the Class A
Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, the sum
of (A) the positive excess of (i) the amount of interest payable to such Class
of Certificates on such Distribution Date calculated at the related Formula Rate
for such Distribution Date over (ii) the amount of interest payable on such
Class of Certificates at the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution
Date and (B) the related Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for the previous
Distribution Date not previously paid, together with interest thereon at a rate
equal to the related Formula Rate for such Class of Certificates for such
Distribution Date.
"Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account": As defined in Section
3.27.
"New Lease": Any lease of REO Property entered into on behalf of
REMIC I, including any lease renewed or extended on behalf of REMIC I, if REMIC
I has the right to renegotiate the terms of such lease.
"Nonrecoverable Advance": Any 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 Servicer, will not or, in the case of a proposed
Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from related Late Collections,
Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property
as provided herein.
"Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance": Any Servicing 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 Servicer, will not or,
in the case of a proposed Servicing Advance, would not be
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ultimately recoverable from related Late Collections, Insurance Proceeds or
Liquidation Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.
"Non-United States Person": Any Person other than a United States
Person.
"Notional Amount": With respect to the Class CE Certificates and
any Distribution Date, the aggregate Uncertificated Balance of the REMIC I
Regular Interests for such Distribution Date.
"Officers' Certificate": A certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a vice president
(however denominated), and by the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the
assistant treasurers or assistant secretaries of the Servicer, the Seller or the
Depositor, as applicable.
"One-Month LIBOR": With respect to the Class A Certificates, the
Mezzanine Certificates, and for purposes of the definition of Marker Rate, REMIC
I Regular Interest I-LTA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTM4 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM5 and any Interest Accrual Period
therefor, the rate determined by the Trustee on the related Interest
Determination Date on the basis of the offered rate for one-month U.S. dollar
deposits, as such rate appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on such Interest Determination Date; provided that if such rate does not
appear on Telerate Page 3750, the rate for such date will be determined on the
basis of the offered rates of the Reference Banks for one-month U.S. dollar
deposits, as of 11: 00 a. m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date.
In such event, the Trustee will request the principal London office of each of
the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If on such Interest
Determination Date, two or more Reference Banks provide such offered quotations,
One-Month LIBOR for the related Interest Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic
mean of such offered quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest
whole multiple of 1/16%). If on such Interest Determination Date, fewer than two
Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, One- Month LIBOR for the
related Interest Accrual Period shall be the higher of (i) LIBOR as determined
on the previous Interest Determination Date and (ii) the Reserve Interest Rate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, under the priorities described above, LIBOR
for an Interest Determination Date would be based on LIBOR for the previous
Interest Determination Date for the third consecutive Interest Determination
Date, the Trustee shall select an alternative comparable index (over which the
Trustee has no control), used for determining one-month Eurodollar lending rates
that is calculated and published (or otherwise made available) by an independent
party.
"Opinion of Counsel": A written opinion of counsel, who may,
without limitation, be salaried counsel for the Depositor or the Servicer,
acceptable to the Trustee, except that any opinion of counsel relating to (a)
the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (b) compliance with the REMIC
Provisions must be an opinion of Independent counsel.
"Original Mortgage Loan": Any of the Mortgage Loans included in
REMIC I as of the Closing Date.
"Originators": The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc., The CIT
Group/Consumer
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Finance Inc. (NY) and The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc. (TN), or their
successors in interest, in their capacity as originators under the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement.
"Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties as of the last day of the related Due Period
(after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related
Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) over (b) the sum of the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A Certificates, the
Mezzanine Certificates and the Class P Certificates as of such Distribution Date
(after taking into account the payment of the amounts described in clauses (i)
through (iv) of the definition of Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date).
"Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Overcollateralization Target
Amount for such Certificates applicable to such Distribution Date over (b) the
Overcollateralized Amount for such Certificates applicable to such Distribution
Date prior to taking into account the payment of any Overcollateralization
Increase Amount for such Certificates on such Distribution Date.
"Overcollateralization Increase Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the lesser of (a) the Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount
as of such Distribution Date (after taking into account the payment of the
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, exclusive of the
payment of any Overcollateralization Increase Amount) and (b) the amount of
Accrued Certificate Interest for the Class CE Certificates for such Distribution
Date as reduced by Realized Losses allocated thereto with respect to such
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.04.
"Overcollateralization Reduction Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Excess
Overcollateralized Amount and (b) the sum of the amounts available for
distribution specified in clauses (i) through (iii) of the definition of
Principal Distribution Amount.
"Overcollateralization Target Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, 0.50% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.
"Ownership Interest": As to any Certificate, any ownership or
security 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, as owner or as pledgee.
"Pass-Through Rate": With respect to the Class A Certificates and
the Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to
the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for such Distribution Date and (ii)
the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date. With respect to the
Class CE Certificates and any Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to the
percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the
amounts calculated pursuant to clauses (A) through (H) below, and the
denominator of which is the Uncertificated Balance of the REMIC I Regular
Interests. For purposes of calculating the Pass-Through Rate for the Class CE
Certificates, the numerator is equal to the sum of the following components:
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(A) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTAA minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount
equal to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA;
(B) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTA minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal
to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA;
(C) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTM1 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount
equal to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1;
(D) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTM2 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount
equal to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM2;
(E) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTM3 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount
equal to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3;
(F) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTM4 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount
equal to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4;
(G) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTM5 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount
equal to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM5;
(H) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTZZ minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount
equal to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ;
and
(I) 100% of the interest on REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP.
"Percentage Interest": With respect to any Class of Certificates
(other than the Residual Certificates), the undivided percentage ownership in
such Class evidenced by such Certificate, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the initial Certificate Principal Balance or Notional
Amount represented by such Certificate and the denominator of which is the
aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance or initial Notional Amount of
all of the Certificates of such Class. The Class A Certificates and the
Mezzanine Certificates are issuable only in minimum Percentage Interests
corresponding to minimum initial Certificate Principal Balances of $100,000 and
integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. The Class P Certificates are
issuable only in Percentage Interests corresponding to initial Certificate
Principal Balances of $20 and integral multiples thereof. The Class CE
Certificates are issuable only in minimum Percentage Interests corresponding to
minimum initial Certificate Principal Balances of $100,000 and integral
multiples
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of $1.00 in excess thereof; provided, however, that a single Certificate of each
such Class of Certificates may be issued having a Percentage Interest
corresponding to the remainder of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal
Balance or Notional Amount of such Class or to an otherwise authorized
denomination for such Class plus such remainder. With respect to any Residual
Certificate, the undivided percentage ownership in such Class evidenced by such
Certificate, as set forth on the face of such Certificate. The Residual
Certificates are issuable in Percentage Interests of 20% and multiples thereof.
"Periodic Rate Cap": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan and any Adjustment Date therefor, the fixed percentage set forth
in the related Mortgage Note, which is the maximum amount by which the Mortgage
Rate for such Mortgage Loan may increase or decrease (without regard to the
Maximum Mortgage Rate or the Minimum Mortgage Rate) on such Adjustment Date from
the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior to such Adjustment Date.
"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 Depositor, the Servicer, 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 issued by, any Depository Institution;
(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 each 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 each 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 funds managed or
advised by the Trustee or an Affiliate thereof, that have been rated
"AAA" by Fitch (if rated by Fitch) and "AAAm" or "AAAm-G" by S&P or
"Aaa" by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.; and
(viii) if previously confirmed in writing to the Trustee, any
other demand, money market or time deposit, or any other obligation,
security or investment, as may be acceptable
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to the Rating Agencies as a permitted investment of funds backing
securities having ratings equivalent to its highest initial rating of
the Class A Certificates;
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% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations.
"Permitted Transferee": Any Transferee of a Residual Certificate
other than a Disqualified Organization or Non-United States Person.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"Plan": Any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement
plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities,
Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general
or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested,
that are subject to ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code.
"Prepayment Assumption": As set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement.
"Prepayment Charge": With respect to any Prepayment Period, any
prepayment premium, penalty or charge payable by a Mortgagor in connection with
any Principal Prepayment on a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of the related
Mortgage Note (other than any Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount).
"Prepayment Charge Schedule": As of any date, the list of
Prepayment Charges on the Mortgage Loans included in REMIC I on such date,
attached hereto as Schedule 2 (including the Prepayment Charge Summary attached
thereto). The Prepayment Charge Schedule shall set forth the following
information with respect to each related Mortgage Loan:
(i) the Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(ii) a code indicating the type of Prepayment Charge;
(iii) the state of origination of the related Mortgage Loan;
(iv) the date on which the first monthly payment was due on the
related Mortgage Loan;
(v) the term of the related Mortgage Loan; and
(vi) the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the
Cut-off Date.
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The Prepayment Charge Schedule shall be amended from time to time
by the Depositor in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
"Prepayment Interest Shortfall": With respect to any Distribution
Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was during the related Prepayment Period the
subject of a Principal Prepayment in full or in part that was applied by the
Servicer to reduce the outstanding principal balance of such loan on a date
preceding the Due Date in the succeeding Prepayment Period, an amount equal to
interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the amount of such Principal
Prepayment for the number of days commencing on the date on which the prepayment
is applied and ending on the last day of the related Prepayment Period. The
obligations of the Servicer in respect of any Prepayment Interest Shortfall are
set forth in Section 3.24.
"Prepayment Period": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
"Principal Balance": As to any Mortgage Loan other than a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, and any day, the related Stated Principal Balance as
of the Cut-off Date, MINUS all collections credited against the Principal
Balance of any such Mortgage Loan. For purposes of this definition, a Liquidated
Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to have a Principal Balance equal to the Principal
Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the final recovery of related
Liquidation Proceeds and a Principal Balance of zero thereafter. As to any REO
Property and any day, the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan
immediately prior to such Mortgage Loan becoming REO Property minus any REO
Principal Amortization received with respect thereto on or prior to such day.
"Principal Distribution Amount ": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of:
(i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment on the Mortgage
Loans due during the related Due Period and received or advanced on or
prior to the related Determination Date;
(ii) the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan that was
purchased during the related Prepayment Period pursuant to or as
contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c) or Section 9.01 and the
amount of any shortfall deposited in the Collection Account in
connection with the substitution of a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 2.03 during the related Prepayment Period;
(iii) the principal portion of all other unscheduled collections
(including, without limitation, Principal Prepayments, Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and REO Principal Amortization) received
with respect to the Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment Period;
(iv) the principal portion of any Realized Losses incurred on any
of the Mortgage Loans in the calendar month preceding such Distribution
Date; and
(v) the amount of any Overcollateralization Increase Amount for
such Distribution Date;
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minus:
(vi) the amount of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for
such Distribution Date.
"Principal Prepayment": Any payment of principal made by the
Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due
Date and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing the full
amount of scheduled interest due on any Due Date in any month or months
subsequent to the month of prepayment.
"Private Certificates": As defined in Section 5.02(b).
"Prospectus Supplement": That certain Prospectus Supplement dated
May 22, 2002 relating to the public offering of the Class A Certificates and the
Mezzanine Certificates
"PTCE": A Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption issued by the
United States Department of Labor which provides that exemptive relief is
available to any party to any transaction which satisfies the conditions of the
exemption.
"Purchase Price": With respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO
Property to be purchased pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section
3.16(c) or Section 9.01, and as confirmed by a certification from a Servicing
Officer to the Trustee, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated
Principal Balance thereof as of the date of purchase (or such other price as
provided in Section 9.01), (ii) in the case of (x) a Mortgage Loan, accrued
interest on such Stated Principal Balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate in
effect from time to time from the Due Date as to which interest was last covered
by a payment by the Mortgagor or an Advance by the Servicer, which payment or
Advance had as of the date of purchase been distributed pursuant to Section
4.01, through the end of the calendar month in which the purchase is to be
effected and (y) an REO Property, the sum of (1) accrued interest on such Stated
Principal Balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate in effect from time to
time from the Due Date as to which interest was last covered by a payment by the
Mortgagor or an Advance by the Servicer through the end of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which such REO Property was
acquired, plus (2) REO Imputed Interest for such REO Property for each calendar
month commencing with the calendar month in which such REO Property was acquired
and ending with the calendar month in which such purchase is to be effected, net
of the total of all net rental income, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds
and Advances that as of the date of purchase had been distributed as or to cover
REO Imputed Interest pursuant to Section 4.01, (iii) any unreimbursed Servicing
Advances and Advances (including Nonrecoverable Advances and Nonrecoverable
Servicing Advances) and any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage
Loan or REO Property, (iv) any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection
Account in respect of such Mortgage Loan or REO Property pursuant to Section
3.11(a)(ix) and Section 3.16(b), and (v) in the case of a Mortgage Loan required
to be purchased pursuant to Section 2.03, expenses reasonably incurred or to be
incurred by the Servicer, the Trustee in respect of the breach or defect giving
rise to the purchase obligation.
"Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan": A mortgage loan substituted
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement which must,
on the date of such substitution,
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(i) have an outstanding principal balance, after application of all scheduled
payments of principal and interest due during or prior to the month of
substitution, not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the calendar month during which the
substitution occurs, (ii) have a Mortgage Rate not less than (and not more than
one percentage point in excess of) the Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan, (iii) with respect to any Adjustable- Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Maximum
Mortgage Rate not less than the Maximum Mortgage Rate on the Deleted Mortgage
Loan, (iv) with respect to any Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Minimum
Mortgage Rate not less than the Minimum Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan, (v) with respect to any Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Gross Margin
equal to the Gross Margin of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vi) with respect to any
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, have a next Adjustment Date not more than two
months later than the next Adjustment Date on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vii)
have a remaining term to maturity not greater than (and not more than one year
less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (viii) have the same Due Date as
the Due Date on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (ix) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio as of
the date of substitution equal to or lower than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan as of such date, (x) have a risk grading determined by the
originator of the Mortgage Loan at least equal to the risk grading assigned on
the Deleted Mortgage Loan and (xi) conform to each representation and warranty
set forth in Section 6 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement applicable to the
Deleted Mortgage Loan. In the event that one or more mortgage loans are
substituted for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the amounts described in
clause (i) hereof shall be determined on the basis of aggregate principal
balances, the Mortgage Rates described in clause (ii) hereof shall be determined
on the basis of weighted average Mortgage Rates, the terms described in clause
(vii) hereof shall be determined on the basis of weighted average remaining term
to maturity, the Loan-to-Value Ratios described in clause (ix) hereof shall be
satisfied as to each such mortgage loan, the risk gradings described in clause
(x) hereof shall be satisfied as to each such mortgage loan and, except to the
extent otherwise provided in this sentence, the representations and warranties
described in clause (xi) hereof must be satisfied as to each Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or in the aggregate, as the case may be.
"Rate/Term Refinancing": A Refinanced Mortgage Loan, the proceeds
of which are not more than a nominal amount in excess of the existing first
mortgage loan and any subordinate mortgage loan on the related Mortgaged
Property and related closing costs, and were used exclusively (except for such
nominal amount) to satisfy the then existing first mortgage loan and any
subordinate mortgage loan of the Mortgagor on the related Mortgaged Property and
to pay related closing costs.
"Rating Agency or Rating Agencies": Fitch and S&P or their
successors. If such agencies or their successors are no longer in existence,
"Rating Agencies" shall be such nationally recognized statistical rating
agencies, or other comparable Persons, designated by the Depositor, notice of
which designation shall be given to the Trustee and the Servicer.
"Realized Loss": With respect to each Mortgage Loan as to which a
Final Recovery Determination has been made, an amount (not less than zero) equal
to (i) the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the commencement
of the calendar month in which the Final Recovery Determination was made, plus
(ii) accrued interest from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid by
the Mortgagor through the end of the calendar month in which such Final Recovery
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Determination was made, calculated in the case of each calendar month during
such period (A) at an annual rate equal to the annual rate at which interest was
then accruing on such Mortgage Loan and (B) on a principal amount equal to the
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on
the Distribution Date during such calendar month, plus (iii) any amounts
previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of such Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(ix) and Section 3.16(b), minus (iv) the
proceeds, if any, received in respect of such Mortgage Loan during the calendar
month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made, net of amounts that
are payable therefrom to the Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan
pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iii).
With respect to any REO Property as to which a Final Recovery
Determination has been made, an amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the
unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the date of
acquisition of such REO Property on behalf of REMIC I, plus (ii) accrued
interest from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor
in respect of the related Mortgage Loan through the end of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which such REO Property was
acquired, calculated in the case of each calendar month during such period (A)
at an annual rate equal to the annual rate at which interest was then accruing
on the related Mortgage Loan and (B) on a principal amount equal to the Stated
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on
the Distribution Date during such calendar month, plus (iii) REO Imputed
Interest for such REO Property for each calendar month commencing with the
calendar month in which such REO Property was acquired and ending with the
calendar month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made, plus (iv)
any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of the
related Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(ix) and Section 3.16(b), minus
(v) the aggregate of all Advances and Servicing Advances (in the case of
Servicing Advances, without duplication of amounts netted out of the rental
income, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds described in clause (vi)
below) made by the Servicer in respect of such REO Property or the related
Mortgage Loan for which the Servicer has been or, in connection with such Final
Recovery Determination, will be reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.23 out of
rental income, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received in respect
of such REO Property, minus (vi) the total of all net rental income, Insurance
Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received in respect of such REO Property that
has been, or in connection with such Final Recovery Determination, will be
transferred to the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.23.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject
of a Deficient Valuation, the difference between the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation and the
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject
of a Debt Service Reduction, the portion, if any, of the reduction in each
affected Monthly Payment attributable to a reduction in the Mortgage Rate
imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Each such Realized Loss shall be
deemed to have been incurred on the Due Date for each affected Monthly Payment.
"Record Date": With respect to each Distribution Date and any
Book-Entry Certificate, the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date. With respect to each
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Distribution Date and any other Certificates, including any Definitive
Certificates, the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month
in which such Distribution Date occurs.
"Reference Banks": Bankers Trust Company, Barclays' Bank PLC, The
Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank and National Westminster Bank PLC and their successors in
interest; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing banks are not suitable
to serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading banks selected by the Trustee
which are engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international
Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place of business in London, (ii)
not controlling, under the control of or under common control with the Depositor
or any Affiliate thereof and (iii) which have been designated as such by the
Trustee.
"Refinanced Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which
were not used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property.
"Regular Certificate": Any Class A Certificate, Mezzanine
Certificate, Class CE Certificate or Class P Certificate.
"Regular Interest": A "regular interest" in a REMIC within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code.
"Relief Act": The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of
1940, as amended.
"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 calendar month as a result of
the application of the Relief Act.
"REMIC": A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
"REMIC I": The segregated pool of assets subject hereto,
constituting one of the primary trusts created hereby and to be administered
hereunder, with respect to which a REMIC election is to be made, consisting of:
(i) such Mortgage Loans and Prepayment Charges related thereto as from time to
time are subject to this Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating
thereto, and together with all collections thereon and proceeds thereof; (ii)
any REO Property, together with all collections thereon and proceeds thereof;
(iii) the Trustee's rights with respect to the Mortgage Loans under all
insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement and any
proceeds thereof; (iv) the Depositor's rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement (including any security interest created thereby); (v) the Collection
Account (other than any amounts representing any Servicer Prepayment Charge
Payment Amount), the Distribution Account (other than any amounts representing
any Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount) and any REO Account, and such
assets that are deposited therein from time to time and any investments thereof,
together with any and all income, proceeds and payments with respect thereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, REMIC I specifically excludes all
payments and other collections of principal and interest due on the Mortgage
Loans on or before the Cut-off Date and all Prepayment Charges payable in
connection with Principal Prepayments on the Mortgage Loans made before the
Cut-off Date.
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"REMIC I Interest Loss Allocation Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount (subject to adjustment based on the actual number
of days elapsed in the respective Interest Accrual Periods for the indicated
Regular Interests for such Distribution Date) equal to (a) the product of (i)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties
then outstanding and (ii) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTAA minus the Marker Rate, divided by (b) 12.
"REMIC I Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to any date of
determination, (i) 1% of the aggregate Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC I
Regular Interests minus (ii) the aggregate of the Uncertificated Balances of the
REMIC I Regular Interests, in each case as of such date of determination.
"REMIC I Principal Loss Allocation Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties then outstanding and
(ii) 1 minus a fraction, the numerator of which is two times the aggregate of
the Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC I Regular Interests (other than REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTZZ and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP) and the denominator
of which is the aggregate of the Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC I Regular
Interests (other than REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA, and REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTP).
"REMIC I Regular Interest": Any of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
"regular interest" in REMIC I. Each REMIC I Regular Interest shall accrue
interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time to time or
shall otherwise be entitled to interest as set forth herein, and shall be
entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Balance as
set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. The designations for the
respective REMIC I Regular Interests are set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate
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in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of
principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount
equal to its initial Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary
Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM2": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM2
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM5": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM5
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP
shall be entitled to any Prepayment Charges collected by the Servicer with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and to a distribution of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
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"REMIC I Remittance Rate": With respect to the REMIC I Regular
Interests and any Distribution Date, the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate.
"REMIC I Overcollateralization Target Amount": 1% of the
Overcollateralization Target Amount.
"REMIC II": The segregated pool of assets consisting of all of
the REMIC I Regular Interests conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the benefit
of the REMIC II Certificates, pursuant to Section 2.09, and all amounts
deposited therein, with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be
made.
"REMIC II Certificate": Any Class A Certificate, Class M-1
Certificate, Class M-2 Certificate, Class M-3 Certificate or Class R-II
Interest.
"REMIC II Certificateholder": The Holder of any REMIC II
Certificate.
"REMIC III": The segregated pool of assets consisting of the
Class M-4 Interest conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Class M-4 Certificates, and all amounts deposited therein, with respect to which
a separate REMIC election is to be made.
"REMIC III Certificateholder": The Holder of any Class R-III
Certificate.
"REMIC IV": The segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class
M-5 Interest conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Class M-5
Certificates, and all amounts deposited therein, with respect to which a
separate REMIC election is to be made.
"REMIC IV Certificateholder": The Holder of any Class R-IV
Certificate.
"REMIC Provisions": Provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Section
860A through 860G of the Code, and related provisions, and proposed, temporary
and final regulations and published rulings, notices and announcements
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.
"Remittance Report": A report in form and substance acceptable to
the Trustee on an electronic data file or tape prepared by the Servicer pursuant
to Section 4.03 with such additions, deletions and modifications as agreed to by
the Trustee and the Servicer.
"Rents from Real Property": With respect to any REO Property,
gross income of the character described in Section 856(d) of the Code as being
included in the term "rents from real property."
"REO Account": The account or accounts maintained, or caused to
be maintained, by the Servicer in respect of an REO Property pursuant to Section
3.23.
"REO Disposition": The sale or other disposition of an REO
Property on behalf of REMIC I.
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"REO Imputed Interest": As to any REO Property, for any calendar
month during which such REO Property was at any time part of REMIC I, one
month's interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal
Balance of such REO Property (or, in the case of the first such calendar month,
of the related Mortgage Loan, if appropriate) as of the close of business on the
Distribution Date in such calendar month.
"REO Principal Amortization": With respect to any REO Property,
for any calendar month, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate of all amounts
received in respect of such REO Property during such calendar month, whether in
the form of rental income, sale proceeds (including, without limitation, that
portion of the Termination Price paid in connection with a purchase of all of
the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to Section 9.01 that is allocable
to such REO Property) or otherwise, net of any portion of such amounts (i)
payable pursuant to Section 3.23(c) in respect of the proper operation,
management and maintenance of such REO Property or (ii) payable or reimbursable
to the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23(d) for unpaid Servicing Fees in respect
of the related Mortgage Loan and unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Advances in
respect of such REO Property or the related Mortgage Loan, over (b) the REO
Imputed Interest in respect of such REO Property for such calendar month.
"REO Property": A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Servicer on
behalf of REMIC I through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, as
described in Section 3.23.
"Request for Release": A release signed by a Servicing Officer,
in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto.
"Reserve Interest Rate": With respect to any Interest
Determination Date, the rate per annum that the Trustee determines to be either
(i) the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole
multiple of 1/16%) of the one-month U. S. dollar lending rates which New York
City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on the relevant Interest
Determination Date to the principal London offices of leading banks in the
London interbank market or (ii) in the event that the Trustee can determine no
such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month U. S. dollar lending rate which New
York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on such Interest
Determination Date to leading European banks.
"Residential Dwelling": Any one of the following: (i) an
attached, detached or semi- detached one-family dwelling, (ii) an attached,
detached or semi-detached two-to four-family dwelling, (iii) a one-family
dwelling unit in a Xxxxxx Xxx eligible condominium project, or (iv) an attached,
detached or semi-detached one-family dwelling in a planned unit development,
none of which is a co-operative, mobile or manufactured home (as defined in 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, Section 5402(6)).
"Residual Certificates": The Class R Certificates, the Class
R-III Certificates and the Class R-IV Certificates.
"Residual Interest": The sole class of "residual interests" in a
REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.
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"Responsible Officer": When used with respect to the Trustee, the
Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or Trustees, the Chairman or
Vice Chairman of the Executive or Standing Committee of the Board of Directors
or Trustees, the President, the Chairman of the Committee on Trust Matters, any
vice president, any assistant vice president, the Secretary, any assistant
secretary, the Treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the Cashier, any assistant
cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the Controller and any
assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers
and, with respect to a particular matter, to whom such matter is referred
because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
"S&P": Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of the
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., or its successor in interest.
"Seller": Salomon Brothers Realty Corp. or its successor in
interest, in its capacity as seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
"Senior Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Interest Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date for the Class A Certificates and (ii) the
Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date for the Class
A Certificates.
"Servicer": Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP or any successor servicer
appointed as herein provided, in its capacity as Servicer hereunder.
"Servicer Event of Default": One or more of the events described
in Section 7.01.
"Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount": The amounts payable
by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to Section
3.01.
"Servicer Remittance Date": With respect to any Distribution
Date, by 3:00 p.m. New York time on the Business Day preceding the related
Distribution Date.
"Servicer Termination Trigger": The Cumulative Realized Losses
incurred since the Cut-off Date through the last day of the related Due Period
exceeds the applicable percentages set forth below with respect to such
Distribution Date:
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN PERCENTAGE
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June 2002 through May 2006 3.50%
June 2006 through May 2007 5.00%
June 2007 through May 2008 6.25%
June 2008 and May 2009 7.00%
June 2009 and thereafter 7.50%
"Servicing Account": The account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.09.
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"Servicing Advances": The reasonable "out-of-pocket" costs and
expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with a default, delinquency or
other unanticipated event by the Servicer in the performance of its servicing
obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the preservation,
restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property, (ii) any enforcement or
judicial proceedings, including but not limited to foreclosures, 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 Section 3.01, Section 3.09, Section 3.14,
Section 3.16 and Section 3.23. The Servicer shall not be required to make any
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances.
"Servicing Fee": With respect to each Mortgage Loan and for any
calendar month, an amount equal to the Servicing Fee Rate accrued for one month
(or in the event of any payment of interest which accompanies a Principal
Prepayment in full or in part made by the Mortgagor during such calendar month,
interest for the number of days covered by such payment of interest) on the same
principal amount on which interest on such Mortgage Loan accrues for such
calendar month, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months. A portion of such Servicing Fee may be retained by any
Sub-Servicer as its servicing compensation.
"Servicing Fee Rate": 0.50% per annum.
"Servicing Officer": Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of Mortgage Loans, whose name
and specimen signature appear on a list of Servicing Officers furnished by the
Servicer to the Trustee and the Depositor on the Closing Date, as such list may
from time to time be amended.
"Servicing Rights Pledgee": One or more lenders, selected by the
Servicer, to which the Servicer will pledge and assign all of its right, title
and interest in, to and under this Agreement, including First Union National
Bank, as the representative of certain lenders.
"Servicing Transfer Costs": All reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by the Trustee in connection with the transfer of servicing from a
predecessor servicer, including, without limitation, any reasonable costs or
expenses associated with the complete transfer of all servicing data and the
completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be required
by the Trustee to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the master servicing
data or otherwise to enable the Trustee (or any successor servicer appointed
pursuant to Section 7.02) to service the Mortgage Loans properly and
effectively.
"Simple Interest Excess": As of any Distribution Date for each
Simple Interest Qualifying Loan, the excess, if any, of (i) the portion of the
monthly payment received from the Mortgagor for such Mortgage Loan allocable to
interest with respect to the related Due Period, over (ii) 30 days' interest on
the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan at the Mortgage Rate.
"Simple Interest Excess Sub-Account": The sub-account of the
Collection Account established by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10. The
Simple Interest Excess Sub-Account shall be an Eligible Account.
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"Simple Interest Method": The method of allocating a payment to
principal and interest, pursuant to which the portion of such payment that is
allocated to interest is equal to the product of the fixed rate of interest
multiplied by the unpaid principal balance multiplied by the period of time
elapsed since the preceding payment of interest was made and divided by either
360 or 365, as specified in the related Mortgage Note, and the remainder of such
payment is allocated to principal.
"Simple Interest Mortgage Loan": Any Mortgage Loan under which
the portion of a payment allocable to interest and the portion of such payment
allocable to principal is determined in accordance with the Simple Interest
Method.
"Simple Interest Qualifying Loan": As of any Determination Date,
any Simple Interest Mortgage Loan that was neither prepaid in full during the
related Due Period, nor delinquent with respect to a payment that became due
during the related Due Period as of the close of business on the Determination
Date following such Due Period.
"Simple Interest Shortfall": As of any Distribution Date for each
Simple Interest Qualifying Loan, the excess, if any, of (i) 30 days' interest on
the Stated Principal Balance of all such Mortgage Loans at the Mortgage Rate,
over (ii) the portion of the monthly payment received from the Mortgagor for
such Mortgage Loan allocable to interest with respect to the related Due Period.
"Single Certificate": With respect to any Class of Certificates
(other than the Class P Certificates and the Residual Certificates), a
hypothetical Certificate of such Class evidencing a Percentage Interest for such
Class corresponding to an initial Certificate Principal Balance of $1,000. With
respect to the Class P Certificates and the Residual Certificates, a
hypothetical Certificate of such Class evidencing a 100% Percentage Interest in
such Class.
"Special Servicing Fee": With respect to each Mortgage Loan
(except any second lien Mortgage Loan) that is delinquent 90 or more days, $150
per month payable until the earlier of (i) 18 consecutive months and (ii) the
delinquency status of such Mortgage Loan has been reduced to less than 90 days.
"Startup Day": With respect to each of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC
III and REMIC IV, the day designated as such pursuant to Section 10.01(b)
hereof.
"Stated Principal Balance": With respect to any Mortgage Loan:
(a) as of any date of determination up to but not including the Distribution
Date on which the proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such
Mortgage Loan would be distributed, the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
as of the Cut-off Date, as shown in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, minus the sum of
(i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment due on a Due Date subsequent
to the Cut- off Date, to the extent received from the Mortgagor and distributed
pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before such date of determination, (ii) all
Principal Prepayments received after the Cut-off Date, to the extent distributed
pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before such date of determination, (iii) all
Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds applied by the Servicer as
recoveries of principal in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.16, to
the extent distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on
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or before such date of determination, and (iv) any Realized Loss incurred with
respect thereto as a result of a Deficient Valuation made during or prior to the
Prepayment Period for the most recent Distribution Date coinciding with or
preceding such date of determination; and (b) as of any date of determination
coinciding with or subsequent to the Distribution Date on which the proceeds, if
any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such Mortgage Loan would be
distributed, zero. With respect to any REO Property: (a) as of any date of
determination up to but not including the Distribution Date on which the
proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such REO Property would
be distributed, an amount (not less than zero) equal to the Stated Principal
Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the date on which such REO Property
was acquired on behalf of REMIC I, minus the sum of (i) if such REO Property was
acquired before the Distribution Date in any calendar month, the principal
portion of the Monthly Payment due on the Due Date in the calendar month of
acquisition, to the extent distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before
such date of determination, and (ii) the aggregate amount of REO Principal
Amortization in respect of such REO Property for all previously ended calendar
months, to the extent distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before such
date of determination; and (b) as of any date of determination coinciding with
or subsequent to the Distribution Date on which the proceeds, if any, of a
Liquidation Event with respect to such REO Property would be distributed, zero.
"Stepdown Date": The earlier to occur of (i) the Distribution
Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates has
been reduced to zero and (ii) the later to occur of (a) the Distribution Date
occurring in June 2005 and (ii) the first Distribution Date on which the Credit
Enhancement Percentage (calculated for this purpose only prior to any
distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount to the Certificates then
entitled to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date) is equal to or
greater than 24.50%.
"Sub-Servicer": Any Person with which the Servicer has entered
into a Sub-Servicing Agreement and which meets the qualifications of a
Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.02.
"Sub-Servicing Agreement": The written contract between the
Servicer and a Sub- Servicer relating to servicing and administration of certain
Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.02.
"Substitution Shortfall Amount": As defined in Section 2.03(b).
"Tax Returns": The federal income tax return on Internal Revenue
Service Form 1066, U. S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax
Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest
Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms,
to be filed on behalf of the Trust Fund due to the classification of portions
thereof as REMICs under the REMIC Provisions, together with any and all other
information reports or returns that may be required to be furnished to the
Certificateholders or filed with the Internal Revenue Service or any other
governmental taxing authority under any applicable provisions of federal, state
or local tax laws.
"Telerate Page 3750": The display designated as page "3750" on
the Dow Xxxxx Telerate Capital Markets Report (or such other page as may replace
page 3750 on that report for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered
rates of major banks).
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"Termination Price": As defined in Section 9.01.
"Terminator": As defined in Section 9.01.
"Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge,
hypothecation, or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a
Certificate.
"Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any
Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
"Transferor": Any Person who is disposing by Transfer of any
Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
"Trigger Event": A Trigger Event is in effect if the percentage
obtained by dividing the principal amount of (i) Mortgage Loans delinquent 60
days or more, (ii) Mortgage Loans in foreclosure, (iii) REO Properties and (iv)
Mortgage Loans discharged due to bankruptcy by the aggregate Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans, in each case, as of the last day of the previous calendar
month exceeds 15.00%.
"Trust Fund": Collectively, all of the assets of REMIC I , REMIC
II, REMIC III and REMIC IV, and the other assets conveyed by the Depositor to
the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01.
"Trust REMIC": Either of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III.
"Trustee": Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, a
national banking association, or its successor in interest, or any successor
trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Trustee Fee": The amount payable to the Trustee on each
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 8.05 as compensation for all services
rendered by it in the execution of the trust hereby created and in the exercise
and performance of any of the powers and duties of the Trustee hereunder, which
amount shall equal the product of (i) the Trustee Fee Rate, multiplied by (ii)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and any REO
Properties.
"Trustee Fee Rate": 0.015% per annum.
"Uncertificated Balance": The amount of any REMIC I Regular
Interest outstanding as of any date of determination. As of the Closing Date,
the Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest shall equal the
amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto as its initial
uncertificated balance. On each Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of
each REMIC I Regular Interest shall be reduced by all distributions of principal
made on such REMIC I Regular Interest on such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.01 and, if and to the extent necessary and appropriate, shall be
further reduced on such Distribution Date by Realized Losses as provided in
Section 4.04. The Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ
shall be increased by interest deferrals as provided in Section 4.01(a)(1)(i).
The Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest shall never be less
than zero.
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"Uncertificated Interest": With respect to any REMIC I Regular
Interest for any Distribution Date, one month's interest at the REMIC I
Remittance Rate applicable to such REMIC I Regular Interest for such
Distribution Date, accrued on the Uncertificated Balance thereof immediately
prior to such Distribution Date. Uncertificated Interest in respect of any REMIC
I Regular Interest shall accrue on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months. Uncertificated Interest with respect to each Distribution
Date, as to any REMIC I Regular Interest, shall be reduced by an amount equal to
the sum of (a) the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for such
Distribution Date to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.24
and (b) the aggregate amount of any Relief Act Interest Shortfall, if any
allocated, in each case, to such REMIC I Regular Interest pursuant to Section
1.02. In addition, Uncertificated Interest with respect to each Distribution
Date, as to any REMIC I Regular Interest shall be reduced by Realized Losses, if
any, allocated to such REMIC I Regular Interest pursuant to Section 1.02 and
Section 4.04.
"Underwriters' Exemption": An individual exemption issued by the
United States Department of Labor, Prohibited Transaction Exemption 91-23 (56
Fed. Reg. 15936, April 19, 1991), as amended, to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
(formerly known as Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.), for specific offerings in which Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc. or any person directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, controlling, controlled by or under common control with Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Barney Inc. is an underwriter, placement agent or a manager or co-manager
of the underwriting syndicate or selling group where the trust and the offered
certificates meet specified conditions. The Underwriters' Exemption, as amended,
provides a partial exemption for transactions involving certificates
representing a beneficial interest in a trust and entitling the holder to
pass-through payments of principal, interest and/or other payments with respect
to the trust's assets.
"Uninsured Cause": Any cause of damage to a Mortgaged Property
such that the complete restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by
the hazard insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant to Section
3.14.
"United States Person": A citizen or resident of the United
States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or
under the laws of, the United States, any state thereof or, District of Columbia
(except, in the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in regulations)
provided that, for purposes solely of the restrictions on the transfer of
Residual Certificates, no partnership or other entity treated as a partnership
for United States federal income tax purposes shall be treated as a United
States Person unless all persons that own an interest in such partnership either
directly or through any entity that is not a corporation for United States
federal income tax purposes are required by the applicable operative agreement
to be United States Persons or an estate whose income is subject to United
States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within
the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the
administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have the
authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. To the extent
prescribed in regulations by the Secretary of the Treasury, which have not yet
been issued, a trust which was in existence on August 20, 1996 (other than a
trust treated as owned by the grantor under subpart E of part I of subchapter J
of chapter 1 of the Code), and which was treated as a United States person on
August 20, 1996 may elect to continue to be treated as a United States person
notwithstanding the previous sentence. The term "United States" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 7701 of the Code.
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"Value": With respect to any Mortgaged Property, the value
thereof as determined by an independent appraisal made at the time of the
origination of the related Mortgage Loan or the sale price, if the appraisal is
not available; except that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a purchase
money mortgage loan, the lesser of (i) the value thereof as determined by an
independent appraisal made at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan,
if any, and (ii) the sales price of the related Mortgaged Property.
"Voting Rights": The portion of the voting rights of all of the
Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. With respect to any date of
determination, 98% of all Voting Rights will be allocated among the holders of
the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE
Certificates in proportion to the then outstanding Certificate Principal
Balances of their respective Certificates, 1% of all Voting Rights will be
allocated to the holders of the Class P Certificates and 1% of all Voting Rights
will be allocated among the holders of the Residual Certificates. The Voting
Rights allocated to each Class of Certificate shall be allocated among Holders
of each such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests as
of the most recent Record Date.
SECTION 1.02. Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Accrued Certificate
Interest and the amount of the Interest Distribution Amount for the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE Certificates for any
Distribution Date, (1) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by payments by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.24) and any Relief Act Interest Shortfall incurred in respect of the
Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be allocated first, to the Class
CE Certificates based on, and to the extent of, one month's interest at the then
applicable respective Pass-Through Rate on the respective Notional Amount of
each such Certificate and, thereafter, among the Class A Certificates and the
Mezzanine Certificates on a PRO RATA basis based on, and to the extent of, one
month's interest at the then applicable respective Pass-Through Rate on the
respective Certificate Principal Balance of each such Certificate and (2) the
aggregate amount of any Realized Losses incurred for any Distribution Date shall
be allocated to the Class CE Certificates based on, and to the extent of, one
month's interest at the then applicable respective Pass-Through Rate on the
respective Notional Amount of each such Certificate.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Uncertificated Interest
for the REMIC I Regular Interests for any Distribution Date, the aggregate
amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by
payments by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24) and any Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls incurred in respect of the Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date
shall be allocated first, to Uncertificated Interest payable to REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTAA and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ up to an aggregate amount
equal to the REMIC I Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively,
and thereafter among REMIC I Regular Interest I- LTAA, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM2, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTM3, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM5 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ PRO RATA based on, and to
the extent of, one month's interest at the then applicable respective
Pass-Through Rate on the respective Uncertificated Balance of each such REMIC I
Regular Interest.
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ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trustee without recourse, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, all the
right, title and interest of the Depositor, including any security interest
therein for the benefit of the Depositor, in and to the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, the rights of the Depositor under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and all other assets included or to be
included in REMIC I. In addition to the foregoing, the Trust Fund will also
include all payments received under the Cap Contract. Such assignment includes
all interest and principal received by the Depositor or the Servicer on or with
respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than payments of principal and interest due
on such Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date). The Depositor herewith
delivers to the Trustee an executed copy of the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.
In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Depositor
does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, the Trustee, the following documents
or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so transferred and assigned (a
"Mortgage File"):
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in blank or in the
following form: "Pay to the order of Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association, as Trustee under the applicable agreement, without
recourse," with all prior and intervening endorsements showing a
complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the Person so
endorsing to the Trustee;
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon,
and the original recorded power of attorney, if the Mortgage was
executed pursuant to a power of attorney, with evidence of recording
thereon;
(iii) an original Assignment in blank;
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments showing a
complete chain of assignment from the originator to the Person assigning
the Mortgage to the Trustee as contemplated by the immediately preceding
clause (iii);
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and
(vi) the original lender's title insurance policy (except with
respect to any Mortgage Loan originated with a Principal Balance of
$150,000 or less), together with all endorsements or riders that were
issued with or subsequent to the issuance of such policy, insuring the
priority of the Mortgage as a first lien or second lien on the Mortgaged
Property
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represented therein as a fee interest vested in the Mortgagor, or in the
event such original title policy is unavailable, a written commitment or
uniform binder or preliminary report of title issued by the title
insurance or escrow company.
The Trustee shall enforce the obligations of the Seller under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to submit or cause to be submitted for
recording (within sixty Business Days following the later of the Closing Date
and the date of receipt by the Trustee of the recording information for a
Mortgage, but in no event later than ninety days following the Closing Date), 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 referred to
in Sections 2.01(iii) and (iv) above and the Depositor shall execute each
original Assignment in the following form: "Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as Trustee under the applicable agreement." In the event that any
such Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, the
Seller shall promptly prepare or cause to be prepared a substitute Assignment or
cure or cause to be cured such defect, as the case may be, and thereafter cause
each such Assignment to be duly recorded. If the Seller is unable to pay the
cost of recording the Assignments, such expense will be paid by the Trustee and
shall be reimbursable to the Trustee as an Extraordinary Trust Fund Expense.
With respect to a maximum of approximately 2.0% of the Original
Mortgage Loans, by outstanding principal balance of the Original Mortgage Loans
as of the Cut-off Date, if any original Mortgage Note referred to in Section
2.01(i) above cannot be located, the obligations of the Depositor to deliver
such documents shall be deemed to be satisfied upon delivery to the Trustee of a
photocopy of such Mortgage Note, if available, with a lost note affidavit
substantially in the form of Exhibit I attached hereto. If any of the original
Mortgage Notes for which a lost note affidavit was delivered to the Trustee is
subsequently located, such original Mortgage Note shall be delivered to the
Trustee within three Business Days.
If any of the documents referred to in Sections 2.01(ii), (iii)
or (iv) above has, as of the Closing Date, been submitted for recording but
either (x) has not been returned from the applicable public recording office or
(y) has been lost or such public recording office has retained the original of
such document, the obligations of the Depositor to deliver such documents shall
be deemed to be satisfied upon (1) delivery to the Trustee of a copy of each
such document certified by the related Originator in the case of (x) above or
the applicable public recording office in the case of (y) above to be a true and
complete copy of the original that was submitted for recording and (2) if such
copy is certified by the related Originator, delivery to the Trustee promptly
upon receipt thereof of either the original or a copy of such document certified
by the applicable public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original. Notice shall be provided to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies by the
Seller if delivery pursuant to clause (2) above will be made more than 180 days
after the Closing Date. If the original lender's title insurance policy was not
delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(vi) above, the Depositor shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Trustee, promptly after receipt thereof, the
original lender's title insurance policy. The Depositor shall deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Trustee promptly upon receipt thereof any other original
documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File received with respect to any
Mortgage Loan, including, but not limited to, any original documents evidencing
an assumption or modification of any Mortgage Loan.
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All original documents relating to the Mortgage Loans that are
not delivered to the Trustee are and shall be held by the Seller, the Depositor
or the Servicer, as the case may be, in trust for the benefit of the Trustee on
behalf of the Certificateholders. In the event that any such original document
is required pursuant to the terms of this Section to be a part of a Mortgage
File, such document shall be delivered promptly to the Trustee. Any such
original document delivered to or held by the Depositor that is not required
pursuant to the terms of this Section to be a part of a Mortgage File, shall be
delivered promptly to the Servicer.
The Depositor herewith delivers to the Trustee an executed copy
of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance of REMIC I by Trustee.
The Trustee, acknowledges receipt, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.01 and subject to any exceptions noted on the exception report
described in the next paragraph below, the documents referred to in Section 2.01
(other than such documents described in Section 2.01(v)) above and all other
assets included in the definition of "REMIC I" under clauses (i), (iii), (iv)
and (v) (to the extent of amounts attributable thereto deposited into the
Distribution Account) and declares that it holds and will hold such documents
and the other documents delivered to it constituting a Mortgage File, and that
it holds or will hold all such assets, and such other assets included in the
definition of "REMIC I" in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all
present and future Certificateholders.
The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to
review each Mortgage File on or before the Closing Date and to certify in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1 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 the exception report
annexed thereto as not being covered by such certification), (i) all documents
constituting part of such Mortgage File (other than such documents described in
Section 2.01(v)) required to be delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement are
in its possession, (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and appear
regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan and (iii) based on its
examination and only as to the foregoing, the information set forth in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule that corresponds to items (i) through (iii), (xi) and
(xv) of the definition of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" accurately reflects
information set forth in the Mortgage File. It is herein acknowledged that, in
conducting such review, the Trustee was under no duty or obligation (i) to
inspect, review or examine any such documents, instruments, certificates or
other papers to determine whether they are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate
for the represented purpose or whether they have actually been recorded or that
they are other than what they purport to be on their face or (ii) to determine
whether any Mortgage File should include any of the documents specified in
clause (v) of Section 2.01.
Prior to the first anniversary date of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Servicer a final certification in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-2 evidencing the completeness of the
Mortgage Files, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon, and the Servicer
shall forward a copy thereof to any Sub-Servicer.
If in the process of reviewing the Mortgage Files and making or
preparing, as the case
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may be, the certifications referred to above, the Trustee finds any document or
documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File to be missing or defective in
any material respect, at the conclusion of its review the Trustee shall so
notify the Depositor and the Servicer. In addition, upon the discovery by the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee of a breach of any of the representations
and warranties made by the Originators or the Seller in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan which materially adversely
affects such Mortgage Loan or the interests of the Certificateholders in such
Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice to the other parties.
The Trustee shall, at the written request and expense of any
Certificateholder, provide a written report to such Certificateholder of all
Mortgage Files released to the Servicer for servicing purposes.
SECTION 2.03. Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage
Loans by the Originators and the Seller.
(a) Upon discovery or receipt of notice of any materially
defective document in, or that a document is missing from, a Mortgage File or of
the breach by the Originators or the Seller of any representation, warranty or
covenant under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect of any Mortgage
Loan that materially adversely affects the value of such Mortgage Loan or the
interest therein of the Certificateholders, the Trustee shall promptly notify
the Seller, the Originators and the Servicer of such defect, missing document or
breach and request that the Originators or the Seller, as applicable, deliver
such missing document or cure such defect or breach within 60 days from the date
the Originators or the Seller, as applicable, were notified of such missing
document, defect or breach, and if the Originators or the Seller, as applicable,
do not deliver such missing document or cure such defect or breach in all
material respects during such period, the Servicer, in accordance with Section
3.02(b), shall enforce the obligations of the Originators or the Seller, as
applicable, under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to repurchase such
Mortgage Loan from REMIC I at the Purchase Price within 90 days after the date
on which the Originators or the Seller, as applicable, were notified (subject to
Section 2.03(c)) of such missing document, defect or breach, if and to the
extent that the Originators or the Seller are obligated to do so under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Price for the repurchased
Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the Collection Account and the Trustee, upon
receipt of written certification from the Servicer of such deposit, shall
release to the related Originator or the Seller, as applicable, the related
Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments of
transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as the related Originator
or the Seller, as applicable, shall furnish to it and as shall be necessary to
vest in the related Originator or the Seller, as applicable, any Mortgage Loan
released pursuant hereto. The Trustee shall not have any further responsibility
with regard to such Mortgage File. In lieu of repurchasing any such Mortgage
Loan as provided above, if so provided in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
the Originators or the Seller may cause such Mortgage Loan to be removed from
REMIC I (in which case it shall become a Deleted Mortgage Loan) and substitute
one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the manner and subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 2.03(b). It is understood and agreed that the
obligation of the Originators and the Seller to cure or to repurchase (or to
substitute for) any Mortgage Loan as to which a document is missing, a material
defect in a constituent document exists or as to which such a breach has
occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such
omission,
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defect or breach available to the Trustee and the Certificateholders.
(b) Any substitution of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for
Deleted Mortgage Loans made pursuant to Section 2.03(a) must be effected prior
to the date which is two years after the Startup Day for REMIC I.
As to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the Originators or the
Seller substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, such
substitution shall be effected by the Originators or the Seller, as applicable,
delivering to the Trustee, for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans,
the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment to the Trustee, and such other
documents and agreements, with all necessary endorsements thereon, as are
required by Section 2.01, together with an Officers' Certificate providing that
each such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies the definition thereof
and specifying the Substitution Shortfall Amount (as described below), if any,
in connection with such substitution. The Trustee shall acknowledge receipt for
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and, within ten Business Days
thereafter, review such documents as specified in Section 2.02 and deliver to
the Depositor and the Servicer, with respect to such Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans, a certification substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit C-1, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon. Within one
year of the date of substitution, the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and
the Servicer a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto
with respect to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, with any
applicable exceptions noted thereon. Monthly Payments due with respect to
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution are not part of
REMIC I and will be retained by the related Originator or the Seller, as
applicable. For the month of substitution, distributions to Certificateholders
will reflect the Monthly Payment due on such Deleted Mortgage Loan on or before
the Due Date in the month of substitution, and the related Originator or the
Seller, as applicable, shall thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts
subsequently received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Depositor
shall give or cause to be given written notice to the Certificateholders that
such substitution has taken place, shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to
reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan from the terms of this
Agreement and the substitution of the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans and shall deliver a copy of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the
Trustee. Upon such substitution, such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans shall constitute part of the Mortgage Pool and shall be subject in all
respects to the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, including, all applicable representations and warranties thereof
included in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
For any month in which the Originators or the Seller, as
applicable, substitute one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one
or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Servicer will determine the amount (the
"Substitution Shortfall Amount"), if any, by which the aggregate Purchase Price
of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans exceeds the aggregate of, as to each such
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Stated Principal Balance thereof as of
the date of substitution, together with one month's interest on such Stated
Principal Balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate, plus all outstanding
Advances and Servicing Advances (including Nonrecoverable Advances and
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances) related thereto. On the date of such
substitution, the related Originator or the Seller, as applicable, will deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account
an amount equal to the Substitution
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Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and certification by the Servicer of such
deposit, shall release to the related Originator or the Seller, as applicable,
the related Mortgage File or Files and the Trustee shall execute and deliver
such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, the
related Originator or the Seller, as applicable, shall deliver to it and as
shall be necessary to vest therein any Deleted Mortgage Loan released pursuant
hereto.
In addition, the related Originator or the Seller, as applicable,
shall obtain at its own expense and deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that such substitution will not cause (a) any federal tax to be
imposed on any Trust REMIC, including without limitation, any federal tax
imposed on "prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on
"contributions after the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code, or
(b) any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificate is outstanding.
(c) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the Originators,
the Servicer or the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a
"qualified mortgage" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the
party discovering such fact shall within two Business Days give written notice
thereof to the other parties. In connection therewith, the Seller shall
repurchase or, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(b),
substitute one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for the affected
Mortgage Loan within 90 days of the earlier of discovery or receipt of such
notice with respect to such affected Mortgage Loan. Any such repurchase or
substitution shall be made in the same manner as set forth in Section 2.03(a).
The Trustee shall reconvey to the Seller the Mortgage Loan to be released
pursuant hereto in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it
would a Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty.
SECTION 2.04. Reserved.
SECTION 2.05. Representations, Warranties and Covenants
of the Servicer.
The Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the
Trustee, for the benefit of each of the Trustee, the Certificateholders and to
the Depositor that as of the Closing Date or as of such date specifically
provided herein:
(i) The Servicer is a limited partnership duly formed, validly
existing and in good standing as a limited partnership under the laws of
the State of Delaware and is duly authorized and qualified to transact
any and all business contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by
the Servicer in any state in which a Mortgaged Property is located or is
otherwise not required under applicable law to effect such qualification
and, in any event, is in compliance with the doing business laws of any
such State, to the extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce
each Mortgage Loan and to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement;
(ii) The Servicer has the full power and authority to conduct its
business as presently conducted by it and to execute, deliver and
perform, and to enter into and consummate, all transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. The Servicer has duly authorized the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, has duly executed and
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delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Depositor and the Trustee,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights generally and by general principles of equity;
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Servicer, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Servicer hereunder,
the consummation by the Servicer of any other of the transactions herein
contemplated, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof
are in the ordinary course of business of the Servicer and will not (A)
result in a breach of any term or provision of the limited partnership
agreement of the Servicer or (B) conflict with, result in a breach,
violation or acceleration of, or result in a default under, the terms of
any other material agreement or instrument to which the Servicer is a
party or by which it may be bound, or any statute, order or regulation
applicable to the Servicer of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Servicer; and
the Servicer is not a party to, bound by, or in breach or violation of
any indenture or other agreement or instrument, or subject to or in
violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory
body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction
over it, which materially and adversely affects or, to the Servicer's
knowledge, would in the future materially and adversely affect, (x) the
ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement,
(y) the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets
of the Servicer taken as a whole or (z) the legality, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement;
(iv) The Servicer is a HUD approved mortgagee pursuant to Section
203 and Section 211 of the National Housing Act. No event has occurred,
including but not limited to a change in insurance coverage, that would
make the Servicer unable to comply with HUD eligibility requirements or
that would require notification to HUD;
(v) The Servicer does not believe, nor does it have any reason or
cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant made by
it and contained in this Agreement;
(vi) No litigation is pending against the Servicer that would
materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or
enforceability of this Agreement or the ability of the Servicer to
service the Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other obligations
hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof;
(vii) There are no actions or proceedings against, or
investigations known to it of, the Servicer before any court,
administrative or other tribunal (A) that might prohibit its entering
into this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (C) that might prohibit
or materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of
its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement;
(viii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
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agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance
by the Servicer of, or compliance by the Servicer with, this Agreement
or the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations or
orders, if any, that have been obtained prior to the Closing Date; and
(ix) The Servicer does and will continue to accurately report its
borrower credit files for each Mortgage Loan to the three major credit
bureaus in existence as of the Closing Date in a timely manner.
It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties
and covenants set forth in this Section 2.05 shall survive delivery of the
Mortgage Files to the Trustee and shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee, the
Depositor and the Certificateholders. Upon discovery by any of the Depositor,
the Servicer or the Trustee of a breach of any of the foregoing representations,
warranties and covenants which materially and adversely affects the value of any
Mortgage Loan, Prepayment Charge or the interests therein of the
Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice (but in no event later than two Business Days following such discovery)
to the Trustee. Subject to Section 7.01, unless such breach shall not be
susceptible of cure within 90 days, the obligation of the Servicer set forth in
Section 2.03(c) to cure breaches shall constitute the sole remedy against the
Servicer available to the Certificateholders, the Depositor and the Trustee on
behalf of the Certificateholders respecting a breach of the representations,
warranties and covenants contained in this Section 2.05. The foregoing shall
not, however, limit any remedies available to the Certificateholders, the
Depositor or the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, respecting a breach of the representations,
warranties and covenants of the Originators or the Seller contained in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 2.06. Issuance of the REMIC I Regular Interests
and the Class R-I Interest.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage
Loans and the delivery to it of the Mortgage Files, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.01 and Section 2.02, together with the assignment to it of all other
assets included in REMIC I, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.
Concurrently with such assignment and delivery and in exchange therefor, the
Trustee, pursuant to the written request of the Depositor executed by an officer
of the Depositor, has executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the order
of the Depositor, the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class R-I
Interest) in authorized denominations. The interests evidenced by the Class R-I
Interest, together with the REMIC I Regular Interests, constitute the entire
beneficial ownership interest in REMIC I. The rights of the Class R-I Interest
and REMIC II (as holder of the REMIC I Regular Interests) to receive
distributions from the proceeds of REMIC I in respect of the Class R-I Interest
and the REMIC I Regular Interests, and all ownership interests evidenced or
constituted by the Class R-I Interest and the REMIC I Regular Interests, shall
be as set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.07. Conveyance of the REMIC I Regular
Interests; Acceptance of REMIC II by the
Trustee.
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The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trustee, without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in
and to the REMIC I Regular Interests for the benefit of the Class R-II Interest
and REMIC II (as holder of the REMIC I Regular Interests). The Trustee
acknowledges receipt of the REMIC I Regular Interests and declares that it holds
and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present
and future Class R-II Interest and REMIC II (as holder of the REMIC I Regular
Interests). The rights of the Class R-II Interest and REMIC II (as holder of the
REMIC I Regular Interests) to receive distributions from the proceeds of REMIC
II in respect of the Class R-II Interest and REMIC II Regular Interests,
respectively, and all ownership interests evidenced or constituted by the Class
R-II Interest and the REMIC II Regular Interests, shall be as set forth in this
Agreement.
SECTION 2.08. Issuance of Class R Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Class R-I
Interest and the Class R-II Interest and, concurrently therewith and in exchange
therefor, pursuant to the written request of the Depositor executed by an
officer of the Depositor, the Trustee has executed, authenticated and delivered
to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Class R Certificates in authorized
denominations.
SECTION 2.09. Conveyance of the Class M-4 Interest;
Acceptance of REMIC III by the Trustee.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trustee, without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in
and to the Class M-4 Interest for the benefit of the Holders of the Class M-4
Certificates and the Class R-III Certificates, and REMIC III (as holder of the
Class M-4 Interest). The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Class M-4 Interest
and declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use
and benefit of all present and future Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates and
the Class R-III Certificates and REMIC III (as holder of the Class M-4
Interest). The rights of the Class R-III Certificates and REMIC III (as holder
of the Class M-4 Interest) to receive distributions from the proceeds of REMIC
III, and all ownership interests evidenced or constituted by the Class R-III
Certificates and the Class M-4 Certificates, shall be as set forth in this
Agreement.
SECTION 2.10. Issuance of Class R-III Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Class M-4
Interest and, concurrently therewith and in exchange therefor, pursuant to the
written request of the Depositor executed by an officer of the Depositor has
executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the
Class R-III Certificates in authorized denominations.
SECTION 2.11. Conveyance of the Class M-5 Interest;
Acceptance of REMIC IV by the Trustee.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trustee, without recourse all the right, title and
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interest of the Depositor in and to the Class M-5 Interest for the benefit of
the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates and the Class R-IV Certificates, and
REMIC IV (as holder of the Class M-5 Interest). The Trustee acknowledges receipt
of the Class M-5 Interest and declares that it holds and will hold the same in
trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Holders of the
Class M-5 Certificates and the Class R-IV Certificates and REMIC IV (as holder
of the Class M-5 Interest). The rights of the Class R-IV Certificates and REMIC
IV (as holder of the Class M-5 Interest) to receive distributions from the
proceeds of REMIC IV, and all ownership interests evidenced or constituted by
the Class R-IV Certificates and the Class M-5 Certificates, shall be as set
forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.12. Issuance of Class R-IV Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Class M-5
Interest and, concurrently therewith and in exchange therefor, pursuant to the
written request of the Depositor executed by an officer of the Depositor has
executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the
Class R-IV Certificates in authorized denominations.
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ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01. Servicer to Act as Servicer.
The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on
behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans
and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it
services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving
due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent
mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but
without regard to:
(i) any relationship that the Servicer or any Affiliate of the
Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any
Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing
Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer'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
also 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, 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 is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee
when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Trust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or
any of them, and upon notice to the Trustee, 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, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. 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. Subject to Section 3.17, the
Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to
the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney and other documents
necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and
administrative duties
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hereunder and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer
under such powers of attorney.
In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the
Servicer shall make or cause to be made Servicing Advances as necessary for the
purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged
Properties, which Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance
from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and
further as provided in Section 3.11; provided, however, the Servicer shall only
make such Servicing Advance if the Mortgagor has made such payment as set forth
in Section 3.09 or if the Mortgagor has not made such payment, if the failure to
make such Servicing Advance would affect the lien position of the Mortgage Loan.
Any cost incurred by the Servicer in effecting the payment of taxes and
assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating
the Stated Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan or distributions to
Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related
Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
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 4.03) and the Servicer shall not 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 (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default
with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the
Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or 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 of the Trust REMICs created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under
the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or
"contributions after the startup date" under the REMIC Provisions.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in
the event of a Principal Prepayment in full of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer may
not waive any Prepayment Charge or portion thereof required by the terms of the
related Mortgage Note unless (i) the Servicer determines that such waiver would
maximize recovery of Liquidation Proceeds for such Mortgage Loan, taking into
account the value of such Prepayment Charge, or (ii)(A) the enforceability
thereof is limited (1) by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership, or
other similar law relating to creditors' rights generally or (2) due to
acceleration in connection with a foreclosure or other involuntary payment, or
(B) the enforceability is otherwise limited or prohibited by applicable law.
In the event of a Principal Prepayment in full with respect to
any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a certification of
a Servicing Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit J on the date of
delivery of the Remittance Report pursuant to Section 4.03, and the Trustee
shall forward a copy of such certification to the Class CE Certificateholder.
Promptly upon the earlier of discovery by the Servicer or receipt
of notice by the Servicer of the breach of the covenant of the Servicer set
forth above which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Holders
of the Class P Certificates in any Prepayment Charge, the Servicer
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shall promptly pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (or such portion
thereof as had been waived), for the benefit of the holders of the Class P
Certificates by depositing such amount into the Collection Account for
distribution in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The foregoing shall
not, however, limit any remedies available to the Certificateholders, the
Depositor or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, respecting
a breach of the representations, warranties and covenants of the Originators or
the Seller contained in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
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.
As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Servicer, for
the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, shall enforce the
obligations of the Originators and the Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, including, without limitation, any obligation of the Originators or
the Seller to purchase a Mortgage Loan on account of missing or defective
documentation or on account of a breach of a representation, warranty or
covenant, as described in Section 2.03(a).
SECTION 3.02. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Servicer and Sub-
Servicers.
The Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage
Loan by a Sub- Servicer pursuant to a Sub-Servicing Agreement; provided that
such sub-servicing arrangement and the terms of the related Sub-Servicing
Agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loans in a manner
consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any Sub-Servicing Agreement, any of the
provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the
Servicer or a Sub-Servicer or reference to actions taken through a Servicer or
otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Depositor, the
Trust, the Trustee and the Certificateholders 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
Sub-Servicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from
the Sub-Servicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions
as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans.
Every Sub-Servicing 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. All actions of each Sub-Servicer
performed pursuant to the related Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be performed as
an agent of the Servicer with the same force and effect as if performed directly
by the Servicer.
For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to
have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect to the
Mortgage Loans that are received by a Sub- Servicer regardless of whether such
payments are remitted by the Sub-Servicer to the Servicer.
SECTION 3.03. Successor Sub-Servicers.
The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Sub-Servicing
Agreement in
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accordance with the terms and conditions of such Sub-Servicing Agreement and to
either itself directly service the related Mortgage Loans or enter into a
Sub-Servicing Agreement with a successor Sub-Servicer which qualifies under
Section 3.02. Any Sub-Servicing Agreement shall include the provision that such
agreement may be immediately terminated by the Trustee (if the Trustee is acting
as Servicer) without fee, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in the
event that the Servicer (or the Trustee, if it is then acting as Servicer)
shall, for any reason, no longer be the Servicer (including termination due to a
Servicer Event of Default).
SECTION 3.04. No Contractual Relationship Between
Sub-Servicer, Trustee or the Certificateholders.
Any Sub-Servicing Agreement and any other transactions or
services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Sub-Servicer shall be deemed
to be between the Sub-Servicer and the Servicer alone and the Trustee and the
Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims,
rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to any Sub-Servicer
except as set forth in Section 3.05.
SECTION 3.05. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing
Agreement by Trustee.
In connection with the assumption of the responsibilities, duties
and liabilities and of the authority, power and rights of the Servicer hereunder
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.02 or another successor Servicer, it is
understood and agreed that the Servicer's rights and obligations under any
Sub-Servicing Agreement then in force between the Servicer and a Sub-Servicer
shall be assumed simultaneously by the Trustee or another successor Servicer
without act or deed on the part of the Trustee; provided, however, that the
Trustee or any other successor Servicer may terminate the Sub-Servicer.
The Servicer shall, upon the reasonable request of the Trustee,
but at the expense of the Servicer, deliver to the assuming party documents and
records relating to each Sub-Servicing Agreement and an accounting of amounts
collected and held by it and otherwise use its best reasonable efforts to effect
the orderly and efficient transfer of the Sub-Servicing Agreements to the
assuming party.
SECTION 3.06. [Reserved].
SECTION 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments.
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,
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, the Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any late
payment charge or, if applicable, penalty interest or (ii) extend the due dates
for the Monthly Payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period of not greater than
180 days; provided that any extension pursuant to this clause shall not affect
the amortization schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of any computation
hereunder.
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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 waive,
modify or vary any term of such Mortgage Loan (including modifications that
change the Mortgage Rate, forgive the payment of principal or interest or extend
the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan), accept payment from the related
Mortgagor of an amount less than the Stated Principal Balance in final
satisfaction of such Mortgage Loan (such payment, a "Short Pay-off"), or consent
to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or otherwise grant
indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver,
modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the
interests of the Certificateholders (taking into account any estimated Realized
Loss that might result absent such action).
SECTION 3.08. [Reserved].
SECTION 3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and
Similar Items; Servicing Accounts.
The Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts
(the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all collections from the Mortgagors (or
related advances from Sub-Servicers) for the payment of taxes, assessments,
fire, flood, and hazard insurance premiums, and comparable items for the account
of the Mortgagors ("Escrow Payments") shall be deposited and retained. Servicing
Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts. The Servicer shall deposit in the Servicing
Accounts on a daily basis and in no event later than the second Business Day
after receipt, and retain therein, all Escrow Payments collected on account of
the Mortgage Loans, for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of any such
items as required under the terms of this Agreement. Withdrawals of amounts from
a Servicing Account may be made only to (i) effect timely payment of taxes,
assessments, fire, flood, and hazard insurance premiums, and comparable items;
(ii) reimburse the Servicer out of related collections for any advances made
pursuant to Section 3.01 (with respect to taxes and assessments) and Section
3.14 (with respect to fire, flood and 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 Servicing
Account; or (v) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of
the Servicer's obligations and responsibilities in respect of the Mortgage Loans
under this Agreement in accordance with Article IX. As part of its servicing
duties, the Servicer shall pay to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing
Accounts, to the extent required by law and, to the extent that interest earned
on funds in the Servicing Accounts is insufficient, to pay such interest from
its or their own funds, without any reimbursement therefor. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Servicer shall not be obligated to collect Escrow Payments if the
related Mortgage Loan does not require such payments but the Servicer shall
nevertheless be obligated to make Servicing Advances as provided in Section
3.01. In the event the Servicer shall deposit in the Servicing Accounts any
amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such
amount from the Servicing Accounts, any provision to the contrary
notwithstanding.
SECTION 3.10. Collection Account and Distribution Account.
(a) On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Servicer shall establish and
maintain one or
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more accounts (such account or accounts, the "Collection Account"), held in
trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. On behalf of
the Trust Fund, the Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the
Collection Account on a daily basis and in no event later than two Business Days
after receipt, as and when received or as otherwise required hereunder, the
following payments and collections received or made by it on or subsequent to
the Cut-off Date:
(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, other than Simple Interest Excess
which shall be deposited in the Simple Interest Excess Sub-Account;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds (other than
proceeds collected in respect of any particular REO Property and
amounts paid by the Servicer in connection with a purchase of Mortgage
Loans and REO Properties pursuant to Section 9.01);
(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 3.14(a) in respect of any blanket
policy deductibles;
(vi) any Purchase Price or Substitution Shortfall Amount
delivered to the Servicer and all proceeds (net of amounts payable or
reimbursable to the Servicer) of Mortgage Loans purchased in accordance
with Section 9.01; and
(vii) any Prepayment Charges or amounts required to be deposited
by the Servicer in connection with a breach of its obligations under
Section 3.01 with respect to the waiver of Prepayment Charges.
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection Accounts
shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges,
assumption fees or other similar fees need not be deposited by the Servicer in
the Collection Account. 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.
No later than the Closing Date, the Servicer shall establish and
maintain a sub- account of the Collection Account titled "Xxxxxx Loan Servicing
LP, as Servicer for Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as
Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc., Salomon Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 0000-XXX0, Xxxxx
Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Simple Interest Excess Sub-Account." The
Servicer shall, on each Determination Date transfer from the Collection Account
to the Simple Interest Excess Sub- Account all Net Simple Interest Excess, if
any, and shall maintain a record of all such deposits. The Servicer shall
withdraw amounts on deposit in the Simple Interest Excess Sub-Account on each
Determination Date for remittance to the Trustee in an amount equal to the
lesser of (i) the amount on deposit therein, and (ii) the Net Simple Interest
Shortfall for such Distribution Date.
Amounts on deposit in the Simple Interest Excess Sub-Account may
be invested in Permitted Investments. All income and gain net of any losses
realized from any such balances or investment of funds on deposit in a Simple
Interest Excess Sub-Account shall be for the benefit of the Servicer as
servicing compensation and shall be retained by it. The amount of any losses in
the Simple Interest Excess Sub-Account shall promptly be deposited by the
Servicer in such Simple Interest Excess Sub-Account.
(b) On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Trustee shall establish and
maintain one or more accounts (such account or accounts, the "Distribution
Account"), held in trust for the benefit of the Trustee, the Trust Fund and the
Certificateholders. On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Servicer shall deliver to
the Trustee in immediately available funds for deposit in the Distribution
Account on or before 3:00 p.m. New York time (i) on the Servicer Remittance
Date, that portion of the Available Distribution Amount (calculated without
regard to the references in clause (2) of the definition thereof to amounts that
may be withdrawn from the Distribution Account) for the related Distribution
Date then on deposit in the Collection Account and the amount of all Prepayment
Charges collected by the Servicer in connection with the Principal Prepayment of
any of the Mortgage Loans (including the amount of any payment by the Servicer
in respect of a waived Prepayment Charge, other than as permitted in Section
3.01) then on deposit in the Collection Account and the amount of any funds
reimbursable to an Advancing Person pursuant to Section 3.28, and (ii) on each
Business Day as of the commencement of which the balance on deposit in the
Collection Account exceeds $75,000 following any withdrawals pursuant to the
next succeeding sentence, the amount of such excess, but only if the Collection
Account constitutes an Eligible Account solely pursuant to clause (ii) of the
definition of "Eligible Account." If the balance on deposit in the Collection
Account exceeds $75,000 as of the commencement of business on any Business Day
and the Collection Account constitutes an Eligible Account solely pursuant to
clause (ii) of the definition of "Eligible Account," the Servicer shall, on or
before 5:00 p.m. New York time on such Business Day, withdraw from the
Collection Account any and all amounts payable or reimbursable to the Depositor,
the Servicer, the Trustee, the Originators or the Seller pursuant to Section
3.11 and shall pay such amounts to the Persons entitled thereto.
(c) Funds in the Collection Account and the Distribution 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 Trustee of the
location of the Collection Account maintained by it when established and prior
to any change thereof. The Trustee shall give notice to the Servicer and the
Depositor of the location of the Distribution Account when established and prior
to any change thereof.
(d) Funds held in the Collection Account at any time may be
delivered by the Servicer in immediately available funds to the Trustee for
deposit in the Distribution Account. In the event the Servicer shall deliver to
the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account any amount not required to
be deposited therein, it may at any time request that the Trustee withdraw such
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amount from the Distribution Account and remit to it any such amount, any
provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In no event shall the Trustee
incur liability as a result of withdrawals from the Distribution Account at the
direction of the Servicer in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.
In addition, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee from time to time for
deposit in the Distribution Account the amounts set forth in clauses (i) through
(vi) below:
(i) any Advances, as required pursuant to Section 4.03;
(ii) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section
3.23(d) or 3.23(f) in connection with any REO Property;
(iii) any amounts to be paid in connection with a purchase of
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to Section 9.01;
(iv) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section
3.24 in connection with any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls; and
(v) any amounts from the Simple Interest Excess Sub-Account.
(e) In addition, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for
deposit in the Distribution Account any amounts required to be deposited
pursuant to Section 3.12 in connection with losses realized on Permitted
Investments with respect to funds held in the Collection Account.
SECTION 3.11. Withdrawals from the Collection Account
and Distribution Account.
(a) The Servicer shall, from time to time, make withdrawals from
the Collection Account for any of the following purposes or as described in
Section 4.03:
(i) to remit to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution
Account the amounts required to be so remitted pursuant to Section
3.10(b) or permitted to be so remitted pursuant to the first sentence of
Section 3.10(d);
(ii) subject to Section 3.16(d), to reimburse the Servicer for
Advances, but only to the extent of amounts received which represent
Late Collections (net of the related Servicing Fees) of Monthly Payments
on Mortgage Loans with respect to which such Advances were made in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.03;
(iii) subject to Section 3.16(d), to pay the Servicer any unpaid
Servicing Fees and reimburse the Servicer any unreimbursed Servicing
Advances with respect to each Mortgage Loan, but only to the extent of
any Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received with respect to
such Mortgage Loan;
(iv) to pay to the Servicer as servicing compensation (in
addition to the Servicing Fee) on the Servicer Remittance Date any
interest or investment income earned on funds deposited in the
Collection Account;
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(v) to pay to the Servicer, the related Originator or the Seller,
as the case may be, with respect to each Mortgage Loan that has
previously been purchased or replaced pursuant to Section 2.03 or
Section 3.16(c) all amounts received thereon not included in the
Purchase Price or the Substitution Shortfall Amount;
(vi) to reimburse the Servicer for any Advance or Servicing
Advance previously made which the Servicer has determined to be a
Nonrecoverable Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.03;
(vii) to reimburse the Servicer or the Depositor for expenses
incurred by or reimbursable to the Servicer or the Depositor, as the
case may be, pursuant to Section 6.03;
(viii) to reimburse the Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may
be, for expenses reasonably incurred in respect of the breach or defect
giving rise to the purchase obligation under Section 2.03 of this
Agreement that were included in the Purchase Price of the Mortgage Loan,
including any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the purchase
obligation;
(ix) to pay, or to reimburse the Servicer for advances in respect
of, expenses incurred in connection with any Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 3.16(b);
(x) to deposit to the Simple Interest Excess Sub-Account any
amount required to be deposited therein; and
(x) to clear and terminate the Collection Account pursuant to
Section 9.01.
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 (ii), (iii), (v), (vi), (viii) and (ix) above. The
Servicer shall provide written notification to the Trustee on or prior to the
next succeeding Servicer Remittance Date, upon making any withdrawals from the
Collection Account pursuant to subclauses (vi) and (vii) above.
(b) The Trustee shall, from time to time, make withdrawals from
the Distribution Account, for any of the following purposes, without priority:
(i) to make distributions to Certificateholders in accordance
with Section 4.01;
(ii) to pay to itself amounts to which it is entitled pursuant to
Section 8.05;
(iii) to pay to itself any interest or investment income earned
on funds deposited in the Distribution Account pursuant to Section
3.12(b);
(iv) to reimburse itself pursuant to Section 7.02;
(v) to pay to an Advancing Person reimbursements for Advances
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Advances pursuant to Section 3.28;
(vi) to pay any amounts in respect of taxes pursuant to Section
10.01(g)(iii); and
(vii) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account pursuant to
Section 9.01.
SECTION 3.12. Investment of Funds in the Investment Accounts.
(a) The Servicer may direct, by means of written directions
(which may be standing directions), any depository institution maintaining the
Collection Account to invest the funds in the Collection Account and the Trustee
may direct the investment of funds in the Distribution Account (each, for
purposes of this Section 3.12, an "Investment Account") in one or more Permitted
Investments bearing interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable
on demand, (i) 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, if a Person other than the Trustee is the obligor thereon, and (ii)
no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from
such account pursuant to this Agreement, if the Trustee is the obligor thereon.
All such Permitted Investments shall be held to maturity, unless payable on
demand. Any investment of funds shall be made in the name of the Trustee (in its
capacity as such) or in the name of a nominee of the Trustee. The Trustee shall
be entitled to sole possession over each such investment (except with respect to
investment direction of funds held in the Collection Account) and, subject to
subsection (b) below, the income thereon, and any certificate or other
instrument evidencing any such investment shall be delivered directly to the
Trustee or its agent, together with any document of transfer necessary to
transfer title to such investment to the Trustee or its nominee. In the event
amounts on deposit in the Collection Account are at any time invested in a
Permitted Investment payable on demand, the Trustee shall at the direction of
the Servicer:
(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 promptly upon
determination by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee that such
Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted Investment in
respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the Investment Account.
(b) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the Collection Account held by or on behalf of the Servicer or the
Trustee, shall be for the benefit of the Servicer and shall be subject to its
withdrawal in accordance with Section 3.11. The Servicer shall deposit in the
Collection Account the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any such
Permitted Investment made with funds in such account immediately upon
realization of such loss. All income and gain realized from the investment of
funds deposited in the Distribution Account shall be for the benefit of the
Trustee. The Trustee shall deposit in the Distribution Account the amount of any
loss incurred in respect of any such Permitted Investment made with funds in
such account immediately upon realization of such loss.
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(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if
any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted
Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any
Permitted Investment, the Trustee may and, subject to Section 8.01 and Section
8.02(v), shall, at the written direction of the Servicer, take such action as
may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the
institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 3.13. [Reserved].
SECTION 3.14. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Errors
and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage.
(a) The terms of each Mortgage Note require the related Mortgagor
to maintain fire, flood and hazard insurance policies. To the extent such
policies are not maintained, the Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each
Mortgaged Property fire and hazard insurance with extended coverage as is
customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located in an amount which
is at least equal to the lesser of the current principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan and the amount necessary to fully compensate for any damage or
loss to the improvements which are a part of such property on a replacement cost
basis, 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 and hazard
insurance on each REO Property with extended coverage as is customary in the
area where the Mortgaged Property is located 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 to be
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, if received in respect of a Mortgage Loan,
or in the REO Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.23, if
received in respect of an REO Property. Any cost incurred by the Servicer in
maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating
distributions to Certificateholders, 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, 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).
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In the event that the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a
blanket policy with an insurer having a General Policy Rating of B:VI or better
in Best's Key Rating Guide 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 3.14, 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 3.14, 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, the Trustee, the Trust Fund and the
Certificateholders, 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 its respective obligations under this Agreement,
which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount that would meet the
requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac if it were the purchaser of the
Mortgage Loans, unless the Servicer, has obtained a waiver of such requirements
from Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. The Servicer shall each also maintain a fidelity
bond in the form and amount that would meet the requirements of Xxxxxx Mae or
Xxxxxxx Mac, unless the Servicer, has obtained a waiver of such requirements
from Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. 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 Trustee.
SECTION 3.15. 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. If the Servicer reasonably 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 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. 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 then current underwriting criteria of the Servicer for
mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loans. In connection with any assumption
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or substitution, the Servicer shall apply such underwriting standards and follow
such practices and procedures as shall be normal and usual in its general
mortgage servicing activities and as it applies to other mortgage loans owned
solely by it. 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. 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
Monthly Payment) may be amended or modified, except as otherwise required
pursuant to the terms thereof. The Servicer shall notify the Trustee that any
such substitution or assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding to
the Trustee 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, breach 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 whatever. For purposes of this Section 3.15, 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 3.16. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Servicer shall use its best efforts, consistent with
Accepted Servicing Practices, to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert
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. The Servicer shall
be responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by it in any such
proceedings; provided, however, that such costs and expenses will be recoverable
as Servicing Advances by the Servicer as contemplated in Sections 3.11 and 3.23.
The foregoing is subject to the provision that, in any case in which a Mortgaged
Property shall have suffered damage from an Uninsured Cause, the Servicer shall
not be required to expend its own funds toward the restoration of such property
unless it shall determine in its discretion that such restoration will increase
the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to
itself for such expenses.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.16
or any other provision of this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage Loan as
to which the Servicer has received actual notice of, or has actual knowledge of,
the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on the related Mortgaged
Property, the Servicer shall not, on behalf of the Trust Fund, 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 Trust Fund, the Trustee or the Certificateholders 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
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Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time,
or any comparable law, unless the Servicer 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:
(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 Trust Fund 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 Trust Fund to take such actions with respect to the affected
Mortgaged Property.
The cost of the environmental audit report contemplated by this
Section 3.16 shall be advanced by the Servicer, subject to the Servicer's right
to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account as provided in Section
3.11(a)(ix), such right of reimbursement being prior to the rights of
Certificateholders to receive any amount in the Collection Account received in
respect of the affected Mortgage Loan or other Mortgage Loans.
If the Servicer determines, as described above, that it is in the
best economic interest of the Trust Fund 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 Servicer shall take such action as it deems to be in the best economic
interest of the Trust Fund. The cost of any such compliance, containment,
cleanup or remediation shall be advanced by the Servicer, subject to the
Servicer's right to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account as
provided in Sections 3.11(a)(iii) or 3.11(a)(ix), such right of reimbursement
being prior to the rights of Certificateholders to receive any amount in the
Collection Account received in respect of the affected Mortgage Loan or other
Mortgage Loans.
(c) The Servicer shall have the right to purchase from REMIC I
any defaulted Mortgage Loan that is 90 days or more delinquent, which the
Servicer determines in good faith will otherwise become subject to foreclosure
proceedings (evidence of such determination to be delivered in writing to the
Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer and the Trustee
prior to purchase), at a price equal to the Purchase Price. The Purchase Price
for any Mortgage Loan purchased hereunder shall be deposited in the Collection
Account, and the Trustee, upon receipt of written certification from the
Servicer of such deposit, shall release or cause to be released to the Servicer
the related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver such
instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as the
Servicer shall furnish and as shall be necessary to vest in the Servicer title
to any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.
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(d) 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
Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Advances, pursuant
to Section 3.11(a)(ii) or (a)(iii); 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 Distribution 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 Servicer 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
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iii). The portion of the recovery allocated
to interest (net of unpaid Servicing Fees) and the portion of the recovery
allocated to principal of the Mortgage Loan shall be applied as follows: first,
to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Advances in accordance
with Section 3.11(a)(ii) and any other amounts reimbursable to the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.11, and second, as part of the amounts to be transferred
to the Distribution Account in accordance with Section 3.10(b).
SECTION 3.17. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.
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 notify the Trustee by
delivering a certification (a copy of which will be returned to the Servicer
with the Mortgage File) in the form of Exhibit E (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 Mortgage File.
Upon receipt of such certification and request, the Trustee shall promptly
release the related Mortgage File to the Servicer. No expenses incurred in
connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be
chargeable to the Collection Account or the Distribution Account.
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 Trustee shall, upon
request of the Servicer and delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release in
the form of Exhibit E, release the related Mortgage File to the Servicer, and
the Trustee or the Servicer as attorney-in-fact of the Trustee shall, at the
direction of the Servicer, execute such documents as shall be necessary to the
prosecution of any such proceedings. Such Request for Release shall obligate the
Servicer to return each and every document previously requested from the
Mortgage File to the Trustee 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 Trustee a certificate (a copy
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of which will be returned to the Servicer with the Mortgage File) 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, the Trustee shall amend its records to reflect that such
Mortgage Loan was liquidated.
Upon written certification of a Servicing Officer, the Trustee
shall execute and deliver to the Servicer, any court pleadings, requests for
trustee's sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee's sale
in respect of a Mortgaged Property or 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. 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. So long as no Servicing Termination Event shall have occurred
and be continuing, the Servicer shall have the right to execute any and all such
court pleadings, requests and other documents as attorney-in-fact for, and on
behalf of the Trustee.
SECTION 3.18. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for the activities of the Servicer, hereunder,
the Servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee with respect to each
Mortgage Loan payable solely from payments of interest in respect of such
Mortgage Loan, subject to Section 3.24. In addition, the Servicer shall be
entitled to recover unpaid Servicing Fees out of Insurance Proceeds or
Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section 3.11(a)(iii) and out of
amounts derived from the operation and sale of an REO Property to the extent
permitted by Section 3.23. Except as set forth in Section 6.04 hereof, 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 to the extent permitted herein. In addition,
the Servicer shall be entitled to the Special Servicing Fee pursuant to Section
4.01(a)(4), if applicable.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees,
late payment charges and other miscellaneous fees (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 and
pursuant to Section 3.23(b) to withdraw from any REO Account, as additional
servicing compensation, interest or other income earned on deposits therein,
subject to Section 3.12. The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses
incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder and shall
not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided
herein.
SECTION 3.19. Reports to the Trustee; Collection Account
Statements.
Not later than fifteen days after each Distribution Date, the
Servicer shall forward to
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the Trustee and the Depositor a statement prepared by the institution at which
the Collection Account is maintained setting forth the status of the Collection
Account as of the close of business on 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 Trustee to any
Certificateholder and to any Person identified to the Trustee as a prospective
transferee of a Certificate, upon request at the expense of the requesting
party, provided such statement is delivered by the Servicer to the Trustee.
SECTION 3.20. Statement as to Compliance.
The Servicer will deliver to the Trustee and the Depositor not
later than 120 days following the end of the fiscal year of the Servicer, which
as of the Closing Date ends on the last day in December, an Officers'
Certificate stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review of the
activities of the Servicer during the preceding year and of performance under
this Agreement has been made under such officers' supervision and (ii) to the
best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has
fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement throughout such year, or,
if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation,
specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status
thereof. Copies of any such statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any
Certificateholder and to any Person identified to the Trustee as a prospective
transferee of a Certificate, upon request at the expense of the requesting
party, provided such statement is delivered by the Servicer to the Trustee.
SECTION 3.21. Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report.
Not later than 120 days following the end of each fiscal year of
the Servicer (which, as of the Closing Date, ends on the last day of December),
the Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a nationally recognized firm of
independent certified public accountants to furnish to the Servicer a report
stating that (i) it has obtained a letter of representation regarding certain
matters from the management of the Servicer which includes an assertion that the
Servicer has complied with certain minimum residential mortgage loan servicing
standards, identified in the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage
Bankers established by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America, with respect
to the servicing of residential mortgage loans during the most recently
completed fiscal year and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such
firm in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, such representation is fairly stated in all
material respects, subject to such exceptions and other qualifications that may
be appropriate. Immediately upon receipt of such report, the Servicer shall
furnish a copy of such report to the Trustee and each Rating Agency. Copies of
such statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder upon
request at the Servicer's expense, provided that such statement is delivered by
the Servicer to the Trustee.
SECTION 3.22. Access to Certain Documentation.
The Servicer shall provide to the Office of Thrift Supervision,
the FDIC, and any other federal or state banking or insurance regulatory
authority that may exercise authority over any Certificateholder, access to the
documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by applicable
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laws and regulations. Such access shall be afforded without charge, but only
upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices of the
Servicer designated by it. In addition, access to the documentation regarding
the Mortgage Loans will be provided to any Certificateholder, the Trustee and to
any Person identified to the Servicer, as a prospective transferee of a
Certificate, upon reasonable request during normal business hours at the offices
of the Servicer designated by it at the expense of the Person requesting such
access.
SECTION 3.23. Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property.
(a) The deed or certificate of sale of any REO Property shall be
taken in the name of the Trustee, or its nominee, on behalf of the Trust Fund
and for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer, on behalf of REMIC
I, shall either sell any REO Property by the close of the third calendar year
following the calendar year in which REMIC I acquires ownership of such REO
Property for purposes of Section 860(a)(8) of the Code or request from the
Internal Revenue Service, no later than 60 days before the day on which the
three-year grace period would otherwise expire an extension of the three-year
grace period, unless the Servicer had delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel, addressed to the Trustee and the Depositor, to the effect that the
holding by REMIC I of such REO Property subsequent to three years after its
acquisition will not result in the imposition on any Trust REMIC created
hereunder of taxes on "prohibited transactions" thereof, as defined in Section
860F of the Code, or cause any Trust REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as a
REMIC under Federal law at any time that any Certificates are outstanding. The
Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property for the
Certificateholders solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in
a manner which does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as
"foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or
result in the receipt by any Trust REMIC created hereunder of any "income from
non-permitted assets" within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code,
or any "net income from foreclosure property" which is subject to taxation under
the REMIC Provisions.
(b) 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 establish and maintain with
respect to REO Properties an account held in trust for the Trustee, on behalf of
the Trust Fund and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (the "REO
Account"), which shall be an Eligible Account. The Servicer shall be permitted
to allow the Collection Account to serve as the REO Account, subject to separate
ledgers for each REO Property. The Servicer shall be entitled to retain or
withdraw any interest income paid on funds deposited in the REO Account.
(c) The Servicer shall have full power and authority, subject
only to the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement, to do any
and all things in connection with any REO Property as are consistent with the
manner in which the Servicer manages and operates similar property owned by the
Servicer or any of its Affiliates, all on such terms and for such period as the
Servicer deems to be in the best interests of Certificateholders. In connection
therewith, the Servicer shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, on a daily
basis in the REO Account all revenues received by it with respect to an REO
Property and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation,
management and maintenance of such REO Property including, without limitation:
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(i) all insurance premiums due and payable in respect of such REO
Property;
(ii) all real estate taxes and assessments in respect of such REO
Property that may result in the imposition of a lien thereon; and
(iii) all costs and expenses necessary to maintain such REO
Property.
To the extent that amounts on deposit in the REO Account with
respect to an REO Property are insufficient for the purposes set forth in
clauses (i) through (iii) above with respect to such REO Property, the Servicer
shall advance from its own funds such amount as is necessary for such purposes
if, but only if, the Servicer would make such advances if the Servicer owned the
REO Property and if in the Servicer's judgment, the payment of such amounts will
be recoverable from the rental or sale of the REO Property.
Subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations as
shall at any time be in force, and notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer
shall not:
(i) permit the Trust Fund to enter into, renew or extend any New
Lease with respect to any REO Property, if the New Lease by its terms
will give rise to any income that does not constitute Rents from Real
Property;
(ii) permit any amount to be received or accrued under any New
Lease other than amounts that will constitute Rents from Real Property;
(iii) authorize or permit any construction on any REO Property,
other than the completion of a building or other improvement thereon,
and then only if more than ten percent of the construction of such
building or other improvement was completed before default on the
related Mortgage Loan became imminent, all within the meaning of Section
856(e)(4)(B) of the Code; or
(iv) allow any Person to Directly Operate any REO Property on any
date more than 90 days after its date of acquisition by the Trust Fund;
unless, in any such case, the Servicer has obtained an Opinion of Counsel,
provided to the Servicer and the Trustee, to the effect that such action will
not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within
the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code at any time that it is held by
REMIC I, in which case the Servicer may take such actions as are specified in
such Opinion of Counsel.
The Servicer may contract with any Independent Contractor for the
operation and management of any REO Property, provided that:
(i) the terms and conditions of any such contract shall not be
inconsistent herewith;
(ii) any such contract shall require, or shall be administered to
require, that the
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Independent Contractor pay all costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the operation and management of such REO Property, including those
listed above and remit all related revenues (net of such costs and
expenses) to the Servicer as soon as practicable, but in no event later
than thirty days following the receipt thereof by such Independent
Contractor;
(iii) none of the provisions of this Section 3.23(c) relating to
any such contract or to actions taken through any such Independent
Contractor shall be deemed to relieve the Servicer of any of its duties
and obligations to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund and for the
benefit of the Certificateholders with respect to the operation and
management of any such REO Property; and
(iv) the Servicer shall be obligated with respect thereto to the
same extent as if it alone were performing all duties and obligations in
connection with the operation and management of such REO Property.
The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with
any Independent Contractor performing services for it related to its duties and
obligations hereunder for indemnification of the Servicer by such Independent
Contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify
such indemnification. The Servicer shall be solely liable for all fees owed by
it to any such Independent Contractor, irrespective of whether the Servicer's
compensation pursuant to Section 3.18 is sufficient to pay such fees.
(d) In addition to the withdrawals permitted under Section
3.23(c), the Servicer may from time to time make withdrawals from the REO
Account for any REO Property: (i) to pay itself unpaid Servicing Fees in respect
of the related Mortgage Loan; and (ii) to reimburse itself or any Sub-Servicer
for unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Advances made in respect of such REO
Property or the related Mortgage Loan. On the Servicer Remittance Date, the
Servicer shall withdraw from each REO Account maintained by it and deposit into
the Distribution Account in accordance with Section 3.10(d)(ii), for
distribution on the related Distribution Date in accordance with Section 4.01,
the income from the related REO Property received during the prior calendar
month, net of any withdrawals made pursuant to Section 3.23(c) or this Section
3.23(d).
(e) Subject to the time constraints set forth in Section 3.23(a),
each REO Disposition shall be carried out by the Servicer at such price and upon
such terms and conditions as the Servicer shall deem necessary or advisable, as
shall be normal and usual in its Accepted Servicing Practices.
(f) The proceeds from the REO Disposition, net of any amount
required by law to be remitted to the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan
and net of any payment or reimbursement to the Servicer as provided above, shall
be deposited in the Distribution Account in accordance with Section 3.10(d)(ii)
on the Servicer Remittance Date in the month following the receipt thereof for
distribution on the related Distribution Date in accordance with Section 4.01.
Any REO Disposition shall be for cash only (unless changes in the REMIC
Provisions made subsequent to the Startup Day allow a sale for other
consideration).
(g) The Servicer shall file information returns with respect to
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mortgage interest received in a trade or business, reports of foreclosures and
abandonments of any Mortgaged Property and cancellation of indebtedness income
with respect to any Mortgaged Property as required by Sections 6050H, 6050J and
6050P of the Code, respectively. Such reports shall be in form and substance
sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed by such Sections 6050H,
6050J and 6050P of the Code.
SECTION 3.24. Obligations of the Servicer in Respect of
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.
The Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit into the
Distribution Account on or before 3:00 p.m. New York time on the Servicer
Remittance Date from its own funds an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the
aggregate of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls attributable to prepayments in
full for the related Distribution Date resulting solely from Principal
Prepayments received by the Servicer during the related Prepayment Period and
(ii) 50% of its aggregate Servicing Fee for the most recently ended Prepayment
Period. The Servicer shall not have the right to reimbursement for any amounts
remitted to the Trustee in respect of this Section 3.24. The Servicer shall not
be obligated to pay the amounts set forth in this Section 3.24 with respect to
Relief Act Interest Shortfalls.
SECTION 3.25. [Reserved].
SECTION 3.26. Obligations of the Servicer in Respect of
Mortgage Rates and Monthly Payments.
In the event that a shortfall in any collection on or liability
with respect to any Mortgage Loan results from or is attributable to adjustments
to Mortgage Rates, Monthly Payments or Stated Principal Balances that were made
by the Servicer in a manner not consistent with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note and this Agreement, the Servicer, upon discovery or receipt of
notice thereof, immediately shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account from its own funds the amount of any such shortfall and
shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor and
any successor Servicer in respect of any such liability. Such indemnities shall
survive the termination or discharge of this Agreement.
SECTION 3.27. Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee shall establish
and maintain with itself, as agent for the Trustee, a separate, segregated trust
account titled, "Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account, Xxxxx Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders
of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Salomon Home Equity Loan
Trust, Series 2002-CIT1, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates." On the Closing
Date, the Depositor will deposit, or cause to be deposited, into the Net WAC
Rate Carryover Reserve Account, $1,000. In addition the amount deposited in the
Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account will be increased by any payments
received by the Trustee under the Cap Contract and deposited into the Net WAC
Rate Carryover Reserve Account.
(b) On each Distribution Date as to which there is a Net WAC Rate
Carryover
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Amount payable to the Class A Certificates or the Mezzanine Certificates, the
Trustee has been directed by the Class CE Certificateholders to, and therefore
will, deposit into the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account the amount of such
Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for such Distribution Date, rather than
distributing such amounts to the Class CE Certificateholders. On each such
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall hold all such amounts for the benefit of
the Holders of the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, and will
distribute such amounts to the Holders of the Class A Certificates and the
Mezzanine Certificates in the amounts and priorities set forth in Section
4.01(a). If no Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts are payable on a Distribution
Date, the Trustee shall deposit into the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account
on behalf of the Class CE Certificateholders, from amounts otherwise
distributable to the Class CE Certificateholders, an amount such that when added
to other amounts already on deposit in the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve
Account, the aggregate amount on deposit therein is equal to $1,000.
(c) For federal and state income tax purposes, the Class CE
Certificateholders will be deemed to be the owners of the Net WAC Rate Carryover
Reserve Account and all amounts deposited into the Net WAC Rate Carryover
Reserve Account (other than the initial deposit therein of $1,000) shall be
treated as amounts distributed by REMIC III to the Holders of the Class CE
Certificates. Upon the termination of the Trust Fund, or the payment in full of
the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, all amounts remaining
on deposit in the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account will be released by the
Trust Fund and distributed to the Class CE Certificateholders or their
designees. The Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account will be part of the Trust
Fund but not part of any REMIC and any payments to the Holders of the Class A
Certificates or the Mezzanine Certificates of Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts
will not be payments with respect to a "regular interest" in a REMIC within the
meaning of Code Section 860(G)(a)(1).
(d) By accepting a Class CE Certificate, each Class CE
Certificateholder hereby agrees to direct the Trustee, and the Trustee hereby is
directed to deposit into the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account the amounts
described above on each Distribution Date as to which there is any Net WAC Rate
Carryover Amount rather than distributing such amounts to the Class CE
Certificateholders. By accepting a Class CE Certificate, each Class CE
Certificateholder further agrees that such direction is given for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged by
such acceptance.
(e) At the direction of the Holders of a majority in Percentage
Interest in the Class CE Certificates, the Trustee shall direct any depository
institution maintaining the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account to invest the
funds in such account in one or more Permitted Investments bearing interest or
sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, (i) 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, if a Person other
than the Trustee or an Affiliate manages or advises such investment, and (ii) no
later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such
account pursuant to this Agreement, if the Trustee or an Affiliate manages or
advises such investment. If no investment direction of the Holders of a majority
in Percentage Interest in the Class CE Certificates with respect to the Net WAC
Rate Carryover Reserve Account is received by the Trustee, the Trustee shall
invest the funds in such account in Permitted Investments managed by the Trustee
or an Affiliate of the kind described in clause (vi)
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of the definition of Permitted Investments. All income and gain earned upon such
investment shall be deposited into the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account.
(f) For federal tax return and information reporting, the right
of the Class A Certificateholders and the Mezzanine Certificateholders to
receive payments from the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account in respect of
any Net Wac Rate Carryover Amount shall be assigned a value of zero.
(g) The Depositor hereby instructs the Trustee to enter into the
Cap Contract and to perform its duties and satisfy its obligations thereunder.
Every provision of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall apply
to the Trustee's execution of the Cap Contract, and the performance of its
duties and satisfaction of its obligations thereunder.
SECTION 3.28. Advance Facility.
(a) The Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund, with the consent of
the Servicer, is hereby authorized to enter into a facility with any Person
which provides that such Person (an "Advancing Person") may make all or a
portion of the Advances and/or Servicing Advances to the Trust Fund under this
Agreement, although no such facility shall reduce or otherwise affect the
Servicer's obligation to fund such Advances and/or Servicing Advances. To the
extent that an Advancing Person makes all or a portion of any Advance or any
Servicing Advance and provides the Trustee with notice acknowledged by the
Servicer that such Advancing Person is entitled to reimbursement, such Advancing
Person shall be entitled to receive reimbursement pursuant to this Agreement for
such amount to the extent provided in Section 3.28(b). Such notice from the
Advancing Person must specify the amount of the reimbursement and must specify
which Section of this Agreement permits the applicable Advance or Servicing
Advance to be reimbursed. The Trustee shall have no duty or liability with
respect to any calculation of any reimbursement to be paid to an Advancing
Person and shall be entitled to rely without independent investigation on the
Advancing Person's notice provided pursuant to this Section 3.28. An Advancing
Person whose obligations hereunder are limited to the funding of Advances and/or
Servicing Advances shall not be required to meet the qualifications of a
Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.02 hereof.
(b) If an Advancing Person is entitled to reimbursement for any
particular Advance or Servicing Advance, then the Servicer shall not be
permitted to reimburse itself therefor under Section 3.11(a)(ii), Section
3.11(a)(iii), Section 3.11(a)(vi) or Section 3.11(a)(ix), but instead the
Servicer shall include such amounts in the applicable remittance to the Trustee
made pursuant to Section 3.10(b) to the extent of amounts on deposit in the
Collection Account on the related Servicer Remittance Date. The Trustee is
hereby authorized to pay to an Advancing Person, reimbursements for Advances and
Servicing Advances from the Distribution Account to the same extent the Servicer
would have been permitted to reimburse itself for such Advances and/or Servicing
Advances in accordance with Section 3.11(a)(ii), Section 3.11(a)(iii), Section
3.11(a)(vi) or Section 3.11(a)(ix), as the case may be, had the Servicer made
such Advance or Servicing Advance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Advancing
Person is not entitled to be reimbursed by the Trustee from the Distribution
Account for any unreimbursed Advances from funds held in the Collection Account
for future distribution.
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ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
SECTION 4.01. Distributions.
(a)(1) On each Distribution Date, the following amounts, in the
following order of priority, shall be distributed by REMIC I to REMIC II on
account of the REMIC I Regular Interests or withdrawn from the Distribution
Account and distributed to the holders of the Class R-I Interest, as the case
may be:
(i) first, to Holders of the REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTM4 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM5, in an amount equal to
(A) the Uncertificated Interest for such Distribution Date, plus
(B) any amounts in respect thereof remaining unpaid from previous
Distribution Dates. Amounts payable as Uncertificated Interest in
respect of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ shall be reduced when
the sum of the REMIC I Overcollateralization Amount is less than
the REMIC I Overcollateralization Target Amount, by the lesser of
(x) the amount of such difference and (y) the Maximum
Uncertificated Interest Deferral Amount. Amounts payable as
Uncertificated Interest in respect of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTZZ shall be reduced when the REMIC I Overcollateralized
Amount is less than the REMIC I Overcollateralization Target
Amount, by the lesser of (x) the amount of such difference and
(y) the Maximum I- LTZZ Uncertificated Interest Deferral Amount
and such amount will be payable to the Holders of REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM4 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM5 in the same
proportion as the Overcollateralization Increase Amount is
allocated to the Corresponding Certificates;
(ii) second, to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interests, in
an amount equal to the remainder of the Available Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date after the distributions made
pursuant to clause (i) above, allocated as follows:
(a) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA,
98.000% of such remainder (less the amount payable in
clause (d) below), until the Uncertificated Balance of
such REMIC I Regular Interest is reduced to zero;
(b) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM4 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM5,
1.000% of such remainder (less the amount payable in
clause (d) below), in the same proportion as principal
payments are allocated to the Corresponding Certificates,
until the Uncertificated Balances of such REMIC I Regular
Interests are reduced to zero;
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(c) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ,
1.000% of such remainder (less the amount payable in
clause (d) below), until the Uncertificated Balance of
such REMIC I Regular Interest is reduced to zero; then
(d) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP, on
the Distribution Date immediately following the
expiration of the latest Prepayment Charge as identified
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule or any Distribution Date
thereafter until $100 has been distributed pursuant to
this clause; and
(e) any remaining amount to the Holders of the
Residual Certificates (as Holder of the Class R-I
Interest);
provided, however, that 98.000% and 2.000% of any principal payments that are
attributable to an Overcollateralization Reduction Amount shall be allocated to
Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ,
respectively.
(2) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from
the Distribution Account an amount equal to the Interest Remittance Amount and
distribute to the Certificateholders the following amounts, in the following
order of priority:
(i) to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, an amount equal
to the Senior Interest Distribution Amount allocable to the Class A
Certificates;
(ii) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, an amount
equal to the Interest Distribution Amount allocable to the Class M-1
Certificates;
(iii) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, an amount
equal to the Interest Distribution Amount allocable to the Class M-2
Certificates;
(iv) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, an amount
equal to the Interest Distribution Amount allocable to the Class M-3
Certificates;
(v) to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, an amount equal
to the Interest Distribution Amount allocable to the Class M-4
Certificates; and
(vi) to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates, an amount
equal to the Interest Distribution Amount allocable to the Class M-5
Certificates.
(3) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from
the Distribution Account an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount
and distribute to the Certificateholders the following amounts, in the following
order of priority:
(i) On each Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or
(b) on which a Trigger Event is in effect, the Principal Distribution
Amount shall be distributed in the following order of priority;
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FIRST, to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, until
the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to
zero;
SECOND, to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced
to zero;
THIRD, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced
to zero;
FOURTH, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced
to zero;
FIFTH, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced
to zero; and
FIFTH, to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced
to zero.
(ii) On each Distribution Date (a) on or after the Stepdown Date
and (b) on which a Trigger Event is not in effect, the Principal
Distribution Amount shall be distributed in the following order of
priority;
FIRST, the Class A Principal Distribution Amount shall be
distributed to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
SECOND, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount shall
be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
THIRD, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount shall
be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
FOURTH, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount shall
be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
FIFTH, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount shall
be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
and
SIXTH, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount shall
be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero.
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(4) On each Distribution Date, the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow
shall be distributed by the Trustee as follows:
(i) to the Holders of the Class or Classes of
Certificates then entitled to receive distributions in respect of
principal, as part of the Principal Distribution Amount, in an amount
equal to the Overcollateralization Increase Amount for the Certificates,
applied to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificates
until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificates
is reduced to zero;
(ii) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount allocable to such
Class of Certificates;
(iii) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount allocable to such
Class of Certificates;
(iv) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount allocable to such
Class of Certificates;
(v) to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount allocable to such
Class of Certificates;
(vi) to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount allocable to such
Class of Certificates;
(vii) to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, in an
amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to
the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.24) and any
Relief Act Interest Shortfall on the Mortgage Loans allocated to such
Certificates;
(viii) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, in
an amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
(to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.24) and any
Relief Act Interest Shortfall on the Mortgage Loans allocated to such
Certificates;
(ix) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to
the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.24) and any
Relief Act Interest Shortfall on the Mortgage Loans allocated to such
Certificates;
(x) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to
the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.24) and any
Relief Act Interest Shortfall on the Mortgage Loans allocated to such
Certificates;
(xi) to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to
the extent not covered by payments
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pursuant to Section 3.24) and any Relief Act Interest Shortfall on the
Mortgage Loans allocated to such Certificates;
(xii) to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to
the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.24) and any
Relief Act Interest Shortfall on the Mortgage Loans allocated to such
Certificates;
(xiii) to the Servicer, the Special Servicing Fee with respect to
the Mortgage Loans;
(xiv) to the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account, the amount
set forth in Section 3.27(b);
(xv) to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates the
Interest Distribution Amount and any remaining Overcollateralization
Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date; and
(xvi) to the Holders of the Residual Certificates, any
remaining amounts; provided that if such Distribution Date is the
Distribution Date immediately following the expiration of the latest
Prepayment Charge term on a Mortgage Loan as identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule or any Distribution Date thereafter, then any such
remaining amounts will be distributed first, to the Holders of the Class
P Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero; and second, to the Holders of the Residual
Certificates.
On each Distribution Date, after making the distributions of the
Available Distribution Amount as set forth above, the Trustee will FIRST,
withdraw from the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account all income from the
investment of funds in the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account and distribute
such amount to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates, and SECOND, withdraw
from the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account, to the extent of amounts
remaining on deposit therein, the amount of any Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount
with respect to the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates for such
Distribution Date and distribute such amount FIRST, to the Class A Certificates;
SECOND, to the Class M-1 Certificates, THIRD, to the Class M-2 Certificates,
FOURTH, to the Class M-3 Certificates, FIFTH, to the Class M-4 Certificates and
SIXTH to the Class M-5 Certificates, in each case to the extent such Net WAC
Carryover Amount is allocable to each such Class.
With respect to any distributions to be made on the Class M-4
Certificates or the Class M-5 Certificates, pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(2), (3)
or (4), such distributions will be made first, on the Class M-4 Interest or the
Class M-5 Interest, as applicable, and then, on the related Class of
Certificates.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw any
amounts then on deposit in the Distribution Account that represent Prepayment
Charges collected by the Servicer in connection with the Principal Prepayment of
any of the Mortgage Loans or any Servicer Prepayment
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Charge Payment Amount and shall distribute such amounts to the Holders of the
Class P Certificates. Such distributions shall not be applied to reduce the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class P Certificates.
(c) All distributions made with respect to each Class of
Certificates on each Distribution Date shall be allocated PRO RATA among the
outstanding Certificates in such Class based on their respective Percentage
Interests. Payments in respect of each Class of Certificates on each
Distribution Date will be made to the Holders of the respective Class of record
on the related Record Date (except as otherwise provided in Section 4.01(e) or
Section 9.01 respecting the final distribution on such Class), based on the
aggregate Percentage Interest represented by their respective Certificates, and
shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of
any such Holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities
therefor, if such Holder shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least
five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Certificates having an initial
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance or Notional Amount that is in excess of
the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the initial Certificate
Principal Balance or Notional Amount of such Class of Certificates, or otherwise
by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such Holder 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 Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or such other location specified in
the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.
Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate shall
be paid to the Depository, as Holder thereof, and the Depository shall be
responsible for crediting the amount of such distribution to the accounts of its
Depository Participants in accordance with its normal procedures. Each
Depository Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such distribution to
the Certificate Owners that it represents and to each indirect participating
brokerage firm (a "brokerage firm" or "indirect participating firm") for which
it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds
to the Certificate Owners that it represents. None of the Trustee, the Depositor
or the Servicer shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise
provided by this Agreement or applicable law.
(d) The rights of the Certificateholders to receive distributions
in respect of the Certificates, and all interests of the Certificateholders in
such distributions, shall be as set forth in this Agreement. None of the Holders
of any Class of Certificates, the Trustee or the Servicer shall in any way be
responsible or liable to the Holders of any other Class of Certificates in
respect of amounts properly previously distributed on the Certificates.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01, whenever the
Trustee expects that the final distribution with respect to any Class of
Certificates will be made on the next Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, no
later than three (3) days before the related Distribution Date, mail to each
Holder on such date of such Class of Certificates a notice to the effect that:
(i) the Trustee expects that the final distribution with respect
to such Class of Certificates will be made on such Distribution Date but
only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates at the office
of the Trustee therein specified, and
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(ii) no interest shall accrue on such Certificates from and after
the end of the related Interest Accrual Period.
Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of
Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of
such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set
aside and held in trust by the Trustee and credited to the account of the
appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which
notice has been given pursuant to this Section 4.01(e) shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such
notice, the Trustee shall mail a second notice to the remaining non- tendering
Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to
receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after
the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Trustee shall, directly or through an agent, mail a final
notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of
their Certificates but shall continue to hold any remaining funds for the
benefit of non-tendering Certificateholders. The costs and expenses of
maintaining the funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall
be paid out of the assets remaining in such trust fund. If within one year after
the final notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Trustee shall pay to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc. all such
amounts, and all rights of non-tendering Certificateholders in or to such
amounts shall thereupon cease. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any
Certificateholder on any amount held in trust by the Trustee as a result of such
Certificateholder's failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment
thereof in accordance with this Section 4.01(e). Any such amounts held in trust
by the Trustee shall be held in an Eligible Account and the Trustee may direct
any depository institution maintaining such account to invest the funds in one
or more Permitted Investments. All income and gain realized from the investment
of funds deposited in such accounts held in trust by the Trustee shall be for
the benefit of the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee shall deposit in
such account the amount of any loss of principal incurred in respect of any such
Permitted Investment made with funds in such accounts immediately upon the
realization of such loss.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) in no
event shall the Certificate Principal Balance of a Class A Certificate or a
Mezzanine Certificate be reduced more than once in respect of any particular
amount both (a) allocated to such Certificate in respect of Realized Losses
pursuant to Section 4.04 and (b) distributed to the Holder of such Certificate
in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance thereof pursuant to this
Section 4.01 from Net Monthly Excess Cashflow and (ii) in no event shall the
Uncertificated Balance of a REMIC I Regular Interest be reduced more than once
in respect of any particular amount both (a) allocated to such REMIC I Regular
Interest in respect of Realized Losses pursuant to Section 4.04 and (b)
distributed on such REMIC I Regular Interest in reduction of the Uncertificated
Balance thereof pursuant to this Section 4.01.
SECTION 4.02. Statements to Certificateholders.
On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall prepare and make
available for access by each Holder of the Regular Certificates, a statement as
to the distributions made on such Distribution Date setting forth:
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(i) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution Date
to the Holders of the Certificates of each Class allocable to principal,
and the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution Date to the
Holders of the Class P Certificates allocable to Prepayment Charges;
(ii) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution
Date to the Holders of the Certificates of each Class allocable to
interest;
(iii) the aggregate Servicing Fee received by the Servicer during
the related Due Period and such other customary information as the
Trustee deems necessary or desirable, or which a Certificateholder
reasonably requests, to enable Certificateholders to prepare their tax
returns;
(iv) the aggregate amount of Advances for such Distribution Date;
(v) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
and any REO Properties as of the close of business on such Distribution
Date;
(vi) the number, aggregate principal balance, weighted average
remaining term to maturity and weighted average Mortgage Rate of the
Mortgage Loans as of the related Due Date;
(vii) the number and aggregate unpaid principal balance of
Mortgage Loans (a) delinquent 30 to 59 days, (b) delinquent 60 to 89
days, (c) delinquent 90 or more days, in each case, as of the last day
of the preceding calendar month, (d) as to which foreclosure proceedings
have been commenced and (e) with respect to which the related Mortgagor
has filed for protection under applicable bankruptcy laws, with respect
to whom bankruptcy proceedings are pending or with respect to whom
bankruptcy protection is in force;
(viii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an REO
Property during the preceding calendar month, the loan number of such
Mortgage Loan, the unpaid principal balance and the Stated Principal
Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date it became an REO Property;
(ix) the book value of any REO Property as of the close of
business on the last Business Day of the calendar month preceding the
Distribution Date;
(x) the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments made during the
related Prepayment Period;
(xi) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred during the
related Prepayment Period (or, in the case of Bankruptcy Losses
allocable to interest, during the related Due Period), separately
identifying whether such Realized Losses constituted Bankruptcy Losses
and the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred since the Closing
Date;
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(xii) the aggregate amount of Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses
withdrawn from the Collection Account or the Distribution Account for
such Distribution Date;
(xiii) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance and Notional
Amount, as applicable, of each Class of Certificates, after giving
effect to the distributions, and allocations of Realized Losses, made on
such Distribution Date, separately identifying any reduction thereof due
to allocations of Realized Losses;
(xiv) the Certificate Factor for each such Class of Certificates
applicable to such Distribution Date;
(xv) the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE Certificates
for such Distribution Date and the Interest Carry Forward Amount, if
any, with respect to the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates on such Distribution Date, and in the case of the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE Certificates,
separately identifying any reduction thereof due to allocations of
Realized Losses, Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls;
(xvi) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfall
for such Distribution Date, to the extent not covered by payments by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24;
(xvii) the aggregate amount of Relief Act Interest Shortfalls for
such Distribution Date;
(xviii) the Overcollateralization Target Amount and the Credit
Enhancement Percentage for such Distribution Date;
(xix) the Overcollateralization Increase Amount, if any, for such
Distribution Date;
(xx) the Overcollateralization Reduction Amount, if any, for such
Distribution Date;
(xxi) the respective Pass-Through Rates applicable to the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates, the Class CE Certificates for
such Distribution Date and the Pass- Through Rate applicable to the
Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates for the immediately
succeeding Distribution Date;
(xxii) [reserved];
(xxiii) the Aggregate Loss Severity Percentage;
(xxiv) the Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for the Class A
Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, if any, for such
Distribution Date and the amount remaining unpaid after reimbursements
therefor on such Distribution Date; and
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(xxv) the Net Simple Interest Shortfall for such Distribution
Date.
The Trustee will make such statement (and, at its option, any
additional files containing the same information in an alternative format)
available each month to Certificateholders and the Rating Agencies via the
Trustee's internet website. In addition, the Trustee shall make such statement
available on its website for access by the Depositor, the Trustee, each Holder
of a Residual Certificate and the Servicer. The Trustee's internet website shall
initially be located at "xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx". Assistance in using the website can
be obtained by calling the Trustee's customer service desk at (000) 000-0000.
Parties that are unable to use the above distribution option are entitled to
have a paper copy mailed to them via first class mail by calling the customer
service desk and indicating such. The Trustee shall have the right to change the
way such statements are distributed in order to make such distribution more
convenient and/or more accessible to the above parties and the Trustee shall
provide timely and adequate notification to all above parties regarding any such
changes. As a condition to access to the Trustee's internet website, the Trustee
may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Trustee will
not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with this
Agreement. The Trustee shall also be entitled to rely on but shall not be
responsible for the content or accuracy of any information provided by third
parties for purposes of preparing the Distribution Date statement and may affix
thereto any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion
(without suggesting liability on the part of any other party thereto).
In the case of information furnished pursuant to subclauses (i)
through (iii) above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount per
Single Certificate of the relevant Class.
Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar
year, the Trustee shall furnish to each Person who at any time during the
calendar year was a Holder of a Regular Certificate a statement containing the
information set forth in subclauses (i) through (iii) above, aggregated for such
calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such person was a
Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee shall be deemed to have been
satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be
provided by the Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to
time are in force.
Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar
year, the Trustee shall furnish to each Person who at any time during the
calendar year was a Holder of a Residual Certificate a statement setting forth
the amount, if any, actually distributed with respect to the Residual
Certificates, as appropriate, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable
portion thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder.
The Trustee shall, upon request, furnish to each
Certificateholder, during the term of this Agreement, such periodic, special, or
other reports or information, whether or not provided for herein, as shall be
reasonable with respect to the Certificateholder, or otherwise with respect to
the purposes of this Agreement, all such reports or information to be provided
at the expense of the Certificateholder in accordance with such reasonable and
explicit instructions and directions as the Certificateholder may provide. For
purposes of this Section 4.02, the Trustee's duties are limited to the extent
that the Trustee receives timely reports as required from the Servicer.
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On each Distribution Date the Trustee shall provide Bloomberg
Financial Markets, L.P. ("Bloomberg") CUSIP level factors for each class of
Certificates as of such Distribution Date, using a format and media mutually
acceptable to the Trustee and Bloomberg.
SECTION 4.03. Remittance Reports; Advances.
(a) On the Business Day following each Determination Date and in
no event less than five Business Days prior to the related Distribution Date,
the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee in electronic format (or by such other
means as the Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, may agree from time to
time) a Remittance Report with respect to the related Distribution Date. On the
same date, the Servicer shall forward to the Trustee by overnight mail a
computer readable magnetic tape or electronically transmit (in a format
acceptable to the Trustee) on the day thereafter, a data file containing the
information set forth in such Remittance Report with respect to the related
Distribution Date. Such Remittance Report will include (i) the amount of
Advances to be made by the Servicer in respect of the related Distribution Date,
the aggregate amount of Advances outstanding after giving effect to such
Advances, and the aggregate amount of Nonrecoverable Advances in respect of such
Distribution Date and (ii) such other information with respect to the Mortgage
Loans as the Trustee may reasonably require to perform the calculations
necessary to make the distributions contemplated by Section 4.01 and to prepare
the statements to Certificateholders contemplated by Section 4.02. The Trustee
shall not be responsible to recompute, recalculate or verify any information
provided to it by the Servicer.
(b) With respect to any Mortgage Loan on which a Monthly Payment
was due during the related Due Period and delinquent on the related
Determination Date, the amount of the Servicer's Advance will be equal to (i)
with respect to each Actuarial Mortgage Loan, the amount of the Monthly Payment
due for such Due Period, net of the Servicing Fee and (ii) with respect to each
Simple Interest Mortgage Loan, the amount of interest due for such Due Period,
net of the Servicing Fee. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Monthly
Payment on each Balloon Mortgage Loan with a delinquent Balloon Payment is equal
to the assumed Monthly Payment that would have been due on the related Due Date
based on the original principal amortization schedule for such Balloon Mortgage
Loan. The Servicer shall not be obligated to make any Advance with respect to
REO Properties.
By 3:00 p.m. New York time on the Servicer Remittance Date, the
Servicer shall remit in immediately available funds to the Trustee for deposit
in the Distribution Account an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Advances,
if any, to be made in respect of the Mortgage Loans for the related Distribution
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 Collection Account that
amounts held for future distribution have been, as permitted by this Section
4.03, used by the Servicer in discharge of any such Advance) or (iii) in the
form of any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the total amount of Advances
to be made by the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans. 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 Servicer Remittance Date to the extent that the
Available Distribution Amount for the related Distribution Date (determined
without regard to Advances to be made on the Servicer Remittance Date) shall be
less
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than the total amount that would be distributed to the Classes of
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01 on such Distribution Date if such
amounts held for future distributions had not been so used to make Advances. The
Trustee will provide notice to the Servicer by telecopy by the close of business
on the Business Day prior to the Distribution Date in the event that the amount
remitted by the Servicer to the Trustee on such date is less than the Advances
required to be made by the Servicer for the related Distribution Date.
(c) The obligation of the Servicer to make such Advances is
mandatory, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement but subject to
(d) below, and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, shall continue until the
earlier of (i) the Mortgaged Property becoming an REO Property and (ii) a Final
Recovery Determination in connection therewith or the removal thereof from the
Trust Fund pursuant to any applicable provision of this Agreement, except as
otherwise provided in this Section.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Advance
or Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the Servicer if
such Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable
Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, respectively. The determination by
the Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or a Nonrecoverable
Servicing Advance or that any proposed Advance or Servicing Advance, if made,
would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance,
respectively, shall be evidenced by a certification of a Servicing Officer
delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee.
SECTION 4.04. Allocation of Realized Losses.
(a) Prior to each Determination Date, the Servicer shall
determine as to each Mortgage Loan and REO Property: (i) the total amount of
Realized Losses, if any, incurred in connection with any Final Recovery
Determinations made during the related Prepayment Period; (ii) whether and the
extent to which such Realized Losses constituted Bankruptcy Losses; and (iii)
the respective portions of such Realized Losses allocable to interest and
allocable to principal. Prior to each Determination Date, the Servicer shall
also determine as to each Mortgage Loan: (i) the total amount of Realized
Losses, if any, incurred in connection with any Deficient Valuations made during
the related Prepayment Period; and (ii) the total amount of Realized Losses, if
any, incurred in connection with Debt Service Reductions in respect of Monthly
Payments due during the related Due Period. The information described in the two
preceding sentences that is to be supplied by the Servicer shall be evidenced by
an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee by the Servicer prior to the
Determination Date immediately following the end of (i) in the case of
Bankruptcy Losses allocable to interest, the Due Period during which any such
Realized Loss was incurred, and (ii) in the case of all other Realized Losses,
the Prepayment Period during which any such Realized Loss was incurred.
(b) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated
by the Trustee on each Distribution Date as follows: first, to Net Monthly
Excess Cashflow; second, to the Class CE Certificates, until the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; third, to the Class M-5
Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced
to zero; fourth, to the Class M-4 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof has been reduced
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to zero; fifth, to the Class M-3 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; sixth, to the Class M-2 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and
seventh, to the Class M-1 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance
thereof has been reduced to zero
All Realized Losses to be allocated to the Certificate Principal
Balances of all Classes on any Distribution Date shall be so allocated after the
actual distributions to be made on such date as provided above. All references
above to the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates shall be
to the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class immediately prior to the
relevant Distribution Date, before reduction thereof by any Realized Losses, in
each case to be allocated to such Class of Certificates, on such Distribution
Date.
Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Mezzanine Certificate on
any Distribution Date shall be made by reducing the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof by the amount so allocated and any allocation of Realized Losses
to a Class CE Certificates shall be made by reducing the amount otherwise
payable in respect thereof pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(4). No allocations of any
Realized Losses shall be made to the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class
A Certificates or the Class P Certificates.
As used herein, an allocation of a Realized Loss on a "PRO RATA
basis" among two or more specified Classes of Certificates means an allocation
on a pro rata basis, among the various Classes so specified, to each such Class
of Certificates on the basis of their then outstanding Certificate Principal
Balances prior to giving effect to distributions to be made on such Distribution
Date. All Realized Losses and all other losses allocated to a Class of
Certificates hereunder will be allocated among the Certificates of such Class in
proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced thereby.
(c) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated
by the Trustee on each Distribution Date to the following REMIC I Regular
Interests in the specified percentages, as follows: first, to Uncertificated
Interest payable to the REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA and REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC I Interest Loss
Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively; second, to the Uncertificated
Balances of the REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC I Principal Loss Allocation
Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively; third, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC
I Regular Interest I-LTAA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM5 and REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance
of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM5 has been reduced to zero; fourth, to the
Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM4 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%,
respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTM4 has been reduced to zero; fifth, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC
I Regular Interest I-LTAA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3 and REMIC I Regular
Interest I- LTZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance
of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3 has been reduced to zero; sixth to the
Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM2 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%,
respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTM2 has been reduced to zero; and seventh to the Uncertificated Balances of
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA,
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REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ, 98%, 1% and
1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTM1 has been reduced to zero.
SECTION 4.05. Compliance with Withholding Requirements
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall comply with all federal withholding requirements respecting
payments to Certificateholders of interest or original issue discount that the
Trustee reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of
Certificateholders shall not be required for such withholding. In the event the
Trustee does withhold any amount from interest or original issue discount
payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder pursuant to federal
withholding requirements, the Trustee shall indicate the amount withheld to such
Certificateholders.
SECTION 4.06. Exchange Commission; Additional Information.
Within 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
file with the Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System,
a Form 8-K with a copy of the statement to Certificateholders for such
Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. After December 31, 2002 but prior to
January 30, 2003, the Trustee shall file a Form 15 Suspension Notification with
respect to the Trust Fund, if applicable. After December 31, 2002 but prior to
March 30, 2003, the Trustee shall file a Form 10-K, substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit H, with respect to the Trust Fund. The Depositor
hereby grants to the Trustee a limited power of attorney to execute and file
each such document on behalf of the Depositor. Such power of attorney shall
continue until the earlier of (i) receipt by the Trustee from the Depositor of
written termination of such power of attorney and (ii) the termination of the
Trust Fund. The Depositor agrees to promptly furnish to the Trustee, from time
to time, upon request, such further information, reports and financial
statements within its control related to this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans
as the Trustee reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and file necessary
reports with the Commission. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to file
any items other than those set forth in this Section 4.06. Upon request, the
Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor a copy of any Form 8-K or Form 10-K filed
pursuant to this Section 4.06.
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ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.01. The Certificates.
(a) The Certificates in the aggregate will represent the entire
beneficial ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans and all other assets
included in REMIC I.
The Certificates will be substantially in the forms annexed
hereto as Exhibits A-1 through A-11. The Certificates of each Class will be
issuable in registered form only, in denominations of authorized Percentage
Interests as described in the definition thereof. Each Certificate will share
ratably in all rights of the related Class.
Upon original issue, the Certificates shall be executed,
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to or upon the order of the
Depositor. The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature
on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized signatory. Certificates bearing the
manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper
officers of the Trustee shall bind the Trustee notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at
the date of such Certificates. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit
under this Agreement or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such
Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate of
authentication shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All
Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.
(b) The Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates shall
initially be issued as one or more Certificates held by the Book-Entry Custodian
or, if appointed to hold such Certificates as provided below, the Depository and
registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and, except as provided
below, registration of such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee
except to another Depository that agrees to hold such Certificates for the
respective Certificate Owners with Ownership Interests therein. The Certificate
Owners shall hold their respective Ownership Interests in and to such
Certificates through the book-entry facilities of the Depository and, except as
provided below, shall not be entitled to definitive, fully registered
Certificates (" Definitive Certificates") in respect of such Ownership
Interests. All transfers by Certificate Owners of their respective Ownership
Interests in the 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 the Ownership Interests in the 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. The Trustee is hereby
initially appointed as the Book-Entry Custodian and hereby agrees to act as such
in accordance herewith and in accordance with the agreement that it has with the
Depository authorizing it to act as such. The Book-Entry Custodian may, and, if
it is no longer qualified to act as such, the Book- Entry Custodian shall,
appoint, by a written instrument delivered to the Depositor, the Servicer and,
if the Trustee is not the Book-Entry Custodian, the Trustee, any other transfer
agent (including the
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Depository or any successor Depository) to act as Book-Entry Custodian under
such conditions as the predecessor Book-Entry Custodian and the Depository or
any successor Depository may prescribe, provided that the predecessor Book-Entry
Custodian shall not be relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities by
reason of any such appointment of other than the Depository. If the Trustee
resigns or is removed in accordance with the terms hereof, the successor Trustee
or, if it so elects, the Depository shall immediately succeed to its
predecessor's duties as Book-Entry Custodian. The Depositor shall have the right
to inspect, and to obtain copies of, any Certificates held as Book-Entry
Certificates by the Book-Entry Custodian.
The Trustee, the Servicer and the Depositor may for all purposes
(including the making of payments due on the Book-Entry Certificates) deal with
the Depository as the authorized representative of the Certificate Owners with
respect to the Book-Entry Certificates for the purposes of exercising the rights
of Certificateholders hereunder. The rights of Certificate Owners with respect
to the Book-Entry Certificates shall be limited to those established by law and
agreements between such Certificate Owners and the Depository Participants and
brokerage firms representing such Certificate Owners. Multiple requests and
directions from, and votes of, the Depository as Holder of the Book-Entry
Certificates with respect to any particular matter shall not be deemed
inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners. The
Trustee may establish a reasonable record date in connection with solicitations
of consents from or voting by Certificateholders and shall give notice to the
Depository of such record date.
If (i)(A) the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the
Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depository, and (B) the Depositor is unable to locate a
qualified successor, (ii) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in
writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository
or (iii) after the occurrence of a Servicer Event of Default, Certificate Owners
representing in the aggregate not less than 51% of the Ownership Interests of
the Book-Entry Certificates advise the Trustee through the Depository, in
writing, that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is
no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall
notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any
such event and of the availability of Definitive Certificates to Certificate
Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the Book-Entry
Certificates by the Book-Entry Custodian or the Depository, as applicable,
accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration of
transfer, the Trustee shall cause the Definitive Certificates to be issued. Such
Definitive Certificates will be issued in minimum denominations of $100,000,
except that any beneficial ownership that was represented by a Book- Entry
Certificate in an amount less than $100,000 immediately prior to the issuance of
a Definitive Certificate shall be issued in a minimum denomination equal to the
amount represented by such Book-Entry Certificate. None of the Depositor, the
Servicer or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in the delivery of such
instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on,
such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all references
herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be
deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable
with respect to such Definitive Certificates, and the Trustee shall recognize
the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.
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SECTION 5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at one of the offices or
agencies to be appointed by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8.11, a Certificate Register for the Certificates in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for
the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates
as herein provided.
(b) No transfer of any Class CE Certificate, Class P Certificate
or Residual Certificate (the "Private Certificates") shall be made unless that
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and effective registration
or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a
transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In the
event that such a transfer of a Private Certificate is to be made without
registration or qualification (other than in connection with the initial
transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the
Depositor), the Trustee shall require receipt of: (i) if such transfer is
purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, written
certifications from the Certificateholder desiring to effect the transfer and
from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee, substantially in the forms
attached hereto as Exhibit F-1; and (ii) in all other cases, an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may be made without such
registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Servicer in its capacity
as such or any Sub-Servicer), together with copies of the written
certification(s) of the Certificateholder desiring to effect the transfer and/or
such Certificateholder's prospective transferee upon which such Opinion of
Counsel is based, if any. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee is obligated to
register or qualify any such Certificates under the 1933 Act or any other
securities laws or to take any action not otherwise required under this
Agreement to permit the transfer of such Certificates without registration or
qualification. Any Certificateholder desiring to effect the transfer of any such
Certificate shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the
Depositor and the Servicer 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no certification or Opinion of
Counsel described in this Section 5.02(b) will be required in connection with
the transfer, on the Closing Date, of any Class R Certificate, Class R-III
Certificate or Class R-IV Certificate by the Depositor to an "accredited
investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(d) of the 1933 Act.
(c) No transfer of a Private Certificate or any interest therein
shall be made to any Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, any
Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person
acquiring such Certificates with "Plan Assets" of a Plan within the meaning of
the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C. F. R. ss. 2510.3-101
("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the Trustee and the Servicer are provided
with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Servicer that the purchase of such Certificates
is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in any
prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not
subject the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Trust Fund to any
obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those undertaken in this
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Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor,
the Servicer, the Trustee or the Trust Fund. Any prospective Transferee of such
Certificates not providing the above Opinion of Counsel must provide a
certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement (or other form
acceptable to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Servicer), which the Trustee
may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of
Counsel nor any certification will be required in connection with the initial
transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the
Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have
deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person
investing Plan Assets) and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely
upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Trustee, shall be a
written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as
an affiliate of the Depositor.
Each beneficial owner of a Mezzanine Certificates or any interest
therein shall be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its acquisition or
holding of that certificate or interest therein, that either (i) it is not a
Plan investor, (ii) it has acquired and is holding such Mezzanine Certificates
in reliance on the Underwriters' Exemption, and that it understands that there
are certain conditions to the availability of the Underwriters' Exemption,
including that the Mezzanine Certificates must be rated, at the time of
purchase, not lower than" BBB-" (or its equivalent) by Fitch, S&P or Xxxxx'x or
(iii) (1) it is an insurance company, (2) the source of funds used to acquire or
hold the certificate or interest therein is an "insurance company general
account," as such term is defined in PTCE 95-60, and (3) the conditions in
Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied.
If any Private 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 any such
Certificate or interest therein was effected in violation of the provisions of
the preceding paragraph shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the
Servicer, the Trustee and the Trust Fund from and against any and all
liabilities, claims, costs or expenses incurred by those parties as a result of
that acquisition or holding.
(d) (i) 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 to have irrevocably authorized the Trustee or its
designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than
such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause
(iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of Transfer and to do all other
things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person
acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject
to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted
Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or
impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any
Ownership Interest
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in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to
it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Residual
Certificate until its receipt of, an affidavit and agreement (a
"Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit F-2) from the proposed Transferee, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee, representing and
warranting, among other things, that such Transferee is a
Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership
Interest in the Residual Certificate that is the subject of the
proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person
that is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it
retains its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, it will
endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has
reviewed the provisions of this Section 5.02(d) and agrees to be
bound by them.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit
and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee who is assigned to this
transaction has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is
not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be
effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall agree (x) to require a
Transfer Affidavit and Agreement in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit F-2 from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to
transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate and (y)
not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a
Transferor Affidavit (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-2)
to the Trustee stating that, among other things, it has no actual
knowledge that such other Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership
Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Trustee written
notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the
meaning of temporary Treasury regulation Section
1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate, if it is, or is holding an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate on behalf of, a
"pass-through interest holder."
(ii) The Trustee will register the Transfer of any Residual
Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and
Agreement and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably
required by the Trustee as a condition to such registration. In
addition, no Transfer of a Residual Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received a representation letter from the Transferee
of such Certificate to the effect that such Transferee is a Permitted
Transferee.
(iii) (A) If any purported Transferee shall become a Holder of a
Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
5.02(d), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored,
to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such
Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any
Person for any registration of Transfer of a
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Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section
5.02(d) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder
thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such holder under
the provisions of this Agreement.
(B) If any purported Transferee shall become a holder of
a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this
Section 5.02(d) and to the extent that the retroactive
restoration of the rights of the holder of such Residual
Certificate as described in clause (iii)(A) above shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then the Trustee shall have
the right, without notice to the holder or any prior holder of
such Residual Certificate, to sell such Residual Certificate to a
purchaser selected by the Trustee on such terms as the Trustee
may choose. Such purported Transferee shall promptly endorse and
deliver each Residual Certificate in accordance with the
instructions of the Trustee. Such purchaser may be the Trustee
itself or any Affiliate of the Trustee. The proceeds of such
sale, net of the commissions (which may include commissions
payable to the Trustee or its Affiliates), expenses and taxes
due, if any, will be remitted by the Trustee to such purported
Transferee. The terms and conditions of any sale under this
clause (iii)(B) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the
Trustee, and the Trustee shall not be liable to any Person having
an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a result of
its exercise of such discretion.
(iv) The Trustee shall make available to the Internal Revenue
Service and those Persons specified by the REMIC Provisions all
information necessary to compute any tax imposed (A) as a result of the
Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any
Person who is a Disqualified Organization, including the information
described in Treasury regulations sections 1.860D-1(b)(5) and
1.860E-2(a)(5) with respect to the "excess inclusions" of such Residual
Certificate and (B) as a result of any regulated investment company,
real estate investment trust, common trust fund, partnership, trust,
estate or organization described in Section 1381 of the Code that holds
an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate having as among its
record holders at any time any Person which is a Disqualified
Organization. Reasonable compensation for providing such information may
be accepted by the Trustee.
(v) The provisions of this Section 5.02(d) set forth prior to
this subsection (v) may be modified, added to or eliminated, provided
that there shall have been delivered to the Trustee at the expense of
the party seeking to modify, add to or eliminate any such provision the
following:
(A) written notification from each Rating Agency to the
effect that the modification, addition to or elimination of such
provisions will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its
then-current ratings of any Class of Certificates; and
(B) an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such modification
of, addition to or elimination of such provisions will not cause
any Trust REMIC to cease to qualify as a REMIC and will not cause
any Trust REMIC to be subject to an entity-level tax caused by
the
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Transfer of any Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee or a Person other than the prospective
transferee to be subject to a REMIC-tax caused by the Transfer of
a Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee.
(e) Subject to the preceding subsections, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the
Trustee maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 8.11, the Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated Transferee or
Transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class of a like aggregate
Percentage Interest.
(f) At the option of the Holder thereof, any Certificate may be
exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class with authorized denominations
and a like aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of such Certificate to
be exchanged at any office or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose
pursuant to Section 8.11. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for
exchange, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver, the Certificates
which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every
Certificate presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so
required by the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by,
the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(g) No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for
any transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee 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 Certificates.
(h) All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall
be canceled and destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its customary
procedures.
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee,
or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Certificate, and (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee such
security or indemnity as may be required by it to save it harmless, then, in the
absence of actual knowledge by the Trustee that such Certificate has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and
deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of the same Class and of like denomination
and Percentage Interest. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this
Section, the Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any
other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall
constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the applicable
REMIC created hereunder, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost,
stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
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Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, the Servicer and the Trustee and any agent of any
of them may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the
owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to
Section 4.01 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Depositor,
the Servicer, the Trustee or any agent of any of them shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
SECTION 5.05. Certain Available Information.
On or prior to the date of the first sale of any Private
Certificate to an Independent third party, the Depositor shall provide to the
Trustee ten copies of any private placement memorandum or other disclosure
document used by the Depositor in connection with the offer and sale of such
Certificates. In addition, if any such private placement memorandum or
disclosure document is revised, amended or supplemented at any time following
the delivery thereof to the Trustee, the Depositor promptly shall inform the
Trustee of such event and shall deliver to the Trustee ten copies of the private
placement memorandum or disclosure document, as revised, amended or
supplemented. The Trustee shall maintain at its Corporate Trust Office and shall
make available free of charge during normal business hours for review by any
Holder of a Certificate or any Person identified to the Trustee as a prospective
transferee of a Certificate, originals or copies of the following items: (i) in
the case of a Holder or prospective transferee of a Private Certificate, the
related private placement memorandum or other disclosure document relating to
such Class of Certificates, in the form most recently provided to the Trustee;
and (ii) in all cases, (A) this Agreement and any amendments hereof entered into
pursuant to Section 11.01, (B) all monthly statements required to be delivered
to Certificateholders of the relevant Class pursuant to Section 4.02 since the
Closing Date, and all other notices, reports, statements and written
communications delivered to the Certificateholders of the relevant Class
pursuant to this Agreement since the Closing Date, (C) all certifications
delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee since the Closing Date
pursuant to Section 10.01(h), (D) any and all Officers' Certificates delivered
to the Trustee by the Servicer since the Closing Date to evidence the Servicer's
determination that any Advance or Servicing Advance was, or if made, would be a
Nonrecoverable Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, respectively, and
(E) any and all Officers' Certificates delivered to the Trustee by the Servicer
since the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.04(a). Copies and mailing of any
and all of the foregoing items will be available from the Trustee upon request
at the expense of the Person requesting the same.
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ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER
SECTION 6.01. Liability of the Depositor and the Servicer.
The Depositor and the Servicer each shall be liable in accordance
herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed by this
Agreement upon them in their respective capacities as Depositor and Servicer and
undertaken hereunder by the Depositor and the Servicer herein.
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or
the Servicer.
Subject to the following paragraph, the Depositor will keep in
full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. Subject to the following paragraph,
the Servicer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a
limited partnership under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation. The
Depositor and the Servicer each will 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, the Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans
and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.
The Depositor or the Servicer may be merged or consolidated with
or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any
Person, in which case 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 be qualified to service
mortgage loans on behalf of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac; and provided further that
the Rating Agencies' ratings of the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates in effect immediately prior to such merger or consolidation will
not be qualified, reduced or withdrawn as a result thereof (as evidenced by a
letter to such effect from the Rating Agencies).
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor,
the Servicer and Others.
None of the Depositor, the Servicer or any of the directors,
officers, employees or agents of the Depositor or the Servicer shall be under
any liability to the Trust Fund 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 Depositor, the Servicer or any such person against any
breach of warranties, representations or covenants made herein, or against any
specific liability imposed on the Servicer pursuant hereto, or against any
liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Servicer and
any director, officer,
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employee or agent of the Depositor or the Servicer may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind which, prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by
any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, the Servicer
and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor or the Servicer
shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust Fund against any loss,
liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal action relating to
this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense
incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence 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
unless such action is related to its respective duties under this Agreement and,
in its good faith reasonable opinion, does not involve it in any expense or
liability; provided, however, that each of the Depositor and the Servicer may in
its discretion undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or
desirable with respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the
parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders hereunder. In such
event, unless the Depositor or the Servicer acts without the consent of Holders
of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights, the legal
expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom (except
any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of
reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder) shall be expenses, costs
and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor and the Servicer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account as and to the
extent provided in Section 3.11, any such right of reimbursement being prior to
the rights of the Certificateholders to receive any amount in the Collection
Account.
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the Servicer.
The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties
hereby imposed on it except upon determination that its duties hereunder are no
longer permissible under applicable law. Any such determination pursuant to the
preceding sentence permitting the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced
by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect obtained at the expense of the Servicer
and delivered to the Trustee. No resignation of the Servicer shall become
effective until the Trustee or a successor servicer shall have assumed the
Servicer's responsibilities, duties, liabilities (other than those liabilities
arising prior to the appointment of such successor) and obligations under this
Agreement.
Except as expressly provided herein, the 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 Servicer hereunder. The foregoing prohibition on assignment
shall not prohibit the Servicer from designating a Sub-Servicer as payee of any
indemnification amount payable to the Servicer hereunder; provided, however,
that as provided in Section 3.02 hereof, no Sub-Servicer shall be a third-party
beneficiary hereunder and the parties hereto shall not be required to recognize
any Subservicer as an indemnitee under this Agreement.
The Trustee and the Depositor hereby specifically (i) consent to the
pledge and assignment by the Servicer of all of the Servicer's right, title and
interest in, to and under this Agreement to the Servicing Rights Pledgee, for
the benefit of certain lenders and (ii) provided that no Servicer Event
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of Default exists, agree that upon delivery to the Trustee by the Servicing
Rights Pledgee of a letter signed by the Servicer whereunder the Servicer shall
resign as Servicer under this Agreement, the Trustee shall appoint the Servicing
Rights Pledgee or its designee as successor Servicer, provided that at the time
of such appointment, the Servicing Rights Pledgee or such designee meets the
requirements of a successor Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02(a) hereof and
agrees to be subject to the terms of this Agreement. If, pursuant to any
provision hereof, the duties of the Servicer are transferred to a successor
servicer, the entire amount of the Servicing Fee and other compensation payable
to the Servicer pursuant hereto shall thereafter be payable to such successor
servicer.
SECTION 6.05. Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the
Servicer.
The Servicer shall afford (and any Sub-Servicing Agreement shall
provide that each Sub-Servicer shall afford) the Depositor and the Trustee, upon
reasonable notice, during normal business hours, access to all records
maintained by the Servicer (and any such Sub-Servicer) in respect of the
Servicer's rights and obligations hereunder and access to officers of the
Servicer (and those of any such Sub-Servicer) responsible for such obligations.
Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Depositor and the Trustee its
(and any such Sub-Servicer's) most recent financial statements and such other
information relating to the Servicer's capacity to perform its obligations under
this Agreement as it possesses (and that any such Sub-Servicer possesses). To
the extent such information is not otherwise available to the public, the
Depositor and the Trustee shall not disseminate any information obtained
pursuant to the preceding two sentences without the Servicer's written consent,
except as required pursuant to this Agreement or to the extent that it is
appropriate to do so (i) in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing
authorities or other governmental agencies or (ii) pursuant to any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any court or
governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Depositor and the Trustee or
the Trust Fund, and in any case, the Depositor or the Trustee as the case may
be, shall use its best efforts to assure the confidentiality of any such
disseminated non-public information. The Depositor may, but is not obligated to,
enforce the obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement and may, but is not
obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation
of the Servicer under this Agreement or exercise the rights of the Servicer
under this Agreement; provided that the Servicer shall not be relieved of any of
its obligations under this Agreement by virtue of such performance by the
Depositor or its designee. The Depositor shall not have any responsibility or
liability for any action or failure to act by the Servicer and is not obligated
to supervise the performance of the Servicer under this Agreement or otherwise.
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ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
SECTION 7.01. Servicer Events of Default.
(a) "Servicer Event of Default," wherever used herein, means
any one of the following events:
(i) any failure by the Servicer to remit to the Trustee for
distribution to the Certificateholders any payment (other than an
Advance required to be made from its own funds on any Servicer
Remittance Date pursuant to Section 4.03) required to be made under the
terms of the Certificates and this Agreement which continues unremedied
for a period of one Business Day 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 the Trustee (in which
case notice shall be provided by telecopy), or to the Servicer, the
Depositor and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates entitled to at
least 25% of the Voting Rights; or
(ii) any 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 contained in this Agreement, or the breach
by the Servicer of any representation and warranty contained in Section
2.05, which continues unremedied for a period of 30 days (or if such
failure or breach cannot be remedied within 30 days, then such remedy
shall have been commenced within 30 days and diligently pursued
thereafter; provided, however, that in no event shall such failure or
breach be allowed to exist for a period of greater than 90 days) 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, the Trustee or to the Servicer, the Depositor and the
Trustee by the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the
Voting Rights and (ii) actual knowledge of such failure by a Servicing
Officer; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case
under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law or the appointment of a conservator or receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of
assets and liabilities or similar proceeding, 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 90 days; or
(iv) the Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a
conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of
debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or
relating to it or of or relating to all or substantially all of its
property; or
(v) the Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage
of any applicable insolvency or
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reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or
(vi) any failure by the Servicer of the Servicer Termination
Trigger; or
(vii) any failure of the Servicer to make any Advance on any
Servicer Remittance Date required to be made from its own funds pursuant
to Section 4.03 which continues unremedied until 5:00 p.m. New York time
on such Servicer Remittance Date.
If a Servicer Event of Default described in clauses (i) through
(vi) of this Section shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long
as such Servicer Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Depositor or
the Trustee may, and at the written direction of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 51% of Voting Rights, the Trustee shall, by notice in
writing to the Servicer (and to the Depositor if given by the Trustee or to the
Trustee if given by the Depositor), terminate all of the rights and obligations
of the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this Agreement, to the extent
permitted by law, and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof. If
a Servicer Event of Default described in clause (vii) hereof shall occur, the
Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the Servicer and the Depositor, terminate
all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer
under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof.
On or after the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, all authority
and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the
Certificates (other than as a Holder of any Certificate) or the Mortgage Loans
or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee pursuant to and under
this Section, and, without limitation, the Trustee is hereby authorized and
empowered, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, to execute and deliver, on behalf
of and at the expense of the Servicer, any and all documents and other
instruments and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or
appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to
complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and
related documents, or otherwise. The Servicer agrees promptly (and in any event
no later than ten Business Days subsequent to such notice) to provide the
Trustee with all documents and records requested by it to enable it to assume
the Servicer's functions under this Agreement, and to cooperate with the Trustee
in effecting the termination of the Servicer's responsibilities and rights under
this Agreement, including, without limitation, the transfer within one Business
Day to the Trustee for administration by it of all cash amounts which at the
time shall be or should have been credited by the Servicer to the Collection
Account held by or on behalf of the Servicer, the Distribution Account or any
REO Account or Servicing Account held by or on behalf of the Servicer or
thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans or any REO Property
serviced by the Servicer (provided, however, that the Servicer shall continue to
be entitled to receive all amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement
on or prior to the date of such termination, whether in respect of Advances or
otherwise, and shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 6.03,
notwithstanding any such termination, with respect to events occurring prior to
such termination). For purposes of this Section 7.01, the Trustee shall not be
deemed to have knowledge of a Servicer Event of Default unless a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee assigned to and working in the Trustee's Corporate Trust
Office has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which
is in fact such a Servicer Event of Default is received by the Trustee and such
notice references the Certificates, the Trust Fund or this Agreement.
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SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
(a)(1) Within 90 days of the time the Servicer receives a notice
of termination, the Trustee shall separately assume and become the successor in
all respects to the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this Agreement
and the transactions set forth or provided for herein, and all the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto and arising thereafter
shall be assumed by the Trustee (except for any representations or warranties of
the Servicer under this Agreement, the responsibilities, duties and liabilities
contained in Section 2.05 and the obligation to deposit amounts in respect of
losses pursuant to Section 3.12) by the terms and provisions hereof; provided,
however, the Trustee shall immediately assume the Servicer's obligations to make
Advances pursuant to Section 4.03; provided, further, however, that if the
Trustee is prohibited by law or regulation from obligating itself to make
advances regarding delinquent mortgage loans, then the Trustee shall not be
obligated to make Advances pursuant to Section 4.03; and provided further, that
any failure to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by the Servicer's
failure to provide information required by Section 7.01 shall not be considered
a default by the Trustee as successor to the Servicer hereunder. It is
understood and acknowledged by the parties hereto that there will be a period of
transition (not to exceed 90 days) before the transition of servicing
obligations is fully effective. As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be
entitled to the Servicing Fee and all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans to
which the Servicer would have been entitled if it had continued to act
hereunder. Notwithstanding the above and subject to Section 7.02(a)(2) below,
the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is unable
to so act or if it is prohibited by law from making advances regarding
delinquent mortgage loans or if the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least
51% of the Voting Rights so request in writing to the Trustee promptly appoint
or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, an established
mortgage loan servicing institution acceptable to each Rating Agency without
qualification, withdrawal or downgrading of the ratings then assigned to any of
the Certificates and having a net worth of not less than $15,000,000, as the
successor to the Servicer under this Agreement in the assumption of all or any
part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Servicer under this
Agreement. All Servicing Transfer Costs shall be paid by the predecessor
Servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs, and if
such predecessor Servicer defaults in its obligation to pay such costs, such
costs shall be paid by the successor Servicer or the Trustee (in which case the
successor Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to
reimbursement therefor from the assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section
3.11(b)).
(2) No appointment of a successor to the Servicer under this
Agreement shall be effective until the assumption by the successor of all of the
Servicer's responsibilities, duties and liabilities hereunder. In connection
with such appointment and assumption described herein, the Trustee may make such
arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage
Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such
compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the Servicer as such
hereunder. The Depositor, the Trustee and such successor shall take such action,
consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such
succession. Pending appointment of a successor to the Servicer under this
Agreement, the Trustee shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided.
(b) [Reserved].
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(c) In the event of a Servicer Event of Default, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary above, the Trustee and the Depositor hereby agree that
upon delivery to the Trustee by the Servicing Rights Pledgee of a letter signed
by the Servicer within ten Business Days of when notification of such event
shall have been provided to the Trustee, whereunder the Servicer shall resign as
Servicer under this Agreement, the Trustee shall appoint the Servicing Rights
Pledgee or its designee as successor Servicer, provided that at the time of such
appointment, the Servicing Rights Pledgee or such designee meets the
requirements of a successor Servicer set forth above and the Servicing Rights
Pledgee or such designee agrees to be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any termination of the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01
above or any appointment of a successor to the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02
above, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate
Register.
(b) Not later than the later of 60 days after the occurrence of
any event, which constitutes or which, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute a Servicer Event of Default or five days after a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee becomes aware of the occurrence of such an event, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Certificates notice of each
such occurrence, unless such default or Servicer Event of Default shall have
been cured or waived.
SECTION 7.04. Waiver of Servicer Events of Default.
The Holders representing at least 66% of the Voting Rights
evidenced by all Classes of Certificates affected by any default or Servicer
Event of Default hereunder may waive such default or Servicer Event of Default;
provided, however, that a default or Servicer Event of Default under clause (i)
or (vii) of Section 7.01 may be waived only by all of the Holders of the Regular
Certificates. Upon any such waiver of a default or Servicer Event of Default,
such default or Servicer Event of Default shall cease to exist and shall be
deemed to have been remedied for every purpose hereunder. No such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or Servicer Event of Default or impair
any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived.
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ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Event of
Default and after the curing of all Servicer Events of Default which may have
occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement. During a Servicer Event of Default,
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. Any permissive right of the Trustee enumerated in
this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to it, which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision
of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they conform to the
requirements of this Agreement. If any such instrument is found not to conform
to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner, it shall take such
action as it deems appropriate to have the instrument corrected, and if the
instrument is not corrected to its satisfaction, it will provide notice thereof
to the Certificateholders.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) Prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Event of Default, and
after the curing of all such Servicer Events of Default which may have
occurred, the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall
not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations
as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee and,
in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee that conform to the requirements of this
Agreement;
(ii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible
Officers of it unless it shall be proved that it was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect to
any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders of Certificates entitled to
at least 25% of the Voting Rights relating to the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to it or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon it under this Agreement.
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SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(i) The Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any
resolution, Officers' Certificate, certificate of auditors or any
other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper
or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(ii) The Trustee may consult with counsel and any Opinion
of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such Opinion
of Counsel;
(iii) The Trustee shall not be under any obligation to
exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this
Agreement or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation
hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or
direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders
shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may
be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall,
however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the
occurrence of a Servicer Event of Default (which has not been
cured or waived), to exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of
care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such
person's own affairs;
(iv) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(v) Prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Event of
Default hereunder and after the curing of all Servicer Events of
Default which may have occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound
to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or
document, unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of
Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights;
provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time
to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be
incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the
opinion of the Trustee not reasonably assured to the Trustee by
such Certificateholders, the Trustee may require reasonable
indemnity against such expense, or liability from such
Certificateholders as a condition to taking any such action;
(vi) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or
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perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents or attorneys; and
(vii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for any
loss resulting from the investment of funds held in the
Collection Account at the direction of the Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.12.
(b) All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the
Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee may be enforced by it without the
possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof at the trial or
other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the benefit of all
the Holders of such Certificates, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or
Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than
the signature of the Trustee, the authentication of the Trustee on the
Certificates, the acknowledgments of the Trustee contained in Article II and the
representations and warranties of the Trustee in Section 8.12) shall be taken as
the statements of the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for
their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations or warranties as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Agreement (other than as specifically set forth
in Section 8.12) or of the Certificates (other than the signature of the Trustee
and authentication of the Trustee on the Certificates) or of any Mortgage Loan
or related document. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Depositor of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of
such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the
Depositor or the Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or
withdrawn from the Collection Account by the Servicer, other than any funds held
by or on behalf of the Trustee in accordance with Section 3.10.
SECTION 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.
The Trustee in its individual capacity or any other capacity may
become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights it would have
if it were not Trustee.
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
(a) The Trustee shall be entitled to withdraw from the
Distribution Account, pursuant to Section 3.11(b), on each Distribution Date and
pay to itself the Trustee Fee. The Trustee and any director, officer, employee
or agent of the Trustee shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless
against any loss, liability or expense (not including expenses, disbursements
and advances incurred or made by the Trustee including the compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel, in the ordinary course of
the Trustee's performance in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement)
incurred by the Trustee in connection with any claim or legal action or any
pending or threatened claim or legal action arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance or administration of its obligations and 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, (ii)
that constitutes a specific liability of the Trustee pursuant to Section
10.01(g) or (iii) any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad
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faith or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of
reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder or as a result of a
breach of the Trustee's obligations under Article X hereof. The Servicer agrees
to indemnify the Trustee from, and hold it harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense arising in respect of any breach by the Servicer of its obligations
in connection with this Agreement. Such indemnity shall survive the termination
or discharge of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
Any payment hereunder made by the Servicer to the Trustee shall be from the
Servicer's own funds, without reimbursement from REMIC I therefor.
(b) The Depositor shall pay any annual rating agency fees of the
Rating Agencies for ongoing surveillance from its own funds without right of
reimbursement.
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or an
association (other than the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer or, in the case
of the Trustee, any Affiliate of the foregoing) organized and doing business
under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under
such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000 (or a member of a bank holding company whose
capital and surplus is at least $50,000,000) and subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority. If such corporation or association
publishes reports of conditions at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or
association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of conditions so published. In case at any time the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in Section 8.07.
SECTION 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the
trust hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor, the
Servicer and to the Certificateholders. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee by written
instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning
Trustee and to the successor Trustee. A copy of such instrument shall be
delivered to the Certificateholders, the Trustee and the Servicer by the
Depositor. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed and have
accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Depositor, or if at any time the Trustee shall
become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or its property or affairs
for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the
Depositor may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee by written
instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so
removed and to the
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successor Trustee. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the
Certificateholders, the Trustee and the Servicer by the Depositor.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the
Voting Rights may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee
by written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or
their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments
shall be delivered to the Depositor, one complete set to the Trustee so removed
and one complete set to the successor so appointed. A copy of such instrument
shall be delivered to the Certificateholders and the Servicer by the Depositor.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not
become effective until 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 its predecessor Trustee
an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee shall become effective and
such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its
predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as Trustee
herein. The predecessor Trustee shall deliver to the successor Trustee all
Mortgage Files and related documents and statements to the extent held by it
hereunder, as well as all moneys, held by it hereunder, and 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.
No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 and the appointment of such
successor Trustee shall not result in a downgrading of any Class of Certificates
by either Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from each Rating Agency.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided
in this Section, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such
Trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as shown in
the Certificate Register. If the 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 Trustee.
Any corporation or association into which the Trustee may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation or
association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or association succeeding to the
business of the Trustee shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation or association shall be eligible under the provisions
of Section 8.06, without the
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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.
SECTION 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part
of REMIC I or property securing the same 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 REMIC I, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such
capacity, such title to REMIC I, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other
provisions of this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and
trusts as the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or
separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as
a successor trustee under Section 8.06 hereunder and no notice to Holders of
Certificates of the appointment of co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be
required under Section 8.08 hereof.
In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate
trustee pursuant to this Section 8.10 all rights, powers, duties and obligations
conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and
exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee
jointly, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which
any particular act or acts are to be performed by the Trustee (whether as
Trustee hereunder or as successor to a defaulting 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 REMIC I or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be
exercised and performed by such separate trustee or co-trustee at the direction
of the Trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall
be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and
the conditions of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon
its acceptance of the trust conferred, shall be vested with the estates or
property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the
Trustee, or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the
provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this
Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the
Trustee.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute
the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to
the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of
this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. 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 or co-trustee.
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SECTION 8.11. Appointment of Office or Agency.
The Trustee hereby appoints its Corporate Trust Office as the
office or agency in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota where the Certificates
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and presented for
final distribution, and where notices and demands to or upon the Trustee in
respect of the Certificates and this Agreement may be served.
SECTION 8.12. Representations and Warranties.
The Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Servicer and
the Depositor as of the Closing Date, that:
(i) It is a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of
America.
(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by it, and the
performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by it, will
not violate its articles of association or bylaws or constitute a
default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material
agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or which is
applicable to it or any of its assets.
(iii) It has the full power and authority to enter into and
consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly
authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement,
and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.
(iv) This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and
binding obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with the
terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and (B) general principles
of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law.
(v) It is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of
this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this
Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or
decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of
any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which
violation, in its good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to
affect materially and adversely either the ability of it to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition.
(vi) No litigation is pending or, to the best of its knowledge,
threatened against it, which would prohibit it from entering into this
Agreement or, in its good faith reasonable judgment, is likely to
materially and adversely affect either the ability of it to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition.
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
SECTION 9.01 Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation
of All Mortgage Loans.
(a) Subject to Section 9.02, the respective obligations and
responsibilities under this Agreement of the Depositor, the Servicer and the
Trustee (other than the obligations of the Servicer to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 8.05 and of the Servicer to provide for and the Trustee to make payments
in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests and the Classes of Certificates as
hereinafter set forth) shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders
and the deposit of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required
hereunder to be so paid or deposited on the Distribution Date coinciding with or
following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by the Terminator (as defined
below) of all Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I and (ii)
the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of
the last Mortgage Loan or REO Property remaining in REMIC I; provided, however,
that in no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration
of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. Xxxxx,
living on the date hereof. Subject to Section 3.10 hereof, the purchase by the
Terminator of all Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I
shall be at a price (the "Termination Price") equal to the greater of (A) the
aggregate Purchase Price of all the Mortgage Loans included in REMIC I, as
applicable, plus the appraised value of each REO Property, if any, included in
REMIC I, as applicable, such appraisal to be conducted by an appraiser mutually
agreed upon by the Terminator and the Trustee in their reasonable discretion and
(B) the aggregate fair market value of all of the assets of REMIC I, as
applicable, (as determined by the Terminator and the Trustee, as of the close of
business on the third Business Day next preceding the date upon which notice of
any such termination is furnished to the related Certificateholders pursuant to
Section 9.01(c)).
(b) At its option, the majority holder of the Class CE
Certificates (so long as such holder is not an affiliate of the Seller), or if
such majority holder fails to exercise such option, the Servicer, or an
Affiliate of the Servicer, shall have the right (the party exercising such
right, the "Terminator") , to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO
Property remaining in REMIC I pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding paragraph
no later than the Determination Date in the month immediately preceding the
Distribution Date on which the Certificates will be retired; provided, however,
that (a) the Terminator may elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and each
REO Property remaining in REMIC I pursuant to clause (i) above only if the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property
remaining in the Trust Fund at the time of such election is reduced to less than
10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date. By acceptance of the Residual Certificates, the Holder of the
Residual Certificates agrees, in connection with any termination hereunder, to
assign and transfer any amounts in excess of par, and to the extent received in
respect of such termination, to pay any such amounts to the Holders of the Class
CE Certificates.
(c) Notice of the liquidation of the Certificates shall be
given promptly by the
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Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed (a) in the event such notice is
given in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and each REO
Property by the Terminator, not earlier than the 10th day and not later than the
20th day of the month next preceding the month of the final distribution on the
related Certificates or (b) otherwise during the month of such final
distribution on or before the Determination Date in such month, in each case
specifying (i) the Distribution Date upon which the Trust Fund will terminate
and the final payment in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests, as applicable
and the related Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender of the
related Certificates at the office of the Trustee therein designated, (ii) the
amount of any such final payment, (iii) that no interest shall accrue in respect
of the REMIC I Regular Interests or the related Certificates from and after the
Interest Accrual Period relating to the final Distribution Date therefor and
(iv) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
related Certificates at the office of the Trustee. In the event such notice is
given in connection with the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO
Property remaining in REMIC I by the Terminator, the Terminator shall deliver to
the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account not later than the last
Business Day of the month next preceding the month of the final distribution on
the related Certificates an amount in immediately available funds equal to the
above-described purchase price. The Trustee shall remit to the Servicer from
such funds deposited in the Distribution Account (i) any amounts which the
Servicer would be permitted to withdraw and retain from the Collection Account
pursuant to Section 3.11 and (ii) any other amounts otherwise payable by the
Trustee to the Servicer from amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, in each case prior to making any final
distributions pursuant to Section 10.01(d) below. Upon certification to the
Trustee by a Servicing Officer of the making of such final deposit, the Trustee
shall promptly release to the Terminator the Mortgage Files for the remaining
Mortgage Loans, and the Trustee shall execute all assignments, endorsements and
other instruments necessary to effectuate such transfer.
(d) Upon presentation of the Certificates by the
Certificateholders on the final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute
to each Certificateholder so presenting and surrendering its Certificates the
amount otherwise distributable on such Distribution Date in accordance with
Section 4.01 in respect of the Certificates so presented and surrendered. Any
funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates being retired on
such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to
tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held in trust
and credited to the account of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders.
If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to this Section
9.01 shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after
the time specified in such notice, the Trustee shall mail a second notice to the
remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If
within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have
been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee shall, directly or through an
agent, mail a final notice to the remaining non- tendering Certificateholders
concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of
maintaining the funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall
be paid out of the assets remaining in the trust funds. If within one year after
the final notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Trustee shall pay to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc. all such
amounts, and all rights of non-tendering Certificateholders in or to such
amounts shall thereupon cease. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any
Certificateholder on any amount held in trust by
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the Trustee as a result of such Certificateholder's failure to surrender its
Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 9.01.
Any such amounts held in trust by the Trustee shall be held in an Eligible
Account and the Trustee may direct any depository institution maintaining such
account to invest the funds in one or more Permitted Investments. All income and
gain realized from the investment of funds deposited in such accounts held in
trust by the Trustee shall be for the benefit of the Trustee; provided, however,
that the Trustee shall deposit in such account the amount of any loss of
principal incurred in respect of any such Permitted Investment made with funds
in such accounts immediately upon the realization of such loss.
Immediately following the deposit of funds in trust hereunder in
respect of the Certificates, the Trust Fund shall terminate.
SECTION 9.02 Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) In the event that the Terminator purchases all the Mortgage
Loans and each REO Property or the final payment on or other liquidation of the
last Mortgage Loan or REO Property remaining in REMIC I pursuant to Section
9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with the following
additional requirements:
(i) The Trustee shall specify the first day in the 90-day
liquidation period in a statement attached to each Trust REMIC's
final Tax Return pursuant to Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-1
and shall satisfy all requirements of a qualified liquidation
under Section 860F of the Code and any regulations thereunder, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel obtained at the expense of the
Terminator;
(ii) During such 90-day liquidation period and, at or
prior to the time of making of the final payment on the
Certificates, the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of REMIC I
to the Terminator for cash; and
(iii) At the time of the making of the final payment on
the Certificates, the Trustee shall distribute or credit, or
cause to be distributed or credited, to the Holders of the
Residual Certificates all cash on hand in the Trust Fund (other
than cash retained to meet claims), and the Trust Fund shall
terminate at that time.
(b) At the expense of the requesting Terminator (or, if the Trust
Fund is being terminated as a result of the occurrence of the event described in
clause (ii) of the first paragraph of Section 9.01, at the expense of the
Trustee without the right of reimbursement from the Trust Fund), the Trustee
shall prepare or cause to be prepared the documentation required in connection
with the adoption of a plan of liquidation of each Trust REMIC pursuant to this
Section 9.02.
(c) By their acceptance of Certificates, the Holders thereof
hereby agree to authorize the Trustee to specify the 90-day liquidation period
for each Trust REMIC, which authorization shall be binding upon all successor
Certificateholders.
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ARTICLE X
REMIC PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. REMIC Administration.
(a) The Trustee shall elect to treat each Trust REMIC as a REMIC
under the Code and, if necessary, under applicable state law. Each such election
will be made by the Trustee on Form 1066 or other appropriate federal tax or
information return or any appropriate state return for the taxable year ending
on the last day of the calendar year in which the Certificates are issued. For
the purposes of the REMIC election in respect of REMIC I Regular Interests shall
be designated as the Regular Interests in REMIC I and the Class R-I Interest
shall be designated as the Residual Interest in REMIC I. The Class A
Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class
M-3 Certificates, the Class M-4 Interest, the Class M-5 Interest, the Class CE
Certificates and the Class P Certificates shall be designated as the Regular
Interests in REMIC II and the Class R-II Interest shall be designated as the
Residual Interest in REMIC II. The Class M-4 Certificates shall be designated as
Regular Interests in REMIC III and the Class R-III Certificates shall be
designated as the Residual Interest in REMIC III. The Class M-5 Certificates
shall be designated as Regular Interests in REMIC IV and the Class R-IV
Certificates shall be designated as the Residual Interest in REMIC IV. The
Trustee shall not permit the creation of any "interests" in any Trust REMIC
(within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) other than the REMIC I Regular
Interests and the interests represented by the Certificates.
(b) The Closing Date is hereby designated as the "Startup Day" of
each Trust REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code.
(c) The Trustee shall be reimbursed for any and all expenses
relating to any tax audit of the Trust Fund (including, but not limited to, any
professional fees or any administrative or judicial proceedings with respect to
each Trust REMIC that involve the Internal Revenue Service or state tax
authorities), including the expense of obtaining any tax related Opinion of
Counsel except as specified herein. The Trustee, as agent for each Trust REMIC's
tax matters person shall (i) act on behalf of the Trust Fund in relation to any
tax matter or controversy involving any Trust REMIC and (ii) represent the Trust
Fund in any administrative or judicial proceeding relating to an examination or
audit by any governmental taxing authority with respect thereto. The holder of
the largest Percentage Interest of Residual Certificates shall be designated, in
the manner provided under Treasury regulations section 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury
regulations section 301.6231(a)(7)-1, as the tax matters person of each Trust
REMIC created hereunder. By their acceptance thereof, the holder of the largest
Percentage Interest of the Residual Certificates hereby agrees to irrevocably
appoint the Trustee or an Affiliate as its agent to perform all of the duties of
the tax matters person for the Trust Fund.
(d) The Trustee shall prepare, sign and file all of the Tax
Returns (including Form 8811, which must be filed within 30 days following the
Closing Date) in respect of each Trust REMIC created hereunder. The expenses of
preparing and filing such returns shall be borne by the Trustee without any
right of reimbursement therefor.
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(e) The Trustee shall perform on behalf of each Trust REMIC all
reporting and other tax compliance duties that are the responsibility of such
REMIC under the Code, the REMIC Provisions or other compliance guidance issued
by the Internal Revenue Service or any state or local taxing authority. Among
its other duties, as required by the Code, the REMIC Provisions or other such
compliance guidance, the Trustee shall provide (i) to any Transferor of a
Residual Certificate such information as is necessary for the application of any
tax relating to the transfer of a Residual Certificate to any Person who is not
a Permitted Transferee, (ii) to the Certificateholders such information or
reports as are required by the Code or the REMIC Provisions including reports
relating to interest, original issue discount and market discount or premium
(using the Prepayment Assumption as required) and (iii) to the Internal Revenue
Service the name, title, address and telephone number of the person who will
serve as the representative of each Trust REMIC. The Depositor shall provide or
cause to be provided to the Trustee, within ten (10) days after the Closing
Date, all information or data that the Trustee reasonably determines to be
relevant for tax purposes as to the valuations and issue prices of the
Certificates, including, without limitation, the price, yield, prepayment
assumption and projected cash flow of the Certificates.
(f) The Trustee shall take such action and shall cause each Trust
REMIC created hereunder to take such action as shall be necessary to create or
maintain the status thereof as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions. The Trustee
shall not take any action or cause the Trust Fund to take any action or fail to
take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action that, under the REMIC Provisions,
if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) endanger the status of each
Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon 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) (either such event, an "Adverse REMIC
Event") unless the Trustee has received an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the
Trustee (at the expense of the party seeking to take such action but in no event
at the expense of the Trustee) to the effect that the contemplated action will
not, with respect to any Trust REMIC, endanger such status or result in the
imposition of such a tax, nor shall the Servicer take or fail to take any action
(whether or not authorized hereunder) as to which the Trustee has advised it in
writing that it has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that an Adverse
REMIC Event could occur with respect to such action; provided that the Servicer
may conclusively rely on such Opinion of Counsel and shall incur no liability
for its action or failure to act in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel. In
addition, prior to taking any action with respect to any Trust REMIC or the
respective assets of each, or causing any Trust REMIC to take any action, which
is not contemplated under the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer will consult
with the Trustee or its designee, in writing, with respect to whether such
action could cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur with respect to any Trust
REMIC and the Servicer shall not take any such action or cause any Trust REMIC
to take any such action as to which the Trustee has advised it in writing that
an Adverse REMIC Event could occur; provided that the Servicer may conclusively
rely on such writing and shall incur no liability for its action or failure to
act in accordance with such writing. The Trustee may consult with counsel to
make such written advice, and the cost of same shall be borne by the party
seeking to take the action not permitted by this Agreement, but in no event
shall such cost be an expense of the Trustee. At all times as may be required by
the Code, the Trustee will ensure that substantially all of the assets of REMIC
I will consist of "qualified mortgages" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the
Code and "permitted investments" as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code,
to the extent such obligations are within the Trustee's control and not
otherwise inconsistent with the terms of this
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Agreement.
(g) In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited
transactions" of any Trust REMIC created hereunder as defined in Section
860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the "net income from foreclosure property" of such
REMIC as defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contributions to any
such REMIC after the Startup Day therefor pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the
Code, or any other tax is imposed by the Code or any applicable provisions of
state or local tax laws, such tax shall be charged (i) to the Trustee pursuant
to Section 10.03 hereof, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by
the Trustee of any of its obligations under this Article X, (ii) to the Servicer
pursuant to Section 10.03 hereof, if such tax arises out of or results from a
breach by the Servicer of any of its obligations under Article III or this
Article X, or (iii) against amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account and
shall be paid by withdrawal therefrom.
(h) On or before April 15 of each calendar year, commencing April
15, 2003, the Trustee shall deliver to each Rating Agency an Officer's
Certificate of the Trustee stating, without regard to any actions taken by any
party other than the Trustee, the Trustee's compliance with this Article X.
(i) The Trustee shall, for federal income tax purposes, maintain
books and records with respect to each Trust REMIC on a calendar year and on an
accrual basis.
(j) Following the Startup Day, neither the Servicer nor the
Trustee shall accept any contributions of assets to any Trust REMIC other than
in connection with any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan delivered in
accordance with Section 2.03 unless it shall have received an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that the inclusion of such assets in the Trust Fund will not cause
any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates
are outstanding or subject any Trust REMIC to any tax under the REMIC Provisions
or other applicable provisions of federal, state and local law or ordinances.
(k) Neither the Trustee nor the Servicer shall enter into any
arrangement by which any Trust REMIC will receive a fee or other compensation
for services nor permit any Trust REMIC to receive any income from assets other
than "qualified mortgages" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or
"permitted investments" as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.
SECTION 10.02. Prohibited Transactions and Activities.
None of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee shall sell,
dispose of or substitute for any of the Mortgage Loans (except in connection
with (i) the foreclosure of a Mortgage Loan, including but not limited to, the
acquisition or sale of a Mortgaged Property acquired by deed in lieu of
foreclosure, (ii) the bankruptcy of REMIC I, (iii) the termination of REMIC I
pursuant to Article IX of this Agreement, (iv) a substitution pursuant to
Article II of this Agreement or (v) a purchase of Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Article II or III of this Agreement), nor acquire any assets for any Trust REMIC
(other than REO Property acquired in respect of a defaulted Mortgage Loan), nor
sell or dispose of any investments in the Collection Account or the Distribution
Account for gain, nor accept any contributions to any Trust REMIC after the
Closing Date (other than a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan delivered in
accordance with Section 2.03), unless it has received an
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Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee (at the expense of the party
seeking to cause such sale, disposition, substitution, acquisition or
contribution but in no event at the expense of the Trustee) that such sale,
disposition, substitution, acquisition or contribution will not (a) affect
adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (b) cause any Trust REMIC
to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant
to the REMIC Provisions.
SECTION 10.03. Servicer and Trustee Indemnification.
(a) The Trustee agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the Depositor
and the Servicer for any taxes and costs including, without limitation, any
reasonable attorneys fees imposed on or incurred by the Trust Fund, the
Depositor or the Servicer as a result of a breach of the Trustee's covenants set
forth in this Article X.
(b) The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the
Depositor and the Trustee for any taxes and costs including, without limitation,
any reasonable attorneys' fees imposed on or incurred by the Trust Fund, the
Depositor or the Trustee, as a result of a breach of the Servicer's covenants
set forth in Article III or this Article X.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.01. Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor,
the Servicer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the
Certificateholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or defect, (ii) to correct, modify
or supplement any provisions herein (including to give effect to the
expectations of Certificateholders), or (iii) to make any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement which shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement; provided that such action
shall not, as evidenced by either (a) an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the
Trustee or (b) written notice to the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee
from the Rating Agencies that such action 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, adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Certificateholder. No amendment shall be deemed to adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder who shall
have consented thereto, and no Opinion of Counsel or Rating Agency confirmation
shall be required to address the effect of any such amendment on any such
consenting Certificateholder.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of
Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights 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 received on
Mortgage Loans which are 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 (as
evidenced by either (i) an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee or (ii)
written notice to the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee from the Rating
Agencies that such action 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) in a manner, other than as described in (i), or (iii) modify the
consents required by the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii) without the
consent of the Holders of all Certificates then outstanding. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, for purposes of the giving or withholding of
consents pursuant to this Section 11.01, Certificates registered in the name of
the Depositor or the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be entitled to
Voting Rights with respect to matters affecting such Certificates.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall
have first received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment will
not result in the imposition of any tax on any Trust REMIC pursuant to the REMIC
Provisions or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time
that any Certificates are outstanding.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment the Trustee
shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Certificateholder.
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It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders
under this Section 11.01 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.
The cost of any Opinion of Counsel to be delivered pursuant to
this Section 11.01 shall be borne by the Person seeking the related amendment,
but in no event shall such Opinion of Counsel be an expense of the Trustee.
The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to enter into any
amendment pursuant to this Section that affects its rights, duties and
immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 11.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, 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 properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other
appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be
effected by the Servicer at the expense of the Certificateholders, but only upon
direction of the Trustee accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the
Certificateholders.
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 11.03. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not
operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such
Certificateholder's legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the
Trust Fund, nor 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
expressly provided for 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 any of the
Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time
to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any
Certificateholder be under any liability to any third person by reason of any
action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any
provision of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this
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Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a
written notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore
provided, and unless also the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25%
of the Voting Rights shall have made written request upon the Trustee to
institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder
and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may
require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby, and the Trustee, for 15 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 is understood and intended, and 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 whatsoever by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such
Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any
other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the
manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all
Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this
Section, each and every Certificateholder, the Trustee shall be entitled to such
relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 11.04. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions
thereof, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall
be determined in accordance with such laws.
SECTION 11.05. Notices.
All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given when received if personally
delivered at or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express
delivery service or delivered in any other manner specified herein, to (a) in
the case of the Depositor, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: Mortgage Finance (telecopy number (000) 000-0000), or such
other address or telecopy number as may hereafter be furnished to the Servicer
and the Trustee in writing by the Depositor, (b) in the case of the Servicer,
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx XxXxxxx
(telecopy number: (000) 000-0000), or such other address or telecopy number as
may hereafter be furnished to the Trustee and the Depositor in writing by the
Servicer and (c) in the case of the Trustee, Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association, 0000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: SBMSVII, Series 2002-CIT1, with a copy to Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association, Sixth and Marquette, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: SBMSVII, Series 2002-CIT1, or such other address or telecopy number
as may hereafter be furnished to the Servicer and the Depositor in writing by
the Trustee. Any notice required or permitted to be given to a Certificateholder
shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such
Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the
time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been
duly given when mailed, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such
notice. A copy of any notice required to be telecopied hereunder also shall be
mailed to the appropriate party in the manner set forth above.
SECTION 11.06. Severability of Provisions.
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If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then
such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from
the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and
shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of
this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
SECTION 11.07. Notice to Rating Agencies.
The Trustee shall use its best efforts promptly to provide notice
to the Rating Agencies with respect to each of the following of which it has
actual knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The occurrence of any Servicer Event of Default that has not
been cured or waived;
3. The resignation or termination of the Servicer or the Trustee;
4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to
or as contemplated by Section 2.03;
5. The final payment to the Holders of any Class of Certificates;
6. Any change in the location of the Collection Account or the
Distribution Account;
7. Any event that would result in the inability of the Trustee to
make advances regarding delinquent Mortgage Loans; and
8. The filing of any claim under any Servicer's blanket bond and
errors and omissions insurance policy required by Section 3.14 or the
cancellation or material modification of coverage under any such
instrument.
In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each Rating
Agency copies of each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.02 and
the Servicer shall promptly furnish to each Rating Agency copies of the
following:
1. Each annual statement as to compliance described in Section
3.20; and
2. Each annual independent public accountants' servicing report
described in Section 3.21.
Any such notice pursuant to this Section 11.07 shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at
or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express delivery service
to Fitch, Inc., Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 and to
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of the XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
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Inc., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 or such other addresses as the
Rating Agencies may designate in writing to the parties hereto.
SECTION 11.08. Article and Section References.
All article and section references used in this Agreement, unless
otherwise provided, are to articles and sections in this Agreement.
SECTION 11.09. Grant of Security Interest.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee, be, and be
construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor and not a pledge of
the Mortgage Loans to secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor.
However, in the event that, notwithstanding the aforementioned intent of the
parties, the Mortgage Loans are held to be property of the Depositor, then, (a)
it is the express intent of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge
of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee to secure a debt or other
obligation of the Depositor and (b)(1) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be
a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; (2) the
conveyance provided for in Section 2.01 hereof shall be deemed to be a grant by
the Depositor to the Trustee of a security interest in all of the Depositor's
right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and all amounts payable
to the holders of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms thereof and
all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into
cash, instruments, securities or other property, including without limitation
all amounts, other than investment earnings, from time to time held or invested
in the Collection Account and the Distribution Account, whether in the form of
cash, instruments, securities or other property; (3) the obligations secured by
such security agreement shall be deemed to be all of the Depositor's obligations
under this Agreement, including the obligation to provide to the
Certificateholders the benefits of this Agreement relating to the Mortgage Loans
and the Trust Fund; and (4) notifications to persons holding such property, and
acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property,
shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations
from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Trustee
for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law.
Accordingly, the Depositor hereby grants to the Trustee a security interest in
the Mortgage Loans and all other property described in clause (2) of the
preceding sentence, for the purpose of securing to the Trustee the performance
by the Depositor of the obligations described in clause (3) of the preceding
sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto intend the
conveyance pursuant to Section 2.01 to be a true, absolute and unconditional
sale of the Mortgage Loans and assets constituting the Trust Fund by the
Depositor to the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee
have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized, in each case as of the day and year first above
written.
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC., as Depositor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
XXXXXX LOAN SERVICING LP,
as Servicer
By: /s/ Xxxxxx XxXxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx XxXxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
STATE OF _____________ )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ___________ )
On the th day of May 2002, before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared ________________, known to me to be an Assistant
Vice President of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., one of the
corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me
that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF ______________ )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ____________ )
On the ____ day of May 2002, before me, a notary public in and
for said State, personally appeared _____________________, known to me to be
__________________ of Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, one of the limited partnerships
that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF )
)ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the ____ day of May 2002, before me, a notary public in and
for said State, personally appeared _____________, known to me to be a
___________ of Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, one of the
corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me
that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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EXHIBIT A
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CLASS A CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
Series 0000-XXX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $217,680,000.00
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Denomination: $217,680,000.00
Servicing Agreement: May 1, 2002
Servicer: Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: June 25, 2002
Trustee: Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
No. 1 National Association
Issue Date: May 29, 2002
CUSIP: 79549A QH 5
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE.
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ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, fixed-rate, first lien and second lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates as of
the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all
the Class A Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers
Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term
includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Servicer and the
Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth
hereafter. 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.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the 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 the Holders of Class A Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class A Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
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The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such
Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations 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
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
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The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: May 29, 2002
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
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TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
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Signature Guaranteed
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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.
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CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES TO THE
EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN.
Series 0000-XXX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-1 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $15,504,000.00
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Denomination: $15,504,000.00
Servicing Agreement: May 1, 2002
Servicer: Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: June 25, 2002
Trustee: Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
No. 1 National Association
Issue Date: May 29, 2002
CUSIP: 79549A QJ 1
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DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE.
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, adjustable-rate, first lien and second lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-1 Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Servicer and
the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set
forth hereafter. 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.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the 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 the Holders of Class M-1 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class M-1 Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of
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which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the
aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates,
or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of the Person
entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate
Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such
Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations 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
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: May 29, 2002
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class M-1 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
-------------------------------
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
-------------------------------
Signature Guaranteed
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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.
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CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES AND THE
CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
Series 0000-XXX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $6,822,000.00
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Denomination: $6,822,000.00
Servicing Agreement: May 1, 2002
Servicer: Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: June 25, 2002
Trustee: Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
No. 1 National Association
Issue Date: May 29, 2002
CUSIP: 79549A QK 8
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DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE.
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, adjustable-rate, first lien and second lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-2 Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Servicer and
the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set
forth hereafter. 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.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the 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 the Holders of Class M-2 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class M-2 Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of
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which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the
aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates,
or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of the Person
entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate
Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such
Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations 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
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: May 29, 2002
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class M-2 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
-------------------------------
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
-------------------------------
Signature Guaranteed
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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.
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CLASS M-3 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS
M-1 CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED
IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
Series 0000-XXX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-3 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $1,860,000.00
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Denomination: $1,860,000.00
Servicing Agreement: May 1, 2002
Servicer: Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: June 25, 2002
Trustee: Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
No. 1 National Association
Issue Date: May 29, 2002
CUSIP: 79549A QL 6
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL
BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET
FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE
PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE
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AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE.
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, adjustable-rate, first lien and second lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-3 Certificates in REMIC III created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Servicer and
the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set
forth hereafter. 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.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the 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 the Holders of Class M-3 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class M-3 Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
M-3 Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on
this Certificate will be made after due
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notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed
by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such
Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be
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made for any such registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the
Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or
exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: May 29, 2002
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class M-3 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
-------------------------------
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
-------------------------------
Signature Guaranteed
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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.
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CLASS M-4 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS
M-1 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS M-3
CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
Series 0000-XXX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-4 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $3,101,000.00
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Denomination: $3,101,000.00
Servicing Agreement: May 1, 2002
Servicer: Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: June 25, 2002
Trustee: Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
No. 1 National Association
Issue Date: May 29, 2002
CUSIP: 79549A QM 4
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL
BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET
FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE
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PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN
ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS CERTIFICATE.
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, adjustable-rate, first lien and second lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-4 Certificates in REMIC III created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Servicer and
the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set
forth hereafter. 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.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the 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 the Holders of Class M-4 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class M-4 Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
M-4 Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate
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Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such
Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate
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Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No
service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange of
Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: May 29, 2002
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class M-4 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
-------------------------------
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
-------------------------------
Signature Guaranteed
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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.
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CLASS M-5 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS
M-1 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-3
CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS M-4 CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN
THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
Series 0000-XXX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-5 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $1,861,000.00
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Denomination: $1,861,000.00
Servicing Agreement: May 1, 2002
Servicer: Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: June 25, 2002
Trustee: Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
No. 1 National Association
Issue Date: May 29, 2002
CUSIP: 79549A QN 2
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL
BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET
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XXXXX XXXXXX. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE
PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE
AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE.
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, adjustable-rate, first lien and second lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-5 Certificates in REMIC IV created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Servicer and
the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set
forth hereafter. 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.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the 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 the Holders of Class M-5 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class M-5 Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
M-5 Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to
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the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall
appear on the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of
the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of
this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that
purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such
Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for
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new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations 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 of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: May 29, 2002
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class M-5 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
-------------------------------
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
-------------------------------
Signature Guaranteed
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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.
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CLASS CE CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS
M-1 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-3
CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-4 CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS M-5 CERTIFICATES
TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED
TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
THE AGREEMENT.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
Series 00000-XXX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class CE Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $1,240,670.00
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Denomination: $1,240,670.00
Servicing Agreement: May 1, 2002
Servicer: Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: June 25, 2002
Trustee: Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
No. 1 National Association
Aggregate Notional Amount of the Class Issue Date: May 29, 2002
CE Certificates as of the Issue Date:
$-------
Notional Amount: $_________________
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DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE.
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, adjustable-rate, first lien and second lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that SB Funding Corp. is the registered owner
of a Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this
Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class CE
Certificates as of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest
evidenced by all the Class CE Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"),
among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the
"Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the
Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of
which is set forth hereafter. 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.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the 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 the Holders of Class CE Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class CE Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which
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is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate
initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class CE Certificates, or otherwise
by check mailed by first class mail to the address of the Person entitled
thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and an effective
registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made
in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In
the event that such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without
registration or qualification, the Trustee shall require receipt of (i) if such
transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933
Act,
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written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the
transfer, and from such Holder's prospective transferee, substantially in the
forms attached to the Agreement as Exhibit F-1, and (ii) in all other cases, an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may be made without
such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer in
their respective capacities as such), together with copies of the written
certification(s) of the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the
transfer and/or such Holder's prospective transferee upon which such Opinion of
Counsel is based. None of the Depositor or the Trustee is obligated to register
or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof under the 1933
Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required
under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such Certificates without
registration or qualification. Any Holder desiring to effect a transfer of this
Certificate shall be required to indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor and the
Servicer against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt
or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of this Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations 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
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
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The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: May 29, 2002
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class CE Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
-------------------------------
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
-------------------------------
Signature Guaranteed
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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.
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CLASS P CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
THE AGREEMENT.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
Series 0000-XXX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class P Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and $100.00
Servicing Agreement: May 1, 2002
Denomination: $100.00
First Distribution Date: June 25, 2002
Servicer: Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
No. 1
Trustee: Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association
Issue Date: May 29, 2002
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DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE.
ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, adjustable-rate, first lien and second lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that SB Funding Corp. is the registered owner
of a Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this
Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class P
Certificates as of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest
evidenced by all the Class P Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"),
among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the
"Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the
Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of
which is set forth hereafter. 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.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the 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 the Holders of Class P Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class P Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which
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is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate
initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class P Certificates, or otherwise
by check mailed by first class mail to the address of the Person entitled
thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and an effective
registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made
in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In
the event that such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without
registration or qualification, the Trustee shall require receipt of (i) if such
transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933
Act,
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written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the
transfer, and from such Holder's prospective transferee, substantially in the
forms attached to the Agreement as Exhibit F-1, and (ii) in all other cases, an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may be made without
such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer in
their respective capacities as such), together with copies of the written
certification(s) of the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the
transfer and/or such Holder's prospective transferee upon which such Opinion of
Counsel is based. None of the Depositor or the Trustee is obligated to register
or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof under the 1933
Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required
under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such Certificates without
registration or qualification. Any Holder desiring to effect a transfer of this
Certificate shall be required to indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor and the
Servicer against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt
or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of this Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations 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
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
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The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: May 29, 2002
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class P Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
-------------------------------
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
-------------------------------
Signature Guaranteed
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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.
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CLASS R CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED
STATES PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT"
("REMIC"), AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G
AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
THE AGREEMENT.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (I) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE
TRUSTEE THAT (A) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (1) THE UNITED STATES OR ANY
POSSESSION THEREOF, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, (2) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER
THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) THAT IS EXEMPT
FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION
IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE CODE, (3) ANY
ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH
PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (1), (2) OR (3) SHALL
HEREINAFTER BE REFERRED TO AS A "DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION") OR (4) AN
AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION
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AND (B) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE ASSESSMENT OR
COLLECTION OF TAX, AND (II) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE
CERTIFICATE REGISTER OF ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF
NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED
TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH
HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
CONSENTED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN. ANY PERSON THAT IS A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS PROHIBITED
FROM ACQUIRING BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF THIS CERTIFICATE.
Series 0000-XXX0 Xxxxxxxxx Percentage Interest of the Class R
Certificates as of the Issue Date: 50.00%
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and
Servicing Agreement: May 1, 2002 Servicer: Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: June 25, 2002 Trustee: Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association
No. 1
Issue Date: May 29, 2002
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ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family,
adjustable-rate and fixed-rate, first lien and second lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that Residual Interest Investments, LP is the
registered owner of a Percentage Interest (as specified above) in that certain
beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the Certificates of the Class to
which this Certificate belongs created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers
Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term
includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Servicer and the
Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth
hereafter. 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.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the 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 the Holders of Class R Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class R Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class R
Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
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This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and an effective
registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made
in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In
the event that such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without
registration or qualification, the Trustee shall require receipt of (i) if such
transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933
Act, written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to
effect the transfer, and from such Holder's prospective transferee,
substantially in the forms attached to the Agreement as Exhibit F-1, and (ii) in
all other cases, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may
be made without such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee or
the Servicer in their respective capacities as such), together with copies of
the written certification(s) of the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect
the transfer and/or such Holder's prospective transferee upon which such Opinion
of Counsel is based. None of the Depositor or the Trustee is obligated to
register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof under
the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any
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action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Holder desiring to
effect a transfer of this Certificate shall be required to indemnify the
Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer against any liability that may result if
the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and
state laws.
No transfer of this Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations 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
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
Prior to registration of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of this Certificate, the proposed transferee shall provide to the
Trustee (i) an affidavit to the effect that such transferee is any Person other
than a Disqualified Organization or the agent (including a broker, nominee or
middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, and (ii) a certificate that
acknowledges that (A) the Class R Certificates have been designated as a
residual interest in a REMIC, (B) it will include in its income a PRO RATA share
of the net income of the Trust Fund and that such income may be an "excess
inclusion," as defined in the Code, that, with certain exceptions, cannot be
offset by other losses or benefits from any tax exemption, and (C) it expects to
have the financial means to satisfy all of its tax obligations including those
relating to holding the Class R Certificates. Notwithstanding the registration
in the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale or other disposition of this
Certificate to a Disqualified Organization or an agent (including a broker,
nominee or middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, such registration shall be
deemed to be of no legal force or effect whatsoever and such Person shall not be
deemed to be a Certificateholder for any purpose, including, but not limited to,
the receipt of distributions in respect of this Certificate.
The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof,
shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of the
Agreement and to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel of
the Depositor to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person
other than a Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust
Fund to cease to qualify as a REMIC or cause the imposition of a tax upon the
REMIC.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
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The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: May 29, 2002
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class R Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
-------------------------------
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
-------------------------------
Signature Guaranteed
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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.
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CLASS R CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED
STATES PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT"
("REMIC"), AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G
AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
THE AGREEMENT.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (I) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE
TRUSTEE THAT (A) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (1) THE UNITED STATES OR ANY
POSSESSION THEREOF, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, (2) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER
THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) THAT IS EXEMPT
FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION
IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE CODE, (3) ANY
ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH
PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (1), (2) OR (3) SHALL
HEREINAFTER BE REFERRED TO AS A "DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION") OR (4) AN
AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION
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AND (B) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE ASSESSMENT OR
COLLECTION OF TAX, AND (II) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE
CERTIFICATE REGISTER OF ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF
NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED
TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH
HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
CONSENTED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN. ANY PERSON THAT IS A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS PROHIBITED
FROM ACQUIRING BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF THIS CERTIFICATE.
Series 0000-XXX0 Xxxxxxxxx Percentage Interest of the Class R
Certificates as of the Issue Date: 50.00%
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and
Servicing Agreement: May 1, 2002 Servicer: Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: June 25, 2002 Trustee: Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association
No. 2
Issue Date: May 29, 2002
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ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family,
adjustable-rate and fixed-rate, first lien and second lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that CMI Investors 2, L.P. is the registered
owner of a Percentage Interest (as specified above) in that certain beneficial
ownership interest evidenced by all the Certificates of the Class to which this
Certificate belongs created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated
as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities
VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor
entity under the Agreement), the Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain
of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. 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.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the 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 the Holders of Class R Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class R Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class R
Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
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This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and an effective
registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made
in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In
the event that such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without
registration or qualification, the Trustee shall require receipt of (i) if such
transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933
Act, written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to
effect the transfer, and from such Holder's prospective transferee,
substantially in the forms attached to the Agreement as Exhibit F-1, and (ii) in
all other cases, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may
be made without such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee or
the Servicer in their respective capacities as such), together with copies of
the written certification(s) of the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect
the transfer and/or such Holder's prospective transferee upon which such Opinion
of Counsel is based. None of the Depositor or the Trustee is obligated to
register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof under
the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any
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action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Holder desiring to
effect a transfer of this Certificate shall be required to indemnify the
Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer against any liability that may result if
the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and
state laws.
No transfer of this Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations 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
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
Prior to registration of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of this Certificate, the proposed transferee shall provide to the
Trustee (i) an affidavit to the effect that such transferee is any Person other
than a Disqualified Organization or the agent (including a broker, nominee or
middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, and (ii) a certificate that
acknowledges that (A) the Class R Certificates have been designated as a
residual interest in a REMIC, (B) it will include in its income a PRO RATA share
of the net income of the Trust Fund and that such income may be an "excess
inclusion," as defined in the Code, that, with certain exceptions, cannot be
offset by other losses or benefits from any tax exemption, and (C) it expects to
have the financial means to satisfy all of its tax obligations including those
relating to holding the Class R Certificates. Notwithstanding the registration
in the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale or other disposition of this
Certificate to a Disqualified Organization or an agent (including a broker,
nominee or middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, such registration shall be
deemed to be of no legal force or effect whatsoever and such Person shall not be
deemed to be a Certificateholder for any purpose, including, but not limited to,
the receipt of distributions in respect of this Certificate.
The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof,
shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of the
Agreement and to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel of
the Depositor to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person
other than a Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust
Fund to cease to qualify as a REMIC or cause the imposition of a tax upon the
REMIC.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
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The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: May 29, 2002
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class R Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
-------------------------------
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
-------------------------------
Signature Guaranteed
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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.
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R-III CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED
STATES PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT"
("REMIC"), AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G
AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
THE AGREEMENT.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (I) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE
TRUSTEE THAT (A) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (1) THE UNITED STATES OR ANY
POSSESSION THEREOF, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, (2) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER
THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) THAT IS EXEMPT
FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION
IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE CODE, (3) ANY
ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH
PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (1), (2) OR (3) SHALL
HEREINAFTER BE REFERRED TO AS A "DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION") OR (4) AN
AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION
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AND (B) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE ASSESSMENT OR
COLLECTION OF TAX, AND (II) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE
CERTIFICATE REGISTER OF ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF
NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED
TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH
HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
CONSENTED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN. ANY PERSON THAT IS A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS PROHIBITED
FROM ACQUIRING BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF THIS CERTIFICATE.
Series 0000-XXX0 Xxxxxxxxx Percentage Interest of the Class R-
III Certificates as of the Issue Date: 100.00%
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and
Servicing Agreement: May 1, 2002 Servicer: Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: June 25, 2002 Trustee: Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association
No. 1
Issue Date: May 29, 2002
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ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family,
adjustable-rate and fixed-rate, first lien and second lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx is the registered
owner of a Percentage Interest (as specified above) in that certain beneficial
ownership interest evidenced by all the Certificates of the Class to which this
Certificate belongs created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated
as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities
VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor
entity under the Agreement), the Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain
of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. 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.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the 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 the Holders of Class R-III Certificates on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class R-III Certificates the aggregate initial
Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i)
$5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class R-III Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first
class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and
address shall appear on the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the
final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the
Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and
surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee
for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
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This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and an effective
registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made
in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In
the event that such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without
registration or qualification, the Trustee shall require receipt of (i) if such
transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933
Act, written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to
effect the transfer, and from such Holder's prospective transferee,
substantially in the forms attached to the Agreement as Exhibit F-1, and (ii) in
all other cases, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may
be made without such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee or
the Servicer in their respective capacities as such), together with copies of
the written certification(s) of the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect
the transfer and/or such Holder's prospective transferee upon which such Opinion
of Counsel is based. None of the Depositor or the Trustee is obligated to
register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof under
the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any
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action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Holder desiring to
effect a transfer of this Certificate shall be required to indemnify the
Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer against any liability that may result if
the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and
state laws.
No transfer of this Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations 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
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
Prior to registration of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of this Certificate, the proposed transferee shall provide to the
Trustee (i) an affidavit to the effect that such transferee is any Person other
than a Disqualified Organization or the agent (including a broker, nominee or
middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, and (ii) a certificate that
acknowledges that (A) the Class R Certificates have been designated as a
residual interest in a REMIC, (B) it will include in its income a PRO RATA share
of the net income of the Trust Fund and that such income may be an "excess
inclusion," as defined in the Code, that, with certain exceptions, cannot be
offset by other losses or benefits from any tax exemption, and (C) it expects to
have the financial means to satisfy all of its tax obligations including those
relating to holding the Class R-III Certificates. Notwithstanding the
registration in the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of this Certificate to a Disqualified Organization or an agent
(including a broker, nominee or middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, such
registration shall be deemed to be of no legal force or effect whatsoever and
such Person shall not be deemed to be a Certificateholder for any purpose,
including, but not limited to, the receipt of distributions in respect of this
Certificate.
The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof,
shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of the
Agreement and to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel of
the Depositor to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person
other than a Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust
Fund to cease to qualify as a REMIC or cause the imposition of a tax upon the
REMIC.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
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The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: May 29, 2002
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class R-III Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
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Signature Guaranteed
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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.
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CLASS R-IV CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED
STATES PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT"
("REMIC"), AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G
AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
THE AGREEMENT.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (I) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE
TRUSTEE THAT (A) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (1) THE UNITED STATES OR ANY
POSSESSION THEREOF, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, (2) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER
THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) THAT IS EXEMPT
FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION
IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE CODE, (3) ANY
ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH
PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (1), (2) OR (3) SHALL
HEREINAFTER BE REFERRED TO AS A "DISQUALIFIED
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ORGANIZATION") OR (4) AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND (B)
NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION
OF TAX, AND (II) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN ADDITIONAL
CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE CERTIFICATE
REGISTER OF ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE
TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION, SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE
OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A
CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH HOLDER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED
TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ANY
PERSON THAT IS A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS PROHIBITED FROM ACQUIRING
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF THIS CERTIFICATE.
Series 0000-XXX0 Xxxxxxxxx Percentage Interest of the Class R-
IV Certificates as of the Issue Date: 100.00%
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and
Servicing Agreement: May 1, 2002 Servicer: Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
First Distribution Date: June 25, 2002 Trustee: Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association
No. 1
Issue Date: May 29, 2002
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ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family,
adjustable-rate and fixed-rate, first lien and second lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE SERVICER, THE
TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx is the registered owner of
a Percentage Interest (as specified above) in that certain beneficial ownership
interest evidenced by all the Certificates of the Class to which this
Certificate belongs created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated
as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities
VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor
entity under the Agreement), the Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain
of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. 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.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions 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 (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the 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 the Holders of Class R-IV Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class R-IV Certificates the aggregate initial
Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i)
$5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class R-IV Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first
class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and
address shall appear on the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the
final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the
Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and
surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee
for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
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This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and an effective
registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made
in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In
the event that such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without
registration or qualification, the Trustee shall require receipt of (i) if such
transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933
Act, written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to
effect the transfer, and from such Holder's prospective transferee,
substantially in the forms attached to the Agreement as Exhibit F-1, and (ii) in
all other cases, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may
be made without such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee or
the Servicer in their respective capacities as such), together with copies of
the written certification(s) of the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect
the transfer and/or such Holder's prospective transferee upon which such Opinion
of Counsel is based. None of the Depositor or the Trustee is obligated to
register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof under
the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any
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action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Holder desiring to
effect a transfer of this Certificate shall be required to indemnify the
Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer against any liability that may result if
the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and
state laws.
No transfer of this Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations 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
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
Prior to registration of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of this Certificate, the proposed transferee shall provide to the
Trustee (i) an affidavit to the effect that such transferee is any Person other
than a Disqualified Organization or the agent (including a broker, nominee or
middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, and (ii) a certificate that
acknowledges that (A) the Class R Certificates have been designated as a
residual interest in a REMIC, (B) it will include in its income a PRO RATA share
of the net income of the Trust Fund and that such income may be an "excess
inclusion," as defined in the Code, that, with certain exceptions, cannot be
offset by other losses or benefits from any tax exemption, and (C) it expects to
have the financial means to satisfy all of its tax obligations including those
relating to holding the Class R-IV Certificates. Notwithstanding the
registration in the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of this Certificate to a Disqualified Organization or an agent
(including a broker, nominee or middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, such
registration shall be deemed to be of no legal force or effect whatsoever and
such Person shall not be deemed to be a Certificateholder for any purpose,
including, but not limited to, the receipt of distributions in respect of this
Certificate.
The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof,
shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of the
Agreement and to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel of
the Depositor to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person
other than a Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust
Fund to cease to qualify as a REMIC or cause the imposition of a tax upon the
REMIC.
The Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
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The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: May 29, 2002
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class R-IV Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
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TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
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Signature Guaranteed
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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.
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EXHIBIT B
[Reserved]
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EXHIBIT C-1
FORM OF TRUSTEE'S INITIAL CERTIFICATION
[Date]
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1,
2002, among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII,
Inc., Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP and Xxxxx Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, Asset Backed
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2002-CIT1
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Attached is the Trustee's preliminary exceptions in accordance
with Section 2.02 of the referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
The Trustee 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 Trustee makes no representations as to: (i) the validity,
legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any of the documents
contained in the Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or
suitability of any such Mortgage Loan, or (iii) whether any Mortgage File
included any of the documents specified in clause (v) of Section 2.01 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT C-2
FORM OF TRUSTEE'S FINAL CERTIFICATION
[Date]
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1,
2002, among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII,
Inc., Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP and Xxxxx Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, Asset Backed
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2002-CIT1
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Trustee, 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 attachment hereto), it or a
Custodian on its behalf has received:
(i) the original recorded Mortgage, and the original recorded
power of attorney, if the Mortgage was executed pursuant to a power of
attorney, or a certified copy thereof in those instances where the
public recording office retains the original or where the original has
been lost; and
(ii) an original Assignment in recordable form or a recorded
Assignment to the Trustee together with the original recorded
Assignment or Assignments showing a complete chain of assignment from
the originator, or a certified copy of such Assignments in those
instances where the public recording retains the original or where
original has been lost; and
(iii) the original lender's title insurance policy.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any
documents contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically
required in the above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee
makes no representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency,
enforceability or genuineness of any of the documents contained in the 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.
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Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the
respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT D
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FORM OF MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
D-1
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MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This is a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (this "Agreement"),
dated May 22, 2002, among Salomon Brothers Realty Corp., a New York corporation
(the "Seller"), The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("CIT"), The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc. (NY), a New York corporation
("CITNY"), The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc. (TN), a Delaware corporation
("CITTN" and together with CIT and CITNY, the "Originators") and Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Purchaser").
Preliminary Statement
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The Seller intends to sell the Mortgage Loans (as hereinafter
identified) to the Purchaser on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement. The Purchaser intends to deposit the Mortgage Loans
into a mortgage pool comprising the Trust Fund. The Trust Fund will be evidenced
by a single series of mortgage pass-through certificates designated as Series
2002-CIT1 (the "Certificates"). The Certificates will consist of nine classes of
certificates. The Certificates will be issued pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement for Series 2002-CIT1, dated as of May 1, 2002 (the "Pooling
and Servicing Agreement"), among the Purchaser as depositor (in such capacity,
the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP as servicer (the "Servicer") and
Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association as trustee (the "Trustee").
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE. The Seller agrees to sell
and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, on or before May 30, 2002 (the "Closing
Date"), certain fixed-rate and adjustable-rate conventional, one- to
four-family, residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans"), having an
aggregate principal balance as of the close of business on May 1, 2002 (the
"Cut-off Date"), of approximately $248,068,770.39 (the "Closing Balance"), after
giving effect to all payments due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off
Date, whether or not received including the right to any Prepayment Charges
payable by the related Mortgagors in connection with any Principal Prepayments
on the Mortgage Loans.
SECTION 2. MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE. The Purchaser and the
Seller have agreed upon which of the mortgage loans owned by the Seller are to
be purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement and the Seller will
prepare or cause to be prepared on or prior to the Closing Date a final schedule
(the "Closing Schedule") that shall describe such Mortgage Loans and set forth
all of the Mortgage Loans to be purchased under this Agreement, including the
Prepayment Charges. The Closing Schedule will conform to the requirements set
forth in this Agreement and to the definition of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Closing Schedule shall be used as the
Mortgage Loan Schedule under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3. CONSIDERATION.
(a) In consideration for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased
hereunder, the Purchaser shall, as described in Section 8, pay to or upon the
order of the Seller in immediately available funds an amount (the "Purchase
Price") equal to the net sale proceeds of the Certificates.
(b) The Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of
the Purchaser shall be entitled to all scheduled payments of principal due after
the Cut-off Date, all other payments of principal due and collected after the
Cut-off Date, and all payments of interest on the Mortgage Loans allocable to
the period after the Cut-off Date. All scheduled payments of principal and
interest due on or before the Cut-off Date and collected after the Cut-off Date
shall belong to the Seller.
(c) Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Purchaser will assign all of its right, title and interest in and to the
Mortgage Loans, together with its rights under this Agreement, to the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 4. TRANSFER OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS.
(a) POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES. The Seller does hereby sell,
transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Purchaser, without recourse but
subject to the terms of this Agreement, all of its right, title and interest in,
to and under the Mortgage Loans, including the related Prepayment Charges. The
contents of each Mortgage File not delivered to the Purchaser or to any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser on or prior to the Closing
Date are and shall be held in trust by the Seller for the benefit of the
Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser. Upon the
sale of the Mortgage Loans, the ownership of each Mortgage Note, the related
Mortgage and the other contents of the related Mortgage File is vested in the
Purchaser and the ownership of all records and documents with respect to the
related Mortgage Loan prepared by or that come into the possession of the Seller
on or after the Closing Date shall immediately vest in the Purchaser and shall
be delivered immediately to the Purchaser or as otherwise directed by the
Purchaser.
(b) DELIVERY OF MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS. The Seller will, on
or prior to the Closing Date, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser
or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser each of the following
documents for each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in blank or in the
following form: "Pay to the order of Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association, as Trustee under the applicable agreement,
without recourse," with all prior and intervening endorsements showing
a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the Person so
endorsing to the Trustee;
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon,
and the original recorded power of attorney, if the Mortgage was
executed pursuant to a power of attorney, with evidence of recording
thereon;
(iii) an original Assignment in blank;
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments showing a
complete chain of assignment from the originator to the Person
assigning the Mortgage to the Trustee as contemplated by the
immediately preceding clause (iii);
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(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and
(vi) the original lender's title insurance policy (except with
respect to any Mortgage Loan originated with a Principal Balance of
$150,000 or less), together with all endorsements or riders that were
issued with or subsequent to the issuance of such policy, insuring the
priority of the Mortgage as a first lien or second lien on the
Mortgaged Property represented therein as a fee interest vested in the
Mortgagor, or in the event such original title policy is unavailable, a
written commitment or uniform binder or preliminary report of title
issued by the title insurance or escrow company.
The Seller promptly shall (within sixty Business Days
following the later of the Closing Date and the date of the receipt by the
Seller of the recording information for a Mortgage but in no event later than
ninety days following the Closing Date) submit or cause to be submitted for
recording, at no expense to the Purchaser (or the Trust Fund or the Trustee
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), in the appropriate public office for
real property records, each Assignment referred to in clauses (b)(iii) and
(b)(iv) of this Section 4 and shall execute or cause to be executed each
original Assignment in the following form: "Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as Trustee under the applicable agreement." In the event that any
such Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, the
Seller promptly shall prepare or cause to be prepared a substitute Assignment or
cure such defect, as the case may be, and thereafter cause each such Assignment
to be duly recorded.
With respect to a maximum of approximately 2.0% of the
Mortgage Loans, by outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date, if any original Mortgage Note referred to in Section 4(b)(i) above
cannot be located, the obligations of the Seller to deliver such documents shall
be deemed to be satisfied upon delivery to the Purchaser of a photocopy of such
Mortgage Note, if available, with a lost note affidavit substantially in the
form of Exhibit K to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. If any of the original
Mortgage Notes for which a lost note affidavit was delivered to the Purchaser is
subsequently located, such original Mortgage Note shall be delivered to the
Purchaser within three Business Days.
If any of the documents referred to in Sections 4(b)(ii),
(iii) or (iv) above has, as of the Closing Date, been submitted for recording
but either (x) has not been returned from the applicable public recording office
or (y) has been lost or such public recording office has retained the original
of such document, the obligations of the Seller to deliver such documents shall
be deemed to be satisfied upon (1) delivery to the Purchaser of a copy of each
such document certified by the Seller in the case of (x) above or the applicable
public recording office in the case of (y) above to be a true and complete copy
of the original that was submitted for recording and (2) if such copy is
certified by the Seller, delivery to the Purchaser promptly upon receipt thereof
of either the original or a copy of such document certified by the applicable
public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original. Notice
shall be provided to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies by the Seller if
delivery pursuant to clause (2) above will be made more than 180 days after the
Closing Date. If the original lender's title insurance policy was not delivered
pursuant to Section 4(b)(vi) above, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Purchaser, promptly after receipt thereof, the original
lender's title insurance policy. The Seller shall deliver or cause to be
delivered
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to the Purchaser promptly upon receipt thereof any other original documents
constituting a part of a Mortgage File received with respect to any Mortgage
Loan, including, but not limited to, any original documents evidencing an
assumption or modification of any Mortgage Loan.
Each original document relating to a Mortgage Loan which is
not delivered to the Purchaser or its assignee, transferee or designee, if held
by the Seller, shall be so held for the benefit of the Purchaser, its assignee,
transferee or designee.
(c) ACCEPTANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS. The documents delivered
pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof shall be reviewed by the Purchaser or any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser at any time before or after
the Closing Date (and with respect to each document permitted to be delivered
after the Closing Date, within seven days of its delivery) to ascertain that all
required documents have been executed and received and that such documents
relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
(d) TRANSFER OF INTEREST IN AGREEMENTS. The Purchaser has the
right to assign its interest under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to the
Trustee, as may be required to effect the purposes of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, without the consent of the Seller, and the assignee shall succeed to
the rights and obligations hereunder of the Purchaser. Any expense reasonably
incurred by or on behalf of the Purchaser or the Trustee in connection with
enforcing any obligations of the Seller under this Agreement will be promptly
reimbursed by the Seller.
(e) EXAMINATION OF MORTGAGE FILES. Prior to the Closing Date,
the Seller shall either (i) deliver in escrow to the Purchaser, or to any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser for examination, the Mortgage
File pertaining to each Mortgage Loan or (ii) make such Mortgage Files available
to the Purchaser or to any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser for
examination. Such examination may be made by the Purchaser or the Trustee, and
their respective designees, upon reasonable notice to the Seller during normal
business hours before the Closing Date and within 60 days after the Closing
Date. If any such person makes such examination prior to the Closing Date and
identifies any Mortgage Loans that do not conform to the requirements of the
Purchaser as described in this Agreement, such Mortgage Loans shall be deleted
from the Closing Schedule. The Purchaser may, at its option and without notice
to the Seller, purchase all or part of the Mortgage Loans without conducting any
partial or complete examination. The fact that the Purchaser or any person has
conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of the
Mortgage Files shall not affect the rights of the Purchaser or any assignee,
transferee or designee of the Purchaser to demand repurchase or other relief as
provided herein or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF
THE ORIGINATORS AND THE SELLER.
(a) The Originators hereby represent and warrant to the Seller
and the Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, that:
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(i) Each Originator is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation and is
and will remain in good standing in each state where required in order
to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(ii) Each Originator had the full power and authority to make
and hold each Mortgage Loan and to sell each Mortgage Loan to the
Seller, and has the full power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform, and to consummate, all transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Each Originator has duly authorized the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement, has duly executed and delivered this
Agreement, and this Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by the Seller and the Purchaser, constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of each Originator, enforceable against it
in accordance with its terms except as the enforceability thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization.
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each
Originator and the performance of and compliance with the terms of this
Agreement which are applicable to each Originator will not violate any
Originator's articles of incorporation or by-laws or constitute a
material default under or result in a breach or acceleration of, any
material contract, agreement or other instrument to which any
Originator is a party or by which any Originator is bound.
(iv) No Originator is in violation of, and the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by any Originator and its performance and
compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a
violation with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order
or regulation of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency
having jurisdiction over any Originator or its assets, which violation
would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or
otherwise) of any Originator or its assets or might have consequences
that would materially and adversely affect the enforceability of this
Agreement or the performance of its obligations and duties hereunder.
(v) [Reserved].
(vi) [Reserved].
(viii) [Reserved].
(ix) There are no actions or proceedings against, or
investigations pending or threatened against, any Originator before any
court, administrative or other tribunal (A) that are reasonably likely
to prohibit its entering into this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
(C) that are reasonably likely to prohibit or materially and adversely
affect the performance by any Originator of its obligations under, or
the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement against any
Originator.
(x) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
and performance by the Originators of, or compliance by the Originators
with, this Agreement or the consummation of the
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transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such consents,
approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have been obtained
prior to the Closing Date.
(b) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the
Originators and the Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date,
and covenants, that:
(i) The Seller is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of New York with
full corporate power and authority to conduct its business as presently
conducted by it to the extent material to the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein. The Seller has the full corporate
power and authority to own the Mortgage Loans and to transfer and
convey the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser and has the full corporate
power and authority to execute and deliver, engage in the transactions
contemplated by, and perform and observe the terms and conditions of
this Agreement.
(ii) The Seller has duly authorized the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement, has duly executed and delivered this
Agreement, and this Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by the Purchaser and the Originators, constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or by general
principles of equity.
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Seller (x) does not conflict and will not conflict
with, does not breach and will not result in a breach of and does not
constitute and will not constitute a default (or an event, which with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under (A)
any terms or provisions of the articles of incorporation or by-laws of
the Seller, (B) any term or provision of any material agreement,
contract, instrument or indenture, to which the Seller is a party or by
which the Seller or any of its property is bound or (C) any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any court or
governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Seller or any of
its property and (y) does not create or impose and will not result 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.
(iv) No consent, approval, authorization or order of,
registration or filing with, or notice on behalf of the Seller to any
governmental authority or court is required, under federal laws or the
laws of the State of New York, for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Seller of, or compliance by the Seller with, this
Agreement or the consummation by the Seller of any other transaction
contemplated hereby and by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
provided, however, that the Seller makes no representation or warranty
regarding federal or state securities laws in connection with the sale
or distribution of the Certificates.
(v) This Agreement does not contain any untrue statement of
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained herein not misleading.
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The written statements, reports and other documents prepared and
furnished or to be prepared and furnished by the Seller pursuant to
this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby taken in the aggregate do not contain any untrue statement of
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained therein not misleading.
(vi) The Seller is not in violation of, and the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Seller and its performance and
compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a
violation with respect to, any order or decree of any court or any
order or regulation of any federal, state, municipal or governmental
agency having jurisdiction over the Seller or its assets, which
violation might have consequences that would materially and adversely
affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or the operation of the
Seller or its assets or might have consequences that would materially
and adversely affect the performance of its obligations and duties
hereunder.
(vii) The Seller does not believe, nor does it have any reason
or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant
contained in this Agreement.
(viii) Immediately prior to the sale of the Mortgage Loans to
the Purchaser as herein contemplated, the Seller will be the owner of
the related Mortgage and the indebtedness evidenced by the related
Mortgage Note, and, upon the payment to the Seller of the Purchase
Price, in the event that the Seller retains or has retained record
title, the Seller shall retain such record title to each Mortgage, each
related Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage Files with respect
thereto in trust for the Purchaser as the owner thereof from and after
the date hereof. The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage has not been
assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, nor subject to any security
agreement by the Seller. The Seller has good and marketable title to
the Mortgage Loan and is the sole owner thereof and has full and
unrestricted right to sell, assign and transfer the Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and the Mortgage File to the Purchaser free
and clear of any liens, encumbrances, equities, loans, pledges,
charges, claims, or security interests. The consideration received by
the Seller upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement
constituted fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value for the
Mortgage Loans
(ix) There are no actions or proceedings against, or
investigations known to it of, the Seller before any court,
administrative or other tribunal (A) that might prohibit its entering
into this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the sale of the Mortgage
Loans by the Seller or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or (C) that might prohibit or materially
and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations
under, or validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.
(x) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the Seller, and the
transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the
Mortgages by the Seller are not subject to the bulk transfer or any
similar statutory provisions.
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(xi) The Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment
banker, agent or other person, except for the Purchaser or any of its
affiliates, that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in
connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans.
(xiii) There is no litigation currently pending or, to the
best of the Seller's knowledge without independent investigation,
threatened against the Seller that would reasonably be expected to
adversely affect the transfer of the Mortgage Loans, the issuance of
the Certificates or the execution, delivery, performance or
enforceability of this Agreement, or that would result in a material
adverse change in the financial condition of the Seller.
(xiv) The information set forth in the Prepayment Charge
Schedule (including the prepayment charge summary attached thereto) is
complete, true and correct in all material respects on the date or
dates when such information is furnished and each Prepayment Charge is
permissible and enforceable in accordance with its terms (except to the
extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to
creditors' rights generally or the collectability thereof may be
limited due to acceleration in connection with a foreclosure) under
applicable state law.
(xv) Each Mortgage Loan constitutes a "qualified mortgage"
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code.
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE ORIGINATORS RELATING TO THE
MORTGAGE LOANS.
Representations and Warranties as to Individual Mortgage Loans.
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(a) The Originators, jointly and severally, hereby represent
and warrant to the Seller and the Purchaser that as to each Mortgage Loan as of
the Closing Date or as of such other date as specified herein:
(i) The information set forth on the mortgage loan schedule
provided to the Seller by the Originators on the date the Seller purchased the
mortgage loans from the Originators was complete, true and correct in all
material respects on the date the Seller purchased the mortgage loans from the
Originators;
(ii) The Originators have not advanced funds, or induced,
solicited or knowingly received any advance of funds from a party other than the
owner of the related Mortgaged Property, directly or indirectly, for the payment
of any amount required by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage;
(iii) There has been no error, omission, fraud, dishonesty,
misrepresentation, negligence or similar occurrence on the part of the
Originators or Mortgagor, or to the best of the Originators' knowledge, on the
part of any person, including without limitation any appraiser, any builder or
developer, or any other party in connection with the solicitation of the
Mortgage Loan, the origination of the Mortgage Loan, the application of any
insurance in relation to such Mortgage Loan
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or in connection with the sale of such Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser, and there
are no circumstances existing with respect to the Mortgage Loan which would
permit the primary mortgage guaranty insurer to deny coverage under any policy;
(iv) With respect to those Mortgage Loans with original
balances greater than $150,000 each such Mortgage Loan is covered by an American
Land Title Association lender's title insurance policy or other generally
acceptable form of policy of insurance acceptable to prudent mortgage lending
institutions, issued by a title insurer acceptable to prudent mortgage lending
institutions and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the
Mortgaged Property is located (or by an attorney's abstract and opinion of title
if the Mortgaged Property is located in Iowa), insuring the Originators, their
successors and assigns, as to the first or second priority lien of the Mortgage,
as indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, in the original principal amount of
the Mortgage Loan and against any loss by reason of the invalidity or
unenforceability of the lien resulting from the provisions of the Mortgage
providing for adjustment in the Mortgage interest rate and monthly payment.
Additionally, such lender's title insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress
and egress to and from the Mortgaged Property, and against encroachments by or
upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. The Originators are the
sole insured of lender's title insurance policy, and lender's title insurance
policy is in full force and effect. No claims have been made under the lender's
title insurance policy, and neither the Originators nor any prior holder has
done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of the
lender's title insurance policy;
(v) At the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan, no
improvement located on or being part of the Mortgaged Property was in violation
of any applicable zoning law or regulation and no such improvement is currently
in violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation. No improvements on
adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged Property. As of the date on
which servicing for the Mortgage Loans transferred from the Originators (the
"Servicing Transfer Date"), the Mortgaged Property was lawfully occupied under
applicable law. All inspections, licenses and certificates required in
connection with the origination of any Mortgage Loan with respect to the
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;
(vi) If the Mortgage Loan provides that the Mortgage Rate on
the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan may be adjusted, as of the
Servicing Transfer Date, all of the terms of the related Mortgage pertaining to
interest rate adjustments, payment adjustments and adjustments of the
outstanding principal balance have been made in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Note and applicable law and are enforceable and such
adjustments will not affect the priority of the Mortgage lien;
(vii) As of the Servicing Transfer Date, the Mortgaged
Property complied with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including
those relating to environmental matters, including but not limited to those
relating to radon, asbestos and lead paint and neither the Originators nor, to
the Originators' knowledge, the mortgagor, has received any notice of any
violation or potential violation of such law;
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(viii) The Mortgaged Property was free of material damage at
the time of origination;
(ix) As of the Servicing Transfer Date, to the extent required
under applicable law, each originator and subsequent mortgagee or servicer of
the Mortgage Loan complied with all licensing requirements and was authorized to
transact and do business in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged
Property is located at all times when it held or serviced the Mortgage Loan. As
of the Servicing Transfer Date, any and all requirements of any federal, state
or local laws or regulations, including, without limitation, usury,
truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection,
anti-predatory lending, fair credit reporting, unfair collection practice, equal
credit opportunity, fair housing and disclosure laws and regulations, applicable
to the solicitation, origination, collection and servicing of such Mortgage Loan
had been complied with in all material respects; and any obligations of the
holder of the Mortgage Note, Mortgage and other loan documents have been
complied with in all material respects; servicing of each Mortgage Loan has been
in accordance with prudent mortgage servicing standards, any applicable laws,
rules and regulations and in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Notes,
Mortgage and other loan documents, whether such origination and servicing was
done by the Originators, their affiliates, or any third party which originated
the Mortgage Loan on behalf of, or sold the Mortgage Loan to, any of them, or
any servicing agent of any of the foregoing;
(x) The mortgagor has received all disclosure materials
required by applicable law with respect to the making of Fixed Rate Mortgage
Loans in the case of Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans, and Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans in the case of Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans and rescission materials
with respect to refinanced Mortgage Loans, and has executed any required
consents that it has reviewed such information, which consents are and will
remain in the Mortgage File;
(xi) There is no action, suit or proceeding pending, or to the
best of the Originators' knowledge, threatened or likely to be asserted with
respect to the Mortgage Loan against or affecting the Originators before or by
any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body;
(xii) At the time of origination, no action, inaction, or
event had occurred and no state of fact existed that has resulted or will result
in the exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage under any applicable
hazard insurance policy, or bankruptcy bond, irrespective of the cause of such
failure of coverage. In connection with the placement of any such insurance, no
commission, fee, or other compensation has been or will be received by the
Originators or any designee of the Originators or any corporation in which the
Originators or any officer, director, or employee had a financial interest at
the time of placement of such insurance;
(xiii) No Mortgage Loan is subject to the provisions of the
Homeownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 ("HOEPA");
(xiv) Principal payments on the Mortgage Loan commenced no
more than sixty days after the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan were disbursed.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Note is payable each month on
the day identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule in monthly payments, which,
except with respect to any Mortgage Loan which is identified on the
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Mortgage Loan Schedule as a balloon mortgage loan (each, a "Balloon Mortgage
Loan"), in the case of a Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loan, are sufficient to fully
amortize the original principal balance over the original term thereof and to
pay interest at the related Mortgage Rate, and in the case of an Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, are changed on each Adjustment Date, and in any case, are
sufficient to fully amortize the original principal balance over the original
term thereof and to pay interest at the related Mortgage Rate. In the case of a
Balloon Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Note is payable in monthly payments based on
a thirty (30) year amortization schedule and a final monthly payment
substantially greater than the preceding monthly payment which is sufficient to
amortize the remaining principal balance of the Balloon Mortgage Loan. No
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan is convertible to a Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loan;
(xv) No Mortgage Loan was made in connection with (A) the
construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or (B) facilitating the
trade in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property;
(xvi) No Mortgage Loan had a Loan-to-Value Ratio or a Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio (each as defined herein) at origination in excess of 100%.
"Loan-to-Value Ratio" means with respect to any Mortgage Loan as of any date of
determination, the ratio on such date of the outstanding principal amount of the
Mortgage Loan to the Value of the Mortgaged Property. "Combined Loan-to-Value
Ratio" means with respect to any Mortgage Loan secured by a second lien on the
Mortgaged Property securing the related Mortgage Note, the fraction, expressed
as a percentage, the numerator of which is the sum of (a) the original principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan, plus (b) the unpaid principal balance of the
related first mortgage loan secured by the Mortgaged Property as of such date,
and the denominator of which is the Value of the related Mortgaged Property;
(xvii) The Mortgage contains an enforceable provision for the
acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan
in the event that the Mortgaged Property is sold or transferred without the
prior written consent of the mortgagee thereunder;
(xviii) The Mortgage Loan complies with all applicable
consumer credit statutes and regulations, including, without limitation, the
respective Uniform Consumer Credit Code laws in effect in Colorado, Idaho,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah and Wyoming, has
been originated by a properly licensed entity, and in all other respects,
complies with all of the material requirements of any such applicable laws;
(xix) As of the Servicing Transfer Date, no Mortgage Loan was
more than 30 days contractually delinquent;
(xx) Combined points and fees for any Mortgage Loan do not
exceed 9.00% of the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(xxi) No Mortgagor has purchased single premium credit life
insurance in conjunction with the origination of the Mortgage Loan;
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(xxii) As of the Servicing Transfer Date, there were no unpaid
taxes, ground rent, water charges or sewer rents or rates affecting the
Mortgaged Property that are due and payable;
(xxiii) As of the Servicing Transfer Date, the terms of the
Mortgage and Mortgage Note had not been impaired, waived, altered, or modified
in any respect, except by instruments, the originals or certified true copies of
which are in the Mortgage File;
(xxiv) As of the Servicing Transfer Date, the Mortgage Loan,
the Mortgage, the Mortgage Note and any insurance policy, certificate and
coverage relating thereto, complied with all applicable federal, state and local
laws, rules, regulations and ordinances including, without limitation, all
usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit
protection, equal credit opportunity or disclosure laws applicable to the
Mortgage Loan. During the time that the Originators serviced the Mortgage Loans,
the origination and servicing practices, including transfer of the Mortgage
Loans with respect to each Mortgage Note and Mortgage have been in all respects
legal, proper, prudent and customary in the mortgage servicing business, as
conducted at prudent mortgage lending institutions that service mortgage loans
of the same type in the jurisdictions in which the Mortgaged Property is
located;
(xxv) As of the Servicing Transfer Date, the Mortgaged
Property and all buildings upon the Mortgaged Property were insured against loss
by (a) fire, (b) hazards of extended coverage, and (c) such other hazards as are
customary in the area. All such insurance policies contain a standard mortgagee
clause naming the originator of the Mortgage Loan, its successors and assigns as
mortgagee, and all premiums thereon have been paid for the initial coverage
period. Each Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain such
insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and expense and to seek reimbursement therefor
from the Mortgagor, with all such sums as may be advanced by the Mortgagee to be
added to the Mortgage indebtedness and secured by the Mortgage.
If the appraisal obtained in connection with the origination of the Mortgage
Loan indicates that the Mortgaged Property is in an area identified on a flood
hazard map or flood insurance rate map issued by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has
been made available), then, as of the Servicing Transfer Date, a flood insurance
policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal
Insurance Administration was in effect, which policy conforms to the
requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac;
(xxvi) As of the Servicing Transfer Date, the Mortgage has not
been satisfied, cancelled, rescinded or subordinated, in whole or in part, nor
has any instrument been executed by the Originators that would effect any such
satisfaction, cancellation, rescission or subordination. As of the Servicing
Transfer Date, no Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part from such
Mortgagor's obligations under the Mortgage Note, and the Mortgaged Property has
not been released, in whole or in part, from the lien of the Mortgage;
(xxvii) As of the Servicing Transfer Date, the Mortgage, as
transferred to the Purchaser, is a valid, subsisting and enforceable first or
second lien on the Mortgaged Property, as set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule. As of the Servicing Transfer Date, such lien and Mortgaged Property
were subject only to (a) the lien of an approved first lien Mortgage Loan with
an approved unpaid balance, if the Mortgage Loan is a second lien Mortgage Loan,
(b) the lien of current real property taxes, water and sewer rents, rates and
assessments not yet due and payable, and (c) covenants, conditions and
restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of the public
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record acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally which do not impair
the value of the property;
(xxviii) All parties to the Mortgage Note, Mortgage, and all
other documents in the Mortgage File were the real parties in interest on the
Mortgage Loan and not mere nominees or accommodation parties for any other
persons and had full legal capacity to execute same. All signatures are the
genuine and authentic signatures of the person they purport to be. The Mortgage
Note, the Mortgage and other agreements executed in connection therewith are
genuine and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker
thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms except as such enforcement may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general equity
principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law) and free from any right of offset, counterclaim, rescission
or other claim or defense, including the defense of usury. The obligor under the
Mortgage Note is a natural person;
(xxix) As of the date of the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale
Agreement, dated March 28, 2002 (the "MLPSA") among the Originators and the
Seller, the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had not been assigned, pledged, or
hypothecated, nor subject to any security agreement by the Originators. The
Originators had good and marketable title to the Mortgage Loan and were the sole
owner thereof and have full and unrestricted right to sell, assign and transfer
the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and the Mortgage File to the
Seller free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, equities, loans, pledges,
charges, claims, or security interests;
(xxx) As of the Servicing Transfer Date, there was no default,
breach, violation or event of default and/or acceleration existing under the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to the Originators' knowledge under the first lien
Mortgage Loan, if any, nor is there any state of facts which, with the passage
of time or the giving of notice or both, could give rise to such default,
breach, violation or event of default and/or acceleration. The Originators have
not waived any default, breach, violation or event of default or acceleration
under the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or under the first lien Mortgage Loan, if any;
(xxxi) As of the Servicing Transfer Date, there were no
mechanic's or materialman's liens or claims for work, labor or materials
affecting the Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or
coordinate with, the lien of the Mortgage;
(xxxii) As of the Servicing Transfer Date, there was no
proceeding pending for the partial or total condemnation of the Mortgaged
Property;
(xxxiii) The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by
any collateral except the Mortgaged Property;
(xxxiv) The Mortgage contains customary and enforceable
provisions so 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, but not limited to, (a) in case of a
Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, enforcement by trustee's sale or power
of sale, and (b) otherwise by judicial foreclosure, (c) the right of the
Mortgagee upon failure by the
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Mortgagor to make any payment on a first lien Mortgage Loan when the Mortgage
Loan becomes due, to pay same, to pay real estate taxes, property insurance
premiums and the costs of Mortgaged Property repairs, with the amount so paid
added to the Mortgage indebtedness and secured by the Mortgage, and the right to
call a default under the Mortgage and accelerate the Mortgage indebtedness in
the event of a default under a first lien Mortgage Loan, and (d) the right,
subject to any applicable federal restrictions, to call a default under the
Mortgage and to accelerate the Mortgage indebtedness in the event the Mortgaged
Property or a portion thereof is sold or transferred without the consent of the
holder of the Mortgage;
(xxxv) If 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 such Mortgage or in a
properly recorded substitution of trustee;
(xxxvi) The Mortgaged Property consists of a fee simple
interest in a single parcel of property improved by a detached single family
residential dwelling (including a manufactured home), a detached two, three or
four family residential dwelling which is not a cooperative apartment, or a
one-family unit in a condominium project;
(xxxvii) The Mortgage Loan does not provide for negative
amortization;
(xxxviii) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully
disbursed, and there is no obligation on the part of the Originators to make
future advances thereunder other than protective advances. Any and all
requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvements and as to
disbursement of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs,
fees and expenses incurred in making, closing or recording the Mortgage Loan
have been paid. The Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid
or due under the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage;
(xxxix) There is no obligation on the part of the Originators
or any other party to make payments on account of the Mortgage which are in
addition to those made by the Mortgagor;
(xl) The Mortgage File contains an appraisal on a form then
currently acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac setting forth the Value of
the Mortgaged Property at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan;
(xli) As of the Servicing Transfer date, all information
contained in the Mortgage File and each document and instrument comprising same
and all copies thereof are complete, accurate and correct;
(xlii) As of the date of the MLPSA, the transfer, assignment
and conveyance of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage and related Mortgage File by
the Originators, were not subject to the bulk transfer laws or any similar
statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction;
(xliii) No instruments other than those delivered to the
Purchaser are required under applicable law to evidence the indebtedness
represented by the Mortgage Loan or to perfect the security interest in the
Mortgaged Property;
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(xliv) The Originators have not made any agreement or reached
any understanding with any Mortgagor for any variation of the Mortgage Rate,
schedule of payments or other terms and conditions of the Mortgage Loan not
reflected in the Mortgage Note;
(xlv) Neither the Originators nor any stockholder, director or
officer of the Originators has received any benefit, consideration or value,
other than the increased business to the Originators and its affiliated
corporations represented by the Mortgage Loan or a prepaid finance charge
disclosed to the Mortgagor on the Mortgage Loan or insurance commissions from
time to time heretofore paid, from any Mortgagor or anyone else in connection
with the Mortgage Loan;
(xlvi) The governing laws with respect to the foreclosure of
any collateral securing such Mortgage Loans are the applicable provisions of the
laws of the State in which the collateral is located, or the laws of the United
States, and not any tribal law, and no tribal court has exclusive jurisdiction
of the repossession, repletion or foreclosure of any collateral;
(xlvii) All persons who have or will have an ownership,
homestead or dower interest in the real property have signed the Mortgage
relating to such property if said signature is permitted;
(xlviii) The Mortgage and the assignment executed with respect
thereto are in recordable form and are acceptable for recording under the laws
of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located, and the
endorsement of the Mortgage Note is in a form that is acceptable and enforceable
as executed under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property
is located;
(xlix) The Mortgagor has not notified the Originators and the
Originators have no actual knowledge of any relief requested or allowed to, the
Mortgagor under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940;
(l) As of the date of the MLPSA, the consideration received by
the Originators upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans under the MLPSA constituted
fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value for the Mortgage Loans;
(li) Each Mortgage Loan was originated by the Originators or
by a savings and loan association, a savings bank, a commercial bank or similar
institution which is supervised and examined by a federal or state authority, or
by a mortgagee approved as such by HUD; and
(lii) Each Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with
the Originators' credit underwriting guidelines previously provided to the
Purchaser. To the extent that the Mortgage Loans were underwritten in excess of
those guidelines, there were other compensating factors, which, consistent with
industry standards, reasonably justified the Originators in making the Mortgage
Loan to the Mortgagor. A breach of this warranty shall not give rise to any
rights under this Agreement absent a default by the Mortgagor. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Mortgage Loan presents a debt-to-income ratio at the time of
underwriting that exceeds 60%.
(b) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser
that as to each Mortgage Loan following the Servicing Transfer Date:
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(i) The information set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule is
complete, true and correct in all material respects;
(ii) The Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under
applicable law;
(iii) If the Mortgage Loan provides that the Mortgage Rate on
the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan may be adjusted, all of the
terms of the related Mortgage pertaining to interest rate adjustments, payment
adjustments and adjustments of the outstanding principal balance have been made
in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note and applicable law and
are enforceable and such adjustments will not affect the priority of the
Mortgage lien;
(iv) The Mortgaged Property complies with all applicable laws,
rules and regulations, including those relating to environmental matters,
including but not limited to those relating to radon, asbestos and lead paint
and neither the Originators nor, to the Originators' knowledge, the mortgagor,
has received any notice of any violation or potential violation of such law;
(v) No Mortgage Loan is more than 30 days contractually
delinquent;
(vi) There are no unpaid taxes, ground rent, water charges or
sewer rents or rates affecting the Mortgaged Property that are due and payable;
(vii) The terms of the Mortgage and Mortgage Note have not
been impaired, waived, altered, or modified in any respect, except by
instruments, the originals or certified true copies of which are in the Mortgage
File;
(viii) The Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage, the Mortgage Note and
any insurance policy, certificate and coverage relating thereto, comply with all
applicable federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and ordinances
including, without limitation, all usury, truth-in-lending, real estate
settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity or
disclosure laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan. The origination and servicing
practices, including transfer of the Mortgage Loans with respect to each
Mortgage Note and Mortgage have been in all respects legal, proper, prudent and
customary in the mortgage servicing business, as conducted at prudent mortgage
lending institutions that service mortgage loans of the same type in the
jurisdictions in which the Mortgaged Property is located;
(ix) The Mortgaged Property and all buildings upon the
Mortgaged Property are insured against loss by (a) fire, (b) hazards of extended
coverage, and (c) such other hazards as are customary in the area. All such
insurance policies contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the originator of
the Mortgage Loan, its successors and assigns as mortgagee, and all premiums
thereon have been paid for the initial coverage period. Each Mortgage obligates
the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and
expense and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor, with all such
sums as may be advanced by the Mortgagee to be added to the Mortgage
indebtedness and secured by the Mortgage. If the appraisal obtained in
connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan indicates that the
Mortgaged Property is in an area identified on a flood hazard map or flood
insurance rate map issued by the Federal Emergency Management
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Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made
available), then a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the
current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration is in effect, which
policy conforms to the requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac;
(x) The Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled, rescinded
or subordinated, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed by
the Originators that would effect any such satisfaction, cancellation,
rescission or subordination. No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part
from such Mortgagor's obligations under the Mortgage Note, and the Mortgaged
Property has not been released, in whole or in part, from the lien of the
Mortgage;
(xi) To the extent required under applicable law, each
originator and subsequent mortgagee or servicer of the Mortgage Loan complied
with all licensing requirements and was authorized to transact and do business
in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located at all
times when it held or serviced the Mortgage Loan. As of the Servicing Transfer
Date, any and all requirements of any federal, state or local laws or
regulations, including, without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate
settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, anti-predatory lending, fair
credit reporting, unfair collection practice, equal credit opportunity, fair
housing and disclosure laws and regulations, applicable to the solicitation,
origination, collection and servicing of such Mortgage Loan had been complied
with in all material respects; and any obligations of the holder of the Mortgage
Note, Mortgage and other loan documents have been complied with in all material
respects; servicing of each Mortgage Loan has been in accordance with prudent
mortgage servicing standards, any applicable laws, rules and regulations and in
accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Notes, Mortgage and other loan
documents, whether such origination and servicing was done by the Originators,
their affiliates, or any third party which originated the Mortgage Loan on
behalf of, or sold the Mortgage Loan to, any of them, or any servicing agent of
any of the foregoing;
(xii) The Mortgage, as transferred to the Purchaser, is a
valid, subsisting and enforceable first or second lien on the Mortgaged
Property, as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule. Such lien and Mortgaged
Property are subject only to (a) the lien of an approved first lien Mortgage
Loan with an approved unpaid balance, if the Mortgage Loan is a second lien
Mortgage Loan, (b) the lien of current real property taxes, water and sewer
rents, rates and assessments not yet due and payable, and (c) covenants,
conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of the
public record acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally which do not
impair the value of the property;
(xiii) There is no default, breach, violation or event of
default and/or acceleration existing under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to
the Originators' knowledge under the first lien Mortgage Loan, if any, nor is
there any state of facts which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice
or both, could give rise to such default, breach, violation or event of default
and/or acceleration. The Originators have not waived any default, breach,
violation or event of default or acceleration under the Mortgage Note, Mortgage
or under the first lien Mortgage Loan, if any;
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(xiv) There are no mechanic's or materialman's liens or claims
for work, labor or materials affecting the Mortgaged Property which are or may
be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the Mortgage;
(xv) There is no proceeding pending for the partial or total
condemnation of the Mortgaged Property; and
(xvi) All information contained in the Mortgage File and each
document and instrument comprising the same and all copies thereof are complete,
accurate and correct.
SECTION 7. REPURCHASE OBLIGATION FOR DEFECTIVE
DOCUMENTATION AND FOR BREACH OF
REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY.
(a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 6
shall not be impaired by any review and examination of loan files or other
documents evidencing or relating to the Mortgage Loans or any failure on the
part of the Seller, the Originators or the Purchaser to review or examine such
documents and shall inure to the benefit of any assignee, transferee or designee
of the Purchaser, including the Trustee for the benefit of holders of the
Certificates. With respect to the representations and warranties contained
herein as to which the Seller or Originators have no knowledge, if it is
discovered that the substance of any such representation and warranty was
inaccurate as of the date such representation and warranty was made or deemed to
be made, and such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of the
related Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Purchaser or the
Purchaser's assignee, transferee or designee, then notwithstanding the lack of
knowledge by the Seller or the Originators, as applicable, with respect to the
substance of such representation and warranty being inaccurate at the time the
representation and warranty was made, the Seller or the Originators, as
applicable, shall take such action described in the following paragraph in
respect of such Mortgage Loan.
Upon discovery by the Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or
designee of the Purchaser of any materially defective document in, or that any
material document was not transferred by the Seller (as listed on the Trustee's
Preliminary Exception Report) as part of any Mortgage File, or of a breach of
any of the representations and warranties contained in Section 6 that materially
and adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of
the Purchaser or the Purchaser's assignee, transferee or designee, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the Seller or the
Originators, as applicable. Within sixty (60) days of its discovery or its
receipt of notice of any such missing documentation that was not transferred by
the Seller as described above, or of materially defective documentation, or of
any such breach of a representation and warranty, the Seller or the Originators,
as applicable, promptly shall deliver such missing document or cure such defect
or breach in all material respects or, in the event the Seller cannot deliver
such missing document or the Seller or the Originators, as applicable, cannot
cure such defect or breach, the Seller or the Originators, as applicable, shall,
within ninety (90) days of its discovery or receipt of notice, either (i)
repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan at the Purchase Price (as such term is
defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) or (ii) pursuant to the
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, cause the removal of such
Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund and substitute one or more Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans. The Seller shall amend the Closing
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Schedule to reflect the withdrawal of such Mortgage Loan from the terms of this
Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Seller shall deliver to
the Purchaser such amended Closing Schedule and shall deliver such other
documents as are required by this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement within five (5) days of any such amendment. Any repurchase pursuant to
this Section 7(a) shall be accomplished by transfer to an account designated by
the Purchaser of the amount of the Purchase Price in accordance with Section
2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any repurchase required by this
Section shall be made in a manner consistent with Section 2.03 of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, within 90 days of the earlier
of discovery by the Seller or receipt of notice by the Seller of the breach of
the representation or covenant of the Seller set forth in Section 5(xiv) above
which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Holders of the Class
P Certificates, as applicable, in any Prepayment Charge, the Seller shall remedy
such breach as follows: the Seller must pay the amount of the scheduled
Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates,
as applicable, by remitting such amount to the Servicer for deposit into the
Collection Account, net of any amount previously collected by the Servicer or
paid by the Servicer, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P
Certificates, as applicable, in respect of such Prepayment Charge.
(b) It is understood and agreed that the obligations of the
Seller or the Originator, as applicable, set forth in this Section 7 to cure or
repurchase a defective Mortgage Loan constitute the sole remedies of the
Purchaser against the Seller or the Originator, as applicable, respecting a
missing document or a breach of the representations and warranties contained in
Section 6.
SECTION 8. CLOSING; PAYMENT FOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS. The
closing of the purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans shall be held at the New
York City office of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Wood at 10:00 a.m. New York City time on
the Closing Date.
The closing shall be subject to each of the following
conditions:
(a) All of the representations and warranties of the
Seller and the Originators under this Agreement shall
be true and correct in all material respects as of
the date as of which they are made and no event shall
have occurred which, with notice or the passage of
time, would constitute a default under this
Agreement;
(b) The Purchaser shall have received, or the attorneys
of the Purchaser shall have received in escrow (to be
released from escrow at the time of closing), all
Closing Documents as specified in Section 9 of this
Agreement, 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;
(c) The Seller shall have delivered or caused to be
delivered and released to the Purchaser or to its
designee, all documents (including without
limitation, the
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Mortgage Loans) required to be so delivered by the
Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement;
(d) The Seller shall have executed the Indemnification
Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2002, between the
Purchaser and the Servicer, and shall have assumed
all of the obligations of the Purchaser thereunder;
and
(e) All other terms and conditions of this Agreement and
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall have been
complied with.
Subject to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Seller on the Closing Date, against
delivery and release by the Seller to the Trustee of all documents required
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the consideration for the
Mortgage Loans as specified in Section 3 of this Agreement, by delivery to the
Seller of the Purchase Price in immediately available funds.
SECTION 9. CLOSING DOCUMENTS. Without limiting the generality
of Section 8 hereof, the closing shall be subject to delivery of each of the
following documents:
(a) An Officer's Certificate of the Seller, dated the
Closing Date, in form satisfactory to and upon which
the Purchaser and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc. (the
"Representative") may rely, and attached thereto
copies of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws
and certificate of good standing of the Seller under
the laws of New York;
(b) An Officer's Certificate of the Seller, dated the
Closing Date, in form satisfactory to and upon which
the Purchaser and the Representative may rely, with
respect to certain facts regarding the sale of the
Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser;
(c) An Opinion of Counsel of the Seller, dated the
Closing Date, in form satisfactory to and addressed
to the Purchaser and the Representative;
(d) Such opinions of counsel as the Rating Agencies or
the Trustee may request in connection with the sale
of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser
or the Seller's execution and delivery of, or
performance under, this Agreement;
(e) A letter from [____], certified public accountants,
to the effect that they have performed certain
specified procedures as a result of which they
determined that certain information of an accounting,
financial or statistical nature set forth in the
Purchaser's prospectus supplement for Series
2002-CIT1, dated May [__], 2002 (the "Prospectus
Supplement") relating to the Offered Certificates
contained under the captions "Summary--The Mortgage
Loans," "Risk Factors," (to the extent of information
concerning the Mortgage Loans contained therein) "The
Mortgage Pool" (except with respect to the
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information contained under the caption "The Mortgage
Pool--Underwriting Standards of the Originators and
Representations Concerning the Mortgage Loans")
agrees with the records of the Seller;
(f) An Officer's Certificate of the Originators, dated
the Closing Date, in form satisfactory to and upon
which the Purchaser and the Representative may rely,
and attached thereto copies of the certificate of
incorporation, by-laws and certificate of good
standing of the Originators under the laws of their
incorporation;
(g) An Opinion of Counsel of the Originators, dated the
Closing Date, in form satisfactory to and addressed
to the Purchaser and the Representative;
(h) Such further information, certificates, opinions and
documents as the Purchaser or the Representative may
reasonably request.
SECTION 10. COSTS. The Seller shall pay (or shall reimburse
the Purchaser or any other Person to the extent that the Purchaser or such other
Person shall pay) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
transfer and delivery of the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation,
recording fees, fees for title policy endorsements and continuations and the
fees for recording Assignments, the fees and expenses of the Seller's
accountants and attorneys, the costs and expenses incurred in connection with
producing the Servicer's or any Subservicer's loan loss, foreclosure and
delinquency experience, and the costs and expenses incurred in connection with
obtaining the documents referred to in Section 9(e), the costs and expenses of
printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering this Agreement, the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, the Certificates, the prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement, and any private placement memorandum relating to the Certificates
and other related documents, the initial fees, costs and expenses of the
Trustee, the fees and expenses of the Purchaser's counsel in connection with the
preparation of all documents relating to the securitization of the Mortgage
Loans, the filing fee charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for
registration of the Certificates and the fees charged by any rating agency to
rate the Certificates. All other costs and expenses in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder shall be borne by the party incurring such
expense.
SECTION 11. [RESERVED].
SECTION 12. INDEMNIFICATION.
(A) The Originators shall indemnify and hold harmless each of
(i) the Purchaser, (ii) the Underwriters, (iii) the Person, if any, to which the
Purchaser assigns its rights in and to a Mortgage Loan and each of their
respective successors and assigns and (iv) each person, if any, who controls the
Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act") ((i) through (iv) collectively, the "Indemnified
Party") against any and all losses, claims, expenses, damages or liabilities to
which the Indemnified Party may become subject, under the 1933 Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, expenses, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon:
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(a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
any material fact contained in the Prospectus
Supplement or any private placement memorandum
relating to the offering by the Purchaser or an
affiliate thereof, of the Class CE Certificates
and/or the Class P Certificates, or the omission or
the alleged omission to state therein a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading, but only to the extent that (i) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission therein results (or is
alleged to have resulted) from an error or material
omission in the information concerning the
characteristics of the Mortgage Loans furnished by
the Originators to the Purchaser for use in the
preparation of the Prospectus Supplement or any
private placement memorandum (any such information,
the "Pool Information"), which error was not
superseded or corrected by the delivery to the
Purchaser of corrected written or electronic
information, or for which the Originators provided
written notice of such error to the Purchaser prior
to the confirmation of the sale of the Certificates
(any such uncorrected Pool Information, a "Pool
Error") and (ii) such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was
made in reliance upon and in conformity with (A)
information furnished in writing to the Purchaser or
any of its affiliates by the Originators or any of
their affiliates specifically for use therein, which
shall include, with respect to the Prospectus
Supplement, the information set forth under the
captions "Summary--The Mortgage Loans," "Risk
Factors," (to the extent of information concerning
the Mortgage Loans contained therein) and "The
Mortgage Pool" and, with respect to any private
placement memorandum, any information of a comparable
nature; or (B) the data files containing information
with respect to the Mortgage Loans as transmitted by
modem to the Purchaser by the Originators or any of
their affiliates (as such transmitted information may
have been amended in writing by the Originators or
any of their affiliates with the written consent of
the Purchaser subsequent to such transmission);
(b) a material breach of any representation, warranty or
covenant made by the Originator or any affiliate of
the Originator herein on which the Purchaser has
relied, being, or alleged to be, untrue or incorrect
(it being understood that a breach of the
representation and warranty contained in Section
6(a)(xiii) shall be deemed to be material); or
(c) any updated collateral information provided by the
Underwriters to a purchaser of the Certificates
derived from the data contained in clause (a);
provided, however, that to the extent that any such losses, claims, expenses,
damages or liabilities to which the Indemnified Party may become subject arise
out of or are based upon both (1) statements, omissions, representations,
warranties or covenants of the Originators described in clause (a), (b) or (c)
above and (2) any other factual basis, the Originators shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Indemnified Party only to the extent that the losses, claims,
expenses, damages, or liabilities of the person or persons asserting the claim
are determined to arise from or be based upon
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matters set forth in clause (1) above and do not result from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party. This indemnity shall
be in addition to any liability that the Originators may otherwise have.
(B) The Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless each of
(i) the Originators, (ii) the Underwriters, (iii) the Person, if any, to which
the Purchaser assigns its rights in and to a Mortgage Loan and each of their
respective successors and assigns and (iv) each person, if any, who controls the
Originators within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act") ((i) through (iv) collectively, the "Indemnified
Party") against any and all losses, claims, expenses, damages or liabilities to
which the Indemnified Party may become subject, under the 1933 Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, expenses, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Prospectus Supplement or
any private placement memorandum relating to the offering by the Purchaser or an
affiliate thereof, of the Class CE Certificates and/or the Class P Certificates,
or the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to
the extent that any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission therein results (or is alleged to have resulted) from
information other than Pool Information, provided, however, that to the extent
that any such losses, claims, expenses, damages or liabilities to which the
Indemnified Party may become subject arise out of or are based upon both (1)
statements, omissions, representations, warranties or covenants of the Purchaser
described above and (2) any other factual basis, the Purchaser shall indemnify
and hold harmless the Indemnified Party only to the extent that the losses,
claims, expenses, damages, or liabilities of the person or persons asserting the
claim are determined to arise from or be based upon matters set forth in clause
(1) above and do not result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Indemnified Party. This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability
that the Purchaser may otherwise have.
SECTION 13. MANDATORY DELIVERY; GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST.
The sale and delivery on the Closing Date of the Mortgage Loans described on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement is mandatory. It is specifically understood and agreed that each
Mortgage Loan is unique and identifiable on the date hereof and that an award of
money damages would be insufficient to compensate the Purchaser for the losses
and damages incurred by the Purchaser in the event of the Seller's failure to
deliver the Mortgage Loans on or before the Closing Date. The Seller hereby
grants to the Purchaser a lien on and a continuing security interest in the
Seller's interest in each Mortgage Loan and each document and instrument
evidencing each such Mortgage Loan to secure the performance by the Seller of
its obligation hereunder, and the Seller agrees that it holds such Mortgage
Loans in custody for the Purchaser, subject to the Purchaser's (i) right, prior
to the Closing Date, to reject any Mortgage Loan to the extent permitted by this
Agreement, and (ii) obligation to deliver or cause to be delivered the
consideration for the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 8 hereof. Any Mortgage
Loans rejected by the Purchaser shall concurrently therewith be released from
the security interest created hereby. All rights and remedies of the Purchaser
under this Agreement are distinct from, and cumulative with, any other rights or
remedies under this Agreement or afforded by law or equity and all such rights
and remedies may be exercised concurrently, independently or successively.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the Closing Date, each of
the conditions set forth in Section 8 hereof shall have been satisfied and the
Purchaser shall not have paid or caused to be paid the Purchase Price, or any
such condition shall not have been waived or satisfied and the Purchaser
determines not to pay or cause to be paid the Purchase Price, the Purchaser
shall immediately effect the re-delivery of the Mortgage Loans, if delivery to
the Purchaser has occurred, and the security interest created by this Section 12
shall be deemed to have been released.
SECTION 14. NOTICES. All demands, notices and communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered to or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, or
transmitted by fax and, receipt of which is confirmed by telephone, if to the
Purchaser, addressed to the Purchaser at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Mortgage Finance Group, or such other address
as may hereafter be furnished to the Seller and the Originators in writing by
the Purchaser, if to the Originators, addressed to the Originators at 0 XXX
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel, or such other
address as may hereafter be furnished to the Seller and the Purchaser in writing
by the Originators and if to the Seller, addressed to the Seller at 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Mortgage
Finance Group, or to such other address as the Seller may designate in writing
to the Purchaser or the Originators.
SECTION 15. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. Any part, provision,
representation or warranty of this Agreement that is prohibited or that is held
to be void or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof. Any part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement that
is prohibited or unenforceable or is held to be void or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction as to any Mortgage Loan shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 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.
SECTION 16. AGREEMENT OF PARTIES. The Seller and the Purchaser
each agree to execute and deliver such instruments and take such actions as
either of the others may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to
effectuate the purpose and to carry out the terms of this Agreement and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 17. SURVIVAL. The Seller agrees that the
representations, warranties and agreements made by it herein and in any
certificate or other instrument delivered pursuant hereto shall be deemed to be
relied upon by the Purchaser, notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or
hereafter made by the Purchaser or on its behalf, and that the representations,
warranties and agreements made by the Seller herein or in any such certificate
or other instrument shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Mortgage
Loans and shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding any
restrictive or qualified endorsement on the Mortgage Notes and notwithstanding
subsequent termination of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or
the Trust Fund.
SECTION 18. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS,
DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL
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BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT
TO THE CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS) AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE
PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.
SECTION 19. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement may be executed in
two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject
matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or
termination is sought. The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser as provided in
Section 4 hereof be, and be construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by the
Seller to the Purchaser and not as a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller
to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation of the Seller. However, in
the event that, notwithstanding the aforementioned intent of the parties, the
Mortgage Loans are held to be property of the Seller, then (a) it is the express
intent of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Mortgage
Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation of the
Seller and (b) (1) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security
agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York Uniform
Commercial Code; (2) the conveyance provided for in Section 4 hereof shall be
deemed to be a grant by the Seller to the Purchaser of a security interest in
all of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and
all amounts payable to the holders of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
terms thereof and all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of
the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other property, including
without limitation all amounts, other than investment earnings, from time to
time held or invested in the Collection Account whether in the form of cash,
instruments, securities or other property; (3) the possession by the Purchaser
or its agent of Mortgage Notes, the related Mortgages and such other items of
property that constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel
paper shall be deemed to be "possession" by the secured party for purposes of
perfecting the security interest pursuant to the New York Uniform Commercial
Code; and (4) notifications to persons holding such property and
acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property
shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations
from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the
Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable
law. Any assignment of the interest of the Purchaser pursuant to Section 4(d)
hereof shall also be deemed to be an assignment of any security interest created
hereby. The Seller and the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this
Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this
Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such
security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first
priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term
of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser, the Originators and the
Seller have caused their names to be signed by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
SALOMON BROTHERS REALTY CORP.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE CIT GROUP/CONSUMER FINANCE, INC.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE CIT GROUP/CONSUMER FINANCE, INC.
(NY)
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE CIT GROUP/CONSUMER FINANCE, INC. (TN)
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT 1
References to percentage of the Mortgage Loans as set forth in
this Exhibit 1, unless otherwise noted, are calculated based on the aggregate
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.
On the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans will comply with the
following conditions:
(i) Except with respect to [__]% of the Group I Mortgage Loans
and [__]% of the Group II Mortgage Loans, in each case by aggregate principal
balance of the related loan group as of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans
were not 30 or more days delinquent in their monthly payments as of the Cut-off
Date;
(ii) the weighted average loan-to-value ratio for the Group I
Mortgage Loans at origination will not exceed [__]% and the weighted average
loan-to-value ratio for the Group II Mortgage Loans at origination will not
exceed [__]%;
(iii) the maximum percentage concentration of Mortgage Loans
secured by mortgaged properties in any one zip code will be [__]%; and
(iv) not less than [__]% of the Group I Mortgage Loans and
[__]% of the Group II Mortgage Loans provide for payment by the mortgagor of a
prepayment charge within a specified period as provided in the related Mortgage
Note not in excess of 5 years.
EXHIBIT E
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
To: Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2002,
among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Xxxxxx
Loan Servicing LP and Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2002-CIT1
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In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you
as Trustee pursuant to the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement, we
request the release, and hereby acknowledge receipt of the Trustee's Mortgage
File Or the Mortgage Loan described below, for the reason indicated.
Mortgage Loan Number:
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Mortgagor Name, Address & Zip Code:
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Reason for Requesting Documents (check one):
_________1. Mortgage Paid in Full
_________2. Foreclosure
_________3. Substitution
_________4. Other Liquidation (Repurchases, etc.)
_________5. Nonliquidation Reason:_____________________
Address to which Trustee should deliver the Trustee's Mortgage File:
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By:______________________________
(authorized signer)
Issuer:__________________________
Address:_________________________
_________________________
Date:____________________________
Trustee
Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
Please acknowledge the execution of the above request by your signature
and date below:
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Signature Date
Documents returned to Trustee:
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Trustee Date
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EXHIBIT F-1
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FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER
[Date]
Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Re: Salomon Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2002-CIT1,
Asset Backed Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Class ___, representing a ___% Class ___ Percentage
Interest
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the transfer by ________________ (the
"Transferor") to ________________ (the "Transferee") of the captioned mortgage
pass-through certificates (the "Certificates"), the Transferor hereby certifies
as follows:
Neither the Transferor nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a)
offered, pledged, sold, disposed of or otherwise transferred any Certificate,
any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to any person in
any manner, (b) has solicited any offer to buy or to accept a pledge,
disposition or other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c) has
otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to any Certificate, any interest
in any Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner,
(d) has made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any
other manner, (e) has taken any other action, that (in the case of each of
subclauses (a) through (e) above) would constitute a distribution of the
Certificates under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), or
would render the disposition of any Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the
1933 Act or any state securities law or would require registration or
qualification pursuant thereto. The Transferor will not act, nor has it
authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in any manner set forth in
the foregoing sentence with respect to any Certificate. The Transferor will not
sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates, except in compliance with
the provisions of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May
1, 2002, among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. as Depositor,
Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP as Servicer and Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association as Trustee (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), pursuant to
which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Certificates were issued.
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Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Very truly yours,
[Transferor]
By:___________________________
Name:
Title:
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FORM OF TRANSFEREE REPRESENTATION LETTER
[Date]
Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Re: Salomon Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2002-CIT1,
Asset Backed Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Class ___, representing a ___% Percentage Interest
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the purchase from ______________________
(the "Transferor") on the date hereof of the captioned trust certificates (the
"Certificates"), _______________ (the "Transferee") hereby certifies as follows:
1. The Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that
term is defined in Rule 144A ("Rule 144A") under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"1933 Act") and has completed either of the forms of certification to that
effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. The Transferee is aware that the
sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. The Transferee is acquiring
the Certificates for its own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer, and understands that such Certificate 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 1933 Act.
2. The Transferee has been furnished with all information
regarding (a) the Certificates and distributions thereon, (b) the nature,
performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans, (c) the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement referred to below, and (d) any credit enhancement mechanism associated
with the Certificates, that it has requested.
All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2002, among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities
VII, Inc. as Depositor, Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP as Servicer and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank Minnesota, National Association as Trustee, pursuant to which the
Certificates were issued.
[TRANSFEREE]
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
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ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT F-1
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QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
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[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows to [name of
Transferor] (the "Transferor") and Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association as Trustee, with respect to the mortgage pass-through certificates
(the "Certificates") described in the Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates and to which this certification is an Annex:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
entity purchasing the Certificates (the "Transferee").
2. In connection with purchases by the Transferee, the
Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule
144A under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Transferee
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis $______________________1 in
securities (except for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end
of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii) the Transferee satisfies the criteria in the
category marked below.
___ CORPORATION, ETC. The Transferee is a corporation (other than a
bank, savings and loan association or similar institution), Massachusetts or
similar business trust, partnership, or any organization described in Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
___ BANK. The Transferee (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 Transferee (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
___ BROKER-DEALER. The Transferee is a dealer registered pursuant to
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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1 Transferee must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
$100,000,000 in securities unless Transferee is a dealer, and, in that case,
Transferee must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000
in securities. $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial
statements, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO.
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___ INSURANCE COMPANY. The Transferee 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 Transferee 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 Transferee is an employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
___ INVESTMENT ADVISOR. The Transferee is an investment advisor
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
3. The term "SECURITIES" as used herein DOES NOT INCLUDE (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Transferee, (ii) securities
that are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Transferee, if
the Transferee 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 Transferee, the
Transferee used the cost of such securities to the Transferee and did not
include any of the securities referred to in the preceding paragraph. Further,
in determining such aggregate amount, the Transferee may have included
securities owned by subsidiaries of the Transferee, but only if such
subsidiaries are consolidated with the Transferee in its financial statements
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and if the
investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the Transferee's direction.
However, such securities were not included if the Transferee is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Transferee
is not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
5. The Transferee acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule
144A and understands that the Transferor 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 Transferee may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
___ ___ Will the Transferee be purchasing the Certificates
Yes No only for the Transferee's own account?
6. If the answer to the foregoing question is "no", the
Transferee agrees that, in connection with any purchase of securities sold to
the Transferee for the account of a third party (including any separate account)
in reliance on Rule 144A, the Transferee will only purchase for the account of a
third party that at the time is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the
meaning of
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Rule 144A. In addition, the Transferee agrees that the Transferee will not
purchase securities for a third party unless the Transferee has obtained a
current representation letter from such third party or taken other appropriate
steps contemplated by Rule 144A to conclude that such third party independently
meets the definition of "qualified institutional buyer" set forth in Rule 144A.
7. The Transferee 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 Transferee's purchase of the
Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification as of the
date of such purchase. In addition, if the Transferee is a bank or savings and
loan as provided above, the Transferee agrees that it will furnish to such
parties updated annual financial statements promptly after they become
available.
Dated:
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Print Name of Transferee
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
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ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT F-1
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
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[For Transferees That Are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows to [name of
Transferor] (the "Transferor") and Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association as Trustee, with respect to the mortgage pass- through certificates
(the "Certificates") described in the Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates and to which this certification is an Annex:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the entity purchasing the
Certificates (the "Transferee") or, if the Transferee is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because the Transferee is part of a Family of
Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the investment
adviser (the "Adviser").
2. In connection with purchases by the Transferee, the
Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A because
(i) the Transferee is an investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, and (ii) as marked below, the Transferee alone, or the
Transferee'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 Transferee's most recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the
amount of securities owned by the Transferee or the Transferee's Family of
Investment Companies, the cost of such securities was used.
____ The Transferee owned $___________________ in
securities (other than the excluded securities
referred to below) as of the end of the Transferee's
most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated
in accordance with Rule 144A).
____ The Transferee 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 Transferee'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 Transferee or are part of the
Transferee'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.
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5. The Transferee is familiar with Rule 144A and understands
that the parties to which this certification is being made are relying and will
continue to rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales to the
Transferee will be in reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the Transferee will
only purchase for the Transferee's own account.
6. The undersigned will notify the parties to which this
certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions herein.
Until such notice, the Transferee's purchase of the Certificates will constitute
a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the date of such
purchase.
Dated:
___________________________________Print Name of Transferee or Advisor
By:________________________________ Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
___________________________________Print Name of Transferee
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FORM OF TRANSFEREE REPRESENTATION LETTER
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The undersigned hereby certifies on behalf of the purchaser
named below (the "Purchaser") as follows:
1. I am an executive officer of the Purchaser.
2. The Purchaser is a "qualified institutional buyer", as
defined in Rule 144A, ("Rule 144A") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
3. As of the date specified below (which is not earlier than
the last day of the Purchaser's most recent fiscal year), the amount of
"securities", computed for purposes of Rule 144A, owned and invested on a
discretionary basis by the Purchaser was in excess of $100,000,000.
Name of Purchaser
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By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
Date of this certificate:
Date of information provided in paragraph 3
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EXHIBIT F-2
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FORM OF TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT AND AGREEMENT
STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
__________________________, being duly sworn, deposes,
represents and warrants as follows:
1. I am a ______________________ of
____________________________ (the "Owner") a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of ______________, the record owner of Salomon Home
Equity Loan Trust, Series 2002-CIT1, Asset Backed Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Class R Certificates, (the "Class R Certificates"), on behalf of
whom I make this affidavit and agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement pursuant to which the Class R Certificates were issued.
2. The Owner (i) is and will be a "Permitted Transferee" as of
____________, 20__ and (ii) is acquiring the Class R Certificates for its own
account or for the account of another Owner from which it has received an
affidavit in substantially the same form as this affidavit. A "Permitted
Transferee" is any person other than a "disqualified organization" or a
possession of the United States. For this purpose, a "disqualified organization"
means the United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any agency
or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality all of
the activities of which are subject to tax and, except for the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a majority of whose board of directors is not selected by
any such governmental entity) or any foreign government, international
organization or any agency or instrumentality of such foreign government or
organization, any rural electric or telephone cooperative, or any organization
(other than certain farmers' cooperatives) that is generally exempt from federal
income tax unless such organization is subject to the tax on unrelated business
taxable income.
3. The Owner is aware (i) of the tax that would be imposed on
transfers of the Class R Certificates to disqualified organizations under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that applies to all transfers of the Class R
Certificates after March 31, 1988; (ii) that such tax would be on the transferor
or, if such transfer is through an agent (which person includes a broker,
nominee or middleman) for a non-Permitted Transferee, on the agent; (iii) that
the person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability for the
tax if the transferee furnishes to such person an affidavit that the transferee
is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of transfer, such person does not
have actual knowledge that the affidavit is false; and (iv) that each of the
Class R Certificates may be a "noneconomic residual interest" within the meaning
of proposed Treasury regulations promulgated under 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 is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
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4. The Owner is aware of the tax imposed on a "pass-through
entity" holding the Class R Certificates if, at any time during the taxable year
of the pass-through entity, a non-Permitted Transferee is the record holder of
an interest in such entity. (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.)
5. The Owner is aware that the Trustee will not register the
transfer of any Class R Certificate unless the transferee, or the transferee's
agent, delivers to the Trustee, among other things, an affidavit in
substantially the same form as this affidavit. The Owner expressly agrees that
it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any of the
representations contained in such affidavit and agreement are false.
6. The Owner consents to any additional restrictions or
arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute
a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Class R Certificates will only be
owned, directly or indirectly, by an Owner that is a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Owner's taxpayer identification number is
_________________.
8. The Owner has reviewed the restrictions set forth on the
face of the Class R Certificates and the provisions of Section 5.02(d) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement under which the Class R Certificates were issued
(in particular, clauses (iii)(A) and (iii)(B) of Section 5.02(d) which authorize
the Trustee to deliver payments to a person other than the Owner and negotiate a
mandatory sale by the Trustee in the event that the Owner holds such Certificate
in violation of Section 5.02(d)); and that the Owner expressly agrees to be
bound by and to comply with such restrictions and provisions.
9. The Owner is not acquiring and will not transfer the Class
R Certificates in order to impede the assessment or collection of any tax.
10. The Owner anticipates that it will, so long as it holds
the Class R Certificates, have sufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by the
holder of such Class R Certificates, and hereby represents to and for the
benefit of the person from whom it acquired the Class R Certificates that the
Owner intends to pay taxes associated with holding such Class R Certificates as
they become due, fully understanding that it may incur tax liabilities in excess
of any cash flows generated by the Class R Certificates.
11. The Owner has no present knowledge that it may become
insolvent or subject to a bankruptcy proceeding for so long as it holds the
Class R Certificates.
12. The Owner has no present knowledge or expectation that it
will be unable to pay any United States taxes owed by it so long as any of the
Certificates remain outstanding.
13. The Owner is not acquiring the Class R Certificates with
the intent to transfer the Class R Certificates to any person or entity that
will not have sufficient assets to pay any taxes
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owed by the holder of such Class R Certificates, or that may become insolvent or
subject to a bankruptcy proceeding, for so long as the Class R Certificates
remain outstanding.
14. The Owner will, in connection with any transfer that it
makes of the Class R Certificates, obtain from its transferee the
representations required by Section 5.02(d) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement under which the Class R Certificate were issued and will not
consummate any such transfer if it knows, or knows facts that should lead it to
believe, that any such representations are false.
15. The Owner will, in connection with any transfer that it
makes of the Class R Certificates, deliver to the Trustee an affidavit, which
represents and warrants that it is not transferring the Class R Certificates to
impede the assessment or collection of any tax and that it has no actual
knowledge that the proposed transferee: (i) has insufficient assets to pay any
taxes owed by such transferee as holder of the Class R Certificates; (ii) may
become insolvent or subject to a bankruptcy proceeding for so long as the Class
R Certificates remains outstanding; and (iii) is not a "Permitted Transferee".
16. The Owner is a citizen or resident of the United States, a
corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or under the
laws of, the United States or any political subdivision thereof, or an estate or
trust whose income from sources without the United States may be included in
gross income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its
connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States.
17. The Owner of the Class R Certificate, hereby agrees that
in the event that the Trust Fund created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01 thereof, the undersigned shall assign and
transfer to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates (with respect to a
termination of REMIC I) any amounts in excess of par received in connection with
such termination. Accordingly, in the event of such termination, the Trustee is
hereby authorized to withhold any such amounts in excess of par and to pay such
amounts directly to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates. This agreement
shall bind and be enforceable against any successor, transferee or assigned of
the undersigned in the Class R Certificate. In connection with any transfer of
the Class R Certificate, the Owner shall obtain an agreement substantially
similar to this clause from any subsequent owner.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to the authority of its Board of Directors, by
its [Vice] President, attested by its [Assistant] Secretary, this ____ day of
__________, 20__.
[OWNER]
By:__________________________ Name:
Title: [Vice] President
ATTEST:
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title: [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 a [Vice] President of the Owner, and acknowledged to me that [he/she]
executed the same as [his/her] free act and deed and the free act and deed of
the Owner.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of
__________, 20___.
____________________________ Notary Public
County of __________________ State of ___________________
My Commission expires:
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FORM OF TRANSFEROR AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
__________________________, being duly sworn, deposes,
represents and warrants as follows:
1. I am a ____________________ of ____________________________
(the "Owner"), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
______________, on behalf of whom I make this affidavit.
2. The Owner is not transferring the Class R Certificates (the
"Residual Certificates") to impede the assessment or collection of any tax.
3. The Owner has no actual knowledge that the Person that is
the proposed transferee (the "Purchaser") of the Residual Certificates: (i) has
insufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by such proposed transferee as holder
of the Residual Certificates; (ii) may become insolvent or subject to a
bankruptcy proceeding for so long as the Residual Certificates remain
outstanding and (iii) is not a Permitted Transferee.
4. The Owner understands that the Purchaser has delivered to
the Trustee a transfer affidavit and agreement in the form attached to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit F-2. The Owner does not know or
believe that any representation contained therein is false.
5. At the time of transfer, the Owner has conducted a
reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the Purchaser as
contemplated by Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i) and, as a result
of that investigation, the Owner has determined that the Purchaser has
historically paid its debts as they became due and has found no significant
evidence to indicate that the Purchaser will not continue to pay its debts as
they become due in the future. The Owner understands that the transfer of a
Residual Certificate may not be respected for United States income tax purposes
(and the Owner may continue to be liable for United States income taxes
associated therewith) unless the Owner has conducted such an investigation.
6. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to the authority of its Board of Directors, by
its [Vice] President, attested by its [Assistant] Secretary, this ____ day of
___________, 20__.
[OWNER]
By:_____________________________ Name:
Title: [Vice] President
ATTEST:
By:______________________________
Name:
Title: [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 a [Vice] President of the Owner, and acknowledged to me that [he/she]
executed the same as [his/her] free act and deed and the free act and deed of
the Owner.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of
__________, 20___.
____________________________ Notary Public
County of __________________ State of ___________________
My Commission expires:
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EXHIBIT G
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FORM OF CERTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO ERISA AND THE CODE
_____________, 20__
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Re: Salomon Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2002-CIT1,
Asset Backed Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Class ___
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Dear Sirs:
_______________________ (the "Transferee") intends to acquire
from _____________________ (the "Transferor") $____________ Initial Certificate
Principal Balance of Salomon Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 0000-XXX0, Xxxxx
Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Class [CE] [P] [R] (the "Certificates"),
issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement") dated as of May 1, 2002, among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities
VII, Inc. as depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP as servicer
(the "Servicer") and Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association as trustee
(the "Trustee"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall
have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The
Transferee hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Servicer that:
The Certificates (i) are not being acquired by, and will not be
transferred to, any employee benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(3) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or
other retirement arrangement, including individual retirement accounts and
annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance
company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or
arrangements are invested, that is subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") (any of the foregoing, a
"Plan"), (ii) are not being acquired with "plan assets" of a Plan within the
meaning of the Department of Labor ("DOL") regulation, 29 C.F.R.ss.2510.3-101,
and (iii) will not be transferred to any entity that is deemed to be investing
in plan assets within the meaning of the DOL regulation at 29 X.X.X.xx.
2510.3-101.
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Very truly yours,
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By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
Annual Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Fee Required)
For fiscal year ended ________________
Commission file number: 333-_______
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
(as depositor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of May 1, 2002, providing for the issuance of
Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2002-CIT1)
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware 00-0000000
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) Identification Number)
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (000) 000-0000
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Indicate whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed
by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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.
X YES ___No
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Item 1. Business:
Not applicable
Item 2. Properties:
Not applicable
Item 3. Legal Proceedings:
None
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security-Holders
None
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
To the best knowledge of the registrant there is no established public trading
market for the certificates.
There are approximately _____ holders of record as of the end of the reporting
year.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
Not applicable.
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
Not applicable
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure
None
Item 10.
Not applicable
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Not applicable
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
Not applicable
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
Not applicable
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K
a) The company filed on Form 8-K, separately for each
distribution date, the distribution of funds related to the
trust for each of the following distribution dates:
Distribution Date Form 8-K Filing Date
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b) 99.1 Annual Report of Independent Public Accountants' as
to master servicing activities or servicing
activities, as applicable
(a) Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer
99.2 Annual Statement of Compliance with obligations under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or servicing
agreement, as applicable, of:
(a) Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP, as servicer
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Such document (i) is not filed herewith since such document was not received by
the Reporting Person at least three business days prior to the due date of this
report; and (ii) will be included in an amendment to this report on Form 10-K/A
to be filed within 30 days of the Reporting Person's receipt of such document.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: ___________
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII,
Inc., by Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association as Trustee for Salomon
Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2002-CIT1,
Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Company:
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EXHIBIT I
[RESERVED]
I-1
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE WITH RESPECT TO PREPAYMENTS
Officer's Certificate
Salomon Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2002-CIT1,
Asset Backed Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Re: Prepayments
Dear Sir or Madam:
__________________ hereby certifies that he/she is an officer
of the Servicer, holding the office set forth beneath his/her name and hereby
further certifies as follows:
With respect to the Mortgage Loans, as the term is defined in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2002 (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. as
depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Loan Servicing LP as servicer (the
"Servicer") and Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association as trustee (the
"Trustee"), set forth in the attached schedule:
(1) A Principal Prepayment in full was received during the
related Due Period;
(2) Any prepayment penalty due under the terms of the Mortgage
Note with respect to such Principal Prepayment in full was received from the
mortgagor and delivered to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account;
____ Yes ____ No
(3) As to each Mortgage Loan so noted on the attached
schedule, all or part of the prepayment penalty required in connection with the
Principal Prepayment in full was waived based upon (Circle one): (i) the
Servicer's determination that such waiver would maximize recovery of Liquidation
Proceeds for such Mortgage Loan, taking into account the value of such
prepayment penalty, or (ii)(A) the enforceability thereof is limited (1) by
bankruptcy insolvency, moratorium, receivership, or other similar law relating
to creditors' rights generally or (2) due to acceleration in connection with a
foreclosure or other involuntary payment, or (B) the enforceability is otherwise
limited or prohibited by applicable law;
(4) We certify that all amounts due in connection with the
waiver of a prepayment penalty inconsistent with number 3 above which are
required to be delivered to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, have been or
will be so delivered.
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By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF LOST NOTE AFFIDAVIT
Loan #: ____________
Borrower: _____________
LOST NOTE AFFIDAVIT
I, as ____________________ of ______________________, a
_______________ corporation am authorized to make this Affidavit on behalf of
_____________________ (the "Seller"). In connection with the administration of
the Mortgage Loans held by ____________________, a _________________ corporation
as Seller on behalf of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (the
"Purchaser"), _____________________ (the "Deponent"), being duly sworn, deposes
and says that:
1. The Seller's address is: _____________________
_____________________
_____________________
2. The Seller previously delivered to the Purchaser a signed
Initial Certification with respect to such Mortgage and/or
Assignment of Mortgage;
3. Such Mortgage Note and/or Assignment of Mortgage was assigned
or sold to the Purchaser by ________________________, a
____________ corporation pursuant to the terms and provisions
of a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated as of ----------
--, -----;
4. Such Mortgage Note and/or Assignment of Mortgage is not
outstanding pursuant to a request for release of Documents;
5. Aforesaid Mortgage Note and/or Assignment of Mortgage (the
"Original") has been lost;
6. Deponent has made or caused to be made a diligent search for
the Original and has been unable to find or recover same;
7. The Seller was the Seller of the Original at the time of the
loss; and
8. Deponent agrees that, if said Original should ever come into
Seller's possession, custody or power, Seller will immediately
and without consideration surrender the Original to the
Purchaser.
9. Attached hereto is a true and correct copy of (i) the Note,
endorsed in blank by the Mortgagee and (ii) the Mortgage or
Deed of Trust (strike one) which
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secures the Note, which Mortgage or Deed of Trust is recorded
in the county where the property is located.
10. Deponent hereby agrees that the Seller (a) shall indemnify and
hold harmless the Purchaser, its successors and assigns,
against any loss, liability or damage, including reasonable
attorney's fees, resulting from the unavailability of any
Notes, including but not limited to any loss, liability or
damage arising from (i) any false statement contained in this
Affidavit, (ii) any claim of any party that has already
purchased a mortgage loan evidenced by the Lost Note or any
interest in such mortgage loan, (iii) any claim of any
borrower with respect to the existence of terms of a mortgage
loan evidenced by the Lost Note on the related property to the
fact that the mortgage loan is not evidenced by an original
note and (iv) the issuance of a new instrument in lieu thereof
(items (i) through (iv) above hereinafter referred to as the
"Losses") and (b) if required by any Rating Agency in
connection with placing such Lost Note into a Pass-Through
Transfer, shall obtain a surety from an insurer acceptable to
the applicable Rating Agency to cover any Losses with respect
to such Lost Note.
11. This Affidavit is intended to be relied upon by the Purchaser,
its successors and assigns. _____________________, a
______________ corporation represents and warrants that is has
the authority to perform its obligations under this Affidavit
of Lost Note.
Executed this ____ day, of ___________ ______.
SELLER
By:______________________
Name:
Title:
On this _____ day of ________, _____, before me appeared
_________________ to me personally known, who being duly sworn did say that he
is the _____________________ of ____________________ a ______________
corporation and that said Affidavit of Lost Note was signed and sealed on behalf
of such corporation and said acknowledged this instrument to be the free act and
deed of said corporation.
Signature:
[Seal]
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Schedule 1
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
[FILED BY PAPER]
Schedule 1-1
Schedule 2
SCHEDULE OF PREPAYMENT CHARGES
Available Upon Request
Schedule 2-1
