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GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION
as Servicer,
GMACM MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-GH1,
as Issuer
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Indenture Trustee
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SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 22, 2004
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GMACM MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-GH1
GMACM Mortgage Loan-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-GH1
GMACM Mortgage Loan-Backed Term Notes, Series 2004-GH1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions...............................................................1
Section 1.01 Definitions.......................................................1
Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions.....................................1
Section 1.03 Interest Calculations.............................................2
ARTICLE II Representations and Warranties............................................2
Section 2.01 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Servicer.............2
Section 2.02 Representations and Warranties of the Issuer......................4
Section 2.03 Enforcement of Representations and Warranties.....................4
ARTICLE III Administration and Servicing of Mortgage Loans............................5
Section 3.01 The Servicer......................................................5
Section 3.02 Subservicing Agreements Between Servicer and Subservicers;
Enforcement of Subservicers' and Seller's Obligations.............7
Section 3.03 Successor Subservicers............................................7
Section 3.04 Liability of the Servicer.........................................7
Section 3.05 No Contractual Relationship Between Subservicer and
Indenture Trustee or Issuer.......................................8
Section 3.06 Assumption of Subservicing Agreements by Trustee..................8
Section 3.07 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments; Deposits to
Custodial Account.................................................8
Section 3.08 Subservicing Accounts; Servicing Accounts........................11
Section 3.09 [Reserved].......................................................12
Section 3.10 Permitted Withdrawals from the Custodial Account.................12
Section 3.11 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Omissions and Fidelity
Coverage.........................................................14
Section 3.12 Maintenance of the Primary Insurance Policies; Collections
Thereunder.......................................................16
Section 3.13 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and
Modification Agreements; Certain Assignments.....................17
Section 3.14 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans........................18
Section 3.15 Trust Estate; Related Documents..................................21
Section 3.16 Issuer and Indenture Trustee to Cooperate........................22
Section 3.17 Servicing Compensation...........................................23
Section 3.18 Annual Statement as to Compliance................................24
Section 3.19 Annual Servicing Report..........................................24
Section 3.20 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
the Mortgage Loans...............................................25
Section 3.21 Maintenance of Certain Servicing Insurance Policies..............25
Section 3.22 Information Required by the Internal Revenue Service and
Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged
Property.........................................................25
Section 3.23 Administration of Buydown Funds..................................25
Section 3.24 Advance Facility ................................................26
ARTICLE IV Servicing Certificate....................................................27
Section 4.01 Statements to Securityholders....................................27
Section 4.02 Tax Returns and 1934 Act Reports.................................31
ARTICLE V Note Payment Account.....................................................32
Section 5.01 Note Payment Account.............................................32
ARTICLE VI The Servicer.............................................................33
Section 6.01 Liability of the Servicer........................................33
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations
of, the Servicer.................................................33
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others...............33
Section 6.04 Servicer Not to Resign...........................................34
Section 6.05 Delegation of Duties.............................................34
Section 6.06 Payment of Indenture Trustee's and Owner Trustee's Fees and
Expenses; Indemnification........................................35
ARTICLE VII Default..................................................................36
Section 7.01 Servicing Default................................................36
Section 7.02 Indenture Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor...............37
Section 7.03 Notification to Securityholders..................................39
ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous Provisions.................................................39
Section 8.01 Amendment........................................................39
Section 8.02 GOVERNING LAW....................................................40
Section 8.03 Notices..........................................................40
Section 8.04 Severability of Provisions.......................................40
Section 8.05 Third-Party Beneficiaries........................................40
Section 8.06 Counterparts.....................................................41
Section 8.07 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.........................41
Section 8.08 Termination Upon Purchase by the Servicer or Liquidation of
All Mortgage Loans; Partial Redemption...........................41
Section 8.09 Certain Matters Affecting the Indenture Trustee..................42
Section 8.10 Owner Trustee Not Liable for Related Documents...................42
EXHIBIT A - MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE .......................................................A-1
EXHIBIT B - LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY.....................................................B-1
EXHIBIT C - FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE...................................................C-1
EXHIBIT D-1 - FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE.............................................D-1-1
EXHIBIT D-2 - FORM OF BACK-UP CERTIFICATE...............................................D-2-1
This Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2004 (the
"Agreement"), is among GMAC Mortgage Corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer"),
the GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-GH1, as issuer (the "Issuer"), and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement (as defined
herein), GMAC Mortgage Corporation, as seller (in such capacity, "GMACM" or the
"Seller") and as servicer, will sell to Residential Asset Mortgage Products,
Inc. ("RAMP"), as purchaser (in such capacity, the "Purchaser"), the Mortgage
Loans on the Closing Date, together with the Related Documents on the Closing
Date;
WHEREAS, RAMP, as depositor (in such capacity, the "Depositor"), will
sell the Mortgage Loans and assign all of its rights under the Purchase
Agreement to the Issuer, together with the Related Documents on the Closing
Date;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement, the Issuer will
issue the Certificates;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Issuer will issue
the Notes; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer will
service the Mortgage Loans directly or through one or more Subservicers.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01 Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires,
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to such terms in the Definitions contained in Appendix A to the indenture dated
as of November 22, 2004 (the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee, which is incorporated by reference herein. All other capitalized terms
used herein shall have the meanings specified herein.
Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when
used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms
partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document,
to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them
under generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the
definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate or
other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally
accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in this Agreement or
in any such certificate or other document shall control.
(c) The words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder" and words of similar import when
used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement; Section and Exhibit references contained
in this Agreement are references to Sections and Exhibits in or to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified; the term "including" shall mean "including
without limitation"; "or" shall include "and/or"; and the term "proceeds" shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in the UCC.
(d) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular
as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as the
feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
(e) Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any
instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement,
instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented and
includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all
attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person
are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
Section 1.03 Interest Calculations. All calculations of interest hereunder that
are made in respect of the Stated Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan shall be
made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. All
calculations of interest on the Notes, other than the Class A-1 Notes, and the
calculation of the Servicing Fees shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. The calculation of interest on the Class A-1
Notes shall be made on the basis of the actual number of days in an Interest
Period and a year assumed to consist of 360 days. All dollar amounts calculated
hereunder shall be rounded to the nearest xxxxx with one-half of one xxxxx being
rounded up.
ARTICLE II
Representations and Warranties
Section 2.01 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Servicer. The Servicer
represents and warrants to the Issuer and for the benefit of the Indenture
Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, as of the Closing Date:
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(a) the Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and has the
corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is
currently engaged. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character
of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it requires
such qualification and in which the failure to so qualify would have a material
adverse effect (not in the ordinary course of business) on the business,
properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the Servicer;
(b) the Servicer has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and
perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated under this
Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and
delivered, this Servicing Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by the
availability of equitable remedies;
(c) the Servicer is not required to obtain the consent of any other Person or
any consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration or
declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection
with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement, except for such consent, license, approval or authorization, or
registration or declaration, as shall have been obtained or filed, as the case
may be;
(d) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the
transactions contemplated hereby by the Servicer will not violate any material
provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any court
applicable to the Servicer or any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws of the Servicer, or constitute a material breach of any material
mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which the Servicer is a
party or by which the Servicer may be bound;
(e) no litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal
or governmental body is currently pending, or to the knowledge of the Servicer
threatened, against the Servicer or any of its properties or with respect to
this Agreement or the Securities which in the opinion of the Servicer has a
reasonable likelihood of resulting in a material adverse effect on the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(f) The Servicer is an FHA- and VA- approved servicer; and
(g) The Servicer is a member of MERS in good standing, and will comply in all
material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS.
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The foregoing representations and warranties shall survive any
termination of the Servicer hereunder.
Section 2.02 Representations and Warranties of the Issuer. The Issuer hereby
represents and warrants to the Servicer and for the benefit of the Indenture
Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, as of the Closing Date:
(a) the Issuer is a statutory trust duly formed and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware and has full power, authority and legal right to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance by it of this Agreement; and
(b) the execution and delivery by the Issuer of this Agreement and the
performance by the Issuer of its obligations under this Agreement will not
violate any provision of any law or regulation governing the Issuer or any
order, writ, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental
authority or agency applicable to the Issuer or any of its assets. Such
execution, delivery, authentication and performance will not require the
authorization, consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the filing or
registration with, or the taking of any other action with respect to, any
governmental authority or agency regulating the activities of limited liability
companies. Such execution, delivery, authentication and performance will not
conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of, any mortgage, deed of
trust, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is bound.
Section 2.03 Enforcement of Representations and Warranties. The Servicer, on
behalf of and subject to the direction of the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of
the Mortgage Loans, or the Issuer, shall enforce the representations and
warranties of the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. Upon the discovery
by the Seller, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or
the Custodian of a breach of any of the representations and warranties made by
either the Seller in the Purchase Agreement, in respect of any Mortgage Loan
which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Securityholders, the
party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other
parties (the Custodian being so obligated under the Custodial Agreement). The
Servicer shall promptly notify the Seller of such breach, and request that,
pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Seller either (i) cure such
breach in all material respects within 90 days from the date the Seller was
notified of such breach or, in the case of a breach which has the effect of
making the Mortgage Loan fail to be a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of
Section 860G of the Internal Revenue Code, within 90 days after the discovery
thereof by the Seller, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Purchaser or the Issuer or (ii) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Issuer at
the price and in the manner set forth in Section 3.1(d) of the Purchase
Agreement; provided, that the Seller shall, subject to the conditions set forth
in the Purchase Agreement, have the option to substitute an Eligible Substitute
Loan or Loans for such Mortgage Loan, provided that such substitution occurs
within two years following the Closing Date. In the event that the Seller elects
to substitute one or more Eligible Substitute Loans pursuant to Section 3.1(d)
of the Purchase Agreement, such party shall deliver to the Custodian or the
Servicer, in accordance with the Purchase Agreement with respect to such
Eligible Substitute Loans, the original Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, and such
other documents and agreements as are required by the Purchase Agreement.
Payments due with respect to Eligible Substitute Loans in the month of
substitution shall not be transferred to the Issuer and will be retained by the
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Servicer and remitted by the Servicer to such party on the next succeeding
Payment Date except to the extent that a payment less than the applicable
Monthly Payment has been received by the Issuer for such month in respect of the
Mortgage Loan to be removed. The Servicer shall amend or cause to be amended the
Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of such Mortgage Loan and the
substitution of the Eligible Substitute Loans and the Servicer shall promptly
deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Owner Trustee and Indenture
Trustee.
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to cure
such breach or purchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan as to which such a
breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy
respecting such breach available to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as
pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, against the Seller. In connection with the
purchase of or substitution for any such Mortgage Loan by the Seller, the Issuer
shall assign to such party all of its right, title and interest in respect of
the Purchase Agreement applicable to such Mortgage Loan. Upon receipt of the
Repurchase Price, or upon completion of such substitution, the Servicer shall
notify the Custodian, and the Custodian shall deliver the Mortgage Notes to the
Servicer, together with all relevant endorsements and assignments prepared by
the Servicer that the Indenture Trustee shall execute.
ARTICLE III
Administration and Servicing of Mortgage Loans
Section 3.01 The Servicer.
(a) The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in a manner
consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the terms of any provisions of any
related Primary Insurance Policy and that shall be normal and usual in its
general mortgage servicing activities. The Servicer shall have full power and
authority, acting alone or through a Subservicer, to do any and all things in
connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or
desirable, it being understood, however, that the Servicer shall at all times
remain responsible to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the
Mortgage Loans, for the performance of its duties and obligations hereunder in
accordance with the terms hereof. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is
hereby authorized and empowered by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as
pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, when the Servicer or the Subservicer, as the case
may be, believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to execute and deliver, on
behalf of itself, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee or any of them, any and
all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release
or discharge, or of consent to assumption or modification in connection with a
proposed conveyance, or of assignment of any Mortgage and Mortgage Note in
connection with the repurchase of a Mortgage Loan and all other comparable
instruments, or with respect to the modification or re-recording of a Mortgage
for the purpose of correcting the Mortgage, the subordination of the lien of the
Mortgage in favor of a public utility company or government agency or unit with
powers of eminent domain, the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the
commencement, prosecution or completion of judicial or non-judicial foreclosure,
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the conveyance of a Mortgaged Property to the related insurer of a Primary
Insurance Policy, the acquisition of any property acquired by foreclosure or
deed in lieu of foreclosure, or the management, marketing and conveyance of any
property acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to
the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. The Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Custodian, as applicable, shall furnish the Servicer
with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to
enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties
hereunder. In addition, the Servicer may, at its own discretion and on behalf of
the Indenture Trustee, obtain credit information in the form of a "credit score"
from a credit repository. On the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall
deliver to the Servicer a limited power of attorney substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto. The Servicer is further authorized and empowered by the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders and the Indenture
Trustee, in its own name or in the name of the Subservicer, when the Servicer or
the Subservicer, as the case may be, believes it appropriate in its best
judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the
removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders or
any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable
instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the
name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Indenture Trustee and its successors and
assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the
preceding sentence shall be borne by the Servicer, with no right of
reimbursement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 3.02(a), the Servicer
shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would
both constitute a sale or exchange of such Mortgage Loan within the meaning of
Section 1001 of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final regulations
promulgated thereunder and cause either REMIC I or REMIC II to fail to qualify
as a REMIC under the Code or, except as provided in Section 11.01(f) of the
Indenture, cause the imposition of a tax upon either of the REMICs (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).
If the Mortgage did not have a Lien senior to the related Mortgage Loan
on the related Mortgaged Property as of the related Cut-Off Date, then the
Servicer, in such capacity, may not consent to the placing of a Lien senior to
that of the Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property. If the Mortgage had a
Lien senior to the related Mortgage Loan on the related Mortgaged Property as of
the related Cut-Off Date, then the Servicer, in such capacity, may not consent
to the refinancing of such prior senior Lien.
The relationship of the Servicer (and of any successor to the
Servicer as servicer under this Agreement) to the Issuer under this Agreement is
intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of
a joint venturer, partner or agent.
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(b) All costs incurred by the Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the
timely payment of taxes and assessments on the properties subject to the
Mortgage Loans shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions
to the Noteholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage
Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit, and such
costs shall be recoverable to the extent permitted by Section 3.10(a)(iii).
(c) All other documents contained in the Mortgage File and any original
documents relating to the Mortgage Loans not contained in the Mortgage File or
delivered to the Custodian, if any, or the Indenture Trustee are and shall be
held by the Servicer in trust as agent for the Indenture Trustee on behalf of
the Noteholders.
Section 3.02 Subservicing Agreements Between Servicer and Subservicers;
Enforcement of Subservicers' and Seller's Obligations
The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements with Subservicers,
for the servicing and administration of all or some of the Mortgage Loans. Any
Subservicer of a Mortgage Loan insured by the FHA must be an FHA- approved
servicer and any Subservicer of a Mortgage Loan guaranteed by the VA must be a
VA- approved servicer. Each Subservicer of a Mortgage Loan shall be entitled to
receive and retain, as provided in the related Subservicing Agreement and in
Section 3.07, the related Subservicing Fee from payments of interest received on
such Mortgage Loan after payment of all amounts required to be remitted to the
Servicer in respect of such Mortgage Loan. Any Subservicing Fee shall be paid by
the Servicer out of the Servicing Fee for the related Mortgage Loans. Unless the
context otherwise requires, references in this Agreement to actions taken or to
be taken by the Servicer in servicing the Mortgage Loans include actions taken
or to be taken by a Subservicer on behalf of the Servicer.
Section 3.03 Successor Subservicers
The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement
that may exist in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing
Agreement and without any limitation by virtue of this Agreement; provided,
however, that in the event of termination of any Subservicing Agreement by the
Servicer or the Subservicer, the Servicer shall either act as servicer of the
related Mortgage Loan or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor
Subservicer which will be bound by the terms of the related Subservicing
Agreement.
Section 3.04 Liability of the Servicer
Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of
this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer or a
Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise,
the Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Indenture Trustee and the
Issuer for the servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with the provisions of Section 3.01 without diminution of such obligation or
liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue
of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the
same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and
administering the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into
any agreement with a Subservicer or the Seller for indemnification of the
Servicer and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or
modify such indemnification.
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Section 3.05 No Contractual Relationship Between Subservicer and Indenture
Trustee or Issuer.
Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any other
transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer
in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between
the Subservicer and the Servicer alone and the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer
shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights,
obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer in its
capacity as such except as set forth in Section 3.06.
Section 3.06 Assumption of Subservicing Agreements by Trustee.
(a) If the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the servicer hereunder
(including by reason of a Servicing Default), the Indenture Trustee, its
designee or its successor shall thereupon assume all of the rights and
obligations of the Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that may have been
entered into but not any liabilities or obligations incurred by the Servicer
prior to the date of such assumption. The Indenture Trustee, its designee or the
successor servicer for the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all
of the Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party
to the Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing
Agreement had been assigned to the assuming party except that the Servicer shall
not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the Subservicing
Agreement.
The Servicer shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee but at the
expense of the Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records
relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being
serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use
its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of each
Subservicing Agreement to the assuming party.
Section 3.07 Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments; Deposits to Custodial
Account.
The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments
called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans, and shall, to
the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and the terms
and provisions of any related Primary Insurance Policy, follow such collection
procedures as it would employ in its good faith business judgment and which are
normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities. Consistent with
the foregoing, the Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any late payment
charge or any prepayment charge or penalty interest in connection with the
prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and (ii) extend the Due Date for payments due on a
Mortgage Note for a period not greater than 180 days; provided, however, that
the Servicer shall first determine that any such waiver or extension will not
impair the coverage of any related Primary Insurance Policy or materially
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adversely affect the lien of the related Mortgage. In the event of any such
arrangement, the Servicer shall make timely advances on the related Mortgage
Loan during the scheduled period in accordance with the amortization schedule of
such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by reason of such arrangements
unless otherwise agreed to by the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer; provided,
however, that no such extension shall be made if any such advance would be a
Nonrecoverable Advance. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the
Servicer may also waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent
to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner
grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's determination such
waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to
the interests of the Noteholders (taking into account any estimated Realized
Loss that might result absent such action); provided, however, that the Servicer
may not modify materially or permit any Subservicer to modify any Mortgage Loan,
including without limitation any modification that would change the Mortgage
Rate, forgive the payment of any principal or interest (unless in connection
with the liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan or except in connection with
prepayments to the extent that such reamortization is not inconsistent with the
terms of the Mortgage Loan), or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage
Loan, unless such Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the judgment of the
Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable. In connection with any
Curtailment of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer, to the extent not inconsistent
with the terms of the Mortgage Note and local law and practice, may permit the
Mortgage Loan to be reamortized such that the Monthly Payment is recalculated as
an amount that will fully amortize the remaining Stated Principal Balance
thereof by the original maturity date based on the original Loan Rate. The
Servicer shall not be required to institute or join in litigation with respect
to collection of any payment (whether under a Mortgage, Mortgage Note or
otherwise or against any public or governmental authority with respect to a
taking or condemnation) if it reasonably believes that enforcing the provision
of the Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which such payment is required
is prohibited by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any permitted
extension of the final maturity date of a Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the end
of the Due Period preceding the Final Payment Date. The general terms of any
waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence with respect to any of the
Mortgage Loans will be included in the Servicing Certificate, and such Mortgage
Loans will not be considered "delinquent" for the purposes of the Basic
Documents so long as the Mortgagor complies with the terms of such waiver,
modification, postponement or indulgence.
The Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received
pursuant to each Mortgage Loan separate and apart from any of its own funds and
general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Custodial Accounts
held in trust, entitled "GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-GH1." Each Custodial
Account shall be an Eligible Account. The Custodial Account shall be maintained
as a segregated account, separate and apart from trust funds created for
mortgage pass-through securities of other series, and the other accounts of the
Servicer.
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Within two Business Days of receipt, except as otherwise specifically
provided herein, the Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the
Custodial Account the following payments and collections remitted by
subservicers or received by it in respect of the Mortgage Loans subsequent to
the Cut-Off Date (other than in respect of principal and interest due on such
Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-Off Date) and the following amounts required
to be deposited hereunder:
(i) all payments of principal of or interest on the Mortgage Loans
received or any advance made by a Subservicer or any REO Proceeds
received in connection with an REO Property for which an REO
Disposition has occurred, net of any portion of the interest
thereof retained by any Subservicer as subservicing fees;
(ii) Net Liquidation Proceeds, net of any related Foreclosure Profit,
and all Recovery Amounts;
(iii) all proceeds of any Mortgage Loans repurchased by the Seller
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and all Substitution
Adjustment Amounts required to be deposited in connection with
the substitution of an Eligible Substitute Loan pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement;
(iv) Insurance Proceeds, other than Net Liquidation Proceeds,
resulting from any insurance policy maintained on a Mortgaged
Property; and
(v) amounts required to be paid by the Servicer pursuant to Section
8.08;
provided, however, that with respect to each Due Period, the Servicer shall be
permitted to retain from payments in respect of interest on the Mortgage Loans,
the Servicing Fee for such Due Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Servicer may, in accordance with its normal servicing procedures, hold payments
by a Mortgagor representing partial payments of a Monthly Payment that are not
applied to principal or interest on the Mortgage Loans in a separate account,
which shall be an Eligible Account, until such amounts are applied by the
Servicer to principal or interest on the Mortgage Loans. At such time, the
Servicer shall deposit such amounts into the Custodial Account and apply such
amounts as payments of principal or interest on the Mortgage Loans, as
applicable. The foregoing requirements respecting deposits to the Custodial
Account are exclusive, it being understood that, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Servicer need not deposit in the Custodial Account amounts
representing Foreclosure Profits, fees (including annual fees) or late charge
penalties, payable by Mortgagors (such amounts to be retained as additional
servicing compensation in accordance with Section 3.17 hereof), or amounts
received by the Servicer for the accounts of Mortgagors for application towards
the payment of taxes, insurance premiums, assessments and similar items. In the
event any amount not required to be deposited in the Custodial Account is so
deposited, the Servicer may at any time withdraw such amount from the Custodial
Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Servicer
shall retain all Foreclosure Profits as additional servicing compensation.
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With respect to Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds
and the proceeds of the purchase of any Mortgage Loan received in any calendar
month, the Servicer may elect to treat such amounts as included in the Interest
Collection and Principal Collections for the Payment Date in the month of
receipt, but is not obligated to do so. If the Servicer so elects, such amounts
will be deemed to have been received on the last day of the month prior to the
receipt thereof.
The Servicer may cause the institution maintaining the Custodial Account
to invest any funds in the Custodial Account in Permitted Investments (including
obligations of the Servicer or any of its Affiliates, if such obligations
otherwise qualify as Permitted Investments), which investments shall mature not
later than the Business Day preceding the next succeeding Payment Date, and
which investments shall not be sold or disposed of prior to maturity. In
addition, no such Permitted Investment shall be purchased at a price in excess
of par. Except as provided above, all income and gain realized from any such
investment shall inure to the benefit of the Servicer and shall be subject to
its withdrawal or order from time to time. The amount of any losses incurred in
respect of the principal amount of any such investments shall be deposited in
the Custodial Account by the Servicer out of its own funds immediately as
realized.
Section 3.08 Subservicing Accounts; Servicing Accounts.
(a) In those cases where a Subservicer is servicing a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
a Subservicing Agreement, the Servicer shall cause the Subservicer, pursuant to
the Subservicing Agreement, to establish and maintain one or more Subservicing
Accounts which shall be an Eligible Account or, if such account is not an
Eligible Account, shall be acceptable to the Servicer and each Rating Agency.
The Subservicer will be required thereby to deposit into the Subservicing
Account on a daily basis all proceeds of Mortgage Loans received by the
Subservicer, less its Subservicing Fees and unreimbursed advances and expenses,
to the extent permitted by the Subservicing Agreement. If the Subservicing
Account is not an Eligible Account, the Servicer shall be deemed to have
received such monies upon receipt thereof by the Subservicer. The Subservicer
shall not be required to deposit in the Subservicing Account payments or
collections in the nature of prepayment charges or late charges or assumption
fees. On or before each Determination Date, the Servicer shall cause the
Subservicer, pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement, to remit to the Servicer
for deposit in the Custodial Account all funds held in the Subservicing Account
with respect to each Mortgage Loan serviced by such Subservicer that are
required to be remitted to the Servicer.
(b) In addition to the Custodial Account and the Note Payment Account, the
Servicer shall for any Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, and shall cause the
Subservicers for Subserviced Mortgage Loans to, establish and maintain one or
more Servicing Accounts and deposit and retain therein all collections from the
Mortgagors (or advances from Subservicers) for the payment of taxes,
assessments, hazard insurance premiums, Primary Insurance Policy premiums, if
applicable, or comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors. Each
Servicing Account shall be hold in trust, entitled "GMAC Mortgage Corporation
Servicing Account in trust for the benefit of the of the Holders of GMACM
Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-GH1." Withdrawals of amounts related to the Mortgage
Loans from the Servicing Accounts may be made only to effect timely payment of
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taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums, Primary Insurance Policy
premiums, if applicable, or comparable items, to reimburse the Servicer or
Subservicer out of related collections for any payments made pursuant to
Sections 3.11 (with respect to the Primary Insurance Policy) and 3.12(a) (with
respect to hazard insurance), to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be
determined to be overages, to pay interest, if required, to Mortgagors on
balances in the Servicing Account or to clear and terminate the Servicing
Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.08. As
part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall, and the Subservicers will,
pursuant to the Subservicing Agreements, be required to pay to the Mortgagors
interest on funds in this account to the extent required by law.
(c) The Servicer shall advance the payments referred to in the preceding
subsection that are not timely paid by the Mortgagors or advanced by the
Subservicers on the date when the tax, premium or other cost for which such
payment is intended is due, but the Servicer shall be required so to advance
only to the extent that such advances, in the good faith judgment of the
Servicer, will be recoverable by the Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
Section 3.09 [Reserved].
Section 3.10 Permitted Withdrawals from the Custodial Account.
(a) The Servicer shall, from time to time as provided herein, make withdrawals
from the Custodial Account of amounts on deposit therein pursuant to Section
3.07 that are attributable to the Mortgage Loans for the following purposes:
(i) on each Determination Date, the Servicer shall determine the
aggregate amounts to be withdrawn from the Custodial Account and applied
pursuant to Section 3.05(a) of the Indenture and, prior to the close of
business on the Business Day prior to the related Payment Date, shall
withdraw such amounts from the Custodial Account and deposit such
amounts into the Note Payment Account to be distributed by the Paying
Agent in accordance with and in the order or priority set forth in
Section 3.05(a) of the Indenture for such Payment Date;
(ii) to pay to itself from any monthly payments received from the
Mortgagors, the amount of such payment that represents principal and
interest accrued on the related Mortgage Loan for any period prior to
the Cut-Off Date;
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(iii) to reimburse itself or the related Subservicer for
previously unreimbursed advances or expenses made pursuant to Sections
3.01, 3.07(a), 3.08, 3.11, 3.12(a), 3.14 and 4.04 or otherwise
reimbursable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such withdrawal
right being limited to amounts received on particular Mortgage Loans
(including, for this purpose, REO Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds and proceeds from the purchase of a Mortgage Loan)
which represent (A) Late Collections of Monthly Payments for which any
such advance was made in the case of Subservicer Advances or Advances
pursuant to Section 4.04 and (B) recoveries of amounts in respect of
which such advances were made in the case of Servicing Advances;
(iv) to pay to itself out of each payment received on account of
interest on a Mortgage Loan as contemplated by Section 3.14, an amount
equal to the related Servicing Fee and the Recovery Fee (to the extent
not retained), and to pay to any Subservicer any subservicing fees not
previously withheld by such Subservicer;
(v) to the extent deposited in the Custodial Account, to pay to
itself as additional servicing compensation any (i) interest or
investment income earned on funds deposited in the Custodial Account
that it is entitled to withdraw pursuant to Sections 3.02(b) and 5.01,
and (ii) Foreclosure Profits (to the extent permitted by law);
(vi) to pay to itself or the Seller, with respect to any Mortgage
Loan or property acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased or
otherwise transferred to the Seller, the Servicer or other entity, all
amounts received thereon and not required to be distributed to
Securityholders as of the date on which the related Purchase Price or
Repurchase Price is determined;
(vii) to reimburse itself or the related Subservicer for any
Nonrecoverable Advance or Advances in the manner and to the extent
provided by Section 3.10(c), any Advance made in connection with a
modification of a Mortgage Loan that is in default or, in the judgment
of the Servicer, default is reasonably foreseeable pursuant to Section
3.07, to the extent the amount of the Advance has been added to the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan;
(viii) to reimburse itself for Servicing Advances expended by it
(a) pursuant to Section 3.14 in good faith in connection with the
restoration of property damaged by an Uninsured Cause, and (b) in
connection with the liquidation of a Mortgage Loan or disposition of an
REO Property to the extent not otherwise reimbursed pursuant to clause
(iii) above;
(ix) to withdraw any other amount deposited in the Custodial
Account that was not required to be deposited therein pursuant to
Section 3.07;
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(x) to reimburse itself for expenses incurred by and reimbursable
to it pursuant to Section 3.11, 3.13, 3.14(c), 6.03 or otherwise;
(xi) at its option, for so long as it is the sole
Certificateholder, to pay to itself from amounts otherwise required to
be remitted to the Distribution Account in accordance with Section
3.05(a)(xvii) of the Indenture, all amounts payable to it as a
Certificateholder on the related Payment Date; and
(xii) if the Servicer is not GMAC Mortgage Corporation, to
reimburse itself for amounts paid to the Custodian pursuant to Section
3.4 of the Custodial Agreement.
(b) Since, in connection with withdrawals pursuant to clauses (iii),
(iv), (v) and (vi), the Servicer's entitlement thereto is limited to collections
or other recoveries on the related Mortgage Loan, 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 Custodial Account pursuant to such
clauses. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Servicer
shall be entitled to reimburse itself for any previously unreimbursed expenses
incurred pursuant to Section 3.10 or otherwise reimbursable pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement that the Servicer determines to be otherwise
nonrecoverable (except with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the
Repurchase Price has been paid), by withdrawal from the Custodial Account of
amounts on deposit therein attributable to the Mortgage Loans on any Business
Day prior to the Payment Date succeeding the date of such determination.
(c) The Servicer shall be entitled to reimburse itself or the related
Subservicer pursuant to clause 3.10(a)(vii) for any advance made in respect of a
Mortgage Loan that the Servicer determines to be a Nonrecoverable Advance by
withdrawal from the Custodial Account of amounts on deposit therein attributable
to the Mortgage Loans on any day prior to the close of business on the Business
Day prior to the related Payment Date succeeding the date of such determination.
Such right of reimbursement in respect of a Nonrecoverable Advance on any such
Business Day shall be limited to an amount not exceeding the portion of such
advance previously paid to Noteholders (and not theretofore reimbursed to the
Servicer or the related Subservicer).
Section 3.11 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Omissions and Fidelity
Coverage.
(a) The Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan (other than
a Cooperative Loan) hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount which
is equal to the lesser of (i)(A) the greater of the principal balance owing on
such Mortgage Loan and (B) the percentage such that the proceeds thereof shall
be sufficient to prevent the application of a co-insurance clause; if the
Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as being a special flood hazard area that
has federally-mandated flood insurance requirements, the Servicer will cause to
be maintained a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current
guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration with a generally acceptable
insurance carrier, in an amount representing coverage not less than the least of
(i) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (ii) the maximum
insurable value of the improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or (iii) the
maximum amount of insurance which is available under the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, as amended; or (ii) 100 percent of the insurable value
of the improvements. The Servicer shall also cause to be maintained on property
acquired upon foreclosure, or deed in lieu of foreclosure, of any Mortgage Loan
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(other than a Cooperative Loan), hazard insurance with extended coverage in an
amount which is at least equal to the maximum insurable value of the
improvements which are a part of such property, liability insurance and, to the
extent required and available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,
as amended, flood insurance in an amount as provided above. Pursuant to Section
3.02, any amounts collected by the Servicer under any such policies (other than
amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged
Property or property thus acquired or amounts released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the Servicer's normal servicing procedures) shall be deposited
in the Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.07. Any
cost incurred by the Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for
the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Noteholders, be added to
the amount owing under the Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of the
Mortgage Loan so permit. Such costs shall be recoverable by the Servicer out of
related late payments by the Mortgagor or out of Insurance Proceeds and
Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section 3.07. It is understood
and agreed that no earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of
any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired in respect of a Mortgage Loan
other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time
be in force and as shall require such additional insurance. All such policies
shall be endorsed with standard mortgagee clauses with loss payable to the
Servicer and its successors and/or assigns and shall provide for at least thirty
days prior written notice of any cancellation, reduction in the amount or
material change in coverage to the Servicer. The Servicer shall not interfere
with the Mortgagor's freedom of choice in selecting either his insurance carrier
or agent, provided, however, that the Servicer shall not accept any such
insurance policies from insurance companies unless such companies currently
reflect a General Policy Rating in Best's Key Rating Guide currently acceptable
to Xxxxxx Xxx and are licensed to do business in the state wherein the property
subject to the policy is located.
If the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket hazard insurance
policy with extended coverage 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 sentence of this Section 3.11, 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 a policy complying with the first sentence of
this Section 3.11 and there shall have been a loss which would have been covered
by such policy, deposit in the Custodial Account the amount not otherwise
payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause. Any such
deposit by the Servicer shall be made on the last Business Day of the month in
which payments under any such policy would have been deposited in the Custodial
Account. In connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the
Mortgage Loans, the Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the
Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, claims under any such blanket policy.
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(b) The Servicer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense and keep in full
force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement a blanket fidelity bond
and an errors and omissions insurance policy covering the Servicer's officers
and employees and other persons acting on behalf of the Servicer in connection
with its activities under this Agreement. The amount of coverage, taken
together, shall be at least equal to the coverage that would be required by
Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac, with respect to the Servicer if the Servicer were
servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans for Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. In
the event that any such bond or policy ceases to be in effect, the Servicer
shall obtain a comparable replacement bond or policy from an issuer or insurer,
as the case may be, meeting the requirements set forth above.
Section 3.12 Maintenance of the Primary Insurance Policies; Collections
Thereunder.
(a) The Servicer shall not take, or permit any Subservicer to take, any action
which would result in non-coverage under any applicable Primary Insurance Policy
of any loss which, but for the actions of the Servicer or Subservicer, would
have been covered thereunder. To the extent coverage is available, the Servicer
shall keep or cause to be kept in full force and effect a Primary Insurance
Policy in the case of each Mortgage Loan that had a Primary Insurance Policy on
the Cut-Off Date in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Mortgage
Loan. The Servicer shall not cancel or refuse to renew any such Primary
Insurance Policy applicable to a Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, or consent to any
Subservicer canceling or refusing to renew any such Primary Insurance Policy
applicable to a Mortgage Loan subserviced by it, that is in effect at the date
of the initial issuance of the Notes and is required to be kept in force
hereunder unless the replacement Primary Insurance Policy for such canceled or
non-renewed policy is maintained with an insurer whose claims-paying ability is
acceptable to each Rating Agency for mortgage backed securities having a rating
equal to or better than the lower of the then-current rating or the rating
assigned to the Notes as of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency. In
connection with any assumption or substitution agreement entered into or to be
entered into pursuant to Section 3.13, the Servicer shall promptly notify the
insurer under the related Primary Insurance Policy, if any, of such assumption
or substitution of liability in accordance with the terms of such policy and
shall take all actions which may be required by such insurer as a condition to
the continuation of coverage under the Primary Insurance Policy. If such Primary
Insurance Policy is terminated as a result of such assumption or substitution of
liability, the Servicer shall obtain a replacement Primary Insurance Policy as
provided above.
(b) In connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the
Mortgage Loans, the Servicer agrees to present or to cause the related
Subservicer to present, on behalf of the Servicer, the Subservicer, if any, the
Indenture Trustee and Issuer, claims to the related Insurer under any Primary
Insurance Policies, in a timely manner in accordance with such policies, and, in
this regard, to take or cause to be taken such reasonable action as shall be
necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Insurance Policies respecting
defaulted Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to Section 3.07, any Insurance Proceeds
collected by or remitted to the Servicer under any Primary Insurance Policies
shall be deposited in the Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to
Section 3.10.
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Section 3.13 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and
Modification Agreements; Certain Assignments.
(a) When any Mortgaged Property is conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Servicer or
Subservicer, to the extent it has knowledge of such conveyance, shall enforce
any due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, to the extent
permitted under applicable law and governmental regulations, but only to the
extent that such enforcement will not adversely affect or jeopardize coverage
under any Required Insurance Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer
is not required to exercise such rights with respect to a Mortgage Loan if the
Person to whom the related Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is proposed
to be conveyed satisfies the terms and conditions contained in the Mortgage Note
and Mortgage related thereto and the consent of the mortgagee under such
Mortgage Note or Mortgage is not otherwise so required under such Mortgage Note
or Mortgage as a condition to such transfer. In the event that the Servicer is
prohibited by law from enforcing any such due-on-sale clause, or if coverage
under any Required Insurance Policy would be adversely affected, or if
nonenforcement is otherwise permitted hereunder, the Servicer is authorized,
subject to Section 3.13(b), to take or enter into an assumption and modification
agreement from or with the person to whom such property has been or is about to
be conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the Mortgage
Note and, unless prohibited by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains
liable thereon, provided that the Mortgage Loan shall continue to be covered (if
so covered before the Servicer enters such agreement) by the applicable Required
Insurance Policies. The Servicer, subject to Section 3.13(b), is also authorized
with the prior approval of the insurers under any Required Insurance Policies 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 Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default
under this Section by reason of any transfer or assumption which the Servicer
reasonably believes it is restricted by law from preventing, for any reason
whatsoever.
(b) Subject to the Servicer's duty to enforce any due-on-sale clause to the
extent set forth in Section 3.13(a), in any case in which a Mortgaged Property
is to be conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, and such Person is to enter into
an assumption or modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage which requires the signature of the Indenture Trustee, or if an
instrument of release signed by the Indenture Trustee is required releasing the
Mortgagor from liability on the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer is authorized,
subject to the requirements of the sentence next following, to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, the assumption agreement with the
Person to whom the Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed and such modification
agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or other instruments as
are reasonable or necessary to carry out the terms of the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage or otherwise to comply with any applicable laws regarding assumptions
or the transfer of the Mortgaged Property to such Person; provided, however,
none of such terms and requirements shall either (i) both (A) constitute a
"significant modification" effecting an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage
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Loan under the REMIC Provisions and (B) cause REMIC I or REMIC II to fail to
qualify as REMICs under the Code, or (subject to Section 11.01(f) of the
Indenture), result in the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or
(ii) constitute "contributions" after the start-up date under the REMIC
Provisions. Upon receipt of appropriate instructions from the Servicer in
accordance with the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee shall execute any necessary
instruments for such assumption or substitution of liability as directed in
writing by the Servicer. Upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by
such documents, the Servicer shall cause the originals or true and correct
copies of the assumption agreement, the release (if any), or the modification or
supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage to be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee or the Custodian and deposited with the Mortgage File for such Mortgage
Loan. Any fee collected by the Servicer or such related Subservicer for entering
into an assumption or substitution of liability agreement will be retained by
the Servicer or such Subservicer as additional servicing compensation.
(c) The Servicer or the related Subservicer, as the case may be, shall be
entitled to approve a request from a Mortgagor for a partial release of the
related Mortgaged Property, the granting of an easement thereon in favor of
another Person, any alteration or demolition of the related Mortgaged Property
(or, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, the related Cooperative Apartment)
without any right of reimbursement or other similar matters if it has
determined, exercising its good faith business judgment in the same manner as it
would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that the security for,
and the timely and full collectability of, such Mortgage Loan would not be
adversely affected thereby. Any fee collected by the Servicer or the related
Subservicer for processing such a request will be retained by the Servicer or
such Subservicer as additional servicing compensation.
(d) Subject to any other applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
Indenture Trustee and Servicer shall be entitled to approve an assignment in
lieu of satisfaction with respect to any Mortgage Loan, provided the obligee
with respect to such Mortgage Loan following such proposed assignment provides
the Indenture Trustee and Servicer with a "Lender Certification for Assignment
of Mortgage Loan", in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and
Servicer, providing the following: (i) that the substance of the assignment is,
and is intended to be, a refinancing of such Mortgage; (ii) that the Mortgage
Loan following the proposed assignment will have a rate of interest at least
0.25 percent below or above the rate of interest on such Mortgage Loan prior to
such proposed assignment; and (iii) that such assignment is at the request of
the borrower under the related Mortgage Loan. Upon approval of an assignment in
lieu of satisfaction with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall
receive cash in an amount equal to the unpaid principal balance of and accrued
interest on such Mortgage Loan and the Servicer shall treat such amount as a
Principal Prepayment in Full with respect to such Mortgage Loan for all purposes
hereof.
Section 3.14 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
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(a) The Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert (which may
include an REO Acquisition) 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. In connection with such foreclosure or other
conversion, the Servicer shall, consistent with Section 3.01, follow such
practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable, as shall be
normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities, as shall meet the
requirements under any Required Insurance Policy or, if applicable, the
requirements established by the FHA or VA, and as shall be consistent with the
provisions of this Agreement. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or
certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Indenture Trustee, which
shall hold the same on behalf of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.13 of
the Indenture. The Indenture Trustee's name shall be placed on the title to such
REO Property solely as the Indenture Trustee hereunder and not in its individual
capacity. The Servicer shall ensure that the title to such REO Property
references this Agreement and the Indenture Trustee's capacity thereunder. The
Servicer, however, shall not be required to expend its own funds or incur other
reimbursable charges in connection with any foreclosure, or attempted
foreclosure which is not completed, or towards the restoration of any property
unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration and/or foreclosure will
increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan to Holders of Notes of
one or more Classes after reimbursement to itself for such expenses or charges
and (ii) that such expenses or charges will be recoverable to it through
Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, or REO Proceeds (respecting which it
shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Custodial Account
pursuant to Section 3.10, whether or not such expenses and charges are actually
recoverable from related Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or REO
Proceeds). In the event of such a determination by the Servicer pursuant to this
Section 3.14(a), the Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of such amounts
pursuant to Section 3.10. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged
Property which the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed
in lieu of foreclosure is located within a one (1) mile radius of any site
listed in the Expenditure Plan for the Hazardous Substance Clean Up Bond Act of
1984 or other site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the
Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider
such risks and only take action in accordance with its established environmental
review procedures.
The Servicer shall, either itself or through an agent selected by the
Servicer, and in accordance with the Xxxxxx Xxx guidelines, manage, conserve,
protect and operate each REO Property in the same manner that it manages,
conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed property for its own account,
and in the same manner that similar property in the same locality as the REO
Property is managed. Each disposition of REO Property shall be carried out by
the Servicer at such price and upon such terms and conditions as the Servicer
deems to be in the best interest of the Noteholders.
Upon the occurrence of a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition, following
the deposit in the Custodial Account of all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds and other payments and recoveries referred to in the definition of
"Cash Liquidation" or "REO Disposition," as applicable, upon receipt by the
Indenture Trustee of written notification of such deposit signed by a Servicing
Officer, the Indenture Trustee or any Custodian, as the case may be, shall
release to the Servicer the related Mortgage File and the Indenture Trustee
shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by
the Servicer, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in
the Servicer or its designee, as the case may be, the related Mortgage Loan, and
thereafter such Mortgage Loan shall not be part of the Trust Estate.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, a Mortgage Loan may be deemed
to be finally liquidated if substantially all amounts expected by the Servicer
to be received in connection therewith have been received; provided, however,
that the Servicer may continue to pursue recovery of such Mortgage Loan and any
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subsequent collections, minus any Recovery Fee, with respect to any such
Mortgage Loan shall be deposited into the Custodial Account. If the Servicer
continues to pursue recovery, the Servicer shall continue to be entitled to the
Servicing Fee with respect to that Mortgage Loan and to be reimbursed for any
advances and expenses as though such Mortgage Loan continued to be an
Outstanding Mortgage Loan hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other
provision of this Agreement, in the Servicer's sole discretion with respect to
any defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property as to either of the following
provisions, (i) a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition may be deemed to have
occurred if substantially all amounts expected by the Servicer to be received in
connection with the related defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property have been
received, and (ii) for purposes of determining the amount of any Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Proceeds or any other unscheduled collections
or the amount of any Realized Loss, the Servicer may take into account minimal
amounts of additional receipts expected to be received or any estimated
additional liquidation expenses expected to be incurred in connection with the
related defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property.
(b) If title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired by the Trust Estate as an REO
Property by foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or
certificate of sale shall be issued to the Indenture, which shall hold the same
in accordance with Section 3.13 of the Indenture. Notwithstanding any such
acquisition of title and cancellation of the related Mortgage Loan, such REO
Property shall (except as otherwise expressly provided herein) be considered to
be an outstanding Mortgage Loan held in the Trust Estate until such time as the
REO Property shall be sold. Consistent with the foregoing for purposes of all
calculations hereunder so long as such REO Property shall be considered to be an
outstanding Mortgage Loan it shall be assumed that, notwithstanding that the
indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage Note shall have been discharged,
such Mortgage Note and the related amortization schedule in effect at the time
of any such acquisition of title (after giving effect to any previous
Curtailments and before any adjustment thereto by reason of any bankruptcy or
similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period) remain
in effect. To the extent the net income received during any calendar month is in
excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest
at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan for such calendar
month, such excess shall be considered to be a Curtailment of the related
Mortgage Loan.
(c) Any proceeds from foreclosure proceedings or the purchase or repurchase of
any Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, as well as any
recovery resulting from a collection of Net Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance
Proceeds, shall be applied in the following order of priority: first, to
reimburse the Servicer or the related Subservicer in accordance with this
Section 3.14; second, to pay the Servicer or the related Subservicer all
Servicing Fees and unreimbursed Advances payable therefrom; third, to pay
accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan and any related REO Imputed
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Interest, at the Net Loan Rate to the Payment Date on which such amounts are to
be deposited in the Note Payment Account or Custodial Account; and fourth, as a
recovery of principal on such Mortgage Loan. Any remaining amount shall
constitute Foreclosure Profits.
In the event that the Trust acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid
or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage
Loan, the Servicer on behalf the Trust shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property
as soon as practicable, giving due consideration to the interests of the
Noteholders and the Certificateholders, but in all cases within three full years
after the taxable year of its acquisition by the Trust for purposes of Section
860G(a)(8) of the Code (or such shorter period as may be necessary under
applicable state (including any state in which such property is located) law to
maintain the status of each of REMIC I or REMIC II as a REMIC under applicable
state law and avoid taxes resulting from such property failing to be foreclosure
property under applicable state law) or, at the expense of the Trust, request,
more than 60 days before the day on which such grace period would otherwise
expire, an extension of such grace period unless the Servicer obtains for the
Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Indenture Trustee and
the Servicer, to the effect that the holding by the Trust of such Mortgaged
Property subsequent to such period will not result in the imposition of taxes on
"prohibited transactions" as defined in Section 860F of the Code or cause the
Trust to fail to qualify as a REMIC (for federal (or any applicable State or
local) income tax purposes) at any time that any Certificates are outstanding,
in which case the Trust may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to
any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). The Servicer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed from the Custodial Account for any costs incurred in
obtaining such Opinion of Counsel, as provided in Section 3.03. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the
Trust shall be rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used by
or on behalf of the Trust in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would
(i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property"
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject REMIC I or
REMIC II to the imposition of any federal income taxes on the income earned from
such Mortgaged Property, including any taxes imposed by reason of Section
860G(c) of the Code, unless the Servicer has agreed to indemnify and hold
harmless the Trust with respect to the imposition of any such taxes.
Section 3.15 Trust Estate; Related Documents.
(a) When required by the provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee shall execute instruments to release property from the terms
of the Trust Agreement, Indenture or Custodial Agreement, as applicable, or
convey the Issuer's or the Indenture Trustee's interest in the same, in a manner
and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Agreement. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee as provided in this Section 3.06 shall be bound to ascertain
the Issuer's or the Indenture Trustee's authority, inquire into the satisfaction
of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any moneys.
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(b) If from time to time the Servicer shall deliver to the Custodian copies of
any written assurance, assumption agreement or substitution agreement or other
similar agreement pursuant to Section 3.05, the Custodian shall check that each
of such documents purports to be an original executed copy (or a copy of the
original executed document if the original executed copy has been submitted for
recording and has not yet been returned) and, if so, shall file such documents,
and upon receipt of the original executed copy from the applicable recording
office or receipt of a copy thereof certified by the applicable recording office
shall file such originals or certified copies with the Related Documents. If any
such documents submitted by the Servicer do not meet the above qualifications,
such documents shall promptly be returned by the Custodian to the Servicer, with
a direction to the Servicer to forward the correct documentation.
(c) Upon receipt of a Request for Release from the Servicer, substantially in
the form of Exhibit C hereto, to the effect that a Mortgage Loan has been the
subject of a final payment or a prepayment in full and such Mortgage Loan has
been terminated or that substantially all Net Liquidation Proceeds that have
been determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment to be finally
recoverable have been recovered, and upon deposit to the Custodial Account of
such final monthly payment, prepayment in full together with accrued and unpaid
interest to the date of such payment with respect to such Mortgage Loan or, if
applicable, Net Liquidation Proceeds, the Custodian shall promptly release the
Related Documents to the Servicer. The Indenture Trustee shall execute such
Related Documents, along with such documents as the Servicer or the related
Mortgagor may request to evidence satisfaction and discharge of such Mortgage
Loan, upon request of the Servicer. If from time to time and as appropriate for
the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer requests the
Custodian to release the Related Documents and delivers to the Custodian a trust
receipt reasonably satisfactory to the Custodian and signed by a Responsible
Officer of the Servicer, the Custodian shall release such Related Documents to
the Servicer. If such Mortgage Loans shall be liquidated and the Custodian
receives a certificate from the Servicer as provided above, then, upon request
of the Servicer, the Custodian shall release the trust receipt to the Servicer.
Section 3.16 Issuer and Indenture Trustee to Cooperate. On or before each
Payment Date, the Servicer will notify in writing the Indenture Trustee or the
Custodian, with a copy to the Issuer, of the termination of or the payment in
full and the termination of any Mortgage Loan during the preceding calendar
month. Upon receipt of payment in full, the Servicer is authorized to execute,
pursuant to the authorization contained in Section 3.01, an instrument of
satisfaction regarding the related Mortgage, which instrument of satisfaction
shall be recorded by the Servicer if required by applicable law and be delivered
to the Person entitled thereto and to cause the removal from the registration on
the MERS system of such Mortgage. It is understood and agreed that any expenses
incurred in connection with such instrument of satisfaction or transfer shall be
reimbursed from amounts deposited in the Custodial Account. From time to time
and as appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, the
Custodian shall, upon request of the Servicer and delivery to the Custodian,
with a copy to the Issuer, of a Request for Release, in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit C, signed by a Servicing Officer, release or cause to be released the
related Mortgage Note to the Servicer. The Issuer or Indenture Trustee shall
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promptly execute such documents, in the forms provided by the Servicer, as shall
be necessary for the prosecution of any such proceedings or the taking of other
servicing actions. Such trust receipt shall obligate the Servicer to return such
Mortgage Note to the Custodian (as specified in such receipt) when the need
therefor by the Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan shall be
liquidated, in which case, upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer
similar to that specified above, such trust receipt shall be released to the
Servicer.
In order to facilitate the foreclosure of the Mortgage securing any
Mortgage Loan that is in default following recordation of the related Assignment
of Mortgage in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement, the
Indenture Trustee or the Issuer shall, if so requested in writing by the
Servicer, promptly execute an appropriate assignment in the form provided by the
Servicer to assign such Mortgage Loan for the purpose of collection to the
Servicer (any such assignment shall unambiguously indicate that the assignment
is for the purpose of collection only), and, upon such assignment, such assignee
for collection will thereupon bring all required actions in its own name and
otherwise enforce the terms of such Mortgage Loan and deposit or credit the Net
Liquidation Proceeds, exclusive of Foreclosure Profits, received with respect
thereto into the Custodial Account. In the event that all delinquent payments
due under any such Mortgage Loan are paid by the Mortgagor and any other
defaults are cured, then the assignee for collection shall promptly reassign
such Mortgage Loan to the Indenture Trustee and return all Related Documents to
the place where the related Mortgage File was being maintained.
Section 3.17 Servicing Compensation.
(a) The Servicer, as compensation for its activities hereunder, shall be
entitled to receive on each Distribution Date the amounts provided for by
clauses (iv), (v) and (vi) of Section 3.10(a). The amount of servicing
compensation provided for in such clauses shall be accounted for on a Mortgage
Loan-by-Mortgage Loan basis. In the event that Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds and REO Proceeds (net of amounts reimbursable therefrom pursuant to
Section 3.10(a)(iii)) in respect of a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition exceed
the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan plus unpaid interest accrued
thereon at a per annum rate equal to the related Net Loan Rate (or the Modified
Net Loan Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan) and any related REO
Imputed Interest, the Servicer shall be entitled to retain therefrom and to pay
to itself and/or the related Subservicer, any Foreclosure Profits and any
Servicing Fee or Subservicing Fee considered to be accrued but unpaid.
(b) Additional servicing compensation in the form of prepayment charges, the
Recovery Fee, assumption fees, late payment charges, investment income on
amounts in the Custodial Account or otherwise shall be retained by the Servicer
or the Subservicer to the extent provided herein.
(c) The Servicer shall be required to pay, or cause to be paid, all expenses
incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including
payment of premiums for the Primary Insurance Policies, if any, to the extent
such premiums are not required to be paid by the related Mortgagors, certain
expenses of the Trustee as provided in Section 8.05, and the fees and expenses
of any Custodian) and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as
specifically provided in Sections 3.10 and 3.14.
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(d) The Servicer's right to receive servicing compensation may not be
transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of
its responsibilities and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement.
Section 3.18 Annual Statement as to Compliance.
(a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Depositor and the Underwriter, beginning March 31, 2005, and on or before March
31 of each year thereafter, an Officer's Certificate stating that (i) a review
of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of its
performance under any servicing agreements to which it is a party, including
this Agreement, has been made under such officer's supervision and (ii) to the
best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has
complied in all material respects with the minimum servicing standards set forth
in the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers and has fulfilled
all of its material obligations in all material respects throughout such year,
or, if there has been material noncompliance with such servicing standards or a
default in the fulfillment in all material respects of any such obligation
relating to this Servicing Agreement, such statement shall include a description
of such noncompliance or specify each such default, as the case may be, known to
such officer and the nature and status thereof.
(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee promptly
after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five
Business Days thereafter, written notice by means of an Officer's Certificate of
any event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would
become a Servicing Default.
Section 3.19 Annual Servicing Report. Beginning March 31, 2005, and on or before
March 31 of each year thereafter, the Servicer at its expense shall cause a firm
of nationally recognized independent public accountants (which firm may also
render other services to the Servicer) to furnish a report to the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the Underwriter and each Rating Agency stating
its opinion that, on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm
substantially in accordance with standards established by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants, the assertions made pursuant to Section 3.18
regarding compliance with the minimum servicing standards set forth in the
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers during the preceding
calendar year are fairly stated in all material respects, subject to such
exceptions and other qualifications that, in the opinion of such firm, such
accounting standards require it to report. In rendering such statement, such
firm may rely, as to matters relating to the direct servicing of Mortgage Loans
by Subservicers, upon comparable statements for examinations conducted by
independent public accountants substantially in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (rendered
within one year of such statement) with respect to such Subservicers.
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Section 3.20 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
Mortgage Loans. Whenever required by statute or regulation, the Servicer shall
provide to any Securityholder upon reasonable request (or a regulator for a
Securityholder) or the Indenture Trustee, reasonable access to the documentation
regarding the Mortgage Loans. Such access shall be afforded without charge, but
only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices of
the Servicer. Nothing in this Section 3.20 shall derogate from the obligation of
the Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information
regarding Mortgagors, and the failure of the Servicer to provide access as
provided in this Section 3.20 as a result of such obligation shall not
constitute a breach of this Section 3.20.
Section 3.21 Maintenance of Certain Servicing Insurance Policies. The Servicer
shall, during the term of its service as servicer, maintain in force and effect
(i) a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions in the
performance of its obligations as Servicer hereunder and (ii) a fidelity bond in
respect of its officers, employees or agents. Each such policy or policies and
fidelity bond shall be at least equal to the coverage that would be required by
Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, whichever is greater, for Persons performing
servicing for mortgage loans purchased by such entity.
Section 3.22 Information Required by the Internal Revenue Service and Reports of
Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property. The Servicer shall prepare
and deliver all federal and state information reports with respect to the
Mortgage Loans when and as required by all applicable state and federal income
tax laws. In particular, with respect to the requirement under Section 6050J of
the Code to the effect that the Servicer or Subservicer shall make reports of
foreclosures and abandonments of any mortgaged property for each year beginning
in 2003, the Servicer or Subservicer shall file reports relating to each
instance occurring during the previous calendar year in which the Servicer (a)
on behalf of the Issuer, acquired an interest in any Mortgaged Property through
foreclosure or other comparable conversion in full or partial satisfaction of a
Mortgage Loan, or (b) knew or had reason to know that any Mortgaged Property had
been abandoned. The reports from the Servicer or Subservicer shall be in form
and substance sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed by Section
6050J and Section 6050H (reports relating to mortgage interest received) of the
Code.
Section 3.23 Administration of Buydown Funds.
(a) With respect to any Buydown Mortgage Loan, the Servicer will withdraw from
the account that satisfies the requirements for a Subservicing Account (the
"Buydown Account") the predetermined amount that, when added to the amount due
on such date from the Mortgagor, equals the full Monthly Payment and deposit
that amount in the Custodial Account together with the related payment made by
the Mortgagor or advanced by the Subservicer.
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(b) If the Mortgagor on a Buydown Mortgage Loan prepays such loan in its
entirety during the period (the "Buydown Period") when Buydown Funds are
required to be applied to such Buydown Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall
withdraw from the Buydown Account and remit any Buydown Funds remaining in the
Buydown Account in accordance with the related buydown agreement. The amount of
Buydown Funds which may be remitted in accordance with the related buydown
agreement may reduce the amount required to be paid by the Mortgagor to fully
prepay the related Mortgage Loan. If the Mortgagor on a Buydown Mortgage Loan
defaults on such Mortgage Loan during the Buydown Period and the property
securing such Buydown Mortgage Loan is sold in the liquidation thereof (either
by the Servicer or the insurer under any related Primary Insurance Policy), the
Servicer shall withdraw from the Buydown Account the Buydown Funds for such
Buydown Mortgage Loan still held in the Buydown Account and deposit the same in
the Custodial Account or, pay to the insurer under any related Primary Insurance
Policy if the Mortgaged Property is transferred to such insurer and such insurer
pays all of the loss incurred in respect of such default. Any amount so remitted
pursuant to the preceding sentence will be deemed to reduce the amount owed on
the Mortgage Loan.
Section 3.24 Advance Facility . (a) The Servicer is hereby authorized to enter
into any facility (an "Advance Facility") with any Person (any such Person, an
"Advance Facility Counterparty"), without the consent of any party to this
Agreement or the Enhancer, which provides that the Servicer may pledge or sell
its rights to receive reimbursement of any Advances and any Servicer Advances
pursuant to this Agreement ("Advance Reimbursement Rights") pursuant to credit
facilities, repurchase facilities, or similar facilities providing liquidity for
the funding of the Advances and the Servicer Advances. Notwithstanding the
existence of any Advance Facility, the Servicer shall remain obligated pursuant
to this Agreement to make any Advances or Servicer Advances as required by this
Agreement, and shall not be relieved of such obligations by virtue of such
Advance Facility.
(b) If the Servicer enters into an Advance Facility, and for so long as
an Advance Facility Counterparty remains entitled to receive reimbursement for
any Servicer Advances ("Advance Reimbursement Amount"), then the Servicer shall
identify such Advance Reimbursement Amount as received, consistently with the
reimbursement rights set forth in Sections 3.03 of this Agreement, and shall
remit such Advance Reimbursement Amount in accordance with the documentation
establishing the Advance Facility to such Advance Facility Counterparty or to a
trustee, agent or custodian (an "Advance Facility Trustee") designated by such
Advance Facility Counterparty. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if so required
pursuant to the terms of the Advance Facility, the Servicer may withdraw from
the Custodial Account or direct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw, as
applicable, and the Servicer shall, or if so directed, the Indenture Trustee is
hereby authorized to and shall pay to the Advance Facility Counterparty or the
Advance Facility Trustee the Advance Reimbursement Amount identified pursuant to
the preceding sentence.
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(c) The Advance Reimbursement Amount shall consist solely of amounts in
respect of Advances and Servicer Advances made with respect to the Mortgage
Loans for which the Servicer would be permitted to reimburse itself in
accordance with this Agreement, assuming the Servicer had made the related
Advances or Servicer Advances. Any Advance Reimbursement Amount that the
Servicer, in its capacity as Servicer, is entitled to be paid shall not be
included in distributions to Noteholders. An Advance Facility Counterparty whose
obligations are limited to the making of Advances or Servicer Advances will not
be deemed to be a Subservicer under this Agreement or be required to meet the
criteria for qualification as a Subservicer under this Agreement.
(d) Any Advance Reimbursement Amount allocated to reimburse Servicer
Advances made with respect to any particular Mortgage Loan shall be allocated to
the reimbursement of the unreimbursed Advances and Servicer Advances made with
respect to that Mortgage Loan on a "first-in, first out" ("FIFO") basis, such
that the Advance Reimbursement Amount shall be applied to reimburse the Advance
or Servicer Advance for that Mortgage Loan that was disbursed earliest in time
first, and to reimburse the Advance or Servicer Advance for that Mortgage Loan
that was disbursed latest in time, last. The Servicer shall provide to the
related Advance Facility Counterparty or Advance Facility Trustee loan-by-loan
information with respect to each Advance Reimbursement Amount remitted to such
Advance Facility Counterparty or Advance Facility Trustee, to enable the Advance
Facility Counterparty or Advance Facility Trustee to make the FIFO allocation of
each such Advance Reimbursement Amount with respect to each Mortgage Loan.
(e) Upon request of the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee agrees to
execute such acknowledgments, certificates, and other documents recognizing the
interests of any Advance Facility Counterparty in such Advance Reimbursement
Rights as the Servicer may cause to be made subject to Advance Facilities
pursuant to this Section 3.24.
(f) The Indenture Trustee shall not, as a result of the existence of any
Advance Facility, have any duty or liability with respect to the calculation of
any Advance Reimbursement Amount nor have any responsibility to track or monitor
the administration of the Advance Facility.
ARTICLE IV
Servicing Certificate
Section 4.01 Statements to Securityholders.
(a) With respect to each Payment Date, on the Business Day preceding the
related Determination Date, the Servicer shall forward the Servicing
Certificate and shall prepare and deliver to the Indenture Trustee, and
the Indenture Trustee, pursuant to Section 3.26 of the Indenture, shall
make a monthly statement available to each Certificateholder, each
Noteholder, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying
Agent and each Rating Agency. The monthly statement shall set forth the
following information as to the Notes and Certificates, to the extent
applicable:
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(i) the aggregate amount of (a) Interest Collections and (b) Principal
Collections, for the related period;
(ii) the amount of such distribution as principal to the Noteholders of each
Class of Notes;
(iii) the amount of such distribution as interest to the Noteholders of each
Class of Notes;
(iv) the Weighted Average Maximum Net Loan Rate;
(v) the amount of such distribution to the Certificateholders;
(vi) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
end of the preceding Due Period, the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the fixed rate Mortgage Loans, and the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the adjustable rate Mortgage Loans;
(vii) the number and aggregate Stated Principal Balances of Mortgage Loans (a)
as to which the Monthly Payment is delinquent for 30-59 days, 60-89
days, 90-119 days, 120-149 days and 150-179 days, respectively, (b) the
related Mortgaged Property of which has been foreclosed upon and (c) as
to which the related Mortgaged Property has become REO Property, in each
case as of the end of the preceding Due Period; provided, however, that
such information shall not be provided on the statements relating to the
first Payment Date;
(viii) the number and aggregate Stated Principal Balances of Land Loans (a) as
to which the Monthly Payment is delinquent for 30-59 days, 60-89 days,
90-119 days, 120-149 days and 150-179 days, respectively, (b) the
related Mortgaged Property of which has been foreclosed upon and (c) as
to which the related Mortgaged Property has become REO Property, in each
case as of the end of the preceding Due Period; provided, however, that
such information shall not be provided on the statements relating to the
first Payment Date;
(ix) the aggregate Liquidation Loss Amounts and Substitution Adjustment
Amounts with respect to the related Payment Date, the amount distributed
as principal to Noteholders in respect of Liquidation Loss Amounts and
the aggregate of the Liquidation Loss Amounts from all Payment Dates to
date expressed as dollar amount and as a percentage of the aggregate
Cut-Off Date Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans;
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(x) the aggregate Note Balance of each Class of Notes and the Certificate
Balance of the Certificates after giving effect to the distribution of
principal on such Payment Date;
(xi) the Percentage Interest applicable to each of the Securities, after
application of payments made on such Payment Date;
(xii) the Overcollateralization Amount and the Required Overcollateralization
Amount as of the Payment Date;
(xiii) the weighted average of the Net Loan Rates for the Mortgage Loans for
the related Due Period;
(xiv) any Deficiency Amount;
(xv) the Twelve Month Loss Amount (minus the amount of any Recovery Amounts);
and
(xvi) the Rolling Three Month Delinquency Rate for such Payment Date and the
two preceding Payment Dates.
In the case of information furnished pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii)
above, the amounts shall be expressed as an aggregate dollar amount per Note or
Certificate, as applicable, with a $25,000 denomination.
If a Servicing Default shall occur, on the Business Day following the
related Determination Date, the Servicer shall forward to the Indenture Trustee,
and the Indenture Trustee, pursuant to Section 3.26 of the Indenture, shall
forward or cause to be forwarded by mail to each Certificateholder, each
Noteholder, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent and
each Rating Agency, a statement to such effect, including the nature of such
Servicing Default. Such statement may be included in, or separate from, the
regular statement sent to Securityholders.
The Indenture Trustee will make the monthly statement to Securityholders
(and, at its option, any additional files containing the same information in an
alternative format) available each month to Securityholders, and other parties
to this Agreement via the Indenture Trustee's internet website. Assistance in
using the website can be obtained by calling the customer service desk at (877)
722-1095. Parties that are unable to use the above distribution options are
entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first Class mail by calling the
customer service desk and indicating such. The Indenture Trustee shall have the
right to change the way the statements to Securityholders are distributed in
order to make such distribution more convenient and/or more accessible to the
above parties and the Indenture Trustee shall provide timely and adequate
notification to all above parties regarding any such changes.
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(b) [Reserved].
(c) The Servicer shall forward to the Indenture Trustee any other information
reasonably requested by the Indenture Trustee necessary to make distributions
pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Indenture. Prior to the close of business on the
Business Day next succeeding each Determination Date, the Servicer shall furnish
a written statement to the Certificate Paying Agent and the Indenture Trustee
setting forth the aggregate amounts required to be withdrawn from the Custodial
Account and deposited into the Note Payment Account and/or Distribution Account
on the Business Day preceding the related Payment Date pursuant to Section 3.03.
The determination by the Servicer of such amounts shall, in the absence of
obvious error, be deemed to be presumptively correct for all purposes hereunder,
and the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying
upon the same without any independent check or verification. In addition, upon
the Issuer's written request, the Servicer shall promptly furnish such
information reasonably requested by the Issuer that is reasonably available to
the Servicer to enable the Issuer to perform its federal and state income tax
reporting obligations.
(d) On or before 2:00 P.M. New York time on each Business Day immediately
preceding each Payment Date, the Servicer shall either (i) deposit in the Note
Payment Account from its own funds, or funds received therefor from the
Subservicers, an amount equal to the Advances to be made by the Servicer in
respect of the related Payment Date, which shall be in an aggregate amount equal
to the aggregate amount of Monthly Payments (with each interest portion thereof
adjusted to the Net Loan Rate), less the amount of any related Servicing
Modifications, Debt Service Reductions or reductions in the amount of interest
collectable from the Mortgagor pursuant to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
on the Mortgage Loans outstanding as of the related Due Date, which Monthly
Payments were delinquent as of the close of business as of the related
Determination Date; provided that no Advance shall be made if it would be a
Nonrecoverable Advance, (ii) withdraw from amounts on deposit in the Custodial
Account and deposit in the Note Payment Account all or a portion of the Amount
Held for Future Distribution in discharge of any such Advance, or (iii) make
advances in the form of any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the amount
of such Advance. Any portion of the Amount Held for Future Distribution so used
shall be replaced by the Servicer by deposit in the Note Payment Account on or
before 11:00 A.M. New York time on any future Business Day immediately preceding
each Payment Date to the extent that funds attributable to the Mortgage Loans
that are available in the Custodial Account for deposit in the Note Payment
Account on such Payment Date shall be less than payments to Securityholders
required to be made on the following Payment Date. Such allocations shall be
conclusive for purposes of reimbursement to the Servicer from recoveries on
related Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 3.10(a).
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The determination by the Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable
Advance or that any proposed Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable
Advance, shall be evidenced by an Officers' Certificate of the Servicer
delivered to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee.
If the Servicer determines as of the Business Day preceding any Note
Payment Account Deposit Date that it will be unable to deposit in the Note
Payment Account an amount equal to the Advance required to be made for the
immediately succeeding Payment Date, it shall give notice to the Trustee of its
inability to advance (such notice may be given by telecopy), not later than 3:00
P.M., New York time, on such Business Day, specifying the portion of such amount
that it will be unable to deposit. Not later than 3:00 P.M., New York time, on
the Note Payment Account Deposit Date the Trustee shall, unless by 12:00 Noon,
New York time, on such day the Indenture Trustee shall have been notified in
writing (by telecopy) that the Servicer shall have directly or indirectly
deposited in the Note Payment Account such portion of the amount of the Advance
as to which the Servicer shall have given notice pursuant to the preceding
sentence, pursuant to Section 7.01, (a) terminate all of the rights and
obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.01
and (b) assume the obligations of the Servicer hereunder, including the
obligation to deposit in the Note Payment Account an amount equal to the Advance
for the immediately succeeding Payment Date and such other rights and
obligations set forth in Section 7.02 hereof.
The Indenture Trustee shall deposit all funds it receives pursuant to
this Section 4.01 into the Note Payment Account.
Section 4.02 Tax Returns and 1934 Act Reports
(a) The Servicer will act as the Tax Matters Partner pursuant to the
Trust Agreement and the Indenture and will perform the obligations of the
Servicer set forth in Section 8.02 of the Trust Agreement and the obligations of
the Tax Matters Partner set forth in Article XI of the Indenture.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall, on behalf of the Depositor and in
respect of the Trust Fund, prepare and cause to be filed with the Commission and
the Servicer shall execute any periodic reports required to be filed under the
provisions of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder. In connection with the preparation and filing of such periodic
reports, the Indenture Trustee shall timely provide to the Servicer (I) a list
of Noteholders as shown on the Note Register as of the end of each calendar
year, (II) copies of all pleadings, other legal process and any other documents
relating to any claims, charges or complaints involving the Indenture Trustee,
as trustee, or the Trust Estate that are received by the Indenture Trustee,
(III) notice of all matters that, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible
Officer of the Indenture Trustee, have been submitted to a vote of the
Noteholders or Certificateholders, other than those matters that have been
submitted to a vote of the Noteholders or Certificateholders at the request of
the Depositor or the Servicer, and (IV) notice of any failure of the Indenture
Trustee to make any distribution to the Noteholders or Certificateholders as
required pursuant to the Indenture or Trust Agreement, as applicable. Neither
the Indenture Trustee nor the Servicer shall have any liability with respect to
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Indenture Trustee's failure to properly prepare or file, or the Servicer's
failure to execute, such periodic reports resulting from or relating to the
Indenture Trustee's or the Servicer's, as the case may be, inability or failure
to maintain or obtain any information not resulting from the Indenture Trustee's
or the Servicer's, as the case may be, own negligence or willful misconduct. Any
Form 10-K filed with the Commission in connection with this Section 4.01(c)
shall include a certification, signed by the senior officer in charge of the
servicing functions of the Servicer, in the form attached as Exhibit D-1 hereto
or such other form as may be required or permitted by the Commission (the "Form
10-K Certification"), in compliance with Rule 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the
Exchange Act and any additional directives of the Commission. In connection with
the Form 10-K Certification, the Indenture Trustee shall provide the Servicer
with a back-up certification substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D-2.
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall prepare all reports on behalf of the
Trust Estate, including, but not limited to, all Forms 8-K, Forms 10-K and, when
applicable, a Form 15 that are required under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. The Indenture Trustee shall continue to file all Forms 8-K and
Forms 10-K with respect to the Trust Estate until directed by the Depositor in
writing to discontinue such filings.
ARTICLE V
Note Payment Account
Section 5.01 Note Payment Account. The Indenture Trustee shall establish and
maintain an Eligible Account entitled "JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Indenture
Trustee, for the benefit of the Securityholders, the Certificate Paying Agent,
pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2004, between GMACM Mortgage
Loan Trust 2004-GH1 and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A." (the "Note Payment Account").
On each Payment Date, amounts on deposit in the Note Payment Account shall be
distributed by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 3.05 of the
Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall invest or cause the institution
maintaining the Note Payment Account to invest the funds therein in Permitted
Investments selected in writing by the Servicer and designated in the name of
the Indenture Trustee, which investments shall mature not later than the
Business Day next preceding the Payment Date next following the date of such
investment (except that any investment in the institution with which the Note
Payment Account is maintained may mature on such Payment Date) and shall not be
sold or disposed of prior to maturity. In addition, no such Permitted Investment
shall be purchased at a price in excess of par. All income and gain realized
from any such investment shall be for the benefit of the Servicer and shall be
subject to its withdrawal or order from time to time. The amount of any losses
incurred in respect of any such investments shall be deposited in the Note
Payment Account by the Servicer out of its own funds immediately as realized.
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ARTICLE VI
The Servicer
Section 6.01 Liability of the Servicer. The Servicer shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed
upon and undertaken by the Servicer herein.
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of,
the Servicer. Any corporation into which the Servicer may be merged or converted
or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party, or
any corporation succeeding to the business of the Servicer, shall be the
successor of the Servicer hereunder, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Servicer may assign its rights and delegate its duties and
obligations under this Agreement; provided, that the Person accepting such
assignment or delegation shall be a Person qualified to service mortgage loans,
is willing to service the Mortgage Loans and executes and delivers to the Issuer
an agreement that contains an assumption by such Person of the due and punctual
performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or
observed by the Servicer under this Agreement; and provided further, that no
Rating Event will occur as a result of such assignment and delegation (as
evidenced by a letter to such effect from each Rating Agency); and provided
further, that the Owner Trustee shall receive an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such assignment or delegation will not cause the Issuer to be
treated as an association (or a publicly-traded partnership) taxable as a
corporation for federal income tax purposes.
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others. Neither the
Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the
Servicer shall be under any liability to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee or the Securityholders for any action taken or for refraining
from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement;
provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any
such Person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of
its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its
duties hereunder or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and
duties hereunder. The Servicer and any director or officer or employee or agent
of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie
properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
hereunder. The Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Servicer shall be indemnified by the Issuer and held harmless against any loss,
liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal action relating to
this Agreement or the Securities, including any amount paid to the Owner Trustee
or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06(b), other than any loss,
liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or
gross negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of its
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder. The Servicer shall
not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action
that is not incidental to its duties to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or
liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may in its sole discretion
undertake any such action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of
this Agreement, the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of
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the Securityholders. In such event, the reasonable legal expenses and costs of
such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and
liabilities of the Issuer, and the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed
therefor. The Servicer's right to indemnity or reimbursement pursuant to this
Section 6.03 shall survive any resignation or termination of the Servicer
pursuant to Section 6.04 or 7.01 with respect to any losses, expenses, costs or
liabilities arising prior to such resignation or termination (or arising from
events that occurred prior to such resignation or termination).
Section 6.04 Servicer Not to Resign. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.02,
the Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on
it except (a) upon determination that the performance of its obligations or
duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or are in
material conflict by reason of applicable law with any other activities carried
on by it or its subsidiaries or Affiliates, the other activities of the Servicer
so causing such a conflict being of a type and nature carried on by the Servicer
or its subsidiaries or Affiliates at the date of this Agreement or (b) upon
satisfaction of the following conditions: (i) the Servicer shall have proposed a
successor servicer to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in writing and such
proposed successor servicer is reasonably acceptable to the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee; and (ii) each Rating Agency shall have delivered a letter to
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee prior to the appointment of the successor
servicer stating that the proposed appointment of such successor servicer as
Servicer hereunder will not cause a Rating Event, provided, however, that no
such resignation by the Servicer shall become effective until such successor
servicer or, in the case of (a) above, the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the
Mortgage Loans, shall have assumed the Servicer's responsibilities and
obligations hereunder or the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage
Loans, shall have designated a successor servicer in accordance with Section
7.02. Any such resignation shall not relieve the Servicer of responsibility for
any of the obligations specified in Sections 7.01 and 7.02 as obligations that
survive the resignation or termination of the Servicer. Any such determination
permitting the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel to such effect delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
Section 6.05 Delegation of Duties. In the ordinary course of business, the
Servicer at any time may delegate any of its duties hereunder to any Person,
including any of its Affiliates, that agrees to conduct such duties in
accordance with standards comparable to those with which the Servicer complies
pursuant to Section 3.01. Such delegation shall not relieve the Servicer of its
liabilities and responsibilities with respect to such duties and shall not
constitute a resignation within the meaning of Section 6.04.
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Section 6.06 Payment of Indenture Trustee's and Owner Trustee's Fees and
Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) After the Closing Date, the Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and any co-trustee of the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee from time to time, and the Owner Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee and any such co-trustee shall be entitled to,
reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of
law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust and,
in the case of the Indenture Trustee, for so long as GMACM is the
Servicer shall be as set forth in the letter agreement between the
Indenture Trustee and the Servicer dated June 28, 2001) for all services
rendered by each of them in the execution of the trusts created under
the Trust Agreement and the Indenture and in the exercise and
performance of any of the powers and duties under the Trust Agreement or
the Indenture, as the case may be, of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and any co-trustee, and the Servicer will pay or reimburse the
Indenture Trustee and any co-trustee upon request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Indenture
Trustee or any co-trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of
this Agreement, the Indenture or the Trust Agreement except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence,
willful misfeasance or bad faith. In addition, the Indenture Trustee
shall be entitled to be reimbursed from the Servicer for all reasonable
costs associated with the transfer of servicing from the predecessor
servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 hereunder, 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
Indenture Trustee to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the
servicing data or otherwise to enable the Indenture Trustee to service
the Mortgage Loans properly and effectively.
(b) The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee for, and to hold the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, as
the case may be, harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part
of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be,
arising out of, or in connection with, the acceptance and administration
of the Issuer and the assets thereof, including the costs and expenses
(including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, against any
claim in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties under any Basic Document; provided that:
(i) with respect to any such claim, the Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee,
as the case may be, shall have given the Servicer written notice thereof
promptly after the Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee, as the case may
be, shall have actual knowledge thereof;
(ii) while maintaining control over its own defense, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee, as the case may be, shall cooperate
and consult fully with the Servicer in preparing such defense; and
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(iii) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer
shall not be liable for settlement of any claim by the Indenture Trustee
or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, entered into without the prior
consent of the Servicer.
No termination of this Agreement or resignation or removal of the Indenture
Trustee shall affect the obligations created by this Section 6.06 of the
Servicer to indemnify the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee under the
conditions and to the extent set forth herein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification provided by the
Servicer in this Section 6.06(b) shall not pertain to any loss, liability or
expense of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim, incurred in connection with any
actions taken by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee at the direction of
the Noteholders or Certificateholders, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
Default
Section 7.01 Servicing Default.
(a) If a Servicing Default shall occur and be continuing, then, and in every
such case, so long as a Servicing Default shall not have been remedied by the
Servicer, either the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may terminate all of the
rights and obligations of the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement other
than its right to receive servicing compensation and expenses for servicing the
Mortgage Loans hereunder during any period prior to the date of such
termination, and the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, may exercise any and all
other remedies available at law or equity. Any such notice to the Servicer shall
also be given to each Rating Agency and the Issuer. 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 Securities or the Mortgage
Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee, as
pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, pursuant to and under this Section 7.01; and,
without limitation, the Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or
otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and 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 of each
Mortgage Loan and related documents, or otherwise. The Servicer agrees to
cooperate with the Issuer and Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, in
effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the Servicer
hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the Indenture Trustee
for the administration by it of all cash amounts relating to the Mortgage Loans
that shall at the time be held by the Servicer and to be deposited by it in the
Custodial Account, or that have been deposited by the Servicer in the Custodial
Account or thereafter received by the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage
Loans, the recordation of Assignments of Mortgages to the Indenture Trustee if
MERS is not the mortgagee of a Mortgage Loan, and the delivery of Mortgage Files
in its possession to the Indenture Trustee. All reasonable costs and expenses
(including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with
amending this Agreement to reflect such succession as Servicer pursuant to this
Section 7.01 shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer (or if the predecessor
Servicer is the Indenture Trustee, the initial Servicer) upon presentation of
reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses.
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(b) Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Servicer hereunder,
the Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any late collection of a
payment on a Mortgage Loan which was due prior to the notice terminating the
Servicer's rights and obligations hereunder and received after such notice, that
portion to which the Servicer would have been entitled pursuant to Sections 3.03
and 3.09 as well as its Servicing Fee in respect thereof, and any other amounts
payable to the Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the
termination of its activities hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance
under clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of Servicing Default, after the
applicable grace periods specified therein, shall not constitute a Servicing
Default if such delay or failure could not be prevented by the exercise of
reasonable diligence by the Servicer and such delay or failure was caused by an
act of God or the public enemy, acts of declared or undeclared war, public
disorder, rebellion or sabotage, epidemics, landslides, lightning, fire,
hurricanes, earthquakes, floods or similar causes. The preceding sentence shall
not relieve the Servicer from using reasonable efforts to perform its respective
obligations in a timely manner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
The Servicer shall provide the Indenture Trustee and the Securityholders with
notice of any such failure or delay by it, together with a description of its
efforts to so perform its obligations. The Servicer shall immediately notify the
Indenture Trustee and the Issuer in writing of any Servicing Default.
Section 7.02 Indenture Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
(a) On and after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant
to Section 7.01 or sends a notice pursuant to Section 6.04, the Indenture
Trustee as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans shall itself become, or shall appoint
an affiliate of the Indenture Trustee to 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 shall immediately assume all
of the obligations of the Servicer to make Advances on Mortgage Loans under
Section 4.01(d) and will be subject to all other responsibilities, duties and
liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer, including the obligations
to make Advances which have been or will be required to be made, by the terms
and provisions hereof as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 90 days
after the Indenture Trustee becomes successor servicer. During such 90 day
period, the Indenture Trustee may require the Servicer being terminated to
continue to perform such servicing responsibilities (other than making advances
on the Mortgage Loans under Section 3.02(b)) as the Indenture Trustee deems
appropriate. In such event, the Servicer being terminated shall provide such
services as directed by the Indenture Trustee until the earliest of the date the
Indenture Trustee notifies such Servicer to discontinue providing such services,
the date on which a successor servicer or the Indenture Trustee has assumed all
responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the Servicer hereunder or the
expiration of the 90 day period. The Servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing
Fee hereunder for any period during which the Servicer is obligated to provide
such services as if no termination of the Servicer had occurred. Nothing in this
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Agreement or in the Trust Agreement shall be construed to permit or require the
Indenture Trustee to (i) succeed to the responsibilities, duties and liabilities
of the initial Servicer in its capacity as Seller under the Purchase Agreement
(other than Advances deemed recoverable and not previously made), (ii) be
responsible or accountable for any act or omission of the Servicer prior to the
issuance of a notice of termination hereunder, (iii) require or obligate the
Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as successor Servicer, to purchase,
repurchase or substitute any Mortgage Loan, (iv) fund any losses on any
Permitted Investment directed by any other Servicer, or (v) be responsible for
the representations and warranties of the Servicer. As compensation therefor,
the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to such compensation as the Servicer
would have been entitled to hereunder if no such notice of termination had been
given. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Indenture Trustee is (x) unwilling
to act as successor Servicer itself or to appoint an affiliate to become
successor Servicer, or (y) legally unable so to act, the Indenture Trustee as
pledgee of the Mortgage Loans may (in the situation described in clause (x)) or
shall (in the situation described in clause (y)) appoint or petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint any established housing and home finance
institution, bank or other mortgage loan servicer having a net worth of not less
than $10,000,000 as the successor to the Servicer hereunder in the assumption of
all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Servicer
hereunder; and provided that the appointment of any such successor Servicer will
not result in a Rating Event. Pending appointment of a successor to the Servicer
hereunder, unless the Indenture Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting, the
Indenture Trustee itself shall act or appoint an affiliate to act in such
capacity as provided above. In connection with such appointment and assumption,
the successor shall be entitled to receive compensation out of payments on
Mortgage Loans in an amount equal to the compensation that the Servicer would
otherwise have received pursuant to Section 3.09 (or such other compensation as
the Indenture Trustee and such successor shall agree). The appointment of a
successor Servicer shall not affect any liability of the predecessor Servicer
that may have arisen under this Agreement prior to its termination as Servicer
(including the obligation to purchase Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 3.01,
to pay any deductible under an insurance policy pursuant to Section 3.04 or to
indemnify the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06), nor shall any
successor Servicer be liable for any acts or omissions of the predecessor
Servicer or for any breach by such Servicer of any of its representations or
warranties contained herein or in any related document or agreement. The
Indenture Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent with
this Agreement and the requirements (including any notice requirements) of
applicable law, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as
successor Servicer, shall not be responsible for the lack of information and/or
documents that it cannot obtain through reasonable efforts or for failing to
take any action that the Indenture trustee is legally prohibited from taking by
applicable law.
(b) Any successor, including the Indenture Trustee, to the Servicer as servicer
shall during its term as Servicer (i) continue to service and administer the
Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Securityholders and (ii) maintain in force
a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions in the
performance of its obligations as Servicer hereunder and a fidelity bond in
respect of its officers, employees and agents to the same extent as the Servicer
is so required pursuant to Section 3.13.
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(c) Any successor Servicer, including the Indenture Trustee, shall not be deemed
in default or to have breached its duties hereunder if the predecessor Servicer
shall fail to deliver any required deposit to the Custodial Account or otherwise
cooperate with any required servicing transfer or succession hereunder.
(d) In connection with the termination or resignation of the Servicer hereunder,
either (i) the successor Servicer, including the Indenture Trustee if the
Indenture Trustee is acting as successor Servicer, shall represent and warrant
that it is a member of MERS in good standing and shall agree to comply in all
material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS, in which case the
predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Servicer in causing MERS
to revise its records to reflect the transfer of servicing to the successor
Servicer as necessary under MERS' rules and regulations, or (ii) the predecessor
Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Servicer in causing MERS to execute
and deliver an assignment of Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the
Mortgage from MERS to the Indenture Trustee and to execute and deliver such
other notices, documents and other instruments as may be necessary or desirable
to effect a transfer of such Mortgage Loan or servicing of such Mortgage Loan on
the MERS(R) System to the successor Servicer. The predecessor Servicer shall
file or cause to be filed any such assignment in the appropriate recording
office. The predecessor Servicer shall bear any and all fees of MERS, costs of
preparing any assignments of Mortgage, and fees and costs of filing any
assignments of Mortgage that may be required under this subsection (d). The
successor Servicer shall cause such assignment to be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee or the Custodian promptly upon receipt of the original with evidence of
recording thereon or a copy certified by the public recording office in which
such assignment was recorded.
Section 7.03 Notification to Securityholders. Upon any termination of or
appointment of a successor to the Servicer pursuant to this Article VII or
Section 6.04, the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
the Securityholders, the Issuer and each Rating Agency.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 8.01 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
parties hereto; provided, that any such amendment shall be accompanied by a
letter from each Rating Agency to the effect that such amendment will not result
in a Rating Event; and provided further, that the Indenture Trustee shall
consent thereto and a tax opinion to the effect that neither such amendment nor
any action permitted by such amendment and not otherwise permitted by this
Agreement will cause either REMIC I or REMIC II to fail to qualify as a REMIC or
give rise to the imposition of a tax on "prohibited transactions" of a REMIC, or
prohibited contributions to a REMIC, on either REMIC I or REMIC II.
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Section 8.02 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF
THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 8.03 Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered
at or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to (a) in the case of
the Servicer, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx, (b) in the case of Xxxxx'x, Home Mortgage Loan Monitoring Group, 4th
Floor, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, (c) in the case of Standard &
Poor's, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential
Mortgage Surveillance Group, (d) in the case of the Owner Trustee, Wilmington
Trust Company, Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, (e) in the case of the Issuer, GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust
2004-GH1, c/o the Owner Trustee at the address set forth in clause (d) above,
and (f) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Indenture Trustee with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust-GMACM
Series 2004-GH1; or, with respect to each of the foregoing Persons, at such
other address as shall be designated by such Person in a written notice to the
other foregoing Persons. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a
Securityholder shall be given by first Class mail, postage prepaid, at the
address of such Securityholder as shown in the Note Register or Certificate
Register, as the case may be. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in
this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether
or not the related Securityholder receives such notice. Any notice or other
document required to be delivered or mailed by the Indenture Trustee to any
Rating Agency shall be given on a reasonable efforts basis and only as a matter
of courtesy and accommodation, and the Indenture Trustee shall have no liability
for failure to deliver any such notice or document to any Rating Agency.
Section 8.04 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason
whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms
shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or the Securities or
the rights of the Securityholders.
Section 8.05 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Securityholders, the
Owner Trustee and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, no other Person shall have any right or
obligation hereunder.
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Section 8.06 Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but
all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 8.07 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof.
Section 8.08 Termination Upon Purchase by the Servicer or Liquidation of All
Mortgage Loans; Partial Redemption.
(a) The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Servicer, the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee created hereby shall terminate upon the
last action required to be taken by the Issuer pursuant to the Trust
Agreement and by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture
following the earlier of:
(i) the date on or before which the Indenture or the Trust Agreement is
terminated, or
(ii) the purchase by the Servicer from the Issuer of all Mortgage Loans and
REO Property in accordance with Section 8.08(b).
(b) The Servicer shall have the right to purchase from the Issuer all of the
Mortgage Loans and REO Property if the Pool Balance as of any Payment
Date is less than 10% of the Pool Balance as of the Cut-off Date
(provided that the purchase price will provide sufficient funds to pay
the outstanding Note Balance and accrued and unpaid interest on the
Notes to the Payment Date on which such amounts are to be distributed to
Securityholders), at a price equal to 100% of the aggregate unpaid
Stated Principal Balance of all such remaining Mortgage Loans (and, in
the case of REO Property, the fair market value of the REO Property)
(net of any unreimbursed Advances attributable to principal), plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of the Loan
Rates thereon up to the date preceding the Payment Date on which such
amounts are to be distributed to the Securityholders (and any unpaid
Servicing Fee shall be deemed to have been paid at such time).
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If such right is exercised by the Servicer, the Servicer shall be deemed to have
been reimbursed for the full amount of any unreimbursed Advances theretofore
made by it with respect to the Mortgage Loans and shall deposit the amount
calculated pursuant to this Section 8.08(b) with the Indenture Trustee pursuant
to Section 4.10 of the Indenture and, upon the receipt of such deposit, the
Indenture Trustee or Custodian shall release to the Servicer, the files
pertaining to the Mortgage Loans being purchased. The Servicer, at its expense,
shall prepare and deliver to the Indenture Trustee for execution, at the time
the related Mortgage Loans are to be released to the Servicer, appropriate
documents assigning each such Mortgage Loans from the Indenture Trustee or the
Issuer to the Servicer or the appropriate party.
Section 8.09 Certain Matters Affecting the Indenture Trustee. For all purposes
of this Agreement, in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of
any of its powers hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to and
entitled to the benefits of Article VI of the Indenture.
Section 8.10 Owner Trustee Not Liable for Related Documents. The recitals
contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Servicer, and the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee assume no responsibility for the correctness
thereof. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee make no representations as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of any Basic Document or
Related Document, or of the Certificates (other than the signatures of the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee on the Certificates) or the Notes. The Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or
liability with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate or its ability to
generate the payments to be distributed to Certificateholders under the Trust
Agreement or the Noteholders under the Indenture, including the compliance by
the Depositor, the Seller or the Servicer with any warranty or representation
made under any Basic Document or the accuracy of any such warranty or
representation, or any action of any person taken in the name of the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
[Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers or
representatives all as of the day and year first above written.
GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
as Servicer
By:
Name:
Title:
GMACM MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-GH1, as Issuer
By: Wilmington Trust Company, not in its
individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Indenture Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
[TO BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST]
EXHIBIT B
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PREMISES:
That JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee (the "Indenture
Trustee"), under the indenture dated as of November 22, 2004 (the "Indenture"),
between GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-GH1, as issuer and the Indenture Trustee,
a national banking association, and having its principal office located at 0 Xxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, hath made, constituted and
appointed, and does by these presents make, constitute and appoint GMAC Mortgage
Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, its true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, with full
power and authority to sign, execute, acknowledge, deliver, file for record, and
record any instrument on its behalf and to perform such other act or acts as may
be customarily and reasonably necessary and appropriate to effectuate the
following enumerated transactions in respect of any of the Mortgages securing a
Mortgage Loan and the related Mortgage Notes for which the undersigned is acting
as Indenture Trustee for various Securityholders (whether the undersigned is
named therein as mortgagee or beneficiary or has become mortgagee by virtue of
endorsement of such Mortgage Note secured by any such Mortgage) and for which
GMAC Mortgage Corporation is acting as Servicer pursuant to a Servicing
Agreement dated as of November 22, 2004 (the "Servicing Agreement").
This appointment shall apply to the following enumerated transactions only:
1. The modification or re-recording of a Mortgage, where said modification
or re-recording is for the purpose of correcting the Mortgage to conform
same to the original intent of the parties thereto or to correct title
errors discovered after such title insurance was issued and said
modification or re-recording, in either instance, does not adversely
affect the Lien of the Mortgage as insured.
2. The subordination of the Lien of a Mortgage to an easement in favor of a
public utility company or a government agency or unit with powers of
eminent domain; this Section shall include, without limitation, the
execution of partial satisfactions/releases, partial reconveyances or
the execution of requests to trustees to accomplish same.
3. With respect to a Mortgage, the foreclosure, the taking of a deed in
lieu of foreclosure, or the completion of judicial or non-judicial
foreclosure or termination, cancellation or rescission of any such
foreclosure, including, without limitation, any and all of the following
acts:
a. The substitution of trustee(s) serving under a Mortgage, in
accordance with state law and the Mortgage;
b. Statements of breach or non-performance;
c. Notices of default;
d. Cancellations/rescissions of notices of default and/or notices of
sale;
e. The taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure; and
f. Such other documents and actions as may be necessary under the
terms of the Mortgage or state law to expeditiously complete said
transactions.
4. The conveyance of the properties to the mortgage insurer, or the closing
of the title to the property to be acquired as real estate owned, or
conveyance of title to real estate owned.
5. The completion of loan assumption agreements.
6. The full satisfaction/release of a Mortgage or full reconveyance upon
payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby, including, without
limitation, cancellation of the related Mortgage Note.
7. The assignment of any Mortgage and the related Mortgage Note, in
connection with the repurchase of the Mortgage Loan secured and
evidenced thereby.
8. The full assignment of a Mortgage upon payment and discharge of all sums
secured thereby in conjunction with the refinancing thereof, including,
without limitation, the endorsement of the related Mortgage Note.
9. The modification or re-recording of a Mortgage, where said modification
or re-recording is for the purpose of any modification pursuant to
Section 3.01 of the Servicing Agreement.
10. The subordination of the Lien of a Mortgage, where said subordination is
in connection with any modification pursuant to Section 3.01 of the
Servicing Agreement, and the execution of partial satisfactions/releases
in connection with such same Section 3.01.
The undersigned gives said Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to
execute such instruments and to do and perform all and every act and thing
necessary and proper to carry into effect the power or powers granted by or
under this Limited Power of Attorney as fully as the undersigned might or could
do, and hereby does ratify and confirm to all that said Attorney-in-Fact shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by authority hereof.
Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto in Appendix A to the Indenture.
Third parties without actual notice may rely upon the exercise of the
power granted under this Limited Power of Attorney; and may be satisfied that
this Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect has not
been revoked unless an instrument of revocation has been made in writing by the
undersigned.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Indenture Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
STATE OF )
SS.
COUNTY OF )
On this day of , 2004, before me the undersigned, Notary Public of said
State, personally appeared , personally known to me to be duly authorized
officers of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., that executed the within instrument and
personally known to me to be the persons who executed the within instrument on
behalf of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. therein named, and acknowledged to me such
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., executed the within instrument pursuant to its
by-laws.
WITNESS my hand and official
seal.
Notary Public in and for the
State of __________
After recording, please mail to:
Attn: ________________
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
DATE:
TO:
RE: REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
In connection with your administration of the Mortgage Loans, we request the
release of the Mortgage File described below.
Servicing Agreement Dated:
Series #:
Account #:
Pool #:
Loan #:
Borrower Name(s):
Reason for Document Request: (circle one) Mortgage Loan
Prepaid in Full Mortgage Loan Repurchased
"We hereby certify that all amounts received or to be received in connection
with such payments which are required to be deposited have been or will be so
deposited as provided in the Servicing Agreement."
GMAC Mortgage Corporation
Authorized Signature
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TO CUSTODIAN: Please acknowledge this request, and check off documents being
enclosed with a copy of this form. You should retain this form for your files in
accordance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement.
Enclosed Documents: [ ] Mortgage Note
[ ] Mortgage or Deed of Trust
[ ] Assignment(s) of Mortgage or Deed of Trust
[ ] Title Insurance Policy
[ ] Other:
Name
Title
Date
EXHIBIT D-1
FORM OF FORM 10-K CERTIFICATION
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:
1. I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
[____], and all reports on Form 8-K containing distribution or servicing reports
filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by that annual report,
of GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-GH1 (the "Trust"), the assets of which are
serviced pursuant to the Servicing Agreement dated November 22, 2004 (the
"Servicing Agreement") among the Trust, GMAC Mortgage Corporation (the
"Servicer") and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., (the "Indenture Trustee");
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in these reports, taken as a
whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of the
last day of the period covered by that annual report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the servicing information required to be
provided to the Indenture Trustee by the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement
is included in these reports;
4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the
Servicer under the Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the
review required under the Servicing Agreement, and, except as disclosed in the
report, the Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Servicing
Agreement; and
5. The reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to the
Servicer's compliance with the minimum servicing standards based upon the report
provided by an independent public accountant , after conducting a review in
compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, or
similar procedure, as set forth in the Servicing Agreement, that is included in
these reports.
[In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on
information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: [JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.], [___________].
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have duly executed this certificate as of
_________, 20__.
____________________________*
Name:
Title:
* to be signed by the senior officer in charge of the servicing
functions of the Servicer
EXHIBIT D-2
FORM OF BACK-UP CERTIFICATION TO FORM 10-K CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, a Responsible Officer of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
(the "Indenture Trustee") certifies that:
(a) The Indenture Trustee has performed all of the duties specifically
required to be performed by it pursuant to the provisions of the Servicing
Agreement dated as of November 22, 2004 (the "Agreement") by and among GMACM
Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-GH1, as depositor, GMAC Mortgage Corporation, as
Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the standards set forth
therein.
(b) Based on my knowledge, the information that is provided by the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.02(b) of the Agreement is accurate as of
the last day of the 20[__] calendar year.
Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings
given such terms in the Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have duly executed this certificate as of
_________, 20__.
____________________________
Name:
Title:
