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PAINEWEBBER MORTGAGE ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION IV
(Depositor)
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Grantor Trustee)
and
CONTIMORTGAGE CORPORATION
(Transferor and Servicer)
and
EMPIRE FUNDING CORP.
(Transferor and Subservicer)
and
CALIFORNIA LENDING GROUP, INC., d/b/a
UNITED LENDING GROUP
(Transferor)
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GRANTOR TRUST AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 1, 1999
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EMPIRE FUNDING GRANTOR TRUST 1999-1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions.....................................................
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF HOME LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE
Section 2.01 Conveyance of the Home Loans....................................
Section 2.02 Acceptance by Grantor Trustee; Authentication of Grantor
Trust Certificate.................... ........................
Section 2.03 Ownership and Possession of Home Loan Files.....................
Section 2.04 Books and Records; Sale or Security Interest....................
Section 2.05 Delivery of Home Loan Documents.................................
Section 2.06 Acceptance by the Grantor Trustee of the Home Loans; Certain
Substitutions; Certification by the Custodian.................
Section 2.07 Reserved........................................................
Section 2.08 Release and Reconveyance of Home Loans..........................
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 3.01 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.................
ARTICLE IV
THE GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE
Section 4.01 The Grantor Trust Certificate...................................
Section 4.02 Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Grantor Trust
Certificate............................. .....................
Section 4.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Grantor Trust
Certificate............................... ...................
Section 4.04 Persons Deemed Owners...........................................
Section 4.05 Maintenance of Office or Agency.................................
ARTICLE V
GRANTOR TRUST ACCOUNTS;
PAYMENTS TO GRANTOR TRUST HOLDER
Section 5.01 Distributions from Collection Account..........................
ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE GRANTOR TRUSTEE
Section 6.01 Duties of Grantor Trustee.......................................
Section 6.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Grantor Trustee...................
Section 6.03 Grantor Trustee not Required to Make Investigation..............
Section 6.04 Grantor Trustee's Fees..........................................
Section 6.05 Compliance with Code............................................
Section 6.06 Eligibility Requirements for Grantor Trustee....................
Section 6.07 Resignation and Removal of Grantor Trustee......................
Section 6.08 Successor Grantor Trustee.......................................
Section 6.09 Merger or Consolidation of Grantor Trustee......................
Section 6.10 Authenticating Agent............................................
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.01 Termination.....................................................
Section 7.02 Procedure Upon Termination of Grantor Trust.....................
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 8.01 Binding Nature of Agreement; Assignment.........................
Section 8.02 Entire Agreement................................................
Section 8.03 Amendment.......................................................
Section 8.04 GOVERNING LAW...................................................
Section 8.05 Notices.........................................................
Section 8.06 Severability of Provisions......................................
Section 8.07 Indulgences; No Waivers.........................................
Section 8.08 Headings Not To Affect Interpretation...........................
Section 8.09 Benefits of Agreement...........................................
Section 8.10 Counterparts....................................................
EXHIBIT A FORM OF GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT B FORM OF INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER
THIS GRANTOR TRUST AGREEMENT ("GRANTOR TRUST AGREEMENT" or
"AGREEMENT"), dated as of April 1, 1999, by and among PAINEWEBBER MORTGAGE
ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION IV, as Depositor, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Grantor Trustee, CONTIMORTGAGE CORPORATION, as Transferor and Servicer, EMPIRE
FUNDING CORP., as Transferor and Subservicer, and CALIFORNIA LENDING GROUP,
INC., d/b/a UNITED LENDING GROUP, as Transferor.
The parties hereto intend that this Grantor Trust Agreement be
construed so as to create an "investment trust" formed to facilitate the direct
investment by the Grantor Trust Holder in the assets of the Grantor Trust
Estate, within the meaning of Section 301.7701-4(c) of the regulations of the
U.S. Department of the Treasury, and not a partnership or an association taxable
as a corporation, and that the rights, duties, and powers of the Grantor Trustee
hereunder be construed so as not to confer on the Grantor Trustee any power to
vary the investment of the Grantor Trust Holder by taking advantage of market
fluctuations to improve its rate of return.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 DEFINITIONS. Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have
the meanings specified in this Article. Capitalized terms used without
definition herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
ACT: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and as it may be amended
from time to time.
AUTHENTICATING AGENT: Any authenticating agent appointed by the
Grantor Trustee pursuant to Section 6.10.
CERTIFICATE REGISTER AND CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR: Respectively, the
register maintained pursuant to and the registrar provided for in Section 4.02.
The initial Certificate Registrar is the Grantor Trustee.
CONTIMORTGAGE: ContiMortgage Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE: The principal office of the Grantor Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered,
which office at date of execution of this Agreement is located at 000 Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000; Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or at
such other address as the Grantor Trustee may designate from time to time by
notice to the Grantor Trust Holder and the Issuer, or the principal corporate
trust office of any successor Grantor Trustee at the address designated by such
successor Grantor Trustee by notice to the Grantor Trust Holder and the Issuer.
CUSTODIAN: U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking
association, as custodian pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, or any successor
thereto.
CUT-OFF DATE: Close of business on March 31, 1999.
EMPIRE FUNDING: Empire Funding Corp., an Oklahoma corporation.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time.
GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE: The pass-through certificate issued
pursuant to this Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A.
GRANTOR TRUST ESTATE: The corpus of the trust created by this
Agreement, consisting of (i) such Home Loans as from time to time are subject to
this Agreement as listed in the Home Loan Schedule, as the same may be amended
or supplemented from time to time including by removal of Deleted Home Loans and
the addition of Qualified Substitute Home Loans, together with the Servicer's
Home Loan Files and the Grantor Trustee's Home Loan Files relating thereto and
all proceeds thereof, (ii) the Mortgages, Manufactured Home Contracts, and
security interests in the Properties, (iii) all payments in respect of interest
on the Home Loans received on or after the Cut-Off Date (less 80% of the
interest payments received during the first Due Period which shall be retained
by the Transferors) and all payments in respect of principal received after the
Cut-Off Date, (iv) such assets as from time to time are identified as
Foreclosure Property, (v) the Depositor's rights under all insurance policies
with respect to the Home Loans and any Insurance Proceeds, (vi) Net Liquidation
Proceeds and Released Property Proceeds, (vii) all rights of the Depositor under
the Home Loan Purchase Agreements (other than the Depositor's rights under
Article V of each of the Home Loan Purchase Agreements, which the Depositor
shall not assign to the Grantor Trustee) pursuant to which the Depositor
acquired the Home Loans from the Transferors, and (viii) all proceeds of any of
the foregoing.
GRANTOR TRUST HOLDER: The Person in whose name the Grantor Trust
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register.
GRANTOR TRUSTEE: U.S. Bank National Association, or any successor
grantor trustee appointed as herein provided.
GRANTOR TRUSTEE FEE: With respect to any Payment Date, the fee payable
to the Grantor Trustee pursuant to Section 6.04 as compensation for its
activities hereunder.
INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER: As defined in Section 4.02(c).
NON-U.S. PERSON: A Person that is not considered under the Code (i) a
citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation or partnership
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia (unless, in the case of a partnership,
Treasury Regulations are adopted that provide otherwise), including any entity
treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, (iii)
an estate whose income is subject to the United States federal income tax
regardless of its source or (iv) a trust if a court within the United States is
able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and
one or more Persons who are U.S. Persons under this definition have the
authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent
provided in applicable Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on
August 20, 1996 which are eligible to elect to be treated as such a U.S.
Person).
OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE: Certificate signed on behalf of the applicable
entity by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the
President, any Senior Vice President or Vice President or Managing Director or
an Assistant Vice President (each, however denominated), the Treasurer, the
Secretary, one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries, any Trust
Officer or other officer of the Depositor, a Transferor or the Corporate Trust
Office of the Grantor Trustee, as the case may be, customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and
also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter
is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject, or an authorized officer of the Depositor, and delivered to
the Depositor and/or the Grantor Trustee, as the case may be.
OPINION OF COUNSEL: A written opinion of counsel acceptable to the
Grantor Trustee, who, in the case of an opinion required pursuant to Section
4.02, may be outside or salaried counsel for the Grantor Trust Holder or any
affiliate of the Grantor Trust Holder.
PERCENTAGE INTEREST: With respect to the Grantor Trust Certificate,
the undivided percentage interest as specified on the face of the Grantor Trust
Certificate.
SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated
as of April 1, 1999, among PaineWebber Mortgage Acceptance Corporation IV, as
depositor, ContiMortgage, as servicer and transferor, Empire Funding, as
transferor and subservicer, ULG, as transferor, Norwest Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as master servicer, Empire Funding Home Loan Owner Trust 1999-1, as
issuer, U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee and grantor
trustee, and ContiFinancial Corporation, as guarantor, as the same may be
supplemented and amended.
SINGLE CERTIFICATE: With respect to the Grantor Trust Certificate, a
certificate representing a minimum denomination of 100% Percentage Interest.
TRANSFEROR: Each of Empire Funding, ContiMortgage and ULG.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF HOME LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE
Section 2.01 CONVEYANCE OF THE HOME LOANS. As of the Closing Date and
concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, in consideration of the
Grantor Trustee's delivery of the Grantor Trust Certificate to the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee, as its assignee, as initial Grantor Trust Holder, upon the
order of the Depositor, the Depositor, does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set
over and otherwise convey to the Grantor Trustee, without recourse, but subject
to the other terms and provisions of this Agreement, all of the right, title and
interest of the Depositor in and to the Grantor Trust Estate. The foregoing
sale, transfer, assignment, set over and conveyance does not, and is not
intended to, result in a creation or an assumption by the Grantor Trustee of any
obligation of the Depositor, any Transferor or any other person in connection
with the Grantor Trust Estate or under any agreement or instrument relating
thereto except as specifically set forth herein.
Section 2.02 ACCEPTANCE BY GRANTOR TRUSTEE; AUTHENTICATION OF GRANTOR
TRUST CERTIFICATE. As of the Closing Date, the Grantor Trustee acknowledges the
conveyance to it of the Grantor Trust Estate, including all right, title and
interest of the Depositor in and to the Grantor Trust Estate, receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged by the Grantor Trustee and declares that the Grantor
Trustee holds and will hold the Grantor Trust Estate, including the Home Loans,
rights and agreements and other property, including property yet to be received
in the Grantor Trust Estate, in trust, upon the trusts herein set forth, for the
benefit of all present and future Grantor Trust Holders. Without limiting the
foregoing, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, so long as the
Indenture Trustee is the Grantor Trust Holder, the Grantor Trustee declares and
agrees to hold the Grantor Trust Estate, in trust, upon the trusts set forth
herein, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee. Concurrently with such receipt
and assignment, the Grantor Trustee has executed, authenticated and delivered
upon the order of the Depositor, the Grantor Trust Certificate duly
authenticated by the Grantor Trustee in the authorized percentage of 100%
Percentage Interest and evidencing the entire beneficial ownership of the
Grantor Trust Estate. The Grantor Trustee acknowledges and agrees that so long
as the Indenture Trustee is the Grantor Certificate Holder, the Grantor Trustee
holds the Grantor Trust Estate subject to the terms of the Owner Trust
Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration
Agreement and the Insurance Agreement.
Section 2.03 OWNERSHIP AND POSSESSION OF HOME LOAN FILES. Upon the
issuance of the Grantor Trust Certificate, with respect to the Home Loans, the
ownership of each Debt Instrument, the related Mortgage or Manufactured Home
Contract and the contents of the related Servicer's Home Loan File and the
Grantor Trustee's Home Loan File shall be vested in the Grantor Trustee for the
benefit of the Grantor Trust Holder, although possession of the Servicer's Home
Loan Files (other than items required to be maintained in the Grantor Trustee's
Home Loan Files) on behalf of and for the benefit of the Grantor Trust Holder
shall remain with the Servicer, and the Custodian shall take possession of the
applicable Grantor Trustee's Home Loan Files as contemplated in SECTION 2.05 AND
SECTION 2.06 hereof.
Section 2.04 BOOKS AND RECORDS; SALE OR SECURITY INTEREST. The sale of
each Home Loan shall be reflected on the balance sheets and other financial
statements of the Depositor, as a sale of assets by the Depositor, under GAAP.
Each of the Servicer and the Custodian shall be responsible for maintaining, and
shall maintain, a complete set of books and records for each Home Loan which
shall be clearly marked to reflect the ownership of each Home Loan by the
Grantor Trustee for the benefit of the Grantor Trust Holder.
It is the intention of the parties hereto that the transfers and
assignments contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a sale of the Home
Loans and the other property specified in Section 2.01 hereof from the Depositor
to the Grantor Trustee and such property shall not be property of the Depositor.
If the assignment and transfer of the Home Loans and the other property
specified in Section 2.01 hereof to the Grantor Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement or the conveyance of the Home Loans or any of such other property to
the Grantor Trustee is held or deemed not to be a sale or is held or deemed to
be a pledge of security for a loan, the Depositor intends that the rights and
obligations of the parties shall be established pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement and that, in such event, (i) the Depositor shall be deemed to have
granted and does hereby grant to the Grantor Trustee a first priority security
interest in the entire right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the
Grantor Trust Estate pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof and all proceeds thereof
and (ii) this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable
law. Within ten (10) days of the Closing Date, the Depositor shall cause to be
filed UCC-1 financing statements naming the Grantor Trustee as "secured party"
and describing the Home Loans being sold by the Depositor to the Grantor Trust
with the office of the Secretary of State of the state in which the Depositor is
located.
Section 2.05 DELIVERY OF HOME LOAN DOCUMENTS.
(a) With respect to each Home Loan, the Depositor and each Transferor
shall, on the Closing Date, deliver or caused to be delivered to the Custodian,
as the designated agent of the Grantor Trustee, each of the following documents
(collectively, the "GRANTOR TRUSTEE'S HOME LOAN FILE"):
(i) The original Debt Instrument, endorsed in blank or in the
following form: "Pay to the order of U.S. Bank National Association, as Grantor
Trustee under the Grantor Trust Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1999, Empire
Funding Grantor Trust 1999-1, without recourse", with all prior and intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from origination of the
Home Loan to the applicable Transferor;
(ii) If such Home Loan is secured by a Mortgage, the original Mortgage
with evidence of recording thereon (or, if the original Mortgage has not been
returned from the applicable public recording office or is not otherwise
available, a copy of the Mortgage certified by a Responsible Officer of the
applicable Transferor or by the closing attorney or by an officer of the title
insurer or agent of the title insurer which issued the related title insurance
policy, if any, or commitment therefor to be a true and complete copy of the
original Mortgage submitted for recording) and, if the Mortgage was executed
pursuant to a power of attorney, the original power of attorney with evidence of
recording thereon (or, if the original power of attorney has not been returned
from the applicable public recording office or is not otherwise available, a
copy of the power of attorney certified by a Responsible Officer of the
applicable Transferor or by the closing attorney or by an officer of the title
insurer or agent of the title insurer which issued the related title insurance
policy, if any, or commitment therefor, to be a true and complete copy of the
original power of attorney submitted for recording);
(iii) If such Home Loan is secured by a Mortgage, the original
executed Assignment of Mortgage, in recordable form. The Assignment of Mortgage
may be a blanket assignment, to the extent such assignment is effective under
applicable law, for Mortgages covering Mortgaged Properties situated within the
same county. If the Assignment of Mortgage is in blanket form, the Custodian
shall keep a copy of such Assignment of Mortgage in the individual Grantor
Trustee's Home Loan File;
(iv) If such Home Loan is secured by a Mortgage, all original
intervening assignments of mortgage, with evidence of recording thereon, showing
a complete chain of assignment from origination of the Home Loan to the
applicable Transferor (or, if any such assignment of mortgage has not been
returned from the applicable public recording office or is not otherwise
available, a copy of such assignment of mortgage certified by a Responsible
Officer of the applicable Transferor or by the closing attorney or by an officer
of the title insurer or agent of the title insurer which issued the related
title insurance policy, if any, or commitment therefor to be a true and complete
copy of the original assignment submitted for recording); provided that the
chain of intervening recorded assignments shall not be required to match the
chain of intervening endorsements of the Debt Instrument so long as the chain of
intervening recorded assignments, if applicable, evidences one or more
assignments of the Mortgage from the original mortgagee ultimately to the person
who has executed the Assignment of Mortgage; and
(v) The original, or a copy certified by the applicable Transferor to
be a true and correct copy of the original, of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any.
(vi) With respect to each Manufactured Home Loan:
A. the original Manufactured Home Contract;
B. either (1) the original title document for the related
Manufactured Home, a duplicate certified by the appropriate
governmental authority that issued the original thereof or, if such
original is not yet available, a copy of the application filed with
the appropriate governmental authority pursuant to which the original
title document will issue, or (2) if the laws of the jurisdiction in
which the related Manufactured Home is located do not provide for the
issuance of title documents for manufactured housing units, other
evidence of ownership of the related Manufactured Home that is
customarily relied upon in such jurisdiction as evidence of title to a
manufactured housing unit;
C. evidence of one or more of the following types of perfection
of the security interest of Empire Funding in the related Manufactured
Home granted by such Manufactured Home Contract (or, if such evidence
is not yet available, a copy of the application or other filing used
to obtain such security interest, as appropriate in the applicable
jurisdiction): (1) notation of such security interest on the title
document, (2) a financing statement meeting the requirements of the
UCC, with evidence of recording indicated thereon, (3) a fixture
filing in accordance with the UCC, with evidence of filing indicated
thereon, or (4) such other evidence of perfection of a security
interest in a manufactured housing unit as is customarily relied upon
in the jurisdiction in which the related Manufactured Home is located;
D. an original assignment of the Manufactured Home Contract from
the initial named payee thereunder to Empire Funding (unless Empire
Funding is the initial named payee for such Manufactured Home
Contract);
E. originals of any assumption agreements relating to such
Manufactured Home Contract, together with originals of any surety or
guaranty agreement relating to such Manufactured Home Contract or to
any such assumption agreement, payable to the order of the Grantor
Trustee, or, if not so payable, endorsed to the order of, or assigned
to, the Grantor Trustee by the holder/payee thereunder without
recourse;
F. originals of any extension, modification or waiver
agreement(s) relating to such Manufactured Home Contract; and
G. proof of maintenance of an Insurance Policy for the related
Manufactured Home.
(b) With respect to each Home Loan, each Transferor, as applicable,
and the Depositor shall, on the Closing Date, deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Servicer or any Subservicer designated by the Servicer, as the designated
agent of the Grantor Trustee, each of the following documents (collectively, the
"SERVICER'S HOME LOAN FILES"): (i) an original or copy of truth-in-lending
disclosure, (ii) an original or copy of the credit application, (iii) an
original or copy of the consumer credit report, (iv) an original or copy of
verification of employment and income, or verification of self-employment
income, (v) if the Home Loan is a Combination Loan, an original or copy of
contract of work or written description with cost estimates, if any, (vi) if the
Home Loan is a Combination Loan for which the applicable Transferor prepares an
inspection report, an original or copy of the report of inspection of
improvements to the Property, (vii) to the extent not included in (clause (ii)
of this Section 2.04(b), an original or copy of a written verification (or a
notice of telephonic verification, with written verification to follow) that the
Obligor at the time of origination was not more than 30 days delinquent on any
Superior Lien on the Property, (viii) a copy of the HUD-1 or HUD 1-A Closing
Statement indicating the sale price, or an existing Uniform Residential
Appraisal Report, or a Drive-by Appraisal documented on FHLMC Form 704, or a tax
assessment, or a full Uniform Residential Appraisal Report prepared by a
national appraisal firm in accordance with the applicable Transferor's
underwriting guidelines, (ix) an original or a copy of a title search as of the
time of origination with respect to the Mortgaged Property in accordance with
the applicable Transferor's underwriting guidelines and (x) a title document
with respect to such Home Loan reflecting that the title to the related Property
is vested at least 50% in the Obligor under such Home Loan.
(c) The Grantor Trustee shall cause the Custodian to take and maintain
continuous physical possession of the Grantor Trustee's Home Loan Files held by
it in the State of Minnesota, and in connection therewith, the Custodian shall
act solely as agent for the Grantor Trust Holder in accordance with the terms
hereof and, so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Grantor Trust Holder, the
Custodian shall also act as agent for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee and
not as agent for the Transferor or any other party.
(d) Within 60 days after the Closing Date, the Servicer (and not any
Subservicer), at its own expense, shall cause Empire Subservicer to record each
Assignment of Mortgage (which may be a blanket assignment if permitted by
applicable law) in the appropriate real property or other records. With respect
to any Assignment of Mortgage as to which the related recording information is
unavailable within 30 days following the Closing Date, such Assignment of
Mortgage shall be submitted for recording within 60 days after receipt of such
information but in no event later than 270 days after the Closing Date. The
Custodian on behalf of the Grantor Trustee, upon receipt, shall be required to
retain a copy of each Assignment of Mortgage submitted for recording. In the
event that any such Assignment of Mortgage is lost or returned unrecorded
because of a defect therein, the Servicer, at its expense and not at the expense
of any Subservicer, shall promptly prepare, or if Empire Subservicer is acting
as Subservicer, cause Empire Subservicer to prepare, a substitute Assignment of
Mortgage or cure such defect, as the case may be, and thereafter the Servicer
shall, at its expense and not at the expense of any Subservicer, submit, or if
Empire Subservicer is acting as Subservicer, cause Empire Subservicer to submit,
each such Assignment of Mortgage for recording.
(e) All recordings required pursuant to this SECTION 2.05 shall be
accomplished by the Subservicer, on behalf of and at the expense of the
Servicer; provided, however, that if Empire Subservicer is no longer the
Subservicer, then the Servicer shall accomplish all recordings required pursuant
to SECTION 2.05.
Section 2.06 ACCEPTANCE BY THE GRANTOR TRUSTEE OF THE HOME LOANS;
CERTIFICATION BY THE CUSTODIAN.
(a) The Grantor Trustee agrees to cause the Custodian to execute and
deliver on the Closing Date an acknowledgment of receipt of the applicable
Grantor Trustee's Home Loan File for each Home Loan held by it. The Grantor
Trustee declares that it will cause the Custodian to hold such documents and any
amendments, replacements or supplements thereto, as well as any other assets
included in the Grantor Trust Estate and delivered to the Custodian, in trust,
upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein. The Grantor Trustee agrees
to cause the Custodian to review each Grantor Trustee's Home Loan File held by
it within 45 days after the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Qualified
Substitute Home Loan, within 45 days after the conveyance of the related Home
Loan to the Grantor Trust) and to cause the Custodian to deliver to the
Transferors, the Depositor, the Grantor Trustee, the Servicer and the Master
Servicer a certification (the "CUSTODIAN'S INITIAL CERTIFICATION") to the effect
that, as to each Home Loan listed on the Home Loan Schedule (other than any Home
Loan paid in full or any Home Loan specifically identified as an exception to
such certification), (i) all documents required to be delivered to the Grantor
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement are in its possession or in the possession of
the Custodian on its behalf (other than as expressly permitted by Section 2.05
hereof), (ii) all documents delivered by the Depositor and each Transferor to
the Custodian pursuant to Section 2.05 hereof have been reviewed by the
Custodian and have not been mutilated or damaged and appear regular on their
face (handwritten additions, changes or corrections shall not constitute
irregularities if initialed by the Obligor) and relate to such Home Loan, (iii)
based upon the examination of the Custodian on behalf of the Grantor Trustee,
and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth on the Home
Loan Schedule accurately reflects the information set forth in the related
Grantor Trustee's Home Loan File and (iv) each Debt Instrument has been endorsed
as provided in Section 2.04 hereof. Neither the Grantor Trustee nor the
Custodian shall be under any duty or obligation (i) to inspect, review or
examine any such documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to
determine that they are genuine, enforceable or appropriate for the represented
purpose or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face or
(ii) to determine whether any Grantor Trustee's Home Loan File should include
any of the documents specified in Section 2.05(a)(v) hereof.
(b) The Servicer's Home Loan File shall be held in the custody of the
Servicer for the benefit of, and as agent for, the Grantor Trust Holder and the
Grantor Trustee as the owner thereof for so long as this Agreement continues in
full force and effect. It is intended that, by the Servicer's agreement pursuant
to this Section 2.06(b), the Grantor Trustee shall be deemed to have possession
of the Servicer's Home Loan Files for purposes of Section 9-305 of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the state in which such documents or instruments are located.
The Servicer (and the Master Servicer if it has actual knowledge) shall promptly
report to the Grantor Trustee any failure by it to hold the Servicer's Home Loan
File as herein provided and shall promptly take appropriate action to remedy any
such failure. In acting as custodian of such documents and instruments, the
Servicer agrees not to assert any legal or beneficial ownership interest in the
Home Loans or such documents or instruments. The Servicer (and not any
Subservicer) agrees to indemnify the Grantor Trust Holder, the Grantor Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, payments, costs or expenses of any kind whatsoever which may be imposed
on, incurred by or asserted against the Grantor Trust Holder, the Grantor
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee as the result of any act or omission by the
Servicer relating to the maintenance and custody of such documents or
instruments which have been delivered to the Servicer; provided, however, that
the Servicer will not be liable for any portion of any such amount resulting
from the bad faith, negligence or willful misfeasance of the Grantor Trust
Holder, the Grantor Trustee or the Indenture Trustee; and provided, further,
that the Servicer will not be liable for any portion of any such amount
resulting from the Servicer's compliance with any instructions or directions
consistent with this Agreement issued to the Servicer by the Grantor Trustee.
The Grantor Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or otherwise oversee the
Servicer's performance as custodian hereunder.
(c) The Custodian shall, for the benefit of the Grantor Trust Holder,
review each Grantor Trustee's Home Loan File within 60 days after the date it
delivered a Custodian's Initial Certification and deliver to the Transferors,
the Depositor, the Grantor Trustee, the Servicer and the Master Servicer an
updated certification (a "CUSTODIAN'S UPDATED CERTIFICATION"), setting forth
those exceptions listed on the Custodian's Initial Certification which continue
to exist on the date of the Custodian's Updated Certification. With respect to
any Home Loans which are set forth as exceptions in the Custodian's Updated
Certification because recorded assignments (except as permitted by Section
2.05(d) hereof) or original or certified copies of Mortgages or Manufactured
Home Contracts, as applicable, have not yet been delivered to the Custodian, the
applicable Transferor shall cure such exceptions by delivering such missing
documents to the Custodian no later than 180 days after the Closing Date.
The Custodian agrees, for the benefit of the Grantor Trust Holder and
the Indenture Trustee, to review each Grantor Trustee's Home Loan File within
180 days after the Closing Date, and to deliver to the Transferors, the
Depositor, the Grantor Trustee, the Servicer and the Master Servicer a final
certification (a "CUSTODIAN'S FINAL CERTIFICATION"), setting forth those
exceptions listed on the Custodian's Updated Certification which continue to
exist on the date of such Custodian's Final Certification.
In performing any such review, the Custodian may conclusively rely on
the applicable Transferor as to the purported genuineness of any such document
and any signature thereon. Neither the Grantor Trustee nor the Custodian shall
have any responsibility for determining whether any document is valid and
binding, whether the text of any assignment or endorsement is in proper or
recordable form, whether any document has been recorded in accordance with the
requirements of any applicable jurisdiction or whether a blanket assignment is
permitted in any applicable jurisdiction. If a material defect in a document
constituting part of a Grantor Trustee's Home Loan File is discovered, then the
Depositor and applicable Transferor shall comply with the cure, substitution and
repurchase provisions of Section 3.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section 2.07 RESERVED.
Section 2.08 RELEASE AND RECONVEYANCE OF HOME LOANS.
(a) A Home Loan shall be released by the Grantor Trustee and
reconveyed to the applicable Transferor at any time (i) after a repurchase or
substitution pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (ii)
after liquidation of the Home Loan in accordance with Section 4.10 or 4.11 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the deposit in the Collection Account of
all proceeds recovered therefrom (net of any costs and expenses relating
thereto), or (iii) upon the termination of a Home Loan (due to, among other
causes, a prepayment in full of the Home Loan and sale or other disposition of
the related Property), if the applicable Transferor delivers to the Grantor
Trustee a written request (A) identifying the Home Loan and the related Property
to be released and reconveyed, (B) requesting the release and reconveyance
thereof, (C) setting forth the amount deposited in the Collection Account with
respect thereto, and (D) certifying that the amount deposited in the Collection
Account (x) equals the Substitution Adjustment related to the Qualified
Substitute Home Loan and the Deleted Home Loan released from this Grantor Trust
Agreement pursuant to item (i) above, or (y) equals the entire amount of net
proceeds recovered and received with respect to such Home Loan and the related
Property in the event of a release from this Grantor Trust Agreement pursuant to
items (ii) or (iii) above, or (z) equals the Purchase Price related to a
Defective Home Loan pursuant to item (i) above.
(b) The Grantor Trustee shall, if requested by the Servicer or any
designated Subservicer, temporarily release or cause the Custodian to
temporarily release to the Servicer or the Subservicer, as applicable, the
Grantor Trustee's Home Loan File held by such Custodian pursuant to the
provisions of Section 7.02 or Section 4.10(g) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement upon compliance by the Servicer or such Subservicer, as applicable,
with the provisions thereof.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 3.01 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE DEPOSITOR. The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Grantor Trustee and the Grantor
Trust Holder that as of the Closing Date:
(a) The Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has, and had at
all relevant times, full power to own its property, to carry on its business as
currently conducted, to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement and to create the Grantor Trust pursuant to this Agreement;
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Depositor and
its performance of and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not
violate the Depositor's certificate of incorporation or by-laws or constitute a
default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute a default) under, or result in the breach or acceleration of, any
material contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a
party or which may be applicable to the Depositor or any of its assets;
(c) The Depositor has the full power and authority to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed
and delivered this Agreement. This Agreement, assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by the Grantor Trustee and each Transferor, constitutes a
valid, legal and binding obligation of the Depositor, enforceable against it in
accordance with the terms hereof, except as such enforcement may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other
similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and by
general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(d) The Depositor is not in violation of, and the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Depositor and its performance and compliance
with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation with respect
to, any order or decree of any court or any order or regulation of any federal,
state, municipal or governmental agency having jurisdiction, which violation
would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or
operations of the Depositor or its properties or materially and adversely affect
the performance of its duties hereunder;
(e) There are no actions or proceedings against, or investigations of,
the Depositor currently pending with regard to which the Depositor has received
service of process and no action or proceeding against, or investigation of, the
Depositor is, to the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened or otherwise pending
before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal that (A) if determined
adversely, would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or render the Grantor
Trust Certificate invalid, (B) seek to prevent the issuance of the Grantor Trust
Certificate or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or (C) if determined adversely, would prohibit or materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or
the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or the Grantor Trust
Certificate;
(f) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Depositor of, or compliance by the Depositor with, this
Agreement or the Grantor Trust Certificate, or for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such consents,
approvals, authorizations and orders, if any, that have been obtained prior to
the Closing Date;
(g) The Depositor is solvent, is able to pay its debts as they become
due and has capital sufficient to carry on its business and its obligations
hereunder; it will not be rendered insolvent by the execution and delivery of
this Agreement or its obligations hereunder; no petition of bankruptcy (or
similar insolvency proceeding) has been filed by or against the Depositor prior
to the date hereof;
(h) The Depositor did not convey the Home Loans to the Grantor Trustee
with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors; the Depositor
will not be rendered insolvent as a result of the conveyance of the Home Loans
to the Grantor Trustee;
(i) As of the Closing Date, the Depositor had good title to, and was
the sole owner of, each Home Loan free and clear of any lien other than any such
lien released simultaneously with the sale contemplated herein, and, immediately
upon each transfer and assignment herein contemplated, the Depositor will have
delivered to the Grantor Trustee good title to, and the Grantor Trustee will be
the sole owner of, each Home Loan free and clear of any lien;
(j) The Depositor acquired title to each of the Home Loans in good
faith, without notice of any adverse claim;
(k) No Officers' Certificate, statement, report or other document
prepared by the Depositor and furnished or to be furnished by it pursuant to
this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading;
(l) The Depositor is not required to be registered as an "investment
company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and
(m) The transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Debt Instruments
and the Mortgages or Manufactured Home Contracts by the Depositor pursuant to
this Agreement are not subject to the bulk transfer laws or any similar
statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
ARTICLE IV
THE GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE
Section 4.01 THE GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE.
(a) The Grantor Trust Certificate shall be issued only in the minimum
100% Percentage Interest of a Single Certificate and shall be substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. On original issue the Grantor Trust
Certificate shall be executed and delivered by the Grantor Trustee to the
Indenture Trustee, as initial Grantor Trust Holder, or upon the order of the
Depositor. The Grantor Trust Certificate shall be executed by manual or
facsimile signature on behalf of the Grantor Trustee by a Responsible Officer
thereof. The Grantor Trust Certificate bearing the manual or facsimile
signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the
Grantor Trustee shall bind the Grantor Trustee notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Grantor Trust Certificate. The Grantor Trust
Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be
valid for any purpose, unless manually countersigned by a Responsible Officer of
the Grantor Trustee, or unless there appears on the Grantor Trust Certificate a
certificate of authentication executed by the Authenticating Agent by manual
signature, and such countersignature or certificate upon the Grantor Trust
Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that the
Grantor Trust Certificate has been duly countersigned or authenticated and
delivered hereunder. The Grantor Trust Certificate shall be dated the date of
its countersignature or authentication.
Section 4.02 REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF GRANTOR TRUST
CERTIFICATE.
(a) The Grantor Trustee shall cause to be kept at one of the offices
or agencies to be maintained in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.05 a
Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Grantor Trustee shall provide for the registration of the Grantor
Trust Certificate and of transfers and exchanges of the Grantor Trust
Certificate as herein provided. The Grantor Trustee shall act as, or shall
appoint, a Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering the Grantor
Trust Certificate and transfers and exchanges of the Grantor Trust Certificate
as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration or transfer of the Grantor Trust
Certificate at any office or agency maintained for such purpose pursuant to
Section 4.05 (and subject to the provisions of this Section 4.02) the Grantor
Trustee shall execute, and shall date, countersign or authenticate (or cause the
Authenticating Agent to authenticate) and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, a new Grantor Trust Certificate of a like 100%
Percentage Interest.
At the option of the Grantor Trust Holder, the Grantor Trust
Certificate may be exchanged for a Grantor Trust Certificate of an authorized
Percentage Interest of a like 100% Percentage Interest upon surrender of the
Grantor Trust Certificate to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever
the Grantor Trust Certificate is so surrendered for exchange, the Grantor
Trustee shall execute, and shall date, countersign or authenticate, as the case
may be (or cause the Authenticating Agent to authenticate) and deliver, the
Grantor Trust Certificate which such Grantor Trust Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive. The Grantor Trust Certificate presented or surrendered for
transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Certificate Registrar or the
Grantor Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by,
the Grantor Trust Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any transfer or exchange of the
Grantor Trust Certificate, but the Grantor Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
may require payment from the Grantor Trust Holder of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of the Grantor Trust Certificate.
The Grantor Trust Certificate surrendered for transfer and exchange
shall be canceled by the Certificate Registrar, the Grantor Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent in accordance with their standard procedures.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) No offer, sale or other transfer of the Grantor Trust Certificate
shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration
statement or otherwise in accordance with the requirements under the Act, and
effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws,
or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or
qualification. If a transfer (other than (i) the initial transfers of the
Grantor Trust Certificate by the Grantor Trustee to the Depositor, and by the
Depositor to the Issuer, (ii) the pledge of the Grantor Trust Certificate by the
Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Indenture) is to be
made in reliance upon an exemption from the Act, and under the applicable state
securities laws, either: (i) the Certificate Registrar shall require that the
transferee deliver to the Certificate Registrar an investment representation
letter (the "INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER") substantially in the form of
Exhibit B attached hereto, which Investment Representation Letter shall certify,
among other things, that the transferee is an institutional "accredited
investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Act or a
"qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A under the Act, and the
Certificate Registrar may also require that the transferee deliver to the
Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel if such transferee is not a
qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Act; or
(ii) if the certifications described in the preceding clause (i) cannot be
provided (A) the Certificate Registrar shall require an Opinion of Counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such
transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable
exemption and the basis therefor, from registration or qualification under the
Act, applicable state securities laws and other relevant laws, which Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar, the Depositor, the
Grantor Trust or the Grantor Trustee, and (B) the Certificate Registrar shall
require the transferor to execute a certification in form and substance
satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar setting forth the facts surrounding
such transfer. In each case, the Certificate Registrar will be entitled without
further investigation to rely upon such certification or Opinion of Counsel. The
Holder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to,
indemnify the Certificate Registrar, the Grantor Trustee and the Depositor
against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not
made in accordance with such federal and state laws. None of the Depositor, the
Grantor Trustee or the Certificate Registrar is under any obligation to register
or qualify the Grantor Trust Certificate.
Unless the Grantor Trust Certificate has been registered under the
Act, the Grantor Trust Certificate shall bear a legend substantially to the
following effect:
THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"),
OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS GRANTOR TRUST
CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE
REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED
OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE SHALL
BE PLEDGED BY THE HOLDER THEREOF TO THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE.
THE HOLDER OF THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE
HEREOF AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH
GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND (A) PURSUANT TO A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) FOR SO LONG AS THIS GRANTOR TRUST
CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A"), TO A PERSON WHO THE HOLDER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS
DEFINED IN RULE 144A IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS
OF RULE 144A, (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR"
WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF
RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (D) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO THE
COMPLETION AND DELIVERY BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE GRANTOR
TRUSTEE OF A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON
THE LAST PAGE OF THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE, EXCEPT IN THE
CASE OF THE PLEDGE DESCRIBED ABOVE AND THE INITIAL TRANSFERS
OF THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE BY THE GRANTOR TRUSTEE TO
THE DEPOSITOR, AND BY THE DEPOSITOR TO THE ISSUER.
THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE, AND
EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE,
BY PURCHASING THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST
HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN
TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE GRANTOR TRUST
AGREEMENT. A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN
INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF
EXHIBIT B TO THE GRANTOR TRUST AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS
A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONAL
INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.
Section 4.03 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN GRANTOR TRUST
CERTIFICATE. If (i) the Grantor Trust Certificate is surrendered to the Grantor
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent as mutilated or the Grantor Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of the Grantor Trust Certificate, and (ii) there is delivered to
the Grantor Trustee or Authenticating Agent such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to hold each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice
to the Grantor Trustee or Authenticating Agent that the Grantor Trust
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Grantor Trustee
shall execute and countersign or authenticate (or cause the Authenticating Agent
to authenticate), as the case may be, and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Grantor Trust Certificate, a new
Grantor Trust Certificate of like 100% Percentage Interest. Upon the issuance of
a new Grantor Trust Certificate under this Section, the Grantor Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar may require from the Grantor Trust Holder the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expense (including the fees and expenses of
the Grantor Trustee or Authenticating Agent) in connection therewith. Unless a
bona fide purchaser of the original Grantor Trust Certificate presents such
Grantor Trust Certificate, any duplicate Grantor Trust Certificate issued
pursuant to this Section shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of
ownership in the Grantor Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the
lost, stolen, or destroyed Grantor Trust Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 4.04 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. Prior to the due presentation of
the Grantor Trust Certificate for registration or transfer, the Depositor, the
Grantor Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the
Grantor Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name
the Grantor Trust Certificate is registered as the owner of the Grantor Trust
Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 5.02
and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Depositor, the Grantor
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any agent of the Depositor, the Grantor
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
Section 4.05 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. The Grantor Trustee will
maintain, at its expense, an office or agency where the Grantor Trust
Certificate may be surrendered for registration or transfer or exchange and
where notices and demands to or upon the Certificate Registrar in respect of the
Grantor Trust Certificate and this Agreement may be served. The Grantor Trustee
initially designates the Corporate Trust Office and the principal corporate
trust office of the Authenticating Agent, if any, as its offices and agencies
for said purposes.
ARTICLE V
GRANTOR TRUST ACCOUNTS;
PAYMENTS TO GRANTOR TRUST HOLDER
Section 5.01 DISTRIBUTIONS FROM COLLECTION ACCOUNT.
(a) On the sixth Business Day prior to each Payment Date, so long as
the Issuer or its assignee is the Grantor Trust Holder, the Indenture Trustee,
in accordance with Section 5.01(b)(2) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, shall
withdraw from the Collection Account the Available Collection Amount for such
Payment Date and deposit such amount into the Note Payment Account. Such
deposits into the Note Payment Account from the Collection Account shall be
deemed to constitute distributions to and on behalf of the Grantor Trust Holder.
(b) The Indenture Trustee may also make withdrawals from the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.01(b)(3) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE GRANTOR TRUSTEE
Section 6.01 DUTIES OF GRANTOR TRUSTEE. The Grantor Trustee undertakes
to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in
this Agreement.
The Grantor Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Grantor Trustee which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant
to any provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they
are in the form required by this Agreement but the Grantor Trustee shall not be
required to determine, confirm or recalculate information contained in such
instruments.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Grantor Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act or its own willful misconduct; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that:
(i) The duties and obligations of the Grantor Trustee shall be
determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Grantor
Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Grantor
Trustee and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Grantor Trustee, the
Grantor Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Grantor Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Agreement;
(ii) The Grantor Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect
to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Grantor Trust Holder relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Grantor Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Grantor
Trustee, under this Agreement; and
(iii) The Grantor Trustee shall not be personally liable for any error
of judgment made in good faith by any Responsible Officer, unless it shall be
proved that the Grantor Trustee or such Responsible Officer was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts.
None of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall require the
Grantor Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties as Grantor Trustee
hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there is
reasonable ground for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Section 6.02 CERTAIN MATTERS AFFECTING THE GRANTOR TRUSTEE. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 6.01:
(i) The Grantor Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officers' Certificate, certificate
of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties;
(ii) The Grantor Trustee may consult with counsel, and any written
advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder
in good faith and in accordance with such written advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) The Grantor Trustee shall not be personally liable for any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by
this Agreement;
(iv) The Grantor Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents or attorneys; and
(v) All rights of action under this Agreement or under the Grantor
Trust Certificate, enforceable by the Grantor Trustee, may be enforced by it
without the possession of the Grantor Trust Certificate, or the production
thereof at the trial or other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit,
action or proceeding instituted by the Grantor Trustee shall be brought in its
name for the benefit the Grantor Trust Holder, subject to the provisions of this
Agreement.
Section 6.03 GRANTOR TRUSTEE NOT REQUIRED TO MAKE INVESTIGATION. The
Grantor Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, order, or other paper or document (provided
the same appears regular on its face) or to take any remedial action, unless
directed in writing to do so by the Grantor Trust Holder; PROVIDED HOWEVER, that
if the payment to the Grantor Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities
likely to be incurred by it in the making of any such investigation or the
taking of any such remedial action so directed by the Grantor Trust Holder is,
in the opinion of the Grantor Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Grantor
Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the
Grantor Trustee may require reasonable agreement for the payment or
reimbursement of any such expense or security for any such liability as a
condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such investigation
so directed by the Grantor Trust Holder shall be a nonrecourse obligation of the
Grantor Trust Holder to pay the Grantor Trustee upon demand, but only to the
extent that excess funds are available therefor.
Section 6.04 GRANTOR TRUSTEE'S FEES. The Grantor Trustee shall be
entitled to be paid the Grantor Trustee Fee pursuant to Section 5.01(c) of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Grantor
Trustee will be responsible for all expenses it incurs in respect of any of its
duties or obligations hereunder and will not be entitled to any additional
amounts. The Grantor Trustee acknowledges and agrees that the Grantor Trustee
Fee constitutes reasonable compensation for its activities as Grantor Trustee
hereunder.
Section 6.05 COMPLIANCE WITH CODE. The Grantor Trustee shall be
authorized to and shall prepare and file and furnish to the Grantor Trust
Holder, or cause to be prepared and filed and furnished, all federal, and if
applicable, state and local income tax and information returns or reports
relating to the Grantor Trust (including, without limitation, information with
respect to interest or discount income, gain or loss with respect to the Home
Loans and reinvestment income, gain or loss with respect to the Collection
Account) at the time and in the manner required by the Code. In connection with
the filing of any such returns, the Grantor Trustee shall have the right to
employ accountants and other personnel to assist in the preparation of such
filings.
Section 6.06 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTOR TRUSTEE. The Grantor
Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation having its principal
office in a state and city acceptable to the Depositor, organized and doing
business under the laws of such state or the United States of America,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, or shall be a member of a bank
holding system, the aggregate combined capital and surplus of which is at least
$50,000,000, provided that the Grantor Trustee's separate capital and surplus
shall at all times be at least the amount specified in Section 310(a)(2) of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and shall be subject to supervision or examination
by federal or state authority. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to
be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. In case at any time the Grantor Trustee shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Grantor
Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in
Section 6.07.
Section 6.07 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF GRANTOR TRUSTEE. The Grantor
Trustee may resign and be discharged from the trust hereby created only by (i)
giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor, the Grantor Trust Holder
and the Servicer and (ii) arranging for a successor trustee to be appointed. The
successor trustee shall be acceptable to the Grantor Trust Holder, shall be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.06, and shall be
compensated solely (A) pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and (B) if
such arrangement is not acceptable to such successor, pursuant to an arrangement
between the successor trustee and the resigning Grantor Trustee. Any such
resignation of the Grantor Trustee shall only be effective upon the appointment
of a successor trustee. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Servicer
shall promptly appoint a successor trustee, acceptable to the Grantor Trust
Holder, by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to the resigning Grantor Trustee, one copy to the successor trustee
and one copy to the Depositor. If no successor trustee shall have been appointed
and have accepted appointment within 60 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Grantor Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
If at any time the Grantor Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 6.06 and shall fail to resign after
written request for the Grantor Trustee's resignation by the Grantor Trust
Holder, or if at any time the Grantor Trustee shall become incapable of acting,
or an order for relief shall have been entered in any bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding with respect to the Grantor Trustee, or a receiver of the Grantor
Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Grantor Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conversion or liquidation, or in order to change the
status of the Grantor Trust for state tax reasons, then the Servicer shall
remove the Grantor Trustee and appoint a successor trustee, acceptable to the
Grantor Trust Holder, by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the Grantor Trustee so removed, one copy to the
successor trustee and one copy to the Depositor.
The Grantor Trust Holder may at any time remove the Grantor Trustee
and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument or instruments, in
triplicate, signed by such holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized,
one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered to the Depositor, one
complete set of which shall be delivered to the Grantor Trustee so removed and
one complete set of which shall be delivered to the successor so appointed.
Any resignation or removal of the Grantor Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become
effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in
Section 6.08.
Section 6.08 SUCCESSOR GRANTOR TRUSTEE. Any successor trustee
appointed as provided in Section 6.07 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
the Grantor Trust Holder, the Depositor and to its predecessor trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation
or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective, and such successor
trustee, without any further act, deed or reconveyance, shall become fully
vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee herein. The
predecessor trustee shall deliver to the successor trustee documents and
statements relating to the Grantor Trust Estate held by it hereunder, and the
Depositor and the predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments
and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more fully and
certainly vesting and confirming in the successor trustee all such rights,
powers, duties and obligations.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 6.06.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section, the Grantor Trustee shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to the Grantor Trust Holder at its address as shown in the
Certificate Register. If the Grantor Trustee fails to mail such notice within
ten days after acceptance of the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall
cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Grantor Trustee.
Section 6.09 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF GRANTOR TRUSTEE. Any Person
into which the Grantor Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may
be consolidated, to which it may sell or transfer its corporate trust business
and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole or any Person resulting from
any merger, sale, transfer, conversion or consolidation to which the Grantor
Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the
Grantor Trustee, shall be the successor of the Grantor Trustee hereunder,
provided that (i) such Person shall be eligible under the provisions of Section
6.06, 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, and (ii) the Grantor Trustee shall deliver an opinion of
counsel to the Depositor to the effect that such merger, consolidation, sale or
transfer will not subject the Grantor Trust to federal, state or local tax.
Section 6.10 AUTHENTICATING AGENT. The Grantor Trustee may appoint an
Authenticating Agent, which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Grantor
Trustee in authenticating or countersigning the Grantor Trust Certificate.
Wherever reference is made in this Agreement to the authentication of the
Grantor Trust Certificate by the Grantor Trustee or the Grantor Trustee's
countersignature, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication on
behalf of the Grantor Trustee by the Authenticating Agent and a certification of
authentication executed on behalf of the Grantor Trustee by the Authenticating
Agent. The Authenticating Agent must be acceptable to the Depositor and must be
a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States
of America or of any state, having a principal office and place of business in a
state and city acceptable to the Depositor, having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $15,000,000, authorized under such laws to do a trust
business and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state
authorities.
Any corporation into which the Authenticating Agent 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 Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business
of the Authenticating Agent, shall be the Authenticating Agent without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Grantor
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
The Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving at least 30
day's advance written notice of resignation to the Grantor Trustee and the
Depositor. The Grantor Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of the
Authenticating Agent by giving written notice to the Depositor. Upon receiving a
notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time the
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 6.10, the Grantor Trustee promptly shall appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent, which shall be acceptable to the Depositor, and
shall give written notice of such appointment to the Depositor, and shall mail
notice of such appointment to the Grantor Trust Holder. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating
Agent herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless
eligible under the provisions of this Section 6.10.
The Authenticating Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for
any action taken by it as such at the direction of the Grantor Trustee. Any
compensation paid to the Authenticating Agent shall be at the expense of the
Grantor Trustee pursuant to Section 6.04.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.01 TERMINATION. The respective obligations and
responsibilities of the Depositor and the Grantor Trustee created hereby and the
Grantor Trust created hereby shall terminate only upon the liquidation of all
the Home Loans or the Majority Residual Interest Holders' or the Master
Servicer's purchase of all the Home Loans pursuant to Section 11.02 of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement and the termination of the Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that in no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration
of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, the late Ambassador of the United States of America to the Court of St.
James's, living on the date hereof.
Section 7.02 PROCEDURE UPON TERMINATION OF GRANTOR TRUST.
(a) Notice of any termination pursuant to the provisions of Section
7.01, specifying the Payment Date upon which the final distribution shall be
made, shall be given promptly by the Grantor Trustee by first class mail to the
Grantor Trust Holder and the Indenture Trustee. Such notice shall specify (A)
the Payment Date upon which final distribution on the Grantor Trust Certificate
will be made upon presentation and surrender of the Grantor Trust Certificate at
the Corporate Trust Office, and (B) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to
such Payment Date is not applicable, distribution being made only upon
presentation and surrender of the Grantor Trust Certificate at the office or
agency of the Grantor Trustee therein specified. The Grantor Trustee shall give
such notice to the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar at the time such notice is given to the Grantor Trust Holder.
(b) In the event that the Grantor Trust Holder does not surrender the
Grantor Trust Certificate for cancellation within three months after the time
specified in the above-mentioned written notice, the Grantor Trustee shall give
a second written notice to the Grantor Trust Holder to surrender the Grantor
Trust Certificate for cancellation and receive the final distribution with
respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice the Grantor Trust
Certificate shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Grantor
Trustee may take appropriate steps to contact the Grantor Trust Holder
concerning surrender of the Grantor Trust Certificate, and the cost thereof
shall be paid out of the amounts distributable to such Grantor Trust Holder. If
within two years after the second notice the Grantor Trust Certificate shall not
have been surrendered for cancellation, the Grantor Trustee shall, subject to
applicable state law relating to escheatment, hold all amounts distributable to
the Grantor Trust Holder for the benefit of the Grantor Trust Holder. No
interest shall accrue on any amount held by the Grantor Trustee and not
distributed to a Grantor Trust Holder due to such Grantor Trust Holder's failure
to surrender its Grantor Trust Certificate for payment of the final distribution
therein in accordance with this Section.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 8.01 BINDING NATURE OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, the
Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and their respective successors and permitted
assigns.
Section 8.02 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire
agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements,
understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written,
of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. The express
terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance and/or usage of the
trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof.
Section 8.03 AMENDMENT.
(a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor,
the Transferors and the Grantor Trustee with the consent of the Grantor Trust
Holder; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, any amendments relating to or affecting Article VII
or this Section 8.03, or any other provision of this Agreement relating to
termination of the Grantor Trust or amendment of this Agreement, shall also
require the consent of all of the holders of all of the Notes.
(b) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Grantor
Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment to
the Grantor Trust Holder and the Depositor.
(c) It shall be necessary for the consent of the Grantor Trust Holder
under this Section 8.03 for the Holders to approve the particular form of any
proposed amendment. The manner of obtaining such consent and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by the Grantor Trust Holder shall be
subject to such reasonable rules and procedures as the Grantor Trustee may
prescribe.
SECTION 8.04 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.
Section 8.05 NOTICES. All demands, notices and communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
received by (a) in the case of Depositor, to PaineWebber Mortgage Acceptance
Corporation IV, 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx, Esq., (b) in the case of the Grantor Trustee, to U.S.
Bank National Association, 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000;
Attention: Structured Finance/Empire Funding 1999-1, and (c) in the case of
Empire Funding, to Empire Funding Corp., 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx; (d) in the case of ContiMortgage, to
ContiMortgage Corporation, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: Chief Counsel; (e) in the case of ULG, to California Lending
Group, Inc., d/b/a United Lending Group, 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Chief Counsel; or as to each party such
other address as may hereafter be furnished by such party to the other parties
in writing. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Grantor Trust
Holder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of
such Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within
the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have
been duly given, whether or not a Grantor Trust Holder receives such notice.
Section 8.06 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or the Grantor Trust
Certificate or the rights of the Grantor Trust Holder thereof.
Section 8.07 INDULGENCES; NO WAIVERS. Neither the failure nor any
delay on the part of a party to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege
under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or
further exercise of the same or of any other right, remedy, power or privilege,
nor shall any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to
any occurrence be construed a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege
with respect to any other occurrence. No waiver shall be effective unless it is
in writing and is signed by the party asserted to have granted such waiver.
Section 8.08 HEADINGS NOT TO AFFECT INTERPRETATION. The headings
contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and they
shall not be used in the interpretation hereof.
Section 8.09 BENEFITS OF AGREEMENT. Nothing in this Agreement or in
the Grantor Trust Certificate, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties to this Agreement and their successors hereunder and the
Grantor Trust Holder, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, power, remedy
or claim under this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that notwithstanding the
foregoing, the holders of the Notes are and shall be intended third party
beneficiaries of this Agreement with respect to Section 8.03, the Indenture
Trustee shall be an intended third party beneficiary in accordance with Section
8.11 hereof.
Section 8.10 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, each Transferor and the Grantor
Trustee have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first written above.
PAINEWEBBER MORTGAGE ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
IV, as Depositor
By: _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
CONTIMORTGAGE CORPORATION, as Transferor and
Servicer
By: _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
EMPIRE FUNDING CORP., as Transferor and
Subservicer
By: _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
CALIFORNIA LENDING GROUP, INC., d/b/a UNITED
LENDING GROUP, as Transferor
By: _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Grantor
Trustee
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title:
EMPIRE FUNDING CORP., as Subservicer
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title:
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On this ___ day of _____________, 1999, before me, a notary public in
and for the State of New York, personally appeared _______________, known to me
who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she resides at
___________________; that he/she is a __________________________ of PaineWebber
Mortgage Acceptance Corporation IV, one of the parties that executed the
foregoing instrument and that he/she is authorized by PaineWebber Mortgage
Acceptance Corporation IV to sign his/her name thereto.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF _____________ )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ____________ )
On this ___ day of _____________, 1999, before me, a notary public in
and for the State of _____________, personally appeared _____________, known to
me who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at
___________________; that he/she is a __________________ of Empire Funding
Corp., one of the parties that executed the foregoing instrument and that he/she
is authorized by Empire Funding Corp. to sign his/her name thereto.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF _____________)
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ____________)
On this ___ day of _____________, 1999, before me, a notary public in
and for the State of _____________, personally appeared _____________, known to
me who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at
___________________; that he/she is a __________________ of ContiMortgage
Corporation, one of the parties that executed the foregoing instrument and that
he/she is authorized by ContiMortgage Corporation to sign his/her name thereto.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF _____________ )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ____________ )
On this ___ day of _____________, 1999, before me, a notary public in
and for the State of _____________, personally appeared _____________, known to
me who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at
___________________; that he/she is a __________________ of California Lending
Group, Inc., d/b/a United Lending Group, one of the parties that executed the
foregoing instrument and that he/she is authorized by California Lending Group,
Inc., d/b/a United Lending Group to sign his/her name thereto.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF ______________)
) ss.:
COUNTY OF _____________)
On this ___ day of ____________, 1999, before me, a notary public in
and for the State of _________, personally appeared _____________, known to me
who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at
___________________; that he/she is a __________________ of U.S. Bank National
Association, one of the parties that executed the foregoing instrument and that
he/she is authorized by U.S. Bank National Association to sign his/her name
thereto.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF _____________ )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ____________ )
On this ___ day of _____________, 1999, before me, a notary public in
and for the State of _____________, personally appeared _____________, known to
me who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at
___________________; that he/she is a __________________ of Empire Funding
Corp., one of the parties that executed the foregoing instrument and that he/she
is authorized by Empire Funding Corp. to sign his/her name thereto.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE
THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
NEITHER THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN
MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT
SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE
SHALL BE PLEDGED BY THE HOLDER THEREOF TO THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO THE
TERMS OF THE INDENTURE.
THE HOLDER OF THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES NOT
TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE EXCEPT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND (A) PURSUANT TO A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (B) FOR SO LONG AS THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE
PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A"), TO A PERSON WHO
THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED
IN RULE 144A IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (C) TO AN
INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A)(1),
(2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (D) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO THE COMPLETION AND DELIVERY BY THE
TRANSFEROR TO THE GRANTOR TRUSTEE OF A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM
APPEARING ON THE LAST PAGE OF THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE, EXCEPT IN THE CASE
OF THE PLEDGE DESCRIBED ABOVE AND THE INITIAL TRANSFERS OF THIS GRANTOR TRUST
CERTIFICATE BY THE GRANTOR TRUSTEE TO THE DEPOSITOR, AND BY THE DEPOSITOR TO THE
ISSUER.
THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT
PURCHASER OF THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS GRANTOR TRUST
CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH
CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE GRANTOR TRUST AGREEMENT. A
TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER
SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT B TO THE GRANTOR TRUST AGREEMENT IF SUCH
TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONAL
INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH
TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE
144A.
THE HOLDER OF THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE WILL BE TREATED AS THE OWNER OF A
PRO RATA UNDIVIDED BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE HOME LOANS. EACH TRANSFEREE OF
THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IS DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED
THIS GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFERABILITY, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 4.02 OF THE GRANTOR TRUST AGREEMENT.
EMPIRE FUNDING GRANTOR TRUST 1999-1
evidencing an interest in a trust
the assets of which consist primarily
of the Home Loans
Certificate No. __
Percentage Interest evidenced
by this Grantor Trust Certificate: 100%
First Payment Date: May 25, 1999
THIS CERTIFIES THAT U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture
Trustee is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Grantor Trust Certificate in monthly distributions to the Grantor Trust Holder
with respect to the Grantor Trust consisting of a trust the assets of which
consist primarily of the Home Loans. The Grantor Trust was created pursuant to a
Grantor Trust Agreement dated as of April 1, 1999 ("AGREEMENt") among
PaineWebber Mortgage Acceptance Corporation IV (the "DEPOSITOR"), ContiMortgage
Corporation (the "SERVICER" and a "TRANSFEROR"), Empire Funding Corp. (the
"SUBSERVICER" and a "TRANSFEROR"), California Lending Group, Inc., d/b/a United
Lending Group, (a "TRANSFEROR"), U.S. Bank National Association, as Grantor
Trustee (the "GRANTOR TRUSTEE"), and ContiFinancial Corporation, as guarantor, a
summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth
hereinafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein
have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement. This Grantor Trust
Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the holder of this Grantor Trust
Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such holder
is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
this Grantor Trust Certificate to the Person in whose name this Grantor Trust
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last day of the
calendar month preceding the month of such distribution, or if such day is not a
Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such day, in an amount
equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Grantor Trust
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to the Grantor Trust
Holder on or prior to such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.01 of the
Agreement.
Distributions on this Grantor Trust Certificate will be made by the
Grantor Trustee by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto,
as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register unless such
Person notifies the Grantor Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to a Payment Date that such payments are to be made by wire transfer (at the
expense of the Grantor Trustee) of immediately available funds to the account
specified by such person. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on
this Grantor Trust Certificate will be made after due notice of the pendency of
such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Grantor Trust
Certificate at the office or agency specified by the Trustee for that purpose in
the notice of final distribution.
No offer, sale, or other transfer of the Grantor Trust Certificate
(other than the initial transfers of the Grantor Trust Certificate by the
Grantor Trustee to the Depositor, and by the Depositor to the Issuer) shall be
made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration
statement or otherwise in accordance with the requirements under the Act, and
effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws,
or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or
qualification. If a transfer (other than the initial transfer by the Grantor
Trustee to the Depositor or one by the Depositor or an affiliate thereof) is to
be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Act, and under the applicable
state securities laws, then either: (i) the Certificate Registrar shall require
that the transferee deliver to the Certificate Registrar an investment
representation letter (the "INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER") substantially in
the form of Exhibit B to the Grantor Trust Agreement, which Investment
Representation Letter shall certify, among other things, that the transferee is
an institutional "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) under the Act or a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A
under the Act, and the Certificate Registrar may also require that the
transferee deliver to the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel if such
transferee is not a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule
144A under the Act; or (ii) if the certifications described in the preceding
clause (i) cannot be provided (A) the Certificate Registrar shall require an
Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the
Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing
the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from registration or
qualification under the Act, applicable state securities laws and other relevant
laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate
Registrar, the Depositor, the Grantor Trust or the Grantor Trustee, and (B) the
Certificate Registrar shall require the transferor to execute a certification in
form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar setting forth the
facts surrounding such transfer. In each case, the Certificate Registrar will be
entitled without further investigation to rely upon such certification or
Opinion of Counsel. A Grantor Trust Holder desiring to effect such transfer
shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Certificate Registrar, the
Grantor Trustee and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the
transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and
state laws. The Grantor Trust Holder shall pledge the Grantor Trust Certificate
to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
The Agreement does not permit the amendment of the Agreement and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor, the Grantor Trustee
and the Transferors and the rights of the Grantor Trust Holder under the
Agreement without the consent of Grantor Trust Holder; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, any
amendments relating to or affecting Article VII or Section 8.03, or any other
provision of the Agreement relating to termination of the Grantor Trust or
amendment of the Agreement, shall require the consent of all of the holders of
all of the Notes.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Grantor Trust Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Grantor Trust Certificate for
registration of transfer at the office or agency appointed by the Grantor
Trustee, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or
other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Grantor Trustee
and the Certificate Registrar, duly executed by the holder hereof or such
holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon a new Grantor Trust
Certificate of authorized 100% Percentage Interest will be issued to the
designated transferee.
The Grantor Trust Certificate is issuable only as a registered Grantor
Trust Certificate without coupons in the Percentage Interest specified in the
Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the Grantor Trust Certificate is exchangeable for a new
Grantor Trust Certificate of authorized 100% Percentage Interest, as requested
by the Grantor Trust Holder surrendering the same.
The Grantor Trust Holder may at any time remove the Grantor Trustee
with or without cause, and appoint a successor trustee. If such removal is
without cause, the Grantor Trust Holder shall be responsible for making
satisfactory arrangements for compensation of the successor trustee.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Grantor Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require
payment from the Grantor Trust Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor, the Grantor Trustee and the Certificate Registrar, and
any agent of the Depositor, the Grantor Trustee or the Certificate Registrar,
may treat the Person in whose name this Grantor Trust Certificate is registered
as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Grantor
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement in respect of the Grantor
Trust Certificate and the Grantor Trust created thereby shall terminate only
upon the liquidation of all the Home Loans or the Majority Residual Interest
Holders' purchase of all the Home Loans pursuant to Section 11.02 of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement and the termination of the Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Trust Fund will in no event continue beyond the expiration of 21 years
from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the
late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. Xxxxx, living on the
date of the Agreement.
Unless this Grantor Trust Certificate has been countersigned by an
authorized officer of the Grantor Trustee, by manual signature, this Grantor
Trust Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be
valid for any purpose.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantor Trustee has caused this Grantor Trust
Certificate to be ______________________ duly executed as of the date set forth
below.
Dated:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Grantor Trustee
By: _____________________________________
Name:________________________________
Title: ______________________________
Countersigned:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Grantor Trustee
By: ________________________________________________
Name:___________________________________________
Title:__________________________________________
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) _________________ unto _____________________________________________
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(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code
of assignee)
the beneficial interest evidenced by the within Grantor Trust Certificate and
hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on
the Certificate Register of the Grantor Trust.
I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Grantor
Trust Certificate of a like Percentage Interest, to the above named assignee and
deliver such Grantor Trust Certificate to the following address:
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Social Security or other Identifying Number of Assignee:
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Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
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Signature Guaranteed
[DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS]
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, if the assignee is eligible to receive
distributions in immediately available funds, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to
_________________________________________________________________ for the
account of ______________________________________________ account number
____________, or, if mailed by check, to
_____________________________________________________. Applicable statements
should be mailed to ----------------------
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This information is provided by ______________________, the assignee
named above, or ___________________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER
U.S. Bank National Association
as Grantor Trustee and Certificate Registrar
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Structured Finance/Empire Funding 1999-1
Re: Transfer of Empire Funding Grantor Trust 1999-1,
Grantor Trust Certificate
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is delivered pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Grantor Trust
Agreement dated as of April 1, 1998 (the "GRANTOR TRUST AGREEMENT"), by and
among PaineWebber Mortgage Acceptance Corporation IV, as Depositor,
ContiMortgage Corporation, as Servicer and Transferor, Empire Funding Corp., as
Transferor, California Lending Group, Inc., d/b/a United Lending Group, as
Transferor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Grantor Trustee, on behalf of
the holders of Empire Funding Grantor Trust 1999-1 Grantor Trust Certificate
(the "GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATE"), in connection with the transfer by
_________________ (the "SELLER") to the undersigned (the "PURCHASER") of a 100%
Percentage Interest in the Grantor Trust Certificate. Terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Grantor Trust Agreement.
In connection with such transfer, the undersigned hereby represents
and warrants to you as follows:
[[For Institutional Accredited Investors] 1. The Purchaser is an
"institutional accredited investor" (an entity meeting the requirements of Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "SECURITIES ACT")) and has such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of its investment in the Grantor Trust Certificate, and the Purchaser and
any accounts for which it is acting are each able to bear the economic risk of
the Purchaser's or such account's investment. The Purchaser is acquiring the
Grantor Trust Certificate purchased by it for its own account or for one or more
accounts (each of which is an "institutional accredited investor") as to each of
which the Purchaser exercises sole investment discretion. The Purchaser hereby
undertakes to reimburse the Grantor Trustee for any costs incurred by it in
connection with this transfer.]
[[For Qualified Institutional Buyers only] 1. The Purchaser is a
"qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A ("RULE 144A")
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT").
The Purchaser is aware that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A,
and the Purchaser has had the opportunity to obtain the information required to
be provided pursuant to paragraph (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A.]
2. The Purchaser's intention is to acquire the Grantor Trust
Certificate (a) for investment for the Purchaser's own account or (b) for resale
to (i) "qualified institutional buyers" in transactions under Rule 144A, and not
in any event with the view to, or for resale in connection with, any
distribution thereof, or (ii) to "institutional accredited investors" meeting
the requirements of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D promulgated
under the Securities Act, pursuant to any other exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, subject in the case of this clause (ii) to
(a) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of a letter substantially in the
form hereof, (b) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of an opinion of
counsel acceptable to the Certificate Registrar that such reoffer, resale,
pledge or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (c) the receipt by
the Certificate Registrar of such other evidence acceptable to the Certificate
Registrar that such reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer is in compliance with
the Securities Act and other applicable laws, and (d) a written undertaking to
reimburse the Grantor Trust for any costs incurred by it in connection with the
proposed transfer. The Purchaser understands that the Grantor Trust Certificate
(and any subsequent Grantor Trust Certificate) has not been registered under the
Securities Act, by reason of a specified exemption from the registration
provisions of the Securities Act which depends upon, among other things, the
bona fide nature of the Purchaser's investment intent (or intent to resell to
only certain investors in certain exempted transactions) as expressed herein.
3. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Grantor Trust Certificate (and
any Grantor Trust Certificate issued on transfer or exchange thereof) has not
been registered or qualified under the Securities Act or the securities laws of
any State or any other jurisdiction, and that the Grantor Trust Certificate
cannot be resold unless it is registered or qualified thereunder or unless an
exemption from such registration or qualification is available.
4. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to be bound by the terms and
conditions of the Grantor Trust Agreement in its capacity as an owner of the
Grantor Trust Certificate (the "GRANTOR TRUST HOLDER"), in all respects as if it
were a signatory thereto. This undertaking is made for the benefit of the
Grantor Trust, the Grantor Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and all Grantor
Trust Holders present and future.
5. The Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any portion of
the Grantor Trust Certificate, except in compliance with Section 4.02 of the
Grantor Trust Agreement.
[Please make all payments due on the Grantor Trust Certificate:*
_____ (a) by wire transfer to the following account at a bank or
entity in New York, New York, having appropriate facilities
therefore:
Account number _________ Institution __________________
_____ (b) by mailing a check or draft to the following address:
_________________
* Please select (a) or (b).
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Very truly yours,
_____________________________________________
[The Purchaser]
By: ________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated: ___________________ __, ____
Receipt hereby acknowledged:
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