RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC.,
DEPOSITOR,
RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION,
MASTER SERVICER,
AND
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
TRUSTEE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2005
MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2005-NC1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS...............................................................3
Section 1.01. Definitions.......................................................3
Section 1.02. Determination of LIBOR...........................................44
ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES..........45
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.....................................45
Section 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee............................................49
Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master
Servicer and the Depositor.......................................50
Section 2.04. Representations and Warranties of Residential Funding............52
Section 2.05. Execution and Authentication of Certificates; Conveyance of
REMIC Regular Interests..........................................54
Section 2.06. Purposes and Powers of the Trust.................................55
Section 2.07. Agreement Regarding Ability to Disclose..........................55
ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS...........................56
Section 3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Servicer...............................56
Section 3.02. Subservicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and
Subservicers; Enforcement of Subservicers' Obligations...........58
Section 3.03. Successor Subservicers...........................................59
Section 3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer.................................59
Section 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between Subservicer and Trustee,
Insurer or Certificateholders....................................60
Section 3.06. Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by
Trustee..........................................................60
Section 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments; Deposits to
Custodial Account................................................60
Section 3.08. Subservicing Accounts; Servicing Accounts........................63
Section 3.09. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
the Mortgage Loans...............................................65
Section 3.10. Permitted Withdrawals from the Custodial Account.................65
Section 3.11. Maintenance of Primary Insurance Coverage........................67
Section 3.12. Maintenance of Fire Insurance and Omissions and Fidelity
Coverage.........................................................67
Section 3.13. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and
Modification Agreements; Certain Assignments.....................69
Section 3.14. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans........................71
Section 3.15. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files..................73
Section 3.16. Servicing and Other Compensation; Eligible Master Servicing
Compensation.....................................................75
Section 3.17. Reports to the Trustee, the Insurer and the Depositor............76
Section 3.18. Annual Statement as to Compliance................................76
Section 3.19. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report..........77
Section 3.20. Right of the Depositor in Respect of the Master Servicer.........77
Section 3.21. Advance Facility.................................................78
ARTICLE IV PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS...........................................81
Section 4.01. Certificate Account..............................................81
Section 4.02. Distributions....................................................82
Section 4.03. Statements to Certificateholders; Statements to Rating
Agencies; Exchange Act Reporting.................................88
Section 4.04. Distribution of Reports to the Trustee and the Depositor;
Advances by the Master Servicer..................................91
Section 4.05. Allocation of Realized Losses....................................93
Section 4.06. Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonment of Mortgaged Property....95
Section 4.07. Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans....................95
Section 4.08. Limited Mortgage Loan Repurchase Right...........................96
Section 4.09. The Yield Maintenance Agreement..................................96
Section 4.10. The Policy.......................................................97
Section 4.11. Derivative Contracts.............................................98
Section 4.12. Tax Treatment of Yield Maintenance Payments......................99
ARTICLE V THE CERTIFICATES.........................................................99
Section 5.01. The Certificates.................................................99
Section 5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates...........101
Section 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates...............106
Section 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners...........................................106
Section 5.05. Appointment of Paying Agent.....................................107
ARTICLE VI THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER...................................107
Section 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master
Servicer........................................................107
Section 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer; Assignment of Rights and Delegation of Duties by
Master Servicer.................................................107
Section 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and Others.............................................108
Section 6.04. Depositor and Master Servicer Not to Resign.....................109
ARTICLE VII DEFAULT.................................................................109
Section 7.01. Events of Default...............................................109
Section 7.02. Trustee or Depositor to Act; Appointment of Successor...........111
Section 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders..............................113
Section 7.04. Waiver of Events of Default.....................................113
Section 7.05. Servicing Trigger; Removal of Master Servicer...................114
ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE..................................................115
Section 8.01. Duties of Trustee...............................................115
Section 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee...........................116
Section 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans...........118
Section 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates....................................118
Section 8.05. Master Servicer to Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses;
Indemnification.................................................118
Section 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee............................119
Section 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee..........................120
Section 8.08. Successor Trustee...............................................121
Section 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee..............................121
Section 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee...................121
Section 8.11. Appointment of Custodians.......................................122
Section 8.12. Appointment of Office or Agency.................................123
Section 8.13. DTC Letter of Representations...................................123
Section 8.14. Yield Maintenance Agreement.....................................123
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION.............................................................123
Section 9.01. Termination Upon Purchase by Residential Funding or
Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans...............................123
Section 9.02. Additional Termination Requirements.............................127
ARTICLE X REMIC PROVISIONS........................................................128
Section 10.01. REMIC Administration............................................128
Section 10.02. Master Servicer, REMIC Administrator and Trustee
Indemnification.................................................131
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS................................................132
Section 11.01. Amendment.......................................................132
Section 11.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts..........................135
Section 11.03. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders......................135
Section 11.04. Governing Law...................................................136
Section 11.05. Notices.........................................................136
Section 11.06. Notices to Rating Agencies......................................137
Section 11.07. Severability of Provisions......................................138
Section 11.08. Supplemental Provisions for Resecuritization....................138
Section 11.09. Rights of the Insurer...........................................138
Section 11.10. Third Party Beneficiaries.......................................139
Exhibits
Exhibit A Form of Class A Certificate
Exhibit B [Reserved]
Exhibit C [Reserved]
Exhibit D Form of Class SB Certificate
Exhibit E Form of Class R Certificate
Exhibit F Form of Custodial Agreement
Exhibit G-1 Group I Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit G-2 Group II Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit H Forms of Request for Release
Exhibit I-1 Form of Transfer Affidavit and Agreement
Exhibit I-2 Form of Transferor Certificate
Exhibit J Form of Investor Representation Letter
Exhibit K Form of Transferor Representation Letter
Exhibit L Text of Amendment to Pooling and Servicing Agreement Pursuant
to Section 11.01(e) for a Limited Guaranty
Exhibit M Form of Limited Guaranty
Exhibit N Form of Lender Certification for Assignment of Mortgage Loan
Exhibit O Form of Rule 144A Investment Representation
Exhibit P Financial Guaranty Insurance Policy
Exhibit Q [Reserved]
Exhibit R-1 Form 10-K Certification
Exhibit R-2 Form 10-K Back-up Certification
Exhibit S Information to be Provided by the Master Servicer to the Rating
Agencies Relating to Reportable Modified Mortgage Loans
Exhibit T [Reserved]
Exhibit U Yield Maintenance Agreement
This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, effective as of December 1, 2005,
among RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC., as depositor (together with its
permitted successors and assigns, the "Depositor"), RESIDENTIAL FUNDING
CORPORATION, as master servicer (together with its permitted successors and
assigns, the "Master Servicer"), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a banking
association organized under the laws of the United States, as trustee (together
with its permitted successors and assigns, the "Trustee").
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
The Depositor intends to sell mortgage asset-backed pass-through
certificates (collectively, the "Certificates"), to be issued hereunder in eight
Classes, which in the aggregate will evidence the entire beneficial ownership
interest in the Mortgage Loans (as defined herein) and certain other related
assets.
REMIC I
As provided herein, the REMIC Administrator will make an election to
treat the segregated pool of assets consisting of the Mortgage Loans and certain
other related assets (exclusive of the Yield Maintenance Agreement and any
payments thereunder) subject to this Agreement as a real estate mortgage
investment conduit (a "REMIC") for federal income tax purposes, and such
segregated pool of assets will be designated as "REMIC I." The Class R-I
Certificates will represent the sole Class of "residual interests" in REMIC I
for purposes of the REMIC Provisions (as defined herein) under federal income
tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth the designation, remittance
rate (the "Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate") and initial Uncertificated
Principal Balance for each of the "regular interests" in REMIC I (the "REMIC I
Regular Interests"). The "latest possible maturity date" (determined for
purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii)) for the
REMIC I Regular Interests shall be the 360th Distribution Date. The REMIC I
Regular Interests will not be certificated.
UNCERTIFICATED
REMIC I INITIAL UNCERTIFICATED REMIC I LATEST POSSIBLE
DESIGNATION PASS-THROUGH RATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE MATURITY DATE
I-AA Variable(1) $471,763,539.63 December 2035
I-A-I-1 Variable(1) $1,899,280 December 2035
I-A-I-2 Variable(1) $730,520 December 2035
I-A-I-3 Variable(1) $1,384,230 December 2035
I-A-I-4 Variable(1) $643,430 December 2035
I-ZZ Variable(1) $4,970,367.34 December 2035
II-AA Variable(2) $410,236,477 December 2035
II-A-II Variable(2) $4,050,040 December 2035
II-ZZ Variable(2) $4,322,133 December 2035
(1) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "Uncertificated Group I
REMIC I Pass-Through Rate" herein. (2) Calculated in accordance with the
definition of "Uncertificated Group II REMIC I Pass-Through Rate" herein.
REMIC II
As provided herein, the REMIC Administrator will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC I Regular Interests as a REMIC
for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC II". The Class R-II Certificates will represent the sole
class of "residual interests" in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions
under federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, Pass-Through Rate, aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance,
certain features, Final Scheduled Distribution Date and initial ratings for each
Class of Certificates comprising the interests representing "regular interests"
in REMIC II. The "latest possible maturity date" (determined for purposes of
satisfying Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii)) for each Class of
REMIC II Regular Interests shall be the 360th Distribution Date.
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Aggregate Final
Initial Scheduled
Pass-Through Certificate Distribution
Designation Type Rate Principal Balance Features Date Initial Ratings
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Xxxxx'x S&P
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Class A-I-1(1) Senior Adjustable(2) $189,928,000 Senior September 25, Aaa AAA
(3) 2027
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Class A-I-2(1) Senior Adjustable(2) $73,052,000 Senior September 25, Aaa AAA
(3) 2030
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Class A-I-3(1) Senior Adjustable(2) $138,423,000 Senior October 25, Aaa AAA
(3) 2034
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Class A-I-4(1) Senior Adjustable(2) $64,343,000 Senior December 25, Aaa AAA
(3) 2035
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Class A-II(1) Senior Adjustable(2) $405,004,000 Senior December 25, Aaa AAA
(3) 2035
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Class SB Interest Subordinate Variable(4) $29,250,017 Subordinate N/A N/R N/R
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Class R-I Residual N/A N/A Residual N/A N/R N/R
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Class R-II Residual N/A N/A Residual N/A N/R N/R
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(1) The Class A Certificates will represent ownership of REMIC II Regular
Interests together with certain rights to payments to be made from amounts
received under the Yield Maintenance Agreement which will be treated as an
interest rate cap contract, the payments on which will be deemed made for
federal income tax purposes outside of REMIC II.
(2) The REMIC II Regular Interests ownership of which is represented by the
Class A Certificates, will accrue interest at a per annum rate equal to LIBOR
plus the applicable Margin, each subject to payment caps as described in the
definition of "Pass-Through Rate" and the provisions for the payment of the
applicable Group I Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts or Group II Basis
Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts herein, which payments will not be part of
the entitlement of the REMIC II Regular Interests related to such Certificates.
(3) The Class A Certificates will also entitle their holders to certain payments
from the Holder of the Class SB Certificates from amounts to which the related
REMIC II Regular Interest is entitled and from amounts received under the Yield
Maintenance Agreement, which will not be a part of their ownership of the REMIC
II Regular Interests.
(4) The Class SB Certificates will accrue interest as described in the
definition of Accrued Certificate Interest. The Class SB Certificates will not
accrue interest on their Certificate Principal Balance.
The Mortgage Loans have an aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance
equal to $900,000,017. The Mortgage Loans are fixed-rate and adjustable-rate,
fully amortizing, first and junior lien mortgage loans having terms to maturity
at origination or modification of generally not more than 30 years.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee agree as follows:
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.
Accrued Certificate Interest: With respect to each Distribution Date and
the Class A Certificates, interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual
Period on the Certificate Principal Balance thereof immediately prior to such
Distribution Date at the related Pass-Through Rate for that Distribution Date.
The amount of Accrued Certificate Interest on each Class of Certificates
shall be reduced by the amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on the related
Mortgage Loans during the prior calendar month (to the extent not covered by
Eligible Master Servicing Compensation pursuant to Section 3.16) and by the
amount of Relief Act Shortfalls on the related Mortgage Loans during the related
Due Period, in each case to the extent allocated to that Class of Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.02(g). The portion of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
or Relief Act Shortfalls on the Group I Loans shall be allocated among the Class
A-I Certificates, pro rata, on the basis of Accrued Certificate Interest payable
on such Distribution Date absent such reductions, and the portion of any
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls or Relief Act Shortfalls on the Group II Loans
shall be allocated to the Class A-II Certificates.
Accrued Certificate Interest for each Class on any Distribution Date
shall be further reduced by the interest portion of Realized Losses allocated to
any Class of Certificates pursuant to Section 4.05.
With respect to each Distribution Date and the Class SB Certificates,
interest accrued during the preceding Interest Accrual Period at the related
Pass-Through Rate for that Distribution Date on the Uncertificated Notional
Amount as specified in the definition of Pass-Through Rate, immediately prior to
such Distribution Date, reduced by any interest shortfalls with respect to the
related Mortgage Loans, including Prepayment Interest Shortfalls to the extent
not covered by Eligible Master Servicing Compensation pursuant to Section 3.16
or by the Excess Cash Flow pursuant to clauses (vii) and (viii) of Section
4.02(c). In addition, Accrued Certificate Interest with respect to each
Distribution Date, as to the Class SB Certificates, shall be reduced by an
amount equal to the interest portion of Realized Losses allocated to the
Overcollateralization Amount pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof. Accrued
Certificate Interest on the Class A Certificates shall accrue on the basis of a
360-day year and the actual number of days in the related Interest Accrual
Period. Accrued Certificate Interest on the Class SB Certificates shall accrue
on the basis of a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day months.
Adjusted Mortgage Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any date
of determination, the Mortgage Rate borne by the related Mortgage Note, less the
related Subservicing Fee Rate.
Adjustment Date: With respect to each adjustable-rate Mortgage Loan,
each date set forth in the related Mortgage Note on which an adjustment to the
interest rate on such Mortgage Loan becomes effective.
Advance: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any advance made by the
Master Servicer, pursuant to Section 4.04.
Affiliate: With respect to any Person, any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such first Person. For the purposes
of this definition, "control" means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments
hereof and supplements hereto.
Amount Held for Future Distribution: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the total of the amounts held in the Custodial Account at the close of
business on the preceding Determination Date on account of (i) Liquidation
Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries, REO Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Principal
Prepayments, Mortgage Loan purchases made pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04,
4.07 or 4.08 and Mortgage Loan substitutions made pursuant to Section 2.03 or
2.04 received or made in the month of such Distribution Date (other than such
Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries
and purchases of Mortgage Loans that the Master Servicer has deemed to have been
received in the preceding month in accordance with Section 3.07(b)) and (ii)
payments which represent early receipt of scheduled payments of principal and
interest due on a date or dates subsequent to the Due Date in the related Due
Period.
Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, one of the
following: (i) the lesser of (a) the appraised value of such Mortgaged Property
based upon the appraisal made at the time of the origination of the related
Mortgage Loan, and (b) the sales price of the Mortgaged Property at such time of
origination, (ii) in the case of a Mortgaged Property securing a refinanced or
modified Mortgage Loan, one of (1) the appraised value based upon the appraisal
made at the time of origination of the loan which was refinanced or modified,
(2) the appraised value determined in an appraisal made at the time of
refinancing or modification or (3) the sales price of the Mortgaged Property, or
(iii) with respect to the Mortgage Loans for which a broker's price opinion was
obtained, the value contained in such opinion.
Assignment: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument, in recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of
record the sale of the Mortgage Loan to the Trustee for the benefit of
Certificateholders, which assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent
instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments covering
Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same county, if
permitted by law and accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to that effect.
Assignment Agreement: The Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated the
Closing Date, between Residential Funding and the Depositor relating to the
transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans.
Available Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to (a) the sum of (i) the amount relating to the Mortgage Loans on
deposit in the Custodial Account as of the close of business on the immediately
preceding Determination Date, including any Subsequent Recoveries, and amounts
deposited in the Custodial Account in connection with the substitution of
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans, (ii) the amount of any Advance made on the
immediately preceding Certificate Account Deposit Date with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, (iii) any amount deposited in the Certificate Account on the
related Certificate Account Deposit Date pursuant to Section 3.12(a) in respect
of the Mortgage Loans, (iv) any amount that the Master Servicer is not permitted
to withdraw from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.16(e) in respect of
the Mortgage Loans, (v) any amounts payable under the Policy pursuant to Section
4.10 and (vi) any amount deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to
Section 4.07 or 4.08 and any amounts deposited in the Custodial Account pursuant
to Section 9.01, reduced by (b) the sum as of the close of business on the
immediately preceding Determination Date of: (w) any payments or collections
consisting of prepayment charges on the Mortgage Loans that were received during
the related Prepayment Period, (x) the Amount Held for Future Distribution and
(y) amounts permitted to be withdrawn by the Master Servicer from the Custodial
Account pursuant to clauses (ii)-(x), inclusive, of Section 3.10(a).
Balloon Loan: Each of the Mortgage Loans having an original term to
maturity that is shorter than the related amortization term.
Balloon Payment: With respect to any Balloon Loan, the related Monthly
Payment payable on the stated maturity date of such Balloon Loan.
Bankruptcy Code: The Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended.
Basis Risk Shortfall: The Group I Basis Risk Shortfall or Group II Basis
Risk Shortfall, as applicable.
Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount: The Group I Basis Risk
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount or Group II Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward
Amount, as applicable.
Book-Entry Certificate: Any Certificate registered in the name of the
Depository or its nominee.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a
day on which banking institutions in the States of California, New York,
Minnesota or Illinois (and such other state or states in which the Custodial
Account or the Certificate Account are at the time located) are required or
authorized by law or executive order to be closed.
Call Rights: As defined in Section 9.01(e).
Capitalization Reimbursement Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the amount of unreimbursed Advances or Servicing Advances that were added
to the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loans during the
preceding calendar month and reimbursed to the Master Servicer or Subservicer
pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(vii) on or prior to such Distribution Date.
Cash Liquidation: With respect to any defaulted Mortgage Loan other than
a Mortgage Loan as to which an REO Acquisition occurred, a determination by the
Master Servicer that it has received all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds and other payments or cash recoveries which the Master Servicer
reasonably and in good faith expects to be finally recoverable with respect to
such Mortgage Loan.
Certificate: Any Class A Certificate, Class SB Certificate or Class R
Certificate.
Certificate Account: The account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.01, which shall be entitled "U.S. Bank National
Association as trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Residential Asset
Mortgage Products, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2005-NC1" and which account shall be held for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and which must be an Eligible Account. Any such account or
accounts created and maintained subsequent to the Closing Date shall be subject
to the approval of the Insurer, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
Certificate Account Deposit Date: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the Business Day prior thereto.
Certificateholder or Holder: The Person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register, except that neither a Disqualified
Organization nor a Non-United States Person shall be a holder of a Class R
Certificate for any purpose hereof. Solely for the purpose of giving any consent
or direction pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate, other than a Class R
Certificate, registered in the name of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any
Subservicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding and
the Percentage Interest or Voting Rights evidenced thereby shall not be taken
into account in determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage Interests
or Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent or direction has been
obtained. All references herein to "Holders" or "Certificateholders" shall
reflect the rights of Certificate Owners as they may indirectly exercise such
rights through the Depository and participating members thereof, except as
otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be
required to recognize as a "Holder" or "Certificateholder" only the Person in
whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register. Unless
otherwise indicated in this Agreement, the Custodial Agreement or the Assignment
Agreement, whenever reference is made to the actions taken by the Trustee on
behalf of the Certificateholders, such reference shall include the Insurer as
long as there is no Insurer Default continuing.
Certificate Insurer Premium: With respect to the Class A Certificates,
the premium payable to the Insurer on each Distribution Date in an amount equal
to one-twelfth of the product of the Certificate Insurer Premium Rate and the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date.
Certificate Insurer Premium Modified Rate: With respect to any Mortgage
Loan and any date of determination, the Certificate Insurer Premium Rate for the
Class A Certificates times a fraction equal to (x) the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates as of such date over (y) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such date.
Certificate Insurer Premium Rate: With respect to the Mortgage Loans and
each class of Class A Certificates and any date of determination, the per annum
rate specified in the Insurance Agreement with respect to the Class A
Certificates for the purpose of calculating the related Certificate Insurer
Premium.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person
who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate, as reflected on the books of an
indirect participating brokerage firm for which a Depository Participant acts as
agent, if any, and otherwise on the books of a Depository Participant, if any,
and otherwise on the books of the Depository.
Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to any Class A Certificate,
on any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the Initial Certificate
Principal Balance of such Certificate as specified on the face thereof minus
(ii) the sum of (x) the aggregate of all amounts previously distributed with
respect to such Certificate (or any predecessor Certificate) (including such
amounts paid pursuant to the Policy) and applied to reduce the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof pursuant to Section 4.02(c), 4.02(d) or 4.02(e) and
(y) the aggregate of all reductions in Certificate Principal Balance deemed to
have occurred in connection with Realized Losses which were previously allocated
to such Certificate (or any predecessor Certificate) pursuant to Section 4.05
(other than any such amounts included in an Insured Payment and paid pursuant to
the Policy), provided, that with respect to any Distribution Date, the
Certificate Principal Balance of each class of Class A Certificates to which a
Realized Loss was previously allocated and remains unreimbursed will be
increased, as follows: to the Class A-I Certificates on a pro rata basis, with
respect to the Group I Loans and to the Class A-II Certificates with respect to
the Group II Loans, to the extent of Realized Losses previously allocated
thereto and remaining unreimbursed, but only to the extent of Subsequent
Recoveries on the related Mortgage Loans received during the previous calendar
month and available for distribution pursuant to Section 4.02(c)(iii), other
than amounts that have been paid pursuant to the Policy. With respect to each
Class SB Certificate, on any date of determination, an amount equal to the
Percentage Interest evidenced by such Certificate times an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of (A) the then aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans over (B) the then aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates then outstanding. The Class R Certificates will not have a
Certificate Principal Balance.
Certificate Register and Certificate Registrar: The register maintained
and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.02.
Class: Collectively, all of the Certificates or uncertificated interests
bearing the same designation.
Class A Certificate: Any one of the Class A-I-1, Class A-I-2, Class
A-I-3, Class A-I-4 or Class A-II Certificates.
Class A-I Certificate: Any one of the Class A-I-1, Class A-I-2, Class
A-I-3 Certificates or Class A-I-4 Certificates.
Class A-I Interest Remittance Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the portion of the Available Distribution Amount for that Distribution
Date attributable to interest received or advanced with respect to the Group I
Loans.
Class A-I-1 Certificate: Any one of the Class A-I-1 Certificates
executed by the Trustee and authenticated by the Certificate Registrar
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, senior to the Class SB
Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the
allocation of Realized Losses in respect of Group I Loans as set forth in
Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an interest designated as a "regular interest"
in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and (ii) the right to receive
the related Group I Basis Risk Carry-Forward Amount from Excess Cash Flow to the
extent described herein.
Class A-I-1 Margin: Initially, 0.090% per annum and on any Distribution
Date on and after the second possible Optional Termination Date, 0.180% per
annum.
Class A-I-2 Certificate: Any one of the Class A-I-2 Certificates
executed by the Trustee and authenticated by the Certificate Registrar
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, senior to the Class SB
Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the
allocation of Realized Losses in respect of Group I Loans as set forth in
Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an interest designated as a "regular interest"
in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and (ii) the right to receive
the related Group I Basis Risk Carry-Forward Amount from Excess Cash Flow to the
extent described herein.
Class A-I-2 Margin: Initially, 0.170% per annum, and on any Distribution
Date on and after the first Distribution Date after the second possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.340% per annum.
Class A-I-3 Certificate: Any one of the Class A-I-3 Certificates
executed by the Trustee and authenticated by the Certificate Registrar
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, senior to the Class SB
Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the
allocation of Realized Losses in respect of Group I Loans as set forth in
Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an interest designated as a "regular interest"
in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and (ii) the right to receive
the related Group I Basis Risk Carry-Forward Amount from Excess Cash Flow to the
extent described herein.
Class A-I-3 Margin: Initially, 0.220% per annum, and on any Distribution
Date on or after the first Distribution Date after the second possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.440% per annum.
Class A-I-4 Certificate: Any one of the Class A-I-4 Certificates
executed by the Trustee and authenticated by the Certificate Registrar
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, senior to the Class SB
Certificates and Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the
allocation of Realized Losses in respect of Group I Loans as set forth in
Section 4.05, and evidencing (i) an interest designated as a "regular interest"
in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and (ii) the right to receive
the related Group I Basis Risk Carry-Forward Amount from Excess Cash Flow to the
extent described herein.
Class A-I-4 Margin: Initially, 0.340% per annum, and on any Distribution
Date on or after the first Distribution Date after the second possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.680% per annum.
Class A-II Certificate: Any one of the Class A-II Certificates executed
by the Trustee and authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, senior to the Class SB Certificates and
Class R Certificates with respect to distributions and the allocation of
Realized Losses in respect of Group II Loans as set forth in Section 4.05, and
evidencing (i) an interest designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC II for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions, and (ii) the right to receive the related
Group II Basis Risk Carry-Forward Amount from Excess Cash Flow to the extent
described herein.
Class A-II Interest Remittance Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the portion of the Available Distribution Amount for that Distribution
Date attributable to interest received or advanced with respect to the Group II
Loans.
Class A-II Margin: Initially, 0.220% per annum, and on any Distribution
Date on or after the first Distribution Date after the second possible Optional
Termination Date, 0.440% per annum.
Class A Interest Distribution Priority: With respect to each Class of
Class A Certificates and any Distribution Date, the amount available for payment
of Accrued Certificate Interest thereon for that Distribution Date plus Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon remaining unpaid from any prior Distribution Date,
in the amounts and priority as follows:
o first, concurrently, to the Class A-I Certificates, pro rata,
from the Class A-I Interest Remittance Amount, and to the Class
A-II Certificates, from the Class A-II Interest Remittance
Amount;
o second, to the Class A-I Certificates, pro rata, from the
remaining Class A-II Interest Remittance Amount and to the Class
A-II Certificates, from the remaining Class A-I Interest
Remittance Amount, as needed after taking into account any
distributions in respect of interest on the Class A Certificates
made in first above;
o third, concurrently, from the Principal Remittance Amount related
to the Group I Loans, to the Class A-I Certificates, pro rata,
and from the Principal Remittance Amount related to the Group II
Loans, to the Class A-II Certificates, after taking into account
any distributions in respect of interest on the Class A
Certificates made in first and second above; and
o fourth, from the remaining Principal Remittance Amount related to
the Group II Loans, to the Class A-I Certificates, pro rata, and
from the remaining Principal Remittance Amount related to the
Group I Loans, to the Class A-II Certificates, as needed after
taking into account any distributions in respect of interest on
the Class A Certificates made in first, second and third above.
Class R Certificates: Collectively, the Class R-I Certificates and the
Class R-II Certificates.
Class R-I Certificate: Any one of the Class R-I Certificates executed by
the Trustee and authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit E and evidencing an interest designated as a
"residual interest" in REMIC I for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
Class R-II Certificate: Any one of the Class R-II Certificates executed
by the Trustee and authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit E and evidencing an interest designated as a
"residual interest" in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
Class SB Certificate: Any one of the Class SB Certificates executed by
the Trustee and authenticated by the Certificate Registrar substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit D, subordinate to the Class A Certificates with
respect to distributions and the allocation of Realized Losses as set forth in
Section 4.05, and evidencing an interest comprised of "regular interests" in
REMIC II together with certain rights to payments under the Yield Maintenance
Agreement for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
Closing Date: December 28, 2005.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Corporate Trust Office: The principal office of the Trustee at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business with respect to this Agreement
shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of this
instrument is located at U.S. Bank National Association, EP-MN-WS3D, 00
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: RAMP, Series 2005-NC1.
Credit Repository: Equifax, Transunion and Experian, or their successors
in interest.
Cumulative Insurance Payments: As of any time of determination, the
aggregate amount of all Insured Payments previously paid by the Insurer under
the Policy in respect of the Class A Certificates minus (a) the aggregate of all
payments previously made to the Insurer pursuant to Section 4.02(c) or 4.02(d)
hereof as reimbursement for such Insured Payments, plus (b) interest thereon
from the date such amounts became due until paid in full, at a rate of interest
equal to the applicable Late Payment Rate.
Curtailment: Any Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor which is not a
Principal Prepayment in Full.
Custodial Account: The custodial account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.07 in the name of a depository institution, as
custodian for the holders of the Certificates and the Insurer, for the holders
of certain other interests in mortgage loans serviced or sold by the Master
Servicer and for the Master Servicer, into which the amounts set forth in
Section 3.07 shall be deposited directly. Any such account or accounts shall be
an Eligible Account.
Custodial Agreement: An agreement that may be entered into among the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and a Custodian in substantially the
form of Exhibit F hereto.
Custodian: A custodian appointed pursuant to a Custodial Agreement and
reasonably acceptable to the Insurer.
Cut-off Date: December 1, 2005.
Cut-off Date Balance: $900,000,017.
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
unpaid principal balance thereof at the Cut-off Date after giving effect to all
installments of principal due on or prior thereto (or due during the month of
the Cut-off Date), whether or not received.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction
in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a reduction
constituting a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results in a permanent
forgiveness of principal.
Deficiency Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date and each Class
of the Class A-I Certificates, an amount, if any, equal to the sum of (1) the
excess, if any, of the Accrued Certificate Interest (without taking into account
any reduction in the Accrued Certificate Interest in respect of Realized Losses)
on the Class of Class A-I Certificates for that Distribution Date over the
portion of the amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account on that
Distribution Date available for distribution to the Class A-I Certificates
pursuant to the Class A Interest Distribution Priority on that Distribution Date
and (2) (i) with respect to any Distribution Date that is not the Distribution
Date in December 2035, the principal portion of any Realized Losses allocated to
the Class A-I Certificates, if any, for that Distribution Date and (ii) on the
Distribution Date in December 2035, the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A-I Certificates (after giving effect to all distributions to be
made thereon on that Distribution Date other than any portion thereof consisting
of an Insured Payment payable as principal on the Class A-I Certificates). With
respect to any Distribution Date and the Class A-II Certificates, an amount, if
any, equal to the sum of (1) the excess, if any, of the Accrued Certificate
Interest (without taking into account any reduction in the Accrued Certificate
Interest in respect of Realized Losses) on the Class A-II Certificates for that
Distribution Date over the portion of the amounts on deposit in the Certificate
Account on that Distribution Date available for distribution to the Class A-II
Certificates pursuant to the Class A Interest Distribution Priority on that
Distribution Date and (2) (i) with respect to any Distribution Date that is not
the Distribution Date in December 2035, the principal portion of any Realized
Losses allocated to the Class A-II Certificates, if any, for that Distribution
Date and (ii) on the Distribution Date in December 2035, the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-II Certificates (after giving
effect to all distributions to be made thereon on that Distribution Date other
than any portion thereof consisting of an Insured Payment payable as principal
on the Class A-II Certificates). The Deficiency Amount does not include any
Group I Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts or Group II Basis Risk
Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts.
Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation by a
court of competent jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an amount less than
the then outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, or any reduction in
the amount of principal to be paid in connection with any scheduled Monthly
Payment that constitutes a permanent forgiveness of principal, which valuation
or reduction results from a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificate: Any definitive, fully registered Certificate.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced with a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
Delinquency Ratio: With respect to any Distribution Date and the
Mortgage Loans, the arithmetic average, of the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, equal to (x) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans that are 60 or more days delinquent in payment of principal and interest
for that Distribution Date, including Mortgage Loans in bankruptcy that are 60
or more days delinquent, foreclosure and REO Properties, over (y) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans immediately preceding that
Distribution Date.
Delinquent: As used herein, a Mortgage Loan is considered to be: "30 to
59 days" or "30 or more days" delinquent when a payment due on any scheduled due
date remains unpaid as of the close of business on the next following monthly
scheduled due date; "60 to 89 days" or "60 or more days" delinquent when a
payment due on any scheduled due date remains unpaid as of the close of business
on the second following monthly scheduled due date; and so on. The determination
as to whether a Mortgage Loan falls into these categories is made as of the
close of business on the last business day of each month. For example, a
Mortgage Loan with a payment due on July 1 that remained unpaid as of the close
of business on August 31 would then be considered to be 30 to 59 days
delinquent. Delinquency information as of the Cut-off Date is determined and
prepared as of the close of business on the last business day immediately prior
to the Cut-off Date.
Depositor: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Depository: The Depository Trust Company, or any successor Depository
hereafter named. The nominee of the initial Depository for purposes of
registering those Certificates that are to be Book-Entry Certificates is Cede &
Co. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as defined in
Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and
a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the
Exchange Act.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.
Derivative Contract: Any ISDA Master Agreement, together with the
related Schedule and Confirmation, entered into by the Trustee and a Derivative
Counterparty in accordance with Section 4.11.
Derivative Counterparty: Any counterparty to a Derivative Contract as
provided in Section 4.11.
Destroyed Mortgage Note: A Mortgage Note the original of which was
permanently lost or destroyed and has not been replaced.
Determination Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the 20th day
(or if such 20th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately
following such 20th day) of the month of the related Distribution Date.
Disqualified Organization: Any organization defined as a "disqualified
organization" under Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code, which includes any of the
following: (i) the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof,
any possession of the United States, or any agency or instrumentality of any of
the foregoing (other than an instrumentality which is a corporation if all of
its activities are subject to tax and, except for Xxxxxxx Mac, a majority of its
board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) a foreign
government, any international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of
any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than certain farmers'
cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from the tax
imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of
the Code on unrelated business taxable income) and (iv) rural electric and
telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code. A
Disqualified Organization also includes any "electing large partnership," as
defined in Section 775(a) of the Code and any other Person so designated by the
Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the holding of an Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate by such Person may cause any REMIC or any
Person having an Ownership Interest in any Class of Certificates (other than
such Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code
that would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate to such Person. The terms "United States",
"State" and "international organization" shall have the meanings set forth in
Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of any month beginning in the month
immediately following the month of the initial issuance of the Certificates or,
if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following
such 25th day.
DTC Letter: The Letter of Representations, dated December 28, 2005,
between the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, and the Depository.
Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan,
the day during the related Due Period on which the Monthly Payment is due.
Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month of
such Distribution Date.
Eligible Account: An account that is any of the following: (i)
maintained with a depository institution the debt obligations of which have been
rated by each Rating Agency in its highest rating available, or (ii) an account
or accounts in a depository institution in which such accounts are fully insured
to the limits established by the FDIC, provided that any deposits not so insured
shall, to the extent acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing,
be maintained such that (as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the
Trustee and each Rating Agency) the registered Holders of Certificates have a
claim with respect to the funds in such account or a perfected first security
interest against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted
Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or creditors of the depository institution with which such account is
maintained, or (iii) in the case of the Custodial Account, a trust account or
accounts maintained in the corporate trust department of U.S. Bank National
Association or (iv) in the case of the Certificate Account and the Insurance
Account, a trust account or accounts maintained in the corporate trust
department of U.S. Bank National Association, or (v) an account or accounts of a
depository institution acceptable to each Rating Agency (as evidenced in writing
by each Rating Agency that use of any such account as the Custodial Account or
the Certificate Account will not reduce the rating assigned to any Class of
Certificates by such Rating Agency below the lower of the then-current rating or
the rating assigned to such Certificates as of the Closing Date by such Rating
Agency).
Eligible Master Servicing Compensation: With respect to any Distribution
Date and each Loan Group, an amount equal to Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
resulting from Principal Prepayments in Full or Curtailments during the related
Prepayment Period, but not more than the lesser of (a) one-twelfth of 0.125% of
the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loans immediately preceding
such Distribution Date and (b) the sum of the Servicing Fee, all income and gain
on amounts held in the Custodial Account and the Certificate Account and amounts
payable to the Certificateholders with respect to such Distribution Date and
servicing compensation to which the Master Servicer may be entitled pursuant to
Section 3.10(a)(v) and (vi) provided that for purposes of this definition the
amount of the Servicing Fee will not be reduced pursuant to Section 7.02(a)
except as may be required pursuant to the last sentence of such Section 7.02(a),
in each case with respect to the related Loan Group.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01.
Excess Cash Flow: With respect to the Mortgage Loans and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the excess of (1) the
Available Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date over (2) the sum of (x)
the Interest Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date and (y) the lesser
of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date and (ii) the Principal Remittance
Amount for that Distribution Date to the extent not needed to pay interest on
the Class A Certificates on such Distribution Date, (B) the
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount, if any, for that Distribution Date and
(C) any Yield Maintenance Payment for that Distribution Date.
Excess Overcollateralization Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Overcollateralization Amount on such
Distribution Date over (b) the Required Overcollateralization Amount for such
Distribution Date.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Xxxxxx Mae: Xxxxxx Xxx, a federally chartered and privately owned
corporation organized and existing under the Federal National Mortgage
Association Charter Act, or any successor thereto.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor
thereto.
FHA: The Federal Housing Administration, or its successor.
Final Certification: As defined in Section 2.02.
Final Distribution Date: The Distribution Date on which the final
distribution in respect of the Certificates will be made pursuant to Section
9.01, which Final Distribution Date shall in no event be later than the end of
the 90-day liquidation period described in Section 9.02.
Final Scheduled Distribution Date: Solely for purposes of the face of
the Certificates, as follows: with respect to the Class A-I-1 Certificates, the
Distribution Date in September 2027; with respect to the Class A-I-2
Certificates, the Distribution Date in September 2030; with respect to the Class
A-I-3 Certificates, the Distribution Date in October 2034; with respect to the
Class A-I-4 Certificates and the Class A-II Certificates, the Distribution Date
in December 2035; and with respect to the Class SB Certificates, the
Distribution Date in December 2035. No event of default under this Agreement
will arise or become applicable solely by reason of the failure to retire the
entire Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of Class A Certificates on or
before its Final Scheduled Distribution Date.
Foreclosure Profits: With respect to any Distribution Date or related
Determination Date and any Mortgage Loan, the excess, if any, of Liquidation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and REO Proceeds (net of all amounts reimbursable
therefrom pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(ii)) in respect of each Mortgage Loan or
REO Property for which a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition occurred in the
related Prepayment Period over the sum of the unpaid principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan or REO Property (determined, in the case of an REO Disposition, in
accordance with Section 3.14) plus accrued and unpaid interest at the Mortgage
Rate on such unpaid principal balance from the Due Date to which interest was
last paid by the Mortgagor to the first day of the month following the month in
which such Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition occurred.
Xxxxxxx Mac: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title III of the
Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereto.
Gross Margin: With respect to each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the
fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note and indicated in Exhibit
G-1 and Exhibit G-2 hereto as the "NOTE MARGIN," which percentage is added to
the related Index on each Adjustment Date to determine (subject to rounding in
accordance with the related Mortgage Note, the Periodic Cap, the Maximum
Mortgage Rate and the Minimum Mortgage Rate) the interest rate to be borne by
such Mortgage Loan until the next Adjustment Date.
Group I Basis Risk Shortfall: With respect to each Class of the Class
A-I Certificates and any Distribution Date on which the Group I Net WAC Cap Rate
is used to determine the Pass-Through Rate of such Class of the Class A-I
Certificates, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) Accrued Certificate
Interest for such Class of the Class A-I Certificates, calculated at a rate (not
to exceed 14.000% per annum) equal to LIBOR plus the related Margin, over (y)
Accrued Certificate Interest for such Class of the Class A-I Certificates for
such Distribution Date calculated using the Group I Net WAC Cap Rate.
Group I Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount: With respect to each
Class of Class A-I Certificates and any Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the
aggregate amount of Group I Basis Risk Shortfall for such Class on such
Distribution Date plus (b) any Group I Basis Risk Shortfall for such Class
remaining unpaid from prior Distribution Dates, plus (c) one month's interest on
the amount in clause (b) (based on the number of days in the preceding Interest
Accrual Period), to the extent previously unreimbursed by Excess Cash Flow, at a
rate equal to the related Pass-Through Rate.
Group I Loans: The Mortgage Loans designated as Group I Loans on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit G-1.
Group I Net WAC Cap Rate: With respect to any Distribution Date and the
Class A-I Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the
Net Mortgage Rates of the Group I Loans using the Net Mortgage Rates (or, if
applicable, Modified Net Mortgage Rates) on such Mortgage Loans in effect for
the Monthly Payments due on such Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period,
multiplied by a fraction equal to 30 divided by the actual number of days in the
related Interest Accrual Period. With respect to any Distribution Date and the
REMIC II Regular Interests the ownership of which is represented by the A-I
Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the weighted average (adjusted for the
actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest Accrual Period) of the
Uncertificated REMIC I Group I Pass-Through Rate for the REMIC I Group I Regular
Interests, weighted on the basis of the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such
REMIC I Group I Regular Interests immediately prior to such Distribution Date,
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 30, and the denominator of
which is the actual number of days in the related Interest Accrual Period.
Group I Principal Distribution Amount: On any Distribution Date, the
Principal Distribution Amount multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the portion of the Principal Allocation Amount related to the Group I Loans
for that Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the Principal
Allocation Amount for all of the Mortgage Loans for that Distribution Date.
Group II Basis Risk Shortfall: With respect to the Class A-II
Certificates and any Distribution Date on which the Group II Net WAC Cap Rate is
used to determine the Pass-Through Rate of the Class A-II Certificates, an
amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) Accrued Certificate Interest for the
Class A-II Certificates, calculated at a rate (not to exceed 14.000% per annum)
equal to (a) LIBOR plus the Class A-II Margin over (y) Accrued Certificate
Interest for the Class A-II Certificates for such Distribution Date calculated
using the Group II Net WAC Cap Rate.
Group II Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount: With respect to the
Class A-II Certificates and any Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the aggregate
amount of Group II Basis Risk Shortfall on such Distribution Date plus (b) any
Group II Basis Risk Shortfall remaining unpaid from prior Distribution Dates,
plus (c) one month's interest on the amount in clause (b) (based on the number
of days in the preceding Interest Accrual Period), to the extent previously
unreimbursed by Excess Cash Flow, at a rate equal to the related Pass-Through
Rate.
Group II Loans: The Mortgage Loans designated as Group II Loans on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit G-2.
Group II Net WAC Cap Rate: With respect to any Distribution Date and the
Class A-II Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the
Net Mortgage Rates of the Group II Loans using the Net Mortgage Rates (or, if
applicable, Modified Net Mortgage Rates) on such Mortgage Loans in effect for
the Monthly Payments due on such Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period,
multiplied by a fraction equal to 30 divided by the actual number of days in the
related Interest Accrual Period. With respect to any Distribution Date and the
REMIC II Regular Interests the ownership of which is represented by the A-II
Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the weighted average (adjusted for the
actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest Accrual Period) of the
Uncertificated REMIC I Group II Pass-Through Rate for the REMIC I Group II
Regular Interests, weighted on the basis of the Uncertificated Principal Balance
of such REMIC I Group II Regular Interests immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 30, and
the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related Interest
Accrual Period.
Group II Principal Distribution Amount: On any Distribution Date, the
Principal Distribution Amount multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the portion of the Principal Allocation Amount related to the Group II Loans
for that Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the Principal
Allocation Amount for all of the Mortgage Loans for that Distribution Date.
Independent: When used with respect to any specified Person, means such
a Person who (i) is in fact independent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer
and the Trustee, or any Affiliate thereof, (ii) does not have any direct
financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Depositor,
the Master Servicer or the Trustee or in an Affiliate thereof, and (iii) is not
connected with the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee as an officer,
employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing
similar functions.
Index: With respect to any adjustable rate Mortgage Loan and as to any
Adjustment Date therefor, the related index as stated in the related Mortgage
Note.
Initial Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to each Class of
Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates), the Certificate Principal
Balance of such Class of Certificates as of the Closing Date as set forth in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.
Insurance Account: The account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.10, which shall be entitled "U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Residential
Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2005-NC1" and which must be an Eligible Account.
Insurance Agreement: The Insurance and Indemnity Agreement, dated as of
December 28, 2005, among the Insurer, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the
Depositor.
Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid in respect of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to any Primary Insurance Policy or any other related insurance policy
covering a Mortgage Loan, to the extent such proceeds are payable to the
mortgagee under the Mortgage, any Subservicer, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee and are not applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property
or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Master
Servicer would follow in servicing mortgage loans held for its own account.
Insured Payment: With respect to (a) any Distribution Date, (i) the
Deficiency Amount and (ii) any Preference Amount and (b) any other date, any
Preference Amount.
Insurer: Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, a New York insurance
corporation or its successors in interest.
Insurer Account: An account of the Insurer maintained at JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. (ABA No. 000000000), for credit to Financial Guaranty Insurance
Company, Account No. 904951812, or such other account as may be designated by
the Insurer to the Trustee in writing not less than five Business Days prior to
the related Distribution Date.
Insurer Default: The existence and continuance of any of the following:
(a) a failure by the Insurer to make a payment required under the Policy in
accordance with its terms; or (b)(i) the Insurer (A) files any petition or
commences any case or proceeding under any provision or chapter of the
Bankruptcy Code or any other similar federal or state law relating to
insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation or reorganization, (B) makes
a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (C) has an order for
relief entered against it under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar federal
or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation or
reorganization which is final and nonappealable; or (ii) a court of competent
jurisdiction, the New York insurance department or other competent regulatory
authority enters a final and nonappealable order, judgment or decree (A)
appointing a custodian, trustee, agent or receiver for the Insurer or for all or
any material portion of its property or (B) authorizing the taking of possession
by a custodian, trustee, agent or receiver of the Insurer (or the taking of
possession of all or any material portion of the property of the Insurer).
Interest Accrual Period: With respect to the Class A Certificates, (i)
with respect to the Distribution Date in January 2006, the period commencing on
the Closing Date and ending on the day preceding the Distribution Date in
January 2006, and (ii) with respect to any Distribution Date after the
Distribution Date in January 2006, the period commencing on the Distribution
Date in the month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution
Date occurs and ending on the day preceding such Distribution Date. With respect
to the Class SB Certificates and any Distribution Date, the prior calendar
month.
Interest Distribution Amount: With respect to each Class of Class A
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of Accrued
Certificate Interest to be distributed to the holders of such Class of Class A
Certificates for such Distribution Date, plus any related Accrued Certificate
Interest thereon remaining unpaid from any prior Distribution Date.
Interested Person: As of any date of determination, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Insurer, the Trustee, any Mortgagor, any Manager of a
Mortgaged Property, or any Person known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
to be an Affiliate of any of them.
Interim Certification: As defined in Section 2.02.
Late Collections: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, all amounts
received during any Due Period, whether as late payments of Monthly Payments or
as Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which represent late
payments or collections of Monthly Payments due but delinquent for a previous
Due Period and not previously recovered.
Late Payment Rate: As defined in the Insurance Agreement.
LIBOR: With respect to any Distribution Date, the arithmetic mean of the
London interbank offered rate quotations for one-month U.S. Dollar deposits,
expressed on a per annum basis, determined in accordance with Section 1.02.
LIBOR Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday or (ii)
a day on which banking institutions in London, England are required or
authorized to by law to be closed.
LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date: With respect to each Distribution Date, the
second LIBOR Business Day immediately preceding the commencement of the related
Interest Accrual Period.
Limited Repurchase Right Holder: RFC Asset Holdings II, Inc., or its
successor.
Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts (other than Insurance Proceeds) received
by the Master Servicer in connection with the taking of an entire Mortgaged
Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation or in
connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Loan through trustee's sale,
foreclosure sale or otherwise, other than REO Proceeds and Subsequent
Recoveries.
Loan Group: Group I Loans or Group II Loans, as applicable.
Loan-to-Value Ratio: As of any date, the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the current principal balance of the
related Mortgage Loan at the date of determination (plus, in the case of a
junior lien Mortgage Loan, the principal balance of the senior Mortgage Loan on
the related Mortgaged Property) and the denominator of which is the Appraised
Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
Margin: The Class A-I-1 Margin, Class A-I-2 Margin, Class A-I-3 Margin,
Class A-I-4 Margin, or Class A-II Margin, as applicable.
Marker Rate: With respect to the Class SB Certificates and any
Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to two (2) multiplied by the weighted
average of the Uncertificated Pass-Through Rates for each REMIC I Regular
Interest (other than the REMIC I Regular Interest I-AA and REMIC I Regular
Interest II-AA) with the rates on each such REMIC I Regular Interest (other than
REMIC I Regular Interest I-ZZ and REMIC I Regular Interest II-ZZ) subject to a
cap equal to the Pass-Through Rate for the REMIC II Regular Interest, the
ownership of which is represented by the corresponding Class for such REMIC I
Regular Interest, and the rate on REMIC I Regular Interest I-ZZ and REMIC
Regular Interest II-ZZ subject to a cap of zero, in each case for purposes of
this calculation.
Maturity Date: With respect to each Class of Certificates representing
ownership of regular interest or Uncertificated Regular Interests issued by each
of REMIC I and REMIC II the latest possible maturity date, solely for purposes
of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury Regulations, by which the
Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class of Certificates representing a
regular interest in the Trust Fund would be reduced to zero, which is, for each
such regular interest, the Distribution Date in December 2035, which is the
Distribution Date occurring in the month following the last scheduled monthly
payment of the Mortgage Loans.
Maximum Mortgage Rate: With respect to any adjustable rate Mortgage
Loan, the rate indicated in Exhibit G-1 and Exhibit G-2 hereto as the "NOTE
CEILING," which rate is the maximum interest rate that may be applicable to such
adjustable rate Mortgage Loan at any time during the life of such Mortgage Loan.
Maximum Net Mortgage Rate: With respect to any adjustable rate Mortgage
Loan and any date of determination, the Maximum Mortgage Rate minus the sum of
(i) the Subservicing Fee Rate, (ii) the Servicing Fee Rate and (iii) the
Certificate Insurer Premium Modified Rate as of such date.
MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor
thereto.
MERS(R) System: The system of recording transfers of Mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.
MIN: The Mortgage Identification Number for Mortgage Loans registered
with MERS on the MERS(R)System.
Minimum Mortgage Rate: With respect to any adjustable rate Mortgage
Loan, the greater of (i) the Note Margin and (ii) the rate indicated in Exhibit
G-1 and G-2 hereto as the "NOTE FLOOR", which rate may be applicable to such
adjustable rate Mortgage Loan at any time during the life of such adjustable
rate Mortgage Loan.
Modified Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that has been the subject of a
Servicing Modification.
Modified Mortgage Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is the
subject of a Servicing Modification, the Mortgage Rate, minus the rate per annum
by which the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan was reduced.
Modified Net Mortgage Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is
the subject of a Servicing Modification, the Net Mortgage Rate, minus the rate
per annum by which the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan was reduced.
MOM Loan: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, MERS acting as the
mortgagee of such Mortgage Loan, solely as nominee for the originator of such
Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns, at the origination thereof.
Monthly Payment: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any REO
Property) and the Due Date in any Due Period, the payment of principal and
interest due thereon in accordance with the amortization schedule at the time
applicable thereto (after adjustment, if any, for Curtailments and for Deficient
Valuations occurring prior to such Due Date but before any adjustment to such
amortization schedule by reason of any bankruptcy, other than a Deficient
Valuation, or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace
period and before any Servicing Modification that constitutes a reduction of the
interest rate on such Mortgage Loan).
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or its successor in interest.
Mortgage: With respect to each Mortgage Note related to a Mortgage Loan,
the mortgage, deed of trust or other comparable instrument creating a first or
junior lien on an estate in fee simple or leasehold interest in real property
securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01 pertaining
to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added
to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The lists of the Mortgage Loans attached hereto
as Exhibit G-1 and Exhibit G-2 (as amended from time to time to reflect the
addition of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans), which lists shall set forth at
a minimum the following information as to each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the Mortgage Loan identifying number ("RFC LOAN #");
(ii) [reserved];
(iii) the maturity of the Mortgage Note ("MATURITY DATE"
or "MATURITY DT") for Mortgage Loans;
(iv) the Mortgage Rate as of origination ("ORIG RATE");
(v) the Mortgage Rate as of the Cut-off Date for an
adjustable rate Mortgage Loan ("CURR RATE");
(vi) the Net Mortgage Rate as of the Cut-off Date ("CURR
NET");
(vii) the scheduled monthly payment of principal, if any,
and interest as of the Cut-off Date ("ORIGINAL P & I" or
"CURRENT P & I" for the adjustable rate Mortgage Loans);
(viii) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance ("PRINCIPAL
BAL");
(ix) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination ("LTV");
(x) a code "T", "BT" or "CT" under the column "LN
FEATURE," indicating that the Mortgage Loan is secured by
a second or vacation residence (the absence of any such
code means the Mortgage Loan is secured by a primary
residence);
(xi) a code "N" under the column "OCCP CODE", indicating
that the Mortgage Loan is secured by a non-owner occupied
residence (the absence of any such code means the Mortgage
Loan is secured by an owner occupied residence);
(xii) the Maximum Mortgage Rate for the adjustable rate
Mortgage Loans ("NOTE CEILING");
(xiii) the Maximum Net Mortgage Rate for the adjustable
rate Mortgage Loans ("NET CEILING");
(xiv) the Note Margin for the adjustable rate Mortgage
Loans ("NOTE MARGIN");
(xv) the first Adjustment Date after the Cut-off Date for
the adjustable rate Mortgage Loans ("NXT INT CHG DT");
(xvi) the Periodic Cap for the adjustable rate Mortgage
Loans ("PERIODIC DECR" or "PERIODIC INCR"); and
(xvii) (the rounding of the semi-annual or annual
adjustment to the Mortgage Rate with respect to the
adjustable rate Mortgage Loans ("NOTE METHOD").
Such schedules may consist of multiple reports that collectively set
forth all of the information required.
Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned to
the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 as from time to time are held or deemed to
be held as a part of the Trust Fund, the Mortgage Loans originally so held being
identified in the initial Mortgage Loan Schedule, and Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans held or deemed held as part of the Trust Fund including, without
limitation, each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage and Mortgage File and all
rights appertaining thereto.
Mortgage Note: The originally executed note or other evidence of
indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan,
together with any modification thereto.
Mortgage Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the interest rate
borne by the related Mortgage Note, or any modification thereto other than a
Servicing Modification. The Mortgage Rate on the adjustable rate Mortgage Loans
will adjust on each Adjustment Date to equal the sum (rounded to the nearest
multiple of one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) or up to the nearest one-eighth
of one percent, which are indicated by a "U" on Exhibit G-1 and Exhibit G-2,
except in the case of the adjustable rate Mortgage Loans indicated by an "X" on
Exhibit G-1 and Exhibit G-2 or hereto under the heading "NOTE METHOD"), of the
related Index plus the Note Margin, in each case subject to the applicable
Periodic Cap, Maximum Mortgage Rate and Minimum Mortgage Rate.
Mortgaged Property: The underlying real property securing a Mortgage
Loan.
Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Net Mortgage Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan as of any date of
determination, a per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage
Loan as of such date minus the sum of (i) the related Servicing Fee Rate, (ii)
the related Subservicing Fee Rate, and (iii) the Certificate Insurer Premium
Modified Rate.
Net WAC Cap Rate: The Group I Net WAC Cap Rate or Group II Net WAC Cap
Rate, as applicable.
Non-Primary Residence Loans: The Mortgage Loans designated as secured by
second or vacation residences, or by non-owner occupied residences, on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Non-United States Person: Any Person other than a United States Person.
Nonrecoverable Advance: Any Advance previously made or proposed to be
made by the Master Servicer or Subservicer in respect of a Mortgage Loan (other
than a Deleted Mortgage Loan) which, in the good faith judgment of the Master
Servicer, will not, or, in the case of a proposed Advance, would not, be
ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer from related Late Collections,
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or REO Proceeds. To the extent that any
Mortgagor is not obligated under the related Mortgage documents to pay or
reimburse any portion of any Servicing Advances that are outstanding with
respect to the related Mortgage Loan as a result of a modification of such
Mortgage Loan by the Master Servicer, which forgives amounts which the Master
Servicer or Subservicer had previously advanced, and the Master Servicer
determines that no other source of payment or reimbursement for such advances is
available to it, such Servicing Advances shall be deemed to be Nonrecoverable
Advances. The determination by the Master Servicer that it has made a
Nonrecoverable Advance shall be evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered
to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Insurer and the Master Servicer setting forth
such determination, which shall include any other information or reports
obtained by the Master Servicer such as property operating statements, rent
rolls, property inspection reports and engineering reports, which may support
such determinations. Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee shall be entitled to
rely upon any determination by the Master Servicer that any Advance previously
made is a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed Advance, if made, would
constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance.
Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that, at the time of
reference thereto, is not subject to a Subservicing Agreement.
Note Margin: With respect to each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the
fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note and indicated in Exhibit
G-1 and Exhibit G-2 hereto as the "NOTE MARGIN," which percentage is added to
the Index on each Adjustment Date to determine (subject to rounding in
accordance with the related Mortgage Note, the Periodic Cap, the Maximum
Mortgage Rate and the Minimum Mortgage Rate) the interest rate to be borne by
such adjustable rate Mortgage Loan until the next Adjustment Date.
Notional Amount: With respect to the Class SB Certificates, immediately
prior to any Distribution Date, the aggregate of the Uncertificated Principal
Balances of the REMIC II Regular Interests.
Officers' Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the President, a Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Director,
Managing Director, the Treasurer, the Secretary, an Assistant Treasurer or an
Assistant Secretary of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as the case may be,
and delivered to the Trustee and the Insurer, as required by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel acceptable to the
Trustee and the Master Servicer, who may be counsel for the Depositor or the
Master Servicer, provided that any opinion of counsel (i) referred to in the
definition of "Disqualified Organization" or (ii) relating to the qualification
of REMIC I or REMIC II as REMICs or compliance with the REMIC Provisions must,
unless otherwise specified, be an opinion of Independent counsel.
Optional Termination Date: Any Distribution Date on or after which the
Stated Principal Balance (after giving effect to distributions to be made on
such Distribution Date) of the Mortgage Loans is less than 10.00% of the Cut-off
Date Balance.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: With respect to the Due Date in any Due
Period, a Mortgage Loan (including an REO Property) that was not the subject of
a Principal Prepayment in Full, Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition and that was
not purchased, deleted or substituted for prior to such Due Date pursuant to
Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 4.07 or 4.08.
Overcollateralization Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans before giving effect to distributions of principal to be made on such
Distribution Date over (b) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates as of such date, before taking into account distributions
of principal to be made on that Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization Floor: An amount equal to the product of 0.50% and
the Cut-off Date Balance.
Overcollateralization Increase Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Excess Cash Flow for that
Distribution Date available to make payments pursuant to Section 4.02(c)(xiv)
and (ii) the excess, if any, of (x) the Required Overcollateralization Amount
for that Distribution Date over (y) the Overcollateralization Amount for that
Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date for which the Excess Overcollateralization Amount is, or would be, after
taking into account all other distributions to be made on such Distribution
Date, greater than zero, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Excess
Overcollateralization Amount for that Distribution Date and (ii) the Principal
Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date.
Ownership Interest: With respect to any Certificate, any ownership or
security interest in such Certificate, including any interest in such
Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct
or indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee.
Pass-Through Rate: With respect to each Class of the Class A-I
Certificates and each Interest Accrual Period, a per annum rate equal to the
least of (i) LIBOR plus the related Margin, (ii) 14.000% per annum and (iii) the
Group I Net WAC Cap Rate. With respect to the Class A-II Certificates and each
Interest Accrual Period, a per annum rate equal to the least of (i) LIBOR plus
the Class A-II Margin, (ii) 14.000% per annum and (iii) the Group II Net WAC Cap
Rate.
With respect to the Class SB Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the
percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is (x) the sum, for
each REMIC II Regular Interest, of the excess of the Uncertificated Group I
REMIC I Pass-Through Rate or Uncertificated Group II REMIC I Pass-Through Rate,
as applicable, for such REMIC I Regular Interest over the Marker Rate applied to
a notional amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC I
Regular Interest and (y) the denominator of which is the aggregate
Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC I Regular Interests.
Paying Agent: U.S. Bank National Association, or any successor Paying
Agent appointed by the Trustee.
Percentage Interest: With respect to any Class A Certificate, the
undivided percentage ownership interest in the related Class evidenced by such
Certificate, which percentage ownership interest shall be equal to the Initial
Certificate Principal Balance thereof divided by the aggregate Initial
Certificate Principal Balance of all of the Certificates of the same Class. The
Percentage Interest with respect to a Class SB Certificate or Class R
Certificate shall be stated on the face thereof.
Periodic Cap: With respect to each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the
periodic rate cap that limits the increase or the decrease of the related
Mortgage Rate on any Adjustment Date pursuant to the terms of the related
Mortgage Note.
Permitted Investments: One or more of the following:
(i) obligations of or guaranteed as to principal and
interest by the United States or any agency or
instrumentality thereof when such obligations are backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) repurchase agreements on obligations specified in
clause (i) maturing not more than one month from the date
of acquisition thereof, provided that the unsecured
obligations of the party agreeing to repurchase such
obligations are at the time rated by each Rating Agency in
its highest short-term rating available;
(iii) federal funds, certificates of deposit, demand
deposits, time deposits and bankers' acceptances (which
shall each have an original maturity of not more than 90
days and, in the case of bankers' acceptances, shall in no
event have an original maturity of more than 365 days or a
remaining maturity of more than 30 days) denominated in
United States dollars of any U.S. depository institution
or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof or of any domestic branch of a
foreign depository institution or trust company; provided
that the debt obligations of such depository institution
or trust company at the date of acquisition thereof have
been rated by each Rating Agency in its highest short-term
rating available; and, provided further that, if the
original maturity of such short-term obligations of a
domestic branch of a foreign depository institution or
trust company shall exceed 30 days, the short-term rating
of such institution shall be A-1+ in the case of Standard
& Poor's if Standard & Poor's is a Rating Agency;
(iv) commercial paper and demand notes (having original
maturities of not more than 365 days) of any corporation
incorporated under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof which on the date of acquisition has been
rated by each Rating Agency in its highest short-term
rating available; provided that such commercial paper and
demand notes shall have a remaining maturity of not more
than 30 days;
(v) a money market fund or a qualified investment fund
rated by each Rating Agency in its highest long-term
rating available (which may be managed by the Trustee or
one of its Affiliates); and
(vi) other obligations or securities that are acceptable
to the Insurer and each Rating Agency as a Permitted
Investment hereunder and will not reduce the rating
assigned to any Class of Certificates by such Rating
Agency below the then-current rating by such Rating
Agency, as evidenced in writing;
provided, however, that no instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if it
represents, either (1) the right to receive only interest payments with respect
to the underlying debt instrument or (2) the right to receive both principal and
interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the
principal and interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield
to maturity greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying
obligations. References herein to the highest rating available on unsecured
long-term debt shall mean AAA in the case of Standard & Poor's and Aaa in the
case of Moody's, and for purposes of this Agreement, any references herein to
the highest rating available on unsecured commercial paper and short-term debt
obligations shall mean the following: A-1 in the case of Standard & Poor's and
P-1 in the case of Moody's; provided, however, that any Permitted Investment
that is a short-term debt obligation rated A-1 by Standard & Poor's must satisfy
the following additional conditions: (i) the total amount of debt from A-1
issuers must be limited to the investment of monthly principal and interest
payments (assuming fully amortizing collateral); (ii) the total amount of A-1
investments must not represent more than 20% of the aggregate outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates and each investment must not
mature beyond 30 days; (iii) the terms of the debt must have a predetermined
fixed dollar amount of principal due at maturity that cannot vary; and (iv) if
the investments may be liquidated prior to their maturity or are being relied on
to meet a certain yield, interest must be tied to a single interest rate index
plus a single fixed spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that
index. Any Permitted Investment may be purchased by or through the Trustee or
its Affiliates.
Permitted Transferee: Any Transferee of a Class R Certificate, other
than a Disqualified Organization or Non-United States Person.
Person: Any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
Policy: The Financial Guaranty Insurance Policy No.05030158 issued by
the Insurer in respect of the Class A Certificates, a copy of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit P.
Pool Stated Principal Balance: With respect to any date of
determination, the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of each Mortgage
Loan that was an Outstanding Mortgage Loan on the Due Date immediately preceding
the Due Period preceding such date of determination.
Prepayment Assumption: With respect to the Class A Certificates, the
prepayment assumption to be used for determining the accrual of original issue
discount and premium and market discount on such Certificates for federal income
tax purposes, which assumes a prepayment rate of 23% HEP with respect to the
fixed-rate Mortgage Loans, and 100% PPC with respect to the adjustable-rate
Mortgage Loans.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date and
any Mortgage Loan (other than a Mortgage Loan relating to an REO Property) that
was the subject of (a) a Principal Prepayment in Full during the related
Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the excess of one month's interest at the
related Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a
Modified Mortgage Loan) on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan
over the amount of interest (adjusted to the related Net Mortgage Rate (or
Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan)) paid by the
Mortgagor for such Prepayment Period to the date of such Principal Prepayment in
Full or (b) a Curtailment during the prior calendar month, an amount equal to
one month's interest at the related Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage
Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan) on the amount of such Curtailment.
Prepayment Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar
month preceding the month of distribution.
Primary Insurance Policy: Each primary policy of mortgage guaranty
insurance as indicated by a numeric code on Exhibit G-1 and Exhibit G-2 with the
exception of either code "23" or "96" under the column "MI CO CODE".
Principal Allocation Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (a) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date, (b) the
amount described in clause (b)(iv) of the definition of Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date, (c) the aggregate amount of the principal
portion of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans in the calendar month preceding
such Distribution Date, to the extent covered by Excess Cash Flow for such
Distribution Date, minus (d) the Capitalization Reimbursement Amount for such
Distribution Date; provided, that on any Distribution Date on which there is
insufficient Excess Cash Flow to cover all Realized Losses on the Mortgage
Loans, in determining the Group I Principal Distribution Amount and Group II
Principal Distribution Amount, the available Excess Cash Flow will be allocated
to the Class A-I Certificates and Class A-II Certificates, pro rata, based on
the principal portion of Realized Losses on the Group I Loans and the Group II
Loans, respectively.
Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the Available Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date, plus, for inclusion in Excess Cash Flow for purposes of
clauses (b)(v) and (b)(vi), the amounts received by the trustee under the Yield
Maintenance Agreement for such Distribution Date over (ii) the Interest
Distribution Amount and (b) the sum of:
(i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment received
or Advanced with respect to the related Due Period on each
Outstanding Mortgage Loan;
(ii) the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan
repurchased during the related Prepayment Period (or
deemed to have been so repurchased in accordance with
Section 3.07(b)) pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04,
4.07 or 4.08, the amount of any shortfall deposited in the
Custodial Account in connection with the substitution of a
Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.04
during the related Prepayment Period and the Stated
Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans purchased pursuant to
Section 9.01 in connection with such Distribution Date, if
applicable;
(iii) the principal portion of all other unscheduled
collections, other than Subsequent Recoveries, on the
Mortgage Loans (including, without limitation, Principal
Prepayments in Full, Curtailments, Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds and REO Proceeds) received during the
related Prepayment Period to the extent applied by the
Master Servicer as recoveries of principal of the Mortgage
Loans pursuant to Section 3.14;
(iv) the lesser of (a) Subsequent Recoveries for such
Distribution Date and (b) the principal portion of any
Realized Losses allocated to any Class of Certificates on
a prior Distribution Date and remaining unpaid;
(v) the lesser of (a) Excess Cash Flow for that
Distribution Date (to the extent not used pursuant to
clause (iv) of this definition on such Distribution Date)
and (b) the principal portion of any Realized Losses
incurred (or deemed to have been incurred) on any Mortgage
Loans in the calendar month preceding such Distribution
Date to the extent covered by Excess Cash Flow for that
Distribution Date; and
(vi) the lesser of (a) the Excess Cash Flow for such
Distribution Date (to the extent not used to cover
Realized Losses pursuant to clause (iv) and (v) of this
definition on such Distribution Date) and (b) the
Overcollateralization Increase Amount for such
Distribution Date to the extent covered by Excess Cash
Flow for that Distribution Date;
minus
(vii) any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such
Distribution Date; and
(viii) any Capitalization Reimbursement Amount for such
Distribution Date;
provided, however, that the Principal Distribution Amount on any Distribution
Date shall not be less than zero or greater than the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates.
Principal Prepayment: Any payment of principal or other recovery on a
Mortgage Loan, including a recovery that takes the form of Liquidation Proceeds
or Insurance Proceeds, which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date
and is not accompanied by an amount as to interest representing scheduled
interest on such payment due on any date or dates in any month or months
subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made by a
Mortgagor of the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan.
Principal Remittance Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of the amounts described in clauses (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) of the
definition of Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date.
Program Guide: The Residential Funding Seller Guide for mortgage
collateral sellers that participate in Residential Funding's standard mortgage
programs, and Residential Funding's Servicing Guide and any other subservicing
arrangements which Residential Funding has arranged to accommodate the servicing
of the Mortgage Loans.
Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or REO Property)
required to be or otherwise purchased on any date pursuant to Section 2.02,
2.03, 2.04, 4.07 or 4.08, an amount equal to the sum of (i) (a) if such Mortgage
Loan (or REO Property) is being purchased pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.03, 2.04
or 4.07 of this Agreement, 100% of the Stated Principal Balance thereof plus the
principal portion of any related unreimbursed Advances or (b) if such Mortgage
Loan (or REO Property) is being purchased pursuant to Section 4.08 of this
Agreement, the greater of (1) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance thereof plus
the principal portion of any related unreimbursed Advances on such Mortgage Loan
(or REO Property) and (2) the fair market value thereof plus the principal
portion of any related unreimbursed Advances and (ii) unpaid accrued interest at
the Adjusted Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a
Modified Mortgage Loan) plus the rate per annum at which the Servicing Fee and
the Certificate Insurer Premium Modified Rate is calculated, or (b) in the case
of a purchase made by the Master Servicer, at the Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified
Net Mortgage Rate plus the Certificate Insurer Premium Modified Rate in the case
of a Modified Mortgage Loan), in each case on the Stated Principal Balance
thereof to, but not including, the first day of the month following the month of
purchase from the Due Date to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor.
Qualified Insurer: A mortgage guaranty insurance company duly qualified
as such under the laws of the state of its principal place of business and each
state having jurisdiction over such insurer in connection with the insurance
policy issued by such insurer, duly authorized and licensed in such states to
transact a mortgage guaranty insurance business in such states and to write the
insurance provided by the insurance policy issued by it, approved as a FNMA- or
FHLMC-approved mortgage insurer or having a claims paying ability rating of at
least "AA" or equivalent rating by a nationally recognized statistical rating
organization. Any replacement insurer with respect to a Mortgage Loan must have
at least as high a claims paying ability rating as the insurer it replaces had
on the Closing Date.
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by
Residential Funding or the Depositor for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on
the date of such substitution, as confirmed in an Officers' Certificate
delivered to the Trustee, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after
deduction of the principal portion of the monthly payment due in the month of
substitution (or in the case of a substitution of more than one Mortgage Loan
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate outstanding principal balance, after
such deduction), not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan (the amount of any shortfall to be deposited by Residential
Funding, in the Custodial Account in the month of substitution); (ii) have a
Mortgage Rate and a Net Mortgage Rate no lower than and not more than 1% per
annum higher than the Mortgage Rate and Net Mortgage Rate, respectively, of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan as of the date of substitution; (iii) have a Loan-to-Value
Ratio at the time of substitution no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan at the time of substitution; (iv) have a remaining term to stated maturity
not greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (v) comply with each representation and warranty set forth in
Sections 2.03 and 2.04 hereof and Section 4 of the Assignment Agreement; and
(vi) in the case of the adjustable rate Mortgage Loans, (w) have a Mortgage Rate
that adjusts with the same frequency and based upon the same Index as that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (x) have a Note Margin not less than that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (y) have a Periodic Rate Cap that is equal to that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; and (z) have a next Adjustment Date no later than that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan.
Rating Agency: Moody's and Standard & Poor's. If any agency or a
successor is no longer in existence, "Rating Agency" shall be such statistical
credit rating agency, or other comparable Person, designated by the Depositor,
and with respect to the Class A Certificates, the Insurer, notice of which
designation shall be given to the Trustee and the Master Servicer.
Realized Loss: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) as
to which a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition has occurred, an amount (not less
than zero) equal to (i) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan (or
REO Property) as of the date of Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition, plus (ii)
interest (and REO Imputed Interest, if any) at the Net Mortgage Rate (or
Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan) and the
Certificate Insurer Premium Modified Rate from the Due Date as to which interest
was last paid or advanced to Certificateholders up to the last day of the month
in which the Cash Liquidation (or REO Disposition) occurred on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) outstanding during
each Due Period that such interest was not paid or advanced, minus (iii) the
proceeds, if any, received during the month in which such Cash Liquidation (or
REO Disposition) occurred, to the extent applied as recoveries of interest at
the Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified
Mortgage Loan) and the Certificate Insurer Premium Modified Rate and to
principal of the Mortgage Loan, net of the portion thereof reimbursable to the
Master Servicer or any Subservicer with respect to related Advances, Servicing
Advances or other expenses as to which the Master Servicer or Subservicer is
entitled to reimbursement thereunder but which have not been previously
reimbursed. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which is the subject of a
Servicing Modification, (a) (1) the amount by which the interest portion of a
Monthly Payment or the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan was reduced or
(2) the sum of any other amounts owing under the Mortgage Loan that were
forgiven and that constitute Servicing Advances that are reimbursable to the
Master Servicer or a Subservicer, and (b) any such amount with respect to a
Monthly Payment that was or would have been due in the month immediately
following the month in which a Principal Prepayment or the Purchase Price of
such Mortgage Loan is received or is deemed to have been received. With respect
to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Deficient Valuation, the
difference between the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding
immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation and the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation. With respect to each
Mortgage Loan which has become the object of a Debt Service Reduction, the
amount of such Debt Service Reduction attributable to interest. Notwithstanding
the above, neither a Deficient Valuation nor a Debt Service Reduction shall be
deemed a Realized Loss hereunder so long as the Master Servicer has notified the
Trustee and the Insurer in writing that the Master Servicer is diligently
pursuing any remedies that may exist in connection with the representations and
warranties made regarding the related Mortgage Loan and either (A) the related
Mortgage Loan is not in default with regard to payments due thereunder or (B)
delinquent payments of principal and interest under the related Mortgage Loan
and any premiums on any applicable primary hazard insurance policy and any
related escrow payments in respect of such Mortgage Loan are being advanced on a
current basis by the Master Servicer or a Subservicer, in either case without
giving effect to any Debt Service Reduction.
Realized Losses allocated to the Class SB Certificates shall be
allocated first in reduction of the accrued but unpaid interest thereon until
such accrued and unpaid interest shall have been reduced to zero and then in
reduction of the Principal Balance thereof.
Record Date: With respect to each Distribution Date and the Class A
Certificates which are Book-Entry Certificates, the close of business on the
Business Day prior to such Distribution Date.
With respect to each Distribution Date and the Certificates (other than
the Class A Certificates), the close of business on the last Business Day of the
month next preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs,
except in the case of the first Record Date, which shall be the Closing Date.
Reference Bank Rate: As defined in Section 1.02.
Regular Interest: Any one of the regular interests in the Trust Fund.
Relief Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended.
Relief Act Shortfalls: Interest shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans
resulting from the Relief Act or similar legislation or regulations.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of
Section 860D of the Code. As used herein, the term "REMIC" shall mean REMIC I
and REMIC II.
REMIC Administrator: Residential Funding Corporation. If Residential
Funding Corporation is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to no longer
be able to fulfill its obligations as REMIC Administrator under this Agreement
the Master Servicer or Trustee acting as successor master servicer shall appoint
a successor REMIC Administrator, acceptable to the Insurer subject to assumption
of the REMIC Administrator obligations under this Agreement.
REMIC I: The segregated pool of assets subject hereto (exclusive of the
Yield Maintenance Agreement and any payments thereunder, which are not assets of
any REMIC), constituting a portion of the primary trust created hereby and to be
administered hereunder, with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be
made (other than with respect to the items in clause (v) and the proceeds
thereof), consisting of: (i) the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgage Files;
(ii) all payments on and collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after
the Cut-off Date (other than Monthly Payments due in the month of the Cut-off
Date) as shall be on deposit in the Custodial Account or in the Certificate
Account and identified as belonging to the Trust Fund; (iii) property which
secured a Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired for the benefit of the
Certificateholders by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iv) the
hazard insurance policies and Primary Insurance Policies pertaining to the
Mortgage Loans, if any; and (v) all proceeds of clauses (i) through (iv) above.
REMIC I Regular Interest: Any of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
"regular interest" in REMIC I. Each REMIC I Regular Interest shall accrue
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto. The designations for the respective REMIC I Regular Interests are set
forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
REMIC I Group I Interest Loss Allocation Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to (a) the product of (i) the aggregate
Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC I Group I Regular Interests then
outstanding and (ii) the Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
Interest I-AA minus the Marker Rate, divided by (b) 12.
REMIC I Group I Overcollateralized Amount: With respect to any date of
determination, (i) 1% of the aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balances of the
REMIC I Group I Regular Interests minus (ii) the aggregate Uncertificated
Principal Balances of the REMIC I Group I Regular Interests (other than REMIC I
Regular Interests I-AA and I-ZZ), in each case as of such date of determination.
REMIC I Group I Principal Loss Allocation Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans then outstanding and (ii) 1
minus a fraction, the numerator of which is two times the sum of the
Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interests I-A-I-1, I-A-I-2,
I-A-I-3, and I-A-I-4 and the denominator of which is the sum of the
Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interests I-A-I-1, I-A-I-2,
I-A-I-3, I-A-I-4 and I-ZZ.
REMIC I Group I Regular Interest: REMIC I Regular Xxxxxxxx X-XX,
X-X-X-0, X-X-X-0, X-X-0-0, X-X-X-0 and I-ZZ.
REMIC I Group II Interest Loss Allocation Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to (a) the product of (i) the aggregate
Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC I Group II Regular Interests then
outstanding and (ii) the Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
Interest II-AA minus the Marker Rate, divided by (b) 12.
REMIC I Group II Overcollateralized Amount: With respect to any date of
determination, (i) 1% of the aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balances of the
REMIC I Group II Regular Interests minus (ii) the aggregate Uncertificated
Principal Balances of the REMIC I Group II Regular Interests (other than REMIC I
Regular Interests II-A and II-ZZ), in each case as of such date of
determination.
REMIC I Group II Principal Loss Allocation Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans then outstanding and (ii) 1
minus a fraction, the numerator of which is two times the sum of the
Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interests II-A-II, and the
denominator of which is the sum of the Uncertificated Principal Balances of
REMIC I Regular Interests II-A-II and II-ZZ.
REMIC I Group II Regular Interest: REMIC I Regular Interest II-AA,
II-A-II and II-ZZ.
REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-I-1: A regular interest in REMIC I that is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the related
Uncertificated Group I REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-I-2: A regular interest in REMIC I that is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the related
Uncertificated Group I REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-I-3: A regular interest in REMIC I that is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the related
Uncertificated Group I REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-I-4: A regular interest in REMIC I that is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the related
Uncertificated Group I REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular Interest I-AA: A regular interest in REMIC I that is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the related
Uncertificated Group I REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular Interest I-ZZ: A regular interest in REMIC I that is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the related
Uncertificated Group I REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular Interest II-AA: A regular interest in REMIC I that is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the related
Uncertificated Group II REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular Interest II-A-II: A regular interest in REMIC I that is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the related
Uncertificated Group II REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular Interest II-ZZ: A regular interest in REMIC I that is
held as an asset of REMIC II, that has an initial principal balance equal to the
related Uncertificated Principal Balance, that bears interest at the related
Uncertificated Group II REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, and that has such other terms
as are described herein.
REMIC I Regular Interest I-ZZ Maximum Interest Deferral Amount: With
respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of (i) Uncertificated Accrued
Interest calculated with the REMIC I Regular Interest I-ZZ Uncertificated
Pass-Through Rate and an Uncertificated Principal Balance equal to the excess of
(x) the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-ZZ over
(y) the REMIC I Group I Overcollateralized Amount, in each case for such
Distribution Date, over (ii) the sum of Uncertificated Accrued Interest on REMIC
I Regular Interest I-A-I-1 through REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-I-4, with the
rate on each such REMIC I Regular Interest subject to a cap equal to the
Pass-Through Rate for the corresponding Class for the purpose of this
calculation.
REMIC I Regular Interest II-ZZ Maximum Interest Deferral Amount: With
respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of (i) Uncertificated Accrued
Interest calculated with the REMIC I Regular Interest II-ZZ Uncertificated
Pass-Through Rate and an Uncertificated Principal Balance equal to the excess of
(x) the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest II-ZZ over
(y) the REMIC I Group II Overcollateralized Amount, in each case for such
Distribution Date, over (ii) the sum of Uncertificated Accrued Interest on REMIC
I Regular Interest II-A-II, with the rate on each such REMIC I Regular Interest
subject to a cap equal to the Pass-Through Rate for the corresponding Class for
the purpose of this calculation.
REMIC II: The segregated pool of assets described in the Preliminary
Statement.
REMIC II Regular Interest: Any "regular interest" issued by REMIC II the
ownership of which is evidenced by a Class A Certificate, or the Class SB
Certificate.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to
real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through
860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and
temporary and final regulations (or, to the extent not inconsistent with such
temporary or final regulations, proposed regulations) and published rulings,
notices and announcements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in
effect from time to time.
REMIC Regular Interests: the REMIC I Regular Interests and the REMIC II
Regular Interests.
REO Acquisition: The acquisition by the Master Servicer on behalf of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of any REO Property pursuant
to Section 3.14.
REO Disposition: With respect to any REO Property, a determination by
the Master Servicer that it has received substantially all Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds and other payments and recoveries (including
proceeds of a final sale) which the Master Servicer expects to be finally
recoverable from the sale or other disposition of the REO Property.
REO Imputed Interest: With respect to any REO Property, for any period,
an amount equivalent to interest (at a rate equal to the sum of the Net Mortgage
Rate and the Certificate Insurer Premium Modified Rate that would have been
applicable to the related Mortgage Loan had it been outstanding) on the unpaid
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of acquisition thereof for
such period.
REO Proceeds: Proceeds, net of expenses, received in respect of any REO
Property (including, without limitation, proceeds from the rental of the related
Mortgaged Property) which proceeds are required to be deposited into the
Custodial Account only upon the related REO Disposition.
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Master Servicer, on
behalf of the Trust Fund for the benefit of the Certificateholders pursuant to
Section 3.14, through foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure in connection
with a defaulted Mortgage Loan.
Reportable Modified Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that (i) has been
subject to an interest rate reduction, (ii) has been subject to a term extension
or (iii) has had amounts owing on such Mortgage Loan capitalized by adding such
amount to the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan; provided, however,
that a Mortgage Loan modified in accordance with clause (i) above for a
temporary period shall not be a Reportable Modified Mortgage Loan if such
Mortgage Loan has not been delinquent in payments of principal and interest for
six months since the date of such modification if that interest rate reduction
is not made permanent thereafter.
Repurchase Event: As defined in the Assignment Agreement.
Request for Release: A request for release, the form of which is
attached as Exhibit H hereto, or an electronic request in a form acceptable to
the Custodian.
Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any
insurance policy which is required to be maintained from time to time under this
Agreement, the Program Guide or the related Subservicing Agreement in respect of
such Mortgage Loan.
Required Overcollateralization Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, (a) if such Distribution Date is prior to the Stepdown Date, 3.25% of the
Cut-off Date Balance, or (b) if such Distribution Date is on or after the
Stepdown Date, the greater of (i) 6.50% of the then current aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the related Due Period
and (ii) the Overcollateralization Floor; provided, however, that if a Trigger
Event is in effect, the Required Overcollateralization Amount shall be an amount
equal to the Required Overcollateralization Amount for the immediately preceding
Distribution Date. The Required Overcollateralization Amount may be reduced from
time to time with notification to the Rating Agencies and with the consent of
the Insurer and without the consent of the Certificateholders.
Residential Funding: Residential Funding Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, in its capacity as seller of the Mortgage Loans to the Depositor
and not in its capacity as Master Servicer, and any successor thereto.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any officer
of the Corporate Trust Department of the Trustee, including any Senior Vice
President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Assistant
Secretary, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer, or any other officer of
the Trustee, in each case with direct responsibility for the administration of
this Agreement.
RFC Exemption: As defined in Section 5.02(e)(ii).
Rolling Three-Month Delinquency Ratio: As of any Distribution Date, the
weighted average of the Delinquency Ratio for each of the three (or one and two
in the case of the first and second Distribution Dates) immediately preceding
Due Periods.
Rule 144A: Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as in effect from
time to time.
Seller's Agreement: An agreement for the origination and sale of
Mortgage Loans generally in the form of the seller contract referred to or
contained in the Program Guide, or in such other form as has been approved by
the Master Servicer and the Depositor.
Servicing Accounts: The account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 3.08.
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of
pocket" costs and expenses incurred in connection with a default, delinquency or
other unanticipated event by the Master Servicer or a Subservicer in the
performance of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the
cost of (i) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property
(ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, including
any expenses incurred in relation to any such proceedings that result from the
Mortgage Loan being registered on the MERS System, (iii) the management and
liquidation of any REO Property, (iv) any mitigation procedures implemented in
accordance with Section 3.07 and (v) compliance with the obligations under
Sections 3.01, 3.08, 3.11, 3.12(a) and 3.14, including, if the Master Servicer
or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer provides services such as appraisals and
brokerage services that are customarily provided by Persons other than servicers
of mortgage loans, reasonable compensation for such services.
Servicing Fee: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and Distribution Date,
the fee payable monthly to the Master Servicer in respect of master servicing
compensation that accrues at an annual rate equal to the Servicing Fee Rate
multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the
related Due Date in the related Due Period, as may be adjusted pursuant to
Section 3.16(e).
Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the per annum
rate designated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the "MSTR SERV FEE" as may be
adjusted with respect to successor Master Servicers as provided in Section 7.02,
which rate shall never be greater than the Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage Loan.
Servicing Modification: Any reduction of the interest rate on or the
Stated Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan, any extension of the final maturity
date of a Mortgage Loan, and any increase to the Stated Principal Balance of a
Mortgage Loan by adding to the Stated Principal Balance unpaid principal and
interest and other amounts owing under the Mortgage Loan, in each case pursuant
to a modification of a Mortgage Loan that is in default, or for which, in the
judgment of the Master Servicer, default is reasonably foreseeable in accordance
with Section 3.07(a).
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to
the Trustee and the Insurer on the Closing Date by the Master Servicer, as such
list may from time to time be amended.
Servicing Trigger: As of any Distribution Date, for purposes of Section
7.05, "Servicing Trigger; Removal of Master Servicer," the occurrence of any of
the following scenarios:
(i) the aggregate Rolling Three-Month Delinquency Ratio for the Mortgage
Loans is greater than 27%; or
(ii) the aggregate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans as a percentage
of the Cut-off Date Balance exceeds the applicable amount set forth
below:
July 2008 to December 2009......... 2.00% with respect to July 2008, plus an additional
1/6 of 1.50% for each month thereafter
January 2010 to December 2010...... 3.50% with respect to January 2010, plus an
additional 1/12 of 2.00% for each month thereafter
January 2011 to December 2011...... 5.50% with respect to January 2011, plus an
additional 1/12 of 1.25% for each month thereafter
January 2012 to December 2012...... 6.75% with respect to January 2012, plus an
additional 1/12 of 0.75% for each month thereafter
January 2012 and thereafter............ 7.50%
Standard & Poor's: Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a division of The
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. or its successors in interest.
Startup Date: The day designated as such pursuant to Article X hereof.
Stated Principal Balance: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or related
REO Property, at any given time, (i) the sum of (a) the Cut-off Date Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loan, plus (b) any amount by which the Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loan has been increased pursuant to a Servicing
Modification, minus (ii) the sum of (a) the principal portion of the Monthly
Payments due with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property during each Due
Period commencing on the first Due Period after the Cut-Off Date and ending with
the Due Period related to the most recent Distribution Date which were received
or with respect to which an Advance was made, and (b) all Principal Prepayments
with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, and all Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds and REO Proceeds, to the extent applied by the Master
Servicer as recoveries of principal in accordance with Section 3.14 with respect
to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, in each case which were distributed
pursuant to Section 4.02 or 4.03 on any previous Distribution Date, and (c) any
Realized Loss incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan allocated to
Certificateholders with respect thereto for any previous Distribution Date.
Stepdown Date: The Distribution Date which is the later to occur of (i)
the Distribution Date occurring in July 2008 and (ii) the first Distribution
Date on which aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
end of the related Due Period is less than 50% of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.
Subordination: The provisions described in Section 4.05 relating to the
allocation of Realized Losses.
Subsequent Recoveries: As of any Distribution Date, amounts received by
the Master Servicer (net of any related expenses permitted to be reimbursed
pursuant to Section 3.10) or surplus amounts held by the Master Servicer to
cover estimated expenses (including, but not limited to, recoveries in respect
of the representations and warranties made by the related Seller pursuant to the
applicable Seller's Agreement and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section
2.04) specifically related to a Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Cash
Liquidation or an REO Disposition prior to the related Prepayment Period and
that resulted in a Realized Loss.
Subserviced Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that, at the time of
reference thereto, is subject to a Subservicing Agreement.
Subservicer: Any Person with whom the Master Servicer has entered into a
Subservicing Agreement and who generally satisfied the requirements set forth in
the Program Guide in respect of the qualification of a Subservicer as of the
date of its approval as a Subservicer by the Master Servicer.
Subservicer Advance: Any delinquent installment of principal and
interest on a Mortgage Loan which is advanced by the related Subservicer (net of
its Subservicing Fee) pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement.
Subservicing Account: An account established by a Subservicer in
accordance with Section 3.08.
Subservicing Agreement: The written contract between the Master Servicer
and any Subservicer relating to servicing and administration of certain Mortgage
Loans as provided in Section 3.02, generally in the form of the servicer
contract referred to or contained in the Program Guide or in such other form as
has been approved by the Master Servicer and the Depositor.
Subservicing Fee: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the fee payable
monthly to the related Subservicer (or, in the case of a Nonsubserviced Mortgage
Loan, to the Master Servicer) in respect of subservicing and other compensation
that accrues with respect to each Distribution Date at an annual rate equal to
the Subservicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the related Due Date in the related Due Period.
Subservicing Fee Rate: The per annum rate designated on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as the "SUBSERV FEE".
Tax Returns: The federal income tax return on Internal Revenue Service
Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax Return,
including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest Holders of
REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms, to be filed
on behalf of any REMIC due to its classification as a REMIC under the REMIC
Provisions, together with any and all other information, reports or returns that
may be required to be furnished to the Certificateholders or filed with the
Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing authority under any
applicable provisions of federal, state or local tax laws.
Telerate Screen Page 3750: As defined in Section 1.02.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge, hypothecation
or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
Transferee: Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate.
Transferor: Any Person who is disposing by Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate.
Trigger Event: A Trigger Event is in effect with respect to any
Distribution Date if either (i) the aggregate Rolling Three-Month Delinquency
Ratio for the Mortgage Loans is greater than 18%; or (ii) the aggregate Realized
Losses on the Mortgage Loans as a percentage of the Cut-off Date Balance exceeds
the applicable amount set forth below:
July 2008 to December 2009......... 1.50% with respect to July 2008, plus an additional
1/6 of 1.00% for each month thereafter
January 2010 to December 2010...... 2.50% with respect to January 2010, plus an
additional 1/12 of 2.00% for each month thereafter
January 2011 to December 2011...... 4.50% with respect to January 2011, plus an
additional 1/12 of 1.00% for each month thereafter
January 2012 to December 2012...... 5.50% with respect to January 2012, plus an
additional 1/12 of 0.75% for each month thereafter
January 2012 and thereafter............ 6.25%
Trust Fund: The segregated pool of assets subject hereto, consisting of:
(i) the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgage Files; (ii) all payments on and
collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date (other
than Monthly Payments due in the month of the Cut-off Date) as shall be on
deposit in the Custodial Account or in the Certificate Account and identified as
belonging to the Trust Fund; (iii) property which secured a Mortgage Loan and
which has been acquired for the benefit of the Certificateholders by foreclosure
or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iv) the hazard insurance policies and Primary
Insurance Policies pertaining to the Mortgage Loans, if any; (v) rights under
the Yield Maintenance Agreement and any payments thereunder; and (vi) all
proceeds of clauses (i) through (v) above.
Uncertificated Accrued Interest: With respect to any REMIC I or REMIC II
Regular Interest for any Distribution Date, one month's interest at the related
Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate or Uncertificated REMIC II Pass-Through
Rate for such Distribution Date, accrued on its Uncertificated Principal Balance
immediately prior to such Distribution Date. Uncertificated Accrued Interest for
the REMIC I Regular Interests shall accrue on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Uncertificated Group I Regular Interests: The Uncertificated Regular
Interests commencing, ending or including with the designation "I".
Uncertificated Group I REMIC I Pass-Through Rate: With respect to each
Uncertificated Group I REMIC I Regular Interest, a per annum rate equal to the
weighted average Net Mortgage Rate of the Group I Loans.
Uncertificated Group II Regular Interests: The Uncertificated Regular
Interests commencing or ending with the designation "II".
Uncertificated Group II REMIC I Pass-Through Rate: With respect to each
Uncertificated Group II REMIC I Regular Interest, a per annum rate equal to the
weighted average Net Mortgage Rate of the Group II Loans.
Uncertificated Notional Amount: With respect to the Class SB
Certificates, immediately prior to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
aggregate of the Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC I Regular
Interests.
Uncertificated Pass-Through Rate: The Uncertificated Group I REMIC I
Pass-Through Rate, the Uncertificated Group II REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, as
applicable.
Uncertificated Principal Balance: The principal amount of any
Uncertificated Regular Interest outstanding as of any date of determination. As
of the Closing Date, the Uncertificated Principal Balance of each Uncertificated
Regular Interest shall equal the amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto as its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance. The Uncertificated
Principal Balance of the Uncertificated Regular Interests shall be reduced by
all distributions of principal made on such Uncertificated Regular Interests on
a Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.02 and, if and to the extent necessary
and appropriate, shall be further reduced on such Distribution Date by Realized
Losses as principal in Section 4.05, and the Uncertificated Principal Balance of
REMIC I Regular Interest I-ZZ and II-ZZ shall be increased by the related
interest deferrals as provided in Section 4.02. The Uncertificated Principal
Balance of each REMIC Regular Interest shall never be less than zero. With
respect to the Class SB Certificates, as of any date of determination, an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the then aggregate Uncertificated Principal
Balance of the REMIC I Regular Interests over (B) the then aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates then outstanding.
Uncertificated Regular Interests: The REMIC I Regular Interests.
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers: The Uniform
Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, as published by the Mortgage
Bankers Association of America and effective with respect to fiscal periods
ending on or after December 15, 1995.
Uninsured Cause: Any cause of damage to property subject to a Mortgage
such that the complete restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by
the hazard insurance policies.
United States Person: A citizen or resident of the United States, a
corporation, partnership or other entity (treated as a corporation or
partnership for United States federal income tax purposes) created or organized
in, or under the laws of, the United States, any state thereof, or the District
of Columbia (except in the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in
Treasury regulations) provided that, for purposes solely of the restrictions on
the transfer of Class R Certificates, no partnership or other entity treated as
a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes shall be treated as
a United States Person unless all persons that own an interest in such
partnership either directly or through any entity that is not a corporation for
United States federal income tax purposes are required by the applicable
operative agreement to be United States Persons, or an estate that is described
in Section 7701(a)(30)(D) of the Code, or a trust that is described in Section
7701(a)(30)(E) of the Code.
VA: The Veterans Administration, or its successor.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the
Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. 98.00% of all of the Voting
Rights shall be allocated among Holders of the Class A Certificates, in
proportion to the outstanding Certificate Principal Balances of their respective
Certificates; 1% of all of the Voting Rights shall be allocated among the
Holders of the Class SB Certificates; 0.50% and 0.50% of all of the Voting
Rights shall be allocated to each of the Holders of the Class R-I and Class R-II
Certificates, respectively; in each case to be allocated among the Certificates
of such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage Interest. So long
as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, the Insurer will have the
right to exercise all voting rights of the holders of the Class A Certificates.
Yield Maintenance Agreement: The yield maintenance agreement, effective
as of December 28, 2005, between the Yield Maintenance Agreement Provider and
the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, which agreement provides for Yield
Maintenance Payments and Yield Maintenance Termination Payments to be paid, as
provided therein, together with any schedules, confirmations or other agreements
relating thereto, attached hereto as Exhibit U.
Yield Maintenance Agreement Notional Balance: With respect to any
Distribution Date specified below and the Yield Maintenance Agreement, the
lesser of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date and (2) the amount
specified below for that Distribution Date:
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PERIOD DISTRIBUTION DATE NOTIONAL BALANCE ($) PERIOD DISTRIBUTION DATE NOTIONAL BALANCE ($)
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1 01/25/2006 870,750,000 31 07/25/2008 257,930,440
2 02/25/2006 864,244,192 32 08/25/2008 257,473,714
3 03/25/2006 855,244,511 33 09/25/2008 246,770,101
4 04/25/2006 843,738,443 34 10/25/2008 236,528,818
5 05/25/2006 829,732,110 35 11/25/2008 226,729,315
6 06/25/2006 813,251,524 36 12/25/2008 217,351,051
7 07/25/2006 794,343,318 37 01/25/2009 208,377,408
8 08/25/2006 773,076,038 38 02/25/2009 199,789,274
9 09/25/2006 749,538,862 39 03/25/2009 191,569,579
10 10/25/2006 724,325,033 40 04/25/2009 183,702,027
11 11/25/2006 697,605,234 41 05/25/2009 176,171,056
12 12/25/2006 670,921,337 42 06/25/2009 168,963,094
13 01/25/2007 645,226,497 43 07/25/2009 162,062,783
14 02/25/2007 620,483,734 44 08/25/2009 155,456,329
15 03/25/2007 596,657,460 45 09/25/2009 149,130,805
16 04/25/2007 573,713,424 46 10/25/2009 143,073,862
17 05/25/2007 551,618,668 47 11/25/2009 137,273,711
18 06/25/2007 530,341,473 48 12/25/2009 131,719,168
19 07/25/2007 509,851,311 49 01/25/2010 126,399,417
20 08/25/2007 490,118,806 50 02/25/2010 121,304,160
21 09/25/2007 471,093,949 51 03/25/2010 116,423,587
22 10/25/2007 443,605,332 52 04/25/2010 111,748,327
23 11/25/2007 411,889,904 53 05/25/2010 107,269,429
24 12/25/2007 382,524,331 54 06/25/2010 102,978,340
25 01/25/2008 355,327,136 55 07/25/2010 98,866,894
26 02/25/2008 330,132,357 56 08/25/2010 94,927,286
27 03/25/2008 311,575,573 57 09/25/2010 91,152,060
28 04/25/2008 297,248,085 58 10/25/2010 87,534,019
29 05/25/2008 283,544,413 59 11/25/2010 84,066,424
30 06/25/2008 270,450,656 60 12/25/2010 80,741,182
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Yield Maintenance Agreement Provider: The yield maintenance agreement
provider under the Yield Maintenance Agreement required to make payments to the
Trustee for payment to the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Yield
Maintenance Agreement, and any successor in interest or assign. Initially, the
Yield Maintenance Agreement Provider shall be HSBC Bank USA, National
Association.
Yield Maintenance Agreement Termination Payment: Upon the designation of
an "Early Termination Date" as defined in the Yield Maintenance Agreement, the
payment to be made by the Yield Maintenance Agreement Provider to the Trustee
for payment to the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Yield Maintenance
Agreement.
Yield Maintenance Payment: With respect to each Distribution Date, any
payment received by the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, from the Yield
Maintenance Agreement Provider pursuant to the terms of the Yield Maintenance
Agreement, with respect to such Distribution Date, provided that such payment
shall not include any payment received by the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust
Fund, that is a Yield Maintenance Agreement Termination Payment, except as set
forth in Section 4.09(e).
Section 1.02. Determination of LIBOR.
LIBOR applicable to the calculation of the Pass-Through Rate on the
Class A Certificates for any Interest Accrual Period will be determined on each
LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date. On each LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date, or if such LIBOR
Rate Adjustment Date is not a Business Day, then on the next succeeding Business
Day, LIBOR shall be established by the Trustee and, as to any Interest Accrual
Period, will equal the rate for one month United States dollar deposits that
appears on the Telerate Screen Page 3750 as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on such
LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date. "Telerate Screen Page 3750" means the display
designated as page 3750 on the Bridge Telerate Service (or such other page as
may replace page 3750 on that service for the purpose of displaying London
interbank offered rates of major banks). If such rate does not appear on such
page (or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or if such
service is no longer offered, LIBOR shall be so established by use of such other
service for displaying LIBOR or comparable rates as may be selected by the
Trustee after consultation with the Master Servicer and the Insurer), the rate
will be the Reference Bank Rate. The "Reference Bank Rate" will be determined on
the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. Dollars are offered by the
reference banks (which shall be any three major banks that are engaged in
transactions in the London interbank market, selected by the Trustee after
consultation with the Master Servicer and the Insurer) as of 11:00 A.M., London
time, on the LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date to prime banks in the London interbank
market for a period of one month in amounts approximately equal to the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates then outstanding. The
Trustee shall request the principal London office of each of the reference banks
to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are
provided, the rate will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations rounded up to
the next multiple of 1/16%. If on such date fewer than two quotations are
provided as requested, the rate will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted
by one or more major banks in New York City, selected by the Trustee after
consultation with the Master Servicer and the Insurer, as of 11:00 A.M., New
York City time, on such date for loans in U.S. Dollars to leading European banks
for a period of one month in amounts approximately equal to the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates then outstanding. If
no such quotations can be obtained, the rate will be LIBOR for the prior
Distribution Date; provided however, if, under the priorities described above,
LIBOR for a Distribution Date would be based on LIBOR for the previous
Distribution Date for the third consecutive Distribution Date, the Trustee,
after consultation with the Insurer, shall select an alternative comparable
index (over which the Trustee has no control), used for determining one-month
Eurodollar lending rates that is calculated and published (or otherwise made
available) by an independent party. The establishment of LIBOR by the Trustee on
any LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date and the Trustee's subsequent calculation of the
Pass-Through Rates applicable to the Class A Certificates for the relevant
Interest Accrual Period, in the absence of manifest error, will be final and
binding. Promptly following each LIBOR Rate Adjustment Date the Trustee shall
supply the Master Servicer with the results of its determination of LIBOR on
such date. Furthermore, the Trustee shall supply to any Certificateholder so
requesting by calling the Trustee at 1-800-934-6802 the Pass-Through Rate on the
Class A Certificates for the current and the immediately preceding Interest
Accrual Period.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does
hereby assign to the Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest
of the Depositor in and to (i) the Mortgage Loans, including all interest and
principal on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans due on or after the Cut-off
Date (other than Monthly Payments due on the Mortgage Loans in the month of the
Cut-off Date); and (ii) all proceeds of the foregoing. In addition, on the
Closing Date, the Trustee is hereby directed to enter into the Yield Maintenance
Agreement on behalf of the Trust Fund with the Yield Maintenance Agreement
Provider.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee agree that it
is not intended that any mortgage loan be included in the Trust Fund
that is either (i) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the New Jersey
Home Ownership Security Act effective November 27, 2003, (ii) a
"High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection
Act effective January 1, 2004, (iii) a "High Cost Home Mortgage Loan" as
defined in the Massachusetts Predatory Home Loan Practices Act effective
November 7, 2004 or (iv) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the
Indiana Home Loan Practices Act effective as of January 1, 2005.
(b) In connection with such assignment, and contemporaneously with the
delivery of this Agreement, the Depositor delivered or caused to be
delivered hereunder to the Trustee, the Yield Maintenance Agreement (the
delivery of which shall evidence that the fixed payment for the Yield
Maintenance Agreement has been paid and the Trustee and the Trust Fund
shall have no further payment obligation thereunder and that such fixed
payment has been authorized hereby), the Policy and except as set forth
in Section 2.01(c) below and subject to Section 2.01(d) below, the
Depositor does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, the Trustee, or to
and with one or more Custodians, as the duly appointed agent or agents
of the Trustee for such purpose, the following documents or instruments
(or copies thereof as permitted by this Section) with respect to each
Mortgage Loan so assigned:
(i) The original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse to the order of
the Trustee and showing an unbroken chain of endorsements from the
originator thereof to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee, or with
respect to any Destroyed Mortgage Note, an original lost note affidavit
from the related Seller or Residential Funding stating that the original
Mortgage Note was lost, misplaced or destroyed, together with a copy of
the related Mortgage Note;
(ii) The original Mortgage, noting the presence of the MIN of the Mortgage
Loan (if the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS(R) System) and
language indicating that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage
Loan is a MOM Loan, with evidence of recording indicated thereon or, if
the original Mortgage has not yet been returned from the public
recording office, a copy of the original Mortgage with evidence of
recording indicated thereon;
(iii) Unless the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS(R) System, the
Assignment (which may be included in one or more blanket assignments if
permitted by applicable law) of the Mortgage to the Trustee with
evidence of recording indicated thereon or a copy of such assignment
with evidence of recording indicated thereon;
(iv) The original recorded assignment or assignments of the Mortgage showing
an unbroken chain of title from the originator to the Person assigning
it to the Trustee (or to MERS, if the Mortgage Loan is registered on the
MERS(R) System and noting the presence of a MIN) with evidence of
recordation noted thereon or attached thereto, or a copy of such
assignment or assignments of the Mortgage with evidence of recording
indicated thereon; and
(v) The original of each modification, assumption agreement or preferred
loan agreement, if any, relating to such Mortgage Loan, or a copy of
each modification, assumption agreement or preferred loan agreement.
The Depositor may, in lieu of delivering the original of the documents
set forth in Section 2.01(b)(ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) (or copies thereof as
permitted by Section 2.01(b)) to the Trustee or the Custodian, deliver such
documents to the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer shall hold such
documents in trust for the use and benefit of all present and future
Certificateholders and the Insurer until such time as is set forth in the next
sentence. Within thirty Business Days following the earlier of (i) the receipt
of the original of all of the documents or instruments set forth in Section
2.01(b)(ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) (or copies thereof as permitted by such
Section) for any Mortgage Loan and (ii) a written request by the Trustee to
deliver those documents with respect to any or all of the Mortgage Loans then
being held by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall deliver a complete
set of such documents to the Trustee or the Custodian that is the duly appointed
agent of the Trustee.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.01(b), in the event that in
connection with any Mortgage Loan, if the Depositor cannot deliver the original
of the Mortgage, any assignment, modification, assumption agreement or preferred
loan agreement (or copy thereof as permitted by Section 2.01(b)) with evidence
of recording thereon concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement because of (i) a delay caused by the public recording office where
such Mortgage, assignment, modification, assumption agreement or preferred loan
agreement as the case may be, has been delivered for recordation, or (ii) a
delay in the receipt of certain information necessary to prepare the related
assignments, the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee
or the respective Custodian a copy of such Mortgage, assignment, modification,
assumption agreement or preferred loan agreement.
The Depositor shall promptly cause to be recorded in the appropriate
public office for real property records the Assignment referred to in clause
(iii) of Section 2.01(b), except (a) in states where, in the Opinion of Counsel
acceptable to the Insurer and the Master Servicer, such recording is not
required to protect the Trustee's interests in the Mortgage Loan or (b) if MERS
is identified on the Mortgage or on a properly recorded assignment of the
Mortgage as the mortgagee of record solely as nominee for Residential Funding
and its successors and assigns. If any Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded
to the Depositor because of any defect therein, the Depositor shall prepare a
substitute Assignment to cure such defect, as the case may be, and cause such
Assignment to be recorded in accordance with this paragraph. The Depositor shall
promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the respective
Custodian such Mortgage or Assignment, as applicable (or copy thereof as
permitted by Section 2.01(b)), with evidence of recording indicated thereon upon
receipt thereof from the public recording office or from the related Subservicer
or Seller.
If the Depositor delivers to the Trustee or Custodian any Mortgage Note
or Assignment of Mortgage in blank, the Depositor shall, or shall cause the
Custodian to, complete the endorsement of the Mortgage Note and the Assignment
of Mortgage in the name of the Trustee in conjunction with the Interim
Certification issued by the Custodian, as contemplated by Section 2.02.
Any of the items set forth in Sections 2.01(b)(ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)
that may be delivered as a copy rather than the original may be delivered to the
Trustee or the Custodian.
In connection with the assignment of any Mortgage Loan registered on the
MERS(R) System, the Depositor further agrees that it will cause, at the
Depositor's own expense, within 30 days after the Closing Date, the MERS(R)
System to indicate that such Mortgage Loans have been assigned by the Depositor
to the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Insurer by including (or deleting, in the case of
Mortgage Loans which are repurchased in accordance with this Agreement) in such
computer files (a) the code in the field which identifies the specific Trustee
and (b) the code in the field "Pool Field" which identifies the series of the
Certificates issued in connection with such Mortgage Loans. The Depositor
further agrees that it will not, and will not permit the Master Servicer to, and
the Master Servicer agrees that it will not, alter the codes referenced in this
paragraph with respect to any Mortgage Loan during the term of this Agreement
unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement.
(d) It is intended that the conveyances by the Depositor to the Trustee of the
Mortgage Loans as provided for in this Section 2.01 and the Uncertificated
Regular Interests be construed as a sale by the Depositor to the Trustee of the
Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Insurer.
Further, it is not intended that any such conveyance be deemed to be a pledge of
the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee to secure a debt or other
obligation of the Depositor. However, in the event that the Mortgage Loans are
held to be property of the Depositor or of Residential Funding, or if for any
reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in the
Mortgage Loans, then it is intended that (a) this Agreement shall also be deemed
to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New
York Uniform Commercial Code and the Uniform Commercial Code of any other
applicable jurisdiction; (b) the conveyances provided for in this Section 2.01
shall be deemed to be (1) a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee of a security
interest in all of the Depositor's right (including the power to convey title
thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to
(A) the Mortgage Loans, including (a) the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage,
and (b) any insurance policies and all other documents in the related Mortgage
File, (B) all amounts payable pursuant to the Mortgage Loans or the Yield
Maintenance Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, and (C) any and all
general intangibles, payment intangibles, accounts, chattel paper, instruments,
documents, money, deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, goods, letters of
credit, advices of credit and investment property and other property of whatever
kind or description now existing or hereafter acquired consisting of, arising
from or relating to any of the foregoing, and all proceeds of the conversion,
voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or
other property, including without limitation all amounts from time to time held
or invested in the Certificate Account or the Custodial Account, whether in the
form of cash, instruments, securities or other property and (2) an assignment by
the Depositor to the Trustee of any security interest in any and all of
Residential Funding's right (including the power to convey title thereto), title
and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the property
described in the foregoing clauses (1)(A), (B) and (C) granted by Residential
Funding to the Depositor pursuant to the Assignment Agreement; (c) the
possession by the Trustee, the Custodian or any other agent of the Trustee of
Mortgage Notes or such other items of property as they constitute instruments,
money, payment intangibles, negotiable documents, goods, deposit accounts,
letters of credit, advices of credit, investment property, certificated
securities or chattel paper shall be deemed to be "possession by the secured
party," or possession by a purchaser or a person designated by such secured
party, for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the States of New York and Minnesota and any
other applicable jurisdiction; and (d) notifications to persons holding such
property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding
such property, shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or
confirmations from, securities intermediaries, bailees or agents of, or persons
holding for, (as applicable) the Trustee for the purpose of perfecting such
security interest under applicable law.
The Depositor and, at the Depositor's direction, Residential Funding and
the Trustee shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such
reasonable actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were
deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans and the other
property described above, such security interest would be deemed to be a
perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be
maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Depositor shall prepare and deliver to the
Trustee not less than 15 days prior to any filing date and, the Trustee shall
forward for filing, or shall cause to be forwarded for filing, at the expense of
the Depositor, all filings necessary to maintain the effectiveness of any
original filings necessary under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any
jurisdiction to perfect the Trustee's security interest in or lien on the
Mortgage Loans, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate of the Depositor, with
a copy delivered to the Insurer, including without limitation (x) continuation
statements, and (y) such other statements as may be occasioned by (1) any change
of name of Residential Funding, the Depositor or the Trustee (such preparation
and filing shall be at the expense of the Trustee, if occasioned by a change in
the Trustee's name), (2) any change of location of the place of business or the
chief executive office of Residential Funding or the Depositor or (3) any
transfer of any interest of Residential Funding or the Depositor in any Mortgage
Loan.
Section 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee.
The Trustee acknowledges receipt (or, with respect to Mortgage Loans
subject to a Custodial Agreement, and based solely upon a receipt or
certification executed by the Custodian, receipt by the respective Custodian as
the duly appointed agent of the Trustee) of the documents referred to in Section
2.01(b)(i) above (except that for purposes of such acknowledgment only, a
Mortgage Note may be endorsed in blank and an Assignment of Mortgage may be in
blank) and declares that it, or a Custodian as its agent, holds and will hold
such documents and the other documents constituting a part of the Mortgage Files
delivered to it, or a Custodian as its agent, in trust for the use and benefit
of all present and future Certificateholders and the Insurer. The Trustee or
Custodian (such Custodian being so obligated under a Custodial Agreement)
agrees, for the benefit of Certificateholders and the Insurer, to review each
Mortgage File delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.01(b) within 45 days after
the Closing Date to ascertain that all required documents (specifically as set
forth in Section 2.01(b)), have been executed and received, and that such
documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
as supplemented, that have been conveyed to it, and to deliver to the Trustee a
certificate (the "Interim Certification") to the effect that all documents
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(b) above have been executed
and received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule, except for any exceptions listed on Schedule A
attached to such Interim Certification. Upon delivery of the Mortgage Files by
the Depositor or the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall acknowledge receipt (or,
with respect to Mortgage Loans subject to a Custodial Agreement, and based
solely upon a receipt or certification (the "Final Certification") executed by
the Custodian, receipt by the respective Custodian as the duly appointed agent
of the Trustee) of the documents referred to in Section 2.01(c) above.
If the Custodian, as the Trustee's agent, finds any document or
documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File to be missing or defective,
upon receipt of notification from the Custodian as specified in the succeeding
sentence, the Trustee shall promptly so notify or cause the Custodian to notify
the Master Servicer and the Depositor; provided, that if the Mortgage Loan
related to such Mortgage File is listed on Schedule A of the Assignment
Agreement, no notification shall be necessary. Pursuant to Section 2.3 of the
Custodial Agreement, the Custodian will notify the Master Servicer, the
Depositor and the Trustee of any such omission or defect found by it in respect
of any Mortgage File held by it in respect of the items received by it pursuant
to the Custodial Agreement. If such omission or defect materially and adversely
affects the interests in the related Mortgage Loan of the Certificateholders or
the Insurer, the Master Servicer shall promptly notify the related Subservicer
of such omission or defect and request that such Subservicer correct or cure
such omission or defect within 60 days from the date the Master Servicer was
notified of such omission or defect and, if such Subservicer does not correct or
cure such omission or defect within such period, that such Subservicer purchase
such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at its Purchase Price, in either case
within 90 days from the date the Master Servicer was notified of such omission
or defect; provided that if the omission or defect would cause the Mortgage Loan
to be other than a "qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the
Code, any such cure or repurchase must occur within 90 days from the date such
breach was discovered; and provided further, that no cure, substitution or
repurchase shall be required if such omission or defect is in respect of a
Mortgage Loan listed on Schedule A of the Assignment Agreement. The Purchase
Price for any such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited or caused to be deposited by
the Master Servicer in the Custodial Account maintained by it pursuant to
Section 3.07 and, upon receipt by the Trustee of written notification of such
deposit signed by a Servicing Officer, the Trustee or any Custodian, as the case
may be, shall release to the Master Servicer the related Mortgage File and the
Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment
prepared by the Master Servicer, in each case without recourse, as shall be
necessary to vest in the Subservicer or its designee, as the case may be, any
Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and thereafter such Mortgage Loan shall
not be part of the Trust Fund. In furtherance of the foregoing, if Residential
Funding or the Subservicer that repurchases the Mortgage Loan is not a member of
MERS and the Mortgage is registered on the MERS(R) System, the Master Servicer,
at its own expense and without any right of reimbursement, shall cause MERS to
execute and deliver an assignment of the Mortgage in recordable form to transfer
the Mortgage from MERS to such Subservicer or Residential Funding and shall
cause such Mortgage to be removed from registration on the MERS(R) System in
accordance with MERS' rules and regulations. It is understood and agreed that
the obligation of the Subservicer, to so cure or purchase any Mortgage Loan as
to which a material and adverse defect in or omission of a constituent document
exists shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such defect or omission
available to Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders
(except for the Insurer's rights under the Insurance Agreement).
Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer
and the Depositor.
(a) The Master Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee for
the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Insurer that:
(i) The Master Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws governing its creation and existence
and is or will be in compliance with the laws of each state in which any
Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to ensure the
enforceability of each Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement;
(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master Servicer and
its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not
violate the Master Servicer's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or
constitute a material default (or an event which, with notice or lapse
of time, or both, would constitute a material default) under, or result
in the material breach of, any material contract, agreement or other
instrument to which the Master Servicer is a party or which may be
applicable to the Master Servicer or any of its assets;
(iii) This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by
the Trustee and the Depositor, constitutes a valid, legal and binding
obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance
with the terms hereof subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity,
regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law;
(iv) The Master Servicer is not in default with respect to any order or
decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal,
state, municipal or governmental agency, which default might have
consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition
(financial or other) or operations of the Master Servicer or its
properties or might have consequences that would materially adversely
affect its performance hereunder;
(v) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master Servicer's
knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer which would prohibit
its entering into this Agreement or performing its obligations under
this Agreement;
(vi) The Master Servicer shall comply in all material respects in the
performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements
of each insurer under each Required Insurance Policy;
(vii) No information, certificate of an officer, statement furnished in
writing or report delivered to the Depositor, any Affiliate of the
Depositor or the Trustee by the Master Servicer will, to the knowledge
of the Master Servicer, contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit a material fact necessary to make the information, certificate,
statement or report not misleading;
(viii) The Master Servicer has examined each existing, and will examine each
new, Subservicing Agreement and is or will be familiar with the terms
thereof. The terms of each existing Subservicing Agreement and each
designated Subservicer are acceptable to the Master Servicer and any new
Subservicing Agreements will comply with the provisions of Section 3.02;
and
(ix) The Master Servicer is a member of MERS in good standing, and will
comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in
connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered
with MERS.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 2.03(a) shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage
Files to the Trustee or any Custodian. Upon discovery by either the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, the Insurer, the Trustee or any Custodian of a breach of
any representation or warranty set forth in this Section 2.03(a) which
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders or the
Insurer in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give
prompt written notice to the other parties (any Custodian being so obligated
under a Custodial Agreement). Within 90 days of its discovery or its receipt of
notice of such breach, the Master Servicer shall either (i) cure such breach in
all material respects or (ii) to the extent that such breach is with respect to
a Mortgage Loan or a related document, purchase such Mortgage Loan from the
Trust Fund at the Purchase Price and in the manner set forth in Section 2.02;
provided that if the breach would cause the Mortgage Loan to be other than a
"qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any such cure
or repurchase must occur within 90 days from the date such breach was
discovered. The obligation of the Master Servicer to cure such breach or to so
purchase such Mortgage Loan shall constitute the sole remedy in respect of a
breach of a representation and warranty set forth in this Section 2.03(a)
available to the Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders (except for the Insurer's rights under Section 3.03 of the
Insurance Agreement).
(b) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee for the benefit
of the Certificateholders and the Insurer that as of the Closing Date (or, if
otherwise specified below, as of the date so specified): (i) the information set
forth in Exhibit G-1 and Exhibit G-2 hereto with respect to each Mortgage Loan
or the Mortgage Loans, as the case may be, is true and correct in all material
respects at the respective date or dates which such information is furnished;
(ii) immediately prior to the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee,
the Depositor had good title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan
free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest (other than
rights to servicing and related compensation) and such conveyance validly
transfers ownership of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee free and clear of any
pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest; and (iii) each Mortgage Loan
constitutes a qualified mortgage under Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code and
Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1).
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 2.03(b) shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage
Files to the Trustee or any Custodian.
Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Insurer, the Trustee or any Custodian of a breach of any of the representations
and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03(b) which materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Certificateholders or the Insurer in any Mortgage
Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
other parties (including the Insurer) (any Custodian being so obligated under a
Custodial Agreement); provided, however, that in the event of a breach of the
representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.03(b)(iii), the party
discovering such breach shall give such notice within five days of discovery.
Within 90 days of its discovery or its receipt of notice of breach, the
Depositor shall either (i) cure such breach in all material respects or (ii)
purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Purchase Price and in the
manner set forth in Section 2.02; provided that the Depositor shall have the
option to substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans for such
Mortgage Loan if such substitution occurs within two years following the Closing
Date; provided that if the omission or defect would cause the Mortgage Loan to
be other than a "qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the
Code, any such cure, substitution or repurchase must occur within 90 days from
the date such breach was discovered. Any such substitution shall be effected by
the Depositor under the same terms and conditions as provided in Section 2.04
for substitutions by Residential Funding. It is understood and agreed that the
obligation of the Depositor to cure such breach or to so purchase or substitute
for any Mortgage Loan as to which such a breach has occurred and is continuing
shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the
Certificateholders (other than the Insurer) or the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Depositor shall not be
required to cure breaches or purchase or substitute for Mortgage Loans as
provided in this Section 2.03(b) if the substance of the breach of a
representation set forth above also constitutes fraud in the origination of the
Mortgage Loan.
Section 2.04. Representations and Warranties of Residential Funding.
The Depositor, as assignee of Residential Funding under the Assignment
Agreement, hereby assigns to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Insurer all of its right, title and interest in
respect of the Assignment Agreement and each Seller's Agreement applicable to a
Mortgage Loan. Insofar as the Assignment Agreement or such Seller's Agreement
relates to the representations and warranties made by Residential Funding or the
related Seller in respect of such Mortgage Loan and any remedies provided
thereunder for any breach of such representations and warranties, such right,
title and interest may be enforced by the Master Servicer on behalf of the
Trustee, the Insurer and the Certificateholders.
Upon the discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Insurer,
the Trustee or any Custodian of a breach of any of the representations and
warranties made in a Seller's Agreement or the Assignment Agreement in respect
of any Mortgage Loan or of any Repurchase Event which materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Certificateholders or the Insurer in such Mortgage
Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
other parties (including the Insurer) (any Custodian being so obligated under a
Custodial Agreement) at the same time as notice is given pursuant to the
preceding paragraph of any corresponding breach of representation or warranty
made in Seller's Agreement. The Master Servicer shall promptly notify the
related Seller and Residential Funding of such breach or Repurchase Event and
request that such Seller or Residential Funding either (i) cure such breach or
Repurchase Event in all material respects within 90 days from the date the
Master Servicer was notified of such breach or Repurchase Event or (ii) purchase
such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Purchase Price and in the manner
set forth in Section 2.02; provided that, in the case of a breach or Repurchase
Event under the Assignment Agreement, Residential Funding shall have the option
to substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans for such Mortgage
Loan if such substitution occurs within two years following the Closing Date;
provided that if the breach would cause the Mortgage Loan to be other than a
"qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any such cure
or substitution must occur within 90 days from the date the breach was
discovered. If the breach of representation and warranty that gave rise to the
obligation to repurchase or substitute a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 4 of
the Assignment Agreement was the representation and warranty set forth in clause
(bb) of Section 4 thereof, then the Master Servicer shall request that
Residential Funding pay to the Trust Fund, concurrently with and in addition to
the remedies provided in the preceding sentence, an amount equal to any
liability, penalty or expense that was actually incurred and paid out of or on
behalf of the Trust Fund, and that directly resulted from such breach, or if
incurred and paid by the Trust Fund thereafter, concurrently with such payment.
In the event that Residential Funding elects to substitute a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to this
Section 2.04, Residential Funding shall deliver to the Trustee for the benefit
of the Certificateholders and the Insurer with respect to such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the original Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, an
Assignment of the Mortgage in recordable form, and such other documents and
agreements as are required by Section 2.01, with the Mortgage Note endorsed as
required by Section 2.01. No substitution will be made in any calendar month
after the Determination Date for such month. Monthly Payments due with respect
to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall not be
part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Master Servicer and remitted
by the Master Servicer to Residential Funding on the next succeeding
Distribution Date. For the month of substitution, distributions to the
Certificateholders will include the Monthly Payment due on a Deleted Mortgage
Loan for such month and thereafter Residential Funding shall be entitled to
retain all amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Master
Servicer shall amend or cause to be amended the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the
benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted
Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans and the Master Servicer shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule
to the Trustee and the Custodian. Upon such substitution, the Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject to the terms of this
Agreement and the related Subservicing Agreement in all respects, the related
Seller shall be deemed to have made the representations and warranties with
respect to the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan made in the related Seller
Agreements as of the date of substitution and Residential Funding shall be
deemed to have made the representations and warranties with respect to the
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan contained in Section 4 of the Assignment
Agreement, as of the date of substitution, and the covenants, representations
and warranties set forth in this Section 2.04, and in Section 2.03 hereof and in
Section 4 of the Assignment Agreement, and the Master Servicer shall be
obligated to repurchase or substitute for any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
as to which a Repurchase Event (as defined in the Assignment Agreement) has
occurred pursuant to Section 4 of the Assignment Agreement.
In connection with the substitution of one or more Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall
determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less
than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans
(in each case after application of the principal portion of the Monthly Payments
due in the month of substitution that are to be distributed to the
Certificateholders in the month of substitution). Residential Funding shall
deposit or cause the related Seller to deposit the amount of such shortfall into
the Custodial Account on the day of substitution, without any reimbursement
therefor. Residential Funding shall give notice in writing to the Trustee of
such event, which notice shall be accompanied by an Officers' Certificate as to
the calculation of such shortfall and (subject to Section 10.01(f)) by an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such substitution will not cause (a) any
federal tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund, including without limitation, any
federal tax imposed on "prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the
Code or on "contributions after the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(1) of
the Code or (b) any portion of any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as
a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding.
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller or
Residential Funding, as the case may be, to cure such breach or purchase (or
substitute for) such Mortgage Loan as to which such a breach has occurred and is
continuing and to make any additional payments required under the Assignment
Agreement in connection with a breach of the representation and warranty in
clause (bb) of Section 4 thereof shall constitute the sole remedy respecting
such breach available to the Certificateholders (other than the Insurer) or the
Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders (other than the Insurer). If the
Master Servicer is Residential Funding, then the Trustee shall also have the
right and, upon the written direction of the Insurer, the obligation, (i) to
give the notification and require the purchase or substitution provided for in
the second preceding paragraph in the event of such a breach of a representation
or warranty made by Residential Funding in the Assignment Agreement or (ii) to
give the notification and require the purchase or substitution provided for in
Section 6 of the Assignment Agreement. In connection with the purchase of or
substitution for any such Mortgage Loan by Residential Funding, the Trustee
shall assign to Residential Funding all of the right, title and interest in
respect of the Seller's Agreement and the Assignment Agreement applicable to
such Mortgage Loan.
Section 2.05. Execution and Authentication of Certificates; Conveyance of REMIC
Regular Interests.
(a) The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans and the
delivery of the Mortgage Files to it, or any Custodian on its behalf, subject to
any exceptions noted, together with the assignment to it of all other assets
included in the Trust Fund, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.
Concurrently with such delivery and in exchange therefor, the Trustee, pursuant
to the written request of the Depositor executed by an officer of the Depositor,
has executed and caused to be authenticated and delivered to or upon the order
of the Depositor the Certificates in authorized denominations which evidence
ownership of the entire Trust Fund.
(b) The Depositor, as of the Closing Date, and concurrently with the execution
and delivery hereof, does hereby assign without recourse all the right, title
and interest of the Depositor in and to the Uncertificated REMIC I Regular
Interests to the Trustee for the benefit of the holders of each Class of
Certificates (other than the Class R-I Certificates). The Trustee acknowledges
receipt of the Uncertificated REMIC I Regular Interests and declares that it
holds and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all
present and future holders of each Class of Certificates (other than the Class
R-I Certificates).
(c) The Depositor concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof,
does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey in trust to the
Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in
and to the REMIC I Regular Interests, and the other assets of REMIC II for the
benefit of the holders of the REMIC II Regular Interests and the Class R-II
Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the REMIC I Regular Interests
(which are uncertificated) and the other assets of REMIC II and declares that it
holds and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the
holders of the REMIC II Regular Interests and the Class R-II Certificates.
Section 2.06. Purposes and Powers of the Trust.
The purpose of the trust, as created hereunder, is to engage in the
following activities:
(a) To sell the Certificates to the Depositor in exchange for the Mortgage
Loans;
(b) To enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the
Insurance Agreement and the Yield Maintenance Agreement;
(c) To engage in those activities that are necessary, suitable or convenient to
accomplish the foregoing or are incidental hereto or connected therewith; and
(d) Subject to compliance with this Agreement, to engage in such other
activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust Fund
and the making of distributions to the Certificateholders.
The trust is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.01, the trust shall not engage in
any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or other than as
required or authorized by the terms of this Agreement while any Certificate is
outstanding, and this Section 2.06 may not be amended, without the consent of
the Certificateholders evidencing a majority of the aggregate Voting Rights of
the Certificates.
Section 2.07. Agreement Regarding Ability to Disclose.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee hereby agree,
notwithstanding any other express or implied agreement to the contrary, that any
and all Persons, and any of their respective employees, representatives, and
other agents may disclose, immediately upon commencement of discussions, to any
and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax
structure of the transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions
or other tax analyses) that are provided to any of them relating to such tax
treatment and tax structure. For purposes of this paragraph, the terms "tax
treatment" and "tax structure" are defined under Treasury Regulation ss.
1.6011-4(c).
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Servicer.
(a) The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans,
following such procedures as it would employ in its good faith business judgment
and which are normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities, and
shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as
provided in Section 3.02, to do any and all things which it may deem necessary
or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or
in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee
when the Master Servicer or the Subservicer, as the case may be, believes it
appropriate in its best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of
satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of
consent to assumption or modification in connection with a proposed conveyance,
or of assignment of any Mortgage and Mortgage Note in connection with the
repurchase of a Mortgage Loan and all other comparable instruments, or with
respect to the modification or re-recording of a Mortgage for the purpose of
correcting the Mortgage, the subordination of the lien of the Mortgage in favor
of a public utility company or government agency or unit with powers of eminent
domain, the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the commencement,
prosecution or completion of judicial or non-judicial foreclosure, the
conveyance of a Mortgaged Property to the related insurer, the acquisition of
any property acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, or the
management, marketing and conveyance of any property acquired by foreclosure or
deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect
to the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer further is authorized and
empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee,
in its own name or in the name of the Subservicer, when the Master Servicer or
the Subservicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best
judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the
removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any
of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments
with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of
MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any
expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding
sentence shall be borne by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section
3.16(c), with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS
discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the
MERS(R) System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from
registration on the MERS(R) System and to arrange for the assignment of the
related Mortgages to the Trustee, then any related expenses shall be
reimbursable to the Master Servicer as set forth in Section 3.10(a)(ii).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 3.07(a), the Master Servicer
shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would
both constitute a sale or exchange of such Mortgage Loan within the meaning of
Section 1001 of the Code and any proposed, temporary or final regulations
promulgated thereunder (other than in connection with a proposed conveyance or
assumption of such Mortgage Loan that is treated as a Principal Prepayment in
Full pursuant to Section 3.13(d) hereof) and cause any REMIC created hereunder
to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code. The Trustee shall furnish the
Master Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or
appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage
Loans. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by the Master
Servicer or any Subservicer pursuant to such powers of attorney or other
documents. In servicing and administering any Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, the
Master Servicer shall, to the extent not inconsistent with this Agreement,
comply with the Program Guide as if it were the originator of such Mortgage Loan
and had retained the servicing rights and obligations in respect thereof.
If the Mortgage relating to a Mortgage Loan did not have a lien senior
to the Mortgage Loan on the related Mortgaged Property as of the Cut-off Date,
then the Master Servicer, in such capacity, may not consent to the placing of a
lien senior to that of the Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property. If the
Mortgage relating to a Mortgage Loan had a lien senior to the Mortgage Loan on
the related Mortgaged Property as of the Cut-off Date, then the Master Servicer,
in such capacity, may consent to the refinancing of the prior senior lien,
provided that the following requirements are met:
(i) (A) the Mortgagor's debt-to-income ratio resulting from such
refinancing is less than the original debt-to-income ratio as set forth on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule; provided, however, that in no instance shall the
resulting Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan be higher than that
permitted by the Program Guide; or
(B) the resulting Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage
Loan is no
higher than the Loan-to-Value Ratio prior to such refinancing; provided,
however, if such refinanced mortgage loan is a "rate and term" mortgage loan
(meaning, the Mortgagor does not receive any cash from the refinancing), the
Loan-to-Value Ratio may increase to the extent of either (x) the reasonable
closing costs of such refinancing or (y) any decrease in the value of the
related Mortgaged Property, if the Mortgagor is in good standing as defined by
the Program Guide;
(ii) the interest rate, or, in the case of an adjustable rate
existing senior lien, the maximum interest rate, for the loan evidencing the
refinanced senior lien is no more than 2.0% higher than the interest rate or the
maximum interest rate, as the case may be, on the loan evidencing the existing
senior lien immediately prior to the date of such refinancing; provided, however
(A) if the loan evidencing the existing senior lien prior to the date of
refinancing has an adjustable rate and the loan evidencing the refinanced senior
lien has a fixed rate, then the current interest rate on the loan evidencing the
refinanced senior lien may be up to 2.0% higher than the then-current loan rate
of the loan evidencing the existing senior lien and (B) if the loan evidencing
the existing senior lien prior to the date of refinancing has a fixed rate and
the loan evidencing the refinanced senior lien has an adjustable rate, then the
maximum interest rate on the loan evidencing the refinanced senior lien shall be
less than or equal to (x) the interest rate on the loan evidencing the existing
senior lien prior to the date of refinancing plus (y) 2.0%; and
(iii) the loan evidencing the refinanced senior lien is not
subject to negative amortization.
(b) The Master Servicer shall, to the extent consistent with the servicing
standards set forth herein, take whatever actions as may be necessary to file a
claim under or enforce or allow the Trustee to file a claim under or enforce any
title insurance policy with respect to any Mortgage Loan including, without
limitation, joining in or causing any Subservicer (or any other party in
possession of any title insurance policy) to join in any claims process,
negotiations, actions or proceedings necessary to make a claim under or enforce
any title insurance policy. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with
respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master
Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver, or
amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an
exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or
final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) (other
than in connection with a proposed conveyance or assumption of such Mortgage
Loan that is treated as a Principal Prepayment in Full pursuant to Section
3.13(d) hereof) and cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a
REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions"
or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions.
(c) In connection with servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the
Master Servicer and any Affiliate of the Master Servicer (i) may perform
services such as appraisals and brokerage services that are customarily provided
by Persons other than servicers of mortgage loans, and shall be entitled to
reasonable compensation therefor in accordance with Section 3.10 and (ii) may,
at its own discretion and on behalf of the Trustee, obtain credit information in
the form of a "credit score" from a credit repository.
(d) All costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting
the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the properties subject to the
Mortgage Loans shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions
to the Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related
Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit,
and such costs shall be recoverable to the extent permitted by Section
3.10(a)(ii).
(e) The Master Servicer may enter into one or more agreements in connection with
the offering of pass-through certificates evidencing interests in one or more of
the Certificates providing for the payment by the Master Servicer of amounts
received by the Master Servicer as servicing compensation hereunder and required
to cover certain Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans, which
payment obligation will thereafter be an obligation of the Master Servicer
hereunder.
(f) The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master
Servicer) to the Depositor under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be
that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or
agent.
Section 3.02. Subservicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and
Subservicers; Enforcement of Subservicers' Obligations.
(a) The Master Servicer may continue in effect Subservicing Agreements entered
into by Residential Funding and Subservicers prior to the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, and may enter into new Subservicing Agreements with
Subservicers, for the servicing and administration of all or some of the
Mortgage Loans. Each Subservicer shall be either (i) an institution the accounts
of which are insured by the FDIC or (ii) another entity that engages in the
business of originating or servicing mortgage loans, and in either case shall be
authorized to transact business in the state or states in which the related
Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated, if and to the extent
required by applicable law to enable the Subservicer to perform its obligations
hereunder and under the Subservicing Agreement, and in either case shall be a
Xxxxxxx Mac, Xxxxxx Xxx or HUD approved mortgage servicer. In addition, any
Subservicer of a Mortgage Loan insured by the FHA must be an FHA-approved
servicer, and any Subservicer of a Mortgage Loan guaranteed by the VA must be a
VA-approved servicer. Each Subservicer of a Mortgage Loan shall be entitled to
receive and retain, as provided in the related Subservicing Agreement and in
Section 3.07, the related Subservicing Fee from payments of interest received on
such Mortgage Loan after payment of all amounts required to be remitted to the
Master Servicer in respect of such Mortgage Loan. For any Mortgage Loan that is
a Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive
and retain an amount equal to the Subservicing Fee from payments of interest.
Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Agreement to actions
taken or to be taken by the Master Servicer in servicing the Mortgage Loans
include actions taken or to be taken by a Subservicer on behalf of the Master
Servicer. Each Subservicing Agreement will be upon such terms and conditions as
are generally required by, permitted by or consistent with the Program Guide and
are not inconsistent with this Agreement and as the Master Servicer and the
Subservicer have agreed. With the approval of the Master Servicer, a Subservicer
may delegate its servicing obligations to third-party servicers, but such
Subservicer will remain obligated under the related Subservicing Agreement. The
Master Servicer and a Subservicer may enter into amendments thereto or a
different form of Subservicing Agreement, and the form referred to or included
in the Program Guide is merely provided for information and shall not be deemed
to limit in any respect the discretion of the Master Servicer to modify or enter
into different Subservicing Agreements; provided, however, that any such
amendments or different forms shall be consistent with and not violate the
provisions of either this Agreement or the Program Guide in a manner which would
materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders or the
Insurer. The Program Guide and any other Subservicing Agreement entered into
between the Master Servicer and any Subservicer shall require the Subservicer to
accurately and fully report its borrower credit files to each of the Credit
Repositories in a timely manner.
(b) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Master Servicer, for the
benefit of the Trustee, the Insurer and the Certificateholders, shall use its
best reasonable efforts to enforce the obligations of each Subservicer under the
related Subservicing Agreement, to the extent that the non-performance of any
such obligation would have a material and adverse effect on a Mortgage Loan,
including, without limitation, the obligation to purchase a Mortgage Loan on
account of defective documentation, as described in Section 2.02, or on account
of a breach of a representation or warranty, as described in Section 2.04. Such
enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims,
termination of Subservicing Agreements, as appropriate, and the pursuit of other
appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent
and at such time as the Master Servicer would employ in its good faith business
judgment and which are normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing
activities. The Master Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its
own expense, and shall be reimbursed therefor only (i) from a general recovery
resulting from such enforcement to the extent, if any, that such recovery
exceeds all amounts due in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or (ii) from a
specific recovery of costs, expenses or attorneys' fees against the party
against whom such enforcement is directed. For purposes of clarification only,
the parties agree that the foregoing is not intended to, and does not, limit the
ability of the Master Servicer to be reimbursed for expenses that are incurred
in connection with the enforcement of a Seller's obligations and are
reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(viii).
Section 3.03. Successor Subservicers.
The Master Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing
Agreement that may exist in accordance with the terms and conditions of such
Subservicing Agreement and without any limitation by virtue of this Agreement;
provided, however, that in the event of termination of any Subservicing
Agreement by the Master Servicer or the Subservicer, the Master Servicer shall
either act as servicer of the related Mortgage Loan or enter into a Subservicing
Agreement with a successor Subservicer which will be bound by the terms of the
related Subservicing Agreement. If the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of
Residential Funding acts as servicer, it will not assume liability for the
representations and warranties of the Subservicer which it replaces. If the
Master Servicer enters into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor
Subservicer, the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to have the
successor Subservicer assume liability for the representations and warranties
made by the terminated Subservicer in respect of the related Mortgage Loans and,
in the event of any such assumption by the successor Subservicer, the Master
Servicer may, in the exercise of its business judgment, release the terminated
Subservicer from liability for such representations and warranties.
Section 3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer.
Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of
this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Master
Servicer or a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or
otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Trustee,
the Insurer and Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 without
diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing
Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer
or the Depositor and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions
as if the Master Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage
Loans. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a
Subservicer for indemnification of the Master Servicer and nothing contained in
this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.
Section 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between Subservicer and
Trustee, Insurer or Certificateholders.
Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any other
transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer
in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between
the Subservicer and the Master Servicer alone and the Trustee, the Insurer and
Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims,
rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer in
its capacity as such except as set forth in Section 3.06. The foregoing
provision shall not in any way limit a Subservicer's obligation to cure an
omission or defect or to repurchase a Mortgage Loan as referred to in Section
2.02 hereof.
Section 3.06. Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by Trustee.
(a) In the event the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the
master servicer (including by reason of an Event of Default), the Trustee, as
successor Master Servicer, its designee or its successor shall thereupon assume
all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under each Subservicing
Agreement that may have been entered into. The Trustee, its designee or the
successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the
Master Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Master Servicer as a
party to the Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing
Agreement had been assigned to the assuming party except that the Master
Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the
Subservicing Agreement.
(b) The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee but at the expense of
the Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records
relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being
serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use
its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of each
Subservicing Agreement to the assuming party.
(c) Unless an Insurer Default exists, the Master Servicer shall, if it is
authorized to do so under the relevant Subservicing Agreement, upon request of
the Insurer at a time when the Insurer may remove the Master Servicer under the
terms hereof, terminate any Subservicing Agreement.
Section 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments; Deposits to
Custodial Account.
(a) The Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all
payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage
Loans, and shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with
this Agreement and the terms and provisions of any related Primary
Insurance Policy, follow such collection procedures as it would employ
in its good faith business judgment and which are normal and usual in
its general mortgage servicing activities. Consistent with the
foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (subject to the
terms and conditions of the Assignment Agreement) (i) waive any late
payment charge or any prepayment charge or penalty interest in
connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and (ii) extend the
Due Date for payments due on a Mortgage Loan in accordance with the
Program Guide, provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall first
determine that any such waiver or extension will not impair the coverage
of any related Primary Insurance Policy or materially adversely affect
the lien of the related Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything in this
Section to the contrary, the Master Servicer or any Subservicer shall
not enforce any prepayment charge to the extent that such enforcement
would violate any applicable law. In the event of any such arrangement,
the Master Servicer shall make timely advances on the related Mortgage
Loan during the scheduled period in accordance with the amortization
schedule of such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by reason of
such arrangements unless otherwise agreed to by the Holders of the
Classes of Certificates affected thereby; provided, however, that no
such extension shall be made if any advance would be a Nonrecoverable
Advance. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master
Servicer may also waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or
consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or
in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Master
Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or
indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the
Certificateholders or the Insurer (taking into account any estimated
Realized Loss that might result absent such action), provided, however,
that the Master Servicer may not modify materially or permit any
Subservicer to modify any Mortgage Loan, including without limitation
any modification that would change the Mortgage Rate, forgive the
payment of any principal or interest (unless in connection with the
liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan or except in connection with
prepayments to the extent that such reamortization is not inconsistent
with the terms of the Mortgage Loan), capitalize any amounts owing on
the Mortgage Loan by adding such amount to the outstanding principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan, or extend the final maturity date of such
Mortgage Loan, unless such Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the
judgment of the Master Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable.
For purposes of delinquency calculations, any capitalized Mortgage Loan
shall be deemed to be current as of the date of the related Servicing
Modification. No such modification shall reduce the Mortgage Rate (i)
with respect to a fixed rate Mortgage Loan, (A) below one-half of the
Mortgage Rate as in effect on the Cut-off Date or (B) below the sum of
the rates at which the Servicing Fee, the Subservicing Fee and the
Certificate Insurer Premium with respect to such Mortgage Loan accrue or
(ii) with respect to an adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, (A) below the
greater of (1) one-half of the Mortgage Rate as in effect on the Cut-off
Date and (2) one-half of the Mortgage Rate as in effect on the date of
the Servicing Modification or (B) below the sum of the rates at which
the Servicing Fee, the Subservicing Fee and the Certificate Insurer
Premium with respect to such Mortgage Loan accrue. The final maturity
date for any Mortgage Loan shall not be extended beyond the Maturity
Date. Also, the Stated Principal Balance of all Reportable Modified
Mortgage Loans subject to Servicing Modifications (measured at the time
of the Servicing Modification and after giving effect to any Servicing
Modification) can be no more than five percent of the aggregate Cut-off
Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, unless such limit is
increased from time to time with the consent of the Rating Agencies and
the Insurer. In addition, any amounts owing on a Mortgage Loan added to
the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan must be fully
amortized over the term of such Mortgage Loan, and such amounts may be
added to the outstanding principal balance of a Mortgage Loan only once
during the life of such Mortgage Loan. Also, the addition of such
amounts described in the preceding sentence shall be implemented in
accordance with the Program Guide and may be implemented only by
Subservicers that have been approved by the Master Servicer for such
purposes. In connection with any Curtailment of a Mortgage Loan, the
Master Servicer, to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of the
Mortgage Note and local law and practice, may permit the Mortgage Loan
to be re-amortized such that the Monthly Payment is recalculated as an
amount that will fully amortize the remaining Stated Principal Balance
thereof by the original Maturity Date based on the original Mortgage
Rate; provided, that such reamortization shall not be permitted if it
would constitute a reissuance of the Mortgage Loan for federal income
tax purposes.
(b) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a Custodial Account in
which the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited on a
daily basis, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the
following payments and collections remitted by Subservicers or received
by it in respect of the Mortgage Loans subsequent to the Cut-off Date
(other than in respect of Monthly Payments due before or in the month of
the Cut-off Date):
(i) All payments on account of principal, including Principal Prepayments
made by Mortgagors on the Mortgage Loans and the principal component of
any Subservicer Advance or of any REO Proceeds received in connection
with an REO Property for which an REO Disposition has occurred;
(ii) All payments on account of interest at the Adjusted Mortgage Rate on the
Mortgage Loans, including the interest component of any Subservicer
Advance or of any REO Proceeds received in connection with an REO
Property for which an REO Disposition has occurred;
(iii) Insurance Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and Liquidation Proceeds (net
of any related expenses of the Subservicer);
(iv) All proceeds of any Mortgage Loans purchased pursuant to Section 2.02,
2.03, 2.04, 4.07, 4.08 or 9.01 (including amounts received from
Residential Funding pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 4 of the
Assignment Agreement in respect of any liability, penalty or expense
that resulted from a breach of the representation and warranty set forth
in clause (bb) of Section 4 of the Assignment Agreement) and all amounts
required to be deposited in connection with the substitution of a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.04; and
(v) Any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.07(c) and any
payments or collections received in the nature of prepayment charges.
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Custodial Account shall be
exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, payments on the Mortgage Loans which are not part of the Trust
Fund (consisting of Monthly Payments due before or in the month of the Cut-off
Date) and payments or collections consisting of late payment charges or
assumption fees may but need not be deposited by the Master Servicer in the
Custodial Account. In the event any amount not required to be deposited in the
Custodial Account is so deposited, the Master Servicer may at any time withdraw
such amount from the Custodial Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. The Custodial Account may contain funds that belong to one or
more trust funds created for mortgage pass-through certificates of other series
and may contain other funds respecting payments on mortgage loans belonging to
the Master Servicer or serviced or master serviced by it on behalf of others.
Notwithstanding such commingling of funds, the Master Servicer shall keep
records that accurately reflect the funds on deposit in the Custodial Account
that have been identified by it as being attributable to the Mortgage Loans.
With respect to Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds,
Subsequent Recoveries and the proceeds of the purchase of any Mortgage Loan
pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 4.07 and 4.08 received in any calendar
month, the Master Servicer may elect to treat such amounts as included in the
Available Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date in the month of receipt,
but is not obligated to do so. If the Master Servicer so elects, such amounts
will be deemed to have been received (and any related Realized Loss shall be
deemed to have occurred) on the last day of the month prior to the receipt
thereof.
(c) The Master Servicer shall use its best efforts to cause the institution
maintaining the Custodial Account to invest the funds in the Custodial Account
attributable to the Mortgage Loans in Permitted Investments which shall mature
not later than the Certificate Account Deposit Date next following the date of
such investment (with the exception of the Amount Held for Future Distribution)
and which shall not be sold or disposed of prior to their maturities. All income
and gain realized from any such investment shall be for the benefit of the
Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation and shall be subject to its
withdrawal or order from time to time. The amount of any losses incurred in
respect of any such investments attributable to the investment of amounts in
respect of the Mortgage Loans shall be deposited in the Custodial Account by the
Master Servicer out of its own funds immediately as realized.
(d) The Master Servicer shall give written notice to the Trustee, the Insurer
and the Depositor of any change in the location of the Custodial Account and the
location of the Certificate Account prior to the use thereof.
Section 3.08. Subservicing Accounts; Servicing Accounts.
(a) In those cases where a Subservicer is servicing a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
a Subservicing Agreement, the Master Servicer shall cause the Subservicer,
pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement, to establish and maintain one or more
Subservicing Accounts which shall be an Eligible Account or, if such account is
not an Eligible Account, shall generally satisfy the requirements of the Program
Guide and be otherwise acceptable to the Master Servicer, the Insurer and each
Rating Agency. The Subservicer will be required thereby to deposit into the
Subservicing Account on a daily basis all proceeds of Mortgage Loans received by
the Subservicer, less its Subservicing Fees and unreimbursed advances and
expenses, to the extent permitted by the Subservicing Agreement. If the
Subservicing Account is not an Eligible Account, the Master Servicer shall be
deemed to have received such monies upon receipt thereof by the Subservicer. The
Subservicer shall not be required to deposit in the Subservicing Account
payments or collections in the nature of late charges or assumption fees, or
payments or collections received in the nature of prepayment charges to the
extent that the Subservicer is entitled to retain such amounts pursuant to the
Subservicing Agreement. On or before the date specified in the Program Guide,
but in no event later than the Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall
cause the Subservicer, pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement, to remit to the
Master Servicer for deposit in the Custodial Account all funds held in the
Subservicing Account with respect to each Mortgage Loan serviced by such
Subservicer that are required to be remitted to the Master Servicer. The
Subservicer will also be required, pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement, to
advance on such scheduled date of remittance amounts equal to any scheduled
monthly installments of principal and interest less its Subservicing Fees on any
Mortgage Loans for which payment was not received by the Subservicer. This
obligation to advance with respect to each Mortgage Loan will continue up to and
including the first of the month following the date on which the related
Mortgaged Property is sold at a foreclosure sale or is acquired by the Trust
Fund by deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise. All such advances received by
the Master Servicer shall be deposited promptly by it in the Custodial Account.
(b) The Subservicer may also be required, pursuant to the Subservicing
Agreement, to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Custodial Account
interest at the Adjusted Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate plus the
rate per annum at which the Servicing Fee accrues in the case of a Modified
Mortgage Loan and the Certificate Insurer Premium Modified Rate) on any
Curtailment received by such Subservicer in respect of a Mortgage Loan from the
related Mortgagor during any month that is to be applied by the Subservicer to
reduce the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the first
day of such month, from the date of application of such Curtailment to the first
day of the following month. Any amounts paid by a Subservicer pursuant to the
preceding sentence shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer as additional
servicing compensation and shall be subject to its withdrawal or order from time
to time pursuant to Sections 3.10(a)(iv) and (v).
(c) In addition to the Custodial Account and the Certificate Account, the Master
Servicer shall for any Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, and shall cause the
Subservicers for Subserviced Mortgage Loans to, establish and maintain one or
more Servicing Accounts and deposit and retain therein all collections from the
Mortgagors (or advances from Subservicers) for the payment of taxes,
assessments, hazard insurance premiums, Primary Insurance Policy premiums, if
applicable, or comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors. Each
Servicing Account shall satisfy the requirements for a Subservicing Account and,
to the extent permitted by the Program Guide or as is otherwise acceptable to
the Master Servicer, may also function as a Subservicing Account. Withdrawals of
amounts related to the Mortgage Loans from the Servicing Accounts may be made
only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums,
Primary Insurance Policy premiums, if applicable, or comparable items, to
reimburse the Master Servicer or Subservicer out of related collections for any
payments made pursuant to Sections 3.11 (with respect to the Primary Insurance
Policy) and 3.12(a) (with respect to hazard insurance), to refund to any
Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages, to pay interest, if
required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account or to clear and
terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 9.01 or in accordance with the Program Guide. As part of
its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall, and the Subservicers will,
pursuant to the Subservicing Agreements, be required to pay to the Mortgagors
interest on funds in this account to the extent required by law.
(d) The Master Servicer shall advance the payments referred to in the preceding
subsection that are not timely paid by the Mortgagors or advanced by the
Subservicers on the date when the tax, premium or other cost for which such
payment is intended is due, but the Master Servicer shall be required so to
advance only to the extent that such advances, in the good faith judgment of the
Master Servicer, will be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
Section 3.09. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
Mortgage Loans.
In the event that compliance with this Section 3.09 shall make any Class
of Certificates legal for investment by federally insured savings and loan
associations, the Master Servicer shall provide, or cause the Subservicers to
provide, to the Trustee, the Office of Thrift Supervision or the FDIC and the
supervisory agents and examiners thereof access to the documentation regarding
the Mortgage Loans required by applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift
Supervision, such access being afforded without charge but only upon reasonable
request and during normal business hours at the offices designated by the Master
Servicer. The Master Servicer shall permit such representatives to photocopy any
such documentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at a charge
reasonably approximating the cost of such photocopying to the Master Servicer.
Section 3.10. Permitted Withdrawals from the Custodial Account.
(a) The Master Servicer may, from time to time as provided herein, make
withdrawals from the Custodial Account of amounts on deposit therein
pursuant to Section 3.07 that are attributable to the Mortgage Loans for
the following purposes:
(i) to remit to the Trustee for deposit into the Certificate Account in the
amounts and in the manner provided for in Section 4.01;
(ii) to reimburse itself or the related Subservicer for previously
unreimbursed Advances, Servicing Advances or other expenses made
pursuant to Sections 3.01, 3.07(a) 3.08, 3.11, 3.12(a), 3.14 and 4.04 or
otherwise reimbursable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such
withdrawal right being limited to amounts received on the related
Mortgage Loans (including, for this purpose, REO Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and proceeds from the purchase of a
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 4.07, 4.08 or 9.01)
which represent (A) Late Collections of Monthly Payments for which any
such advance was made in the case of Subservicer Advances or Advances
pursuant to Section 4.04 and (B) late recoveries of the payments for
which such advances were made in the case of Servicing Advances;
(iii) to pay to itself or the related Subservicer (if not previously retained
by such Subservicer) out of each payment received by the Master Servicer
on account of interest on a Mortgage Loan as contemplated by Sections
3.14 and 3.16, an amount equal to that remaining portion of any such
payment as to interest (but not in excess of the Servicing Fee and the
Subservicing Fee, if not previously retained) which, when deducted, will
result in the remaining amount of such interest being interest at a rate
per annum equal to the Net Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate
in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan) plus the Certificate Insurer
Premium Modified Rate on the amount specified in the amortization
schedule of the related Mortgage Loan as the principal balance thereof
at the beginning of the period respecting which such interest was paid
after giving effect to any previous Curtailments;
(iv) to pay to itself as additional servicing compensation any interest or
investment income earned on funds deposited in the Custodial Account
that it is entitled to withdraw pursuant to Section 3.07(c);
(v) to pay to itself as additional servicing compensation any Foreclosure
Profits, and any amounts remitted by Subservicers as interest in respect
of Curtailments pursuant to Section 3.08(b);
(vi) to pay to itself, a Subservicer, Residential Funding, the Depositor or
any other appropriate Person, as the case may be, with respect to each
Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof that has been
purchased or otherwise transferred pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.04,
4.07, 4.08 or 9.01, all amounts received thereon and not required to be
distributed to Certificateholders as of the date on which the related
Stated Principal Balance or Purchase Price is determined;
(vii) to reimburse itself or the related Subservicer for any Nonrecoverable
Advance or Advances in the manner and to the extent provided in
subsection (c) below, and any Advance or Servicing Advance made in
connection with a modified Mortgage Loan that is in default or, in the
judgment of the Master Servicer, default is reasonably foreseeable
pursuant to Section 3.07(a), to the extent the amount of the Advance or
Servicing Advance was added to the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loan in the preceding calendar month;
(viii) to reimburse itself or the Depositor for expenses incurred by and
reimbursable to it or the Depositor pursuant to Section 3.14(c), 6.03,
10.01 or otherwise;
(ix) to reimburse itself for amounts expended by it (a) pursuant to Section
3.14 in good faith in connection with the restoration of property
damaged by an Uninsured Cause, and (b), in connection with the
liquidation of a Mortgage Loan or disposition of an REO Property to the
extent not otherwise reimbursed pursuant to clause (ii) or (viii) above;
and
(x) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Custodial Account that was not
required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 3.07, including any
payoff fees or penalties or any other additional amounts payable to the
Master Servicer or Subservicer pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage
Note.
(b) Since, in connection with withdrawals pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii),
(v) and (vi), the Master Servicer's entitlement thereto is limited to
collections or other recoveries on the related Mortgage Loan, the Master
Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan
by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal
from the Custodial Account pursuant to such clauses.
(c) The Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimburse itself or the related
Subservicer for any advance made in respect of a Mortgage Loan that the
Master Servicer determines to be a Nonrecoverable Advance by withdrawal
from the Custodial Account of amounts on deposit therein attributable to
the Mortgage Loans on any Certificate Account Deposit Date succeeding
the date of such determination. Such right of reimbursement in respect
of a Nonrecoverable Advance relating to an Advance made pursuant to
Section 4.04 on any such Certificate Account Deposit Date shall be
limited to an amount not exceeding the portion of such advance
previously paid to Certificateholders (and not theretofore reimbursed to
the Master Servicer or the related Subservicer).
Section 3.11. Maintenance of Primary Insurance Coverage.
(a) The Master Servicer shall not take, or permit any Subservicer to take, any
action which would result in noncoverage under any applicable Primary Insurance
Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of the Master Servicer or
Subservicer, would have been covered thereunder. To the extent coverage is
available, the Master Servicer shall keep or cause to be kept in full force and
effect each such Primary Insurance Policy until the principal balance of the
related Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property is reduced to 80% or less
of the Appraised Value at origination in the case of such a Mortgage Loan having
a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80%, provided that such
Primary Insurance Policy was in place as of the Cut-off Date and the Master
Servicer had knowledge of such Primary Insurance Policy. The Master Servicer
shall not cancel or refuse to renew any such Primary Insurance Policy applicable
to a Nonsubserviced Mortgage Loan, or consent to any Subservicer canceling or
refusing to renew any such Primary Insurance Policy applicable to a Mortgage
Loan subserviced by it, that is in effect at the date of the initial issuance of
the Certificates and is required to be kept in force hereunder unless the
replacement Primary Insurance Policy for such canceled or non-renewed policy is
maintained with an insurer whose claims-paying ability is acceptable to each
Rating Agency for mortgage pass-through certificates having a rating equal to or
better than the lower of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to the
Certificates as of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency.
(b) In connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the
Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present or to cause the related
Subservicer to present, on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Subservicer, if
any, the Trustee, the Insurer and Certificateholders, claims to the insurer
under any Primary Insurance Policies, in a timely manner in accordance with such
policies, and, in this regard, to take or cause to be taken such reasonable
action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Insurance
Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to Section 3.07, any
Insurance Proceeds collected by or remitted to the Master Servicer under any
Primary Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the Custodial Account, subject
to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.10.
Section 3.12. Maintenance of Fire Insurance and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage.
(a) The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan fire
insurance with extended coverage in an amount which is equal to the lesser of
the principal balance owing on such Mortgage Loan (together with the principal
balance of any mortgage loan secured by a lien that is senior to the Mortgage
Loan) or 100 percent of the insurable value of the improvements; provided,
however, that such coverage may not be less than the minimum amount required to
fully compensate for any loss or damage on a replacement cost basis. To the
extent it may do so without breaching the related Subservicing Agreement, the
Master Servicer shall replace any Subservicer that does not cause such
insurance, to the extent it is available, to be maintained. The Master Servicer
shall also cause to be maintained on property acquired upon foreclosure, or deed
in lieu of foreclosure, of any Mortgage Loan, fire insurance with extended
coverage in an amount which is at least equal to the amount necessary to avoid
the application of any co-insurance clause contained in the related hazard
insurance policy. Pursuant to Section 3.07, any amounts collected by the Master
Servicer under any such policies (other than amounts to be applied to the
restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or property thus
acquired or amounts released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master
Servicer's normal servicing procedures) shall be deposited in the Custodial
Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.10. Any cost incurred by
the Master Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose
of calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the
amount owing under the Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of the
Mortgage Loan so permit. Such costs shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer
out of related late payments by the Mortgagor or out of Insurance Proceeds and
Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section 3.10. It is understood
and agreed that no earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of
any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired in respect of a Mortgage Loan
other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time
be in force and as shall require such additional insurance. Whenever the
improvements securing a Mortgage Loan are located at the time of origination of
such Mortgage Loan in a federally designated special flood hazard area, the
Master Servicer shall cause flood insurance (to the extent available) to be
maintained in respect thereof. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal
to the lesser of (i) the amount required to compensate for any loss or damage to
the Mortgaged Property on a replacement cost basis and (ii) the maximum amount
of such insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under the
national flood insurance program (assuming that the area in which such Mortgaged
Property is located is participating in such program).In the event that the
Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket fire insurance policy with
extended coverage insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans,
it shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth
in the first sentence of this Section 3.12(a), it being understood and agreed
that such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Master
Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the
related Mortgaged Property a policy complying with the first sentence of this
Section 3.12(a) and there shall have been a loss which would have been covered
by such policy, deposit in the Certificate Account the amount not otherwise
payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause. Any such
deposit by the Master Servicer shall be made on the Certificate Account Deposit
Date next preceding the Distribution Date which occurs in the month following
the month in which payments under any such policy would have been deposited in
the Custodial Account. In connection with its activities as administrator and
servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present, on behalf
of itself, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket
policy.
(b) The Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense and keep in
full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement a blanket fidelity
bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy covering the Master Servicer's
officers and employees and other persons acting on behalf of the Master Servicer
in connection with its activities under this Agreement. The amount of coverage
shall be at least equal to the coverage that would be required by Xxxxxx Xxx or
Xxxxxxx Mac, whichever is greater, with respect to the Master Servicer if the
Master Servicer were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans for Xxxxxx
Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. In the event that any such bond or policy ceases to be in
effect, the Master Servicer shall obtain a comparable replacement bond or policy
from an issuer or insurer, as the case may be, meeting the requirements, if any,
of the Program Guide and acceptable to the Depositor. Coverage of the Master
Servicer under a policy or bond obtained by an Affiliate of the Master Servicer
and providing the coverage required by this Section 3.12(b) shall satisfy the
requirements of this Section 3.12(b).
Section 3.13. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and
Modification Agreements; Certain Assignments.
(a) When any Mortgaged Property is conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Master
Servicer or Subservicer, to the extent it has knowledge of such conveyance,
shall enforce any due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or Mortgage,
to the extent permitted under applicable law and governmental regulations, but
only to the extent that such enforcement will not adversely affect or jeopardize
coverage under any Required Insurance Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i)
the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under this Section
3.13(a) by reason of any transfer or assumption which the Master Servicer is
restricted by law from preventing; and (ii) if the Master Servicer determines
that it is reasonably likely that any Mortgagor will bring, or if any Mortgagor
does bring, legal action to declare invalid or otherwise avoid enforcement of a
due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, the Master
Servicer shall not be required to enforce the due-on-sale clause or to contest
such action.
(b) Subject to the Master Servicer's duty to enforce any due-on-sale clause to
the extent set forth in Section 3.13(a), in any case in which a Mortgaged
Property is to be conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, and such Person is to
enter into an assumption or modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage
Note or Mortgage which requires the signature of the Trustee, or if an
instrument of release signed by the Trustee is required releasing the Mortgagor
from liability on the Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer is authorized, subject
to the requirements of the sentence next following, to execute and deliver, on
behalf of the Trustee, the assumption agreement with the Person to whom the
Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed and such modification agreement or
supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or other instruments as are
reasonable or necessary to carry out the terms of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage
or otherwise to comply with any applicable laws regarding assumptions or the
transfer of the Mortgaged Property to such Person; provided, however, none of
such terms and requirements shall both constitute a "significant modification"
effecting an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under the Code (or
final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and
cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as REMICs under the Code or
the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after
the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer shall execute
and deliver such documents only if it reasonably determines that (i) its
execution and delivery thereof will not conflict with or violate any terms of
this Agreement or cause the unpaid balance and interest on the Mortgage Loan to
be uncollectible in whole or in part, (ii) any required consents of insurers
under any Required Insurance Policies have been obtained and (iii) subsequent to
the closing of the transaction involving the assumption or transfer (A) the
Mortgage Loan will continue to be secured by a first mortgage lien (or junior
lien of the same priority in relation to any senior mortgage loan, with respect
to any Mortgage Loan secured by a junior Mortgage) pursuant to the terms of the
Mortgage, (B) such transaction will not adversely affect the coverage under any
Required Insurance Policies, (C) the Mortgage Loan will fully amortize over the
remaining term thereof, (D) no material term of the Mortgage Loan (including the
interest rate on the Mortgage Loan) will be altered nor will the term of the
Mortgage Loan be changed and (E) if the seller/transferor of the Mortgaged
Property is to be released from liability on the Mortgage Loan, the
buyer/transferee of the Mortgaged Property would be qualified to assume the
Mortgage Loan based on generally comparable credit quality and such release will
not (based on the Master Servicer's or Subservicer's good faith determination)
adversely affect the collectability of the Mortgage Loan. Upon receipt of
appropriate instructions from the Master Servicer in accordance with the
foregoing, the Trustee shall execute any necessary instruments for such
assumption or substitution of liability as directed by the Master Servicer. Upon
the closing of the transactions contemplated by such documents, the Master
Servicer shall cause the originals or true and correct copies of the assumption
agreement, the release (if any), or the modification or supplement to the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage to be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian and
deposited with the Mortgage File for such Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by
the Master Servicer or such related Subservicer for entering into an assumption
or substitution of liability agreement will be retained by the Master Servicer
or such Subservicer as additional servicing compensation.
(c) The Master Servicer or the related Subservicer, as the case may be, shall be
entitled to approve a request from a Mortgagor for a partial release of the
related Mortgaged Property, the granting of an easement thereon in favor of
another Person, any alteration or demolition of the related Mortgaged Property
without any right of reimbursement or other similar matters if it has
determined, exercising its good faith business judgment in the same manner as it
would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that the security for,
and the timely and full collectability of, such Mortgage Loan would not be
adversely affected thereby and that each REMIC created hereunder would continue
to qualify as a REMIC under the Code as a result thereof and that no tax on
"prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the Startup Date would be
imposed on any REMIC created hereunder as a result thereof. Any fee collected by
the Master Servicer or the related Subservicer for processing such a request
will be retained by the Master Servicer or such Subservicer as additional
servicing compensation.
(d) Subject to any other applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
Master Servicer shall be entitled to approve an assignment in lieu of
satisfaction with respect to any Mortgage Loan, provided the obligee with
respect to such Mortgage Loan following such proposed assignment provides the
Master Servicer with a "Lender Certification for Assignment of Mortgage Loan" in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit N, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Master Servicer, providing the following: (i) that the Mortgage Loan is secured
by Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction in which an assignment in lieu
of satisfaction is required to preserve lien priority, minimize or avoid
mortgage recording taxes or otherwise comply with, or facilitate a refinancing
under, the laws of such jurisdiction; (ii) that the substance of the assignment
is, and is intended to be, a refinancing of such Mortgage Loan and that the form
of the transaction is solely to comply with, or facilitate the transaction
under, such local laws; (iii) that the Mortgage Loan following the proposed
assignment will have a rate of interest at least 0.25 percent below or above the
rate of interest on such Mortgage Loan prior to such proposed assignment; and
(iv) that such assignment is at the request of the borrower under the related
Mortgage Loan. Upon approval of an assignment in lieu of satisfaction with
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall receive cash in an
amount equal to the unpaid principal balance of and accrued interest on such
Mortgage Loan and the Master Servicer shall treat such amount as a Principal
Prepayment in Full with respect to such Mortgage Loan for all purposes hereof.
Section 3.14. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Master Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert
(which may include an REO Acquisition) the ownership of properties securing such
of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no
satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments
pursuant to Section 3.07. Alternatively, the Master Servicer may take other
actions in respect of a defaulted Mortgage Loan, which may include (i) accepting
a short sale (a payoff of the Mortgage Loan for an amount less than the total
amount contractually owed in order to facilitate a sale of the Mortgaged
Property by the Mortgagor) or permitting a short refinancing (a payoff of the
Mortgage Loan for an amount less than the total amount contractually owed in
order to facilitate refinancing transactions by the Mortgagor not involving a
sale of the Mortgaged Property), (ii) arranging for a repayment plan or (iii)
agreeing to a modification in accordance with Section 3.07. In connection with
such foreclosure or other conversion or action, the Master Servicer shall,
consistent with Section 3.11, follow such practices and procedures as it shall
deem necessary or advisable, as shall be normal and usual in its general
mortgage servicing activities and as shall be required or permitted by the
Program Guide; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be liable in any
respect hereunder if the Master Servicer is acting in connection with any such
foreclosure or other conversion or action in a manner that is consistent with
the provisions of this Agreement. The Master Servicer, however, shall not be
required to expend its own funds or incur other reimbursable charges in
connection with any foreclosure, or attempted foreclosure which is not
completed, or towards the correction of any default on a related senior mortgage
loan, or towards the restoration of any property unless it shall determine (i)
that such restoration and/or foreclosure will increase the proceeds of
liquidation of the Mortgage Loan to Holders of Certificates of one or more
Classes or the Insurer after reimbursement to itself for such expenses or
charges and (ii) that such expenses and charges will be recoverable to it
through Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, or REO Proceeds (respecting
which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Custodial
Account pursuant to Section 3.10, whether or not such expenses and charges are
actually recoverable from related Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or
REO Proceeds). In the event of such a determination by the Master Servicer
pursuant to this Section 3.14(a), the Master Servicer shall be entitled to
reimbursement of its funds so expended pursuant to Section 3.10. In addition,
the Master Servicer may pursue any remedies that may be available in connection
with a breach of a representation and warranty with respect to any such Mortgage
Loan in accordance with Sections 2.03 and 2.04. However, the Master Servicer is
not required to continue to pursue both foreclosure (or similar remedies) with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and remedies in connection with a breach of a
representation and warranty if the Master Servicer determines in its reasonable
discretion that one such remedy is more likely to result in a greater recovery
as to the Mortgage Loan. Upon the occurrence of a Cash Liquidation or REO
Disposition, following the deposit in the Custodial Account of all Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other payments and recoveries referred to in
the definition of "Cash Liquidation" or "REO Disposition," as applicable, upon
receipt by the Trustee of written notification of such deposit signed by a
Servicing Officer, the Trustee or any Custodian, as the case may be, shall
release to the Master Servicer the related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall
execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the
Master Servicer, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in
the Master Servicer or its designee, as the case may be, the related Mortgage
Loan, and thereafter such Mortgage Loan shall not be part of the Trust Fund.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement, in the
Master Servicer's sole discretion with respect to any defaulted Mortgage Loan or
REO Property as to either of the following provisions, (i) a Cash Liquidation or
REO Disposition may be deemed to have occurred if substantially all amounts
expected by the Master Servicer to be received in connection with the related
defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property have been received, and (ii) for
purposes of determining the amount of any Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds, REO Proceeds or other unscheduled collections or the amount of any
Realized Loss, the Master Servicer may take into account minimal amounts of
additional receipts expected to be received or any estimated additional
liquidation expenses expected to be incurred in connection with the related
defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property.
(b) In the event that title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired by the Trust
Fund as an REO Property by foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the
deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trustee or to its nominee on
behalf of Certificateholders. Notwithstanding any such acquisition of title and
cancellation of the related Mortgage Loan, such REO Property shall (except as
otherwise expressly provided herein) be considered to be an Outstanding Mortgage
Loan held in the Trust Fund until such time as the REO Property shall be sold.
Consistent with the foregoing for purposes of all calculations hereunder so long
as such REO Property shall be considered to be an Outstanding Mortgage Loan it
shall be assumed that, notwithstanding that the indebtedness evidenced by the
related Mortgage Note shall have been discharged, such Mortgage Note and the
related amortization schedule in effect at the time of any such acquisition of
title (after giving effect to any previous Curtailments and before any
adjustment thereto by reason of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any
moratorium or similar waiver or grace period) remain in effect.
(c) In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any REO Property as aforesaid or
otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan,
the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund shall dispose of such REO
Property within three full years after the taxable year of its acquisition by
the Trust Fund for purposes of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (or such shorter
period as may be necessary under applicable state (including any state in which
such property is located) law to maintain the status of each REMIC created
hereunder as a REMIC under applicable state law and avoid taxes resulting from
such property failing to be foreclosure property under applicable state law) or,
at the expense of the Trust Fund, request, more than 60 days before the day on
which such grace period would otherwise expire, an extension of such grace
period unless the Master Servicer obtains for the Trustee and the Insurer an
Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee, the Insurer and the Master
Servicer, to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such REO Property
subsequent to such period will not result in the imposition of taxes on
"prohibited transactions" as defined in Section 860F of the Code or cause any
REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC (for federal (or any
applicable State or local) income tax purposes) at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold
such REO Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of
Counsel). The Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from the
Custodial Account for any costs incurred in obtaining such Opinion of Counsel,
as provided in Section 3.10. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, no REO Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be rented (or
allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used by or on behalf of the Trust
Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such REO
Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) any subject REMIC created hereunder to
the imposition of any federal income taxes on the income earned from such REO
Property, including any taxes imposed by reason of Section 860G(c) of the Code,
unless the Master Servicer has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust
Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes.
(d) The proceeds of any Cash Liquidation, REO Disposition or purchase or
repurchase of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, as well
as any recovery (other than Subsequent Recoveries) resulting from a collection
of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or REO Proceeds, will be applied in
the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Master Servicer or the
related Subservicer in accordance with Section 3.10(a)(ii); second, to the
Certificateholders to the extent of accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage
Loan, and any related REO Imputed Interest, at the Net Mortgage Rate (or the
Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan), to the Due
Date in the related Due Period prior to the Distribution Date on which such
amounts are to be distributed; third, to the Certificateholders as a recovery of
principal on the Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) (provided that if any such
Class of Certificates to which such Realized Loss was allocated is no longer
outstanding, such subsequent recovery shall be distributed to the persons who
were the Holders of such Class of Certificates when it was retired); fourth, to
all Servicing Fees and Subservicing Fees payable therefrom (and the Master
Servicer and the Subservicer shall have no claims for any deficiencies with
respect to such fees which result from the foregoing allocation); fifth, to the
Insurer for reimbursement for any Cumulative Insurance Payments to the extent
not reimbursed pursuant to Section 4.02(c)(v); and sixth, to Foreclosure
Profits.
(e) In the event of a default on a Mortgage Loan one or more of whose obligors
is not a United States Person, in connection with any foreclosure or acquisition
of a deed in lieu of foreclosure (together, "foreclosure") in respect of such
Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall cause compliance with the provisions of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(d)(3) (or any successor thereto) necessary
to assure that no withholding tax obligation arises with respect to the proceeds
of such foreclosure except to the extent, if any, that proceeds of such
foreclosure are required to be remitted to the obligors on such Mortgage Loan.
Section 3.15. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.
(a) Upon becoming aware of the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or upon the
receipt by the Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be
escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer shall
immediately notify the Trustee (if it holds the related Mortgage File) or the
Custodian by a certification of a Servicing Officer (which certification shall
include a statement to the effect that all amounts received or to be received in
connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in the Custodial
Account pursuant to Section 3.07 have been or will be so deposited),
substantially in one of the forms attached hereto as Exhibit H requesting
delivery to it of the Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and
request, the Trustee shall promptly release, or cause the Custodian to release,
the related Mortgage File to the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer is
authorized to execute and deliver to the Mortgagor the request for reconveyance,
deed of reconveyance or release or satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument
releasing the lien of the Mortgage, together with the Mortgage Note with, as
appropriate, written evidence of cancellation thereon and to cause the removal
from the registration on the MERS(R) System of such Mortgage and to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any
and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation or of partial or full
release, including any applicable UCC termination statements. No expenses
incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of
reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Custodial Account or the Certificate
Account.
(b) From time to time as is appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any
Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Custodian, with a copy
to the Trustee, a certificate of a Servicing Officer substantially in one of the
forms attached as Exhibit H hereto, requesting that possession of all, or any
document constituting part of, the Mortgage File be released to the Master
Servicer and certifying as to the reason for such release and that such release
will not invalidate any insurance coverage provided in respect of the Mortgage
Loan under any Required Insurance Policy. Upon receipt of the foregoing, the
Trustee shall deliver, or cause the Custodian to deliver, the Mortgage File or
any document therein to the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall cause
each Mortgage File or any document therein so released to be returned to the
Trustee, or the Custodian as agent for the Trustee when the need therefor by the
Master Servicer no longer exists, unless (i) the Mortgage Loan has been
liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been
deposited in the Custodial Account or (ii) the Mortgage File or such document
has been delivered directly or through a Subservicer to an attorney, or to a
public trustee or other public official as required by law, for purposes of
initiating or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of
the Mortgaged Property either judicially or non-judicially, and the Master
Servicer has delivered directly or through a Subservicer to the Trustee a
certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the
Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered and the
purpose or purposes of such delivery. In the event of the liquidation of a
Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall deliver the Request for Release with respect
thereto to the Master Servicer upon the Trustee's receipt of notification from
the Master Servicer of the deposit of the related Liquidation Proceeds in the
Custodial Account.
(c) The Trustee or the Master Servicer on the Trustee's behalf shall execute and
deliver to the Master Servicer, if necessary, any court pleadings, requests for
trustee's sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee's sale
in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal action brought to obtain
judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to obtain a
deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in equity. Together
with such documents or pleadings (if signed by the Trustee), the Master Servicer
shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer requesting
that such pleadings or documents be executed by the Trustee and certifying as to
the reason such documents or pleadings are required and that the execution and
delivery thereof by the Trustee shall not invalidate any insurance coverage
under any Required Insurance Policy or invalidate or otherwise affect the lien
of the Mortgage, except for the termination of such a lien upon completion of
the foreclosure or trustee's sale.
Section 3.16. Servicing and Other Compensation; Eligible Master Servicing
Compensation.
(a) The Master Servicer, as compensation for its activities hereunder, shall be
entitled to receive on each Distribution Date the amounts provided for by
clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of Section 3.10(a), subject to clause (e)
below. The amount of servicing compensation provided for in such clauses shall
be accounted for on a Mortgage Loan-by-Mortgage Loan basis. In the event that
Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and REO Proceeds (net of amounts
reimbursable therefrom pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(ii)) in respect of a Cash
Liquidation or REO Disposition exceed the unpaid principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan plus unpaid interest accrued thereon (including REO Imputed
Interest) at a per annum rate equal to the related Net Mortgage Rate (or the
Modified Net Mortgage Rate in the case of a Modified Mortgage Loan), the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to retain therefrom and to pay to itself and/or the
related Subservicer, any Foreclosure Profits and any Servicing Fee or
Subservicing Fee considered to be accrued but unpaid.
(b) Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, late
payment charges, investment income on amounts in the Custodial Account or the
Certificate Account or otherwise shall be retained by the Master Servicer or the
Subservicer to the extent provided herein, subject to clause (e) below.
Prepayment charges shall be deposited into the Certificate Account and shall be
paid on each Distribution Date to the holders of the Class SB Certificates.
(c) The Master Servicer shall be required to pay, or cause to be paid, all
expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder
(including payment of premiums for the Primary Insurance Policies, if any, to
the extent such premiums are not required to be paid by the related Mortgagors,
and the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any Custodian) and shall not be
entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided in Sections
3.10 and 3.14.
(d) The Master Servicer's right to receive servicing compensation may not be
transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of
its responsibilities and obligations of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement.
(e) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the amount of servicing
compensation that the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive for its
activities hereunder for the period ending on each Distribution Date shall be
reduced (but not below zero) by an amount equal to Eligible Master Servicing
Compensation (if any) for such Distribution Date. Such reduction shall be
applied during such period as follows: first, to any Servicing Fee or
Subservicing Fee to which the Master Servicer is entitled pursuant to Section
3.10(a)(iii); second, to any income or gain realized from any investment of
funds held in the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account to which the
Master Servicer is entitled pursuant to Sections 3.07(c) or 4.01(b),
respectively; and third, to any amounts of servicing compensation to which the
Master Servicer is entitled pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(v) or (vi). In making
such reduction, the Master Servicer shall not withdraw from the Custodial
Account any such amount representing all or a portion of the Servicing Fee to
which it is entitled pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(iii); (ii) shall not withdraw
from the Custodial Account or Certificate Account any such amount to which it is
entitled pursuant to Section 3.07(c) or 4.01(b) and (iii) shall not withdraw
from the Custodial Account any such amount of servicing compensation to which it
is entitled pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(v) or (vi).
On each Distribution Date, Eligible Master Servicing Compensation shall
be applied to cover Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on each Loan Group on a pro
rata basis in accordance with the amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on
each Loan Group for such Distribution Date.
Section 3.17. Reports to the Trustee, the Insurer, and the Depositor.
Not later than fifteen days after each Distribution Date, the Master
Servicer shall forward to the Trustee, the Insurer and the Depositor a
statement, certified by a Servicing Officer, setting forth the status of the
Custodial Account as of the close of business on such Distribution Date as it
relates to the Mortgage Loans and showing, for the period covered by such
statement, the aggregate of deposits in or withdrawals from the Custodial
Account in respect of the Mortgage Loans for each category of deposit specified
in Section 3.07 and each category of withdrawal specified in Section 3.10.
Section 3.18. Annual Statement as to Compliance.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor, the Trustee and the
Insurer on or before the earlier of (a) March 31 of each year, beginning with
the first March 31 that occurs at least six months after the Cut-off Date, or
(b) with respect to any calendar year during which the Depositor's annual report
on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission, on or before the date on which the
Depositor's annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance
with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission (or, in
each case, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business
Day), an Officers' Certificate stating, as to each signer thereof, that (i) a
review of the activities of the Master Servicer during the preceding calendar
year related to its servicing of mortgage loans and of its performance under the
pooling and servicing agreements, including this Agreement, has been made under
such officers' supervision, (ii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based
on such review, the Master Servicer has complied in all material respects with
the minimum servicing standards set forth in the Uniform Single Attestation
Program for Mortgage Bankers and has fulfilled all of its material obligations
in all material respects throughout such year, or, if there has been material
noncompliance with such servicing standards or a default in the fulfillment in
all material respects of any such obligation relating to this Agreement, such
statement shall include a description of such noncompliance or specify each such
default, as the case may be, known to such officer and the nature and status
thereof and (iii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, each Subservicer has
complied in all material respects with the minimum servicing standards set forth
in the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers and has fulfilled
all of its material obligations under its Subservicing Agreement in all material
respects throughout such year, or if there has been material noncompliance with
such servicing standards or a material default in the fulfillment of such
obligations relating to this Agreement, specifying such statement shall include
a description of such noncompliance or specify each such default, as the case
may be, known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.
Section 3.19. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report.
On or before the earlier of (a) March 31 of each year, beginning with
the first March 31 that occurs at least six months after the Cut-off Date, or
(b) with respect to any calendar year during which the Depositor's annual report
on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission, the date on which the Depositor's
annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission (or, in each case,
if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day), the
Master Servicer at its expense shall cause a firm of independent public
accountants which shall be members of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants to furnish a report to the Depositor, the Insurer and the Trustee
stating its opinion that, on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm
substantially in accordance with standards established by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants, the assertions made pursuant to Section 3.18
regarding compliance with the minimum servicing standards set forth in the
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers during the preceding
calendar year are fairly stated in all material respects, subject to such
exceptions and other qualifications that, in the opinion of such firm, such
accounting standards require it to report. In rendering such statement, such
firm may rely, as to matters relating to the direct servicing of mortgage loans
by Subservicers, upon comparable statements for examinations conducted by
independent public accountants substantially in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (rendered
within one year of such statement) with respect to such Subservicers. In the
event such firm requires the Trustee to agree to the procedures performed by
such firm, the Master Servicer shall direct the Trustee in writing to so agree;
it being understood and agreed that the Trustee shall deliver such letter of
agreement in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Master Servicer, and
the Trustee shall not make any independent inquiry or investigation as to, and
shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency, validity
or correctness of such procedures.
Section 3.20. Right of the Depositor in Respect of the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall afford the Depositor and the Trustee, upon
reasonable notice, during normal business hours access to all records maintained
by the Master Servicer in respect of its rights and obligations hereunder and
access to officers of the Master Servicer responsible for such obligations. Upon
request, the Master Servicer shall furnish the Depositor and the Trustee with
its most recent financial statements and such other information as the Master
Servicer possesses regarding its business, affairs, property and condition,
financial or otherwise. The Master Servicer shall also cooperate with all
reasonable requests for information including, but not limited to, notices,
tapes and copies of files, regarding itself, the Mortgage Loans or the
Certificates from any Person or Persons identified by the Depositor or
Residential Funding. The Insurer is hereby so identified. The Depositor may, but
is not obligated to perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted
obligation of the Master Servicer hereunder or exercise the rights of the Master
Servicer hereunder; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be relieved of
any of its obligations hereunder by virtue of such performance by the Depositor
or its designee. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall have the
responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by the Master
Servicer and is not obligated to supervise the performance of the Master
Servicer under this Agreement or otherwise.
Section 3.21. Advance Facility.
(a) The Master Servicer is hereby authorized to enter into a financing or
other facility (any such arrangement, an "Advance Facility") under which
(1) the Master Servicer sells, assigns or pledges to another Person (an
"Advancing Person") the Master Servicer's rights under this Agreement to
be reimbursed for any Advances or Servicing Advances and/or (2) an
Advancing Person agrees to fund some or all Advances and/or Servicing
Advances required to be made by the Master Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement. No consent of the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Certificateholders or any other party shall be required before the
Master Servicer may enter into an Advance Facility. Notwithstanding the
existence of any Advance Facility under which an Advancing Person agrees
to fund Advances and/or Servicing Advances on the Master Servicer's
behalf, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated pursuant to this
Agreement to make Advances and Servicing Advances pursuant to and as
required by this Agreement. If the Master Servicer enters into an
Advance Facility, and for so long as an Advancing Person remains
entitled to receive reimbursement for any Advances including
Nonrecoverable Advances ("Advance Reimbursement Amounts") and/or
Servicing Advances including Nonrecoverable Advances ("Servicing Advance
Reimbursement Amounts" and together with Advance Reimbursement Amounts,
"Reimbursement Amounts") (in each case to the extent such type of
Reimbursement Amount is included in the Advance Facility), as
applicable, pursuant to this Agreement, then the Master Servicer shall
identify such Reimbursement Amounts consistent with the reimbursement
rights set forth in Section 3.10(a)(ii) and (vii) and remit such
Reimbursement Amounts in accordance with this Section 3.21 or otherwise
in accordance with the documentation establishing the Advance Facility
to such Advancing Person or to a trustee, agent or custodian (an
"Advance Facility Trustee") designated by such Advancing Person in an
Advance Facility Notice described below in Section 3.21(b).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if so required pursuant to the terms of
the Advance Facility, the Master Servicer may direct, and if so directed
in writing the Trustee is hereby authorized to and shall pay to the
Advance Facility Trustee the Reimbursement Amounts identified pursuant
to the preceding sentence. An Advancing Person whose obligations
hereunder are limited to the funding of Advances and/or Servicing
Advances shall not be required to meet the qualifications of a Master
Servicer or a Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.02(a) or 6.02(c) hereof
and shall not be deemed to be a Subservicer under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall
Advance Reimbursement Amounts or Servicing Advance Reimbursement Amounts
be included in the Available Distribution Amount or distributed to
Certificateholders.
(b) If the Master Servicer enters into an Advance Facility and makes the
election set forth in Section 3.21(a), the Master Servicer and the
related Advancing Person shall deliver to the Trustee a written notice
and payment instruction (an "Advance Facility Notice"), providing the
Trustee with written payment instructions as to where to remit Advance
Reimbursement Amounts and/or Servicing Advance Reimbursement Amounts
(each to the extent such type of Reimbursement Amount is included within
the Advance Facility) on subsequent Distribution Dates. The payment
instruction shall require the applicable Reimbursement Amounts to be
distributed to the Advancing Person or to an Advance Facility Trustee
designated in the Advance Facility Notice. An Advance Facility Notice
may only be terminated by the joint written direction of the Master
Servicer and the related Advancing Person (and any related Advance
Facility Trustee). The Master Servicer will provide the Insurer with
notice of any termination of any Advance Facility pursuant to this
Section 3.21(b).
(c) Reimbursement Amounts shall consist solely of amounts in respect of
Advances and/or Servicing Advances made with respect to the Mortgage
Loans for which the Master Servicer would be permitted to reimburse
itself in accordance with Section 3.10(a)(ii) and (vii) hereof, assuming
the Master Servicer or the Advancing Person had made the related
Advance(s) and/or Servicing Advance(s). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
except with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances as set
forth in Section 3.10(c) of this Agreement, no Person shall be entitled
to reimbursement from funds held in the Collection Account for future
distribution to Certificateholders pursuant to this Agreement. Neither
the Depositor nor the Trustee shall have any duty or liability with
respect to the calculation of any Reimbursement Amount, nor shall the
Depositor or the Trustee have any responsibility to track or monitor the
administration of the Advance Facility and the Depositor shall not have
any responsibility to track, monitor or verify the payment of
Reimbursement Amounts to the related Advancing Person or Advance
Facility Trustee. The Master Servicer shall maintain and provide to any
Successor Master Servicer (a "Successor Master Servicer") a detailed
accounting on a loan-by-loan basis as to amounts advanced by, sold,
pledged or assigned to, and reimbursed to any Advancing Person. The
Successor Master Servicer shall be entitled to rely on any such
information provided by the Master Servicer and the Successor Master
Servicer shall not be liable for any errors in such information.
(d) Upon the direction of and at the expense of the Master Servicer, the
Trustee agrees to execute such acknowledgments, certificates, and other
documents provided by the Master Servicer and reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee recognizing the interests of any Advancing Person or Advance
Facility Trustee in such Reimbursement Amounts as the Master Servicer
may cause to be made subject to Advance Facilities pursuant to this
Section 3.21, and such other documents in connection with such Advance
Facility as may be reasonably requested from time to time by any
Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee and reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee.
(e) Reimbursement Amounts collected with respect to each Mortgage Loan shall
be allocated to outstanding unreimbursed Advances or Servicing Advances
(as the case may be) made with respect to that Mortgage Loan on a
"first-in, first out" ("FIFO") basis, subject to the qualifications set
forth below:
(i) Any Successor Master Servicer to Residential Funding and the Advancing
Person or Advance Facility Trustee shall be required to apply all
amounts available in accordance with this Section 3.21(e) to the
reimbursement of Advances and Servicing Advances in the manner provided
for herein; provided, however, that after the succession of a Successor
Master Servicer, (A) to the extent that any Advances or Servicing
Advances with respect to any particular Mortgage Loan are reimbursed
from payments or recoveries, if any, from the related Mortgagor, and
Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, if any, with respect to that
Mortgage Loan, reimbursement shall be made, first, to the Advancing
Person or Advance Facility Trustee in respect of Advances and/or
Servicing Advances related to that Mortgage Loan to the extent of the
interest of the Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee in such
Advances and/or Servicing Advances, second to the Master Servicer in
respect of Advances and/or Servicing Advances related to that Mortgage
Loan in excess of those in which the Advancing Person or Advance
Facility Trustee Person has an interest, and third, to the Successor
Master Servicer in respect of any other Advances and/or Servicing
Advances related to that Mortgage Loan, from such sources as and when
collected, and (B) reimbursements of Advances and Servicing Advances
that are Nonrecoverable Advances shall be made pro rata to the Advancing
Person or Advance Facility Trustee, on the one hand, and any such
Successor Master Servicer, on the other hand, on the basis of the
respective aggregate outstanding unreimbursed Advances and Servicing
Advances that are Nonrecoverable Advances owed to the Advancing Person,
Advance Facility Trustee or Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement,
on the one hand, and any such Successor Master Servicer, on the other
hand, and without regard to the date on which any such Advances or
Servicing Advances shall have been made. In the event that, as a result
of the FIFO allocation made pursuant to this Section 3.21(e), some or
all of a Reimbursement Amount paid to the Advancing Person or Advance
Facility Trustee relates to Advances or Servicing Advances that were
made by a Person other than Residential Funding or the Advancing Person
or Advance Facility Trustee, then the Advancing Person or Advance
Facility Trustee shall be required to remit any portion of such
Reimbursement Amount to the Person entitled to such portion of such
Reimbursement Amount. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Residential Funding shall remain entitled to be reimbursed by the
Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee for all Advances and
Servicing Advances funded by Residential Funding to the extent the
related Reimbursement Amount(s) have not been assigned or pledged to an
Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee. The documentation
establishing any Advance Facility shall require Residential Funding to
provide to the related Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee loan
by loan information with respect to each Reimbursement Amount
distributed to such Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee on each
date of remittance thereof to such Advancing Person or Advance Facility
Trustee, to enable the Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee to
make the FIFO allocation of each Reimbursement Amount with respect to
each Mortgage Loan.
(ii) By way of illustration, and not by way of limiting the generality of the
foregoing, if the Master Servicer resigns or is terminated at a time
when the Master Servicer is a party to an Advance Facility, and is
replaced by a Successor Master Servicer, and the Successor Master
Servicer directly funds Advances or Servicing Advances with respect to a
Mortgage Loan and does not assign or pledge the related Reimbursement
Amounts to the related Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee,
then all payments and recoveries received from the related Mortgagor or
received in the form of Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such
Mortgage Loan (including Insurance Proceeds collected in connection with
a liquidation of such Mortgage Loan) will be allocated first to the
Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee until the related
Reimbursement Amounts attributable to such Mortgage Loan that are owed
to the Master Servicer and the Advancing Person, which were made prior
to any Advances or Servicing Advances made by the Successor Master
Servicer, have been reimbursed in full, at which point the Successor
Master Servicer shall be entitled to retain all related Reimbursement
Amounts subsequently collected with respect to that Mortgage Loan
pursuant to Section 3.10 of this Agreement. To the extent that the
Advances or Servicing Advances are Nonrecoverable Advances to be
reimbursed on an aggregate basis pursuant to Section 3.10 of this
Agreement, the reimbursement paid in this manner will be made pro rata
to the Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee, on the one hand,
and the Successor Master Servicer, on the other hand, as described in
clause (i)(B) above.
(f) The Master Servicer shall remain entitled to be reimbursed for all
Advances and Servicing Advances funded by the Master Servicer to the
extent the related rights to be reimbursed therefor have not been sold,
assigned or pledged to an Advancing Person.
(g) Any amendment to this Section 3.21 or to any other provision of this
Agreement that may be necessary or appropriate to effect the terms of an
Advance Facility as described generally in this Section 3.21, including
amendments to add provisions relating to a successor master servicer,
may be entered into by the Trustee, the Depositor and the Master
Servicer with the consent of the Insurer, but without the consent of any
Certificateholder, with written confirmation from each Rating Agency
that the amendment will not result in the reduction of the ratings on
any class of the Certificates below the then current ratings on such
Certificates (without giving effect to the Policy), and delivery of an
Opinion of Counsel as required under Section 11.01(c) notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Section 11.01 of or elsewhere in this
Agreement.
(h) Any rights of set-off that the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor,
any Successor Master Servicer or any other Person might otherwise have
against the Master Servicer under this Agreement shall not attach to any
rights to be reimbursed for Advances or Servicing Advances that have
been sold, transferred, pledged, conveyed or assigned to any Advancing
Person.
(i) At any time when an Advancing Person shall have ceased funding Advances
and/or Servicing Advances (as the case may be) and the Advancing Person
or related Advance Facility Trustee shall have received Reimbursement
Amounts sufficient in the aggregate to reimburse all Advances and/or
Servicing Advances (as the case may be) the right to reimbursement for
which were assigned to the Advancing Person, then upon the delivery of a
written notice signed by the Advancing Person and the Master Servicer or
its successor or assign) to the Trustee terminating the Advance Facility
Notice (the "Notice of Facility Termination"), the Master Servicer or
its Successor Master Servicer shall again be entitled to withdraw and
retain the related Reimbursement Amounts from the Custodial Account
pursuant to Section 3.10.
(j) After delivery of any Advance Facility Notice, and until any such
Advance Facility Notice has been terminated by a Notice of Facility
Termination, this Section 3.21 may not be amended or otherwise modified
without the prior written consent of the related Advancing Person.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 4.01. Certificate Account.
(a) The Master Servicer acting as agent of the Trustee shall establish and
maintain a Certificate Account in which the Master Servicer shall deposit or
cause to be deposited on behalf of the Trustee on or before 2:00 P.M. New York
time on each Certificate Account Deposit Date by wire transfer of immediately
available funds an amount equal to the sum of (i) any Advance for the
immediately succeeding Distribution Date, (ii) any amount required to be paid
pursuant to Section 3.12(a), (iii) any amount required to be deposited in the
Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.16(e), Section 4.07 or Section 4.08,
(iv) any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 9.01, (v) any prepayment
charges on the Mortgage Loans received during the related Prepayment Period,
(vi) an amount equal to the Certificate Insurance Premium payable on such
Distribution Date, and (vii) all other amounts constituting the Available
Distribution Amount for the immediately succeeding Distribution Date. In
addition, as and to the extent required pursuant to Section 4.10(b), the Trustee
shall withdraw from the Insurance Account and deposit into the Certificate
Account the amount necessary to pay the Insured Payment on each Distribution
Date to the extent received from the Insurer.
(b) On or prior to the Business Day immediately following each Determination
Date, the Master Servicer shall determine any amounts owed by the Yield
Maintenance Agreement Provider under the Yield Maintenance Agreement and inform
the Trustee in writing of the amount so calculated.
(c) On each Distribution Date, prior to making any other distributions referred
to in Section 4.02 herein, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Certificate
Account and pay to the Insurer, by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to the Insurer Account, the Certificate Insurer Premium as designated by the
Master Servicer in the written statement delivered in accordance with Section
4.04(a) for such Distribution Date. The Trustee shall deposit any amounts
received from the Insurer pursuant to the Policy into the Insurance Account. The
amount necessary to pay any Insured Payment shall be distributed on the
immediately following Distribution Date as part of the Available Distribution
Amount.
(d) The Trustee shall, upon written request from the Master Servicer, invest or
cause the institution maintaining the Certificate Account to invest the funds in
the Certificate Account in Permitted Investments designated in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Insurer, which shall
mature not later than the Business Day next preceding the Distribution Date next
following the date of such investment (except that (i) if such Permitted
Investment is an obligation of the institution that maintains such account or a
fund for which such institution serves as custodian, then such Permitted
Investment may mature on such Distribution Date and (ii) any other investment
may mature on such Distribution Date if the Trustee shall advance funds on such
Distribution Date to the Certificate Account in the amount payable on such
investment on such Distribution Date, pending receipt thereof to the extent
necessary to make distributions on the Certificates) and shall not be sold or
disposed of prior to maturity. All income and gain realized from any such
investment shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer and shall be subject
to its withdrawal or order from time to time. The amount of any losses incurred
in respect of any such investments shall be deposited in the Certificate Account
by the Master Servicer out of its own funds immediately as realized.
Section 4.02. Distributions.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee (or the Paying Agent on behalf of the
Trustee) shall allocate and distribute the Available Distribution Amount, if
any, for such date to the interests issued in respect of REMIC I and REMIC II,
as specified in this Section.
(b) (1) On each Distribution Date, the following amounts, in the following order
of priority, shall be distributed by REMIC I to REMIC II on account of the REMIC
I Group I Regular Interests:
(i) to the extent of the Group I Available Distribution Amount to the
Holders of each REMIC I Group I Regular Interest, pro rata, in an amount
equal to (A) Uncertificated Accrued Interest for such REMIC I Group I
Regular Interests for such Distribution Date, plus (B) any amounts in
respect thereof remaining unpaid from previous Distribution Dates.
Amounts payable as Uncertificated Accrued Interest in respect of REMIC I
Group I Regular Interest I-ZZ shall be reduced when the sum of (i) the
REMIC I Group I Overcollateralized Amount and (ii) the REMIC I Group II
Overcollateralized Amount is less than the REMIC I Group I Required
Overcollateralization Amount, by the lesser of (x) the amount of such
difference and (y) the REMIC I Regular Interest I-ZZ Maximum Interest
Deferral Amount, and such amount will be payable to the Holders of REMIC
I Regular Interests I-A-I-1, I-A-I-2, I-A-I-3, and I-A-I-4 in the same
proportion as the Overcollateralization Increase Amount is allocated to
the corresponding Class of Certificates, and the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of the REMIC I Regular Interest I-ZZ shall be
increased by such amount; and
(ii) on each Distribution Date, to the Holders of REMIC I Group I Regular
Interests, in an amount equal to the remainder of the Group I Available
Distribution Amount after the distributions made pursuant to clause (i)
above, allocated as follows (except as provided below): (A) to the
Holders of the REMIC I Regular Interest I-AA, 98.00% of such remainder
until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular
Interest is reduced to zero; (B) 2.00% of such remainder, first to the
Holders of REMIC I Regular Interests I-A-I-1, I-A-I-2, I-A-I-3, and
I-A-I-4, in an aggregate amount equal to 1.00% of and in the same
proportion as principal payments are allocated to the corresponding
Class of Certificates for each such REMIC I Group I Regular Interest,
respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of each such
REMIC I Group I Regular Interest is reduced to zero; and, second, to the
Holders of the REMIC I Regular Interest I-ZZ, until the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest is reduced to zero;
and (C) any remaining amounts to the Holders of the Class R-I
Certificates.
(2) On each Distribution Date, the following amounts, in the
following order of priority, shall be distributed by REMIC I to REMIC II
on account of the REMIC I Group II Regular Interests:
(i) to the extent of the Group II Available Distribution
Amount, to the Holders of each REMIC I Group II Regular
Interest, pro rata, in an amount equal to (A)
Uncertificated Accrued Interest for such REMIC I Group II
Regular Interests for such Distribution Date, plus (B) any
amounts in respect thereof remaining unpaid from previous
Distribution Dates. Amounts payable as Uncertificated
Accrued Interest in respect of REMIC I Group II Regular
Interest II-ZZ shall be reduced when the sum of (i) the
REMIC I Group II Overcollateralized Amount and (ii) the
REMIC II Group II Overcollateralized Amount is less than
the REMIC I Group II Required Overcollateralization
Amount, by the lesser of (x) the amount of such difference
and (y) the REMIC I Regular Interest II-ZZ Maximum
Interest Deferral Amount, and such amount will be payable
to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interests II-A-II in the
same proportion as the Overcollateralization Increase
Amount is allocated to the corresponding Class of
Certificates, and the Uncertificated Principal Balance of
the REMIC I Regular Interest II-ZZ shall be increased by
such amount; and
(ii) on each Distribution Date, to the Holders of REMIC I
Group II Regular Interests, in an amount equal to the
remainder of the Group II Available Distribution Amount
after the distributions made pursuant to clause (i) above,
allocated as follows (except as provided below): (A) to
the Holders of the REMIC I Regular Interest II-AA, 98.00%
of such remainder until the Uncertificated Principal
Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest is reduced to
zero; (B) 2.00% of such remainder, first to the Holders of
REMIC I Regular Interests II-A-II, in an aggregate amount
equal to 1.00% of and in the same proportion as principal
payments are allocated to the corresponding Class of
Certificates for each such REMIC I Group II Regular
Interest, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal
Balance of each such REMIC I Group II Regular Interest is
reduced to zero; and, second, to the Holders of the REMIC
I Regular Interest II-ZZ, until the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest is
reduced to zero; and (C) any remaining amounts to the
Holders of the Class R-II Certificates.
(3) Notwithstanding the distributions described in this Section
4.02(b), distribution of funds from the Certificate Account shall be
made only in accordance with Section 4.02(c).
(c) On each Distribution Date (x) the Master Servicer on behalf of the
Trustee or (y) the Paying Agent appointed by the Trustee, shall
distribute to each Certificateholder of record on the next preceding
Record Date (other than as provided in Section 9.01 respecting the final
distribution) either in immediately available funds (by wire transfer or
otherwise) to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
has so notified the Master Servicer or the Paying Agent, as the case may
be, or, if such Certificateholder has not so notified the Master
Servicer or the Paying Agent by the Record Date, by check mailed to such
Certificateholder at the address of such Holder appearing in the
Certificate Register such Certificateholder's share (which share with
respect to each Class of Certificates, shall be based on the aggregate
of the Percentage Interests represented by Certificates of the
applicable Class held by such Holder of the following amounts, in the
following order of priority, subject to the provisions of Section
4.02(d)), to the extent of the Available Distribution Amount on deposit
in the Certificate Account with respect to clauses (i) and (ii), and to
the extent of the sum of the remaining Available Distribution Amount and
the Yield Maintenance Payments on deposit in the Certificate Account
with respect to clauses (iii) through (xiii) (and, with respect to
clause (xii)(B) below, to the extent of prepayment charges on deposit in
the Certificate Account):
(i) to the Class A Certificateholders, the Interest Distribution Amount,
with such amount allocated among the Class A Certificateholders pursuant
to the Class A Interest Distribution Priority;
(ii) to the Class A Certificateholders, from the amount, if any, of the
Available Distribution Amount remaining after the foregoing
distributions, the Principal Distribution Amount (other than the amounts
set forth in clauses (b)(iv), (b)(v), and (b)(vi) of the definition
thereof), in the order of priority described in Section 4.02(d) hereof,
until the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A Certificates
have been reduced to zero;
(iii) to the Class A Certificateholders, from the amount, if any, of Excess
Cash Flow, an amount equal to the principal portion of Realized Losses
previously allocated to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of any
Class of the Class A Certificates and remaining unreimbursed, but only
to the extent of Subsequent Recoveries on the related Mortgage Loans for
that Distribution Date, which amount shall be included in the Principal
Distribution Amount and paid in accordance with Section 4.02(d) hereof,
until the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A Certificates
have been reduced to zero;
(iv) to the Class A Certificateholders, from the amount, if any, of Excess
Cash Flow remaining after the foregoing distributions, an amount equal
to the principal portion of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans during
the immediately preceding Prepayment Period, which amount shall be
included in the Principal Distribution Amount and paid in accordance
with Section 4.02(d) hereof, until the Certificate Principal Balances of
the Class A Certificates have been reduced to zero;
(v) to the Insurer, from the amount, if any, of the Excess Cash Flow
remaining after the foregoing distributions, an amount equal to the
Cumulative Insurance Payments;
(vi) to the Class A Certificateholders, from the amount, if any, of the
Excess Cash Flow remaining after the foregoing distributions, the
Overcollateralization Increase Amount for such Distribution Date, which
amount shall be included in the Principal Distribution Amount and paid
in accordance with Section 4.02(d) hereof, until the Certificate
Principal Balances of the Class A Certificates have been reduced to
zero;
(vii) to the Class A Certificateholders from the amount, if any, of the Excess
Cash Flow remaining after the foregoing distributions, the amount of any
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls allocated thereto for such Distribution
Date, on a pro rata basis based on Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
previously allocated thereto that remain unreimbursed, to the extent not
covered by Eligible Master Servicing Compensation on such Distribution
Date;
(viii) to the Class A Certificateholders from the amount, if any, of the Excess
Cash Flow remaining after the foregoing distributions, the amount of any
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls previously allocated thereto on any prior
Distribution Date that remain unreimbursed, together with interest
thereon at the applicable Pass-Through Rate, on a pro rata basis based
on Prepayment Interest Shortfalls previously allocated thereto that
remain unreimbursed;
(ix) from the amount, if any, of the Excess Cash Flow remaining after the
foregoing distributions, to pay the Class A Certificates, on a pro rata
basis, based on the amount of the Group I Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry-Forward Amount and Group II Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward
Amount, as applicable, previously allocated thereto that remain
unreimbursed, the amount of any Group I Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry-Forward Amount and Group II Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward
Amount remaining unpaid as of such Distribution Date;
(x) to the Class A Certificates on a pro rata basis, based on the amount of
Relief Act Shortfalls allocated thereto on such Distribution Date, from
the amount, if any, of the Excess Cash Flow remaining after the
foregoing distributions, the amount of any Relief Act Shortfalls
allocated to those Certificates with respect to such Distribution Date;
(xi) to the Class A Certificateholders, from the amount, if any, of the
Excess Cash Flow remaining after the foregoing distributions, the
principal portion of any Realized Losses previously allocated to those
Certificates and remaining unreimbursed, which amount shall be
allocated, to the Class A Certificateholders on a pro rata basis, based
on their respective principal portion of any Realized Losses previously
allocated thereto that remain unreimbursed;
(xii) to the Class SB Certificates, (A) from the amount, if any, of the Excess
Cash Flow remaining after the foregoing distributions, the sum of (I)
Accrued Certificate Interest thereon, (II) the amount of any
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date and
(III) for any Distribution Date after the Certificate Principal Balance
of each Class of Class A Certificates has been reduced to zero, the
Overcollateralization Amount, and (B) from prepayment charges on deposit
in the Certificate Account, any prepayment charges received on the
Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment Period; and
(xiii) to the Class R-II Certificateholders, the balance, if any, of the Excess
Cash Flow.
(d) On each Distribution Date, the Principal Distribution Amount will be
distributed as follows:
(i) the Group I Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed as
follows: (1) first, to the Class A-I-1, Class A-I-2, Class A-I-3 and
Class A-I-4 Certificates, in that order, in each case until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and (2)
second, to the Class A-II Certificates, until the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and
(ii) the Group II Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed as
follows: (1) first, to the Class A-II Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and (2)
second, to the Class A-I-1, Class A-I-2, Class A-I-3 and Class A-I-4
Certificates, in that order, in each case until the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (c) and (d), upon the reduction of
the Certificate Principal Balance of a Class of Class A Certificates to
zero, such Class of Certificates will not be entitled to further
distributions pursuant to Section 4.02 (other than in respect of
Subsequent Recoveries on the related Mortgage Loans).
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, on any Distribution Date, the amounts
allocated from Excess Cash Flow pursuant to clauses (c)(iii) through
(c)(vi) of this Section 4.02 on such Distribution Date shall be paid
first from the Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date
and second from any Yield Maintenance Payment for such Distribution
Date.
(g) Any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans which are not
covered by Eligible Master Servicing Compensation as described in
Section 3.16 and Relief Act Shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans will be
allocated among the Class A Certificates pro rata in accordance with the
amount of Accrued Certificate Interest payable on such Distribution Date
absent such shortfalls. Any such uncovered Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls will be paid solely pursuant to Section 4.02(c)(vii) and
(viii) to the extent funds are available therefor. Any such Relief Act
Shortfalls will be paid solely pursuant to Section 4.02(c)(x) to the
extent funds are available therefor.
(h) In addition to the foregoing distributions, with respect to any
Subsequent Recoveries, the Master Servicer shall deposit such funds into
the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.07(b)(iii).
(i) Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate shall be paid
to the Depository, as Holder thereof, and the Depository shall be
responsible for crediting the amount of such distribution to the
accounts of its Depository Participants in accordance with its normal
procedures. Each Depository Participant shall be responsible for
disbursing such distribution to the Certificate Owners that it
represents and to each indirect participating brokerage firm (a
"brokerage firm" or "indirect participating firm") for which it acts as
agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds to
the Certificate Owners that it represents. None of the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Depositor, the Insurer or the Master Servicer
shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by
this Agreement or applicable law.
(j) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01, if the Master Servicer
anticipates that a final distribution with respect to any Class of
Certificates will be made on the next Distribution Date, the Master
Servicer shall, no later than the Determination Date in the month of
such final distribution, notify the Trustee and the Trustee shall, no
later than two (2) Business Days after such Determination Date, mail on
such date to each Holder of such Class of Certificates a notice to the
effect that: (i) the Trustee anticipates that the final distribution
with respect to such Class of Certificates will be made on such
Distribution Date but only upon presentation and surrender of such
Certificates at the office of the Trustee or as otherwise specified
therein, and (ii) no interest shall accrue on such Certificates from and
after the end of the prior calendar month. In the event that
Certificateholders required to surrender their Certificates pursuant to
Section 9.01(c) do not surrender their Certificates for final
cancellation, the Trustee shall cause funds distributable with respect
to such Certificates to be held in the Certificate Account for the
benefit of such Certificateholders as provided in Section 9.01(d).
Section 4.03. Statements to Certificateholders; Statements to
Rating Agencies; Exchange Act Reporting.
(a) Concurrently with each distribution charged to the Certificate Account
and with respect to each Distribution Date the Master Servicer shall
forward to the Trustee and the Trustee shall forward by mail or
otherwise make available electronically on its website (which may be
obtained by any Certificateholder by telephoning the Trustee at (800)
934-6802) to each Holder, the Insurer and the Depositor a statement
setting forth the following information as to each Class of
Certificates, in each case to the extent applicable:
(i) (A) the amount of such distribution to the Certificateholders of such
Class applied to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance thereof, and
(B) the aggregate amount included therein representing Principal
Prepayments;
(ii) the amount of such distribution to Holders of such Class of Certificates
allocable to interest;
(iii) if the distribution to the Holders of such Class of Certificates is less
than the full amount that would be distributable to such Holders if
there were sufficient funds available therefor, the amount of the
shortfall;
(iv) the amount of any Advance by the Master Servicer with respect to the
Group I Loans and Group II Loans pursuant to Section 4.04;
(v) the Stated Principal Balance of the Group I Loans, Group II Loans and
the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate after giving effect to the
distribution of principal on such Distribution Date;
(vi) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of the
Certificates, after giving effect to the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date, separately identifying any reduction thereof due to
Realized Losses other than pursuant to an actual distribution of
principal;
(vii) on the basis of the most recent reports furnished to it by Subservicers,
(a) the number and aggregate principal balances of the Group I Loans,
Group II Loans and the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate that are
Delinquent (1) one month, (2) two months and (3) three or more months
and the number and aggregate principal balance of the Group I Loans,
Group II Loans and the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate that are in
foreclosure, (b) the number and aggregate principal balances of the
Group I Loans, Group II Loans and the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate
that are Reportable Modified Mortgage Loans that are Delinquent (1) one
month, (2) two months and (3) three or more months and the number and
aggregate principal balance of the Group I Loans, Group II Loans and the
Mortgage Loans in the aggregate that are Reportable Modified Mortgage
Loans that are in foreclosure and are REO Property, indicating in each
case capitalized Mortgage Loans, other Servicing Modifications and
totals, and (c) for all Mortgage Loans that are Reportable Modified
Mortgage Loans, the number and aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Group I Loans, Group II Loans and the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate
that are Reportable Modified Mortgage Loans that have been liquidated,
the subject of pay-offs and that have been repurchased by the Master
Servicer or Seller;
(viii) the number, aggregate principal balance and book value of any REO
Properties with respect to the Group I Loans, the Group II Loans and the
Mortgage Loans in the aggregate;
(ix) the aggregate Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid, if any, for
each Class of Certificates, after giving effect to the distribution made
on such Distribution Date;
(x) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses with respect to the Group I
Loans, Group II Loans and the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate for such
Distribution Date and the aggregate amount of Realized Losses with
respect to the Group I Loans, Group II Loans and the Mortgage Loans in
the aggregate incurred since the Cut-off Date;
(xi) the amount of any Insured Payment paid on such Distribution Date, the
amount of any reimbursement payment made to the Insurer on such
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.02(c)(v) and the amount of the
Cumulative Insurance Payments, after giving effect to any such Insured
Payment or any such reimbursement payment to the Insurer;
(xii) the Pass-Through Rate on each Class of Certificates and the applicable
Net WAC Cap Rate;
(xiii) the weighted average of the Maximum Net Mortgage Rates with respect to
the Group I Loans, Group II Loans and the Mortgage Loans in the
aggregate;
(xiv) the Group I Basis Risk Shortfall, Group I Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry-Forward Amount, Group II Basis Risk Shortfall, Group II Basis Risk
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount and Prepayment Interest Shortfalls;
(xv) the Overcollateralization Amount and the Required Overcollateralization
Amount following such Distribution Date;
(xvi) the number and aggregate principal balance of the Group I Loans, Group
II Loans and the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate repurchased under
Section 4.07 or Section 4.08;
(xvii) the aggregate amount of any recoveries on previously foreclosed loans
with respect to the Group I Loans, the Group II Loans and the Mortgage
Loans in the aggregate from Residential Funding due to a breach of
representation or warranty;
(xviii) the weighted average remaining term to maturity of the Group I Loans,
Group II Loans and the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate after giving
effect to the amounts distributed on such Distribution Date;
(xix) the weighted average Mortgage Rates of the Group I Loans, Group II Loans
and the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate after giving effect to the
amounts distributed on such Distribution Date;
(xx) the amount if any, to be paid by a Derivative Counterparty under a
Derivative Contract; and
(xxi) the amount of any Yield Maintenance Payments payable to the Trustee on
behalf of the Trust Fund and any Yield Maintenance Termination Payment
payable to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund.
In the case of information furnished pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)
above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount per Certificate with a
$1,000 denomination. In addition to the statement provided to the Trustee as set
forth in this Section 4.03(a), the Master Servicer shall provide to any manager
of a trust fund consisting of some or all of the Certificates, upon reasonable
request, such additional information as is reasonably obtainable by the Master
Servicer at no additional expense to the Master Servicer. Also, at the request
of a Rating Agency, the Master Servicer shall provide the information relating
to the Reportable Modified Mortgage Loans substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit S to such Rating Agency within a reasonable period of time;
provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not be required to provide
such information more than four times in a calendar year to any Rating Agency.
(b) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the
Master Servicer shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and the Trustee shall
forward, or cause to be forwarded, upon the Trustee's receipt thereof to each
Person who at any time during the calendar year was the Holder of a Certificate,
other than a Class R Certificate, a statement containing the information set
forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (a) above aggregated for such
calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such Person was a
Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Master Servicer and Trustee shall be
deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable
information shall be provided by the Master Servicer and Trustee pursuant to any
requirements of the Code.
(c) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the
Master Servicer shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and the Trustee shall
forward, or cause to be forwarded, to each Person who at any time during the
calendar year was the Holder of a Class R Certificate, a statement containing
the applicable distribution information provided pursuant to this Section 4.03
aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which
such Person was the Holder of a Class R Certificate. Such obligation of the
Master Servicer shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that
substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Master Servicer
and forwarded by the Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the Code.
(d) As soon as reasonably practicable, upon the written request of any Class SB
or Class R Certificateholder, the Master Servicer shall provide the requesting
Certificateholder with such information as is necessary and appropriate, in the
Master Servicer's sole discretion, for purposes of satisfying applicable
reporting requirements under Rule 144A.
(e) The Master Servicer shall, on behalf of the Depositor and in respect of the
Trust Fund, sign and cause to be filed with the Commission any periodic reports
required to be filed under the provisions of the Exchange Act, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder. In connection with the preparation and
filing of such periodic reports, the Trustee shall timely provide to the Master
Servicer (I) a list of Certificateholders as shown on the Certificate Register
as of the end of each calendar year, (II) copies of all pleadings, other legal
process and any other documents relating to any claims, charges or complaints
involving the Trustee, as trustee hereunder, or the Trust Fund that are received
by the Trustee, (III) notice of all matters that, to the actual knowledge of a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee, have been submitted to a vote of the
Certificateholders, other than those matters that have been submitted to a vote
of the Certificateholders at the request of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer, and (IV) notice of any failure of the Trustee to make any distribution
to the Certificateholders as required pursuant to this Agreement. Neither the
Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall have any liability with respect to the
Master Servicer's failure to properly prepare or file such periodic reports
resulting from or relating to the Master Servicer's inability or failure to
obtain any information not resulting from the Master Servicer's own negligence
or willful misconduct. Any Form 10-K filed with the Commission in connection
with this clause (d) shall include a certification, signed by the senior officer
in charge of the servicing functions of the Master Servicer, in the form
attached as Exhibit R-1 hereto or such other form as may be required or
permitted by the Commission (the "Form 10-K Certification"), in compliance with
Rule 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act and any additional directives of
the Commission. In connection with the Form 10-K Certification, the Trustee
shall provide the Master Servicer with a back-up certification substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit R-2. This Section 4.03(e) may be amended in
accordance with this Agreement without the consent of the Certificateholders.
Section 4.04. Distribution of Reports to the Trustee and the
Depositor; Advances by the Master Servicer.
(a) Prior to the close of business on the Business Day next succeeding each
Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall furnish a written statement (which
may be in a mutually agreeable electronic format) to the Trustee, the Insurer,
any Paying Agent and the Depositor (the information in such statement to be made
available to Certificateholders by the Master Servicer on request) (provided
that the Master Servicer shall use its best efforts to deliver such written
statement not later than 12:00 P.M. New York time on the second Business Day
prior to the Distribution Date) setting forth (i) the Available Distribution
Amounts, (ii) the amounts required to be withdrawn from the Custodial Account
and deposited into the Certificate Account on the immediately succeeding
Certificate Account Deposit Date pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 4.01(a),
(iii) the amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, Group I Basis Risk
Shortfall, Group II Basis Risk Shortfall, Group I Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry-Forward Amounts and Group II Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts,
(iv) the Certificate Insurer Premium and, if the Master Servicer determines that
a Deficiency Amount exists for such Distribution, the amount necessary to
complete the notice in the form of Exhibit A to the Policy (the "Notice"), (v)
the Yield Maintenance Payment, if any, for such Distribution Date and (vi) the
amount payable by the Derivative Counterparties to the Trustee under the
Derivative Contracts as provided in Section 4.11. The determination by the
Master Servicer of such amounts shall, in the absence of obvious error, be
presumptively deemed to be correct for all purposes hereunder and the Trustee
shall be protected in relying upon the same without any independent check or
verification.
(b) On or before 2:00 P.M. New York time on each Certificate Account Deposit
Date, the Master Servicer shall either (i) remit to the Trustee for deposit in
the Certificate Account from its own funds, or funds received therefor from the
Subservicers, an amount equal to the Advances to be made by the Master Servicer
in respect of the related Distribution Date, which shall be in an aggregate
amount equal to the sum of (A) the aggregate amount of Monthly Payments other
than Balloon Payments (with each interest portion thereof adjusted to a per
annum rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate, plus the Certificate Insurer Premium
Modified Rate), less the amount of any related Servicing Modifications, Debt
Service Reductions or reductions in the amount of interest collectable from the
Mortgagor pursuant to the Relief Act or similar legislation or regulations then
in effect, on the Outstanding Mortgage Loans as of the related Due Date in the
related Due Period, which Monthly Payments were due during the related Due
Period and not received as of the close of business as of the related
Determination Date; provided that no Advance shall be made if it would be a
Nonrecoverable Advance and (B) with respect to each Balloon Loan delinquent in
respect of its Balloon Payment as of the close of business on the related
Determination Date, an amount equal to the assumed Monthly Payment (with each
interest portion thereof adjusted to a per annum rate equal to the Net Mortgage
Rate, plus the Certificate Insurer Premium Modified Rate) that would have been
due on the related Due Date based on the original amortization schedule for such
Balloon Loan until such Balloon Loan is finally liquidated, over any payments of
interest or principal (with each interest portion thereof adjusted to per annum
rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate) received from the related Mortgagor as of
the close of business on the related Determination Date and allocable to the Due
Date during the related Due Period for each month until such Balloon Loan is
finally liquidated, (ii) withdraw from amounts on deposit in the Custodial
Account and deposit in the Certificate Account all or a portion of the Amount
Held for Future Distribution in discharge of any such Advance, or (iii) make
advances in the form of any combination of clauses (i) and (ii) aggregating the
amount of such Advance. Any portion of the Amount Held for Future Distribution
so used shall be replaced by the Master Servicer by deposit in the Certificate
Account on or before 11:00 A.M. New York time on any future Certificate Account
Deposit Date to the extent that funds attributable to the Mortgage Loans that
are available in the Custodial Account for deposit in the Certificate Account on
such Certificate Account Deposit Date shall be less than payments to
Certificateholders required to be made on the following Distribution Date. The
Master Servicer shall be entitled to use any Advance made by a Subservicer as
described in Section 3.07(b) that has been deposited in the Custodial Account on
or before such Distribution Date as part of the Advance made by the Master
Servicer pursuant to this Section 4.04. The determination by the Master Servicer
that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed Advance, if made,
would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be evidenced by a certificate
of a Servicing Officer delivered to the Depositor, the Insurer and the Trustee.
In the event that the Master Servicer determines as of the Business Day
preceding any Certificate Account Deposit Date that it will be unable to deposit
in the Certificate Account an amount equal to the Advance required to be made
for the immediately succeeding Distribution Date, it shall give notice to the
Trustee and the Insurer of its inability to advance (such notice may be given by
telecopy), not later than 3:00 P.M., New York time, on such Business Day,
specifying the portion of such amount that it will be unable to deposit. Not
later than 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the Certificate Account Deposit Date the
Trustee shall, unless by 12:00 Noon, New York time, on such day the Trustee
shall have been notified in writing (by telecopy) that the Master Servicer shall
have directly or indirectly deposited in the Certificate Account such portion of
the amount of the Advance as to which the Master Servicer shall have given
notice pursuant to the preceding sentence, pursuant to Section 7.01, (a)
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement in accordance with Section 7.01 and (b) assume the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer as successor Master Servicer hereunder,
including the obligation to deposit in the Certificate Account an amount equal
to the Advance for the immediately succeeding Distribution Date. In connection
with the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall deposit all funds it receives
pursuant to this Section 4.04(b) into the Certificate Account.
Section 4.05. Allocation of Realized Losses.
(a) Prior to each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall determine the
total amount of Realized Losses, if any, that resulted from any Cash
Liquidation, Servicing Modifications, Debt Service Reduction, Deficient
Valuation or REO Disposition that occurred during the related Prepayment Period
or, in the case of a Servicing Modification that constitutes a reduction of the
interest rate on a Mortgage Loan, the amount of the reduction in the interest
portion of the Monthly Payment due in the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs. The amount of each Realized Loss shall be evidenced by an Officers'
Certificate.
(b) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated or covered as
follows:
first, by Excess Cash Flow as provided in clause (b)(v) of
the definition of "Principal Distribution Amount", to the extent
of the Excess Cash Flow for such Distribution Date;
second, by the reduction of the Overcollateralization
Amount, until such amount has been reduced to zero;
third, for any remaining Realized Losses on the Group I
Loans, to the Class A-I Certificates on a pro rata basis, and for
any remaining Realized Losses on the Group II Loans, to the Class
A-II Certificates, in each case until the Certificate Principal
Balances thereof have been reduced to zero.
(c) All allocations of a Realized Loss on a "pro rata basis" among two or more
specified Classes of Certificates means an allocation on a pro rata basis, among
the various Classes so specified, to each such Class of Certificates on the
basis of their then outstanding Certificate Principal Balances prior to giving
effect to distributions to be made on such Distribution Date in the case of the
principal portion of a Realized Loss or based on the Accrued Certificate
Interest thereon payable on such Distribution Date in the case of an interest
portion of a Realized Loss. Any allocation of the principal portion of Realized
Losses (other than Debt Service Reductions) to the Class A Certificates shall be
made by reducing the Certificate Principal Balance thereof by the amount so
allocated, which allocation shall be deemed to have occurred on such
Distribution Date; provided that no such reduction shall reduce the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates below the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, as applicable. Allocations of the
interest portions of Realized Losses (other than any interest rate reduction
resulting from a Servicing Modification) shall be made by operation of the
definition of "Accrued Certificate Interest" and by operation of the provisions
of Section 4.02(c). Allocations of the interest portion of a Realized Loss
resulting from an interest rate reduction in connection with a Servicing
Modification shall be made by operation of the provisions of Section 4.02(c).
All Realized Losses and all other losses allocated to a Class of Certificates
hereunder will be allocated among the Certificates of such Class in proportion
to the Percentage Interests evidenced thereby.
(d) (i) All Realized Losses on the Group I Loans shall be allocated on each
Distribution Date to the following REMIC Regular Interests in the specified
percentages, as follows: first, to Uncertificated Accrued Interest payable to
the REMIC I Regular Interests I-AA and I-ZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to
the excess of (a) the REMIC I Group I Interest Loss Allocation Amount over (b)
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by Eligible Master
Servicing Compensation) relating to the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution
Date, 98% and 2%, respectively; second, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances
of the REMIC I Regular Interests I-AA and I-ZZ up to an aggregate amount equal
to the REMIC I Principal Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively;
third, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interests
I-AA, 98%, I-A-I-4, 1% and I-ZZ, 1%, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance
of REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-I-4 has been reduced to zero; fourth, to the
Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interests I-AA, 98%,
I-A-I-3, 1%, and I-ZZ, 1%, until the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC
I Regular Interest I-A-I-3 has been reduced to zero; fifth, to the
Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interests I-AA, 98%,
I-A-I-2, 1%, and I-ZZ, 1%, until the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC
I Regular Interest I-A-I-2 has been reduced to zero; and sixth, to the
Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interests I-AA, 98%,
I-A-I-1, 1%, and I-ZZ, 1%, until the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC
I Regular Interest I-A-I-1 has been reduced to zero.
(ii) All Realized Losses on the Group II Loans shall be allocated on
each Distribution Date to the following REMIC Regular Interests in the specified
percentages, as follows: first, to Uncertificated Accrued Interest payable to
the REMIC I Regular Interests II-AA and II-ZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to
the excess of (a) the REMIC I Group I Interest Loss Allocation Amount over (b)
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by Eligible Master
Servicing Compensation) relating to the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution
Date, 98% and 2%, respectively; second, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances
of the REMIC I Regular Interests II-A-II and II-ZZ up to an aggregate amount
equal to the REMIC I Principal Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively;
and third, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interests
II-AA, 98%, II-A-II, 1%, and II-ZZ, 1%, until the Uncertificated Principal
Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest II-A-II has been reduced to zero.
(e) Realized Losses allocated to the Excess Cash Flow or the
Overcollateralization Amount pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this
Section, the definition of Accrued Certificate Interest and the operation of
Section 4.02(c) shall be deemed allocated to the Class SB Certificates. Realized
Losses allocated to the Class SB Certificates shall, to the extent such Realized
Losses represent Realized Losses on an interest portion, be allocated to the
Class SB Certificates, in reduction of the accrued but unpaid interest thereon.
Realized Losses allocated to the Excess Cash Flow pursuant to paragraph (b) of
this Section shall be deemed to reduce Accrued Certificate Interest on the Class
SB Certificates. Realized Losses allocated to the Overcollateralization Amount
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section shall be deemed first to reduce the
principal balance of the Class SB Certificates until such principal balance
shall have been reduced to zero and thereafter to reduce accrued and unpaid
interest on the Class SB Certificates.
Section 4.06. Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonment of Mortgaged Property.
The Master Servicer or the Subservicers shall file information returns
with respect to the receipt of mortgage interest received in a trade or
business, the reports of foreclosures and abandonments of any Mortgaged Property
and the informational returns relating to cancellation of indebtedness income
with respect to any Mortgaged Property required by Sections 6050H, 6050J and
6050P of the Code, respectively, and deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate on or before March 31 of each year, beginning with the first March
31 that occurs at least six months after the Cut-Off Date, stating that such
reports have been filed. Such reports shall be in form and substance sufficient
to meet the reporting requirements imposed by such Sections 6050H, 6050J and
6050P of the Code.
Section 4.07. Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
As to any Mortgage Loan which is delinquent in payment by 90 days or
more, the Master Servicer may, at its option, purchase such Mortgage Loan from
the Trustee at the Purchase Price therefor. If at any time the Master Servicer
makes a payment to the Certificate Account covering the amount of the Purchase
Price for such a Mortgage Loan, and the Master Servicer provides to the Trustee
a certification signed by a Servicing Officer stating that the amount of such
payment has been deposited in the Certificate Account, then the Trustee shall
execute the assignment of such Mortgage Loan at the request of the Master
Servicer without recourse to the Master Servicer which shall succeed to all the
Trustee's right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loan, and all
security and documents relative thereto. Such assignment shall be an assignment
outright and not for security. The Master Servicer will thereupon own such
Mortgage, and all such security and documents, free of any further obligation to
the Trustee or the Certificateholders with respect thereto.
Section 4.08. Limited Mortgage Loan Repurchase Right.
The Limited Repurchase Right Holder will have the irrevocable option at
any time to purchase any of the Mortgage Loans from the Trustee at the Purchase
Price, up to a maximum of five Mortgage Loans. In the event that this option is
exercised as to any five Mortgage Loans in the aggregate, this option will
thereupon terminate. If at any time the Limited Repurchase Right Holder makes a
payment to the Certificate Account covering the amount of the Purchase Price for
such a Mortgage Loan, and the Limited Repurchase Right Holder provides to the
Trustee a certification signed by a Servicing Officer stating that the amount of
such payment has been deposited in the Certificate Account, then the Trustee
shall execute the assignment of such Mortgage Loan at the request of the Limited
Repurchase Right Holder without recourse to the Limited Repurchase Right Holder
which shall succeed to all the Trustee's right, title and interest in and to
such Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents relative thereto. Such
assignment shall be an assignment outright and not for security. The Limited
Repurchase Right Holder will thereupon own such Mortgage, and all such security
and documents, free of any further obligation to the Trustee or the
Certificateholders with respect thereto. Any tax on "prohibited transactions"
(as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code) imposed on any REMIC relating to
the exercise of the option provided in this Section 4.08 shall in no event be
payable by the Trustee.
Section 4.09. The Yield Maintenance Agreement.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall, on behalf of the Trust Fund, for the
benefit of the Class A and Class SB Certificates, enter into the Yield
Maintenance Agreement.
(b) The Trustee shall deposit or cause to be deposited any amount received under
the Yield Maintenance Agreement into the Certificate Account on the date such
amount is received from the Yield Maintenance Agreement Provider under the Yield
Maintenance Agreement (including Yield Maintenance Agreement Termination
Payments, if any). All Yield Maintenance Payments received under the Yield
Maintenance Agreement shall be distributed as part of Excess Cash Flow in
accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 4.02(c) hereof, whereas, all
Yield Maintenance Agreement Termination Payments received under the Yield
Maintenance Agreement shall be used as set forth in Section 4.09(e) hereof.
Neither the Yield Maintenance Agreement nor any Yield Maintenance Payments
(including Yield Maintenance Termination Payments) constitute a part of any
REMIC created hereunder and to the extent any Yield Maintenance Payments are
included as part of Excess Cash Flow they are so for definition purposes only.
(c) Subject to Sections 8.01 and 8.02 hereof, the Trustee agrees to comply with
the terms of the Yield Maintenance Agreement and to enforce the terms and
provisions thereof against the Yield Maintenance Agreement Provider at the
written direction of the Holders of Class A Certificates entitled to at least
51% of the Voting Rights of such Classes of Certificates, or if the Trustee does
not receive such direction from such Certificateholders, then at the written
direction of Residential Funding.
(d) The Trustee and the Master Servicer shall treat the holders of each Class of
Certificates (other than the Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates) as
having entered into a notional principal contract with the holders of the Class
SB Certificates. Pursuant to each such notional principal contract, the holder
of the Class SB Certificates shall be treated as having agreed to pay the
amounts set forth in Sections 4.02(c)(iv) through (xi) to the holders of the
Certificates (other than the Class SB Certificates and Class R Certificates) in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Any payments to the Certificates
from amounts deemed received in respect of this notional principal contract
shall not be payments with respect to a "regular interest" in a REMIC within the
meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(1).
(e) In the event that the Yield Maintenance Agreement, or any replacement
thereof, terminates prior to the Distribution Date in December 2010, the Master
Servicer, but at no expense to the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee, to
the extent that the termination value under such Yield Maintenance Agreement is
sufficient therefor and only to the extent of the Yield Maintenance Agreement
Termination Payment received from the Yield Maintenance Agreement Provider,
shall (i) cause a new yield maintenance provider to assume the obligations of
such terminated yield maintenance agreement provider or (ii) cause a new yield
maintenance agreement provider to enter into a new interest rate yield
maintenance agreement with the Trust Fund having substantially similar terms as
those set forth in the terminated Yield Maintenance Agreement. Any Yield
Maintenance Agreement Termination Payment having a termination value which is
not sufficient to comply with clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.09(e) shall
be included in the definition of Yield Maintenance Payment herein and may be
distributed as Excess Cash Flow pursuant to Section 4.02(c) herein.
Section 4.10. The Policy.
(a) If pursuant to Section 4.04(a)(iv), the Master Servicer determines and
notifies a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in writing that a Deficiency
Amount exists and the amount of the Required Insured Payment for such
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall complete the Notice and submit such Notice
in accordance with the Policy to the Insurer no later than 12:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution
Date, as a claim for an Insured Payment in an amount equal to such Deficiency
Amount.
(b) The Trustee shall establish and maintain the Insurance Account on behalf of
the Holders of the Class A Certificates. Upon receipt of an Insured Payment from
the Insurer on behalf of the Class A Certificateholders, the Trustee shall
deposit such Insured Payment in the Insurance Account. All amounts on deposit in
the Insurance Account shall remain uninvested. On each Distribution Date, the
Trustee shall transfer any Insured Payment then on deposit in the Insurance
Account to the Certificate Account. The Trustee shall distribute on each
Distribution Date, in accordance with the written statement delivered by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.04(a), the Deficiency Amount for such
Distribution Date from the Certificate Account, together with the distributions
due to the Class A-I Certificateholders on such Distribution Date, as follows:
(i) with respect to the Class A-I Certificates, the portion of any such
Deficiency Amount related to clauses (1) and (2)(i) of the definition of
Deficiency Amount shall be distributed among the related Class A-I
Certificateholders on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective
shortfalls or allocations of Realized Losses; and (ii) the portion of any such
Deficiency Amount related to clause (2)(ii) of the definition of Deficiency
Amount shall be distributed to the related Class A-I Certificateholders in
accordance with Section 9.01(c). The Trustee shall distribute on each
Distribution Date the Deficiency Amount for such Distribution Date from the
Certificate Account, together with the distributions due to the Class A-II
Certificateholders on such Distribution Date, as follows: (i) with respect to
the Class A-II Certificates, the portion of any such Deficiency Amount related
to clauses (1) and (2)(i) of the definition of Deficiency Amount shall be
distributed among the related Class A-II Certificateholders on a pro rata basis
in accordance with their respective shortfalls or allocations of Realized
Losses; and (ii) the portion of any such Deficiency Amount related to clause
(2)(ii) of the definition of Deficiency Amount shall be distributed to the
related Class A-II Certificateholders in accordance with Section 9.01(c).
(c) The Trustee shall (i) receive as attorney-in-fact of each Class A
Certificateholder any Insured Payment from the Insurer and (ii) distribute such
Insured Payment to such Class A Certificateholders as set forth in subsection
(b) above. Insured Payments disbursed by the Trustee from proceeds of the Policy
shall not be considered payment by the Trust Fund with respect to the Class A
Certificates, nor shall such disbursement of such Insured Payments discharge the
obligations of the Trust Fund with respect to the amounts thereof, and the
Insurer shall become owner of such amounts to the extent covered by such Insured
Payments as the deemed assignee of such Class A Certificateholders. The Trustee
hereby agrees on behalf of each Class A Certificateholder (and each Class A
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of its Class A Certificates, hereby agrees)
for the benefit of the Insurer that the Trustee shall recognize that to the
extent the Insurer pays Insured Payments, either directly or indirectly (as by
paying through the Trustee), to the Class A Certificateholders, the Insurer will
be entitled to be subrogated to the rights of the Class A Certificateholders to
the extent of such payments.
Section 4.11. Derivative Contracts.
(a) The Trustee shall, at the written direction of the Master Servicer, on
behalf of the Trust Fund, enter into Derivative Contracts, solely for the
benefit of the Class SB Certificates. Any such Derivative Contract shall
constitute a fully prepaid agreement. The Master Servicer shall determine, in
its sole discretion, whether any Derivative Contract conforms to the
requirements of clauses (b) and (c) of this Section 4.11. Any acquisition of a
Derivative Contract shall be accompanied by an appropriate amendment to this
Agreement, including an Opinion of Counsel, as provided in Section 11.01, and
either (i) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the existence of the
Derivative Contract will not adversely affect the availability of the exemptive
relief afforded under ERISA by U.S. Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction
Exemption ("PTE") 94-29, as most recently amended, 67 Fed. Reg. 54487 (Aug. 22,
2002), to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, as of the date the Derivative
Contract is acquired by the Trustee; or (ii) the consent of each holder of a
Class A Certificate to the acquisition of such Derivative Contract. All
collections, proceeds and other amounts in respect of the Derivative Contracts
payable by the Derivative Counterparty shall be distributed to the Class SB
Certificates on the Distribution Date following receipt thereof by the Trustee
on behalf of the Trust Fund. In no event shall such an instrument constitute a
part of any REMIC created hereunder. In addition, in the event any such
instrument is deposited, the Trust Fund shall be deemed to be divided into two
separate and discrete sub-Trusts. The assets of one such sub-Trust shall consist
of all the assets of the Trust other than such instrument and the assets of the
other sub-Trust shall consist solely of such instrument.
(b) Any Derivative Contract that provides for any payment obligation on the part
of the Trust Fund must (i) be without recourse to the assets of the Trust Fund,
(ii) contain a non-petition covenant provision from the Derivative Counterparty,
(iii) limit payment dates thereunder to Distribution Dates and (iv) contain a
provision limiting any cash payments due to the Derivative Counterparty on any
day under such Derivative Contract solely to funds available therefor in the
Certificate Account available to make payments to the Holders of the Class SB
Certificates on such Distribution Date.
(c) Each Derivative Contract must (i) provide for the direct payment of any
amounts by the Derivative Counterparty thereunder to the Certificate Account at
least one Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date, (ii) contain an
assignment of all of the Trust Fund's rights (but none of its obligations) under
such Derivative Contract to the Trustee on behalf the Class SB
Certificateholders and shall include an express consent to the Derivative
Counterparty to such assignment, (iii) provide that in the event of the
occurrence of an Event of Default, such Derivative Contract shall terminate upon
the direction of a majority Percentage Interest of the Class SB Certificates,
and (iv) prohibit the Derivative Counterparty from "setting-off' or "netting"
other obligations of the Trust Fund and its Affiliates against such Derivative
Counterparty's payment obligations thereunder.
Section 4.12. Tax Treatment of Yield Maintenance Payments.
For federal income tax purposes, each holder of a Class A or Class SB
Certificate is deemed to own an undivided beneficial ownership interest in a
REMIC regular interest and the right to receive payments received by the
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, pursuant to the Yield Maintenance
Agreement in respect of the amounts set forth in Section 4.09(b) which right to
receive such payments shall not be attributable to any asset or amount owed by
any REMIC created hereunder.
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. The Certificates.
(a) The Class A, Class SB and Class R Certificates shall be substantially in the
forms set forth in Exhibits A, D and E, respectively, and shall, on original
issue, be executed and delivered by the Trustee to the Certificate Registrar for
authentication and delivery to or upon the order of the Depositor upon receipt
by the Trustee or one or more Custodians of the documents specified in Section
2.01. The Class A Certificates shall be issuable in minimum dollar denominations
of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. The Class SB
Certificates shall be issuable in registered, certificated form in minimum
percentage interests of 5.00% and integral multiples of 0.01% in excess thereof.
Each Class of Class R Certificates shall be issued in registered, certificated
form in minimum percentage interests of 20.00% and integral multiples of 0.01%
in excess thereof; provided, however, that one Class R Certificate of each Class
will be issuable to the REMIC Administrator as "tax matters person" pursuant to
Section 10.01(c) in a minimum denomination representing a Percentage Interest of
not less than 0.01%. The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile
signature on behalf of an authorized officer of the Trustee. Certificates
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time
the proper officers of the Trustee shall bind the Trustee, notwithstanding that
such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Certificate or did not hold such offices at
the date of such Certificates. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit
under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such
Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
for herein executed by the Certificate Registrar by manual signature, and such
certificate upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.
(b) The Class A Certificates shall initially be issued as one or more
Certificates registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and, except
as provided below, registration of such Certificates may not be transferred by
the Trustee except to another Depository that agrees to hold such Certificates
for the respective Certificate Owners with Ownership Interests therein. The
Certificate Owners shall hold their respective Ownership Interests in and to
each such Class A Certificate through the book-entry facilities of the
Depository and, except as provided below, shall not be entitled to Definitive
Certificates in respect of such Ownership Interests. All transfers by
Certificate Owners of their respective Ownership Interests in the Book-Entry
Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the
Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner.
Each Depository Participant shall transfer the Ownership Interests only in the
Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage
firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal
procedures.
The Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor may for all purposes
(including the making of payments due on the respective Classes of Book-Entry
Certificates) deal with the Depository as the authorized representative of the
Certificate Owners with respect to the respective Classes of Book-Entry
Certificates for the purposes of exercising the rights of Certificateholders
hereunder. The rights of Certificate Owners with respect to the respective
Classes of Book-Entry Certificates shall be limited to those established by law
and agreements between such Certificate Owners and the Depository Participants
and brokerage firms representing such Certificate Owners. Multiple requests and
directions from, and votes of, the Depository as Holder of any Class of
Book-Entry Certificates with respect to any particular matter shall not be
deemed inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate
Owners. The Trustee may establish a reasonable record date in connection with
solicitations of consents from or voting by Certificateholders and shall give
notice to the Depository of such record date.
In addition, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each
Certificate Owner materially adversely affected thereby may at its option
request a Definitive Certificate evidencing such Certificate Owner's Percentage
Interest in the related Class of Certificates. In order to make such request,
such Certificate Owner shall, subject to the rules and procedures of the
Depository, provide the Depository or the related Depository Participant with
directions for the Trustee to exchange or cause the exchange of the Certificate
Owner's interest in such Class of Certificates for an equivalent Percentage
Interest in fully registered definitive form. Upon receipt by the Trustee of
instruction from the Depository directing the Trustee to effect such exchange
(such instructions to contain information regarding the Class of Certificates
and the Certificate Principal Balance being exchanged, the Depository
Participant account to be debited with the decrease, the registered holder of
and delivery instructions for the Definitive Certificates and any other
information reasonably required by the Trustee), (i) the Trustee shall instruct
the Depository to reduce the related Depository Participant's account by the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Definitive Certificates, (ii) the
Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in accordance with the
registration and delivery instructions provided by the Depository, a Definitive
Certificate evidencing such Certificate Owner's Percentage Interest in such
Class of Certificates and (iii) the Trustee shall execute and authenticate a new
Book-Entry Certificate reflecting the reduction in the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class of Certificates by the amount of the Definitive
Certificates.
If (i)(A) the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the
Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depository and (B) the Depositor is unable to locate a
qualified successor or (ii) the Depositor notifies the Depository of its intent
to terminate the book-entry system and, upon receipt of notice of such intent
from the Depository, the Depository Participants holding beneficial interest in
the Book-Entry Certificates agree to initiate such termination, the Trustee
shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence
of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Certificates to
Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the
Book-Entry Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration
instructions from the Depository for registration of transfer, the Trustee shall
issue the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Depositor, the Master Servicer
nor the Trustee shall be liable for any actions taken by the Depository or its
nominee, including, without limitation, any delay in delivery of any instruction
required under this section and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected
in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates,
the Trustee and the Master Servicer shall recognize the Holders of the
Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.
(c) Each of the Certificates is intended to be a "security" governed by Article
8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York and any
other applicable jurisdiction, to the extent that any of such laws may be
applicable.
Section 5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at one of the offices or agencies to be
appointed by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.12, a
Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of
transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee is
initially appointed Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering
Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The
Certificate Registrar, or the Trustee, shall provide the Master Servicer with a
certified list of Certificateholders as of each Record Date prior to the related
Determination Date.
(b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office
or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 8.12
and, in the case of any Class SB or Class R Certificate, upon satisfaction of
the conditions set forth below, the Trustee shall execute and the Certificate
Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
Transferee or Transferees, one or more new Certificates of a like Class and
aggregate Percentage Interest.
(c) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for
other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class and aggregate
Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any
such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange
the Trustee shall execute and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and
deliver the Certificates of such Class which the Certificateholder making the
exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for
transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(d) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Class SB or Class R
Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other
disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and any applicable state securities laws
or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. Except as otherwise provided in
this Section 5.02(d), in the event that a transfer of a Class SB or Class R
Certificate is to be made, (i) unless the Depositor directs the Trustee
otherwise, the Trustee shall require a written Opinion of Counsel addressed to
and acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing
the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is
being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be
an expense of the Trustee, the Trust Fund, the Depositor or the Master Servicer,
and (ii) the Trustee shall require the Transferee to execute a representation
letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto, and the Trustee shall
require the transferor to execute a representation letter, substantially in the
form of Exhibit K hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Depositor and the Trustee certifying to the Depositor and
the Trustee the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters
shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Trust Fund, the Depositor or the
Master Servicer. In lieu of the requirements set forth in the preceding
sentence, transfers of Class SB or Class R Certificates may be made in
accordance with this Section 5.02(d) if the prospective Transferee of such a
Certificate provides the Trustee and the Master Servicer with an investment
letter substantially in the form of Exhibit O attached hereto, which investment
letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Depositor, or the Master
Servicer, and which investment letter states that, among other things, such
Transferee (i) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A,
acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional
buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (ii) is aware that the proposed
transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under
the 1933 Act provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Class SB or Class R
Certificate desiring to effect any transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition
shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Certificate Registrar against any liability that may
result if the transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is not so exempt or is
not made in accordance with such federal and state laws and this Agreement.
(e) In the case of any Class SB Certificate or Class R Certificate presented for
registration in the name of any Person, either (A) the Trustee shall require an
Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase
and holding of such Class SB or Class R Certificate is permissible under
applicable law, will not constitute or result in any non-exempt prohibited
transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or
comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), and will not subject the
Trustee, the Depositor or the Master Servicer to any obligation or liability
(including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code)
in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, or
(B) the prospective Transferee shall be required to provide the Trustee, the
Depositor and the Master Servicer with a certification to the effect set forth
in Exhibit J (with respect to a Class SB Certificate) or in paragraph fifteen of
Exhibit I-1 (with respect to a Class R Certificate), which the Trustee may rely
upon without further inquiry or investigation, or such other certifications as
the Trustee may deem desirable or necessary in order to establish that such
Transferee or the Person in whose name such registration is requested is not an
employee benefit plan or other plan subject to the prohibited transaction
provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (each, a "Plan"), or any Person
(including, without limitation, an insurance company investing its general
accounts, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any Plan) who
is using "plan assets", within the meaning of the U.S. Department of Labor
regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101, of any Plan (each, a "Plan
Investor") to effect such acquisition.
(f) (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership
Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have
irrevocably authorized the Trustee or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below
to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the
terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all
instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with
any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in
its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Trustee shall require
delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class
R Certificate until its receipt of,
(1) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit I-1) from the proposed Transferee, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and
warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that
it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate
that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or
agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long
as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will
endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the
provisions of this Section 5.02(f) and agrees to be bound by them, and
(2) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I-2, from the
Holder wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and
warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer
is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and
Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee who is assigned to this
Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is
not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest
in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be
effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer
Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person
attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless
it provides a certificate to the Trustee in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit I-2.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such
Certificate, agrees to give the Trustee written notice that it is
a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary
Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon
acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it
is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate
on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."
(ii) The Trustee shall register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate only
if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement, a
certificate of the Holder requesting such transfer in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit I-2 and all of such other documents as shall have been
reasonably required by the Trustee as a condition to such registration.
Transfers of the Class R Certificates to Non-United States Persons and
Disqualified Organizations (as defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the
Code) are prohibited.
(A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of a
Class R Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee
shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights
and obligations as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of
registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a
Non-United States Person shall become a holder of a Class R
Certificate, then the last preceding United States Person shall
be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and
obligations as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of
registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a
transfer of a Class R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the
provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section
1.860G-3, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be
restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and
obligations as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of
registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The
Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any
registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in fact
not permitted by this Section 5.02(f) or for making any payments
due on such Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any
other action with respect to such holder under the provisions of
this Agreement.
(B) If any purported Transferee shall become a Holder of a Class
R Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section
5.02(f) and to the extent that the retroactive restoration of the
rights of the Holder of such Class R Certificate as described in
clause (ii)(A) above shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
then the Master Servicer shall have the right, without notice to
the holder or any prior holder of such Class R Certificate, to
sell such Class R Certificate to a purchaser selected by the
Master Servicer on such terms as the Master Servicer may choose.
Such purported Transferee shall promptly endorse and deliver each
Class R Certificate in accordance with the instructions of the
Master Servicer. Such purchaser may be the Master Servicer itself
or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer. The proceeds of such
sale, net of the commissions (which may include commissions
payable to the Master Servicer or its Affiliates), expenses and
taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Master Servicer to
such purported Transferee. The terms and conditions of any sale
under this clause (ii)(B) shall be determined in the sole
discretion of the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer shall
not be liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate as a result of its exercise of such
discretion.
(iii) The Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee, shall make available,
upon written request from the Trustee, all information necessary to
compute any tax imposed
(A) as a result of the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate to any Person who is a Disqualified
Organization, including the information regarding "excess
inclusions" of such Class R Certificates required to be provided
to the Internal Revenue Service and certain Persons as described
in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.860D-1(b)(5) and
1.860E-2(a)(5), and
(B) as a result of any regulated investment company, real estate
investment trust, common trust fund, partnership, trust, estate
or organization described in Section 1381 of the Code that holds
an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate having as among
its record holders at any time any Person who is a Disqualified
Organization. Reasonable compensation for providing such
information may be required by the Master Servicer from such
Person.
(iv) The provisions of this Section 5.02(f) set forth prior to this clause
(iv) may be modified, added to or eliminated, provided that there shall
have been delivered to the Trustee the following:
(A) Written consent of the Insurer and written notification from
each Rating Agency to the effect that the modification, addition
to or elimination of such provisions will not cause such Rating
Agency to downgrade its then-current ratings, if any, of the
Class A Certificates below the lower of the then-current rating
or the rating assigned to such Certificates as of the Closing
Date by such Rating Agency; and
(B) a certificate of the Master Servicer stating that the Master
Servicer has received an Opinion of Counsel, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, to the effect that
such modification, addition to or absence of such provisions will
not cause any REMIC created hereunder to cease to qualify as a
REMIC and will not cause (x) any REMIC created hereunder to be
subject to an entity-level tax caused by the Transfer of any
Class R Certificate to a Person that is a Disqualified
Organization or (y) a Certificateholder or another Person to be
subject to a REMIC-related tax caused by the Transfer of a Class
R Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee.
(g) No service charge shall be made for any transfer or exchange of Certificates
of any Class, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Certificates.
(h) All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be destroyed by
the Certificate Registrar.
Section 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate
Registrar, or the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar receive evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate, and
(ii) there is delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
then, in the absence of notice to the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar that
such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall
execute and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor, Class and Percentage Interest but
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. Upon the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section, the Trustee may require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any duplicate
Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute complete and
indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust Fund, as if originally issued,
whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any
time.
Section 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentation of a Certificate for registration of transfer,
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Insurer, the Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Insurer, the
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name any
Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of
receiving distributions pursuant to Section 4.02 and for all other purposes
whatsoever, except as and to the extent provided in the definition of
"Certificateholder" and neither the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Insurer,
the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any agent of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Insurer, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall be
affected by notice to the contrary except as provided in Section 5.02(f).
Section 5.05. Appointment of Paying Agent.
The Trustee may, with the consent of the Insurer (so long as no Insurer
Default exists), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, appoint a
Paying Agent for the purpose of making distributions to Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.02. In the event of any such appointment, on or prior to
each Distribution Date the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee shall
deposit or cause to be deposited with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to make
the payments to Certificateholders in the amounts and in the manner provided for
in Section 4.02, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of
Certificateholders. The Trustee shall cause each Paying Agent to execute and
deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with
the Trustee that such Paying Agent will hold all sums held by it for the payment
to Certificateholders in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Certificateholders. Any
sums so held by such Paying Agent shall be held only in Eligible Accounts to the
extent such sums are not distributed to the Certificateholders on the date of
receipt by such Paying Agent.
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer shall each be liable in accordance
herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically and respectively
imposed upon and undertaken by the Depositor and the Master Servicer herein. By
way of illustration and not limitation, the Depositor is not liable for the
servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans, nor is it obligated by
Section 7.01 or 10.01 to assume any obligations of the Master Servicer or to
appoint a designee to assume such obligations, nor is it liable for any other
obligation hereunder that it may, but is not obligated to, assume unless it
elects to assume such obligation in accordance herewith.
Section 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master Servicer;
Assignment of Rights and Delegation of Duties by Master Servicer.
(a) The Depositor and the Master Servicer shall each keep in full effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the state of
its incorporation, and will each obtain and preserve its qualification to do
business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans
and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.
(b) Any Person into which the Depositor or the Master Servicer may be merged or
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to
which the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to the business of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, shall be the
successor of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as the case may be,
hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or surviving Person to
the Master Servicer shall be qualified to service mortgage loans on behalf of
Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac; and provided further that each Rating Agency's
ratings, if any, of the Class A Certificates (without taking into account the
Policy) in effect immediately prior to such merger or consolidation will not be
qualified, reduced or withdrawn as a result thereof (as evidenced by a letter to
such effect from each Rating Agency).
(c) Notwithstanding anything else in this Section 6.02 and Section 6.04 to the
contrary, the Master Servicer may assign its rights and delegate its duties and
obligations under this Agreement; provided that the Person accepting such
assignment or delegation shall be a Person which is qualified to service
mortgage loans on behalf of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac, is reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, the Insurer and the Depositor, is willing to
service the Mortgage Loans and executes and delivers to the Depositor, the
Insurer and the Trustee an agreement, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Depositor, the Insurer and the Trustee, which contains an
assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of
each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by the Master Servicer
under this Agreement; provided further that each Rating Agency's rating of the
Classes of Certificates (without taking into account the Policy) that have been
rated in effect immediately prior to such assignment and delegation will not be
qualified, reduced or withdrawn as a result of such assignment and delegation
(as evidenced by a letter to such effect from each Rating Agency). In the case
of any such assignment and delegation, the Master Servicer shall be released
from its obligations under this Agreement, except that the Master Servicer shall
remain liable for all liabilities and obligations incurred by it as Master
Servicer hereunder prior to the satisfaction of the conditions to such
assignment and delegation set forth in the next preceding sentence. This Section
6.02 shall not apply to any sale, transfer, pledge or assignment by Residential
Funding of the Call Rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a
pledge or assignment by the Master Servicer solely of its rights to purchase all
assets of the Trust Fund under Section 9.01(a) (or, if so specified in Section
9.01(a), its rights to purchase the Mortgage Loans and property acquired related
to a particular Loan Group or its rights to purchase the Certificates related
thereto), the provisos of the first sentence of this paragraph will not apply.
Section 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
Others.
None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any of the directors,
officers, employees or agents of the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be
under any liability to the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders for any action
taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to
this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this
provision shall not protect the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any such
Person against any breach of warranties or representations made herein or any
liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Master
Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor or the
Master Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie
properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer and any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be indemnified
by the Trust Fund and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense
incurred in connection with any legal action relating to this Agreement or the
Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense related to any specific
Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans (except as any such loss, liability or expense
shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) and any loss,
liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or
gross negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. Neither the Depositor nor the
Master Servicer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend
any legal or administrative action, proceeding, hearing or examination that is
not incidental to its respective duties under this Agreement and which in its
opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the
Depositor or the Master Servicer may in its discretion undertake any such
action, proceeding, hearing or examination that it may deem necessary or
desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties
hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the
legal expenses and costs of such action, proceeding, hearing or examination and
any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of
the Trust Fund, and the Depositor and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to
be reimbursed therefor out of amounts attributable to the Mortgage Loans on
deposit in the Custodial Account as provided by Section 3.10 and, on the
Distribution Date(s) following such reimbursement, the aggregate of such
expenses and costs shall be allocated in reduction of the Accrued Certificate
Interest on each Class entitled thereto in the same manner as if such expenses
and costs constituted a Prepayment Interest Shortfall.
Section 6.04. Depositor and Master Servicer Not to Resign.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.02, neither the Depositor nor the
Master Servicer shall resign from its respective obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it except upon determination that its duties hereunder are no longer
permissible under applicable law. Any such determination permitting the
resignation of the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the resigning party) to such effect
delivered to the Trustee and the Insurer. No such resignation by the Master
Servicer shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor servicer shall
have assumed the Master Servicer's responsibilities and obligations in
accordance with Section 7.02.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
Section 7.01. Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein, means any one of the following
events (whatever reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(i) the Master Servicer shall fail to distribute or cause to be distributed
to Holders of Certificates of any Class any distribution required to be
made under the terms of the Certificates of such Class and this
Agreement and, in either case, such failure shall continue unremedied
for a period of 5 days after the date upon which written notice of such
failure, requiring such failure to be remedied, shall have been given to
the Master Servicer by the Trustee, the Insurer or the Depositor or to
the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee by the Holders of
Certificates of such Class evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating
not less than 25%; or
(ii) the Master Servicer shall fail to observe or perform in any material
respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the
Master Servicer contained in the Certificates of any Class or in this
Agreement and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30
days (except that such number of days shall be 15 in the case of a
failure to pay the premium for any Required Insurance Policy) after the
date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be
remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee,
the Insurer or the Depositor, or to the Master Servicer, the Depositor
and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing,
as to such Class, Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25%; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having
jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or
future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or
appointing a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall
have been entered against the Master Servicer and such decree or order
shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60
days; or
(iv) the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or
receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities, or similar proceedings of, or
relating to, the Master Servicer or of, or relating to, all or
substantially all of the property of the Master Servicer; or
(v) the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage
of, or commence a voluntary case under, any applicable insolvency or
reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or
(vi) the Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.04(b)
that it is unable to deposit in the Certificate Account an amount equal
to the Advance.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (i)-(v) of this Section
shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Event of
Default shall not have been remedied, either the Depositor or the Trustee shall
at the written direction of the Insurer (unless an Insurer Default has occurred
and is continuing) or, if an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, at
the direction of Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting
Rights, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer (and to the Depositor and
the Insurer if given by the Trustee or to the Trustee and the Insurer if given
by the Depositor), terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master
Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds
thereof, other than its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder; provided,
however, that a successor to the Master Servicer is appointed pursuant to
Section 7.02 and such successor Master Servicer shall have accepted the duties
of Master Servicer effective upon the resignation of the Master Servicer. If an
Event of Default described in clause (vi) hereof shall occur, the Trustee, with
the written consent of the Insurer, shall, by notice to the Master Servicer and
the Depositor, immediately terminate all of the rights and obligations of the
Master Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the
proceeds thereof, other than its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder as
provided in Section 4.04(b). On or after the receipt by the Master Servicer of
such written notice, all authority and power of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates (other than as a Holder
thereof) or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall subject to Section 7.02 pass
to and be vested in the Trustee or the Trustee's designee appointed pursuant to
Section 7.02; and, without limitation, the Trustee is hereby authorized and
empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Master Servicer, as
attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and
to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect
the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and
endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or
otherwise. The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee in effecting
the termination of the Master Servicer's responsibilities and rights hereunder,
including, without limitation, the transfer to the Trustee or its designee for
administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be credited to
the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account or thereafter be received with
respect to the Mortgage Loans. No such termination shall release the Master
Servicer for any liability that it would otherwise have hereunder for any act or
omission prior to the effective time of such termination. Notwithstanding any
termination of the activities of Residential Funding in its capacity as Master
Servicer hereunder, Residential Funding shall be entitled to receive, out of any
late collection of a Monthly Payment on a Mortgage Loan which was due prior to
the notice terminating Residential Funding's rights and obligations as Master
Servicer hereunder and received after such notice, that portion to which
Residential Funding would have been entitled pursuant to Sections 3.10(a)(ii),
(vi) and (vii) as well as its Servicing Fee in respect thereof, and any other
amounts payable to Residential Funding hereunder the entitlement to which arose
prior to the termination of its activities hereunder. Upon the termination of
Residential Funding as Master Servicer hereunder the Depositor shall deliver to
the Trustee as successor Master Servicer a copy of the Program Guide. In
addition, the Depositor shall make access to the Program Guide available to the
Insurer.
Section 7.02. Trustee or Depositor to Act; Appointment of Successor.
(a) On and after the time the Trustee, the Insurer and the Master Servicer, as
applicable, receive a notice of termination from the Depositor or the Trustee
pursuant to Section 7.01 or the Insurer pursuant to Section 7.05, the Depositor
or the Trustee shall, at the direction of the Insurer (unless an Insurer Default
has occurred and is continuing) or, if an Insurer Default has occurred and is
continuing, at the direction of the Insurer with the consent of the Holders of
the Class A Certificates in accordance with Section (e) below, select and
appoint a successor Master Servicer, and if the Insurer or such Holders of Class
A Certificates, as applicable, fails to provide such direction and/or consent,
as the case may be, within 30 days, the Trustee or, upon notice to the Insurer
and the Depositor and with the Depositor's consent and, so long as no Insurer
Default exists, with the Insurer's consent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), a designee (which meets the standards set forth in
clause (c) below) of the Trustee, shall be the successor in all respects to the
Master Servicer in its capacity as servicer under this Agreement and the
transactions set forth or provided for herein.
(b) On and after the time the Master Servicer resigns in accordance with Section
6.04, the Trustee or, upon notice to the Depositor and with the Depositor's
consent and, so long as no Insurer Default exists, the Insurer's consent (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) a designee (which meets the
standards set forth in clause (c) below) of the Trustee, shall be the successor
in all respects to the Master Servicer in its capacity as servicer under this
Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein.
(c) Any successor Master Servicer appointed pursuant to clause (a) or clause (b)
shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating
thereto placed on the Master Servicer (except for the responsibilities, duties
and liabilities contained in Sections 2.02 and 2.03(a), excluding the duty to
notify related Subservicers as set forth in such Sections, and its obligations
to deposit amounts in respect of losses incurred prior to such notice or
termination on the investment of funds in the Custodial Account or the
Certificate Account pursuant to Sections 3.07(c) and 4.01(c) by the terms and
provisions hereof); provided, however, that any failure to perform such duties
or responsibilities caused by the preceding Master Servicer's failure to provide
information required by Section 4.04 shall not be considered a default by the
Trustee hereunder as successor Master Servicer. As compensation therefor, the
Trustee, as successor Master Servicer, shall be entitled to all funds relating
to the Mortgage Loans which the Master Servicer would have been entitled to
charge to the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account if the Master
Servicer had continued to act hereunder and, in addition, shall be entitled to
the income from any Permitted Investments made with amounts attributable to the
Mortgage Loans held in the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account. If the
Trustee has become the successor to the Master Servicer in accordance with
Section 6.04 or Section 7.01, then notwithstanding the above, the Depositor
shall, at the direction of the Insurer (unless an Insurer Default has occurred
and is continuing) or, if an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, at
the direction of the Insurer with the consent of the Holders of the Class A
Certificates in accordance with Section (e) below, select and appoint a
successor Master Servicer and if the Insurer or such Holders of Class A
Certificates, as applicable, fails to provide such direction and/or consent, as
the case may be, within 30 days, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so
act, or shall, if it is unable to so act, appoint, or petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established housing and home finance
institution, which is also a Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac-approved mortgage
servicing institution, having a net worth of not less than $10,000,000 as the
successor to the Master Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any part
of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer hereunder.
Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer hereunder, the Trustee
shall become successor to the Master Servicer and shall act in such capacity as
hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the
Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of
payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided,
however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the
initial Master Servicer hereunder. The Depositor, the Trustee, the Custodian and
such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall
be necessary to effectuate any such succession. The Servicing Fee for any
successor Master Servicer appointed pursuant to this Section 7.02 will be
lowered with respect to those Mortgage Loans, if any, where the Subservicing Fee
accrues at a rate of less than 0.50% per annum in the event that the successor
Master Servicer is not servicing such Mortgage Loans directly and it is
necessary to raise the related Subservicing Fee to a rate of 0.50% per annum in
order to hire a Subservicer with respect to such Mortgage Loans. The Master
Servicer shall pay the reasonable expenses of the Trustee in connection with any
servicing transfer hereunder.
(d) In connection with the termination or resignation of the Master Servicer
hereunder, either (i) the successor Master Servicer, including the Trustee if
the Trustee is acting as successor Master Servicer, shall represent and warrant
that it is a member of MERS in good standing and shall agree to comply in all
material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS, in which case the
predecessor Master Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Master Servicer
in causing MERS to revise its records to reflect the transfer of servicing to
the successor Master Servicer as necessary under MERS' rules and regulations, or
(ii) the predecessor Master Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Master
Servicer in causing MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of Mortgage in
recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the Trustee and to execute
and deliver such other notices, documents and other instruments as may be
necessary or desirable to effect a transfer of such Mortgage Loan or servicing
of such Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System to the successor Master Servicer.
The predecessor Master Servicer shall file or cause to be filed any such
assignment in the appropriate recording office. The predecessor Master Servicer
shall bear any and all fees of MERS, costs of preparing any assignments of
Mortgage, and fees and costs of filing any assignments of Mortgage that may be
required under this subsection (d). The Successor Master Servicer shall cause
such assignment to be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian promptly upon
receipt of the original with evidence of recording thereon or a copy certified
by the public recording office in which such assignment was recorded.
(e) Upon notice from the Insurer of the identity of its proposed successor
Master Servicer pursuant to clause (a) above, the Trustee shall forward written
notice of such proposed successor Master Servicer to the Holders of the Class A
Certificates; provided, that so long as the Class A Certificates are Book-Entry
Certificates such notice shall be forwarded to the Depository for posting on its
system. The Trustee shall also post such notice on its website related to the
Trust. For purposes of determining the consent of the Class A-II Certificates
pursuant to this clause (e), 51% of the Class A Certificates shall be deemed to
have consented to a successor Master Servicer unless the Trustee has received
written notice from at least 50% of the Class A Certificates of such
Certificateholders' objection to such successor Master Servicer within 30
calendar days after notice of the proposed successor Master Servicer has been
sent to the Holders of the Class A Certificates by the Trustee, provided,
however, if such proposed Master Servicer is not an approved master servicer by
each Rating Agency and each Rating Agency does not confirm the then-current
rating in writing to the proposed successor Master Servicer selected by the
Insurer, affirmative consent of 51% of the Class A Certificates shall be
required.
Section 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any such termination or appointment of a successor to the Master
Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Insurer
and the Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the
Certificate Register.
(b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Trustee
shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Certificates and the Insurer notice of
each such Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Event of
Default shall have been cured or waived as provided in Section 7.04 hereof.
Section 7.04. Waiver of Events of Default.
The Holders representing at least 66% of the Voting Rights of
Certificates affected by a default or Event of Default hereunder may waive any
default or Event of Default; provided, however, that (a) a default or Event of
Default under clause (i) of Section 7.01 may be waived only by all of the
Holders of Certificates affected by such default or Event of Default and (b) no
waiver pursuant to this Section 7.04 shall affect the Holders of Certificates in
the manner set forth in Section 11.01(b)(i), (ii) or (iii). Upon any such waiver
of a default or Event of Default by the Holders representing the requisite
percentage of Voting Rights of Certificates affected by such default or Event of
Default, such default or Event of Default shall cease to exist and shall be
deemed to have been remedied for every purpose hereunder. No such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any
right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived.
Section 7.05. Servicing Trigger; Removal of Master Servicer.
(a) Upon determination by the Insurer that a Servicing Trigger has occurred, the
Insurer shall give written notice of such Servicing Trigger to the Master
Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee and to each Rating Agency.
(b) At any time after such determination and while a Servicing Trigger is
continuing, the Insurer may direct the Trustee in writing to remove the Master
Servicer if the Insurer makes a determination that the manner of master
servicing was a factor contributing to the size of the delinquencies or losses
incurred in the Trust Fund.
(c) Upon receipt of directions to remove the Master Servicer pursuant to the
preceding clause (b), the Trustee shall notify the Master Servicer that it has
been terminated and the Master Servicer shall be terminated in the same manner
as specified in Sections 7.01 and 7.02.
(d) After notice of occurrence of a Servicing Trigger has been given and while a
Servicing Trigger is continuing, until and unless the Master Servicer has been
removed as provided in clause (b), the Master Servicer covenants and agrees to
act as the Master Servicer for a term from the occurrence of the Servicing
Trigger to the end of the calendar quarter in which such Servicing Trigger
occurs, which term may at the Insurer's discretion be extended by written notice
to the Trustee and the Master Servicer for successive terms of three (3)
calendar months each, until the termination of the Trust Fund. The Master
Servicer will, upon the receipt of each such notice of extension (a "Master
Servicer Extension Notice") become bound for the duration of the term covered by
such Master Servicer Extension Notice to continue as Master Servicer subject to
and in accordance with this Agreement. If, as of the fifteenth (15th) day prior
to the last day of any term as the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall not have
received any Master Servicer Extension Notice from the Insurer, the Trustee
shall, within five (5) days thereafter, give written notice of such nonreceipt
to the Insurer and the Master Servicer. If any such term expires without a
Master Servicer Extension Notice then the Trustee shall act as successor Master
Servicer as provided in Section 7.02.
(e) No provision of this Section 7.05 shall have the effect of limiting the
rights of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificateholders or the Insurer
under Section 7.01
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes
to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which
has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent investor would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such
investor's own affairs.
(b) The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements,
opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to
the Trustee which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to
any provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether
they conform to the requirements of this Agreement. The Trustee shall
notify the Insurer and the Certificateholders of any such documents
which do not materially conform to the requirements of this Agreement in
the event that the Trustee, after so requesting, does not receive
satisfactorily corrected documents in a timely fashion. The Trustee
shall forward or cause to be forwarded in a timely fashion the notices,
reports and statements required to be forwarded by the Trustee pursuant
to Sections 4.03, 7.03, and 10.01. The Trustee shall furnish in a timely
fashion to the Master Servicer such information as the Master Servicer
may reasonably request from time to time for the Master Servicer to
fulfill its duties as set forth in this Agreement and the Trustee shall
furnish in a timely fashion to the Insurer such information in its
possession as the Insurer may reasonably request from time to time for
the Insurer to protect its interests and to fulfill its duties under the
Policy. The Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall perform its
obligations hereunder in a manner so as to maintain the status of each
REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions (subject
to Section 10.01(f)) and to prevent the imposition of any federal, state
or local income, prohibited transaction (except as provided in Section
2.04 herein), contribution or other tax on the Trust Fund to the extent
that maintaining such status and avoiding such taxes are reasonably
within the control of the Trustee and are reasonably within the scope of
its duties under this Agreement.
(c) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own willful misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after the curing or
waiver of all such Events of Default which may have occurred, the duties
and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express
provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable except for
the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set
forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Agreement against the Trustee and, in the absence of bad
faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as
to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee by the Depositor or the Master Servicer and which on their face,
do not contradict the requirements of this Agreement;
(ii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect to any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Insurer or the Certificateholders holding
Certificates which evidence, Percentage Interests aggregating not less
than 25% of the affected Classes as to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this
Agreement;
(iv) The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default (other
than a default in payment to the Trustee) specified in clauses (i) and
(ii) of Section 7.01 or an Event of Default under clauses (iii), (iv)
and (v) of Section 7.01 unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
assigned to and working in the Corporate Trust Office obtains actual
knowledge of such failure or event or the Trustee receives written
notice of such failure or event at its Corporate Trust Office from the
Master Servicer, the Insurer, the Depositor or any Certificateholder;
and
(v) Except to the extent provided in Section 7.02, no provision in this
Agreement shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
(including, without limitation, the making of any Advance) or otherwise
incur any personal financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties as Trustee hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or
powers, if the Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability
is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) The Trustee shall timely pay, from its own funds, the amount of any and
all federal, state and local taxes imposed on the Trust Fund or its
assets or transactions including, without limitation, (A) "prohibited
transaction" penalty taxes as defined in Section 860F of the Code, if,
when and as the same shall be due and payable, (B) any tax on
contributions to a REMIC after the Closing Date imposed by Section
860G(d) of the Code and (C) any tax on "net income from foreclosure
property" as defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, but only if such
taxes arise out of a breach by the Trustee of its obligations hereunder,
which breach constitutes negligence or willful misconduct of the
Trustee.
Section 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(i) The 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 Trustee may consult with counsel and any Opinion of Counsel shall be
full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with such Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts
or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute, conduct or
defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request,
order or direction of any of the Certificateholders or the Insurer,
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or the Yield Maintenance
Agreement, unless (a) such Certificateholders or the Insurer shall have
offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby
and (b) the Insurer has given its consent; nothing contained herein
shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default (which has not been cured), to
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement,
and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a
prudent investor would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of such investor's own affairs;
(iv) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon
it by this Agreement;
(v) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and after the
curing of all Events of Default which may have occurred, the Trustee
shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper
or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the Insurer or the
Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing, as to such Class,
Percentage Interests, aggregating not less than 50% with the written
consent of the Insurer; provided, however, that if the payment within a
reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities
likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in
the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the
security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee may
require reasonable indemnity against such expense or liability as a
condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such
examination shall be paid by the Master Servicer, if an Event of Default
shall have occurred and is continuing, and otherwise by the
Certificateholder or the Insurer requesting the investigation;
(vi) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform
any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys provided that the Trustee shall remain liable for any acts of
such agents or attorneys; and
(vii) To the extent authorized under the Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, each Holder of a Class R Certificate hereby irrevocably
appoints and authorizes the Trustee to be its attorney-in-fact for
purposes of signing any Tax Returns required to be filed on behalf of
the Trust Fund. The Trustee shall sign on behalf of the Trust Fund and
deliver to the Master Servicer in a timely manner any Tax Returns
prepared by or on behalf of the Master Servicer that the Trustee is
required to sign as determined by the Master Servicer pursuant to
applicable federal, state or local tax laws, provided that the Master
Servicer shall indemnify the Trustee for signing any such Tax Returns
that contain errors or omissions.
(b) Following the issuance of the Certificates (and except as provided for
in Section 2.04), the Trustee shall not accept any contribution of
assets to the Trust Fund unless subject to Section 10.01(f)) it shall
have obtained or been furnished with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such contribution will not (i) cause any REMIC created hereunder to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding or (ii) cause the Trust Fund to be subject to any federal
tax as a result of such contribution (including the imposition of any
federal tax on "prohibited transactions" imposed under Section 860F(a)
of the Code).
Section 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the
execution of the Certificates and relating to the acceptance and receipt of the
Mortgage Loans) shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer as the case may be, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates (except that the
Certificates shall be duly and validly executed and authenticated by it as
Certificate Registrar) or of any Mortgage Loan or related document, or of MERS
or the MERS(R) System. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee shall
not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor or the Master
Servicer of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or
for the use or application of any funds paid to the Depositor or the Master
Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the
Custodial Account or the Certificate Account by the Depositor or the Master
Servicer.
Section 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner
or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee.
Section 8.05. Master Servicer to Pay Trustee's Fees and Expenses;
Indemnification.
(a) The Master Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee and any
co-trustee from time to time, and the Trustee and any co-trustee shall
be entitled to, reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by
any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express trust) for all services rendered by each of them in the
execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and
performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee and
any co-trustee, and the Master Servicer shall pay or reimburse the
Trustee and any co-trustee upon request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee or any
co-trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement
(including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its
employ, and the expenses incurred by the Trustee or any co-trustee in
connection with the appointment of an office or agency pursuant to
Section 8.12) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may
arise from its negligence or bad faith.
(b) The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold the
Trustee harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred
without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of, or
in connection with, the acceptance and administration of the Trust Fund,
including its obligation to execute the DTC Letter in its individual
capacity, and including the costs and expenses (including reasonable
legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against any claim in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or
duties under this Agreement or the Yield Maintenance Agreement, and the
Master Servicer further agrees to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold
the Trustee harmless against, any loss, liability or expense arising out
of, or in connection with, the provisions set forth in the second
paragraph of Section 2.01(a) hereof, including, without limitation, all
costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and
expenses) of investigating and defending itself against any claim,
action or proceeding, pending or threatened, relating to the provisions
of such paragraph, provided that:
(i) with respect to any such claim, the Trustee shall have given the Master
Servicer written notice thereof promptly after the Trustee shall have
actual knowledge thereof;
(ii) while maintaining control over its own defense, the Trustee shall
cooperate and consult fully with the Master Servicer in preparing such
defense; and
(iii) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master
Servicer shall not be liable for settlement of any claim by the Trustee
entered into without the prior consent of the Master Servicer which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No termination of this
Agreement shall affect the obligations created by this Section 8.05(b)
of the Master Servicer to indemnify the Trustee under the conditions and
to the extent set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
indemnification provided by the Master Servicer in this Section 8.05(b)
shall not pertain to any loss, liability or expense of the Trustee,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim,
incurred in connection with any actions taken by the Trustee at the
direction of Certificateholders pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
Section 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a national banking
association or a New York banking corporation having its principal office in a
state and city acceptable to the Depositor and the Insurer and 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 and subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority. If such corporation or national
banking association publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect specified in Section 8.07.
Section 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby
created by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor, the Master Servicer
and the Insurer. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall
promptly appoint a successor trustee acceptable to the Insurer by written
instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee
shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation then the Insurer may appoint a
successor trustee and if the Insurer fails to do so within 30 days, the
resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor trustee.
(b) If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Insurer or the Depositor with the consent of the Insurer (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), or if at any time the Trustee shall
become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the
Insurer or the Depositor with the consent of the Insurer (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld) may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee. In
addition, in the event that the Insurer or the Depositor determines that the
Trustee has failed (i) to distribute or cause to be distributed to
Certificateholders any amount required to be distributed hereunder, if such
amount is held by the Trustee or its Paying Agent (other than the Master
Servicer or the Depositor) for distribution or (ii) to otherwise observe or
perform in any material respect any of its covenants, agreements or obligations
hereunder, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 5 days (in
respect of clause (i) above) or 30 days (in respect of clause (ii) above) after
the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring that the same be
remedied, shall have been given to the Trustee by the Depositor or the Insurer,
then the Depositor with the consent of the Insurer, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument delivered as provided in the preceding sentence. In
connection with the appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to the preceding
sentence, the Depositor shall, on or before the date on which any such
appointment becomes effective, obtain from each Rating Agency written
confirmation that the appointment of any such successor trustee will not result
in the reduction of the ratings on any Class of the Certificates below the
lesser of the then current or original ratings on such Certificates without
taking into account the Policy.
(c) During the continuance of an Insurer Default, the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights may at any time remove the Trustee
and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument or instruments, in
triplicate, signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized,
one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered to the Depositor, one
complete set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor so
appointed.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the 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
8.08.
Section 8.08. Successor Trustee.
(a) Any successor trustee appointed as provided in this Section 8.08 shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and the Insurer 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 shall become effective and such successor
trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested
with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor
hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as trustee herein. The
predecessor trustee shall deliver to the successor trustee all Mortgage Files
and related documents and statements held by it hereunder (other than any
Mortgage Files at the time held by a Custodian, which shall become the agent of
any successor trustee hereunder), and the Depositor, the Master Servicer 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.
(b) No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section
unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be eligible
under the provisions of Section 8.06.
(c) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this
Section, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee
hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as shown in the
Certificate Register. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice within 10 days
after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee
shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor.
Section 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.
Any corporation or national banking association into which the Trustee
may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any
corporation or national banking association resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation or national banking association succeeding to the business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation or national banking association shall be eligible under the
provisions of Section 8.06, 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. The Trustee shall mail notice of any such merger or
consolidation to the Certificateholders at their address as shown in the
Certificate Register.
Section 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the purpose of
meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the
Trust Fund or property securing the same may at the time be located, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute
and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the
Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly with the Trustee, or
separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and
to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity, such title to the Trust
Fund, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section
8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Master Servicer
and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Master Servicer
shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it
of a request so to do, or in case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No
co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of
eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.06 hereunder and no notice to
Holders of Certificates of the appointment of co-trustee(s) or separate
trustee(s) shall be required under Section 8.08 hereof.
(b) In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee pursuant
to this Section 8.10 all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
performed by the Trustee, and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly,
except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any
particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as
successor to the Master Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or
unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers,
duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Fund or any
portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by
such separate trustee or co-trustee at the direction of the Trustee.
(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to
have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance
of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified
in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately,
as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee.
(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee,
its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not
prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on
its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die,
become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.
Section 8.11. Appointment of Custodians.
The Trustee may, with the consent of the Master Servicer, the Insurer
and the Depositor, or shall, at the direction of the Master Servicer, the
Insurer and the Depositor, appoint one or more Custodians who are not Affiliates
of the Depositor or the Master Servicer to hold all or a portion of the Mortgage
Files as agent for the Trustee, by entering into a Custodial Agreement. The
Trustee is hereby directed to enter into Custodial Agreement with Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A. Subject to Article VIII, the Trustee agrees to comply with the terms
of each Custodial Agreement and to enforce the terms and provisions thereof
against the Custodian for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Each Custodian
shall be a depository institution subject to supervision by federal or state
authority, shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000 and
shall be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which it holds any
Mortgage File. Each Custodial Agreement may be amended only as provided in
Section 11.01. The Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders of the
appointment of any Custodian (other than the Custodian appointed as of the
Closing Date) pursuant to this Section 8.11.
Section 8.12. Appointment of Office or Agency
The Trustee will maintain an office or agency in the City of St. Xxxx,
Minnesota, where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange. The Trustee initially designates its offices located at the Corporate
Trust Office for the purpose of keeping the Certificate Register. The Trustee
will maintain an office at the address stated in Section 11.05 hereof where
notices and demands to or upon the Trustee in respect of this Agreement may be
served.
Section 8.13. DTC Letter of Representations.
The Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to, and agrees that it
shall, enter into the DTC Letter on behalf of the Trust Fund and in its
individual capacity as agent thereunder.
Section 8.14. Yield Maintenance Agreement
The Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to, and agrees that it
shall, enter into the Yield Maintenance Agreement on behalf of the Trust Fund.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.01. Termination Upon Purchase by Residential Funding or Liquidation of
All Mortgage Loans.
(a) Subject to Section 9.02, the respective obligations and responsibilities
of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee created hereby in
respect of the Certificates (other than the obligation of the Trustee to
make certain payments after the Final Distribution Date to
Certificateholders and the Insurer and the obligation of the Depositor
to send certain notices as hereinafter set forth) shall terminate upon
the last action required to be taken by the Trustee on the Final
Distribution Date pursuant to this Article IX following the earlier of:
(i) the later of the final payment or other liquidation (or any Advance with
respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund
or the disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in
lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, or
(ii) the purchase by the Master Servicer or its designee of all Mortgage
Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund, at a price equal to 100% of the unpaid
principal balance of each Mortgage Loan (or, if less than such unpaid
principal balance, the fair market value of the related underlying
property of such Mortgage Loan with respect to Mortgage Loans as to
which title has been acquired if such fair market value is less than
such unpaid principal balance) (net of unreimbursed Advances
attributable to principal) on the day of repurchase, plus unpaid accrued
interest thereon at the Mortgage Rate (or Modified Net Mortgage Rate in
the case of any Modified Mortgage Loan) from the Due Date to which
interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to, but not including, the first
day of the month in which such repurchase price is distributed plus the
amount of any accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees, unreimbursed advances
and Servicing Advances, plus any amounts due to the Insurer pursuant to
the Insurance Agreement or any Cumulative Insurance Payments, in each
case through the date of such option; provided, however, that in no
event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the earlier of (i)
the Maturity Date or (ii) the expiration of 21 years from the death of
the last survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late
ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. Xxxxx, living on the
date hereof; and provided further, that the purchase price set forth
above shall be increased as is necessary, as determined by the Master
Servicer, to avoid disqualification of any REMIC created hereunder as a
REMIC. The purchase price paid by the Master Servicer or its designee
shall also include any amounts owed by the Master Servicer or its
designee pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 4 of the Assignment
Agreement in respect of any liability, penalty or expense that resulted
from a breach of the representation and warranty set forth in clause
(bb) of such Section, that remain unpaid on the date of such purchase.
The right of the Master Servicer or its designee to purchase all the
assets of the Trust Fund relating to the Mortgage Loans, pursuant to clause (ii)
above is conditioned upon the date of such purchase occurring on or after the
Optional Termination Date; provided, however, that no such purchase will be
permitted if it would result in a draw on the Policy, and no such purchase will
be permitted if the Insurer can show a reasonable probability that it would
result in a draw on the Policy, unless the Insurer consents in writing to such
purchase.. If such right is exercised by the Master Servicer or its designee,
the Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for the full amount of
any unreimbursed Advances theretofore made by it with respect to the Mortgage
Loans being purchased, pursuant to Section 3.10. In addition, the Master
Servicer shall provide to the Trustee the certification required by Section 3.15
and the Trustee and any Custodian shall, promptly following payment of the
purchase price, release to the Master Servicer or its designee the Mortgage
Files pertaining to the Mortgage Loans being purchased.
In addition, on any Distribution Date on or after the Optional
Termination Date, the Master Servicer or its designee shall have the right, at
its option or at the option of its designee, respectively, to purchase all of
the Certificates in whole, but not in part, at a price equal to the aggregate
outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates, plus one month's
Accrued Certificate Interest on the Certificates, any previously unpaid Accrued
Certificate Interest, and any unpaid Prepayment Interest Shortfalls previously
allocated thereto (but not including any reimbursement of the principal portion
of any Realized Losses previously allocated thereto that remain unreimbursed)
and any amounts due to the Insurer pursuant to the Insurance Agreement or any
Cumulative Insurance Payments, in each case through the date of exercise of such
option; provided, however, that no such purchase will be permitted if it would
result in a draw on the Policy, and no such purchase will be permitted if the
Insurer can show a reasonable probability that it would result in a draw on the
Policy, unless the Insurer consents in writing to such purchase.
(b) The Master Servicer shall give the Trustee and the Insurer not less than
60 days' prior notice of the Distribution Date on which the Master
Servicer anticipates that the final distribution will be made to
Certificateholders (whether as a result of the exercise by the Master
Servicer or its designee of its right to purchase the assets of the
Trust Fund or otherwise). Notice of any termination, specifying the
anticipated Final Distribution Date (which shall be a date that would
otherwise be a Distribution Date) upon which the Certificateholders may
surrender their Certificates to the Trustee for payment of the final
distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Master
Servicer (if the Master Servicer or its designee is exercising its right
to purchase the assets of the Trust Fund), or by the Trustee (in any
other case) by letter to Certificateholders mailed not earlier than the
15th day and not later than the 25th day of the month next preceding the
month of such final distribution specifying:
(i) the anticipated Final Distribution Date upon which final payment of the
Certificates is anticipated to be made upon presentation and surrender
of Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee therein
designated,
(ii) the amount of any such final payment, if known, and
(iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is
not applicable, and that payment will be made only upon presentation and
surrender of the Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee
therein specified.
If the Master Servicer or the Trustee is obligated to give notice to
Certificateholders as aforesaid, it shall give such notice to the Certificate
Registrar at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders. In the event
such notice is given by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer or its designee
shall deposit in the Custodial Account before the Final Distribution Date in
immediately available funds an amount equal to the purchase price for the assets
of the Trust Fund computed as above provided. The Master Servicer shall provide
to the Trustee written notification of any change to the anticipated Final
Distribution Date as soon as practicable. If the Trust Fund is not terminated on
the anticipated Final Distribution Date, for any reason, the Trustee shall
promptly mail notice thereof to each affected Certificateholder.
(c) Upon presentation and surrender of the Class A Certificates and Class SB
Certificates by the Certificateholders thereof, the Trustee shall
distribute to such Certificateholders and the Insurer (A) the amount
otherwise distributable on such Distribution Date, if not in connection
with the Master Servicer's election to repurchase the Mortgage Loans or
the outstanding Class A Certificates and Class SB Certificates, or (B)
if the Master Servicer elected to so repurchase the Mortgage Loans or
the outstanding Class A Certificates and Class SB Certificates, an
amount equal to the price paid pursuant to Section 9.01(a) as follows:
(i) first, payment of any accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees, unreimbursed
advances and Servicing Advances, in each case through the date of such
option, to the Master Servicer
(ii) second, with respect to the Class A Certificates, pari passu, the
outstanding Certificate Principal Balance thereof, plus Accrued
Certificate Interest thereon for the related Interest Accrual Period and
any previously unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest,
(iii) third, to the Insurer, any amounts due to the Insurer pursuant to the
Insurance Agreement or any Cumulative Insured Payments, in each case
through the date of such option;
(iv) fourth, to the Class A Certificates, the amount of any Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls allocated thereto for such Distribution Date or
remaining unpaid from prior Distribution Dates and accrued interest
thereon at the applicable Pass-Through Rate, on a pro rata basis based
on Prepayment Interest Shortfalls allocated thereto for such
Distribution Date or remaining unpaid from prior Distribution Dates,
(v) fifth, to the Class SB Certificates.
(d) In the event that any Certificateholders shall not surrender their
Certificates for final payment and cancellation on or before the Final
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall on such date cause all funds in the
Certificate Account not distributed in final distribution to
Certificateholders to be withdrawn therefrom and credited to the
remaining Certificateholders by depositing such funds in a separate
escrow account for the benefit of such Certificateholders, and the
Master Servicer (if the Master Servicer or its designee exercised its
right to purchase the Mortgage Loans), or the Trustee (in any other
case) shall give a second written notice to the remaining
Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation and
receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within six
months after the second notice any Certificate shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee shall take appropriate steps
as directed by the Master Servicer to contact the remaining
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs
and expenses of maintaining the Escrow Account and of contacting
Certificateholders shall be paid out of the assets which remain in the
Escrow Account. If within nine months after the second notice any
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the
Trustee shall pay to the Master Servicer all amounts distributable to
the holders thereof and the Master Servicer shall thereafter hold such
amounts until distributed to such holders. No interest shall accrue or
be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in the Escrow
Account or by the Master Servicer as a result of such
Certificateholder's failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final
payment thereof in accordance with this Section 9.01 and the
Certificateholders shall look only to the Master Servicer for such
payment.
(e) All rights of the Master Servicer or its designee to purchase the assets
of the Trust Fund, or to purchase specified classes of Certificates, as
set forth in Section 9.01(a) are referred to in this Agreement as the
"Call Rights". Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
the Master Servicer or its designee shall have the right to sell,
transfer, pledge or otherwise assign the Call Rights at any time to any
Person. Upon written notice by the Master Servicer or its designee to
the Trustee and the Master Servicer of any such assignment of the Call
Rights to any assignee, the Trustee and the Master Servicer shall be
obligated to recognize such assignee as the holder of the Call Rights.
Such entity, if not the Master Servicer or its designee or an affiliate,
shall be deemed to represent, at the time of such sale, transfer, pledge
or other assignment, that one of the following will be, and at the time
the Call Right is exercised is, true and correct: (i) the exercise of
such Call Right shall not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction
under section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code (including by
reason of U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption ("PTCE") 75-1 (Part I), 84-14, 90-1, 91-38, 95-60 or 96-23 or
other applicable exemption) or (ii) such entity is (A) not a party in
interest under section 3(14) of ERISA or a disqualified person under
section 4975(e)(2) of the Code with respect to any employee benefit plan
subject to section 3(3) of ERISA or any plan subject to section 4975 of
the Code (other than an employee benefit plan or plan sponsored or
maintained by the entity, provided that no assets of such employee
benefit plan or plan are invested or deemed to be invested in the
Certificates) and (B) not a "benefit plan investor" as described in DOL
regulation section 2510.3-101(f)(2). If any such assignee of the Call
Right is unable to exercise such Call Right by reason of the preceding
sentence, then the Call Right shall revert to the immediately preceding
assignor of such Call Right subject to the rights of any secured party
therein.
Section 9.02. Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) Each of REMIC I and REMIC II as the case may be, shall be terminated in
accordance with the following additional requirements, unless the
Trustee and the Master Servicer have received an Opinion of Counsel
(which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee) to the
effect that the failure of any REMIC created hereunder, as the case may
be, to comply with the requirements of this Section 9.02 will not (i)
result in the imposition on the Trust Fund of taxes on "prohibited
transactions," as described in Section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause
any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time
that any Certificate is outstanding:
(i) The Master Servicer shall establish a 90-day liquidation period for each
of REMIC I and REMIC II, and specify the first day of such period in a
statement attached to the Trust Fund's final Tax Return pursuant to
Treasury regulations Section 1.860F-1. The Master Servicer also shall
satisfy all of the requirements of a qualified liquidation for each of
REMIC I and REMIC II under Section 860F of the Code and the regulations
thereunder;
(ii) The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee at the commencement of such
90-day liquidation period and, at or prior to the time of making of the
final payment on the Certificates, the Trustee shall sell or otherwise
dispose of all of the remaining assets of the Trust Fund in accordance
with the terms hereof; and
(iii) If the Master Servicer is exercising its right to purchase the assets of
the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer shall, during the 90-day liquidation
period and at or prior to the Final Distribution Date, purchase all of
the assets of the Trust Fund for cash.
(b) Each Holder of a Certificate and the Trustee hereby irrevocably approves
and appoints the Master Servicer as its attorney-in-fact to adopt a plan
of complete liquidation for each of REMIC I and REMIC II at the expense
of the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE X
REMIC PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. REMIC Administration.
(a) The REMIC Administrator shall make an election to treat each of REMIC I and
REMIC II as a REMIC under the Code and, if necessary, under applicable state
law. Such election will be made on Form 1066 or other appropriate federal tax or
information return (including Form 8811) or any appropriate state return for the
taxable year ending on the last day of the calendar year in which the
Certificates are issued. The REMIC I Regular Interests shall be designated as
the "regular interests" and the Class R-I Certificates shall be designated as
the sole class of "residual interests" in REMIC I. The REMIC II Regular
Interests shall be designated as the "regular interests" and the Class R-II
Certificates shall be designated as the sole class of "residual interests" in
REMIC II. The REMIC Administrator and the Trustee shall not permit the creation
of any "interests" (within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) in REMIC I
and REMIC II other than the REMIC I Regular Interests, the REMIC II Regular
Interests and the Certificates.
(b) The Closing Date is hereby designated as the "startup day" of each of REMIC
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code.
(c) The REMIC Administrator shall hold a Class R Certificate in each REMIC
representing a 0.01% Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates in each
REMIC and shall be designated as the "tax matters person" with respect to each
of REMIC I and REMIC II in the manner provided under Treasury regulations
section 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury regulations section 301.6231(a)(7)-1. The REMIC
Administrator, as tax matters person, shall (i) act on behalf of each of REMIC I
and REMIC II in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving the Trust
Fund and (ii) represent the Trust Fund in any administrative or judicial
proceeding relating to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing
authority with respect thereto. The legal expenses, including without limitation
attorneys' or accountants' fees, and costs of any such proceeding and any
liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses of the Trust Fund and the REMIC
Administrator shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor out of amounts
attributable to the Mortgage Loans on deposit in the Custodial Account as
provided by Section 3.10 unless such legal expenses and costs are incurred by
reason of the REMIC Administrator's willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross
negligence. If the REMIC Administrator is no longer the Master Servicer
hereunder, at its option the REMIC Administrator may continue its duties as
REMIC Administrator and shall be paid reasonable compensation not to exceed
$3,000 per year by any successor Master Servicer hereunder for so acting as the
REMIC Administrator.
(d) The REMIC Administrator shall prepare or cause to be prepared all of the Tax
Returns that it determines are required with respect to the REMICs created
hereunder and deliver such Tax Returns in a timely manner to the Trustee and the
Trustee shall sign and file such Tax Returns in a timely manner. The expenses of
preparing such returns shall be borne by the REMIC Administrator without any
right of reimbursement therefor. The REMIC Administrator agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Trustee with respect to any tax or liability arising from the
Trustee's signing of Tax Returns that contain errors or omissions. The Trustee
and Master Servicer shall promptly provide the REMIC Administrator with such
information as the REMIC Administrator may from time to time request for the
purpose of enabling the REMIC Administrator to prepare Tax Returns.
(e) The REMIC Administrator shall provide (i) to any Transferor of a Class R
Certificate such information as is necessary for the application of any tax
relating to the transfer of a Class R Certificate to any Person who is not a
Permitted Transferee, (ii) to the Trustee and the Trustee shall forward to the
Certificateholders such information or reports as are required by the Code or
the REMIC Provisions including reports relating to interest, original issue
discount, if any, and market discount or premium (using the Prepayment
Assumption) and (iii) to the Internal Revenue Service the name, title, address
and telephone number of the person who will serve as the representative of each
REMIC created hereunder.
(f) The Master Servicer and the REMIC Administrator shall take such actions and
shall cause each REMIC created hereunder to take such actions as are reasonably
within the Master Servicer's or the REMIC Administrator's control and the scope
of its duties more specifically set forth herein as shall be necessary or
desirable to maintain the status thereof as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions
(and the Trustee shall assist the Master Servicer and the REMIC Administrator,
to the extent reasonably requested by the Master Servicer and the REMIC
Administrator to do so). In performing their duties as more specifically set
forth herein, the Master Servicer and the REMIC Administrator shall not
knowingly or intentionally take any action, cause the Trust Fund to take any
action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action reasonably
within their respective control and the scope of duties more specifically set
forth herein, that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the
case may be, could (i) endanger the status of any REMIC created hereunder as a
REMIC or (ii) with the exception of actions taken in connection with Section
4.08 hereof, resulting in the imposition of a tax upon any REMIC created
hereunder (including but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as
defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code (except as provided in Section 2.04)
and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the
Code) (either such event, in the absence of an Opinion of Counsel or the
indemnification referred to in this sentence, an "Adverse REMIC Event") unless
the Insurer, the Master Servicer or the REMIC Administrator, as applicable, has
received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to take such
action or, if such party fails to pay such expense, and the Master Servicer or
the REMIC Administrator, as applicable, determines that taking such action is in
the best interest of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders, at the expense
of the Trust Fund, but in no event at the expense of the Master Servicer, the
REMIC Administrator or the Trustee) to the effect that the contemplated action
will not, with respect to the Trust Fund created hereunder, endanger such status
or, unless the Master Servicer or the REMIC Administrator or both, as
applicable, determine in its or their sole discretion to indemnify the Trust
Fund against the imposition of such a tax, result in the imposition of such a
tax. Wherever in this Agreement a contemplated action may not be taken because
the timing of such action might result in the imposition of a tax on the Trust
Fund, or may only be taken pursuant to an Opinion of Counsel that such action
would not impose a tax on the Trust Fund, such action may nonetheless be taken
provided that the indemnity given in the preceding sentence with respect to any
taxes that might be imposed on the Trust Fund has been given and that all other
preconditions to the taking of such action have been satisfied. The Trustee
shall not take or fail to take any action (whether or not authorized hereunder)
as to which the Master Servicer or the REMIC Administrator, as applicable, has
advised it in writing that it has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur with respect to such action or inaction,
as the case may be. In addition, prior to taking any action with respect to the
Trust Fund or its assets, or causing the Trust Fund to take any action, which is
not expressly permitted under the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee shall
consult with the Master Servicer, the Insurer or the REMIC Administrator, as
applicable, or its designee, in writing, with respect to whether such action
could cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur with respect to the Trust Fund and
the Trustee shall not take any such action or cause the Trust Fund to take any
such action as to which the Master Servicer or the REMIC Administrator, as
applicable, has advised it in writing that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur.
The Master Servicer or the REMIC Administrator, as applicable, may consult with
counsel to make such written advice, and the cost of same shall be borne by the
party seeking to take the action not expressly permitted by this Agreement, but
in no event at the expense of the Master Servicer or the REMIC Administrator. At
all times as may be required by the Code, the Master Servicer or the REMIC
Administrator, as applicable, will to the extent within its control and the
scope of its duties more specifically set forth herein, maintain substantially
all of the assets of the REMIC as "qualified mortgages" as defined in Section
860G(a)(3) of the Code and "permitted investments" as defined in Section
860G(a)(5) of the Code.
(g) In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of any
REMIC created hereunder as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on "net
income from foreclosure property" of any REMIC as defined in Section 860G(c) of
the Code, on any contributions to any REMIC after the Startup Date therefor
pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax imposed by the Code or
any applicable provisions of state or local tax laws, such tax shall be charged
(i) to the Master Servicer, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach
by the Master Servicer in its role as Master Servicer or REMIC Administrator of
any of its obligations under this Agreement or the Master Servicer has in its
sole discretion determined to indemnify the Trust Fund against such tax, (ii) to
the Trustee, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Trustee
of any of its obligations under this Article X, or (iii) otherwise against
amounts on deposit in the Custodial Account as provided by Section 3.10 and on
the Distribution Date(s) following such reimbursement the aggregate of such
taxes shall be allocated in reduction of the Accrued Certificate Interest on
each Class entitled thereto in the same manner as if such taxes constituted a
Prepayment Interest Shortfall.
(h) The Trustee and the Master Servicer shall, for federal income tax purposes,
maintain books and records with respect to each REMIC on a calendar year and on
an accrual basis or as otherwise may be required by the REMIC Provisions.
(i) Following the Startup Date, neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee
shall accept any contributions of assets to any REMIC unless (subject to Section
10.01(f)) the Master Servicer, the Insurer and the Trustee shall have received
an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to make such
contribution) to the effect that the inclusion of such assets in any REMIC will
not cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time
that any Certificates are outstanding or subject any such REMIC to any tax under
the REMIC Provisions or other applicable provisions of federal, state and local
law or ordinances.
(j) Neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall (subject to Section
10.01(f)) enter into any arrangement by which any REMIC created hereunder will
receive a fee or other compensation for services nor permit any REMIC created
hereunder to receive any income from assets other than "qualified mortgages" as
defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or "permitted investments" as defined
in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.
(k) Solely for the purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
Regulations, the "latest possible maturity date" by which the principal balance
of each regular interest in each REMIC would be reduced to zero is the
Distribution Date in December 2035, which is the Distribution Date in the month
following the last scheduled payment on any Mortgage Loan.
(l) Within 30 days after the Closing Date, the REMIC Administrator shall prepare
and file with the Internal Revenue Service Form 8811, "Information Return for
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMIC) and Issuers of Collateralized
Debt Obligations" for the Trust Fund.
(m) Neither the Trustee nor the Master Servicer shall sell, dispose of or
substitute for any of the Mortgage Loans (except in connection with (i) the
default, imminent default or foreclosure of a Mortgage Loan, including but not
limited to, the acquisition or sale of a Mortgaged Property acquired by any
REMIC pursuant to Article IX of this Agreement or (ii) a purchase of Mortgage
Loans pursuant to Article II or III of this Agreement) or acquire any assets for
any REMIC or sell or dispose of any investments in the Custodial Account or the
Certificate Account for gain, or accept any contributions to any REMIC after the
Closing Date unless it has received an Opinion of Counsel that such sale,
disposition, substitution or acquisition will not (a) affect adversely the
status of any REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC or (b) unless the Master
Servicer has determined in its sole discretion to indemnify the Trust Fund
against such tax, cause any REMIC to be subject to a tax on "prohibited
transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.
Section 10.02. Master Servicer, REMIC Administrator and Trustee Indemnification.
(a) The Trustee agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the REMIC
Administrator and the Master Servicer for any taxes and costs including, without
limitation, any reasonable attorneys' fees imposed on or incurred by the Trust
Fund, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as a result of a breach of the
Trustee's covenants set forth in Article VIII or this Article X. In the event
that Residential Funding is no longer the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall
indemnify Residential Funding for any taxes and costs including, without
limitation, any reasonable attorneys' fees imposed on or incurred by Residential
Funding as a result of a breach of the Trustee's covenants set forth in Article
VIII or this Article X.
(b) The REMIC Administrator agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the Depositor,
the Master Servicer and the Trustee for any taxes and costs (including, without
limitation, any reasonable attorneys' fees) imposed on or incurred by the Trust
Fund, the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as a result of a breach
of the REMIC Administrator's covenants set forth in this Article X with respect
to compliance with the REMIC Provisions, including without limitation, any
penalties arising from the Trustee's execution of Tax Returns prepared by the
REMIC Administrator that contain errors or omissions; provided, however, that
such liability will not be imposed to the extent such breach is a result of an
error or omission in information provided to the REMIC Administrator by the
Master Servicer in which case Section 10.02(c) will apply.
(c) The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the
REMIC Administrator and the Trustee for any taxes and costs (including, without
limitation, any reasonable attorneys' fees) imposed on or incurred by the Trust
Fund, the Depositor, the REMIC Administrator or the Trustee, as a result of a
breach of the Master Servicer's covenants set forth in this Article X or in
Article III with respect to compliance with the REMIC Provisions, including
without limitation, any penalties arising from the Trustee's execution of Tax
Returns prepared by the Master Servicer that contain errors or omissions.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 11.01. Amendment.
(a) This Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to
time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, with the
consent of the Insurer and without the consent of any of the
Certificateholders:
(i) to cure any ambiguity,
(ii) to correct or supplement any provisions herein or therein, which may be
inconsistent with any other provisions herein or therein or to correct
any error,
(iii) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as
shall be necessary or desirable to maintain the qualification of any
REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC at all times that any Certificate is
outstanding or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any
tax on the Trust Fund pursuant to the Code that would be a claim against
the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee has received an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that (A) such action is necessary or desirable to
maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the
imposition of any such tax and (B) such action will not adversely affect
in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder,
(iv) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits into the Custodial
Account or the Certificate Account or to change the name in which the
Custodial Account is maintained, provided that (A) the Certificate
Account Deposit Date shall in no event be later than the related
Distribution Date, (B) such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
any Certificateholder and (C) such change shall not result in a
reduction of the rating assigned to any Class of Certificates below the
then-current rating assigned to such Certificates (without taking into
account the Policy), as evidenced by a letter from each Rating Agency to
such effect,
(v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.02(f) or any
other provision hereof restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates
by virtue of their being the "residual interests" in the Trust Fund
provided that (A) such change shall not result in reduction of the
rating assigned to any such Class of Certificates below the lower of the
then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Certificates as of
the Closing Date, as evidenced by a letter from each Rating Agency to
such effect, and (B) such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking so to modify, eliminate
or add such provisions), cause the Trust Fund or any of the
Certificateholders (other than the transferor) to be subject to a
federal tax caused by a transfer to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee, or (vi) to make any other provisions with respect to matters
or questions arising under this Agreement or such Custodial Agreement
which shall not be materially inconsistent with the provisions of this
Agreement, provided that such action shall not, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Certificateholder.
(b) This Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time
to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the
Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not less than 66% of
the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates with a
Certificate Principal Balance greater than zero affected thereby for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or such Custodial
Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment
shall:
(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments
which are required to be distributed on any Certificate without the
consent of the Holder of such Certificate,
(ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interest of the Holders of
Certificates of any Class in a manner other than as described in clause
(i) hereof without the consent of Holders of Certificates of such Class
evidencing, as to such Class, Percentage Interests aggregating not less
than 66%, or
(iii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders
of which are required to consent to any such amendment, in any such case
without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class
then outstanding.
(c) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee
shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it and the
Insurer shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense
of the party seeking such amendment) to the effect that such amendment
is permitted under this Agreement and that such amendment or the
exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Depositor or
the Trustee in accordance with such amendment will not result in the
imposition of a federal tax on the Trust Fund or cause any REMIC created
hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate
is outstanding. The Trustee may but shall not be obligated to enter into
any amendment pursuant to this Section that affects its rights, duties
and immunities and this Agreement or otherwise; provided however, such
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(d) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment the Trustee shall
furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment to each
Certificateholder. It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders under this Section 11.01 to approve the particular
form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining
such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution
thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
(e) The Depositor shall have the option, in its sole discretion, to obtain
and deliver to the Trustee any corporate guaranty, payment obligation,
irrevocable letter of credit, surety bond, insurance policy or similar
instrument or a reserve fund, or any combination of the foregoing, for
the purpose of protecting the Holders of the Class R Certificates
against any or all Realized Losses or other shortfalls. Any such
instrument or fund shall be held by the Trustee for the benefit of the
Class R Certificateholders, but shall not be and shall not be deemed to
be under any circumstances included in any REMIC. To the extent that any
such instrument or fund constitutes a reserve fund for federal income
tax purposes, (i) any reserve fund so established shall be an outside
reserve fund and not an asset of such REMIC, (ii) any such reserve fund
shall be owned by the Depositor, and (iii) amounts transferred by such
REMIC to any such reserve fund shall be treated as amounts distributed
by such REMIC to the Depositor or any successor, all within the meaning
of Treasury regulations Section 1.860G-2(h). In connection with the
provision of any such instrument or fund, this Agreement and any
provision hereof may be modified, added to, deleted or otherwise amended
in any manner that is related or incidental to such instrument or fund
or the establishment or administration thereof, such amendment to be
made by written instrument executed or consented to by the Depositor and
such related insurer but without the consent of any Certificateholder
and without the consent of the Insurer, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee being required unless any such amendment would impose any
additional obligation on, or otherwise adversely affect the interests of
the Certificateholders, the Insurer, the Master Servicer or the Trustee,
as applicable; provided that the Depositor obtains an Opinion of Counsel
(which need not be an opinion of Independent counsel) to the effect that
any such amendment will not cause (a) any federal tax to be imposed on
the Trust Fund, including without limitation, any federal tax imposed on
"prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on
"contributions after the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(1) of the
Code and (b) any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC
at any time that any Certificate is outstanding. In the event that the
Depositor elects to provide such coverage in the form of a limited
guaranty provided by General Motors Acceptance Corporation, the
Depositor may elect that the text of such amendment to this Agreement
shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L (in
which case Residential Funding's Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation
as described in such exhibit shall be established by Residential
Funding's consent to such amendment) and that the limited guaranty shall
be executed in the form attached hereto as Exhibit M, with such changes
as the Depositor shall deem to be appropriate; it being understood that
the Trustee has reviewed and approved the content of such forms and that
the Trustee's consent or approval to the use thereof is not required.
(f) In addition to the foregoing, any amendment of Section 4.08 of this
Agreement shall require the consent of the Limited Repurchase Right
Holder as third-party beneficiary.
Section 11.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
(a) To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is subject to
recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all
the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the
properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate
public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the
Master Servicer and at its expense on direction by the Trustee (pursuant to the
request of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting
Rights), but only upon direction accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests
of the Certificateholders.
(b) For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as herein
provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously
in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be
an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section 11.03. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
(a) The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to
terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such Certificateholder's
legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the Trust Fund, nor
otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of any of the parties
hereto.
(b) No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as expressly
provided herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management
of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything
herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Certificates, be construed so
as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members
of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any
third person by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement
pursuant to any provision hereof.
(c) No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any provision of this
Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon
or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall
have given to the Trustee a written notice of default and of the continuance
thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the Holders of Certificates
of any Class evidencing in the aggregate not less than 25% of the related
Percentage Interests of such Class (in each case, with the consent of the
Insurer), shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such
action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have
offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the
Insurer shall have given its written consent (so long as no Insurer Default has
occurred and is continuing) and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to
institute any such action, suit or proceeding it being understood and intended,
and being expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates
of any Class shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of any
provision of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the
Holders of any other of such Certificates of such Class or any other Class, or
to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such
Holder, or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner
herein provided and for the common benefit of Certificateholders of such Class
or all Classes, as the case may be. For the protection and enforcement of the
provisions of this Section 11.03, each and every Certificateholder and the
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.
Section 11.04. Governing Law.
This agreement and the Certificates shall be governed by and 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 the conflict of laws principles thereof, other than
Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law.
Section 11.05. Notices.
All demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed by
registered mail, postage prepaid (except for notices to the Trustee which shall
be deemed to have been duly given only when received), to (a) in the case of the
Depositor, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: President (RAMP), or such other address as may hereafter be
furnished to the Master Servicer and the Trustee in writing by the Depositor;
(b) in the case of the Master Servicer, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Bond Administration or such other address as
may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee by the Master
Servicer in writing; (c) in the case of the Trustee, U.S. Bank Corporate Trust
Services, 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-XX-XX0X, Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000,
Attention: RAMP 2005-NC1 or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to
the Depositor and the Master Servicer in writing by the Trustee; (d) in the case
of Xxxxx'x, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: ABS
Monitoring Department or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Master Servicer by Xxxxx'x, (e) in the case of
the Insurer, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Research and
Risk Management, RAMP Series 2005-NC1 and (f) in the case of Standard & Poor's,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention; Mortgage Surveillance. Any
notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Certificateholder shall be given
by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such holder as shown in
the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in
this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether
or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.
Section 11.06. Notices to Rating Agencies.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, (a)
shall notify each Rating Agency and the Insurer at such time as it is otherwise
required pursuant to this Agreement to give notice of the occurrence of, any of
the events described in clause (a), (b), (c), (d), (g), (h), (i) or (j) below,
(b) shall notify the Subservicer at such time as it is otherwise required
pursuant to this Agreement to give notice of the occurrence of any of the events
described in clause (a), (b), (c)(1), (g)(1) or (i) below, or (c) provide a copy
to each Rating Agency at such time as otherwise required to be delivered
pursuant to this Agreement of any of the statements described in clauses (e) and
(f) below:
(a) a material change or amendment to this Agreement,
(b) the occurrence of an Event of Default,
(c) (1) the termination or appointment of a successor Master Servicer or (2) the
termination or appointment of a successor Trustee or a change in the majority
ownership of the Trustee,
(d) the filing of any claim under the Master Servicer's blanket fidelity bond
and the errors and omissions insurance policy required by Section 3.12 or the
cancellation or modification of coverage under 152 any such instrument,
(e) the statement required to be delivered to the Holders of each Class of
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.03,
(f) the statements required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 3.18 and 3.19,
(g) (1) a change in the location of the Custodial Account or (2) a change in the
location of the Certificate Account,
(h) the occurrence of any monthly cash flow shortfall to the Holders of any
Class of Certificates resulting from the failure by the Master Servicer to make
an Advance pursuant to Section 4.04,
(i) the occurrence of the Final Distribution Date, and
(j) the repurchase of or substitution for any Mortgage Loan,
provided, however, that with respect to notice of the occurrence of the events
described in clauses (d), (g) or (h) above, the Master Servicer shall provide
prompt written notice to each Rating Agency, the Insurer and the Subservicer of
any such event known to the Master Servicer. In addition to the above delivery
requirements, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as applicable, shall provide
a copy to the Insurer, at such time as it otherwise is required to deliver
pursuant to this Agreement, of any other written confirmation, written notice or
legal opinion.
Section 11.07. Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
Section 11.08. Supplemental Provisions for Resecuritization.
(a) This Agreement may be supplemented by means of the addition of a separate
Article hereto (a "Supplemental Article") for the purpose of resecuritizing any
of the Certificates issued hereunder, under the following circumstances. With
respect to any Class or Classes of Certificates issued hereunder, or any portion
of any such Class, as to which the Depositor or any of its Affiliates (or any
designee thereof) is the registered Holder (the "Resecuritized Certificates"),
the Depositor may deposit such Resecuritized Certificates into a new REMIC,
grantor trust or custodial arrangement (a "Restructuring Vehicle") to be held by
the Trustee pursuant to a Supplemental Article. The instrument adopting such
Supplemental Article shall be executed by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
the Trustee; provided, that neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall
withhold their consent thereto if their respective interests would not be
materially adversely affected thereby. To the extent that the terms of the
Supplemental Article do not in any way affect any provisions of this Agreement
as to any of the Certificates initially issued hereunder, the adoption of the
Supplemental Article shall not constitute an "amendment" of this Agreement. Each
Supplemental Article shall set forth all necessary provisions relating to the
holding of the Resecuritized Certificates by the Trustee, the establishment of
the Restructuring Vehicle, the issuing of various classes of new certificates by
the Restructuring Vehicle and the distributions to be made thereon, and any
other provisions necessary to the purposes thereof. In connection with each
Supplemental Article, the Depositor shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that (i) the Restructuring Vehicle will qualify as a
REMIC, grantor trust or other entity not subject to taxation for federal income
tax purposes and (ii) the adoption of the Supplemental Article will not endanger
the status of any REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC or result in the imposition
of a tax upon the Trust Fund (including but not limited to the tax on prohibited
transaction as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on
contributions to a REMIC as set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code.
Section 11.09. Rights of the Insurer.
(a) The Insurer is an express third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.
(b) On each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make available to the Insurer a
copy of the reports made available to the Class A Certificateholders and the
Depositor on such Distribution Date.
(c) The Trustee shall provide to the Insurer copies of any report, notice,
Opinion of Counsel, Officers' Certificate, request for consent or request for
amendment to any document related hereto promptly upon the Trustee's production
or receipt thereof.
(d) Unless an Insurer Default exists, the Trustee and the Depositor shall not
agree to any amendment to this Agreement without first having obtained the prior
written consent of the Insurer, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
(e) So long as there does not exist a failure by the Insurer to make a required
payment under the Policy, the Insurer shall have the right to exercise all
rights of the Holders of the Class A Certificates under this Agreement without
any consent of such Holders, and such Holders may exercise such rights only with
the prior written consent of the Insurer, except as provided herein.
(f) The Insurer shall not be entitled to exercise any of its rights hereunder so
long as there exists a failure by the Insurer to make a required payment under
the Policy.
Section 11.10. Third Party Beneficiaries.
The Limited Repurchase Right Holder is an express third-party
beneficiary of Section 4.08 of this Agreement, and shall have the right to
enforce the related provisions of Section 4.08 of this Agreement as if it were a
party hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee
have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized and their respective seals, duly attested, to be
hereunto affixed, all as of the day and year first above written.
[Seal] RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Attest: /s/ Xxxxxx XxxXxx Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx XxxXxx Title: Vice President
Title: Vice President
[Seal] RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION
Attest: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxx XxxXxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Name: Xxxxxx XxxXxx
Title: Associate Title: Associate
[Seal] U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
Attest: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President Title: Assistant Vice President
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
On the _____ day of December, 2005 before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, known to me to be
a Vice President of Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., one of
the corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to
me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and
acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
Notary Public
_____________________________
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF MINNESOTA
) ss.:
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
On the _________ day of December, 2005 before me, a notary public
in and for said State, personally appeared Xxxxxx XxxXxx, known to me to
be an Associate of Residential Funding Corporation, one of the
corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me
to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and
acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
Notary Public
___________________________
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF MINNESOTA
) ss.:
COUNTY OF XXXXXX )
On the _____ day of December, 2005 before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared _________________________, known
to me to be a __________________________ of U.S. Bank National
Association, a national banking association, that executed the within
instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on
behalf of said banking association and acknowledged to me that such
banking association executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
Notary Public
___________________________
[Notarial Seal]
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CLASS [A-__] CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE") COUPLED WITH THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS UNDER
THE YIELD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
Class [A-__] Senior Certificate No. __
Date of Pooling and Servicing [Adjustable] [Variable] Pass-Through Rate
Agreement and Cut-off Date:
December 1, 2005 Percentage Interest: ___%
First Distribution Date: Aggregate Initial Certificate Principal
January 25, 2006 Balance of the Class [A-__]
Certificates: $___________
Master Servicer:
Residential Funding Corporation
Final Scheduled Distribution Date: Initial Certificate Principal
_________ __, 20__ Balance of this Class [A-__] Certificate:
$___________
Maturity Date: CUSIP ________
_________ __, 20__
MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2005-NC1
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions
allocable to the Class [A-__] Certificates with respect to a
Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one-
to four-family fixed and adjustable interest rate, first and
junior lien mortgage loans sold by RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE
PRODUCTS, INC.
This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund,
and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Residential Asset
Mortgage Products, Inc., the Master Servicer, the Trustee referred to below or
GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of their affiliates. Neither this Certificate
nor the underlying Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental
agency or instrumentality or by Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., the
Master Servicer, the Trustee or GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of their
affiliates. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, GMAC Mortgage Group,
Inc. or any of their affiliates will have any obligation with respect to any
certificate or other obligation secured by or payable from payments on the
Certificates.
This certifies that ____________ is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate in certain distributions with
respect to the Trust Fund consisting primarily of an interest in a pool of
conventional one- to four-family fixed and adjustable interest rate, first and
junior lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans"), sold by Residential Asset
Mortgage Products, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes
any successor entity under the Agreement referred to below). The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as specified above
(the "Agreement") among the Depositor, the Master Servicer and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the
pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined
herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the
Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing as
described in the Agreement, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered at the close of business on the Business Day prior to such
Distribution Date (the "Record Date"), from the related Available Distribution
Amount in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by
this Certificate and the amount of interest and principal, if any, required to
be distributed to Holders of Class [A-__] Certificates on such Distribution
Date.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by the Master
Servicer acting on behalf of the Trustee or by a Paying Agent appointed by the
Trustee in immediately available funds (by wire transfer or otherwise) for the
account of the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the
Master Servicer or such Paying Agent, or by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed
by the Trustee for that purpose in the City of St. Xxxx, Minnesota. The Initial
Certificate Principal Balance of this Certificate is set forth above. The
Certificate Principal Balance hereof will be reduced to the extent of
distributions allocable to principal and any Realized Losses allocable hereto.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
issued in several Classes designated as Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates of the Series specified hereon (herein collectively called the
"Certificates").
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections
and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth
herein and in the Agreement. In the event Master Servicer funds are advanced
with respect to any Mortgage Loan, such advance is reimbursable to the Master
Servicer, to the extent provided in the Agreement, from related recoveries on
such Mortgage Loan or from other cash that would have been distributable to
Certificateholders.
As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Custodial Account
and/or the Certificate Account created for the benefit of Certificateholders may
be made by the Master Servicer from time to time for purposes other than
distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including without limitation
reimbursement to the Depositor and the Master Servicer of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, by either of them.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment of the Agreement and the modification of the rights and obligations of
the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
evidencing in the aggregate not less than 66% of the Percentage Interests of
each Class of Certificates affected thereby. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon the Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof in certain circumstances without the consent of the Holders of
any of the Certificates and, in certain additional circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of certain Classes of Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate
Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the
offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee in the City of St. Xxxx, Minnesota,
duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of authorized denominations evidencing the same Class and aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in Classes and in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided
in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of authorized denominations
evidencing the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, and the Certificate
Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
This Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law
principles thereof, other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York
General Obligations Law.
The obligations created by the Agreement in respect of the Certificates
and the Trust Fund created thereby shall terminate upon the payment to
Certificateholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and
required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of
(i) the maturity or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan subject thereto
or the disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the purchase by Residential Funding
Corporation or its designee from the Trust Fund of all remaining Mortgage Loans
and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans, thereby effecting
early retirement of the related Certificates. The Agreement permits, but does
not require, Residential Funding Corporation or its designee (i) to purchase, at
a price determined as provided in the Agreement, all remaining Mortgage Loans
and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or (ii) subject to the
terms of the Agreement, to purchase in whole, but not in part, all of the Class
A Certificates from the Holders thereof, provided, that any such option may only
be exercised if the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, as
of the Distribution Date upon which the proceeds of any such purchase are
distributed is less than ten percent of the Cut-off Date Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as
Trustee
By: _______________________
Authorized Signatory
Dated: ________ , 2005
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as
Certificate
Registrar
By: ______________________
Authorized Signatory
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee) the beneficial interest evidenced by the within Trust Certificate and
hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on
the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and
deliver such Certificate to the following address:
Dated:_____________________ __________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
__________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to ___________________ for the account of
____________________ account number ____________________ or, if mailed by check,
to ____________________. .
Applicable statements should be mailed to:_____________________
This information is provided by __________________, the assignee named
above, or ____________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT B
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT C
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CLASS SB CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS [A-__]
CERTIFICATES AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN).
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED ("THE CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE
RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR
IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (THE
"AGREEMENT").
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) MAY BE MADE TO ANY
PERSON, UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE TRUSTEE, THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER
SERVICER WITH EITHER (A) A CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5.02(e) OF THE
AGREEMENT OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO AND IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE
SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE, THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER TO THE EFFECT
THAT THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF
1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (OR COMPARABLE
PROVISIONS OF ANY SUBSEQUENT ENACTMENTS) AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE, THE
DEPOSITOR OR THE MASTER SERVICER TO ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY (INCLUDING
OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES UNDER ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE) IN ADDITION
TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN THE AGREEMENT, WHICH OPINION OF COUNSEL SHALL NOT BE AN
EXPENSE OF THE TRUSTEE, THE DEPOSITOR OR THE MASTER SERVICER.
Certificate No. __ Variable Pass-Through Rate
Class SB Subordinate
Date of Pooling and Servicing Percentage Interest: ___%
and Cut-off Date:
December 1, 2005
First Distribution Date: Aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance
January 25, 2006 of the Class SB Certificates:
$________
Master Servicer: Initial Certificate Principal Balance
Residential Funding Corporation of this Certificate: $________
Final Scheduled Distribution Date: CUSIP: ________
_________ __, 20__
Maturity Date:
_________ __, 20__
MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2005-NC1
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions
allocable to the Class SB Certificates with respect to a Trust
Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family fixed and adjustable interest rate, first and
junior lien mortgage loans sold by RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE
PRODUCTS, INC.
This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund,
and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Residential Asset
Mortgage Products, Inc., the Master Servicer, the Trustee referred to below or
any of their affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the underlying Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality or
by Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., the Master Servicer, the Trustee
or any of their affiliates. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any of
their affiliates will have any obligation with respect to any certificate or
other obligation secured by or payable from payments on the Certificates.
This certifies that ________ is the registered owner of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate in certain distributions with respect to
the Trust Fund consisting primarily of an interest in a pool of conventional
one- to four-family fixed and adjustable interest rate first and junior lien
mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans"), sold by Residential Asset Mortgage
Products, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any
successor entity under the Agreement referred to below). The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as specified above
(the "Agreement") among the Depositor, the Master Servicer and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the
pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined
herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the
Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing as
described in the Agreement, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of the month next
preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs (the "Record
Date"), from the related Available Distribution Amount in an amount equal to the
product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount
of interest and principal, if any, required to be distributed to Holders of
Class SB Certificates on such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made either by the Master
Servicer acting on behalf of the Trustee or by a Paying Agent appointed by the
Trustee in immediately available funds (by wire transfer or otherwise) for the
account of the Person entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the
Master Servicer or such Paying Agent, or by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed
by the Trustee for that purpose in the City of St. Xxxx, Minnesota. The Notional
Amount of this Class SB Certificate as of any date of determination will be
calculated as described in the Agreement. The Notional Amount hereof will be
reduced by interest shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans including any Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls not covered by Compensating Interest or related Excess Cash
Flow, and the interest portion of any Realized Losses incurred in respect
thereof. This Class SB Certificate will accrue interest at the Pass-Through Rate
on the Notional Amount as indicated in the definition of Accrued Certificate
Interest in the Agreement. This Class SB Certificate will not accrue interest on
its Certificate Principal Balance.
No transfer of this Class SB Certificate will be made unless such
transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and any applicable state securities laws or is made in
accordance with said Act and laws. In the event that such a transfer is to be
made, (i) the Trustee or the Depositor may require an opinion of counsel
acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Depositor that such transfer is exempt (describing the applicable exemption and
the basis therefor) from or is being made pursuant to the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and of any applicable
statute of any state and (ii) the transferee shall execute an investment letter
in the form described by the Agreement. The Holder hereof desiring to effect
such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Certificate Registrar acting on behalf of
the Trustee 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.
As described above, no transfer of this Certificate (or any interest
therein) shall be made unless the transferee provides the Trustee, the Depositor
and the Master Servicer with either (a) a certification pursuant to Section
5.02(e) of the Agreement stating that the transferee is not an employee benefit
or other plan subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code (each, a "Plan"), or any Person (including, without
limitation, an insurance company investing its general accounts, an investment
manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any Plan) who is using "plan assets",
within the meaning of the U.S. Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29
C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101, of any Plan (each, a "Plan Investor") to effect such
acquisition or (b) an opinion of counsel acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer to the effect
that the purchase and holding of this Certificate is permissible under
applicable law, will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited
transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or
comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), and will not subject the
Trustee, the Depositor or the Master Servicer to any obligation or liability
(including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code)
in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, which opinion of counsel shall
not be an expense of the Trustee, the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
issued in several Classes designated as Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates of the Series specified hereon (herein collectively called the
"Certificates").
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections
and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth
herein and in the Agreement. In the event Master Servicer funds are advanced
with respect to any Mortgage Loan, such advance is reimbursable to the Master
Servicer, to the extent provided in the Agreement, from related recoveries on
such Mortgage Loan or from other cash that would have been distributable to
Certificateholders.
As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Custodial Account
and/or the Certificate Account created for the benefit of Certificateholders may
be made by the Master Servicer from time to time for purposes other than
distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including without limitation
reimbursement to the Depositor and the Master Servicer of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, by either of them.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment of the Agreement and the modification of the rights and obligations of
the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
evidencing in the aggregate not less than 66% of the Percentage Interests of
each Class of Certificates affected thereby. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon the Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof in certain circumstances without the consent of the Holders of
any of the Certificates and, in certain additional circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of certain Classes of Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate
Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the
offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee in the City of St. Xxxx, Minnesota,
duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of authorized denominations evidencing the same Class and aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in Classes and in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided
in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of authorized denominations
evidencing the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
This Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law
principles thereof, other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York
General Obligations Law.
The obligations created by the Agreement in respect of the Certificates
and the Trust Fund created thereby shall terminate upon the payment to
Certificateholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and
required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of
(i) the maturity or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan subject thereto
or the disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the purchase by Residential Funding
Corporation or its designee from the Trust Fund of all remaining Mortgage Loans
and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans, thereby effecting
early retirement of the related Certificates. The Agreement permits, but does
not require, Residential Funding Corporation or its designee (i) to purchase, at
a price determined as provided in the Agreement, all remaining Mortgage Loans
and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or (ii) subject to the
terms of the Agreement, to purchase in whole, but not in part, all of the Class
A Certificates from the Holders thereof, provided, that any such option may only
be exercised if the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, as
of the Distribution Date upon which the proceeds of any such purchase are
distributed is less than ten percent of the Cut-off Date Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as
Trustee
By: _______________________
Authorized Signatory
Dated: ________ , 2005
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as
Certificate
Registrar
By: ______________________
Authorized Signatory
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee) the beneficial interest evidenced by the within Trust Certificate and
hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on
the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and
deliver such Certificate to the following address:
Dated:_____________________ __________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
__________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to ___________________ for the account of
____________________ account number ____________________ or, if mailed by check,
to ____________________. .
Applicable statements should be mailed to:_____________________
This information is provided by __________________, the assignee named
above, or ____________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF CLASS R-__ CERTIFICATE
THE CLASS R-__ CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO PAYMENTS CONSTITUTING THE
AVAILABLE DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN (THE "AGREEMENT").
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE HELD BY OR TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED STATES PERSON
OR A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION (AS DEFINED BELOW).
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE
RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR
IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (THE
"AGREEMENT").
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) MAY BE MADE TO ANY
PERSON, UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE TRUSTEE, THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER
SERVICER WITH EITHER (A) A CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5.02(e) OF THE
AGREEMENT OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO AND IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE
SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE, THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER TO THE EFFECT
THAT THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF
1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (OR COMPARABLE
PROVISIONS OF ANY SUBSEQUENT ENACTMENTS) AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE, THE
DEPOSITOR OR THE MASTER SERVICER TO ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY (INCLUDING
OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES UNDER ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE) IN ADDITION
TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN THE AGREEMENT, WHICH OPINION OF COUNSEL SHALL NOT BE AN
EXPENSE OF THE TRUSTEE, THE DEPOSITOR OR THE MASTER SERVICER.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE ONLY
IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT TO THE MASTER SERVICER
AND THE TRUSTEE THAT (1) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (A) THE UNITED STATES, ANY STATE
OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, (B) ANY
ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 521 OF THE CODE)
WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH
ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE CODE, (C) ANY
ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1381(a)(2)(C) OF THE CODE, (ANY SUCH PERSON
DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (A), (B) OR (C) BEING HEREIN REFERRED TO AS A
"DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION") OR (D) AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, (2)
NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX AND
(3) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES
CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE CERTIFICATE
REGISTER OR ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, SUCH
REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND
SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY PURPOSE
HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS
CERTIFICATE. EACH HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE
SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
Class R-__ Certificate No. __
Date of Pooling and Servicing Percentage Interest: __%
Agreement and Cut-off Date:
December 1, 2005
First Distribution Date: Initial Certificate Principal
January 25, 2006 Balance of this Certificate: $______
Master Servicer:
Residential Funding Corporation
MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2005-NC1
evidencing a percentage interest in any distributions
allocable to the Class R-__ Certificates with respect to the
Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one-
to four-family fixed and adjustable interest rate, first and
junior lien mortgage loans sold by RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE.
PRODUCTS, INC.
This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund
and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Residential Asset
Mortgage Products, Inc., the Master Servicer, the Trustee referred to below or
any of their affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the underlying Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality or
by Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., the Master Servicer, the Trustee
or any of their affiliates. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any of
their affiliates will have any obligation with respect to any certificate or
other obligation secured by or payable from payments on the Certificates.
This certifies that ___________ is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate in certain distributions with
respect to the Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family fixed and adjustable interest rate, first and junior lien mortgage
loans (the "Mortgage Loans"), sold by Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc.
(hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity
under the Agreement referred to below). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as specified above (the "Agreement) among
the Depositor, the Master Servicer and U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of
which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate
is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing as
described in the Agreement, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of the month next
preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs (the "Record
Date"), from the related Available Distribution Amount in an amount equal to the
product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount
of interest and principal, if any, required to be distributed to Holders of
Class R-__ Certificates on such Distribution Date.
Each Holder of this Certificate will be deemed to have agreed to be
bound by the restrictions set forth in the Agreement to the effect that (i) each
person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Certificate must be a
United States Person and a Permitted Transferee, (ii) the transfer of any
Ownership Interest in this Certificate will be conditioned upon the delivery to
the Trustee of, among other things, an affidavit to the effect that it is a
United States Person and Permitted Transferee, (iii) any attempted or purported
transfer of any Ownership Interest in this Certificate in violation of such
restrictions will be absolutely null and void and will vest no rights in the
purported transferee, and (iv) if any person other than a United States Person
and a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in this Certificate
in violation of such restrictions, then the Master Servicer will have the right,
in its sole discretion and without notice to the Holder of this Certificate, to
sell this Certificate to a purchaser selected by the Master Servicer, which
purchaser may be the Master Servicer, or any affiliate of the Master Servicer,
on such terms and conditions as the Master Servicer may choose.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed
by the Trustee for that purpose in the City of St. Xxxx, Minnesota. The Holder
of this Certificate may have additional obligations with respect to this
Certificate, including tax liabilities.
No transfer of this Class R-__ Certificate will be made unless such
transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and any applicable state securities laws or is made in
accordance with said Act and laws. In the event that such a transfer is to be
made, (i) the Trustee or the Depositor may require an opinion of counsel
acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Depositor that such transfer is exempt (describing the applicable exemption and
the basis therefor) from or is being made pursuant to the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and of any applicable
statute of any state and (ii) the transferee shall execute an investment letter
in the form described by the Agreement. The Holder hereof desiring to effect
such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Certificate Registrar acting on behalf of
the Trustee 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.
As described above, no transfer of this Certificate (or any interest
therein) shall be made unless the transferee provides the Trustee, the Depositor
and the Master Servicer with either (a) a certification pursuant to Section
5.02(e) of the Agreement stating that the transferee is not an employee benefit
or other plan subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code (each, a "Plan"), or any Person (including, without
limitation, an insurance company investing its general accounts, an investment
manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any Plan) who is using "plan assets",
within the meaning of the U.S. Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29
C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101, of any Plan (each, a "Plan Investor") to effect such
acquisition or (b) an opinion of counsel acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer to the effect
that the purchase and holding of this Certificate is permissible under
applicable law, will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited
transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or
comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), and will not subject the
Trustee, the Depositor or the Master Servicer to any obligation or liability
(including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code)
in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, which opinion of counsel shall
not be an expense of the Trustee, the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
issued in several Classes designated as Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates of the Series specified hereon (herein collectively called the
"Certificates").
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections
and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth
herein and in the Agreement. In the event Master Servicer funds are advanced
with respect to any Mortgage Loan, such advance is reimbursable to the Master
Servicer, to the extent provided in the Agreement, from related recoveries on
such Mortgage Loan or from other cash that would have been distributable to
Certificateholders.
As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the Custodial Account
and/or the Certificate Account created for the benefit of Certificateholders may
be made by the Master Servicer from time to time for purposes other than
distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including without limitation
reimbursement to the Depositor and the Master Servicer of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, by either of them.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment of the Agreement and the modification of the rights and obligations of
the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
evidencing in the aggregate not less than 66% of the Percentage Interests of
each Class of Certificates affected thereby. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon the Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof in certain circumstances without the consent of the Holders of
any of the Certificates and, in certain additional circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of certain Classes of Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate
Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the
offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee in the City of St. Xxxx, Minnesota,
duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of authorized denominations evidencing the same Class and aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in Classes and in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided
in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of authorized denominations
evidencing the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
This Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law
principles thereof, other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York
General Obligations Law.
The obligations created by the Agreement in respect of these
Certificates and the Trust Fund created thereby shall terminate upon the payment
to Certificateholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and
required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of
(i) the maturity or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan subject thereto
or the disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the purchase by Residential Funding
Corporation or its designee from the Trust Fund of all remaining Mortgage Loans
and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans, thereby effecting
early retirement of the related Certificates. The Agreement permits, but does
not require, Residential Funding Corporation or its designee (i) to purchase, at
a price determined as provided in the Agreement, all remaining Mortgage Loans
and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or (ii) subject to the
terms of the Agreement, to purchase in whole, but not in part, all of the
related Certificates from the Holders thereof; provided, that any such option
may only be exercised if the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the related
Mortgage Loans, as of the Distribution Date upon which the proceeds of any such
purchase are distributed is less than ten percent of the Cut-off Date Principal
Balance of the related Mortgage Loans.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as
Trustee
By: _______________________
Authorized Signatory
Dated: ________ , 2005
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as
Certificate
Registrar
By: ______________________
Authorized Signatory
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee) the beneficial interest evidenced by the within Trust Certificate and
hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on
the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and
deliver such Certificate to the following address:
Dated:_____________________ __________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
__________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to ___________________ for the account of
____________________ account number ____________________ or, if mailed by check,
to ____________________. .
Applicable statements should be mailed to:_____________________
This information is provided by __________________, the assignee named
above, or ____________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
THIS CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT (as amended and supplemented from
time to time, the "Agreement"), dated as of December 1, 2005, by and among U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (including its successors under the
Pooling Agreement defined below, the "Trustee"), RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE
PRODUCTS, INC., as company (together with any successor in interest, the
"Company"), RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION, as master servicer (together with
any successor in interest or successor under the Pooling Agreement referred to
below, the "Master Servicer") and XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., as custodian (together
with any successor in interest or any successor appointed hereunder, the
"Custodian").
W I T N E S S E T H T H A T:
WHEREAS, the Company, the Master Servicer and the Trustee have
entered into a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2005,
relating to the issuance of Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., Mortgage
Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-NC1 (as in effect on the
date of this Agreement, the "Original Pooling Agreement," and as amended and
supplemented from time to time, the "Pooling Agreement");
WHEREAS, the Company and the Master Servicer, hereby direct
the Trustee to appoint Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. as Custodian; and
WHEREAS, the Custodian has agreed to act as agent for the
Trustee for the purposes of receiving and holding certain documents and other
instruments delivered by the Company and the Master Servicer under the Pooling
Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions and subject to the limitations
hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the Trustee, the Company,
the Master Servicer and the Custodian hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned in the Original Pooling Agreement,
unless otherwise required by the context herein.
ARTICLE II
Custody of Mortgage Documents
Section 2.1 Custodian to Act as Agent: Acceptance of Mortgage Files. The
Custodian, as the duly appointed agent of the Trustee for these purposes,
acknowledges receipt of the Mortgage Files relating to the Mortgage Loans
identified on the schedule attached hereto (the "Mortgage Files") and declares
that it holds and will hold the Mortgage Files as agent for the Trustee, in
trust, for the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders.
Section 2.2 Recordation of Assignments. If any Mortgage File includes one or
more assignments of the related Mortgage Loans to the Trustee that have not been
recorded, each such assignment shall be delivered by the Custodian to the
Company for the purpose of recording it in the appropriate public office for
real property records, and the Company, at no expense to the Custodian, shall
promptly cause to be recorded in the appropriate public office for real property
records each such assignment and, upon receipt thereof from such public office,
shall return each such assignment to the Custodian.
Section 2.3 Review of Mortgage Files.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Custodian shall deliver to the Trustee
an Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit One evidencing
receipt of a Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan listed on the Schedule
attached hereto (the "Mortgage Loan Schedule"). The parties hereto acknowledge
that certain documents referred to in Subsection 2.01(b)(i) of the Pooling
Agreement may be missing on or prior to the Closing Date and such missing
documents shall be listed as a Schedule to Exhibit One.
(b) Within 45 days of the initial issuance of the Certificates, the Custodian
agrees, for the benefit of Certificateholders, to review in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.02 of the Pooling Agreement each Mortgage File and to
deliver to the Trustee an Interim Certification in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit Two to the effect that all documents required to be delivered pursuant
to Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling Agreement have been executed and received and
that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, except for any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached to such
Interim Certification. For purposes of such review, the Custodian shall compare
the following information in each Mortgage File to the corresponding information
in the Mortgage Loan Schedule: (i) the loan number, (ii) the borrower name and
(iii) the original principal balance. The Custodian shall be under no duty or
obligation to inspect, review or examine said documents, instruments,
certificates or other papers to determine that the same are genuine,
enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have
actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be on
their face, or that the MIN is accurate. If in performing the review required by
this Section 2.3 the Custodian finds any document or documents constituting a
part of a Mortgage File to be missing or defective in respect of the items
reviewed as described in this Section 2.3(b), the Custodian shall promptly so
notify the Company, the Master Servicer, and the Trustee.
(c) Upon receipt of all documents required to be in the Mortgage Files the
Custodian shall deliver to the Trustee a Final Certification in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit Three evidencing the completeness of the Mortgage Files.
Upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, the Company
or the Master Servicer, the Custodian shall as soon as practicable supply the
Trustee with a list of all of the documents relating to the Mortgage Loans
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling Agreement
not then contained in the Mortgage Files.
Section 2.4 Notification of Breaches of Representations and Warranties. If the
Custodian discovers, in the course of performing its custodial functions, a
breach of a representation or warranty made by the Master Servicer or the
Company as set forth in the Pooling Agreement with respect to a Mortgage Loan
relating to a Mortgage File, the Custodian shall give prompt written notice to
the Company, the Master Servicer, and the Trustee.
Section 2.5 Custodian to Cooperate: Release of Mortgage Files. Upon the
repurchase or substitution of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to Article II of the
Pooling Agreement or payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the
Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a
manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer shall immediately notify
the Custodian by delivering to the Custodian a Request for Release (in the form
of Exhibit Four attached hereto or a mutually acceptable electronic form) and
shall request delivery to it of the Mortgage File. The Custodian agrees, upon
receipt of such Request for Release, promptly to release to the Master Servicer
the related Mortgage File. Upon written notification of a substitution, the
Master Servicer shall deliver to the Custodian and the Custodian agrees to
accept the Mortgage Note and other documents constituting the Mortgage File with
respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, upon receiving written
notification from the Master Servicer of such substitution.
Upon receipt of a Request for Release from the Master
Servicer, signed by a Servicing Officer, stating that (i) the Master Servicer or
a Subservicer, as the case may be, has made a deposit into the Certificate
Account in payment for the purchase of the related Mortgage Loan in an amount
equal to the Purchase Price for such Mortgage Loan or (ii) the Company has
chosen to substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such Mortgage
Loan, the Custodian shall release to the Master Servicer the related Mortgage
File.
From time to time as is appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosures of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this purpose, collection under
any Primary Insurance Policy or any Mortgage Pool Insurance Policy, the Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Custodian a Request for Release certifying as to
the reason for such release. Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Custodian shall
deliver the Mortgage File or such document to the Master Servicer. The Master
Servicer shall cause each Mortgage File or any document therein so released to
be returned to the Custodian when the need therefor by the Master Servicer no
longer exists, unless (i) the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the
Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the
Custodial Account or (ii) the Mortgage File or such document has been delivered
to an attorney, or to a public trustee or other public official as required by
law, for purposes of initiating or pursuing legal action or other proceedings
for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either judicially or
non-judicially, and the Master Servicer has delivered to the Custodian an
updated Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer certifying as to the
name and address of the Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was
delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery. Immediately upon receipt
of any Mortgage File returned to the Custodian by the Master Servicer, the
Custodian shall deliver a signed acknowledgment to the Master Servicer,
confirming receipt of such Mortgage File.
Upon the request of the Master Servicer, the Custodian will
send to the Master Servicer copies of any documents contained in the Mortgage
File.
Section 2.6 Assumption Agreements. In the event that any assumption agreement or
substitution of liability agreement is entered into with respect to any Mortgage
Loan subject to this Agreement in accordance with the terms and provisions of
the Pooling Agreement, the Master Servicer shall notify the Custodian that such
assumption or substitution agreement has been completed by forwarding to the
Custodian the original of such assumption or substitution agreement, which shall
be added to the related Mortgage File and, for all purposes, shall be considered
a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other documents and
instruments constituting parts thereof.
ARTICLE III
Concerning the Custodian
Section 3.1 Custodian a Bailee and Agent of the Trustee. With respect to each
Mortgage Note, Mortgage and other documents constituting each Mortgage File
which are delivered to the Custodian, the Custodian is exclusively the bailee
and agent of the Trustee and has no instructions to hold any Mortgage Note or
Mortgage for the benefit of any person other than the Trustee and the
Certificateholders and undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as
are specifically set forth in this Agreement. Except upon compliance with the
provisions of Section 2.5 of this Agreement, no Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other
document constituting a part of a Mortgage File shall be delivered by the
Custodian to the Company or the Master Servicer or otherwise released from the
possession of the Custodian.
The Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Custodian in
writing if it shall no longer be a member of MERS, or if it otherwise shall no
longer be capable of registering and recording Mortgage Loans using MERS. In
addition, the Master Servicer shall (i) promptly notify the Custodian in writing
when a MERS Mortgage Loan is no longer registered with and recorded under MERS
and (ii) concurrently with any such deregistration of a MERS Mortgage Loan,
prepare, execute and record an original assignment from MERS to the Trustee and
deliver such assignment to the Custodian.
Section 3.2 Indemnification. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the
Custodian harmless from and against all claims, liabilities, losses, actions,
suits or proceedings at law or in equity, or any other expenses, fees or charges
of any character or nature, which the Custodian may incur or with which the
Custodian may be threatened by reason of its acting as custodian under this
Agreement, including indemnification of the Custodian against any and all
expenses, including attorney's fees if counsel for the Custodian has been
approved by the Company, and the cost of defending any action, suit or
proceedings or resisting any claim. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is
specifically understood and agreed that in the event any such claim, liability,
loss, action, suit or proceeding or other expense, fee or charge shall have been
caused by reason of any negligent act, negligent failure to act or willful
misconduct on the part of the Custodian, or which shall constitute a willful
breach of its duties hereunder, the indemnification provisions of this Agreement
shall not apply.
Section 3.3 Custodian May Own Certificates. The Custodian in its individual or
any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same
rights it would have if it were not Custodian.
Section 3.4 Master Servicer to Pay Custodian's Fees and Expenses. The Master
Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the Custodian from time to time, and the
Custodian shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation for all services
rendered by it in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties
hereunder of the Custodian, and the Master Servicer will pay or reimburse the
Custodian upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Custodian in accordance with any of the
provisions of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in
its employ), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from
its negligence or bad faith.
Section 3.5 Custodian May Resign: Trustee May Remove Custodian. The Custodian
may resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed upon it as such
obligations and duties relate to its acting as Custodian of the Mortgage Loans.
Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Trustee shall either take custody
of the Mortgage Files itself and give prompt notice thereof to the Company, the
Master Servicer and the Custodian, or promptly appoint a successor Custodian by
written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the resigning Custodian and one copy to the successor Custodian. If
the Trustee shall not have taken custody of the Mortgage Files and no successor
Custodian shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Custodian may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Custodian.
The Trustee, at the direction of the Master Servicer and the
Company, may remove the Custodian at any time, with or without cause. In such
event, the Trustee shall appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction
to appoint, a successor Custodian hereunder. Any successor Custodian shall be a
depository institution subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authority and shall be able to satisfy the other requirements contained in
Section 3.7 and shall be unaffiliated with the Master Servicer or the Company.
Any resignation or removal of the Custodian and appointment of
a successor Custodian pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 3.5
shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor
Custodian. The Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Company and the Master
Servicer of the appointment of any successor Custodian. No successor Custodian
shall be appointed by the Trustee without the prior approval of the Company and
the Master Servicer.
Section 3.6 Merger or Consolidation of Custodian. Any Person into which the
Custodian may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or
any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Custodian shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the
Custodian, shall be the successor of the Custodian hereunder, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 3.7 Representations of the Custodian. The Custodian hereby represents
that it is a depository institution subject to supervision or examination by a
federal or state authority, has a combined capital and surplus of at least
$15,000,000 and is qualified to do business in the jurisdictions in which it
will hold any Mortgage File.
ARTICLE IV
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 4.1 Notices. All notices, requests, consents and demands and other
communications required under this Agreement or pursuant to any other instrument
or document delivered hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specifically provided, may be delivered personally, by telegram or telex, or by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, at the
addresses specified on the signature page hereof (unless changed by the
particular party whose address is stated herein by similar notice in writing),
in which case the notice will be deemed delivered when received.
Section 4.2 Amendments. No modification or amendment of or supplement to this
Agreement shall be valid or effective unless the same is in writing and signed
by all parties hereto, and neither the Company, the Master Servicer nor the
Trustee shall enter into any amendment hereof except as permitted by the Pooling
Agreement. The Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Custodian of any
amendment or supplement to the Pooling Agreement and furnish the Custodian with
written copies thereof.
Section 4.3 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED A CONTRACT MADE UNDER
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401
AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).
Section 4.4 Recordation of Agreement. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
this Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for
real property records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in
which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in
any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to
be effected by the Master Servicer and at its expense on direction by the
Trustee (pursuant to the request of holders of Certificates evidencing undivided
interests in the aggregate of not less than 25% of the Trust Fund), but only
upon direction accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Master Servicer to the effect that the failure to effect such recordation is
likely to materially and adversely affect the interests of the
Certificateholders.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this
Agreement as herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be
executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which
counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 4.5 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason
whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms
shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates
or the rights of the holders thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed as of the date first
above written.
Address: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
U.S. Bank Corporate Trust Services
EP MN WS3D
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 By:
Name:
Title:
Address: RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE
PRODUCTS, INC.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 By:
Name:
Title:
Address: RESIDENTIAL FUNDING
CORPORATION, as Master Servicer
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 By:
Name:
Title:
Address: XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
Document Custody
Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx - Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 By:
Name:
Title:
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.:
COUNTY OF XXXXXX )
On the _______ day of ________, 2005, before me, a notary
public in and for said State, personally appeared
___________________________________________________, known to me to be a
_______________________________________ of U.S. Bank National Association, a
national banking association that executed the within instrument, and also known
to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said national banking
association and acknowledged to me that such national banking association
executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
____________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.:
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
On the _______ day of ________, 2005, before me, a notary
public in and for said State, personally appeared, ___________, known to me to
be a Vice President of Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., one of the
corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me
that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.:
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
On the _______ day of ________, 2005, before me, a notary
public in and for said State, personally appeared, _____________, known to me to
be an Associate of Residential Funding Corporation, one of the corporations that
executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
_______________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.:
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
On the _______ day of ________, 2005, before me, a notary
public in and for said State, personally appeared
__________________________________________, known to me to be a
_______________________________________ of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., a national
banking association that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to
be the person who executed it on behalf of said national banking association,
and acknowledged to me that such national banking association executed the
within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
____________
Notary Public
EXHIBIT ONE
FORM OF CUSTODIAN
INITIAL CERTIFICATION
November 22, 2005
U.S. Bank National Association 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Structured Finance, EP-MN-WS3D
Attention: Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., Series 2005-NC1
Re: Custodial Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2005, by and among
U.S. Bank National Association, Residential Asset Mortgage
Products, Inc., Residential Funding Corporation and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A., relating to Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-NC1
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.3 of the above-captioned Custodial Agreement,
and subject to Section 2.02 of the Pooling Agreement, the undersigned, as
Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received a Mortgage File (which
contains an original Mortgage Note or an original Lost Note Affidavit with
a copy of the related Mortgage Note) to the extent required in Section
2.01(b) of the Pooling Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed
in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, with any exceptions listed on Schedule A
attached hereto.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Custodial Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
By:______________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT TWO
FORM OF CUSTODIAN INTERIM CERTIFICATION
_______________, 2005
U.S. Bank National Association 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Structured Finance, EP-MN-WS3D
Attention: Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., Series 2005-NC1
Re: Custodial Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2005, by and among
U.S. Bank National Association, Residential Asset Mortgage
Products, Inc., Residential Funding Corporation and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A., relating to Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-NC1
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.3 of the above-captioned Custodial Agreement,
the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received a
Mortgage File to the extent required pursuant to Section 2.01(b) of the
Pooling Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule, and it has reviewed the Mortgage File and the Mortgage Loan
Schedule and has determined that: all required documents have been executed
and received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, with any exceptions listed on
Schedule A attached hereto.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Custodial Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
By:_____________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT THREE
FORM OF CUSTODIAN FINAL CERTIFICATION
______________, 2005
U.S. Bank National Association 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Structured Finance, EP-MN-WS3D
Attention: Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., Series 2005-NC1
Re: Custodial Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2005, by and among
U.S. Bank National Association, Residential Asset Mortgage
Products, Inc., Residential Funding Corporation and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A., relating to Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-NC1
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.3 of the above-captioned Custodial Agreement,
the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received a
Mortgage File with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule and it has reviewed the Mortgage File and the Mortgage Loan
Schedule and has determined that: all required documents referred to in
Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling Agreement have been executed and received
and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Custodial Agreement.
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
By:________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT FOUR
FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
DATE:
TO:
RE: REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
In connection with the administration of the pool of Mortgage Loans held by you
for the referenced pool, we request the release of the Mortgage Loan File
described below.
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Dated:
Series#:
Account#:
Pool#:
Loan#:
MIN#:
Borrower Name(s):
Reason for Document Request: (circle one) Mortgage Loan Prepaid in Full
Mortgage Loan Repurchased
"We hereby certify that all amounts received or to be received in connection
with such payments which are required to be deposited have been or will be so
deposited as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement."
Residential Funding Corporation
Authorized Signature
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TO CUSTODIAN/TRUSTEE: Please acknowledge this request, and check off documents
being enclosed with a copy of this form. You should retain this form for your
files in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Enclosed Documents: [ ] Promissory Note
[ ] Primary Insurance Policy
[ ] Mortgage or Deed of Trust
[ ] Assignment(s) of Mortgage or Deed of Trust
[ ] Title Insurance Policy
[ ] Other: ________________________
Name
Title
Date
EXHIBIT G-1
GROUP I MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
[On File with RFC]
EXHIBIT G-2
GROUP II MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
[On File with RFC]
EXHIBIT H
FORMS OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
DATE:
TO:
RE: REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
In connection with the administration of the pool of Mortgage Loans held by you
for the referenced pool, we request the release of the Mortgage Loan File
described below.
Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated:
Series#:
Account#:
Pool#:
Loan#:
Borrower Name(s):
Reason for Document Request: (circle one) Mortgage Loan Prepaid in Full
Mortgage Loan Repurchased
"We hereby certify that all amounts received or to be received in connection
with such payments which are required to be deposited have been or will be so
deposited as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement."
Residential Funding Corporation
Authorized Signature
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TO CUSTODIAN/TRUSTEE: Please acknowledge this request, and check off documents
being enclosed with a copy of this form. You should retain this form for your
files in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Enclosed Documents: [ ] Promissory Note
[ ] Primary Insurance Policy
[ ] Mortgage or Deed of Trust
[ ] Assignment(s) of Mortgage or Deed of Trust
[ ] Title Insurance Policy
[ ] Other:
Name
Title
Date
EXHIBIT I-1
FORM OF TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT AND AGREEMENT
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
[NAME OF OFFICER], being first duly sworn, deposes
and says:
1. That he is [Title of Officer] of [Name of Owner] (record or
beneficial owner of the Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series
_______, Class R[-__] (the "Owner")), a [savings institution] [corporation] duly
organized and existing under the laws of [the State of ] [the United States], on
behalf of which he makes this affidavit and agreement.
2. That the Owner (i) is not and will not be a "disqualified
organization" or an electing large partnership as of [date of transfer] within
the meaning of Sections 860E(e)(5) and 775, respectively, of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") or an electing large partnership
under Section 775(a) of the Code, (ii) will endeavor to remain other than a
disqualified organization for so long as it retains its ownership interest in
the Class R[-__] Certificates, and (iii) is acquiring the Class R[-__]
Certificates for its own account or for the account of another Owner from which
it has received an affidavit and agreement in substantially the same form as
this affidavit and agreement. (For this purpose, a "disqualified organization"
means an electing large partnership under Section 775 of the Code, the United
States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any agency or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality all of
the activities of which are subject to tax and, except for the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a majority of whose board of directors is not selected by
any such governmental entity) or any foreign government, international
organization or any agency or instrumentality of such foreign government or
organization, any rural electric or telephone cooperative, or any organization
(other than certain farmers' cooperatives) that is generally exempt from federal
income tax unless such organization is subject to the tax on unrelated business
taxable income).
3. That the Owner is aware (i) of the tax that would be imposed on
transfers of Class R[-__] Certificates to disqualified organizations or electing
large partnerships, under the Code, that applies to all transfers of Class
R[-__] Certificates after March 31, 1988; (ii) that such tax would be on the
transferor (or, with respect to transfers to electing large partnerships, on
each such partnership), or, if such transfer is through an agent (which person
includes a broker, nominee or middleman) for a disqualified organization, on the
agent; (iii) that the person (other than with respect to transfers to electing
large partnerships) otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability
for the tax if the transferee furnishes to such person an affidavit that the
transferee is not a disqualified organization and, at the time of transfer, such
person does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is false; and (iv) that
the Class R[-__] Certificates may be "noneconomic residual interests" within the
meaning of Treasury regulations promulgated pursuant to the Code and that the
transferor of a noneconomic residual interest will remain liable for any taxes
due with respect to the income on such residual interest, unless no significant
purpose of the transfer was to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
4. That the Owner is aware of the tax imposed on a "pass-through
entity" holding Class R[-__] Certificates if either the pass-through entity is
an electing large partnership under Section 775 of the Code or if at any time
during the taxable year of the pass-through entity a disqualified organization
is the record holder of an interest in such entity. (For this purpose, a "pass
through entity" includes a regulated investment company, a real estate
investment trust or common trust fund, a partnership, trust or estate, and
certain cooperatives.)
5. The Owner is either (i) a citizen or resident of the United States,
(ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity treated as a corporation or a
partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and created or organized in or
under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia (other than a partnership that is not treated as a United States person
under any applicable Treasury regulations), (iii) an estate that is described in
Section 7701(a)(30)(D) of the Code, or (iv) a trust that is described in Section
7701(a)(30)(E) of the Code.
6. The Owner hereby agrees that it will not cause income from the Class
R[-__] Certificates to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or
fixed base (within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the Owner
of another United States taxpayer.
7. That the Owner is aware that the Trustee will not register the
transfer of any Class R[- __] Certificates unless the transferee, or the
transferee's agent, delivers to it an affidavit and agreement, among other
things, in substantially the same form as this affidavit and agreement. The
Owner expressly agrees that it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows
or believes that any of the representations contained in such affidavit and
agreement are false.
8. That the Owner has reviewed the restrictions set forth on the face
of the Class R[-__] Certificates and the provisions of Section 5.02(f) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement under which the Class R[-__] Certificates were
issued (in particular, clauses (iii)(A) and (iii)(B) of Section 5.02(f) which
authorize the Trustee to deliver payments to a person other than the Owner and
negotiate a mandatory sale by the Trustee in the event the Owner holds such
Certificates in violation of Section 5.02(f)). The Owner expressly agrees to be
bound by and to comply with such restrictions and provisions.
9. That the Owner consents to any additional restrictions or
arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute
a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Class R[-__] Certificates will only
be owned, directly or indirectly, by an Owner that is not a disqualified
organization.
10. The Owner's Taxpayer Identification Number is ______________.
11. This affidavit and agreement relates only to the Class R[-__]
Certificates held by the Owner and not to any other holder of the Class R[-__]
Certificates. The Owner understands that the liabilities described herein relate
only to the Class R[-__] Certificates.
12. That no purpose of the Owner relating to the transfer of any of the
Class R[-__] Certificates by the Owner is or will be to impede the assessment or
collection of any tax; in making this representation, the Owner warrants that
the Owner is familiar with (i) Treasury Regulation Section 1.860E-1(c) and
recent amendments thereto, effective as of July 19, 2002, and (ii) the preamble
describing the adoption of the amendments to such regulation, which is attached
hereto as Exhibit 1.
13. That the Owner has no present knowledge or expectation that it will
be unable to pay any United States taxes owed by it so long as any of the
Certificates remain outstanding. In this regard, the Owner hereby represents to
and for the benefit of the person from whom it acquired the Class R[-__]
Certificate that the Owner intends to pay taxes associated with holding such
Class R[- __] Certificate as they become due, fully understanding that it may
incur tax liabilities in excess of any cash flows generated by the Class R[-__]
Certificate.
14. That the Owner has no present knowledge or expectation that it will
become insolvent or subject to a bankruptcy proceeding for so long as any of the
Class R[-__] Certificates remain outstanding.
15. (a) The Owner is not an employee benefit plan or other plan subject to the
prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Code (each, a "Plan"), or
any Person (including, without limitation, an insurance company investing its
general accounts, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any
Plan) who is using "plan assets", within the meaning of the U.S. Department of
Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101, of any Plan (each, a
"Plan Investor") to effect such acquisition; or
(b) The Owner has provided the Trustee, the Depositor and the Master
Servicer with an opinion of counsel acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer to the effect
that the purchase and holding of Class R-[ ] Certificates is permissible under
applicable law, will not constitute or result in any non-exempt prohibited
transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of
any subsequent enactments) and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or
the Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or
liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those
undertaken in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which opinion of counsel
shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
In addition, the Owner hereby certifies, represents and warrants to,
and covenants with, the Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer that the
Owner will not transfer Class R-[ ] Certificates to any transferee unless such
transferee meets the requirements set forth in either (a) or (b) above.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner has caused this instrument to be executed
on its behalf, pursuant to the authority of its Board of Directors, by its
[Title of Officer] and its corporate seal to be hereunto attached, attested by
its [Assistant] Secretary, this day of _____,___ 200__.
[NAME OF OWNER]
By:
[Name of Officer]
[Title of Officer]
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:
[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named [Name of Officer], known
or proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and
to be the [Title of Officer] of the Owner, and acknowledged to me that he
executed the same as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the
Owner.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ___ day of ________, 200 __.
NOTARY PUBLIC
COUNTY OF
STATE OF
My Commission expires the ____ day of _____, 20__ .
EXHIBIT 1
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Parts 1 and 602
[TD 9004]
RIN 1545-AW98
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Final regulations.
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SUMMARY:
This document contains final regulations relating to safe harbor
transfers of noneconomic residual interests in real estate mortgage investment
conduits (REMICs). The final regulations provide additional limitations on the
circumstances under which transferors may claim safe harbor treatment.
DATES: Effective Date: These regulations are effective July 19, 2002.
Applicability Date: For dates of applicability, see Sec. 1.860E-(1)(c)(10).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx at (000) 000-0000
(not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Paperwork Reduction Act The collection of
information in this final rule has been reviewed and, pending receipt and
evaluation of public comments, approved by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under 44 U.S.C. 3507 and assigned control number 1545-1675. The collection
of information in this regulation is in Sec. 1.860E -1(c)(5)(ii). This
information is required to enable the IRS to verify that a taxpayer is complying
with the conditions of this regulation. The collection of information is
mandatory and is required. Otherwise, the taxpayer will not receive the benefit
of safe harbor treatment as provided in the regulation. The likely respondents
are businesses and other for profit institutions. Comments on the collection of
information should be sent to the Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk
Officer for the Department of the Treasury, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX, 00000, with copies to the Internal Revenue Service,
Attn: IRS Reports Clearance Officer, W:CAR:MP:FP:S, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000.
Comments on the collection of information should be received by September 17,
2002. Comments are specifically requested concerning: Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Internal Revenue Service, including whether the information will have practical
utility; The accuracy of the estimated burden associated with the collection of
information (see below);
How the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected
may be enhanced;
How the burden of complying with the collection of information may be
minimized, including through the application of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; and Estimates of
capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase
of service to provide information.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid control
number assigned by the Office of Management and Budget.
The estimated total annual reporting burden is 470 hours, based on an
estimated number of respondents of 470 and an estimated average annual
burden hours per respondent of one hour.
Books or records relating to a collection of information must be retained
as long as their contents may become material in the administration of any
internal revenue law. Generally, tax returns and tax return information are
confidential, as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
BACKGROUND
This document contains final regulations regarding the proposed
amendments to 26 CFR part 1 under section 860E of the Internal Revenue Code
(Code). The regulations provide the circumstances under which a transferor of a
noneconomic REMIC residual interest meeting the investigation and representation
requirements may avail itself of the safe harbor by satisfying either the
formula test or the asset test. Final regulations governing REMICs, issued in
1992, contain rules governing the transfer of noneconomic REMIC residual
interests. In general, a transfer of a noneconomic residual interest is
disregarded for all tax purposes if a significant purpose of the transfer is to
enable the transferor to impede the assessment or collection of tax. A purpose
to impede the assessment or collection of tax (a wrongful purpose) exists if the
transferor, at the time of the transfer, either knew or should have known that
the transferee would be unwilling or unable to pay taxes due on its share of the
REMIC's taxable income. Under a safe harbor, the transferor of a REMIC
noneconomic residual interest is presumed not to have a wrongful purpose if two
requirements are satisfied: (1) the transferor conducts a reasonable
investigation of the transferee's financial condition (the investigation
requirement); and (2) the transferor secures a representation from the
transferee to the effect that the transferee understands the tax obligations
associated with holding a residual interest and intends to pay those taxes (the
representation requirement). The IRS and Treasury have been concerned that some
transferors of noneconomic residual interests claim they satisfy the safe harbor
even in situations where the economics of the transfer clearly indicate the
transferee is unwilling or unable to pay the tax associated with holding the
interest. For this reason, on February 7, 2000, the IRS published in the Federal
Register (65 FR 5807) a notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-100276-97;
REG-122450-98) designed to clarify the safe harbor by adding the "formula test,"
an economic test. The proposed regulation provides that the safe harbor is
unavailable unless the present value of the anticipated tax liabilities
associated with holding the residual interest does not exceed the sum of: (1)
The present value of any consideration given to the transferee to acquire the
interest; (2) the present value of the expected future distributions on the
interest; and (3) the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated
with holding the interest as the REMIC generates losses. In January 2001, the
IRS published Rev. Proc. 2001-12 (2001-3 I.R.B. 335) to set forth an alternative
safe harbor that taxpayers could use while the IRS and the Treasury considered
comments on the proposed regulations. Under the alternative safe harbor, if a
transferor meets the investigation requirement and the representation
requirement but the transfer fails to meet the formula test, the transferor may
invoke the safe harbor if the transferee meets a two-prong test (the asset
test). A transferee generally meets the first prong of this test if, at the time
of the transfer, and in each of the two years preceding the year of transfer,
the transferee's gross assets exceed $100 million and its net assets exceed $10
million. A transferee generally meets the second prong of this test if it is a
domestic, taxable corporation and agrees in writing not to transfer the interest
to any person other than another domestic, taxable corporation that also
satisfies the requirements of the asset test. A transferor cannot rely on the
asset test if the transferor knows, or has reason to know, that the transferee
will not comply with its written agreement to limit the restrictions on
subsequent transfers of the residual interest. Rev. Proc. 2001-12 provides that
the asset test fails to be satisfied in the case of a transfer or assignment of
a noneconomic residual interest to a foreign branch of an otherwise eligible
transferee. If such a transfer or assignment were permitted, a corporate
taxpayer might seek to claim that the provisions of an applicable income tax
treaty would resource excess inclusion income as foreign source income, and
that, as a consequence, any U.S. tax liability attributable to the excess
inclusion income could be offset by foreign tax credits. Such a claim would
impede the assessment or collection of U.S. tax on excess inclusion income,
contrary to the congressional purpose of assuring that such income will be
taxable in all events. See, e.g., sections 860E(a)(1), (b), (e) and 860G(b) of
the Code. The Treasury and the IRS have learned that certain taxpayers
transferring noneconomic residual interests to foreign branches have attempted
to rely on the formula test to obtain safe harbor treatment in an effort to
impede the assessment or collection of U.S. tax on excess inclusion income.
Accordingly, the final regulations provide that if a noneconomic residual
interest is transferred to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base of a
U.S. taxpayer, the transfer is not eligible for safe harbor treatment under
either the asset test or the formula test. The final regulations also require a
transferee to represent that it will not cause income from the noneconomic
residual interest to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or
fixed base. Section 1.860E -1(c)(8) provides computational rules that a taxpayer
may use to qualify for safe harbor status under the formula test. Section
1.860E-1 (c)(8)(1) provides that the transferee is presumed to pay tax at a rate
equal to the highest rate of tax specified in section 11(b). Some commentators
were concerned that this presumed rate of taxation was too high because it does
not take into consideration taxpayers subject to the alternative minimum tax
rate. In light of the comments received, this provision has been amended in the
final regulations to allow certain transferees that compute their taxable income
using the alternative minimum tax rate to use the alternative minimum tax rate
applicable to corporations. Additionally, Sec. 1.860E-1(c)(8)(iii) provides that
the present values in the formula test are to be computed using a discount rate
equal to the applicable Federal short-term rate prescribed by section 1274(d).
This is a change from the proposed regulation and Rev. Proc. 2001-12. In those
publications the provision stated that "present values are computed using a
discount rate equal to the applicable Federal rate prescribed in section 1274(d)
compounded semiannually" and that "[a] lower discount rate may be used if the
transferee can demonstrate that it regularly borrows, in the course of its trade
or business, substantial funds at such lower rate from an unrelated third
party." The IRS and the Treasury Department have learned that, based on this
provision, certain taxpayers have been attempting to use unrealistically low or
zero interest rates to satisfy the formula test, frustrating the intent of the
test. Furthermore, the Treasury Department and the IRS believe that a rule
allowing for a rate other than a rate based on an objective index would add
unnecessary complexity to the safe harbor. As a result, the rule in the proposed
regulations that permits a transferee to use a lower discount rate, if the
transferee can demonstrate that it regularly borrows substantial funds at such
lower rate, is not included in the final regulations; and the Federal short-term
rate has been substituted for the applicable Federal rate. To simplify
taxpayers' computations, the final regulations allow use of any of the published
short-term rates, provided that the present values are computed with a
corresponding period of compounding. With the exception of the provisions
relating to transfers to foreign branches, these changes generally have the
proposed applicability date of February 4, 2000, but taxpayers may choose to
apply the interest rate formula set forth in the proposed regulation and Rev.
Proc. 2001-12 for transfers occurring before August 19, 2002. Effect on Other
Documents Rev. Proc. 2001-12 (2001-3 I.R.B. 335) is obsolete for transfers of
noneconomic residual interests in REMICs occurring on or after August 19, 2002.
SPECIAL ANALYSES
It is hereby certified that these regulations will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. This
certification is based on the fact that it is unlikely that a substantial number
of small entities will hold REMIC residual interests. Therefore, a Regulatory
Flexibility Analysis under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6)
is not required. It has been determined that this Treasury decision is not a
significant regulatory action as defined in Executive Order 12866. Therefore, a
regulatory assessment is not required. It also has been determined that sections
553(b) and 553(d) of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 5) do
not apply to these regulations.
DRAFTING INFORMATION
The principal author of these regulations is Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx.
However, other personnel from the IRS and Treasury Department participated in
their development.
List of Subjects 26 CFR Part 1 Income taxes, Reporting and record
keeping requirements 26 CFR Part 602.
Reporting and record keeping requirements. Adoption of Amendments to
the Regulations. Accordingly, 26 CFR parts 1 and 602 are amended as follows:
PART 1--INCOME TAXES
Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read in
part as follows:
Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805
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EXHIBIT I-2
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
__________________, 200__
Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
U.S. Bank National Association EP-MN-WS3D 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xx. Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: RAMP Series 2005-NC1
Re: Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2005-NC1, Class R-[ ]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is delivered to you in connection with the
transfer by _______________________________ (the "Seller") to
_______________________________ (the "Purchaser") of $_____________ Initial
Certificate Principal Balance of Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-NC1, Class R-[__] (the "Certificates"), pursuant to
Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), dated as of December 1, 2005 among Residential Asset Mortgage
Products, Inc., as seller (the "Company"), Residential Funding Corporation, as
master servicer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee").
All terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set
forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Seller hereby certifies,
represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Company and the Trustee
that:
1. No purpose of the Seller relating to the transfer of the
Certificate by the Seller to the Purchaser is or will be to impede the
assessment or collection of any tax.
2. The Seller understands that the Purchaser has delivered to
the Trustee and the Master Servicer a transfer affidavit and agreement in the
form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit I-1. The Seller
does not know or believe that any representation contained therein is false.
3. The Seller has at the time of the transfer conducted a
reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the Purchaser as
contemplated by Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i) and, as a result
of that investigation, the Seller has determined that the Purchaser has
historically paid its debts as they become due and has found no significant
evidence to indicate that the Purchaser will not continue to pay its debts as
they become due in the future. The Seller understands that the transfer of a
Class R Certificate may not be respected for United States income tax purposes
(and the Seller may continue to be liable for United States income taxes
associated therewith) unless the Seller has conducted such an investigation.
4. The Seller has no actual knowledge that the proposed
Purchaser is not both a United States Person and a Permitted Transferee.
Very truly yours,
(Seller)
By:
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF INVESTOR REPRESENTATION LETTER
______________, 20__
Residential Funding Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
U.S. Bank National Association EP-MN-WS3D 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xx. Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: RAMP Series 2005-NC1
Re: Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2005-NC1, [Class SB]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
_________________________ (the "Purchaser") intends to
purchase from ___________________________ (the "Seller") $_____________ Initial
Certificate Principal Balance of Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-NC1, Class SB (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant to
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"),
dated as of December 1, 2005 among Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., as
seller (the "Company"), Residential Funding Corporation, as master servicer (the
"Master Servicer"), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). All terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Purchaser hereby
certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Company, the
Trustee and the Master Servicer that:
1. The Purchaser understands that (a) the
Certificates have not been and will not be registered or
qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act") or any state securities law, (b) the Company is not
required to so register or qualify the Certificates, (c) the
Certificates may be resold only if registered and qualified
pursuant to the provisions of the Act or any state securities
law, or if an exemption from such registration and
qualification is available, (d) the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement contains restrictions regarding the transfer of the
Certificates and (e) the Certificates will bear a legend to
the foregoing effect.
2. The Purchaser is acquiring the Certificates for
its own account for investment only and not with a view to or
for sale in connection with any distribution thereof in any
manner that would violate the Act or any applicable state
securities laws.
3. The Purchaser is (a) a substantial, sophisticated
institutional investor having such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters, and, in particular, in such
matters related to securities similar to the Certificates,
such that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
investment in the Certificates, (b) able to bear the economic
risks of such an investment and (c) an "accredited investor"
within the meaning of Rule 501(a) promulgated pursuant to the
Act.
4. The Purchaser has been furnished with, and has had
an opportunity to review (a) [a copy of the Private Placement
Memorandum, dated ___________________, 20__, relating to the
Certificates (b)] a copy of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and [b] [c] such other information concerning the
Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and the Company as has been
requested by the Purchaser from the Company or the Seller and
is relevant to the Purchaser's decision to purchase the
Certificates. The Purchaser has had any questions arising from
such review answered by the Company or the Seller to the
satisfaction of the Purchaser. [If the Purchaser did not
purchase the Certificates from the Seller in connection with
the initial distribution of the Certificates and was provided
with a copy of the Private Placement Memorandum (the
"Memorandum") relating to the original sale (the "Original
Sale") of the Certificates by the Company, the Purchaser
acknowledges that such Memorandum was provided to it by the
Seller, that the Memorandum was prepared by the Company solely
for use in connection with the Original Sale and the Company
did not participate in or facilitate in any way the purchase
of the Certificates by the Purchaser from the Seller, and the
Purchaser agrees that it will look solely to the Seller and
not to the Company with respect to any damage, liability,
claim or expense arising out of, resulting from or in
connection with (a) error or omission, or alleged error or
omission, contained in the Memorandum, or (b) any information,
development or event arising after the date of the
Memorandum.]
5. The Purchaser has not and will not nor has it
authorized or will it authorize any person to (a) offer,
pledge, sell, dispose of or otherwise transfer any
Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other
similar security to any person in any manner, (b) solicit any
offer to buy or to accept a pledge, disposition of other
transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate
or any other similar security from any person in any manner,
(c) otherwise approach or negotiate with respect to any
Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other
similar security with any person in any manner, (d) make any
general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any
other manner or (e) take any other action, that (as to any of
(a) through (e) above) would constitute a distribution of any
Certificate under the Act, that would render the disposition
of any Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Act or any
state securities law, or that would require registration or
qualification pursuant thereto. The Purchaser will not sell or
otherwise transfer any of the Certificates, except in
compliance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
6. The Purchaser hereby certifies, represents and
warrants to, and covenants with the Trustee, the Company and
the Master Servicer that the statement in either (a) or (b) is
correct:
(a) The Purchaser is not an employee benefit
plan or other plan subject to the prohibited
transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code") (each, a "Plan"), or any Person
(including, without limitation, an insurance company
investing its general accounts, an investment
manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any Plan)
who is using "plan assets", within the meaning of the
U.S. Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29
C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101, of any Plan (each, a "Plan
Investor") to effect such acquisition; or
(b) The Purchaser has provided the Trustee,
the Company and the Master Servicer with an opinion
of counsel acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, the Company and the
Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase and
holding of the Certificates is permissible under
applicable law, will not constitute or result in any
non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of
any subsequent enactments) and will not subject the
Trustee, the Company or the Master Servicer to any
obligation or liability (including obligations or
liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code)
in addition to those undertaken in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, which opinion of counsel shall
not be an expense of the Trustee, the Company or the
Master Servicer.
In addition, the Purchaser hereby certifies, represents and warrants
to, and covenants with, the Trustee, the Company and the Master Servicer that
the Purchaser will not transfer the Certificates to any transferee unless such
transferee meets the requirements set forth in either (a) or (b) above.
Very truly yours,
(Purchaser)
By:
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT K
FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER
______, 20
Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
U.S. Bank National Association EP-MN-WS3D 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xx. Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: RAMP Series 2005-NC1
Re: Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2005-NC1, Class SB
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the sale by (the "Seller") to (the
"Purchaser") of $ Initial Certificate Principal Balance of Mortgage Asset-Backed
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-NC1, Class SB (the "Certificates"),
issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), dated as of December 1, 2005 among Residential Asset
Mortgage Products, Inc., as seller (the "Company"), Residential Funding
Corporation, as master servicer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee
(the "Trustee"). The Seller hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Company and the Trustee that:
Neither the Seller nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a)
offered, pledged, sold, disposed of or otherwise transferred any Certificate,
any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to any person in
any manner, (b) has solicited any offer to buy or to accept a pledge,
disposition or other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c) has
otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to any Certificate, any interest
in any Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner,
(d) has made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any
other manner, or (e) has taken any other action, that (as to any of (a) through
(e) above) would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), that would render the disposition of any
Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Act or any state securities law, or
that would require registration or qualification pursuant thereto. The Seller
will not act, in any manner set forth in the foregoing sentence with respect to
any Certificate. The Seller has not and will not sell or otherwise transfer any
of the Certificates, except in compliance with the provisions of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
Very truly yours,
(Seller)
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT L
TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 11.01(E) FOR A
LIMITED GUARANTY
ARTICLE XII
Subordinate Certificate Loss Coverage; Limited Guaranty
Section 12.01. Subordinate Certificate Loss Coverage; Limited
Guaranty. (a) Subject to subsection (c) below, prior to the later of the third
Business Day prior to each Distribution Date or the related Determination Date,
the Master Servicer shall determine whether it or any Subservicer will be
entitled to any reimbursement pursuant to Section 4.02(a) on such Distribution
Date for Advances or Subservicer Advances previously made, (which will not be
Advances or Subservicer Advances that were made with respect to delinquencies
which were subsequently determined to be Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess
Fraud Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses or Extraordinary Losses) and, if so, the
Master Servicer shall demand payment from Residential Funding of an amount equal
to the amount of any Advances or Subservicer Advances reimbursed pursuant to
Section 4.02(a), to the extent such Advances or Subservicer Advances have not
been included in the amount of the Realized Loss in the related Mortgage Loan,
and shall distribute the same to the Class SB Certificateholders in the same
manner as if such amount were to be distributed pursuant to Section 4.02(a).
(b) Subject to subsection (c) below, prior to the later of the
third Business Day prior to each Distribution Date or the related Determination
Date, the Master Servicer shall determine whether any Realized Losses (other
than Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses, Excess Fraud Losses
and Extraordinary Losses) will be allocated to the Class SB Certificates on such
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.05, and, if so, the Master Servicer
shall demand payment from Residential Funding of the amount of such Realized
Loss and shall distribute the same to the Class SB Certificateholders in the
same manner as if such amount were to be distributed pursuant to Section
4.02(a); provided, however, that the amount of such demand in respect of any
Distribution Date shall in no event be greater than the sum of (i) the
additional amount of Accrued Certificate Interest that would have been paid for
the Class SB Certificateholders on such Distribution Date had such Realized Loss
or Losses not occurred plus (ii) the amount of the reduction in the Certificate
Principal Balances of the Class SB Certificates on such Distribution Date due to
such Realized Loss or Losses. Notwithstanding such payment, such Realized Losses
shall be deemed to have been borne by the Certificateholders for purposes of
Section 4.05. Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Fraud Losses, Excess
Bankruptcy Losses and Extraordinary Losses allocated to the Class SB
Certificates will not be covered by the Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation.
(c) Demands for payments pursuant to this Section shall be
made prior to the later of the third Business Day prior to each Distribution
Date or the related Determination Date by the Master Servicer with written
notice thereof to the Trustee. The maximum amount that Residential Funding shall
be required to pay pursuant to this Section on any Distribution Date (the
"Amount Available") shall be equal to the lesser of (X) minus the sum of (i) all
previous payments made under subsections (a) and (b) hereof and (ii) all draws
under the Limited Guaranty made in lieu of such payments as described below in
subsection (d) and (Y) the then outstanding Certificate Principal Balances of
the Class SB Certificates, or such lower amount as may be established pursuant
to Section 12.02. Residential Funding's obligations as described in this Section
are referred to herein as the "Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation."
(d) The Trustee will promptly notify General Motors Acceptance
Corporation of any failure of Residential Funding to make any payments hereunder
and shall demand payment pursuant to the limited guaranty (the "Limited
Guaranty"), executed by General Motors Acceptance Corporation, of Residential
Funding's obligation to make payments pursuant to this Section, in an amount
equal to the lesser of (i) the Amount Available and (ii) such required payments,
by delivering to General Motors Acceptance Corporation a written demand for
payment by wire transfer, not later than the second Business Day prior to the
Distribution Date for such month, with a copy to the Master Servicer.
(e) All payments made by Residential Funding pursuant to this
Section or amounts paid under the Limited Guaranty shall be deposited directly
in the Certificate Account, for distribution on the Distribution Date for such
month to the Class SB Certificateholders.
(f) The Company shall have the option, in its sole discretion,
to substitute for either or both of the Limited Guaranty or the Subordinate
Certificate Loss Obligation another instrument in the form of a corporate
guaranty, an irrevocable letter of credit, a surety bond, insurance policy or
similar instrument or a reserve fund; provided that (i) the Company obtains
(subject to the provisions of Section 10.01(f) as if the Company was substituted
for the Master Servicer solely for the purposes of such provision) an Opinion of
Counsel (which need not be an opinion of Independent counsel) to the effect that
obtaining such substitute corporate guaranty, irrevocable letter of credit,
surety bond, insurance policy or similar instrument or reserve fund will not
cause either (a) any federal tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund, including
without limitation, any federal tax imposed on "prohibited transactions" under
Section 860(F)(a)(1) of the Code or on "contributions after the startup date"
under Section 860(G)(d)(1) of the Code or (b) the Trust Fund to fail to qualify
as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding, and (ii) no such
substitution shall be made unless (A) the substitute Limited Guaranty or
Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation is for an initial amount not less than
the then current Amount Available and contains provisions that are in all
material respects equivalent to the original Limited Guaranty or Subordinate
Certificate Loss Obligation (including that no portion of the fees,
reimbursements or other obligations under any such instrument will be borne by
the Trust Fund), (B) the long term debt obligations of any obligor of any
substitute Limited Guaranty or Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation (if not
supported by the Limited Guaranty) shall be rated at least the lesser of (a) the
rating of the long term debt obligations of General Motors Acceptance
Corporation as of the date of issuance of the Limited Guaranty and (b) the
rating of the long term debt obligations of General Motors Acceptance
Corporation at the date of such substitution and (C) the Company obtains written
confirmation from each nationally recognized credit rating agency that rated the
Class SB Certificates at the request of the Company that such substitution shall
not lower the rating on the Class SB Certificates below the lesser of (a) the
then-current rating assigned to the Class SB Certificates by such rating agency
and (b) the original rating assigned to the Class SB Certificates by such rating
agency. Any replacement of the Limited Guaranty or Subordinate Certificate Loss
Obligation pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a written Opinion of
Counsel to the substitute guarantor or obligor, addressed to the Master Servicer
and the Trustee, that such substitute instrument constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the substitute guarantor or obligor, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, and concerning such other matters as the Master
Servicer and the Trustee shall reasonably request. Neither the Company, the
Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall be obligated to substitute for or replace
the Limited Guaranty or Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation under any
circumstance.
Section 12.02. Amendments Relating to the Limited Guaranty.
Notwithstanding Sections 11.01 or 12.01: (i) the provisions of this Article XII
may be amended, superseded or deleted, (ii) the Limited Guaranty or Subordinate
Certificate Loss Obligation may be amended, reduced or canceled, and (iii) any
other provision of this Agreement which is related or incidental to the matters
described in this Article XII may be amended in any manner; in each case by
written instrument executed or consented to by the Company and Residential
Funding but without the consent of any Certificateholder and without the consent
of the Master Servicer or the Trustee being required unless any such amendment
would impose any additional obligation on, or otherwise adversely affect the
interests of, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable; provided that
the Company shall also obtain a letter from each nationally recognized credit
rating agency that rated the Class SB Certificates at the request of the Company
to the effect that such amendment, reduction, deletion or cancellation will not
lower the rating on the Class SB Certificates below the lesser of (a) the
then-current rating assigned to the Class SB Certificates by such rating agency
and (b) the original rating assigned to the Class SB Certificates by such rating
agency, unless (A) the Holder of 100% of the Class SB Certificates is
Residential Funding or an Affiliate of Residential Funding, or (B) such
amendment, reduction, deletion or cancellation is made in accordance with
Section 11.01(e) and, provided further that the Company obtains (subject to the
provisions of Section 10.01(f) as if the Company was substituted for the Master
Servicer solely for the purposes of such provision), in the case of a material
amendment or supersession (but not a reduction, cancellation or deletion of the
Limited Guaranty or the Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation), an Opinion of
Counsel (which need not be an opinion of Independent counsel) to the effect that
any such amendment or supersession will not cause either (a) any federal tax to
be imposed on the Trust Fund, including without limitation, any federal tax
imposed on "prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on
"contributions after the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code or
(b) the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificate is outstanding. A copy of any such instrument shall be provided to
the Trustee and the Master Servicer together with an Opinion of Counsel that
such amendment complies with this Section 12.02.
EXHIBIT M
FORM OF LIMITED GUARANTY
RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC.
Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2005-NC1
_________, 200__
U.S. Bank National Association EP-MN-WS3D 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xx. Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: RAMP Series 2005-NC1
Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Residential Funding Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Residential Funding"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
General Motors Acceptance Corporation, a New York corporation ("GMAC"), plans to
incur certain obligations as described under Section 12.01 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2005 (the "Servicing Agreement"),
among Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. (the "Company"), Residential
Funding and U.S. Bank National Association (the "Trustee") as amended by
Amendment No. ___ thereto, dated as of ________, with respect to the Mortgage
Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-NC1 (the "Certificates");
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12.01 of the Servicing Agreement,
Residential Funding agrees to make payments to the Holders of the Class SB
Certificates with respect to certain losses on the Mortgage Loans as described
in the Servicing Agreement; and
WHEREAS, GMAC desires to provide certain assurances with
respect to the ability of Residential Funding to secure sufficient funds and
faithfully to perform its Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein
contained and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, GMAC agrees as follows:
1. Provision of Funds. (a) GMAC agrees to contribute and
deposit in the Certificate Account on behalf of Residential Funding (or
otherwise provide to Residential Funding, or to cause to be made available to
Residential Funding), either directly or through a subsidiary, in any case prior
to the related Distribution Date, such moneys as may be required by Residential
Funding to perform its Subordinate Certificate Loss Obligation when and as the
same arises from time to time upon the demand of the Trustee in accordance with
Section 12.01 of the Servicing Agreement.
(b) The agreement set forth in the preceding clause (a) shall
be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional and shall not be affected by the
transfer by GMAC or any other person of all or any part of its or their interest
in Residential Funding, by any insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution or other
proceeding affecting Residential Funding or any other person, by any defense or
right of counterclaim, set-off or recoupment that GMAC may have against
Residential Funding or any other person or by any other fact or circumstance.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, GMAC's obligations under clause (a) shall
terminate upon the earlier of (x) substitution for this Limited Guaranty
pursuant to Section 12.01(f) of the Servicing Agreement, or (y) the termination
of the Trust Fund pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.
2. Waiver. GMAC hereby waives any failure or delay on the part
of Residential Funding, the Trustee or any other person in asserting or
enforcing any rights or in making any claims or demands hereunder. Any defective
or partial exercise of any such rights shall not preclude any other or further
exercise of that or any other such right. GMAC further waives demand,
presentment, notice of default, protest, notice of acceptance and any other
notices with respect to this Limited Guaranty, including, without limitation,
those of action or nonaction on the part of Residential Funding or the Trustee.
3. Modification, Amendment and Termination. This Limited
Guaranty may be modified, amended or terminated only by the written agreement of
GMAC and the Trustee and only if such modification, amendment or termination is
permitted under Section 12.02 of the Servicing Agreement. The obligations of
GMAC under this Limited Guaranty shall continue and remain in effect so long as
the Servicing Agreement is not modified or amended in any way that might affect
the obligations of GMAC under this Limited Guaranty without the prior written
consent of GMAC.
4. Successor. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
the guarantee herein set forth shall be binding upon GMAC and its respective
successors.
5. Governing Law. This Limited Guaranty shall be governed by
the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law
principles thereof, other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York
General Obligations Law.
6. Authorization and Reliance. GMAC understands that a copy of
this Limited Guaranty shall be delivered to the Trustee in connection with the
execution of Amendment No. 1 to the Servicing Agreement and GMAC hereby
authorizes the Company and the Trustee to rely on the covenants and agreements
set forth herein.
7. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meaning given them in the Servicing Agreement.
8. Counterparts. This Limited Guaranty may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and such
counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, GMAC has caused this Limited Guaranty to
be executed and delivered by its respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the day and year first above written.
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION
By: _____________________
Name:
Title:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE
PRODUCTS, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT N
FORM OF LENDER CERTIFICATION FOR ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE LOAN
__________________, 20____
Residential Asset Mortgage
Products, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
U.S. Bank National Association EP-MN-WS3D 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xx. Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Residential Funding Corporation Series 2005-NC1
Re: Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-NC1
Assignment of Mortgage Loan
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is delivered to you in connection with the
assignment by _________________ (the "Trustee") to _______________________ (the
"Lender") of _______________ (the "Mortgage Loan") pursuant to Section 3.13(d)
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"),
dated as of December 1, 2005 among Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., as
seller (the "Company"), Residential Funding Corporation, as master servicer, and
the Trustee. All terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Lender hereby
certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Master Servicer
and the Trustee that:
(i) the Mortgage Loan is secured by Mortgaged Property located in a
jurisdiction in which an assignment in lieu of satisfaction is required to
preserve lien priority, minimize or avoid mortgage recording taxes or otherwise
comply with, or facilitate a refinancing under, the laws of such jurisdiction;
(ii) the substance of the assignment is, and is intended to be, a
refinancing of such Mortgage Loan and the form of the transaction is solely to
comply with, or facilitate the transaction under, such local laws;
(iii) the Mortgage Loan following the proposed assignment will be
modified to have a rate of interest at least 0.25 percent below or above the
rate of interest on such Mortgage Loan prior to such proposed assignment; and
(iv) such assignment is at the request of the borrower under the
related Mortgage Loan.
Very truly yours,
(Lender)
By:
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT O
FORM OF RULE 144A INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION
Description of Rule 144A Securities, including numbers:
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
The undersigned seller, as registered holder (the "Seller"),
intends to transfer the Rule 144A Securities described above to the undersigned
buyer (the "Buyer").
1. In connection with such transfer and in accordance with the
agreements pursuant to which the Rule 144A Securities were issued, the Seller
hereby certifies the following facts: Neither the Seller nor anyone acting on
its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the
Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other
similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge
or other disposition of the Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A
Securities or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or
negotiated with respect to the Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule
144A Securities or any other similar security with, any person in any manner, or
made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other
manner, or taken any other action, that would constitute a distribution of the
Rule 144A Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act"), or that would render the disposition of the Rule 144A Securities a
violation of Section 5 of the 1933 Act or require registration pursuant thereto,
and that the Seller has not offered the Rule 144A Securities to any person other
than the Buyer or another "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule
144A under the 0000 Xxx.
2. The Buyer warrants and represents to, and covenants with,
the Seller, the Trustee and the Master Servicer (as defined in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of December 1, 2005 among
Residential Funding Corporation as Master Servicer (the "Master Servicer"),
Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. as depositor pursuant to Section 5.02
of the Agreement and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"),
as follows:
a. The Buyer understands that the Rule 144A
Securities have not been registered under the 1933 Act or the
securities laws of any state.
b. The Buyer considers itself a substantial,
sophisticated institutional investor having such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the Rule 144A
Securities.
c. The Buyer has been furnished with all information
regarding the Rule 144A Securities that it has requested from the
Seller, the Trustee or the Master Servicer.
d. Neither the Buyer nor anyone acting on its behalf
has offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the
Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any
other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a
transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Rule 144A Securities, any
interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other similar security
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Rule
144A Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other
similar security with, any person in any manner, or made any general
solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or
taken any other action, that would constitute a distribution of the
Rule 144A Securities under the 1933 Act or that would render the
disposition of the Rule 144A Securities a violation of Section 5 of the
1933 Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will it act, nor
has it authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in such
manner with respect to the Rule 144A Securities.
e. The Buyer is a "qualified institutional buyer" as
that term is defined in Rule 144A under the 1933 Act and has completed
either of the forms of certification to that effect attached hereto as
Annex 1 or Annex 2. The Buyer is aware that the sale to it is being
made in reliance on Rule 144A. The Buyer is acquiring the Rule 144A
Securities for its own account or the accounts of other qualified
institutional buyers, understands that such Rule 144A Securities may be
resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to a person reasonably believed
to be a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its own
account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom
notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in
reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii) pursuant to another exemption from
registration under the 1933 Act.
3. The Buyer
a. is not an employee benefit plan or other plan
subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code") (each, a "Plan"), or any Person (including, without limitation,
an insurance company investing its general accounts, an investment
manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any Plan) who is using "plan
assets", within the meaning of the U.S. Department of Labor regulation
promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101, of any Plan (each, a "Plan
Investor") to effect such acquisition; or
b. has provided the Trustee, the Depositor and the
Master Servicer with an opinion of counsel acceptable to and in form
and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, the Depositor and the Master
Servicer to the effect that the purchase and holding of the
Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute
or result in any non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent
enactments) and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the
Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations
or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to
those undertaken in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which opinion
of counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Depositor or the
Master Servicer.
4. This document may be executed in one or more counterparts
and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which,
when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such counterparts,
together, shall constitute one and the same document.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this document as of
the date set forth below.
Print Name of Seller Print Name of Buyer
By: By:
Name: Name:
Title: Title:
Taxpayer Identification: Taxpayer Identification:
No. No.
Date: Date:
ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT O
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Buyers Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows in connection with the Rule
144A Investment Representation to which this Certification is attached:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
Buyer.
2. In connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned and/or invested on a
discretionary basis $_____________________ in securities (except for the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii)
the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.
___ Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other than a bank,
savings and loan association or similar institution), Massachusetts
or similar business trust, partnership, or charitable organization
described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
___ Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution
organized under the laws of any State, territory or the District of
Columbia, the business of which is substantially confined to
banking and is supervised by the State or territorial banking
commission or similar official or is a foreign bank or equivalent
institution, and (b) has an audited net worth of at least
$25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial
statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.
___ Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan association,
building and loan association, cooperative bank, homestead
association or similar institution, which is supervised and
examined by a State or Federal authority having supervision over
any such institutions or is a foreign savings and loan association
or equivalent institution and (b) has an audited net worth of at
least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial
statements.
___ Broker-Dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
___ Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company whose primary
and predominant business activity is the writing of insurance or
the reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance companies and
which is subject to supervision by the insurance commissioner or a
similar official or agency of a State or territory or the District
of Columbia.
___ State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established and maintained
by a State, its political subdivisions, or any agency or
instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions, for the
benefit of its employees.
___ ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974.
___ Investment Adviser. The Buyer is an investment adviser
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
___ SBIC. The Buyer is a Small Business Investment Company licensed
by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c)
or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
___ Business Development Company. The Buyer is a business
development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
___ Trust Fund. The Buyer is a trust fund whose trustee is a bank or
trust company and whose participants are exclusively (a) plans
established and maintained by a State, its political
subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the State or
its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, or
(b) employee benefit plans within the meaning of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, but is not a
trust fund that includes as participants individual retirement
accounts or H.R. 10 plans.
3. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i) securities
of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that are part of
an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is a dealer,
(iii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations,
(v) repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase
agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the cost
of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities
referred to in the preceding paragraph. Further, in determining such aggregate
amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the
Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the
Buyer's direction. However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is
not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the Certificates
are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one
or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
___ ___ Will the Buyer be purchasing the Rule 144A
Yes No Securities only for the Buyer's own account?
6. If the answer to the foregoing question is "no", the Buyer agrees
that, in connection with any purchase of securities sold to the Buyer for the
account of a third party (including any separate account) in reliance on Rule
144A, the Buyer will only purchase for the account of a third party that at the
time is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A. In
addition, the Buyer agrees that the Buyer will not purchase securities for a
third party unless the Buyer has obtained a current representation letter from
such third party or taken other appropriate steps contemplated by Rule 144A to
conclude that such third party independently meets the definition of "qualified
institutional buyer" set forth in Rule 144A.
7. The Buyer will notify each of the parties to which this
certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions herein.
Until such notice is given, the Buyer's purchase of Rule 144A Securities will
constitute a reaffirmation of this certification as of the date of such
purchase.
Print Name of Buyer
By:
Name:
Title:
Date:
ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT O
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Buyers That Are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows in connection with
the Rule 144A Investment Representation to which this Certification is attached:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because Buyer is part of a Family of
Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the Adviser.
2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the
Buyer is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the
Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities
was used.
____ The Buyer owned $___________________ in securities (other than
the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A).
____ The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies which
owned in the aggregate $______________ in securities (other than
the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein
means two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have
the same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by
virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one
investment adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) bank deposit notes and certificates
of deposit, (iii) loan participations, (iv) repurchase agreements, (v)
securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vi) currency,
interest rate and commodity swaps.
5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that
each of the parties to which this certification is made are relying and will
continue to rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales to the
Buyer will be in reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the Buyer will only
purchase for the Buyer's own account.
6. The undersigned will notify each of the parties to which
this certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions
herein. Until such notice, the Buyer's purchase of Rule 144A Securities will
constitute a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the
date of such purchase.
Print Name of Buyer
By:
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
Print Name of Buyer
Date:
EXHIBIT P
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT Q
[Reserved]
EXHIBIT R-1
FORM 10-K CERTIFICATION
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:
1. I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
[___], and all reports on Form 8-K containing distribution or servicing reports
filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by that annual report,
of the trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated
____________ (the "Agreement") among Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc.
as Depositor, Residential Funding Corporation as Master Servicer and [Name of
Trustee] as Trustee;
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in these reports, taken as a
whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of the
last day of the period covered by this annual report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the servicing information required to be
provided to the Trustee by the Master Servicer under the Agreement for inclusion
in these reports is included in these reports;
4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the
Master Servicer under the Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the annual
compliance review required under the Agreement, and except as disclosed in the
report, the Master Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement;
and
5. The reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to the
Master Servicer's compliance with the minimum servicing standards based upon the
report provided by an independent public accountant, after conducting a review
in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers
as set forth in the Agreement, that is included in these reports.
In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on the information
provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: [the Trustee].
Date:____________
_________________________________*
[Signature]
Name:
Title:
* - to be signed by the senior officer in charge of the servicing functions of
the Master Servicer
EXHIBIT R-2
FORM 10-K BACK-UP CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, a Responsible Officer of U.S. Bank National Association
(the "Trustee") certifies that:
1. The Trustee has performed all of the duties specifically required to
be performed by it pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated December 1, 2005 (the "Agreement") by and among Residential
Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. (the "Depositor"), Residential Funding Corporation
(the "Master Servicer") and the Trustee in accordance with the standards set
forth therein.
2. Based on my knowledge, the information that is provided by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03(d)(I) of the Agreement is accurate as of the
last day of the 20___ calendar year.
Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings
given such terms in the Agreement.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have duly executed this certificate as of
____________, 20___
Name:________________________
Title:
EXHIBIT S
INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY THE MASTER SERVICER TO THE RATING AGENCIES
RELATING TO REPORTABLE MODIFIED MORTGAGE LOANS
Account number
Transaction Identifier
Unpaid Principal Balance prior to Modification
Next Due Date
Monthly Principal and Interest Payment
Total Servicing Advances
Current Interest Rate
Original Maturity Date
Original Term to Maturity (Months)
Remaining Term to Maturity (Months)
Trial Modification Indicator
Mortgagor Equity Contribution
Total Servicer Advances
Trial Modification Term (Months)
Trial Modification Start Date
Trial Modification End Date
Trial Modification Period Principal and Interest Payment
Trial Modification Interest Rate
Trial Modification Term
Rate Reduction Indicator
Interest Rate Post Modification
Rate Reduction Start Date
Rate Reduction End Date
Rate Reduction Term
Term Modified Indicator
Modified Amortization Period
Modified Final Maturity Date
Total Advances Written Off
Unpaid Principal Balance Written Off
Other Past Due Amounts Written Off
Write Off Date
Unpaid Principal Balance Post Write Off
Capitalization Indicator
Mortgagor Contribution
Total Capitalized Amount
Modification Close Date
Unpaid Principal Balance Post Capitalization Modification
Next Payment Due Date per Modification Plan
Principal and Interest Payment Post Modification
Interest Rate Post Modification
Payment Made Post Capitalization
Delinquency Status to Modification Plan
EXHIBIT T
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT U
YIELD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT
