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Exhibit 4.1
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
Depositor
NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Master Servicer
and
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 1, 1997
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New Century Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates
Series 1997-NC4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.01. Defined Terms...................................................................................4
1.02. Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls......................................................47
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
2.01. Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans...............................................................49
2.02. Acceptance of REMIC I by Trustee...............................................................51
2.03. Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by the Seller or the
Depositor......................................................................................52
2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor................................................55
2.05. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer...............................57
2.06. Issuance of the Class R-I Certificates.........................................................59
2.07. Conveyance of the REMIC I Regular Interests; Acceptance of REMIC II
by the Trustee.................................................................................60
2.08. Issuance of Class R-II Certificates............................................................60
2.09. Conveyance of REMIC II Regular Interests; Acceptance of REMIC III
by the Trustee.................................................................................60
2.10. Issuance of REMIC III Certificates.............................................................60
2.11. Conveyance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans....................................................61
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer......................................................64
3.02. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and Sub-Servicers.............................65
3.03. Successor Sub-Servicers........................................................................67
3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer...............................................................67
3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicers and Trustee or
Certificateholders.............................................................................67
3.06. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements by Trustee...............................68
3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments...................................................68
3.08. Sub-Servicing Accounts.........................................................................69
3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts.........................69
3.10. Collection Account and Distribution Account....................................................70
3.11. Withdrawals from the Collection Account and Distribution Account...............................72
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3.12. Investment of Funds in the Interest Coverage Account, Collection Account and the
Distribution Account...........................................................................74
3.13. [intentionally omitted]........................................................................75
3.14. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity
Coverage.......................................................................................75
3.15. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements......................................77
3.16. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans......................................................78
3.17. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files................................................80
3.18. Servicing Compensation.........................................................................81
3.19. Reports to the Trustee; Collection Account Statements..........................................82
3.20. Statement as to Compliance.....................................................................82
3.21. Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report...............................................82
3.22. Access to Certain Documentation................................................................83
3.23. Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property..............................................83
3.24. Obligations of the Master Servicer in Respect of Prepayment Interest
Shortfall......................................................................................87
3.25. Obligations of the Master Servicer in Respect of Mortgage Rates and Monthly
Payments.......................................................................................87
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
4.01. Distributions..................................................................................88
4.02. Statements to Certificateholders...............................................................94
4.03. Remittance Reports; P&I Advances...............................................................97
4.04. Allocation of Realized Losses..................................................................99
4.05. Compliance with Withholding Requirements......................................................101
4.06. Pre-Funding Account...........................................................................101
4.07. Interest Coverage Account.....................................................................102
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
5.01. The Certificates..............................................................................104
5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.........................................106
5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.............................................111
5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.........................................................................111
5.05. Certain Available Information.................................................................111
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ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
6.01. Liability of the Depositor and the Master Servicer............................................113
6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master Servicer...............................113
6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and Others......................113
6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer..............................................114
6.05. Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the Master Servicer.....................................115
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
7.01. Master Servicer Events of Default.............................................................116
7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor......................................................118
7.03. Notification to Certificateholders............................................................120
7.04. Waiver of Master Servicer Events of Default...................................................120
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
8.01. Duties of Trustee.............................................................................121
8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.........................................................122
8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.........................................123
8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates..................................................................123
8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses...................................................................124
8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee..........................................................124
8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee........................................................124
8.08. Successor Trustee.............................................................................125
8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee............................................................126
8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.................................................126
8.11. Appointment of Office or Agency...............................................................127
8.12. Representations and Warranties of the Trustee.................................................127
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
9.01 Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans..............................129
9.02 Additional Termination Requirements...........................................................131
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ARTICLE X
REMIC PROVISIONS
10.01. REMIC Administration..........................................................................133
10.02. Prohibited Transactions and Activities........................................................136
10.03. Master Servicer and Trustee Indemnification...................................................136
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
11.01. Amendment.....................................................................................137
11.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts........................................................138
11.03. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders....................................................138
11.04. Governing Law.................................................................................139
11.05. Notices.......................................................................................139
11.06. Severability of Provisions....................................................................140
11.07. Notice to Rating Agencies.....................................................................140
11.08. Article and Section References................................................................141
11.09. Grant of Security Interest....................................................................141
Exhibits
Exhibit A-1 Form of Class A Certificate
Exhibit A-2 Form of Class M-1 Certificate
Exhibit A-3 Form of Class M-2 Certificate
Exhibit A-4 Form of Class M-3 Certificate
Exhibit A-5 Form of Class CE Certificate
Exhibit A-6 Form of Class R-I Certificate
Exhibit A-7 Form of Class R-II Certificate
Exhibit A-8 Form of Class R-III Certificate
Exhibit B [Reserved]
Exhibit C-1 Form of Trustee's Initial Certification
Exhibit C-2 Form of Trustee's Final Certification
Exhibit D Form of Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit E-1 Request for Release
Exhibit E-2 Request for Release Mortgage Loans paid in full
Exhibit F-1 Form of Transferor Representation Letter and Form of Transferee
Representation Letter in Connection with Transfer of the Class CE
Certificates Pursuant to Rule 144A Under the 1933 Act
Exhibit F-2 Form of Transfer Affidavit and Agreement and Form of Transferor
Affidavit in Connection with Transfer of Residual Certificates
Exhibit G Form of Certification with respect to ERISA and the Code
Exhibit H Form of Subsequent Transfer Instrument
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Exhibit I Form of Addition Notice
Schedule 1 Mortgage Loan Schedule
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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, is dated and effective
as of August 1, 1997, among SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC. as
Depositor, NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION as Master Servicer and FIRST TRUST
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Trustee.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
The Depositor intends to sell pass-through certificates to be
issued hereunder in multiple classes, which in the aggregate will evidence the
entire beneficial ownership interest in each REMIC (as defined herein) created
hereunder. The Trust Fund will consist of a segregated pool of assets comprising
of the Mortgage Loans, the Pre-Funding Account and the Interest Coverage Account
(each as defined herein) and certain other related assets subject to this
Agreement.
As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Mortgage Loans and certain other
related assets subject to this Agreement (other than the Pre-Funding Account and
the Interest Coverage Account) as a REMIC (as defined herein) for federal income
tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be designated as "REMIC
I." The Class R-I Certificates will be the sole class of "residual interests" in
REMIC I for purposes of the REMIC Provisions (as defined herein) and will have
an initial Certificate Principal Balance of $100 and a Pass-Through Rate as
described herein. The following table irrevocably sets forth the designation,
the REMIC I Remittance Rate, the initial Uncertificated Balance and, solely for
purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the
"latest possible maturity date" for each of the REMIC I Regular Interests (as
defined herein). None of the REMIC I Regular Interests will be certificated.
REMIC I Initial Latest Possible
Designation Remittance Rate Uncertificated Balance Maturity Date(1)
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I-LT1 Variable(2) $274,400,298.32 September 25, 0000
X-XX0 Variable(2) $ 2,170,000.00 September 25, 0000
X-XX0 Variable(2) $ 252,000.00 September 25, 0000
X-XX0 Variable(2) $ 189,000.00 September 25, 0000
X-XX0 Variable(2) $ 126,000.00 September 25, 0000
X-XX0 Variable(2) $ 2,863,002.01 September 25, 2027
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
for the Mortgage Loan with the latest mat rity date has been designated as
the "latest possible maturity date" for each REMIC I Regular Interest.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "REMIC I Remittance Rate"
herein.
As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC I Regular Interests as a REMIC
for federal income tax purposes, and
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such segregated pool of assets will be designated as "REMIC II." The Class R-II
Certificates will evidence the sole class of "residual interests" in REMIC II
for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and will have an initial Certificate
Principal Balance of $100 and a Pass-Through Rate as described herein. The
following table irrevocably sets forth the designation, the REMIC II Remittance
Rate, the initial Uncertificated Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying
Treasury regulation Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity
date" for each of the REMIC II Regular Interests.
None of the REMIC II Regular Interests will be certificated.
REMIC II Initial Latest Possible
Designation Remittance Rate Uncertificated Balance Maturity Date(1)
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II-LT1 Variable(2) $274,400,198.32 September 25, 2027
II-LT2 Variable(2) $ 2,170,000.00 September 25, 2027
II-LT3 Variable(2) $ 252,000.00 September 25, 2027
II-LT4 Variable(2) $ 189,000.00 September 25, 2027
II-LT5 Variable(2) $ 126,000.00 September 25, 2027
II-LT6 Variable(2) $ 2,863,002.01 September 25, 2027
II-LT2S Variable(2) (3) September 25, 2027
II-LT3S Variable(2) (3) September 25, 2027
II-LT4S Variable(2) (3) September 25, 2027
II-LT5S Variable(2) (3) September 25, 2027
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as
the "latest possible maturity date" for each REMIC II Regular Interest.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "REMIC II Remittance Rate"
herein.
(3) This REMIC II Regular Interest has no Uncertificated Principal Balance but
will accrue interest at the related REMIC II Remittance Rate on the related
Uncertificated Notional Amount, which is equal to the Uncertificated
Balance of the Uncertificated Corresponding Component.
As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC II Regular Interests as a
REMIC for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will
be designated as "REMIC III." The Class R-III Certificates will evidence the
sole class of "residual interests" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions under federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets
forth the designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the initial aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation
Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for the
indicated Classes of Certificates.
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Initial Aggregate Latest Possible
Designation Pass-Through Rate Certificate Principal Balance Maturity Date(1)
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Class A Variable(2) $217,000,000.00 September 25, 2027
Class M-1 Variable(2) $ 25,200,000.00 September 25, 2027
Class M-2 Variable(2) $ 18,900,000.00 September 25, 2027
Class M-3 Variable(2) $ 12,600 000.00 September 25, 2027
Class CE Variable(2) $ 6,300,100.33(4) September 25, 2027
Class R-III
(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
for the Mortgage Loans with the latest maturity date has been designated as
the "latest possible maturity date" for each Class of Certificates.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "Pass-Through Rate" herein.
(3) The Class R-III Certificate will only receive interest on the Distribution
Date in September 1997.
(4) The Class CE Certificates will accrue interest at their variable
Pass-Through Rate on the Notional Amount of the Class CE Certificates
outstanding from time to time which shall equal the Uncertificated Balance
of the REMIC II Regular Interests. The Class CE Certificates will not
accrue interest on their Certificate Principal Balance.
As of the Cut-off Date, the Initial Mortgage Loans had an
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance equal to $210,149,998.33. The amount
deposited by the Depositor in the PreFunding Account on the Closing Date is
$69,850,402.00.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained,
the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.
Whenever used in this Agreement, including, without
limitation, in the Preliminary Statement hereto, the following words and
phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings
specified in this Article. Unless otherwise specified, all calculations
described herein shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months.
"Accepted Servicing Practices": The servicing standards set
forth in Section 3.01.
"Accrued Certificate Interest": With respect to any Class of
Certificates and each Distribution Date, interest accrued during the related
Interest Accrual Period at the Pass-Through Rate for such Certificate for such
Distribution Date on the Certificate Principal Balance, in the case of the Class
A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Residual Certificates, or on
the Notional Amount, in the case of the Class CE Certificate, of such
Certificate immediately prior to such Distribution Date. All distributions of
interest on the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates will be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the
applicable Interest Accrual Period. Accrued Certificate Interest with respect to
each Distribution Date, as to any Class A Certificate, Mezzanine Certificate or
Class CE Certificate, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the portion
allocable to such Certificate pursuant to Section 1.02 hereof of the sum of (a)
the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date
to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.24 and (b) the
aggregate amount of any Relief Act Interest Shortfall, if any, for such
Distribution Date. In addition, Accrued Certificate Interest with respect to
each Distribution Date, as to any Class CE Certificate, shall be reduced by an
amount equal to the portion allocable to such Class CE Certificate of Realized
Losses, if any, pursuant to Section 4.04 hereof.
"Addition Notice": With respect to the transfer of Subsequent
Mortgage Loans to the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 2.11, a notice of the
Depositor's designation of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be sold to the Trust
Fund and the aggregate principal balance of such Subsequent Mortgage Loans as of
the Subsequent Cut-off Date. The Addition Notice shall be given not later than
three Business Days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date and shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit I.
"Adjustment Date": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
first day of the month in which the Mortgage Rate of a Mortgage Loan changes
pursuant to the related Mortgage Note. The first Adjustment Date following the
Cut-off Date as to each Mortgage Loan is set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
"Affiliate": With respect to any specified Person, any other
Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this
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definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise, and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Agreement": This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all
amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
"Assignment": An assignment of Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument, in recordable form, which is sufficient under the laws of
the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of
record the sale of the Mortgage, which assignment, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments
covering Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same county,
if permitted by law.
"Available Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to (1) the sum of (a) the aggregate of the
amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and Distribution Account as of the
close of business on the related Determination Date, (b) the aggregate of any
amounts received in respect of an REO Property withdrawn from any REO Account
and deposited in the Distribution Account for such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 3.23, (c) the aggregate of any amounts deposited in the Distribution
Account by the Master Servicer in respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for
such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.24, (d) the aggregate of any P&I
Advances made by the Master Servicer for such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.03, (e) the aggregate of any advances made by the Trustee for such
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 7.02(b), (f) with respect to the initial
Distribution Date, the Initial Deposit, (g) with respect to the Distribution
Date occurring in September 1997, any amounts in the Pre-Funding Account after
giving effect to any purchase of Subsequent Mortgage Loans and (h) with respect
to the Distribution Dates occurring in September and October 1997, any amounts
withdrawn by the Trustee from the Interest Coverage Account for distribution on
the Certificates, reduced (to not less than zero), by (2) the sum of (x) the
portion of the amount described in clause (1)(a) above that represents (i)
Monthly Payments on the Mortgage Loans received from a Mortgagor on or prior to
the Determination Date but due during any Due Period subsequent to the related
Due Period, (ii) Principal Prepayments on the Mortgage Loans received after the
related Prepayment Period (together with any interest payments received with
such Principal Prepayments to the extent they represent the payment of interest
accrued on the Mortgage Loans during a period subsequent to the related
Prepayment Period), (iii) Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received
in respect of the Mortgage Loans after the related Prepayment Period, (iv)
amounts reimbursable or payable to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, the Seller or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11 or Section 3.12
or otherwise payable in respect of extraordinary Trust Fund expenses, (v) Stayed
Funds, (vi) the Trustee Fee payable from the Distribution Account pursuant to
Section 8.05 and (vii) amounts deposited in the Collection Account or the
Distribution Account in error, and (y) amounts reimbursable to the Trustee for
an advance made pursuant to Section 7.02(b) which advance the Trustee has
determined to be nonrecoverable from the Stayed Funds in respect of which it was
made.
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"Bankruptcy Amount": As of any date of determination, $100,000
minus the aggregate amount of Bankruptcy Losses on the Mortgage Loans, if any,
previously allocated to the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE Certificates
in accordance with Section 4.04.
"Bankruptcy Code": The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Title 11
of the United States Code), as amended.
"Bankruptcy Loss": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
Realized Loss resulting from a Deficient Valuation or Debt Service Reduction.
"Book-Entry Certificate": The Class A Certificates and the
Mezzanine Certificates for so long as the Certificates of such Class shall be
registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee.
"Book-Entry Custodian": The Custodian appointed pursuant to
Section 5.01.
"Business Day": Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which banking or savings and loan institutions in the State of
California, the State of New York or in the city in which the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee is located, are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to be closed.
"Cash-Out Refinancing": A Refinanced Mortgage Loan the
proceeds of which are not more than a nominal amount in excess of the principal
balance of any existing first mortgage or subordinate mortgage on the related
Mortgaged Property and related closing costs.
"Certificate": Any one of the Depositor's New Century
Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1997-NC4, Class A, Class M-1,
Class M-2, Class M-3, Class CE, Class R-I, Class R-II or Class R-III, issued
under this Agreement.
"Certificate Factor": With respect to any Class of Regular
Certificates as of any Distribution Date, a fraction, expressed as a decimal
carried to six places, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance (or the Notional Amount, in the case of the Class CE
Certificates) of such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date (after
giving effect to any distributions of principal and allocations of Realized
Losses in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance (or the Notional
Amount, in the case of the Class CE Certificates) of such Class of Certificates
to be made on such Distribution Date), and the denominator of which is the
initial aggregate Certificate Principal Balance (or the Notional Amount, in the
case of the Class CE Certificates) of such Class of Certificates as of the
Closing Date.
"Certificateholder" or "Holder": The Person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that a
Disqualified Organization or a Non-United States Person shall not be a Holder of
a Residual Certificate for any purposes hereof and, solely for the purposes of
giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the
name of the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be
deemed not to
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be outstanding and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled shall not be taken
into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Voting Rights
necessary to effect any such consent has been obtained, except as otherwise
provided in Section 11.01. The Trustee may conclusively rely upon a certificate
of the Depositor or the Master Servicer in determining whether a Certificate is
held by an Affiliate thereof. All references herein to "Holders" or
"Certificateholders" shall reflect the rights of Certificate Owners as they may
indirectly exercise such rights through the Depository and participating members
thereof, except as otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that the
Trustee shall be required to recognize as a "Holder" or "Certificateholder" only
the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate
Register.
"Certificate Owner": With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate,
the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate as reflected on the
books of the Depository or on the books of a Depository Participant or on the
books of an indirect participating brokerage firm for which a Depository
Participant acts as agent.
"Certificate Principal Balance": With respect to each Class A
Certificate, Mezzanine Certificate or Residual Certificate as of any date of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate on the
Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination, minus all
distributions allocable to principal made thereon and Realized Losses allocated
thereto on such immediately prior Distribution Date (or, in the case of any date
of determination up to and including the first Distribution Date, the initial
Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate, as stated on the face
thereof). With respect to each Class CE Certificate as of any date of
determination, an amount equal to the Percentage Interest evidenced by such
Certificate times the excess, if any, of (A) the then aggregate Uncertificated
Balances of REMIC II Regular Interests over (B) the then aggregate Certificate
Principal Balances of the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and
the Residual Certificates then outstanding.
"Certificate Register": The register maintained pursuant to
Section 5.02.
"Class": Collectively, all of the Certificates bearing the
same class designation.
"Class A Certificate": Any one of the Class A Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class A Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date and on which a Trigger Event is
not in effect, the excess of (x) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
A Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser
of (A) the product of (i) 55.00% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the related Due Period minus $2,100,000.
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"Class CE Certificate": Any one of the Class CE Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-5 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-1 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-1 Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-2 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date and on which a Trigger Event is
not in effect, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (ii)
the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates immediately
prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i)
73.00% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period minus
$2,100,000.
"Class M-2 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-2 Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-3 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date and on which a Trigger Event is
not in effect, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of
(A) the product of (i) 86.50% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the related Due Period minus $2,100,000.
"Class M-3 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-3 Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-4 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date and on which a Trigger Event is
not in effect, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate
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Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the
payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date) and (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the
product of (i) 95.50% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the related Due Period minus $2,100,000.
"Class R-I Certificate": Any one of the Class R-I Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-6 and evidencing the Residual Interest in REMIC I
for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class R-II Certificate": Any one of the Class R-II
Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially
in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-7 and evidencing the Residual Interest
in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class R-III Certificates": Any one of the Class R-III
Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially
in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-8 and evidencing a Regular Interest in
REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Closing Date": August 27, 1997
"Code": The Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Collection Account": The account or accounts created and
maintained, or caused to be created and maintained, by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.10(a), which shall be entitled "New Century Mortgage
Corporation, as Master Servicer for First Trust National Association, as
Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc., New Century Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates,
Series 1997-NC4." The Collection Account must be an Eligible Account.
"Corporate Trust Office": The principal corporate trust office
of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business in
connection with this Agreement shall be administered, which office at the date
of the execution of this instrument is located at 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, or at such other address as the Trustee may designate
from time to time by notice to the Certificateholders, the Depositor and the
Master Servicer.
"Corresponding Certificate": With respect to REMIC I Regular
Interests I-LT2, REMIC I Regular Interests I-LT3, REMIC I Regular Interests
I-LT4 and REMIC I Regular Interests I-LT5, the Class A Certificates, Class M-1
Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates and Class M-3 Certificates, respectively.
With respect to REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2, REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LT3, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT5,
the Class A Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates and
Class M-3 Certificates, respectively.
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"Credit Enhancement Percentage": For any Distribution Date,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of the Mezzanine Certificates and
the Class CE Certificates, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, calculated after taking into account
distributions of principal on the Mortgage Loans and distribution of the
Principal Distribution Amount to the Certificates then entitled to distributions
of principal on such Distribution Date.
"Cumulative Loss Percentage": For any Distribution Date, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate
amount of Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date to the last day of the
preceding calendar month with respect to such Mortgage Loans, and the
denominator of which is the sum of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original Pre-Funded
Amount.
"Cut-off Date": With respect to each Initial Mortgage Loan,
August 1, 1997. With respect to all Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans, their
respective dates of substitution. References herein to the "Cut-off Date," when
used with respect to more than one Mortgage Loan, shall be to the respective
Cut-off Dates for such Mortgage Loans.
"Debt Service Reduction": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a
reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation.
"Deficient Valuation": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
valuation of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction
in an amount less than the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan, which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy
Code.
"Definitive Certificates": As defined in Section 5.01(b).
"Deleted Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be
replaced by a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
"Delinquency Percentage": As of the last day of the related
Due Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans that, as of the
last day of the previous calendar month, are 60 or more days delinquent, are in
foreclosure, have been converted to REO Properties or have been discharged by
reason of bankruptcy, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the previous
calendar month.
"Depositor": Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, or its successor in interest.
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"Depository": The Depository Trust Company, or any successor
Depository hereafter named. The nominee of the initial Depository, for purposes
of registering those Certificates that are to be Book-Entry Certificates, is
CEDE & Co. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as
defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New
York and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section
17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Depository Institution": Any depository institution or trust
company, including the Trustee, that (a) is incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or any State thereof, (b) is subject to supervision and
examination by federal or state banking authorities and (c) has outstanding
unsecured commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations (or,
in the case of a depository institution that is the principal subsidiary of a
holding company, such holding company has unsecured commercial paper or other
short-term unsecured debt obligations) that are rated F-1 by Fitch and A-1 by
S&P (or comparable ratings if Fitch and S&P are not the Rating Agencies).
"Depository Participant": A broker, dealer, bank or other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository
effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Depository.
"Determination Date": With respect to each Distribution Date,
the 15th day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if
such 15th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such
15th day.
"Directly Operate": With respect to any REO Property, the
furnishing or rendering of services to the tenants thereof, the management or
operation of such REO Property, the holding of such REO Property primarily for
sale to customers, the performance of any construction work thereon or any use
of such REO Property in a trade or business conducted by REMIC I other than
through an Independent Contractor; provided, however, that the Trustee (or the
Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) shall not be considered to Directly
Operate an REO Property solely because the Trustee (or the Master Servicer on
behalf of the Trustee) establishes rental terms, chooses tenants, enters into or
renews leases, deals with taxes and insurance, or makes decisions as to repairs
or capital expenditures with respect to such REO Property.
"Disqualified Organization": Any of the following: (i) the
United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the
United States, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other
than an instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are
subject to tax and, except for the FHLMC, a majority of its board of directors
is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) any foreign government, any
international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the
foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than certain farmers' cooperatives
described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from the tax imposed by
Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on
unrelated business taxable income), (iv) rural electric and telephone
cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an "electing
large partnership" and (vi) any other Person
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so designated by the Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the holding
of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate by such Person may cause any
of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III or any Person having an Ownership Interest in
any Class of Certificates (other than such Person) to incur a liability for any
federal tax imposed under the Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for
the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person.
The terms "United States," "State" and "international organization" shall have
the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.
"Distribution Account": The trust account or accounts created
and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.10(b), which shall be
entitled "First Trust National Association, as Trustee, in trust for the
registered holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., New
Century Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1997-NC4." The
Distribution Account must be an Eligible Account.
"Distribution Date": The 25th day of any month, or if such
25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 25th
day, commencing in September 1997.
"Due Date": With respect to each Distribution Date, the first
day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs, which is the
day of the month on which the Monthly Payment is due on a Mortgage Loan,
exclusive of any days of grace.
"Due Period": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
period commencing on the second day of the month immediately preceding the month
in which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the related Due Date.
"Eligible Account": Any of (i) an account or accounts
maintained with a Depository Institution, (ii) an account or accounts the
deposits in which are fully insured by the FDIC or (iii) a trust account or
accounts maintained with the trust department of a federal or state chartered
depository institution or trust company acting in its fiduciary capacity.
Eligible Accounts may bear interest.
"ERISA": The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.
"Estate in Real Property": A fee simple estate in a parcel of
land.
"Excess Bankruptcy Loss": Any Bankruptcy Loss, or portion
thereof, which exceeds the then applicable Bankruptcy Amount.
"Excess Fraud Loss": Any Fraud Loss, or portion thereof, which
exceeds the then applicable Fraud Loss Amount.
"Excess Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to the Class
A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, the
excess, if any, of (i) the
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Overcollateralized Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the Required
Overcollateralized Amount for such Distribution Date.
"Excess Special Hazard Loss": Any Special Hazard Loss, or
portion thereof, that exceeds the then applicable Special Hazard Amount.
"Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rate": With respect to any Mortgage
Loan or REO Property, the then applicable Mortgage Rate thereon minus the sum of
(i) the Trustee's Fee Rate and (ii) the Servicing Fee Rate.
"Extraordinary Loss": Any Realized Loss or portion thereof
caused by or resulting from:
(i) nuclear or chemical reaction or nuclear radiation or
radioactive or chemical contamination, all whether
controlled or uncontrolled and whether such loss be
direct or indirect, proximate or remote or be in
whole or in part caused by, contributed to or
aggravated by a peril covered by the definition of
the term "Special Hazard Loss";
(ii) hostile or warlike action in time of peace or war,
including action in hindering, combating or defending
against an actual, impending or expected attack by
any government or sovereign power, de jure or de
facto, or by any authority maintaining or using
military, naval or air forces, or by military, naval
or air forces, or by an agent of any such government,
power, authority or forces;
(iii) any weapon of war employing atomic fission or
radioactive forces whether in time of peace or war;
and
(iv) insurrection, rebellion, revolution, civil war,
usurped power or action taken by governmental
authority in hindering, combating or defending
against such an occurrence, seizure or destruction
under quarantine or customs regulations, confiscation
by order of any government or public authority, or
risks of contraband or illegal transactions or trade.
"FDIC": Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor
thereto.
"FHLMC": Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any
successor thereto.
"Final Recovery Determination": With respect to any defaulted
Mortgage Loan or any REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property
purchased by the Seller, the Depositor, the Majority Class CE Certificateholder
or the Master Servicer pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section
3.16(c) or Section 9.01), a determination made by the Master Servicer that all
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or
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recoveries which the Master Servicer, in its reasonable good faith judgment,
expects to be finally recoverable in respect thereof have been so recovered. The
Master Servicer shall maintain records, prepared by a Servicing Officer, of each
Final Recovery Determination made thereby.
"Fitch": Fitch Investors Service, L.P. or its successor in
interest.
"FNMA": Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor
thereto.
"Fraud Loss": Any Realized Loss or portion thereof sustained
by reason of a default arising from intentional fraud, dishonesty or
misrepresentation in connection with the related Mortgage Loan.
"Fraud Loss Amount": As of any date of determination after the
Cut-off Date, an amount equal to: (X) prior to the first anniversary of the
Cut-off Date, 3.00% of the sum of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original Pre-Funded Amount
(initially, $8,400,012), minus the aggregate amount of Fraud Losses on the
Mortgage Loans allocated to the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE
Certificates in accordance with Section 4.04 since the Cut-off Date up to such
date of determination, (Y) from the first anniversary to the day prior to the
second anniversary of the Cut-off Date, an amount equal to (1) the lesser of (a)
the Fraud Loss Amount as of the most recent anniversary of the Cutoff Date and
(b) 2.00% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage
Loans as of the most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date minus (2) the Fraud
Losses allocated to the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE Certificates in
accordance with Section 4.04 since the most recent anniversary of the Cut-off
Date up to such date of determination and (Z) from the second anniversary to the
day prior to the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date, an amount equal to (1)
the lesser of (a) the Fraud Loss Amount as of the most recent anniversary of the
Cut-off Date and (b) 1.00% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all
of the Mortgage Loans as of the most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date
minus (2) the Fraud Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to the Mezzanine
Certificates and the Class CE Certificates in accordance with Section 4.04 since
the most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date up to such date of
determination. On and after the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date the Fraud
Loss Amount shall be zero.
"Funding Period": The period beginning on the Closing Date and
ending on the earlier of the date on which (a) the amount on deposit in the
Pre-Funding Account is reduced to zero or (b) 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on
September 19, 1997.
"Gross Margin": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the fixed
percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note that is added to the Index on
each Adjustment Date in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note
used to determine the Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan.
"Independent": When used with respect to any specified Person,
any such Person who (a) is in fact independent of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and their respective Affiliates,
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(b) does not have any direct financial interest in or any material indirect
financial interest in the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate
thereof, and (c) is not connected with the Depositor or the Master Servicer or
any Affiliate thereof as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee,
partner, director or Person performing similar functions; provided, however,
that a Person shall not fail to be Independent of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer or any Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is the beneficial
owner of 1% or less of any class of securities issued by the Depositor or the
Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may be.
"Independent Contractor": Either (i) any Person (other than
the Master Servicer) that would be an "independent contractor" with respect to
REMIC I within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if REMIC I were a
real estate investment trust (except that the ownership tests set forth in that
section shall be considered to be met by any Person that owns, directly or
indirectly, 35% or more of any Class of Certificates), so long as REMIC I does
not receive or derive any income from such Person and provided that the
relationship between such Person and REMIC I is at arm's length, all within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.856-4(b)(5), or (ii) any other Person
(including the Master Servicer) if the Trustee has received an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the taking of any action in respect of any REO
Property by such Person, subject to any conditions therein specified, that is
otherwise herein contemplated to be taken by an Independent Contractor will not
cause such REO Property to cease to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined without regard to the
exception applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of the Code), or cause any
income realized in respect of such REO Property to fail to qualify as Rents from
Real Property.
"Index": With respect to each Mortgage Loan and each related
Adjustment Date, the average of the interbank offered rates for six-month United
States dollar deposits in the London market as published in The Wall Street
Journal and as most recently available either (i) as of the first business day
45 days prior to such Adjustment Date or (ii) as of the first business day of
the month preceding the month of such Adjustment Date, as specified in the
related Mortgage Note.
"Initial Deposit": $103,793.02 in cash to be deposited by the Depositor
with the Trustee on or before the Closing Date, which represents with respect to
each Mortgage Loan having a first Monthly Payment due in September 1997,
interest accrued at the Net Mortgage Rate for each such Mortgage Loan for the
initial Interest Accrual Period.
"Initial Mortgage Loan": Any of the Mortgage Loans included in
REMIC I as of the Closing Date.
"Insurance Proceeds": Proceeds of any title policy, hazard
policy or other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan, to the extent such
proceeds are not to be applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged
Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the
Master Servicer would follow in servicing mortgage loans held for its own
account, subject to the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Note and
Mortgage.
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"Interest Accrual Period": With respect to any Distribution
Date after the first Distribution Date and the Class A Certificates, the
Mezzanine Certificates, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT3, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4 and REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LT5, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LT4 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT5, the period commencing
on the Distribution Date of 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 first Distribution Date and the Class A Certificates,
Mezzanine Certificates, Residual Certificates, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2,
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT3, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4 and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT5, and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LT3, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT4 and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LT5, the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the day preceding
such Distribution Date. With respect to any Distribution Date and the other
Classes of Certificates, REMIC II Regular Interests and REMIC I Regular
Interests, the one-month period ending on the last day of the calendar month
preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
"Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Class of Class A Certificates or Mezzanine
Certificates, the sum of (i) the amount, if any, by which (a) the Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class of Certificates as of the immediately
preceding Distribution Date exceeded (b) the actual amount distributed on such
Class of Certificates in respect of interest on such immediately preceding
Distribution Date and (ii) the amount of any Interest Carry Forward Amount for
such Class of Certificates remaining unpaid from previous Distribution Dates.
With respect to such Classes of Certificates, any Interest Carry Forward Amount
paid pursuant to Section 4.01 will include accrued interest on such amount,
calculated at the related Pass-Through Rate for each Interest Accrual Period
such amount remained outstanding.
"Interest Coverage Account": The account established and
maintained pursuant to Section 4.07, as defined therein.
"Interest Coverage Amount": The amount to be paid by the
Depositor to the Trustee for deposit into the Interest Coverage Account on the
Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.07, which amount is $513,333.00.
"Interest Determination Date": With respect to the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2,
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2S, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT3, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT3S, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT4S, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT5, REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LT5S, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LT4 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT5, and any Interest
Accrual Period therefor, the second London Business Day preceding the
commencement of such Interest Accrual Period.
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"Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Class of Certificates, the aggregate Accrued
Certificate Interest on the Certificates of such Class for such Distribution
Date.
"Interest Remittance Amount": With respect to any Distribution
Date, that portion of the Available Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date allocable to interest.
"Late Collections": With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any
Due Period, all amounts received subsequent to the Determination Date
immediately following such Due Period, whether as late payments of Monthly
Payments or as Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which
represent late payments or collections of principal and/or interest due (without
regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage
Note) but delinquent for such Due Period and not previously recovered.
"Liquidation Event": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any of
the following events: (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full; (ii) a Final
Recovery Determination is made as to such Mortgage Loan; or (iii) such Mortgage
Loan is removed from REMIC I by reason of its being purchased, sold or replaced
pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c) or Section 9.01.
With respect to any REO Property, either of the following events: (i) a Final
Recovery Determination is made as to such REO Property; or (ii) such REO
Property is removed from REMIC I by reason of its being purchased pursuant to
Section 9.01.
"Liquidation Proceeds": The amount (other than Insurance
Proceeds or amounts received in respect of the rental of any REO Property prior
to REO Disposition) received by the Master Servicer in connection with (i) the
taking of all or a part of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of
eminent domain or condemnation, (ii) the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage
Loan through a trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, or (iii) the
repurchase, substitution or sale of a Mortgage Loan or an REO Property pursuant
to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(c), Section 3.23 or Section
9.01.
"Loan-to-Value Ratio": As of any date of determination, the
fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan at such date and the denominator of which
is the Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
"London Business Day": Any day on which banks in the City of
London are open and conducting transactions in United States dollars.
"Majority Class CE Certificateholder": Any single Holder or
group of Holders of Class CE Certificates representing a greater than 50%
Percentage Interest in such Class.
"Master Servicer": New Century Mortgage Corporation or any
successor master servicer appointed as herein provided, in its capacity as
Master Servicer hereunder.
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"Master Servicer Event of Default": One or more of the events
described in Section 7.01.
"Master Servicer Remittance Date": With respect to any
Distribution Date, 3:00 p.m. New York time on the 18th day of the calendar month
in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if such 18th day is not a Business
Day, the Business Day immediately succeeding such 18th day.
"Master Servicer Termination Test": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the Master Servicer Termination Test will be failed if the
Cumulative Loss Percentage exceeds 6.812%.
"Maximum I-LT6 Uncertificated Interest Deferral Amount": With
respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of (i) accrued interest at the
REMIC I Remittance Rate applicable to REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT6 for such
Distribution Date on a balance equal to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LT6 minus the REMIC I Overcollateralized Amount, in each case
for such Distribution Date, over (ii) Uncertificated Interest on REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LT2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT4
and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT5 for such Distribution Date.
"Maximum Mortgage Rate": With respect to each Mortgage Loan,
the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the maximum Mortgage
Rate thereunder.
"Mezzanine Certificate": Any Class M-1 Certificate, Class M-2
Certificate or Class M-3 Certificate.
"Minimum Mortgage Rate": With respect to each Mortgage Loan,
the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the minimum Mortgage
Rate thereunder.
"Monthly Payment": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest on such Mortgage Loan which
is payable by the related Mortgagor from time to time under the related Mortgage
Note, determined: (a) after giving effect to (i) any Deficient Valuation and/or
Debt Service Reduction with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (ii) any reduction
in the amount of interest collectible from the related Mortgagor pursuant to the
Relief Act; (b) without giving effect to any extension granted or agreed to by
the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07; and (c) on the assumption that all
other amounts, if any, due under such Mortgage Loan are paid when due.
"Mortgage": The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
creating a first lien on, or first priority security interest in, a Mortgaged
Property securing a Mortgage Note.
"Mortgage File": The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required
to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
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"Mortgage Loan": Each mortgage loan transferred and assigned
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement or
pursuant to a Subsequent Transfer Instrument, as held from time to time as a
part of the Trust Fund, the Mortgage Loans so held being identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
"Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement": The agreement between the
Depositor and the Seller, regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the
Seller to the Depositor, substantially in the form of Exhibit D annexed hereto.
"Mortgage Loan Schedule": As of any date, the list of Mortgage
Loans included in REMIC I on such date, attached hereto as Schedule 1 as
supplemented by each schedule of Subsequent Mortgage Loans attached to a
Subsequent Transfer Instrument. The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the
following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(ii) the Mortgagor's name;
(iii)the street address of the Mortgaged Property including the
state and zip code;
(iv) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
owner-occupied;
(v) the type of Residential Dwelling constituting the Mortgaged
Property;
(vi) the original months to maturity;
(vii)the stated remaining months to maturity from the Cut-off
Date (or Subsequent Cut-off Date, with respect to a
Subsequent Mortgage Loan), based on the original
amortization schedule;
(viii) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(ix) the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately following the
Cut-off Date (or Subsequent Cut-off Date, with respect to a
Subsequent Mortgage Loan);
(x) (A) the date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on
the Mortgage Loan and, (B) if such date is not consistent
with the Due Date currently in effect, such Due Date;
(xi) the stated maturity date;
(xii) the amount of the Monthly Payment at origination;
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(xiii) the amount of the Monthly Payment due on the first Due Date
after the Cut-off Date (or Subsequent Cut-off Date, with
respect to a Subsequent Mortgage Loan);
(xiv) the last Due Date on which a Monthly Payment was actually
applied to the unpaid Stated Principal Balance;
(xv) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(xvi) the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of
the close of business on the Cut-off Date (or Subsequent
Cut-off Date, with respect to a Subsequent Mortgage Loan);
(xvii) the Adjustment Dates;
(xviii) the Gross Margin;
(xix) a code indicating the purpose of the Mortgage Loan (i.e.,
purchase financing, Rate/Term Refinancing, Cash-Out
Refinancing);
(xx) the Maximum Mortgage Rate;
(xxi) the Minimum Mortgage Rate;
(xxii) the Mortgage Rate at origination;
(xxiii) the Periodic Rate Cap and the maximum first Adjustment
Date Mortgage Rate adjustment;
(xxiv) a code indicating the documentation program (i.e., Full
Documentation, Limited Documentation, Stated Income
Documentation);
(xxv) [intentionally omitted];
(xxvi) the first Adjustment Date immediately following the Cut-off
Date (or Subsequent Cut-off Date, with respect to a
Subsequent Mortgage Loan);
(xxvii) the risk grade;
(xxviii) [intentionally omitted];
(xxix) [intentionally omitted];
(xxx) [intentionally omitted];
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(xxxi) the Value of the Mortgaged Property;
(xxxii) the sale price of the Mortgaged Property, if applicable;
(xxxiii) the actual unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan
as of the Cut-off Date (or Subsequent Cut-off Date, with
respect to a Subsequent Mortgage Loan;
(xxxiv) the prepayment penalty term;
(xxxv) [intentionally omitted];
(xxxvi) [intentionally omitted];
(xxxvii) the rounding code (i.e., nearest 0.125%, next highest
0.125%);
(xxxviii) [intentionally omitted];
(xxxix) [intentionally omitted];
(xl) the program code.
The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following
information with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate as of the
Cut-Off Date (or Subsequent Cut-off Date, with respect to the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans): (1) the number of Mortgage Loans; (2) the current principal
balance of the Mortgage Loans; (3) the weighted average Mortgage Rate of the
Mortgage Loans; and (4) the weighted average maturity of the Mortgage Loans. The
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be amended from time to time by the Depositor in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. With respect to any Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan, Cut-off Date shall refer to the related Cut-off Date
for such Mortgage Loan, determined in accordance with the definition of Cut-off
Date herein.
"Mortgage Note": The original executed note or other evidence
of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
"Mortgage Pool": The pool of Mortgage Loans, identified on
Schedule 1 from time to time, and any REO Properties acquired in respect
thereof.
"Mortgage Rate": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
annual rate at which interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of the related Mortgage Note, which rate (A) as
of any date of determination until the first Adjustment Date following the
Cut-off Date shall be the rate set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the
Mortgage Rate in effect immediately following the Cut-off Date (or Subsequent
Cut-off Date, with respect to a Subsequent Mortgage Loan) and (B) as of any date
of determination
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thereafter shall be the rate as adjusted on the most recent Adjustment Date to
equal the sum, rounded to the nearest 0.125% as provided in the Mortgage Note,
of the Index, as most recently available as of a date prior to the Adjustment
Date as set forth in the related Mortgage Note, plus the related Gross Margin;
provided that the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan on any Adjustment Date
shall never be more than the lesser of (i) the sum of the Mortgage Rate in
effect immediately prior to the Adjustment Date plus the related Periodic Rate
Cap, if any, and (ii) the related Maximum Mortgage Rate, and shall never be less
than the greater of (i) the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior to the
Adjustment Date less the Periodic Rate Cap, if any, and (ii) the related Minimum
Mortgage Rate. With respect to each Mortgage Loan that becomes an REO Property,
as of any date of determination, the annual rate determined in accordance with
the immediately preceding sentence as of the date such Mortgage Loan became an
REO Property.
"Mortgaged Property": The underlying property securing a
Mortgage Loan, including any REO Property, consisting of an Estate in Real
Property improved by a Residential Dwelling.
"Mortgagor": The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
"Net Monthly Excess Cashflow": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the excess of (x) the Available Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date over (y) the sum for such Distribution Date of
(A) the Interest Distribution Amount payable to the holders of the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Residual Certificates and (B)
the sum of the amounts described in clauses (b)(i) through (iii) of the
definition of Principal Distribution Amount.
"Net Mortgage Rate": With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or the
related REO Property) as of any date of determination, a per annum rate of
interest equal to the then applicable Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan minus
the Servicing Fee Rate.
"Net WAC Pass-Through Rate": With respect to the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Residual Certificates and any
Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is (i) an amount equal to 1/12 of the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the then outstanding Mortgage Loans and
REO Properties multiplied by the weighted average of the Expense Adjusted
Mortgage Rates on such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, and the denominator of
which is (ii) an amount equal to (A) the sum of the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the then outstanding Mortgage Loans and REO Properties
multiplied by (B) the actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest
Accrual Period divided by 360.
"New Lease": Any lease of REO Property entered into on behalf
of REMIC I, including any lease renewed or extended on behalf of REMIC I, if
REMIC I has the right to renegotiate the terms of such lease.
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"Nonrecoverable P&I Advance": Any P&I Advance previously made
or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property that, in
the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, will not or, in the
case of a proposed P&I Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from related
Late Collections, Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on such Mortgage
Loan or REO Property as provided herein.
"Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance": Any Servicing Advance
previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO
Property that, in the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, will
not or, in the case of a proposed Servicing Advance, would not be ultimately
recoverable from related Late Collections, Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation
Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.
"Non-United States Person": Any Person other than a United
States Person.
"Notional Amount": With respect to the Class CE Certificates
and any Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of the REMIC II Regular
Interests for such Distribution Date.
"Officers' Certificate": A certificate signed by the Chairman
of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a vice president
(however denominated), and by the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the
assistant treasurers or assistant secretaries of the Master Servicer, the Seller
or the Depositor, as applicable.
"One-Month LIBOR": With respect to the Class A Certificates,
the Mezzanine Certificates and the Residual Certificates and REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT2, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT3, REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LT4 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT5 and any Interest Accrual Period
therefor, the rate determined by the Trustee on the related Interest
Determination Date on the basis of the offered rates of the Reference Banks for
one-month U.S. dollar deposits, as such rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO
Page, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date. On
each Interest Determination Date, One-Month LIBOR for the related Interest
Accrual Period will be established by the Trustee as follows:
(i) If on such Interest Determination Date, two or more Reference
Banks provide such offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the
related Interest Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean
of such offered quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to
the nearest whole multiple of 1/16%).
(ii) If on such Interest Determination Date, fewer than two
Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, One-Month
LIBOR for the related Interest Accrual Period shall be the
higher of (i) LIBOR as determined on the previous Interest
Determination Date and (ii) the Reserve Interest Rate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, under the priorities
described above, LIBOR for an Interest Determination Date
would be based on LIBOR for the previous Interest
Determination Date for the third consecutive Determination
Date, the Trustee shall select an alternative comparable
index (over which the Trustee has no control),
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used for determining one-month Eurodollar lending rates that
is calculated and published (or otherwise made available) by
an independent party.
"One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate": With respect to the Class
A Certificates, the Residual Certificates and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2
and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to One-Month LIBOR plus 0.26%,
in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the Distribution
Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is
reduced to less than 10% of the sum of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original Pre-Funded
Amount, or OneMonth LIBOR plus 0.52%, in the case of any Distribution Date
thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-1 Certificates and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT3 and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus 0.45%, in the case of each Distribution Date through and
including the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans is reduced to less than 10% of the sum of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date
and the Original Pre-Funded Amount, or One-Month LIBOR plus 0.68%, in the case
of any Distribution Date thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-2 Certificates and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT4 and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus 0.70%, in the case of each Distribution Date through and
including the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans is reduced to less than 10% of the sum of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date
and the Original Pre-Funded Amount, or One-Month LIBOR plus 1.05%, in the case
of any Distribution Date thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-3 Certificates and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT5 and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus 1.10%, in the case of each Distribution Date through and
including the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans is reduced to less than 10% of the sum of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date
and the Original Pre-Funded Amount, or One-Month LIBOR plus 1.65%, in the case
of any Distribution Date thereafter.
"Opinion of Counsel": A written opinion of counsel, who may,
without limitation, be salaried counsel for the Depositor or the Master Servicer
acceptable to the Trustee, except that any opinion of counsel relating to (a)
the qualification of any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III as a REMIC or (b)
compliance with the REMIC Provisions must be an opinion of Independent counsel.
"Original Pre-Funded Amount": The amount deposited by the
Depositor in the Pre- Funding Account on the Closing Date, which amount is
$69,850,402.00.
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"Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans immediately following such Distribution Date over (b) the sum of
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A Certificates and the
Mezzanine Certificates as of such Distribution Date (after taking into account
the payment of the amounts described in clauses (b)(i) through (iv) of the
definition of Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date).
"Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Required Overcollateralized
Amount applicable to such Distribution Date over (b) the Overcollateralized
Amount applicable to such Distribution Date prior to taking into account the
payment of any Overcollateralization Increase Amount on such Distribution Date.
"Overcollateralization Increase Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the lesser of (a) the Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount
as of such Distribution Date (after taking into account the payment of the
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, exclusive of the
payment of any Overcollateralization Increase Amount) and (b) the amount of
Accrued Certificate Interest payable on the Class CE Certificates on such
Distribution Date as reduced by Realized Losses allocated thereto with respect
to such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.04.
"Overcollateralization Reduction Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Excess
Overcollateralized Amount and (b) the sum of the amounts available for
distribution specified in clauses (b)(i) through (iii) of the definition of
Principal Distribution Amount.
"Ownership Interest": As to any Certificate, any ownership or
security interest in such Certificate, including any interest in such
Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct
or indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee.
"Pass-Through Rate": With respect to the Residual Certificates
and the first Distribution Date and with respect to the Class A Certificates and
the Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to
the lesser of (i) the related One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate for such
Distribution Date and (ii) the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution
Date. With respect to the Class CE Certificates and any Distribution Date, a
rate per annum equal to the sum of the following components:
(i) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LT1 minus two (2) times the weighted average of the REMIC II
Remittance Rates for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT3, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT5 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6, with the rate on
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6 equal to zero for the purpose of this
calculation, applied to an Uncertificated Notional Amount equal to the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT1;
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(ii) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT2 minus two (2) times the weighted average of the REMIC
II Remittance Rates for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT3, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT5 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6, with the
rate on REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6 equal to zero for the purpose
of this calculation, applied to an Uncertificated Notional Amount equal
to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2;
(iii) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT3 minus two (2) times the weighted average of the REMIC
II Remittance Rates for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT3, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT5 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6, with the
rate on REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6 equal to zero for the purpose
of this calculation, applied to an Uncertificated Notional Amount equal
to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT3;
(iv) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT4 minus two (2) times the weighted average of the REMIC
II Remittance Rates for REMIC II Regular Interests II-LT2, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT3, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT5 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6, with the
rate on REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6 equal to zero for the purpose
of this calculation, applied to an Uncertificated Notional Amount equal
to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4;
(v) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LT5 minus two (2) times the weighted average of the REMIC II
Remittance Rates for REMIC II Regular Interests II-LT2, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT3, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT5 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6, with the
rate on REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6 equal to zero for the purpose
of this calculation, applied to an Uncertificated Notional Amount equal
to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT5;
(vi) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT6 minus two (2) times the weighted average of the REMIC
II Remittance Rates for REMIC II Regular Interests II-LT2, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT3, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT5 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6, with the
rate on REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6 equal to zero for the purpose
of this calculation, applied to an Uncertificated Notional Amount equal
to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6;
(vii) 100% of the interest on REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LT2S;
(viii) 100% of the interest on REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LT3S;
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(ix) 100% of the interest on REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LT4S; and
(x) 100% of the interest on REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LT5S.
"Percentage Interest": With respect to the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE Certificates, the
undivided percentage ownership in such Class evidenced by such Certificate,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the initial Certificate
Principal Balance represented by such Certificate and the denominator of which
is the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of all of the
Certificates of such Class. The Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates are issuable only in minimum Percentage Interests corresponding to
minimum initial Certificate Principal Balances of $10,000 and integral multiples
of $1.00 in excess thereof. The Class CE Certificates are issuable only in
minimum Percentage Interests corresponding to minimum initial Certificate
Principal Balances of $10,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof;
provided, however, that a single Certificate of such Class of Certificates may
be issued having a Percentage Interest corresponding to the remainder of the
aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of such Class or to an otherwise
authorized denomination for such Class plus such remainder. With respect to any
Residual Certificate, the undivided percentage ownership in such Class evidenced
by such Certificate, is as set forth on the face of such Residual Certificate.
The Residual Certificates are issuable only in Percentage Interests
corresponding to initial Certificate Principal Balances of $20 and integral
multiples thereof.
"Periodic Rate Cap": With respect to each Mortgage Loan and
any Adjustment Date therefor, the fixed percentage set forth in the related
Mortgage Note, which is the maximum amount by which the Mortgage Rate for such
Mortgage Loan may increase or decrease (without regard to the Maximum Mortgage
Rate or the Minimum Mortgage Rate) on such Adjustment Date from the Mortgage
Rate in effect immediately prior to such Adjustment Date.
"Permitted Investments": Any one or more of the following
obligations or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par,
regardless of whether issued by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee
or any of their respective Affiliates:
(i) direct obligations of, or obligations fully
guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the
United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States;
(ii) demand and time deposits in, certificates of
deposit of, or bankers' acceptances issued by, any Depository
Institution;
(iii) repurchase obligations with respect to any
security described in clause (i) above entered into with a Depository
Institution (acting as principal);
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(iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a
discount that are issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws
of the United States of America or any state thereof and that are rated
by each Rating Agency in its highest long-term unsecured rating
categories at the time of such investment or contractual commitment
providing for such investment;
(v) commercial paper (including both
non-interest-bearing discount obligations and interest-bearing
obligations payable on demand or on a specified date not more than 30
days after the date of acquisition thereof) that is rated by each
Rating Agency in its highest short-term unsecured debt rating available
at the time of such investment;
(vi) units of money market funds that have been rated
"AAA" by Fitch (if rated by Fitch) and "AAA" by S&P; and
(viii) if previously confirmed in writing to the
Trustee, any other demand, money market or time deposit, or any other
obligation, security or investment, as may be acceptable to the Rating
Agencies as a permitted investment of funds backing securities having
ratings equivalent to its highest initial rating of the Class A
Certificates;
provided, however, that no instrument described hereunder shall evidence either
the right to receive (a) only interest with respect to the obligations
underlying such instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments derived
from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and principal
payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at par
greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations.
"Permitted Transferee": Any Transferee of a Residual
Certificate other than a Disqualified Organization or Non-United States Person.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"P&I Advance": As to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, any
advance made by the Master Servicer in respect of any Distribution Date pursuant
to Section 4.03.
"Plan": Any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement
plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities,
Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general
or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested,
that are subject to ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code.
"Pre-Funding Account": The account established and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.06, as defined therein.
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"Prepayment Assumption": A prepayment rate for the Mortgage
Loans of 25% CPR. The Prepayment Assumption is used solely for determining the
accrual of original issue discount on the Certificates for federal income tax
purposes. A CPR (or Constant Prepayment Rate) represents an annualized constant
assumed rate of prepayment each month of a pool of mortgage loans relative to
its outstanding principal balance for the life of such pool.
"Prepayment Interest Shortfall": With respect to any
Distribution Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was during the related Prepayment
Period the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full or in part that was applied
by the Master Servicer to reduce the outstanding principal balance of such loan
on a date preceding the Due Date in the succeeding Prepayment Period, an amount
equal to interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the amount of such
Principal Prepayment for the number of days commencing on the date on which the
prepayment is applied and ending on the last day of the related Prepayment
Period. The obligations of the Master Servicer in respect of any Prepayment
Interest Shortfall are set forth in Section 3.24.
"Prepayment Period": With respect to any Distribution Date,
the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
"Prepayment Premium": With respect to any Prepayment Period,
any prepayment premium, penalty or charge collected by the Master Servicer from
a Mortgagor in connection with any Principal Prepayment pursuant to the terms of
the related Mortgage Note.
"Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(a) the excess of the Available Distribution Amount over
the amount payable on the Class A Certificates, the
Mezzanine Certificates pursuant to Section
4.01(a)(2); and
(b) the sum of
(i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment on
the Mortgage Loans due during the related Due Period,
whether or not received on or prior to the related
Determination Date;
(ii) the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage
Loan that was purchased during the related Prepayment
Period pursuant to or as contemplated by Section
2.03, Section 3.16(c) or Section 9.01 and the amount
of any shortfall deposited in the Collection Account
in connection with the substitution of a Deleted
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03 during the
related Prepayment Period;
(iii) the principal portion of all other unscheduled
collections (including, without limitation, Principal
Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
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Proceeds and REO Principal Amortization) received
during the related Prepayment Period, net of any
portion thereof that represents a recovery of
principal for which an advance was made by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.03 in respect of a
preceding Distribution Date, and with respect to the
Distribution Date occurring in September 1997, any
amounts in the Pre-Funding Account after giving
effect to the purchase of any Subsequent Mortgage
Loans;
(iv) the principal portion of any Realized Losses
incurred or deemed to have been incurred on the
Mortgage Loans in the calendar month preceding such
Distribution Date; and
(v) the amount of any Overcollateralization Increase
Amount for such Distribution Date;
minus:
(vi) the amount of any Overcollateralization
Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date.
"Principal Prepayment": Any payment of principal made by the
Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due
Date and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing the full
amount of scheduled interest due on any Due Date in any month or months
subsequent to the month of prepayment.
"Purchase Price": With respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO
Property to be purchased pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section
3.16(c) or Section 9.01, and as confirmed by an Officers' Certificate from the
Master Servicer to the Trustee, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
Stated Principal Balance thereof as of the date of purchase (or such other price
as provided in Section 9.01), (ii) in the case of (x) a Mortgage Loan, accrued
interest on such Stated Principal Balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate in
effect from time to time from the Due Date as to which interest was last covered
by a payment by the Mortgagor or an advance by the Master Servicer, which
payment or advance had as of the date of purchase been distributed pursuant to
Section 4.01, through the end of the calendar month in which the purchase is to
be effected, and (y) an REO Property, the sum of (1) accrued interest on such
Stated Principal Balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate in effect from time
to time from the Due Date as to which interest was last covered by a payment by
the Mortgagor or an advance by the Master Servicer through the end of the
calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which such REO
Property was acquired, plus (2) REO Imputed Interest for such REO Property for
each calendar month commencing with the calendar month in which such REO
Property was acquired and ending with the calendar month in which such purchase
is to be effected, net of the total of all net rental income, Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and P&I Advances that as of the date of purchase
had been distributed as or to cover REO Imputed Interest pursuant to Section
4.01, (iii) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances and P&I Advances (including
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Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx X&X Advances and Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances) and any
unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, (iv) any
amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of such
Mortgage Loan or REO Property pursuant to Sections 3.11(ix) and 3.16(b), and (v)
in the case of a Mortgage Loan required to be purchased pursuant to Section
2.03, expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by the Master Servicer or
the Trustee in respect of the breach or defect giving rise to the purchase
obligation.
"Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan": A mortgage loan
substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
which must, on the date of such substitution, (i) have an outstanding principal
balance, after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest
due during or prior to the month of substitution, not in excess of the Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the
calendar month during which the substitution occurs, (ii) have a Mortgage Rate
not less than (and not more than one percentage point in excess of) the Mortgage
Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iii) have a Maximum Mortgage Rate not less
than the Maximum Mortgage Rate on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iv) have a Minimum
Mortgage Rate not less than the Minimum Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan, (v) have a Gross Margin equal to the Gross Margin of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan, (vi) have a next Adjustment Date not more than two months later than the
next Adjustment Date on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vii) have a remaining term
to maturity not greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan, (viii) have the same Due Date as the Due Date on the
Deleted Mortgage Loan, (ix) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the date of
substitution equal to or lower than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan as of such date, (x) have a risk grading determined by the Seller
at least equal to the risk grading assigned on the Deleted Mortgage Loan and
(xi) conform to each representation and warranty set forth in Section 6 of the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement applicable to the Deleted Mortgage Loan. In the
event that one or more mortgage loans are substituted for one or more Deleted
Mortgage Loans, the amounts described in clause (i) hereof shall be determined
on the basis of aggregate principal balances, the Mortgage Rates described in
clause (ii) hereof shall be determined on the basis of weighted average Mortgage
Rates, the risk gradings described in clause (x) hereof shall be satisfied as to
each such mortgage loan, the terms described in clause (vii) hereof shall be
determined on the basis of weighted average remaining term to maturity, the
Loan-to-Value Ratios described in clause (ix) hereof shall be satisfied as to
each such mortgage loan and, except to the extent otherwise provided in this
sentence, the representations and warranties described in clause (xi) hereof
must be satisfied as to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or in the
aggregate, as the case may be.
"Rate/Term Refinancing": A Refinanced Mortgage Loan, the
proceeds of which are not more than a nominal amount in excess of the existing
first mortgage loan and any subordinate mortgage loan on the related Mortgaged
Property and related closing costs, and were used exclusively (except for such
nominal amount) to satisfy the then existing first mortgage loan and any
subordinate mortgage loan of the Mortgagor on the related Mortgaged Property and
to pay related closing costs.
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"Rating Agency or Rating Agencies": Fitch and S&P or their
successors. If such agencies or their successors are no longer in existence,
"Rating Agencies" shall be such nationally recognized statistical rating
agencies, or other comparable Persons, designated by the Depositor, notice of
which designation shall be given to the Trustee and the Master Servicer.
"Realized Loss": With respect to each Mortgage Loan as to
which a Final Recovery Determination has been made an amount (not less than
zero) equal to (i) the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the
commencement of the calendar month in which the Final Recovery Determination was
made, plus (ii) accrued interest from the Due Date as to which interest was last
paid by the Mortgagor through the end of the calendar month in which such Final
Recovery Determination was made, calculated in the case of each calendar month
during such period (A) at an annual rate equal to the annual rate at which
interest was then accruing on such Mortgage Loan and (B) on a principal amount
equal to the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of
business on the Distribution Date during such calendar month, plus (iii) any
amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of such
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.11(ix) and Section 3.16(b), minus (iv) the
proceeds, if any, received in respect of such Mortgage Loan during the calendar
month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made, net of amounts that
are payable therefrom to the Master Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan
pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 3.11(iii).
With respect to any REO Property as to which a Final Recovery
Determination has been made an amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the
unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the date of
acquisition of such REO Property on behalf of REMIC I, plus (ii) accrued
interest from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor
in respect of the related Mortgage Loan through the end of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which such REO Property was
acquired, calculated in the case of each calendar month during such period (A)
at an annual rate equal to the annual rate at which interest was then accruing
on the related Mortgage Loan and (B) on a principal amount equal to the Stated
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on
the Distribution Date during such calendar month, plus (iii) REO Imputed
Interest for such REO Property for each calendar month commencing with the
calendar month in which such REO Property was acquired and ending with the
calendar month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made, plus (iv)
any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of the
related Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.11(ix) and Section 3.16(b), minus
(v) the aggregate of all P&I Advances and Servicing Advances (in the case of
Servicing Advances, without duplication of amounts netted out of the rental
income, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds described in clause (vi)
below) made by the Master Servicer in respect of such REO Property or the
related Mortgage Loan for which the Master Servicer has been or, in connection
with such Final Recovery Determination, will be reimbursed pursuant to Section
3.23 out of rental income, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received
in respect of such REO Property, minus (vi) the total of all net rental income,
Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received in respect of such REO
Property that has been, or in connection with such Final Recovery Determination,
will be transferred to the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.23.
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With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the
subject of a Deficient Valuation, the difference between the principal balance
of the Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation
and the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient
Valuation.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the
subject of a Debt Service Reduction, the portion, if any, of the reduction in
each affected Monthly Payment attributable to a reduction in the Mortgage Rate
imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Each such Realized Loss shall be
deemed to have been incurred on the Due Date for each affected Monthly Payment.
"Record Date": With respect to each Distribution Date, the
last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
"Reference Banks": Bankers Trust Company, Xxxxxxx'x Bank PLC,
The Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank and National Westminster Bank PLC and their successors
in interest; provided that if any of the foregoing banks are not suitable to
serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading banks selected by the Trustee which
are engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international
Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place of business in London, (ii)
not controlling, under the control of or under common control with the Depositor
or any Affiliate thereof, (iii) whose quotations appear on the Reuters Screen
LIBO Page on the relevant Interest Determination Date and (iv) which have been
designated as such by the Trustee.
"Refinanced Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan the proceeds of
which were not used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property.
"Regular Certificate": Any Class A Certificate, Mezzanine
Certificate or Class CE Certificate.
"Regular Interest": A "regular interest" in a REMIC within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code.
"Relief Act": The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of
1940, as amended.
"Relief Act Interest Shortfall": With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest
collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar month as
a result of the application of the Relief Act.
"REMIC": A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within
the meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
"REMIC I": The segregated pool of assets subject hereto,
constituting the primary trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder,
with respect to which a REMIC election is to be made, consisting of: (i) such
Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to this
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Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto, and together with
all collections thereon and proceeds thereof; (ii) any REO Property, together
with all collections thereon and proceeds thereof; (iii) the Trustee's rights
with respect to the Mortgage Loans under all insurance policies required to be
maintained pursuant to this Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (iv) the
Depositor's rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (including any
security interest created thereby); (v) the Pre-Funding Account, the Collection
Account, the Distribution Account and any REO Account, and such assets that are
deposited therein from time to time and any investments thereof, together with
any and all income, proceeds and payments with respect thereto. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, however, REMIC I specifically excludes the Interest Coverage
Account and all payments and other collections of principal and interest due on
the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date.
"REMIC I Interest Loss Allocation Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to (a) the product of (i) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties then
outstanding and (ii) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LT1 minus two (2) times the weighted average of the REMIC II Remittance Rates
for REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LT4, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT5 and REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LT6, with the rate on REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT6 equal to zero
for purposes of this calculation, divided by (b) 12.
"REMIC I Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to any date
of determination, (i) 1% of the aggregate Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC I
Regular Interests minus (ii) the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LT2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT4
and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT5, in each case as of such date of
determination.
"REMIC I Principal Loss Allocation Amount": With respect to
any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties then
outstanding and (ii) 1 minus a fraction, the numerator of which is two times the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LT3, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT4 and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LT5 and the denominator of which is the sum of the Uncertificated Balances of
REMIC I Regular Interest I- LT2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LT4, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT5 and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LT6.
"REMIC I Regular Interest": Any of the six separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC I. Each REMIC I Regular Interest
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. The
designations for the respective REMIC I Regular Interests are set forth in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.
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"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT4": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT4
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT5": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT5
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT6": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT6
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
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"REMIC I Remittance Rate": With respect to each REMIC I
Regular Interest, the weighted average of the Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rates on
the then outstanding Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
"REMIC I Required Overcollateralized Amount": 1% of the
Required Overcollateralization Amount.
"REMIC II": The segregated pool of assets consisting of all of
the REMIC I Regular Interests conveyed in trust to the Trustee for the benefit
of REMIC III, as holder of the REMIC II Regular Interests, and the Class R-II
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 2.07, and all amounts deposited therein,
with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be made.
"REMIC II Regular Interest": Any of the ten separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC II issued hereunder and
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC II. Each REMIC II Regular Interest
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC II Remittance Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. The
designations for the respective REMIC II Regular Interests are set forth in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT1": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC II issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC II. REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT1
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC II Remittance Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC II issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC II. REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC II Remittance Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT3": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC II issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC II. REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT3
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC II Remittance Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC II issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC II. REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC II
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Remittance Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to
distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an
aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT5": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC II issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC II. REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT5
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC II Remittance Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC II issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC II. REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC II Remittance Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2S": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC II issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC II. REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2S
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC II Remittance Rate in effect from
time to time on its related Uncertificated Notional Amount.
"REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT3S": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC II issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC II. REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT3S
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC II Remittance Rate in effect from
time to time on its related Uncertificated Notional Amount.
"REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4S": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC II issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC II. REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4S
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC II Remittance Rate in effect from
time to time on its related Uncertificated Notional Amount.
"REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT5S": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC II issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC II. REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT5S
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC II Remittance Rate in effect from
time to time on its related Uncertificated Notional Amount.
"REMIC II Remittance Rate": With respect to REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT1 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6, the weighted average of
the Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rates on the then outstanding Mortgage Loans and
REO Properties. With respect to REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT3, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4 and REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT5, the lesser of (i) the related One-Month LIBOR PassThrough Rate
(based on the actual number of days elapsed in the applicable Interest Accrual
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Period and a 360-day year) and (ii) the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate, multiplied by
the actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest Accrual Period divided
by 360. With respect to REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2S, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT3S, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4S and REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT5S, a rate per annum equal to excess of the REMIC I Remittance
Rate for the related Uncertificated Corresponding Component over the REMIC II
Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2, REMIC II Regular Interest
II- LT3, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT5,
respectively.
"REMIC III": The segregated pool of assets consisting of all
of the REMIC II Regular Interests conveyed in trust to the Trustee for the
benefit of the REMIC III Certificateholders pursuant to Section 2.09, and all
amounts deposited therein, with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to
be made.
"REMIC III Certificate": Any Regular Certificate or Class
R-III Certificate.
"REMIC Provisions": Provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Section
860A through 860G of the Code, and related provisions, and proposed, temporary
and final regulations and published rulings, notices and announcements
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.
"Remittance Report": A report in form and substance acceptable
to the Trustee on a magnetic disk or tape prepared by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.03 with such additions, deletions and modifications as
agreed to by the Trustee and the Master Servicer.
"Rents from Real Property": With respect to any REO Property,
gross income of the character described in Section 856(d) of the Code as being
included in the term "rents from real property."
"REO Account": The account or accounts maintained, or caused
to be maintained, by the Master Servicer in respect of an REO Property pursuant
to Section 3.23.
"REO Disposition": The sale or other disposition of an REO
Property on behalf of REMIC I.
"REO Imputed Interest": As to any REO Property, for any
calendar month during which such REO Property was at any time part of REMIC I,
one month's interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal
Balance of such REO Property (or, in the case of the first such calendar month,
of the related Mortgage Loan if appropriate) as of the close of business on the
Distribution Date in such calendar month.
"REO Principal Amortization": With respect to any REO
Property, for any calendar month, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate of
all amounts received in respect of such REO Property during such calendar month,
whether in the form of rental income, sale proceeds
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(including, without limitation, that portion of the Termination Price paid in
connection with a purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties
pursuant to Section 9.01 that is allocable to such REO Property) or otherwise,
net of any portion of such amounts (i) payable pursuant to Section 3.23(c) in
respect of the proper operation, management and maintenance of such REO Property
or (ii) payable or reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.23(d) for unpaid Servicing Fees in respect of the related Mortgage Loan and
unreimbursed Servicing Advances and P&I Advances in respect of such REO Property
or the related Mortgage Loan, over (b) the REO Imputed Interest in respect of
such REO Property for such calendar month.
"REO Property": A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Master
Servicer on behalf of REMIC I through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure, as described in Section 3.23.
"Request for Release": A release signed by a Servicing
Officer, in the form of Exhibit E-1 or Exhibit E-2 attached hereto.
"Required Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date (x) prior to the Stepdown Date, $6,300,100 and (y) on or after
the Stepdown Date, the greater of (x) 4.50% of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and
(y) $2,100,000.
"Reserve Interest Rate": With respect to any Interest
Determination Date, the rate per annum that the Trustee determines to be either
(i) the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole
multiple of 1/16%) of the one-month U.S. dollar lending rates which New York
City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on the relevant Interest
Determination Date to the principal London offices of leading banks in the
London interbank market or (ii) in the event that the Trustee can determine no
such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month U.S. dollar lending rate which New
York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on such Interest
Determination Date to leading European banks.
"Residential Dwelling": Any one of the following: (i) an
attached, detached or semi-detached one-family dwelling, (ii) an attached,
detached or semi-detached two- to four-family dwelling, (iii) a one-family
dwelling unit in a FNMA eligible condominium project, or (iv) an attached,
detached or semi-detached one-family dwelling in a planned unit development,
none of which is a co-operative, mobile or manufactured home (as defined in 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, Section 5402(6)).
"Residual Certificate": Any one of the Class R-I Certificates,
the Class R-II Certificates or Class R-III Certificates.
"Residual Interest": The sole class of "residual interests" in
a REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.
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"Responsible Officer": When used with respect to the Trustee,
the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or Trustees, the
Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Executive or Standing Committee of the Board of
Directors or Trustees, the President, the Chairman of the Committee on Trust
Matters, any vice president, any assistant vice president, the Secretary, any
assistant secretary, the Treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the Cashier, any
assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the Controller
and any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and, with respect to a particular matter, to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Scheduled Principal Balance": With respect to any Mortgage
Loan: (a) as of the Cut-off Date (or Subsequent Cut-off Date, with respect to a
Subsequent Mortgage Loan), the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage
Loan as of such date, net of the principal portion of all unpaid Monthly
Payments, if any, due on or before such date; (b) as of any Due Date subsequent
to the Cut-off Date (or Subsequent Cut-off Date, as applicable) up to and
including the Due Date in the calendar month in which a Liquidation Event occurs
with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the Scheduled Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or Subsequent Cut-off Date, as
applicable), minus the sum of (i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment
due on or before such Due Date but subsequent to the Cut-off Date (or Subsequent
Cut-off Date, as applicable), whether or not received, (ii) all Principal
Prepayments received before such Due Date but after the Cut-off Date (or
Subsequent Cut-off Date, as applicable), (iii) the principal portion of all
Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received before such Due Date but
after the Cut-off Date (or Subsequent Cut-off Date, as applicable), net of any
portion thereof that represents principal due (without regard to any
acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note) on a Due
Date occurring on or before the date on which such proceeds were received and
(iv) any Realized Loss incurred with respect thereto as a result of a Deficient
Valuation occurring before such Due Date, but only to the extent such Realized
Loss represents a reduction in the portion of principal of such Mortgage Loan
not yet due (without regard to any acceleration of payments under the related
Mortgage and Mortgage Note) as of the date of such Deficient Valuation; and (c)
as of any Due Date subsequent to the occurrence of a Liquidation Event with
respect to such Mortgage Loan, zero. With respect to any REO Property: (a) as of
any Due Date subsequent to the date of its acquisition on behalf of the Trust
Fund up to and including the Due Date in the calendar month in which a
Liquidation Event occurs with respect to such REO Property, an amount (not less
than zero) equal to the Scheduled Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan
as of the Due Date in the calendar month in which such REO Property was
acquired, minus the aggregate amount of REO Principal Amortization, if any, in
respect of such REO Property for all previously ended calendar months; and (b)
as of any Due Date subsequent to the occurrence of a Liquidation Event with
respect to such REO Property, zero.
"Seller": New Century Mortgage Corporation, in its capacity as
seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
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"Senior Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Interest Distribution
Amounts for such Distribution Date for the Class A Certificates and, on the
first Distribution Date, the Residual Certificates and (ii) the Interest Carry
Forward Amount with respect to the Class A Certificates.
"Servicing Account": The account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.09.
"Servicing Advances": The reasonable "out-of-pocket" costs and
expenses incurred by the Master Servicer in connection with a default,
delinquency or other unanticipated event by the Master Servicer in the
performance of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the
cost of (i) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged
Property, (ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures,
in respect of a particular Mortgage Loan, (iii) the management (including
reasonable fees in connection therewith) and liquidation of any REO Property,
and (iv) the performance of its obligations under Section 3.01, Section 3.09,
Section 3.14, Section 3.16 and Section 3.23. The Master Servicer shall not be
required to make any Servicing Advance in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO
Property that, in the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, would
not be ultimately recoverable from related Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation
Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.
"Servicing Fee": With respect to each Mortgage Loan and for
any calendar month, an amount equal to one month's interest (or in the event of
any payment of interest which accompanies a Principal Prepayment in full or in
part made by the Mortgagor during such calendar month, interest for the number
of days covered by such payment of interest) at the applicable Servicing Fee
Rate on the same principal amount on which interest on such Mortgage Loan
accrues for such calendar month. A portion of such Servicing Fee may be retained
by any SubServicer as its servicing compensation.
"Servicing Fee Rate": 0.50% per annum.
"Servicing Officer": Any officer of the Master Servicer
involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of Mortgage
Loans, whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing officers
furnished by the Master Servicer to the Trustee and the Depositor on the Closing
Date, as such list may from time to time be amended.
"Single Certificate": With respect to any Class of
Certificates (other than the Residual Certificates), a hypothetical Certificate
of such Class evidencing a Percentage Interest for such Class corresponding to
an initial Certificate Principal Balance or Notional Amount of $1,000. With
respect to the Residual Certificates, a hypothetical Certificate of such Class
evidencing a 100% Percentage Interest in such Class.
"Special Hazard Amount": As of any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to $2,800,004, minus the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Special
Hazard Losses on the Mortgage
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Loans allocated solely to the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE
Certificates in accordance with Section 4.04 and (ii) the Adjustment Amount (as
defined below) as most recently calculated. For each anniversary of the Cut-off
Date, the Adjustment Amount shall be equal to the amount, if any, by which the
amount calculated in accordance with the preceding sentence (without giving
effect to the deduction of the Adjustment Amount for such anniversary) exceeds
the greatest of (i) twice the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan
which has the largest outstanding principal balance on the Distribution Date
immediately preceding such anniversary, (ii) the product of 1.00% multiplied by
the outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans on the Distribution Date
immediately preceding such anniversary and (iii) the aggregate outstanding
principal balance (as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date) of the
Mortgage Loans in any five-digit California zip code area with the largest
amount of Mortgage Loans by aggregate principal balance as of such anniversary.
"Special Hazard Loss": Any Realized Loss or portion thereof
not in excess of the lesser of the cost of repair or replacement of a Mortgaged
Property suffered by such Mortgaged Property by reason of damage caused by
certain hazards (including earthquakes, mudflows, and, to a limited extent,
floods) not insured against under the hazard insurance policies or fire or flood
insurance policies required to be maintained in respect of such Mortgaged
Property pursuant to Section 3.14, or by reason of the application of any
co-insurance provision. Special Hazard Losses shall not include any
Extraordinary Loss or any of the following:
(i) wear and tear, deterioration, rust or corrosion,
mold, wet or dry rot; inherent vice or latent defect;
animals, birds, vermin, insects;
(ii) smog, smoke, vapor, liquid or dust discharge from
agricultural or industrial operations; pollution;
contamination;
(iii) settling, subsidence, cracking, shrinkage, bulging or
expansion of pavements, foundations, walls, floors,
roofs or ceilings; and
(iv) errors in design, faulty workmanship or faulty
materials, unless the collapse of the property or a
part thereof ensues and then only for the ensuing
loss.
"S&P": Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of the
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., or its successor in interest.
"Startup Day": With respect to each of REMIC I, REMIC II and
REMIC III, the day designated as such pursuant to Section 10.01(b) hereof.
"Stated Principal Balance": With respect to any Mortgage Loan:
(a) as of any date of determination up to but not including the Distribution
Date on which the proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such
Mortgage Loan would be distributed, the Scheduled Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or the Subsequent Cut-off Date, with
respect to a Subsequent Mortgage Loan), as shown in the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
minus
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the sum of (i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment due on a Due Date
subsequent to the Cut-off Date (or Subsequent Cut-off Date, as applicable), to
the extent received from the Mortgagor or advanced by the Master Servicer and
distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before such date of determination,
(ii) all Principal Prepayments received after the Cut-off Date (or Subsequent
Cut-off Date, as applicable), to the extent distributed pursuant to Section 4.01
on or before such date of determination, (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds and
Insurance Proceeds applied by the Master Servicer as recoveries of principal in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.16, to the extent distributed
pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before such date of determination, and (iv) any
Realized Loss incurred with respect thereto as a result of a Deficient Valuation
made during or prior to the Prepayment Period for the most recent Distribution
Date coinciding with or preceding such date of determination; and (b) as of any
date of determination coinciding with or subsequent to the Distribution Date on
which the proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such Mortgage
Loan would be distributed, zero. With respect to any REO Property: (a) as of any
date of determination up to but not including the Distribution Date on which the
proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such REO Property would
be distributed, an amount (not less than zero) equal to the Stated Principal
Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the date on which such REO Property
was acquired on behalf of REMIC I, minus the sum of (i) if such REO Property was
acquired before the Distribution Date in any calendar month, the principal
portion of the Monthly Payment due on the Due Date in the calendar month of
acquisition, to the extent advanced by the Master Servicer and distributed
pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before such date of determination, and (ii) the
aggregate amount of REO Principal Amortization in respect of such REO Property
for all previously ended calendar months, to the extent distributed pursuant to
Section 4.01 on or before such date of determination; and (b) as of any date of
determination coinciding with or subsequent to the Distribution Date on which
the proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such REO Property
would be distributed, zero.
"Stayed Funds": If the Master Servicer is the subject of a
proceeding under the federal Bankruptcy Code and the making of a Remittance (as
defined in Section 7.02(b)) is prohibited by Section 362 of the federal
Bankruptcy Code, funds that are in the custody of the Master Servicer, a trustee
in bankruptcy or a federal bankruptcy court and should have been the subject of
such Remittance absent such prohibition.
"Stepdown Date": The later to occur of (i) the Distribution
Date occurring in September 2000 and (ii) the first Distribution Date on which
the Credit Enhancement Percentage (calculated for this purpose only after taking
into account distributions of principal on the Mortgage Loans but prior to any
distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount to the Certificates then
entitled to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date) is equal to or
greater than 45.00%.
"Subsequent Cut-off Date": With respect to those Subsequent
Mortgage Loans sold to the Trust Fund pursuant to a Subsequent Transfer
Instrument, the first day of the month in which the related Subsequent Transfer
Date occurs.
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"Subsequent Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan sold by the
Depositor to the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 2.11, such Mortgage Loan being
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached to a Subsequent Transfer
Instrument.
"Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement": The agreement
between the Depositor and the Seller regarding the transfer of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Depositor.
"Subsequent Transfer Date": With respect to each Subsequent
Transfer Instrument, the date on which the related Subsequent Mortgage Loans are
sold to the Trust Fund.
"Subsequent Transfer Instrument": Each Subsequent Transfer
Instrument, dated as of a Subsequent Transfer Date, executed by the Trustee and
the Depositor substantially in the form of Exhibit H, by which Subsequent
Mortgage Loans are sold to the Trust Fund.
"Sub-Servicer": Any Person with which the Master Servicer has
entered into a Sub-Servicing Agreement and which meets the qualifications of a
Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.02.
"Sub-Servicing Account": An account established by a
Sub-Servicer which meets the requirements set forth in Section 3.08 and is
otherwise acceptable to the Master Servicer.
"Sub-Servicing Agreement": The written contract between the
Master Servicer and a Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and administration of
certain Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.02.
"Tax Returns": The federal income tax return on Internal
Revenue Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income
Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest
Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms,
to be filed on behalf of the Trust Fund due to 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.
"Termination Price": As defined in Section 9.01.
"Terminator": As defined in Section 9.01.
"Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge,
hypothecation, or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a
Certificate.
"Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any
Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
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"Transferor": Any Person who is disposing by Transfer of any
Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
"Trigger Event": A Trigger Event has occurred with respect to
a Distribution Date if the Delinquency Percentage exceeds the lesser of (i)
one-half of the Credit Enhancement Percentage or (ii) 22.50%.
"Trust Fund": Collectively, all of the assets of REMIC I,
REMIC II and REMIC III.
"Trustee": First Trust National Association, a national
banking association, or its successor in interest, or any successor trustee
appointed as herein provided.
"Trustee's Fee": The amount payable to the Trustee on each
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 8.05 as compensation for all services
rendered by it in the execution of the trust hereby created and in the exercise
and performance of any of the powers and duties of the Trustee hereunder, which
amount shall equal one twelfth of the product of (i) the Trustee's Fee Rate,
multiplied by (ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans and any REO Properties and any amount in the Pre-Funding Account as of the
second preceding Due Date (or, in the case of the initial Distribution Date, as
of the Cut-off Date).
"Trustee's Fee Rate": 0.01% per annum.
"Uncertificated Balance": The amount of any REMIC I Regular
Interest or REMIC II Regular Interest outstanding as of any date of
determination. As of the Closing Date, the Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC
I Regular Interest and each REMIC II Regular Interest shall equal the amount set
forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto as its initial uncertificated balance.
On each Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC I Regular
Interest and each REMIC II Regular Interest shall be reduced by all
distributions of principal made on such REMIC I Regular Interest or such REMIC
II Regular Interest, as applicable, on such Distribution Date pursuant to
Section 4.01 and, if and to the extent necessary and appropriate, shall be
further reduced on such Distribution Date by Realized Losses as provided in
Section 4.04. The Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest and
each REMIC II Regular Interest shall never be less than zero.
"Uncertificated Corresponding Component": With respect to:
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1; REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT2 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2S, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LT2; REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT3 and REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LT3S, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3; REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4 and
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4S, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT4; REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT5 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT5S, REMIC I Regular
Interest I- LT5; and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT6, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LT6.
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"Uncertificated Interest": With respect to any REMIC I Regular
Interest for any Distribution Date, one month's interest at the REMIC I
Remittance Rate applicable to such REMIC I Regular Interest for such
Distribution Date, accrued on the Uncertificated Balance thereof immediately
prior to such Distribution Date. With respect to any REMIC II Regular Interest
for any Distribution Date, one month's interest at the REMIC II Remittance Rate
applicable to such REMIC II Regular Interest for such Distribution Date, accrued
on the Uncertificated Balance thereof immediately prior to such Distribution
Date. Uncertificated Interest in respect of any REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT6, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT1 and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT6, shall accrue on the basis of a 360- day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months; Uncertificated Interest in respect of REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LT2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT4,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT5 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT3, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT4, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT5, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT2S, REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LT3S, REMIC II Regular Interest II- LT4S and REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LT5S shall accrue on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of
days in the applicable Interest Accrual Period. Uncertificated Interest with
respect to each Distribution Date, as to any REMIC I Regular Interest or REMIC
II Regular Interest, shall be reduced by an amount equal to a pro rata portion
of the sum of (a) the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for such
Distribution Date to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.24
and (b) the aggregate amount of any Relief Act Interest Shortfall, if any, for
such Distribution Date. In addition, Uncertificated Interest with respect to
each Distribution Date, as to any REMIC I Regular Interest or REMIC II Regular
Interest, shall be reduced by Realized Losses, if any, allocated to such REMIC I
Regular Interest or REMIC II Regular Interest pursuant to Section 4.04.
"Uncertificated Notional Amount": With respect to REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LT2S, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT3S, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LT4S and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LT5S, the Uncertificated
Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3, REMIC
I Regular Interest I-LT4 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT5, respectively.
"Uninsured Cause": Any cause of damage to a Mortgaged Property
such that the complete restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by
the hazard insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant to Section
3.14.
"United States Person": A citizen or resident of the United
States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or
under the laws of, the United States or any political subdivision thereof
(except, in the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in regulations),
or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax
regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able
to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or
more United States fiduciaries have the authority to control all substantial
decisions of the trust. The term "United States" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7701 of the Code.
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"Value": With respect to any Mortgaged Property, the lesser of
(i) the lesser of (a) the value thereof as determined by an appraisal made for
the originator of the Mortgage Loan at the time of origination of the Mortgage
Loan by an appraiser who met the minimum requirements of FNMA and FHLMC, and (b)
the value thereof as determined by a review appraisal conducted by the Seller in
accordance with the Seller's underwriting guidelines, and (ii) the purchase
price paid for the related Mortgaged Property by the Mortgagor with the proceeds
of the Mortgage Loan; provided, however, (A) in the case of a Refinanced
Mortgage Loan, such value of the Mortgaged Property is based solely upon the
lesser of (1) the value determined by an appraisal made for the originator of
such Refinanced Mortgage Loan at the time of origination of such Refinanced
Mortgage Loan by an appraiser who met the minimum requirements of FNMA and
FHLMC, and (2) the value thereof as determined by a review appraisal conducted
by the Seller in accordance with the Seller's underwriting guidelines, and (B)
in the case of a Mortgage Loan originated in connection with a "lease-option
purchase," such value of the Mortgaged Property is based on the lower of the
value determined by an appraisal made for the originator of such Mortgage Loan
at the time of origination or the sale price of such Mortgaged Property if the
"lease option purchase price" was set less than 12 months prior to origination,
and is based on the value determined by an appraisal made for the originator of
such Mortgage Loan at the time of origination if the "lease option purchase
price" was set 12 months or more prior to origination.
"Voting Rights": The portion of the voting rights of all of
the Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. With respect to any date
of determination, the percentage of all the Voting Rights allocated among
Holders of each Class of Certificates shall be the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of all the Certificates of such Class then outstanding and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans then outstanding. The Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificate
shall be allocated among Holders of each such Class in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests as of the most recent Record Date.
SECTION 1.02. Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Accrued Certificate
Interest and the amount of the Interest Distribution Amount for the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE Certificates for any
Distribution Date, (1) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfall
(to the extent not covered by payments by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.24) and any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the
Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be allocated first, among the
Class CE Certificates on a pro rata basis based on, and to the extent of, one
month's interest at the then applicable respective Pass-Through Rate on the
respective Notional Amount of each such Certificate and, thereafter, among the
Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates on a pro rata basis based
on, and to the extent of, one month's interest at the then applicable respective
Pass-Through Rate on the respective Certificate Principal Balance of each such
Certificate and (2) the aggregate amount of any Realized Losses incurred for any
Distribution Date shall be allocated among the Class CE Certificates on a pro
rata basis based on, and to the extent of, one month's interest at the then
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applicable respective Pass-Through Rate on the respective Notional Amount of
each such Certificate.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Uncertificated
Interest for the REMIC I Regular Interests for any Distribution Date, the
aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not
covered by payments by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24) and Relief
Act Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the Mortgage Loans for any
Distribution Date shall be allocated first, to Uncertificated Interest payable
to REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT6 up to an
aggregate amount equal to the REMIC I Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and
2%, respectively, and thereafter among REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LT2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LT4, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT5 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT6 pro
rata based on, and to the extent of, one month's interest at the then applicable
respective PassThrough Rate on the respective Uncertificated Balance of each
such REMIC I Regular Interest.
All Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Interest Shortfalls
on the REMIC II Regular Interests shall be allocated by the Trustee on each
Distribution Date among the REMIC II Regular Interests in the proportion that
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Interest Shortfalls are allocated
to the related Uncertificated Corresponding Component.
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ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trustee without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders all the
right, title and interest of the Depositor, including any security interest
therein for the benefit of the Depositor, in and to the Initial Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, the rights of the Depositor under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and all other assets included or to be
included in REMIC I. Such assignment includes all interest and principal
received by the Depositor or the Master Servicer on or with respect to the
Mortgage Loans (other than payments of principal and interest due on such
Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date).
In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Depositor
does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, the Trustee the following documents or
instruments with respect to each Initial Mortgage Loan so transferred and
assigned, and the Depositor shall, in accordance with Section 2.11, deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Trustee with respect to each Subsequent Mortgage
Loan, the following documents or instruments (with respect to a Mortgage Loan, a
"Mortgage File"):
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in the
following form: "Pay to the order of First Trust National
Association, as Trustee for the registered holders of Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., under the applicable
pooling and servicing agreement, without recourse," with all
prior and intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of
endorsement from the originator to the Person so endorsing to
the Trustee;
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon, and the original recorded power of attorney, if the
Mortgage was executed pursuant to a power of attorney, with
evidence of recording thereon;
(iii) an original Assignment of the Mortgage executed
in the following form: "First Trust National Association, as
Trustee for the registered holders of Salomon Brothers
Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., under the applicable pooling
and servicing agreement";
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments
of the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from
the originator to the Person assigning the Mortgage to the
Trustee as contemplated by the immediately preceding clause
(iii);
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(v) the original or copies of each assumption,
modification, written assurance or substitution agreement, if
any; and
(vi) the original lender's title insurance policy,
together with all endorsements or riders that were issued with
or subsequent to the issuance of such policy, insuring the
priority of the Mortgage as a first lien on the Mortgaged
Property represented therein as a fee interest vested in the
Mortgagor, or in the event such original title policy is
unavailable, a written commitment or uniform binder or
preliminary report of title issued by the title insurance or
escrow company.
The Master Servicer shall promptly (within five Business Days
following the Closing Date (or within five Business Days following the
Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans) or as
soon as practicable) submit or cause to be submitted for recording, at no
expense to the Trust Fund, the Trustee or the Depositor, in the appropriate
public office for real property records, each Assignment referred to in Sections
2.01(iii) and (iv) above. In the event that any such Assignment is lost or
returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, the Master Servicer shall
promptly prepare or cause to be prepared a substitute Assignment or cure or
cause to be cured such defect, as the case may be, and thereafter cause each
such Assignment to be duly recorded.
If any of the documents referred to in Sections 2.01(ii),
(iii) or (iv) above has as of the Closing Date (or the Subsequent Transfer Date,
in the case of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans) been submitted for recording but
either (x) has not been returned from the applicable public recording office or
(y) has been lost or such public recording office has retained the original of
such document, the obligations of the Depositor to deliver such documents shall
be deemed to be satisfied upon (1) delivery to the Trustee of a copy of each
such document certified by the Seller in the case of (x) above or the applicable
public recording office in the case of (y) above to be a true and complete copy
of the original that was submitted for recording and (2) if such copy is
certified by the Seller, delivery to the Trustee promptly upon receipt thereof
of either the original or a copy of such document certified by the applicable
public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original. Notice
shall be provided to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies by the Seller if
delivery pursuant to clause (2) above will be made more than 180 days after the
Closing Date (or the Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans). If the original lender's title insurance policy was not
delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(vi) above, the Depositor shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Trustee, promptly after receipt thereof, the
original lender's title insurance policy. The Depositor shall deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Trustee promptly upon receipt thereof any other original
documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File received with respect to any
Mortgage Loan, including, but not limited to, any original documents evidencing
an assumption or modification of any Mortgage Loan.
All original documents relating to the Mortgage Loans that are
not delivered to the Trustee are and shall be held by or on behalf of the
Seller, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, in trust for
the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders. In
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the event that any such original document is required pursuant to the terms of
this Section to be a part of a Mortgage File, such document shall be delivered
promptly to the Trustee. Any such original document delivered to or held by the
Depositor that is not required pursuant to the terms of this Section to be a
part of a Mortgage File, shall be delivered promptly to the Master Servicer.
The Depositor herewith delivers to the Trustee an executed
copy of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance of REMIC I by Trustee.
The Trustee acknowledges receipt, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.01 and subject to any exceptions noted on the exception report
described in the next paragraph below, the documents referred to in Section 2.01
(other than such documents described in Section 2.01(v)) above and all other
assets included in the definition of "REMIC I" under clauses (i), (iii), (iv)
and (v) (to the extent of amounts deposited into the Pre-Funding Account, the
Interest Coverage Account and the Distribution Account) and declares that it
holds and will hold such documents and the other documents delivered to it
constituting a Mortgage File, and that it holds or will hold all such assets and
such other assets included in the definition of "REMIC I" in trust for the
exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders.
The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the Certificateholders,
to review each Mortgage File on or before the Closing Date (or the Subsequent
Transfer Date, in the case of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans) and to certify in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1 that, as to each Initial
Mortgage Loan or Subsequent Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any
Mortgage Loan specifically identified in the exception report annexed thereto as
not being covered by such certification), (i) all documents constituting part of
such Mortgage File (other than such documents described in Section 2.01(v))
required to be delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement are in its possession,
(ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on their face
and relate to such Mortgage Loan, (iii) based on its examination and only as to
the foregoing, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule that
corresponds to items (i) through (iii), (vi), (x)(A), (xi), (xii), (xv), (xvii),
(xviii), (xx) through (xxiii) and (xxv) of the definition of "Mortgage Loan
Schedule" accurately reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File. It is
herein acknowledged that, in conducting such review, the Trustee was under no
duty or obligation (i) to inspect, review or examine any such documents,
instruments, certificates or other papers to determine whether they are genuine,
enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or whether they have
actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be on
their face, or (ii) to determine whether any Mortgage File should include any of
the documents specified in clause (v) of Section 2.01.
Prior to the first anniversary date of this Agreement the
Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer a final
certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-2 evidencing the
completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon,
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with respect to all of the Initial Mortgage Loans and the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans, and the Master Servicer shall forward a copy thereof to any Sub-Servicer.
If in the process of reviewing the Mortgage Files and making
or preparing, as the case may be, the certifications referred to above, the
Trustee finds any document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File
to be missing or defective in any material respect, at the conclusion of its
review the Trustee shall so notify the Depositor and the Master Servicer. In
addition, upon the discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee of a breach of any of the representations and warranties made by the
Seller in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan
which materially adversely affects such Mortgage Loan or the interests of the
related Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such
breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties.
The Trustee shall, at the written request and expense of any
Certificateholder, provide a written report to such Certificateholder of all
Mortgage Files released to the Master Servicer for servicing purposes.
SECTION 2.03. Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans
by the Seller or the Depositor.
(a) Upon discovery or receipt of notice of any materially
defective document in, or that a document is missing from, a Mortgage File or of
the breach by the Seller of any representation, warranty or covenant under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan that materially
adversely affects the value of such Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the
Certificateholders, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Seller and the Master
Servicer of such defect, missing document or breach and request that the Seller
deliver such missing document or cure such defect or breach within 60 days from
the date the Seller was notified of such missing document, defect or breach, and
if the Seller does not deliver such missing document or cure such defect or
breach in all material respects during such period, the Trustee, in accordance
with Section 3.02(b), shall enforce the obligations of the Seller under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to repurchase such Mortgage Loan from REMIC I
at the Purchase Price within 90 days after the date on which the Seller was
notified (subject to Section 2.03(e)) of such missing document, defect or
breach, if and to the extent that the Seller is obligated to do so under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Price for the repurchased
Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the Collection Account and the Trustee, upon
receipt of written certification from the Master Servicer of such deposit, shall
release to the Seller the related Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver
such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as
the Seller shall furnish to it and as shall be necessary to vest in the Seller
any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and the Trustee shall have no further
responsibility with regard to such Mortgage File. In lieu of repurchasing any
such Mortgage Loan as provided above, if so provided in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, the Seller may cause such Mortgage Loan to be removed from
REMIC I (in which case it shall become a Deleted Mortgage Loan) and substitute
one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the manner and subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 2.03(d). It is understood and agreed that the
obligation of
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the Seller to cure or to repurchase (or to substitute for) any Mortgage Loan as
to which a document is missing, a material defect in a constituent document
exists or as to which such a breach has occurred and is continuing shall
constitute the sole remedy respecting such omission, defect or breach available
to the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.
(b) Subject to Section 2.03(e), within 90 days of the earlier
of discovery by the Depositor or receipt of notice by the Depositor of the
breach of any representation or warranty of the Depositor set forth in Section
2.04 with respect to any Mortgage Loan, which materially adversely affects the
value of such Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Certificateholders,
the Depositor shall (i) cure such breach in all material respects, (ii)
repurchase the Mortgage Loan from REMIC I at the Purchase Price or (iii) remove
such Mortgage Loan from REMIC I (in which case it shall become a Deleted
Mortgage Loan) and substitute one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in
the manner and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(d). If any
such breach is a breach of any of the representations and warranties included in
Section 2.04(a)(iv), and the Depositor is unable to cure such breach, the
Depositor shall repurchase or substitute the smallest number of Mortgage Loans
as shall be required to make such representation or warranty true and correct.
The Purchase Price for any repurchased Mortgage Loan shall be delivered to the
Master Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of written certification from the Master Servicer of such deposit, shall
at the Depositor's direction release to the Depositor the related Mortgage File
and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment
furnished by the Depositor, in each case without recourse, as the Depositor
shall furnish to it and as shall be necessary to vest in the Depositor any
Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.
(c) Within 90 days of the earlier of discovery by the Master
Servicer or receipt of notice by the Master Servicer of the breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant of the Master Servicer set forth in Section
2.05 which materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall cure such
breach in all material respects.
(d) Any substitution of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans
for Deleted Mortgage Loans made pursuant to Section 2.03(a), in the case of the
Seller, or Section 2.03(b), in the case of the Depositor, must be effected prior
to the date which is two years after the Startup Day for REMIC I.
As to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the Seller or the
Depositor substitutes a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, such
substitution shall be effected by the Seller or the Depositor, as the case may
be, delivering to the Trustee, for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment to the Trustee, and such
other documents and agreements, with all necessary endorsements thereon, as are
required by Section 2.01, together with an Officers' Certificate providing that
each such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies the definition thereof
and specifying the Substitution Shortfall Amount (as described below), if any,
in connection with such substitution. The Trustee shall acknowledge receipt for
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and, within ten
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Business Days thereafter, review such documents as specified in Section 2.02 and
deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer, with respect to such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, a certification substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C-1, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon.
Within one year of the date of substitution, the Trustee shall deliver to the
Depositor and the Master Servicer a certification substantially in the form of
Exhibit C-2 hereto with respect to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon. Monthly Payments due with
respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution are
not part of REMIC I and will be retained by the Depositor or the Seller, as the
case may be. For the month of substitution, distributions to Certificateholders
will reflect the Monthly Payment due on such Deleted Mortgage Loan on or before
the Due Date in the month of substitution, and the Depositor or the Seller, as
the case may be, shall thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts subsequently
received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Depositor shall give or
cause to be given written notice to the Certificateholders that such
substitution has taken place, shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect
the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and
the substitution of the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and shall
deliver a copy of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee. Upon such
substitution, such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall constitute
part of the Mortgage Pool and shall be subject in all respects to the terms of
this Agreement and, in the case of a substitution effected by the Seller, the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including, in the case of a substitution
effected by the Seller, all applicable representations and warranties thereof
included in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and in the case of a
substitution effected by the Depositor, all applicable representations and
warranties thereof set forth in Section 2.04, in each case as of the date of
substitution.
For any month in which the Depositor or the Seller substitutes
one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage
Loans, the Master Servicer will determine the amount (the "Substitution
Shortfall Amount"), if any, by which the aggregate Purchase Price of all such
Deleted Mortgage Loans exceeds the aggregate of, as to each such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Scheduled Principal Balance thereof as of the date
of substitution, together with one month's interest on such Scheduled Principal
Balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate, plus all outstanding P&I Advances
and Servicing Advances (including Nonrecoverable P&I Advances and Nonrecoverable
Servicing Advances) related thereto. On the date of such substitution, the
Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be, will deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account an amount
equal to the Substitution Shortfall Amount, if any, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and
certification by the Master Servicer of such deposit, shall release to the
Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be, the related Mortgage File or Files
and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in
each case without recourse, as the Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be,
shall deliver to it and as shall be necessary to vest therein any Deleted
Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.
In addition, the Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be,
shall obtain at its own expense and deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that such substitution will not cause (a) any federal tax to be
imposed on any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III,
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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 of REMIC I,
REMIC II or REMIC III to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificate is outstanding.
(e) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the Master
Servicer or the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified
mortgage" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party
discovering such fact shall within two Business Days give written notice thereof
to the other parties. In connection therewith, the Seller or the Depositor shall
repurchase or, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(d),
substitute one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for the affected
Mortgage Loan within 90 days of the earlier of discovery or receipt of such
notice with respect to such affected Mortgage Loan. Such repurchase or
substitution shall be made by (i) the Seller, if the affected Mortgage Loan's
status as a non-qualified mortgage is or results from a breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant made by the Seller under the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, or (ii) the Depositor, if the affected Mortgage Loan's
status as a non-qualified mortgage is a breach of any representation or warranty
of the Depositor set forth in Section 2.04, or if its status as a non-qualified
mortgage is a breach of no representation or warranty. Any such repurchase or
substitution shall be made in the same manner as set forth in Sections 2.03(a),
if made by the Seller, or 2.03(b), if made by the Depositor. The Trustee shall
reconvey to the Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be, the Mortgage Loan
to be released pursuant hereto in the same manner, and on the same terms and
conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a
representation or warranty.
SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.
(a) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders that as of the Closing Date or
as of such other date specifically provided herein:
(i) The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule for the Initial Mortgage Loans is complete, true and
correct in all material respects at the date or dates
respecting which such information is furnished;
(ii) Except with respect to approximately 2.91% of
the Initial Mortgage Loans, by outstanding principal balance
of the Initial Mortgage Loans, which were thirty days or more
but less than sixty days delinquent in their Monthly Payments
as of the Cut-off Date, as of the Cut-off Date, the Monthly
Payment due under each Initial Mortgage Loan is not 30 or more
days delinquent in payment and has not been 30 or more days
delinquent in payment more than once in the twelve month
period prior to the Cut-off Date (assuming that a "rolling" 30
day delinquency is considered to be delinquent only once);
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(iii) Each Initial Mortgage Loan had an original term
to maturity of not greater than 30 years; each Initial
Mortgage Loan is an adjustable-rate mortgage loan with
payments due on the first day of each month and each such
Mortgage Loan is fully amortizing; effective with the first
payment due after each Adjustment Date, the monthly payment
amount for each Initial Mortgage Loan will be adjusted to an
amount which would amortize fully the outstanding principal
balance of such Mortgage Loan over its remaining term and pay
interest at the Mortgage Rate so adjusted; on the first
Adjustment Date and on each Adjustment Date thereafter, the
Mortgage Rate on each Initial Mortgage Loan will be adjusted
to equal the sum of the Index and the related Gross Margin,
rounded to the nearest multiple of 0.125%, subject to the
Periodic Rate Cap, the Maximum Mortgage Rate and the Minimum
Mortgage Rate applicable to such Mortgage Loan;
(iv) (A) No more than approximately 38.62%,
approximately 17.57%, approximately 6.63%, approximately
6.17%, approximately 5.15% and approximately 3.31% of the
Initial Mortgage Loans, by outstanding principal balance of
the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, will be
secured by Mortgaged Properties located in California,
Illinois, Ohio, Colorado, Arizona and Utah, respectively, and
no more than approximately 22.50% of the Initial Mortgage
Loans, by outstanding principal balance of the Initial
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, will be secured by
Mortgaged Properties located in any other state; (B) as of the
Cut-off Date, no more than approximately 0.68% of the Initial
Mortgage Loans, by outstanding principal balance of the
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, are secured by
Mortgaged Properties located in any one California zip code
area, and no more than approximately 14.73% of the Initial
Mortgage Loans, by outstanding principal balance of the
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, are secured by
units in two- to four-family dwellings, condominiums, town
houses, planned unit developments or manufactured housing and;
(C) at least approximately 85.26% of the Initial Mortgage
Loans, by outstanding principal balance of the Initial
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, are secured by real
property with a single family residence erected thereon;
(v) If the Mortgaged Property securing an Initial
Mortgage Loan is identified in the Federal Register by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") as having special
flood hazards, as of the Closing Date, such Mortgaged Property
is covered by a flood insurance policy that met the
requirements of FEMA at the time such policy was issued;
(vi) With respect to each Initial Mortgage Loan, the
Loan-to-Value Ratio was less than or equal to 90.00% at the
origination of such Initial Mortgage Loan; and
(vii) With respect to at least approximately 89.90%
of the Initial Mortgage Loans by outstanding principal balance
as of the Cut-off Date, at the time
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that such Mortgage Loan was made, the Mortgagor represented
that the Mortgagor would occupy the Mortgaged Property as the
Mortgagor's primary residence. With respect to approximately
0.78% of the Initial Mortgage Loans by outstanding principal
balance as of the Cut-off Date, at the time that such Mortgage
Loan was made, the Mortgagor represented that the Mortgagor
would occupy the Mortgaged Property as the Mortgagor's
secondary residence or that the Mortgaged Property would be an
investor property.
(b) It is understood and agreed that the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 2.04 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage
Files to the Trustee and shall inure to the benefit of the Certificateholders
notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement or assignment. Upon
discovery by any of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee of a
breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties which materially
and adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan or the interests therein of
the Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice to the other parties, and in no event later than two Business
Days from the date of such discovery. It is understood and agreed that the
obligations of the Depositor set forth in Section 2.03(b) to cure, substitute
for or repurchase a Mortgage Loan constitute the sole remedies available to the
Certificateholders or to the Trustee on their behalf respecting a breach of the
representations and warranties contained in this Section 2.04.
SECTION 2.05. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants
to the Trustee, for the benefit of each of the Trustee, the Certificateholders
and to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date or as of such date specifically
provided herein:
(i) The Master Servicer is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of California and is duly authorized and
qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by
this Agreement to be conducted by the Master Servicer in any
state in which a Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise
not required under applicable law to effect such qualification
and, in any event, is in compliance with the doing business
laws of any such State, to the extent necessary to ensure its
ability, or to cause a Sub-Servicer, to enforce each Mortgage
Loan and to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement;
(ii) The Master Servicer has the full power and
authority to conduct its business as presently conducted by it
and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate, all transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
The Master Servicer has duly authorized the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, has duly executed
and delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Depositor
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and the Trustee, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms except as the enforceability thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and by general principles of equity;
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by
the Master Servicer, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by
the Master Servicer hereunder, the consummation by the Master
Servicer of any other of the transactions herein contemplated,
and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof are
in the ordinary course of business of the Master Servicer and
will not (A) result in a breach of any term or provision of
the charter or by-laws of the Master Servicer or (B) conflict
with, result in a breach, violation or acceleration of, or
result in a default under, the terms of any other material
agreement or instrument to which the Master Servicer is a
party or by which it may be bound, or any statute, order or
regulation applicable to the Master Servicer of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body
having jurisdiction over the Master Servicer; and the Master
Servicer is not a party to, bound by, or in breach or
violation of any indenture or other agreement or instrument,
or subject to or in violation of any statute, order or
regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it, which
materially and adversely affects or, to the Master Servicer's
knowledge, would in the future materially and adversely
affect, (x) the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or (y) the business,
operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the
Master Servicer taken as a whole;
(iv) The Master Servicer is a HUD approved mortgagee
pursuant to Section 203 of the National Housing Act. No event
has occurred, including but not limited to a change in
insurance coverage, that would make the Master Servicer unable
to comply with HUD eligibility requirements or that would
require notification to HUD;
(v) The Master Servicer does not believe, nor does it
have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform
each and every covenant made by it and contained in this
Agreement, it being understood that certain of such covenants
shall be performed by a Sub-Servicer pursuant to a
Sub-Servicing Agreement between the Master Servicer and such
Sub-Servicer in accordance with Section 3.02;
(vi) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Master
Servicer, or SubServicer, is in possession of a complete
Mortgage File, except for such documents as have been
delivered to the Trustee;
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(vii) There are no actions or proceedings against, or
investigations known to it of, the Master Servicer before any
court, administrative or other tribunal (A) that might
prohibit its entering into this Agreement, (B) seeking to
prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or (C) that might prohibit or materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Master Servicer of its
obligations under, or validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement; and
(viii) No consent, approval, authorization or order
of any court or governmental agency or body is required for
the execution, delivery and performance by the Master Servicer
of, or compliance by the Master Servicer with, this Agreement
or the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, except for such consents, approvals,
authorizations or orders, if any, that have been obtained
prior to the Closing Date.
It is understood and agreed that the representations,
warranties and covenants set forth in this Section 2.05 shall survive delivery
of the Mortgage Files to the Trustee and shall inure to the benefit of the
Trustee, the Depositor and the Certificateholders. Upon discovery by any of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee of a breach of any of the
foregoing representations, warranties and covenants which materially and
adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan or the interests therein of the
Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice (but in no event later than two Business Days following such discovery)
to the Trustee. Subject to Section 7.01, unless such breach shall not be
susceptible of cure within 90 days, the obligation of the Master Servicer set
forth in Section 2.03(c) to cure breaches shall constitute the sole remedy
against the Master Servicer available to the Certificateholders, the Depositor
or the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders respecting a breach of the
representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Section 2.05. The
preceding sentence shall not, however, limit any remedies available to the
Certificateholders, the Depositor or the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement signed by
the Master Servicer in its capacity as Seller, respecting a breach of the
representations, warranties and covenants of the Master Servicer in its capacity
as Seller contained in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 2.06. Issuance of the Class R-I Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage
Loans and the delivery to it of the Mortgage Files, subject to the provisions of
Sections 2.01 and 2.02, together with the assignment to it of all other assets
included in REMIC I, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. Concurrently
with such assignment and delivery and in exchange therefor, the Trustee,
pursuant to the written request of the Depositor executed by an officer of the
Depositor, has executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the
Depositor, the Class R-I Certificates in authorized denominations. The interests
evidenced by the Class R-I Certificates, together with the REMIC I Regular
Interests, constitute the entire beneficial ownership interest in REMIC I. The
rights of the Class R-I Certificateholders and REMIC II (as holder of the REMIC
I Regular Interests) to receive distributions from the proceeds of REMIC I in
respect of
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the Class R-I Certificates and the REMIC I Regular Interests, respectively, and
all ownership interests evidenced or constituted by the Class R-I Certificates
and the REMIC I Regular Interests, shall be as set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.07. Conveyance of the REMIC I Regular Interests;
Acceptance of REMIC II by the Trustee.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in
and to the REMIC I Regular Interests for the benefit of the Class R-II and REMIC
III Certificateholders. The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the REMIC I Regular
Interests and declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust for the
exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Class R-II
Certificateholders and REMIC III Certificateholders. The rights of the Class
R-II Certificateholders and REMIC III (as holder of the REMIC II Regular
Interests) to receive distributions from the proceeds of REMIC II in respect of
the Class R-II Certificates and REMIC II Regular Interests, respectively, and
all ownership interests evidenced or constituted by the Class R-II Certificates
and the REMIC II Regular Interests, shall be as set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.08. Issuance of Class R-II Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the REMIC I
Regular Interests and, concurrently therewith and in exchange therefor, pursuant
to the written request of the Depositor executed by an officer of the Depositor,
the Trustee has executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of
the Depositor, the Class R-II Certificates in authorized denominations. The
interests evidenced by the Class R-II Certificates, together with the REMIC II
Regular Interests, constitute the entire beneficial ownership interest in REMIC
II.
SECTION 2.09. Conveyance of REMIC II Regular Interests;
Acceptance of REMIC III by the Trustee.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in
and to the REMIC II Regular Interests for the benefit of the REMIC III
Certificateholders. The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the REMIC II 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 REMIC III
Certificateholders. The rights of the REMIC III Certificateholders to receive
distributions from the proceeds of REMIC III in respect of the REMIC III
Certificates, and all ownership interests evidenced or constituted by the REMIC
III Certificates, shall be as set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.10. Issuance of REMIC III Certificates.
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The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the REMIC II
Regular Interests and, concurrently therewith and in exchange therefor, pursuant
to the written request of the Depositor executed by an officer of the Depositor,
the Trustee has executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of
the Depositor, the REMIC III Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing
the entire beneficial ownership interest in REMIC III.
SECTION 2.11. Conveyance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
(a) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b) below
in consideration of the Trustee's delivery on the Subsequent Transfer Dates to
or upon the order of the Depositor of all or a portion of the balance of funds
in the Pre-Funding Account, the Depositor shall on any Subsequent Transfer Date
sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey without recourse to the Trust Fund
but subject to the other terms and provisions of this Agreement all of the
right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to (i) the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached to the related
Subsequent Transfer Instrument delivered by the Depositor on such Subsequent
Transfer Date, (ii) principal due and interest accruing on the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans after the related Subsequent Cut-off Date and (iii) all items
with respect to such Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be delivered pursuant to
Section 2.01 and the other items in the related Mortgage Files; provided,
however, that the Depositor reserves and retains all right, title and interest
in and to principal received and interest accruing on the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans prior to the related Subsequent Cut-off Date. The transfer to the Trustee
for deposit in the Mortgage Pool by the Depositor of the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be absolute and is intended
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificateholders to
constitute and to be treated as a sale of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the
Depositor to the Trust Fund. The related Mortgage File for each Subsequent
Mortgage Loan shall be delivered to the Trustee at least three Business Days
prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date.
The purchase price paid by the Trustee from amounts released
from the PreFunding Account shall be one-hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans so transferred (as
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provided by the Depositor). This
Agreement shall constitute a fixed-price purchase contract in accordance with
Section 860G(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Code.
(b) The Depositor shall transfer to the Trustee for deposit in
the Mortgage Pool the Subsequent Mortgage Loans and the other property and
rights related thereto as described in paragraph (a) above, and the Trustee
shall release funds from the Pre-Funding Account, only upon the satisfaction of
each of the following conditions on or prior to the related Subsequent Transfer
Date:
(i) the Depositor shall have provided the Trustee with a
timely Addition Notice and shall have provided any information
reasonably requested by the Trustee with respect to the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans;
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(ii) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Trustee a duly
executed Subsequent Transfer Instrument, which shall include a Mortgage
Loan Schedule listing the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, and the Master
Servicer, in its capacity as Seller, shall have delivered a computer
file containing such Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee prior to
September 11, 1997;
(iii) as of each Subsequent Transfer Date, as evidenced by
delivery of the Subsequent Transfer Instrument, substantially in the
form of Exhibit H, the Depositor shall not be insolvent nor shall it
have been rendered insolvent by such transfer nor shall it be aware of
any pending insolvency;
(iv) such sale and transfer shall not result in a material
adverse tax consequence to the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders;
(v) the Funding Period shall not have terminated;
(vi) the Depositor shall not have selected the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans in a manner that it believed to be adverse to the
interests of the Certificateholders;
(vii) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Trustee a
Subsequent Transfer Instrument confirming the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent specified in this Section 2.11 and, pursuant to
the Subsequent Transfer Instrument, assigned to the Trustee without
recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders all the right, title
and interest of the Depositor, in, to and under the Subsequent Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement, to the extent of the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans;
(viii) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Trustee a
letter from an Independent accountant (with copies provided to each
Rating Agency) stating that the characteristics of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans conform to the characteristics set forth in paragraphs
(c) and (d) below;
(ix) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies
with respect to the transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans
substantially in the form of the Opinion of Counsel delivered to the
Trustee on the Closing Date regarding the true sale of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans; and
(x) the Trustee shall have delivered to the Depositor an
Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Depositor and the Rating Agencies
with respect to the Subsequent Transfer Instrument substantially in the
form of the Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Depositor on the
Closing Date regarding certain corporate matters relating to the
Trustee.
(c) The obligation of the Trust Fund to purchase a Subsequent
Mortgage Loan on any Subsequent Transfer Date is subject to the satisfaction of
the conditions set forth in
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paragraph (d) below and the accuracy of the following representations and
warranties with respect to such Subsequent Mortgage Loan determined as of the
Subsequent Cut-off Date: (i) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan may not be 30 or more
days delinquent as of the related Subsequent Cut-off Date; (ii) the stated term
to maturity of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will not be less than 168 months and
will not exceed 360 months; (iii) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan may not provide
for negative amortization; (iv) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will not have a
Loan-to-Value Ratio greater than 90%; (v) the Subsequent Mortgage Loans will
have as of the end of the Funding Period, a weighted average term since
origination not in excess of 2 months; (vi) no Subsequent Mortgage Loan shall
have a Mortgage Rate less than 5.5% or greater than 14.5%; (vii) the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan will have been serviced by the Master Servicer since origination
or purchase by the Depositor; and (viii) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will be
underwritten in accordance with the criteria set forth under the section "The
Mortgage Pool--Underwriting Standards; Representations" in the Prospectus
Supplement.
(d) Following the purchase of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by
the Trust Fund, the Mortgage Loans (including the Subsequent Mortgage Loans)
will, as of the end of the Funding Period: (i) have a weighted average original
term to stated maturity of not less than 168 months and not more than 360
months; (ii) have a weighted average Mortgage Rate of not less than 9.30% and
not more than 9.60%; (iii) have a weighted average Loan-to-Value Ratio of not
more than 75%; (iv) have no Mortgage Loan with a principal balance in excess of
$1,000,000 and (v) have a weighted average Gross Margin of not less than 6.80%.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsequent Mortgage
Loan may be rejected by either Rating Agency if the inclusion of any such
Subsequent Mortgage Loan would adversely affect the ratings of any Class of
Certificates. At least one Business Day prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date,
each Rating Agency shall notify the Trustee as to which Subsequent Mortgage
Loans, if any, shall not be included in the transfer on the Subsequent Transfer
Date; provided, however, that the Master Servicer, in its capacity as Seller,
shall have delivered to each Rating Agency prior to September 11, 1997 a
computer file acceptable to each Rating Agency describing the characteristics
specified in paragraphs (c) and (d) above.
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ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage
Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit
of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its
reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the
respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the
same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its
own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of
practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage
loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any
Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master
Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer;
(iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I
Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's
right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or
with respect to any particular transaction.
To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall also seek
to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the
Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the
terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master
Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through
Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all
things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem
necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby
authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it
appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with the servicing standards set
forth above, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the
Trustee or any of them, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments
of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and
all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the
Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a
deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties,
and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the
Trustee and Certificateholders. The
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Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any
reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also
comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and
requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject
to Section 3.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master
Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or
limited powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to
enable the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and
administrative duties hereunder and the Trustee shall not be liable for the
actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicers under such powers of
attorney.
Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the
standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause
to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely
payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances
shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related
collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as
provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by
Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a
Mortgaged Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to
Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related
Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage
Loan (except as provided in Section 4.03) and the Master Servicer shall not (i)
permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the
Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions
resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date
on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in
default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of
the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or (ii) permit any modification,
waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect
an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code
(or Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any of REMIC I,
REMIC II or REMIC III 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.
The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under
this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the
Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this
Agreement.
SECTION 3.02. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Master
Servicer and Sub-Servicers.
(a) The Master Servicer may enter into Sub-Servicing
Agreements with SubServicers for the servicing and administration of the
Mortgage Loans; provided, however, that such agreements would not result in a
withdrawal or a downgrading by any Rating Agency of the
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rating on any Class of Certificates. The Trustee is hereby authorized to
acknowledge, at the request of the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicing Agreement
that meets the requirements applicable to Sub-Servicing Agreements set forth in
this Agreement and that is otherwise permitted under this Agreement.
Each Sub-Servicer shall be (i) authorized to transact business
in the state or states where the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service
are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to enable the
Sub-Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Sub-Servicing
Agreement and (ii) a FHLMC or FNMA approved mortgage servicer. Each SubServicing
Agreement must impose on the Sub-Servicer requirements conforming to the
provisions set forth in Section 3.08 and provide for servicing of the Mortgage
Loans consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Master Servicer will
examine each Sub-Servicing Agreement and will be familiar with the terms
thereof. The terms of any Sub-Servicing Agreement will not be inconsistent with
any of the provisions of this Agreement. The Master Servicer and the
SubServicers may enter into and make amendments to the Sub-Servicing Agreements
or enter into different forms of Sub-Servicing Agreements; provided, however,
that any such amendments or different forms shall be consistent with and not
violate the provisions of this Agreement, and that no such amendment or
different form shall be made or entered into which could be reasonably expected
to be materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders without the
consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting
Rights; provided, further, that the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights shall not be required (i) to cure
any ambiguity or defect in a Sub-Servicing Agreement, (ii) to correct, modify or
supplement any provisions of a Sub-Servicing Agreement, or (iii) to make any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under a
Sub-Servicing Agreement, which, in each case, shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement. Any variation without the consent of the Holders
of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights from the
provisions set forth in Section 3.08 relating to insurance or priority
requirements of SubServicing Accounts, or credits and charges to the
Sub-Servicing Accounts or the timing and amount of remittances by the
Sub-Servicers to the Master Servicer, are conclusively deemed to be inconsistent
with this Agreement and therefore prohibited. The Master Servicer shall deliver
to the Trustee copies of all Sub-Servicing Agreements, and any amendments or
modifications thereof, promptly upon the Master Servicer's execution and
delivery of such instruments.
(b) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Master
Servicer, for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders shall
enforce the obligations of each Sub-Servicer under the related Sub-Servicing
Agreement and of the Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
including, without limitation, any obligation to make advances in respect of
delinquent payments as required by a Sub-Servicing Agreement, or to purchase a
Mortgage Loan on account of missing or defective documentation or on account of
a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant, as described in Section
2.03(a). Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution
of claims, termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements, and the pursuit of other
appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent
and at such time as the Master Servicer, in its good faith business judgment,
would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The Master
Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its own
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expense, and shall be reimbursed therefor only (i) from a general recovery
resulting from such enforcement, to the extent, if any, that such recovery
exceeds all amounts due in respect of the related Mortgage Loans, or (ii) from a
specific recovery of costs, expenses or attorneys' fees against the party
against whom such enforcement is directed. Enforcement of the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement against the Seller shall be effected by the Master Servicer
to the extent it is not the Seller, and otherwise by the Trustee, in accordance
with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph.
SECTION 3.03. Successor Sub-Servicers.
The Master Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any
Sub-Servicing Agreement and the rights and obligations of any Sub-Servicer
pursuant to any Sub-Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and
conditions of such Sub-Servicing Agreement. In the event of termination of any
Sub-Servicer, all servicing obligations of such Sub-Servicer shall be assumed
simultaneously by the Master Servicer without any act or deed on the part of
such Sub-Servicer or the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer either shall
service directly the related Mortgage Loans or shall enter into a Sub-Servicing
Agreement with a successor Sub-Servicer which qualifies under Section 3.02.
Any Sub-Servicing Agreement shall include the provision that
such agreement may be immediately terminated by the Trustee without fee, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in the event that the Master
Servicer shall, for any reason, no longer be the Master Servicer (including
termination due to a Master Servicer Event of Default).
SECTION 3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer.
Notwithstanding any Sub-Servicing Agreement or the provisions
of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Master
Servicer and a Sub-Servicer or reference to actions taken through a Sub-Servicer
or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to
the Trustee and the 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 Sub-Servicing
Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Sub-Servicer
and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Master
Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans. The Master
Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Sub-Servicer for
indemnification of the Master Servicer by such Sub-Servicer and nothing
contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such
indemnification.
SECTION 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between
Sub-Servicers and Trustee or Certificateholders.
Any Sub-Servicing Agreement that may be entered into and any
transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Sub-Servicer
in its capacity as such shall be deemed to be between the Sub-Servicer and the
Master Servicer alone, and the Trustee and
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Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims,
rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Sub-Servicer
except as set forth in Section 3.06. The Master Servicer shall be solely liable
for all fees owed by it to any Sub-Servicer, irrespective of whether the Master
Servicer's compensation pursuant to this Agreement is sufficient to pay such
fees.
SECTION 3.06. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing
Agreements by Trustee.
In the event the Master Servicer shall for any reason no
longer be the master servicer (including by reason of the occurrence of a Master
Servicer Event of Default), the Trustee or its designee shall thereupon assume
all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under each
Sub-Servicing Agreement that the Master Servicer may have entered into, unless
the Trustee elects to terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreement in accordance with
its terms as provided in Section 3.03. Upon such assumption, the Trustee, its
designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee appointed pursuant to Section
7.02 shall be deemed, subject to Section 3.03, to have assumed all of the Master
Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Master Servicer as a party
to each Sub-Servicing Agreement to the same extent as if each Sub-Servicing
Agreement had been assigned to the assuming party, except that (i) the Master
Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under any
Sub-Servicing Agreement that arose before it ceased to be the Master Servicer
and (ii) none of the Trustee, its designee or any successor Master Servicer
shall be deemed to have assumed any liability or obligation of the Master
Servicer that arose before it ceased to be the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer at its expense shall, upon request of the
Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to
each Sub-Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an
accounting of amounts collected and held by or on behalf of it, and otherwise
use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the
SubServicing Agreements to the assuming party.
SECTION 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments.
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 applicable insurance policies, follow such
collection procedures as it would follow with respect to mortgage loans
comparable to the Mortgage Loans and held for its own account. Consistent with
the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any late
payment charge or, if applicable, any penalty interest, or (ii) extend the due
dates for the Monthly Payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period of not
greater than 180 days; provided, however, that any extension pursuant to clause
(ii) above shall not affect the amortization schedule of any Mortgage Loan for
purposes of any computation hereunder, except as provided below. In the event of
any such arrangement pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Master Servicer shall
make timely advances on such Mortgage Loan during such extension pursuant to
Section 4.03 and in accordance with the amortization schedule
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of such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by reason of such
arrangement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Mortgage Loan
is in default or, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, such default is
reasonably foreseeable, the Master Servicer, consistent with the standards set
forth in Section 3.01, may also waive, modify or vary any term of such Mortgage
Loan (including modifications that would change the Mortgage Rate, forgive the
payment of principal or interest or extend the final maturity date of such
Mortgage Loan), accept payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than
the Stated Principal Balance in final satisfaction of such Mortgage Loan (such
payment, a "Short Pay-off"), or consent to the postponement of strict compliance
with any such term or otherwise grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the
Master Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or
indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders
(taking into account any estimated Realized Loss that might result absent such
action).
SECTION 3.08. Sub-Servicing Accounts.
In those cases where a Sub-Servicer is servicing a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to a Sub-Servicing Agreement, the Sub-Servicer will be required to
establish and maintain one or more accounts (collectively, the "Sub-Servicing
Account"). The Sub-Servicing Account shall be an Eligible Account and shall
comply with all requirements of this Agreement relating to the Collection
Account. The Sub-Servicer shall deposit in the clearing account in which it
customarily deposits payments and collections on mortgage loans in connection
with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a daily basis, and in no event
more than one Business Day after the SubServicer's receipt thereof, all proceeds
of Mortgage Loans received by the Sub-Servicer less its servicing compensation
to the extent permitted by the Sub-Servicing Agreement, and shall thereafter
deposit such amounts in the Sub-Servicing Account, in no event more than two
Business Days after the receipt of such amounts. The Sub-Servicer shall
thereafter deposit such proceeds in the Collection Account or remit such
proceeds to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account not later
than two Business Days after the deposit of such amounts in the SubServicing
Account. For purposes of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to
have received payments on the Mortgage Loans when the Sub-Servicer receives such
payments.
SECTION 3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar
Items; Servicing Accounts.
The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain, or cause to
be established and maintained, one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"),
into which all collections from the Mortgagors (or related advances from
Sub-Servicers) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums
and comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors ("Escrow Payments") shall
be deposited and retained. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts. The
Master Servicer shall deposit in the clearing account in which it customarily
deposits payments and collections on mortgage loans in connection with its
mortgage loan servicing activities on a daily basis, and in no event more than
one Business Day after the Master Servicer's receipt thereof, all Escrow
Payments collected on account of the Mortgage Loans and shall thereafter deposit
such Escrow Payments in the Servicing Accounts, in no event more than two
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Days after the receipt of such Escrow Payments, all Escrow Payments collected on
account of the Mortgage Loans for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of
any such items as required under the terms of this Agreement. Withdrawals of
amounts from a Servicing Account may be made only to (i) effect timely payment
of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums, and comparable items; (ii)
reimburse the Master Servicer (or a Sub-Servicer to the extent provided in the
related Sub-Servicing Agreement) out of related collections for any advances
made pursuant to Section 3.01 (with respect to taxes and assessments) and
Section 3.14 (with respect to hazard insurance); (iii) refund to Mortgagors any
sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest, if required and as
described below, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account; or (v)
clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of the Master
Servicer's obligations and responsibilities in respect of the Mortgage Loans
under this Agreement in accordance with Article IX. As part of its servicing
duties, the Master Servicer or Sub-Servicers shall pay to the Mortgagors
interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law and, to
the extent that interest earned on funds in the Servicing Accounts is
insufficient, to pay such interest from its or their own funds, without any
reimbursement therefor.
SECTION 3.10. Collection Account and Distribution Account.
(a) On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer shall
establish and maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, one or more
accounts (such account or accounts, the "Collection Account"), held in trust for
the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. On behalf of the Trust
Fund, the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the clearing
account in which it customarily deposits payments and collections on mortgage
loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a daily
basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after the Master Servicer's
receipt thereof, and shall thereafter deposit in the Collection Account, in no
event more than two Business Days after the Master Servicer's receipt thereof,
as and when received or as otherwise required hereunder, the following payments
and collections received or made by it subsequent to the Cut-off Date, with
respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans, or Subsequent Cut-off Date with respect
to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans (other than in respect of principal or interest
on the related Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-off Date), or payments
(other than Principal Prepayments) received by it on or prior to the Cut-off
Date or Subsequent Cut-off Date, as applicable, but allocable to a Due Period
subsequent thereto:
(i) all payments on account of principal, including
Principal Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;
(ii) all payments on account of interest (net of the
related Servicing Fee) on each Mortgage Loan;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds
(other than proceeds collected in respect of any particular
REO Property and amounts paid in connection with a purchase of
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to Section 9.01);
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(iv) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Section 3.12 in connection with any losses realized on
Permitted Investments with respect to funds held in the
Collection Account; and
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the
Master Servicer pursuant to the second paragraph of Section
3.14(a) in respect of any blanket policy deductibles.
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection
Accounts shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment
charges, modification or assumption fees, or insufficient funds charges need not
be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Collection Account and may be
retained by the Master Servicer as additional compensation. In the event the
Master Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account any amount not required
to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from the
Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
(b) On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Trustee shall establish
and maintain one or more accounts (such account or accounts, the "Distribution
Account"), held in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders. On behalf of
the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee in immediately
available funds for deposit in the Distribution Account on or before 3:00 p.m.
New York time (i) on the Master Servicer Remittance Date, that portion of the
Available Distribution Amount (calculated without regard to the references in
clause (2) of the definition thereof to amounts that may be withdrawn from the
Distribution Account) for the related Distribution Date then on deposit in the
Collection Account, and (ii) on each Business Day as of the commencement of
which the balance on deposit in the Collection Account exceeds $75,000 following
any withdrawals pursuant to the next succeeding sentence, the amount of such
excess, but only if the Collection Account constitutes an Eligible Account
solely pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition of "Eligible Account." If the
balance on deposit in the Collection Account exceeds $75,000 as of the
commencement of business on any Business Day and the Collection Account
constitutes an Eligible Account solely pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition
of "Eligible Account," the Master Servicer shall, on or before 3:00 p.m. New
York time on such Business Day, withdraw from the Collection Account any and all
amounts payable or reimbursable to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, the Seller or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11 and shall pay
such amounts to the Persons entitled thereto.
(c) Funds in the Collection Account and the Distribution
Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the
provisions set forth in Section 3.12. The Master Servicer shall give notice to
the Trustee of the location of the Collection Account maintained by it when
established and prior to any change thereof. The Trustee shall give notice to
the Master Servicer and the Depositor of the location of the Distribution
Account when established and prior to any change thereof.
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(d) Funds held in the Collection Account at any time may be
delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee for deposit in an account (which
may be the Distribution Account and must satisfy the standards for the
Distribution Account as set forth in the definition thereof) and for all
purposes of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a part of the Collection
Account; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have the sole authority to
withdraw any funds held pursuant to this subsection (d). In the event the Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account
any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time request that
the Trustee withdraw such amount from the Distribution Account and remit to it
any such amount, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In
addition, the Master Servicer, with respect to items (i) through (v) below,
shall deliver to the Trustee from time to time for deposit, and the Trustee,
with respect to items (i) through (vi) below, shall so deposit, in the
Distribution Account:
(i) any P&I Advances, as required pursuant to
Section 4.03;
(ii) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Section 3.23(d) or (f) in connection with any REO Property;
(iii) any amounts to be paid in connection with a
purchase of Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to
Section 9.01;
(iv) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Section 3.24 in connection with any Prepayment Interest
Shortfall; and
(v) any Stayed Funds, as soon as permitted by the
federal bankruptcy court having jurisdiction in such matters.
(e) Promptly upon receipt of any Stayed Funds, whether from
the Master Servicer, a trustee in bankruptcy, federal bankruptcy court or other
source, the Trustee shall deposit such funds in the Distribution Account,
subject to withdrawal thereof pursuant to Section 7.02(b) or as otherwise
permitted hereunder.
(f) The Master Servicer shall deposit in the Collection
Account or Distribution Account, as the case may be, any amounts required to be
deposited pursuant to Section 3.12(b) in connection with losses realized on
Permitted Investments with respect to funds held in the Collection Account or
Distribution Account, respectively.
SECTION 3.11. Withdrawals from the Collection Account and
Distribution Account.
The Master Servicer shall, from time to time, make withdrawals
from the Collection Account for any of the following purposes or as described in
Section 4.03:
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(i) to remit to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account the amounts required to be so remitted
pursuant to Section 3.10(b) or permitted to be so remitted
pursuant to the first sentence of Section 3.10(d);
(ii) subject to Section 3.16(d), to reimburse the
Master Servicer for P&I Advances, but only to the extent of
amounts received which represent Late Collections (net of the
related Servicing Fees) of Monthly Payments on Mortgage Loans
with respect to which such P&I Advances were made in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.03;
(iii) subject to Section 3.16(d), to pay the Master
Servicer or any SubServicer (a) any unpaid Servicing Fees, (b)
any unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to each
Mortgage Loan, but only to the extent of any Late Collections,
Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received with
respect to such Mortgage Loan, and (c) any Nonrecoverable
Servicing Advances with respect to the final liquidation of a
Mortgage Loan, but only to the extent that Late Collections,
Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received with
respect to such Mortgage Loan are insufficient to reimburse
the Master Servicer or any SubServicer for Servicing Advances;
(iv) to pay to the Master Servicer as servicing
compensation (in addition to the Servicing Fee) on the Master
Servicer Remittance Date any interest or investment income
earned on funds deposited in the Collection Account;
(v) to pay to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, or
the Seller, as the case may be, with respect to each Mortgage
Loan that has previously been purchased or replaced pursuant
to Section 2.03 or Section 3.16(c) all amounts received
thereon subsequent to the date of purchase or substitution, as
the case may be;
(vi) to reimburse the Master Servicer for any P&I
Advance previously made which the Master Servicer has
determined to be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance in accordance
with the provisions of Section 4.03;
(vii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the
Depositor for expenses incurred by or reimbursable to the
Master Servicer or the Depositor, as the case may be, pursuant
to Section 6.03;
(viii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the
Trustee, as the case may be, for expenses reasonably incurred
in connection with any breach or defect giving rise to the
purchase obligation under Section 2.03 or Section 2.04 of this
Agreement, including any expenses arising out of the
enforcement of the purchase obligation;
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(ix) to pay, or to reimburse the Master Servicer for
Servicing Advances in respect of, expenses incurred in
connection with any Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.16(b);
and
(x) to clear and terminate the Collection Account
pursuant to Section 9.01.
On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall be entitled to
withdraw from the Distribution Account amounts to which it is entitled pursuant
to Section 8.05 and the Available Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 4.01.
The Trustee shall also withdraw from the Distribution Account and pay to the
Master Servicer on each Distribution Date as servicing compensation any interest
or investment income earned on funds deposited in the Distribution Account. 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
Collection Account, to the extent held by or on behalf of it, pursuant to
subclauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (viii) and (ix) above. The Master
Servicer shall provide written notification to the Trustee, on or prior to the
next succeeding Master Servicer Remittance Date, upon making any withdrawals
from the Collection Account pursuant to subclauses (vi) and (vii) above;
provided that an Officer's Certificate in the form described under Section
4.03(d) shall suffice for such written notification to the Trustee in respect
hereof.
SECTION 3.12. Investment of Funds in the Interest Coverage
Account, Collection Account and the Distribution
Account.
(a) The Master Servicer may direct any depository institution
maintaining the Interest Coverage Account, the Collection Account and the
Distribution Account (each, for purposes of this Section 3.12, an "Investment
Account") to invest the funds (other than the Initial Deposit) in such
Investment Account in one or more Permitted Investments bearing interest or sold
at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, (i) no later than the
Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such funds are required to
be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if a Person other
than the Trustee is the obligor thereon, and (ii) no later than the date on
which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this
Agreement, if the Trustee is the obligor thereon. All such Permitted Investments
shall be held to maturity, unless payable on demand. Any investment of funds in
an Investment Account shall be made in the name of the Trustee (in its capacity
as such) or in the name of a nominee of the Trustee. The Trustee shall be
entitled to sole possession (except with respect to investment direction of
funds held in the Interest Coverage Account, the Collection Account and the
Distribution Account and any income and gain realized thereon) over each such
investment, and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any such
investment shall be delivered directly to the Trustee or its agent, together
with any document of transfer necessary to transfer title to such investment to
the Trustee or its nominee. In the event amounts on deposit in an Investment
Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment payable on demand,
the Trustee shall:
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(x) consistent with any notice required to be given
thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on
the last day such Permitted Investment may otherwise
mature hereunder in an amount equal to the lesser of
(1) all amounts then payable thereunder and (2) the
amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and
(y) demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly
upon determination by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee that such Permitted Investment would not
constitute a Permitted Investment in respect of funds
thereafter on deposit in the Investment Account.
(b) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the Interest Coverage Account, the Collection Account and the
Distribution Account and the REO Account held by or on behalf of the Master
Servicer shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer and shall be subject to
its withdrawal in accordance with Section 3.11 or 3.23, as applicable, or
withdrawal by the Trustee in accordance with Section 3.11 or 3.25, as
applicable. The Master Servicer shall deposit in the Interest Coverage Account,
the Collection Account and the Distribution Account or the REO Account, as
applicable, the amount of any loss of principal incurred in respect of any such
Permitted Investment made with funds in such accounts immediately upon
realization of such loss.
(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement,
if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted
Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any
Permitted Investment, the Trustee may and, subject to Section 8.01 and Section
8.02(v), upon the request of the Holders of Certificates representing more than
50% of the Voting Rights allocated to any Class of Certificates, shall take such
action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including
the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings.
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SECTION 3.14. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Errors and
Omissions and Fidelity Coverage.
(a) The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each
Mortgage Loan fire insurance with extended coverage on the related Mortgaged
Property in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser of the current
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan and the amount necessary to fully
compensate for any damage or loss to the improvements that are a part of such
property on a replacement cost basis, in each case in an amount not less than
such amount as is necessary to avoid the application of any coinsurance clause
contained in the related hazard insurance policy. The Master Servicer shall also
cause to be maintained fire insurance with extended coverage on each REO
Property in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum
insurable value of the improvements which are a part of such property and (ii)
the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at the time it
became an REO
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Property, plus accrued interest at the Mortgage Rate and related Servicing
Advances. The Master Servicer will comply in the performance of this Agreement
with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any such hazard
policies. Any amounts to be collected by the Master Servicer under any such
policies (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the
property subject to the related Mortgage or amounts to be released to the
Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Master Servicer would
follow in servicing loans held for its own account, subject to the terms and
conditions of the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note) shall be deposited in the
Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.11, if received
in respect of a Mortgage Loan, or in the REO Account, subject to withdrawal
pursuant to Section 3.23, if received in respect of an REO Property. Any cost
incurred by the Master Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for
the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the
unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the
terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit. It is understood and agreed that no
earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor
other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time
be in force and as shall require such additional insurance. If the Mortgaged
Property or REO Property is at any time in an area identified in the Federal
Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood
hazards and flood insurance has been made available, the Master Servicer will
cause to be maintained a flood insurance policy in respect thereof. Such flood
insurance shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the unpaid principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan and (ii) the maximum amount of such
insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under the national flood
insurance program (assuming that the area in which such Mortgaged Property is
located is participating in such program).
In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and
maintain a blanket policy with an insurer having a General Policy Rating of A:X
or better in Best's Key Rating Guide (or such other rating that is comparable to
such rating) insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it
shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in
the first two sentences of this Section 3.14, 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 or REO Property a policy complying with the first two
sentences of this Section 3.14, and there shall have been one or more losses
which would have been covered by such policy, deposit to the Collection Account
from its own funds the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy
because of such deductible clause. In connection with its activities as
administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to
prepare and present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee, Certificateholders,
claims under any such blanket policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the
terms of such policy.
(b) The Master Servicer shall keep in force during the term of
this Agreement a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions
for failure in the performance of the Master Servicer's obligations under this
Agreement, which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount that would
meet the requirements of FNMA or FHLMC if it were the purchaser of the Mortgage
Loans, unless the Master Servicer has obtained a waiver of such requirements
from FNMA or FHLMC. The Master Servicer shall also maintain a fidelity bond in
the form and
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amount that would meet the requirements of FNMA or FHLMC, unless the Master
Servicer has obtained a waiver of such requirements from FNMA or FHLMC. The
Master Servicer shall be deemed to have complied with this provision if an
Affiliate of the Master Servicer has such errors and omissions and fidelity bond
coverage and, by the terms of such insurance policy or fidelity bond, the
coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Master Servicer. Any such errors and
omissions policy and fidelity bond shall by its terms not be cancelable without
thirty days' prior written notice to the Trustee. The Master Servicer shall also
cause each Sub-Servicer to maintain a policy of insurance covering errors and
omissions and a fidelity bond which would meet such requirements.
SECTION 3.15. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
The Master Servicer will, to the extent it has knowledge of
any conveyance or prospective conveyance of any Mortgaged Property by any
Mortgagor (whether by absolute conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or
not the Mortgagor remains or is to remain liable under the Mortgage Note and/or
the Mortgage), exercise its rights to accelerate the maturity of such Mortgage
Loan under the "due-on-sale" clause, if any, applicable thereto; provided,
however, that the Master Servicer shall not be required to take such action if
in its sole business judgment the Master Servicer believes it is not in the best
interests of the Trust Fund and shall not exercise any such rights if prohibited
by law from doing so. If the Master Servicer reasonably believes it is unable
under applicable law to enforce such "due-on-sale" clause, or if any of the
other conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence apply, the
Master Servicer will enter into an assumption and modification agreement from or
with the person to whom such property has been conveyed or is proposed to be
conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note
and, to the extent permitted by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains
liable thereon. The Master Servicer is also authorized to enter into a
substitution of liability agreement with such person, pursuant to which the
original Mortgagor is released from liability and such person is substituted as
the Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note, provided that no such
substitution shall be effective unless such person satisfies the underwriting
criteria of the Master Servicer and has a credit risk rating at least equal to
that of the original Mortgagor. In connection with any assumption or
substitution, the Master Servicer shall apply such underwriting standards and
follow such practices and procedures as shall be normal and usual in its general
mortgage servicing activities and as it applies to other mortgage loans owned
solely by it. The Master Servicer shall not take or enter into any assumption
and modification agreement, however, unless (to the extent practicable in the
circumstances) it shall have received confirmation, in writing, of the continued
effectiveness of any applicable hazard insurance policy. Any fee collected by
the Master Servicer in respect of an assumption, modification or substitution of
liability agreement shall be retained by the Master Servicer as additional
servicing compensation. In connection with any such assumption, no material term
of the Mortgage Note (including but not limited to the related Mortgage Rate and
the amount of the Monthly Payment) may be amended or modified, except as
otherwise required pursuant to the terms thereof. The Master Servicer shall
notify the Trustee that any such substitution, modification or assumption
agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Trustee the
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executed original of such substitution, modification or assumption agreement,
which document shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for all
purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all
other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision
of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default,
breach or any other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any
assumption of a Mortgage Loan by operation of law or by the terms of the
Mortgage Note or any assumption which the Master Servicer may be restricted by
law from preventing, for any reason whatever. For purposes of this Section 3.15,
the term "assumption" is deemed to also include a sale (of the Mortgaged
Property) subject to the Mortgage that is not accompanied by an assumption or
substitution of liability agreement.
SECTION 3.16. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Master Servicer shall use its best efforts, consistent
with Accepted Servicing Practices, to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably
convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come
into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be
made for collection of delinquent payments pursuant to Section 3.07. The Master
Servicer shall be responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by it in any
such proceedings; provided, however, that such costs and expenses will be
recoverable as Servicing Advances by the Master Servicer as contemplated in
Section 3.11 and 3.23. The foregoing is subject to the provision that, in any
case in which Mortgaged Property shall have suffered damage from an Uninsured
Cause, the Master Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds toward
the restoration of such property unless it shall determine in its discretion
that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the related
Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself for such expenses.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
3.16 or any other provision of this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage Loan
as to which the Master Servicer has received actual notice of, or has actual
knowledge of, the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on the related
Mortgaged Property, the Master Servicer shall not, on behalf of the Trustee,
either (i) obtain title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of
foreclosure or otherwise, or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any
other action with respect to, such Mortgaged Property, if, as a result of any
such action, the Trustee, the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders would be
considered to hold title to, to be a "mortgagee-in-possession" of, or to be an
"owner" or "operator" of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Master Servicer has
also previously determined, based on its reasonable judgment and a report
prepared by a Person who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary
industry standards, that:
(1) such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with
applicable environmental laws or, if not, that it would be
in the best economic interest of the
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Trust Fund to take such actions as are necessary to bring the
Mortgaged Property into compliance therewith; and
(2) there are no circumstances present at such
Mortgaged Property relating to the use, management or disposal
of any hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous
wastes, or petroleum-based materials for which investigation,
testing, monitoring, containment, clean-up or remediation
could be required under any federal, state or local law or
regulation, or that if any such materials are present for
which such action could be required, that it would be in the
best economic interest of the Trust Fund to take such actions
with respect to the affected Mortgaged Property.
The cost of the environmental audit report contemplated by
this Section 3.16 shall be advanced by the Master Servicer, subject to the
Master Servicer's right to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account as
provided in Section 3.11(ix), such right of reimbursement being prior to the
rights of Certificateholders to receive any amount in the Collection Account
received in respect of the affected Mortgage Loan or other Mortgage Loans.
If the Master Servicer determines, as described above, that it
is in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund to take such actions as are
necessary to bring any such Mortgaged Property into compliance with applicable
environmental laws, or to take such action with respect to the containment,
clean-up or remediation of hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous
wastes or petroleum-based materials affecting any such Mortgaged Property, then
the Master Servicer shall take such action as it deems to be in the best
economic interest of the Trust Fund; provided that any amounts disbursed by the
Master Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.16(b) shall constitute Servicing
Advances, subject to Section 4.03(d). The cost of any such compliance,
containment, cleanup or remediation shall be advanced by the Master Servicer,
subject to the Master Servicer's right to be reimbursed therefor from the
Collection Account as provided in Section 3.11(iii) and (ix), such right of
reimbursement being prior to the rights of Certificateholders to receive any
amount in the Collection Account received in respect of the affected Mortgage
Loan or other Mortgage Loans.
(c) The Master Servicer may at its option purchase from REMIC
I any Mortgage Loan that is 90 days or more delinquent, which the Master
Servicer determines in good faith will otherwise become subject to foreclosure
proceedings (evidence of such determination to be delivered in writing to the
Trustee prior to purchase), at a price equal to the Purchase Price; provided,
however, that the Master Servicer purchases any such Mortgage Loans on the basis
of delinquency, purchasing the most delinquent Mortgage Loans first. The
Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan purchased hereunder shall be deposited in
the Collection Account, and the Trustee, upon receipt of written certification
from the Master Servicer of such deposit, shall release or cause to be released
to the Master Servicer the related Mortgage File and shall execute and deliver
such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as
the Master Servicer shall furnish and as shall be necessary to vest in the
Master Servicer title to any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.
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(d) Proceeds received in connection with any Final Recovery
Determination, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of
Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds, in respect of any Mortgage Loan,
will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the
Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing
Advances and P&I Advances, pursuant to Section 3.11(ii) or (iii); second, to
accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage Loan, to the date of the Final
Recovery Determination, or to the Due Date prior to the Distribution Date on
which such amounts are to be distributed if not in connection with a Final
Recovery Determination; and third, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage
Loan. If the amount of the recovery so allocated to interest is less than the
full amount of accrued and unpaid interest due on such Mortgage Loan, the amount
of such recovery will be allocated by the Master Servicer as follows: first, to
unpaid Servicing Fees; and second, to the balance of the interest then due and
owing. The portion of the recovery so allocated to unpaid Servicing Fees shall
be reimbursed to the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section
3.11(iii). The portion of the recovery allocated to interest (net of unpaid
Servicing Fees) and the portion of the recovery allocated to principal of the
Mortgage Loan shall be applied as follows: first, to reimburse the Master
Servicer for any related xxxxxxxxxxxx X&X Advances and Servicing Advances in
accordance with Section 3.11; and second, as part of the amounts to be
transferred to the Distribution Account in accordance with Section 3.10(b).
SECTION 3.17. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage
Files.
(a) Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the
receipt by the Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full shall be
escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer will
immediately notify or cause to be notified the Trustee by a certification in the
form of Exhibit E-2 (which certification shall include a statement to the effect
that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such payment
which are required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section
3.10 have been or will be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request
delivery to it of the Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and
request, the Trustee shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to the
Master Servicer. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of
satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Collection
Account or the Distribution Account.
(b) From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this purpose, collection under
any insurance policy relating to the Mortgage Loans, the Trustee shall, upon any
request made by or on behalf of the Master Servicer and delivery to the Trustee
of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit E-l, release the related
Mortgage File to the Master Servicer, and the Trustee shall, at the direction of
the Master Servicer, execute such documents as shall be necessary to the
prosecution of any such proceedings. Such Request for Release shall obligate the
Master Servicer to return each and every document previously requested from the
Mortgage File to the Trustee when the need therefor by the Master Servicer no
longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the Liquidation
Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the Collection
Account or the Mortgage File or such document has been delivered to an attorney,
or to a public trustee or other
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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, or caused
to be delivered, to the Trustee an additional Request for Release certifying as
to such liquidation or action or proceedings. Upon the request of the Trustee,
the Master Servicer shall provide notice to the Trustee of the name and address
of the Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered and the
purpose or purposes of such delivery. Upon receipt of a certificate of a
Servicing Officer stating that such Mortgage Loan was liquidated and that all
amounts received or to be received in connection with such liquidation that are
required to be deposited into the Collection Account have been so deposited, or
that such Mortgage Loan has become an REO Property, any outstanding Requests for
Release with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall be released by the Trustee to
the Master Servicer or its designee.
(c) Upon written certification of a Servicing Officer, the
Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as
the case may be, any court pleadings, requests for trustee's sale or other
documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee's sale in respect of a
Mortgaged Property or to any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any
Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment,
or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in equity. Each such certification
shall include a request that such pleadings or documents be executed by the
Trustee and a statement as to the reason such documents or pleadings are
required and that the execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee will not
invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for the
termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee's sale.
SECTION 3.18. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for the activities of the Master Servicer
hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee with
respect to each Mortgage Loan payable solely from payments of interest in
respect of such Mortgage Loan, subject to Section 3.24. In addition, the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to recover unpaid Servicing Fees out of Insurance
Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section 3.11(iii)
and out of amounts derived from the operation and sale of an REO Property to the
extent permitted by Section 3.23. The right to receive the Servicing Fee may not
be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all
of the Master Servicer's responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement;
provided, however, that the Master Servicer may pay from the Servicing Fee any
amounts due to a Sub-Servicer pursuant to a Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into
under Section 3.02.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption or
modification fees, late payment charges, insufficient funds charges or otherwise
(other than Prepayment Premiums) shall be retained by the Master Servicer only
to the extent such fees or charges are received by the Master Servicer. The
Master Servicer shall also be entitled pursuant to Section 3.11(iv) to withdraw
from the Collection Account, pursuant to Section 3.11 to be paid by the Trustee
from the Distribution Account and pursuant to Section 3.23(b) to withdraw from
any REO Account, as
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additional servicing compensation, interest or other income earned on deposits
therein, subject to Section 3.12 and Section 3.24. The Master Servicer shall be
required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing
activities hereunder (including premiums for the insurance required by Section
3.14, to the extent such premiums are not paid by the related Mortgagors or by a
Sub-Servicer, servicing compensation of each Sub-Servicer, and to the extent
provided herein in Section 8.05, the fees and expenses of the Trustee) and shall
not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided
herein.
SECTION 3.19. Reports to the Trustee; Collection Account
Statements.
Not later than twenty days after each Distribution Date, the
Master Servicer shall forward to the Trustee and the Depositor the most current
available bank statement for the Collection Account. Copies of such statement
shall be provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder and to any Person
identified to the Trustee as a prospective transferee of a Certificate, upon
request at the expense of the requesting party, provided such statement is
delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee.
SECTION 3.20. Statement as to Compliance.
The Master Servicer will deliver to the Trustee and the
Depositor not later than 90 days following the end of the fiscal year of the
Master Servicer, which as of the Closing Date ends on the last day in December,
an Officers' Certificate stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a
review of the activities of the Master Servicer during the preceding year and of
performance under this Agreement has been made under such officers' supervision
and (ii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based on such review, the
Master Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement
throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any
such obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and the
nature and status thereof. Copies of any such statement shall be provided by the
Trustee to any Certificateholder and to any Person identified to the Trustee as
a prospective transferee of a Certificate, upon request at the expense of the
requesting party, provided such statement is delivered by the Master Servicer to
the Trustee.
SECTION 3.21. Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Report.
Not later than 90 days following the end of each fiscal year
of the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a
nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to
furnish to the Master Servicer a report stating that (i) it has obtained a
letter of representation regarding certain matters from the management of the
Master Servicer which includes an assertion that the Master Servicer has
complied with certain minimum residential mortgage loan servicing standards,
identified in the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers
established by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America, with respect to the
servicing of residential mortgage loans during the most recently completed
fiscal year and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in
accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants, such representation is fairly stated in
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all material respects, subject to such exceptions and other qualifications that
may be appropriate. In rendering its report such firm may rely, as to matters
relating to the direct servicing of residential mortgage loans by Sub-Servicers,
upon comparable reports of firms of independent certified public accountants
rendered on the basis of examinations conducted in accordance with the same
standards (rendered within one year of such report) with respect to those
Sub-Servicers. Immediately upon receipt of such report, the Master Servicer
shall furnish a copy of such report to the Trustee and each Rating Agency.
Copies of such statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any
Certificateholder upon request at the Master Servicer's expense, provided that
such statement is delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee.
SECTION 3.22. Access to Certain Documentation.
The Master Servicer shall provide to the Office of Thrift
Supervision, the FDIC, and any other federal or state banking or insurance
regulatory authority that may exercise authority over any Certificateholder,
access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by applicable
laws and regulations. Such access shall be afforded without charge, but only
upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices of the
Master Servicer designated by it. In addition, access to the documentation
regarding the Mortgage Loans will be provided to any Certificateholder, the
Trustee and to any Person identified to the Master Servicer as a prospective
transferee of a Certificate, upon reasonable request during normal business
hours at the offices of the Master Servicer designated by it at the expense of
the Person requesting such access.
SECTION 3.23. Title, Management and Disposition of REO
Property.
(a) The deed or certificate of sale of any REO Property shall
be taken in the name of the Trustee, or its nominee, in trust for the benefit of
the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer, on behalf of REMIC I, shall either
sell any REO Property within two years after REMIC I acquires ownership of such
REO Property for purposes of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or request from the
Internal Revenue Service, more than 60 days before the day on which the two-year
grace period would otherwise expire, an extension of the two-year grace period,
unless the Master Servicer had delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel,
addressed to the Trustee and the Depositor, to the effect that the holding by
REMIC I of such REO Property subsequent to two years after its acquisition will
not result in the imposition on REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III of taxes on
"prohibited transactions" thereof, as defined in Section 860F of the Code, or
cause any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to fail to qualify as a REMIC under
Federal law at any time that any Certificates are outstanding. The Master
Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property for the
Certificateholders solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in
a manner which does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as
"foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or
result in the receipt by REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III of any "income from
non-permitted assets" within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code,
or any "net income from foreclosure property" which is subject to taxation under
the REMIC Provisions.
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(b) The Master Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds
collected and received in connection with the operation of any REO Property
separate and apart from its own funds and general assets and shall establish and
maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, with respect to REO
Properties an account held in trust for the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders (the "REO Account"), which shall be an Eligible Account. The
Master Servicer shall be permitted to allow the Collection Account to serve as
the REO Account, subject to separate ledgers for each REO Property. The Master
Servicer shall be entitled to retain or withdraw any interest income paid on
funds deposited in the REO Account.
(c) The Master Servicer shall have full power and authority,
subject only to the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement, to
do any and all things in connection with any REO Property as are consistent with
the manner in which the Master Servicer manages and operates similar property
owned by the Master Servicer or any of its Affiliates, all on such terms and for
such period as the Master Servicer deems to be in the best interests of
Certificateholders. In connection therewith, the Master Servicer shall deposit,
or cause to be deposited in the clearing account in which it customarily
deposits payments and collections on mortgage loans in connection with its
mortgage loan servicing activities on a daily basis, and in no event more than
one Business Day after the Master Servicer's receipt thereof, and shall
thereafter deposit in the REO Account, in no event more than two Business Days
after the Master Servicer's receipt thereof, all revenues received by it with
respect to an REO Property and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the
proper operation, management and maintenance of such REO Property including,
without limitation:
(i) all insurance premiums due and payable in respect
of such REO Property;
(ii) all real estate taxes and assessments in respect
of such REO Property that may result in the imposition of a
lien thereon; and
(iii) all costs and expenses necessary to maintain such
REO Property.
To the extent that amounts on deposit in the REO Account with respect to an REO
Property are insufficient for the purposes set forth in clauses (i) through
(iii) above with respect to such REO Property, the Master Servicer shall advance
from its own funds such amount as is necessary for such purposes if, but only
if, the Master Servicer would make such advances if the Master Servicer owned
the REO Property and if in the Master Servicer's judgment, the payment of such
amounts will be recoverable from the rental or sale of the REO Property.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall not:
(i) authorize the Trust Fund to enter into, renew or
extend any New Lease with respect to any REO Property, if the
New Lease by its terms will give rise to any income that does
not constitute Rents from Real Property;
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(ii) authorize any amount to be received or accrued
under any New Lease other than amounts that will constitute
Rents from Real Property;
(iii) authorize any construction on any REO Property,
other than the completion of a building or other improvement
thereon, and then only if more than ten percent of the
construction of such building or other improvement was
completed before default on the related Mortgage Loan became
imminent, all within the meaning of Section 856(e)(4)(B) of
the Code; or
(iv) authorize any Person to Directly Operate any REO
Property on any date more than 90 days after its date of
acquisition by the Trust Fund;
unless, in any such case, the Master Servicer has obtained an Opinion of
Counsel, provided to the Trustee, to the effect that such action will not cause
such REO Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code at any time that it is held by REMIC
I, in which case the Master Servicer may take such actions as are specified in
such Opinion of Counsel.
The Master Servicer may contract with any Independent
Contractor for the operation and management of any REO Property, provided that:
(i) the terms and conditions of any such contract
shall not be inconsistent herewith;
(ii) any such contract shall require, or shall be
administered to require, that the Independent Contractor pay
all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
operation and management of such REO Property, including those
listed above and remit all related revenues (net of such costs
and expenses) to the Master Servicer as soon as practicable,
but in no event later than thirty days following the receipt
thereof by such Independent Contractor;
(iii) none of the provisions of this Section 3.23(c)
relating to any such contract or to actions taken through any
such Independent Contractor shall be deemed to relieve the
Master Servicer of any of its duties and obligations to the
Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders with respect to
the operation and management of any such REO Property; and
(iv) the Master Servicer shall be obligated with
respect thereto to the same extent as if it alone were
performing all duties and obligations in connection with the
operation and management of such REO Property.
The Master Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with any
Independent Contractor performing services for it related to its duties and
obligations hereunder for indemnification of the Master Servicer by such
Independent Contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed
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to limit or modify such indemnification. The Master Servicer shall be solely
liable for all fees owed by it to any such Independent Contractor, irrespective
of whether the Master Servicer's compensation pursuant to Section 3.18 is
sufficient to pay such fees; provided, however, that to the extent that any
payments made by such Independent Contractor would constitute Servicing Advances
if made by the Master Servicer, such amounts shall be reimbursable as Servicing
Advances made by the Master Servicer.
(d) In addition to the withdrawals permitted under Section
3.23(c), the Master Servicer may from time to time make withdrawals from the REO
Account for any REO Property: (i) to pay itself or any Sub-Servicer unpaid
Servicing Fees in respect of the related Mortgage Loan; and (ii) to reimburse
itself or any Sub-Servicer for unreimbursed Servicing Advances and P&I Advances
made in respect of such REO Property or the related Mortgage Loan. On the Master
Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from each REO
Account maintained by it and deposit into the Distribution Account in accordance
with Section 3.10(d)(ii), for distribution on the related Distribution Date in
accordance with Section 4.01, the income from the related REO Property received
during the prior calendar month, net of any withdrawals made pursuant to Section
3.23(c) or this Section 3.23(d).
(e) Subject to the time constraints set forth in Section
3.23(a), each REO Disposition shall be carried out by the Master Servicer at
such price and upon such terms and conditions as the Master Servicer shall deem
necessary or advisable, as shall be normal and usual in its Accepted Servicing
Practices.
(f) The proceeds from the REO Disposition, net of any amount
required by law to be remitted to the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan
and net of any payment or reimbursement to the Master Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Distribution Account
in accordance with Section 3.10(d)(ii) on the Master Servicer Remittance Date in
the month following the receipt thereof for distribution on the related
Distribution Date in accordance with Section 4.01. Any REO Disposition shall be
for cash only (unless changes in the REMIC Provisions made subsequent to the
Startup Day allow a sale for other consideration).
(g) The Master Servicer shall file information returns with
respect to the receipt of mortgage interest received in a trade or business,
reports of foreclosures and abandonments of any Mortgaged Property and
cancellation of indebtedness income with respect to any Mortgaged Property as
required by Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code, respectively. Such
reports shall be in form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting
requirements imposed by such Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code.
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SECTION 3.24. Obligations of the Master Servicer in
Respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit
into the Distribution Account on or before 3:00 p.m. New York time on the Master
Servicer Remittance Date from its own funds an amount equal to the lesser of (i)
the aggregate of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for the related Distribution
Date resulting solely from Principal Prepayments in full during the related
Prepayment Period and (ii) the Servicing Fee for the related Prepayment Period.
Any amounts paid by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.24 shall not
be reimbursed by REMIC I.
SECTION 3.25. Obligations of the Master Servicer in
Respect of Mortgage Rates and Monthly
Payments.
In the event that a shortfall in any collection on or
liability with respect to any Mortgage Loan results from or is attributable to
adjustments to Mortgage Rates, Monthly Payments or Stated Principal Balances
that were made by the Master Servicer in a manner not consistent with the terms
of the related Mortgage Note and this Agreement, the Master Servicer, upon
discovery or receipt of notice thereof, immediately shall deliver to the Trustee
for deposit in the Distribution Account from its own funds the amount of any
such shortfall and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund, the
Trustee, the Depositor and any successor master servicer in respect of any such
liability. Such indemnities shall survive the termination or discharge of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 3.26 shall not limit the
ability of the Master Servicer to seek recovery of any such amounts from the
related Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage Note, as permitted by
law.
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ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
SECTION 4.01. Distributions.
(a)(1)(A) On each Distribution Date, the following amounts, in
the following order of priority, shall be distributed by REMIC I to REMIC II on
account of the REMIC I Regular Interests or withdrawn from the Distribution
Account and distributed to the holders of the Class R-I Certificates, as the
case may be:
(i) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interests, in
an amount equal to (A) the Uncertificated Interest for such
Distribution Date, plus (B) any amounts in respect thereof
remaining unpaid from previous Distribution Dates. On the
first Distribution Date, the Class R-I Certificates shall be
entitled to interest accrued on its Certificate Principal
Balance at the related Pass-Through Rate. Amounts payable as
Uncertificated Interest in respect of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LT6 shall be reduced when the REMIC I Overcollateralized
Amount is less than the REMIC I Required Overcollateralized
Amount, by the lesser of (x) the amount of such difference and
(y) the Maximum I-LT6 Uncertificated Interest Deferral Amount;
and
(ii) (x) on the first Distribution Date, to the
Holders of the Class R-I Certificates, the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof and (y) on each Distribution Date,
to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interests, in an amount
equal to the remainder of the Available Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date after the distributions made
pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(x) above, allocated as
follows (except as provided below):
(a) to the Holders of the REMIC I Regular
` Interest I-LT1, 98.00% of such remainder;
(b) to the Holders of the REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LT2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3, REMIC
I Regular Interest I-LT4 and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LT5, 1.00% of such remainder, in the same
proportion as principal payments are allocated to the
Corresponding Certificates; and
(c) to the Holders of the REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LT6, 1.00% of such remainder;
provided, however, that 98.00% and 2.00% of any principal payments that are
attributable to a Overcollateralization Reduction Amount shall be allocated to
Holders of the REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1 and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LT6, respectively.
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(B) On each Distribution Date, the following amounts shall be
distributed by REMIC II to REMIC III on account of the REMIC II Regular
Interests or withdrawn from the Distribution Account and distributed to the
holders of the Class R-II Certificates, as the case may be:
(i) on the first Distribution Date, the Class R-II
Certificates shall be entitled to (x) interest accrued on its
Certificate Principal Balance at the related Pass-Through Rate
and (y) principal in an amount equal to the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof;
(ii) any amounts paid as either Uncertificated
Interest paid or accrued to the REMIC I Regular Interests
shall be deemed to have been paid to the related
Uncertificated Corresponding Component in REMIC II in
accordance with the REMIC II Remittance Rates; and
(iii) any amounts paid as principal on the REMIC I
Regular Interests shall be deemed to have been paid to the
related Uncertificated Corresponding Component in REMIC II in
accordance with the same priorities and conditions.
(2) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from
the Distribution Account an amount equal to the Interest Remittance Amount and
distribute to the Certificateholders the following amounts, in the following
order of priority:
(i) (x) on the first Distribution Date, to the
Holders of the Class R-III Certificates and (y) to the Holders
of the Class A Certificates, an amount equal to the Senior
Interest Distribution Amount;
(ii) to the extent of the Interest Remittance Amount
remaining after distribution of the Senior Interest
Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-1
Certificates, an amount equal to the Interest Distribution
Amount allocable to the Class M-1 Certificates;
(iii) to the extent of the Interest Remittance Amount
remaining after distribution of the Senior Interest
Distribution Amount and the Interest Distribution Amount
allocable to the Class M-1 Certificates, to the Holders of the
Class M-2 Certificates, an amount equal to the Interest
Distribution Amount allocable to the Class M-2 Certificates;
and
(iv) to the extent of the Interest Remittance Amount
remaining after distribution of the Senior Interest
Distribution Amount and the Interest Distribution Amounts
allocable to the Class M-1 Certificates and the Class M-2
Certificates, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, an
amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount allocable to
the Class M-3 Certificates.
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(3) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from
the Distribution Account an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount
and distribute to the Certificateholders the following amounts, in the following
order of priority:
(i) On each Distribution Date (a) prior to the
Stepdown Date or (b) on which a Trigger Event is in effect,
the Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed in the
following order of priority;
FIRST, on the first Distribution Date, to the Holders
of the Class R-III Certificates, the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof;
SECOND, to the Holders of the Class A Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
has been reduced to zero;
THIRD, to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
has been reduced to zero;
FOURTH, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
has been reduced to zero; and
FIFTH, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
has been reduced to zero.
(ii) On each Distribution Date (a) on or after the
Stepdown Date and (b) on which a Trigger Event is not in
effect, the Principal Distribution Amount shall be distributed
in the following order of priority;
FIRST, the lesser of (x) the Principal Distribution
Amount and (y) the Class A Principal Distribution
Amount shall be distributed to the Holders of the
Class A Certificates, until the Certificate Principal
Balance of such Class has been reduced to zero;
SECOND, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the
Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount
distributed to the Holders of the Class A
Certificates pursuant to clause first above and (y)
the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount shall be
distributed to the Holders of the Class M-1
Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance
of such Class has been reduced to zero;
THIRD, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the
Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of
the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class A
Certificates pursuant to clause first above and to
the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to
clause second above and (y) the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount shall be distributed to the
Holders of the
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Class M-2 Certificates, until the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class has been reduced to
zero; and
FOURTH, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the
Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the sum of
the amounts distributed to the Holders of the Class A
Certificates pursuant to clause first above, to the
Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to
clause second above and to the Holders of the Class
M-2 Certificates pursuant to clause third above and
(y) the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount shall
be distributed to the Holders of the Class M-3
Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance
of such Class has been reduced to zero.
(4) On each Distribution Date, the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow
(or, in the case of clause (i) below, the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow exclusive
of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount) shall be distributed as follows:
(i) to the Holders of the Class or Classes of
Certificates then entitled to receive distributions
in respect of principal, in an amount equal to the
principal portion of any Realized Losses incurred or
deemed to have been incurred on the Mortgage Loans,
applied to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance
of such Certificates until the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of such Certificates is reduced to
zero;
(ii) to the Holders of the Class or Classes of
Certificates then entitled to receive distributions
in respect of principal, in an amount equal to the
Overcollateralization Increase Amount, applied to
reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of such
Certificates until the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of such Certificates is reduced to
zero;
(iii) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates,
in an amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward
Amount (plus accrued interest) allocable to such
Class of Certificates;
(iv) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, in
an amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount
(plus accrued interest) allocable to such Class of
Certificates;
(v) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, in
an amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount
(plus accrued interest) allocable to such Class of
Certificates;
(vi) to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, in
an amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered
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by payments pursuant to Section 3.24) and any Relief
Act Interest Shortfall allocated to such
Certificates;
(vii) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates,
in an amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by
payments pursuant to Section 3.24) and any Relief Act
Interest Shortfall allocated to such Certificates;
(viii) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates,
in an amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by
payments pursuant to Section 3.24) and any Relief Act
Interest Shortfall allocated to such Certificates;
(ix) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, in
an amount equal to the aggregate of any Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by
payments pursuant to Section 3.24) and any Relief Act
Interest Shortfall allocated to such Certificates;
and
(x) to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates the
Interest Distribution Amount and any
Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such
Distribution Date.
On the Distribution Date occurring in September 1997, the
Trustee shall distribute any amounts remaining in the Pre-Funding Account to the
Holders of the Certificates then entitled to distributions in respect of
principal in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of such
Certificates.
(b) All distributions made with respect to each Class of Certificates
on each Distribution Date shall be allocated pro rata among the outstanding
Certificates in such Class based on their respective Percentage Interests.
Payments in respect of each Class of Certificates on each Distribution Date will
be made to the Holders of the respective Class of record on the related Record
Date (except as otherwise provided in Section 4.01(d) or Section 9.01 respecting
the final distribution on such Class), based on the aggregate Percentage
Interest represented by their respective Certificates, and shall be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the account of any such Holder at a
bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Holder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is the
registered owner of Certificates having an initial aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance that is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the initial Certificate Principal Balance of such Class of
Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on
each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and
surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or such other
location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final
distribution.
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Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate
shall be paid to the Depository, as Holder thereof, and the Depository shall be
responsible for crediting the amount of such distribution to the accounts of its
Depository Participants in accordance with its normal procedures. Each
Depository Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such distribution to
the Certificate Owners that it represents and to each indirect participating
brokerage firm (a "brokerage firm" or "indirect participating firm") for which
it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds
to the Certificate Owners that it represents. None of the Trustee, the Depositor
or the Master Servicer shall have any responsibility therefor except as
otherwise provided by this Agreement or applicable law.
(c) The rights of the Certificateholders to receive
distributions in respect of the Certificates, and all interests of the
Certificateholders in such distributions, shall be as set forth in this
Agreement. Neither the Holders of any Class of Certificates nor the Trustee nor
the Master Servicer shall in any way be responsible or liable to the Holders of
any other Class of Certificates in respect of amounts properly previously
distributed on the Certificates.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01, whenever the
Trustee expects that the final distribution with respect to any Class of
Certificates will be made on the next Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, no
later than three (3) days before the related Distribution Date, mail to each
Holder on such date of such Class of Certificates a notice to the effect that:
(i) the Trustee expects that the final distribution with
respect to such Class of Certificates will be made on such Distribution
Date but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates at
the office of the Trustee therein specified, and
(ii) no interest shall accrue on such Certificates from and
after the end of the related Interest Accrual Period.
Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class
on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to
tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held in trust by
the Trustee and credited to the account of the appropriate non-tendering Holder
or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to
this Section 4.01(d) shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six
months after the time specified in such notice, the Trustee shall mail a second
notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their
Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with
respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee
shall, directly or through an agent, mail a final notice to the remaining
non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates but
shall continue to hold any remaining funds for the benefit of non-tendering
Certificateholders. The costs and expenses of maintaining the funds in trust and
of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of the assets remaining
in such trust fund. If within one year after the final notice any such
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee shall
pay to Salomon Brothers Inc all such amounts, and all rights of nontendering
Certificateholders in or to such amounts shall thereupon cease. No interest
shall accrue
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or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust by the
Trustee as a result of such Certificateholder's failure to surrender its
Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section
4.01(d). Any such amounts held in trust by the Trustee shall be held in an
Eligible Account and the Trustee may direct any depository institution
maintaining such account to invest the funds in one or more Permitted
Investments. All income and gain realized from the investment of funds deposited
in such accounts held in trust by the Trustee shall be for the benefit of the
Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee shall deposit in such account the
amount of any loss of principal incurred in respect of any such Permitted
Investment made with funds in such accounts immediately upon the realization of
such loss.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) in no
event shall the Certificate Principal Balance of a Class A Certificate or a
Mezzanine Certificate be reduced more than once in respect of any particular
amount both (a) allocated to such Certificate in respect of Realized Losses
pursuant to Section 4.04 and (b) distributed to the Holder of such Certificate
in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance thereof pursuant to this
Section 4.01 from Net Monthly Excess Cashflow and (ii) in no event shall the
Uncertificated Balance of a REMIC I Regular Interest be reduced more than once
in respect of any particular amount both (a) allocated to such REMIC I Regular
Interest in respect of Realized Losses pursuant to Section 4.04 and (b)
distributed on such REMIC I Regular Interest in reduction of the Uncertificated
Balance thereof pursuant to this Section 4.01.
SECTION 4.02. Statements to Certificateholders.
On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall prepare and
forward by mail to each Holder of the Regular Certificates, a statement as to
the distributions made on such Distribution Date setting forth:
(i) the amount of the distribution made on such
Distribution Date to the Holders of the Class A Certificates,
the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE Certificates
allocable to principal;
(ii) the amount of the distribution made on such
Distribution Date to the Holders of the Class A Certificates,
the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE Certificates
allocable to interest;
(iii) the aggregate Servicing Fee received by the
Master Servicer during the related Due Period and such other
customary information as the Trustee deems necessary or
desirable, or which a Certificateholder reasonably requests,
to enable Certificateholders to prepare their tax returns;
(iv) the aggregate amount of P&I Advances for such
Distribution Date;
(v) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties as of the close of
business on such Distribution Date;
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(vi) the number, aggregate principal balance,
weighted average remaining term to maturity and weighted
average Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Loans as of the related
Due Date; and the number and aggregate principal balance of
all Subsequent Mortgage Loans added during the preceding Due
Period;
(vii) the number and aggregate unpaid principal
balance of Mortgage Loans (a) delinquent 30 to 59 days, (b)
delinquent 60 to 89 days, (c) delinquent 90 or more days, in
each case, as of the end of the preceding calendar month, and
(d) as to which foreclosure proceedings have been commenced;
(viii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became
an REO Property during the preceding calendar month, the loan
number of such Mortgage Loan, the unpaid principal balance and
the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the
date it became an REO Property;
(ix) the book value of any REO Property as of the
close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar
month preceding the Distribution Date;
(x) the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments
made during the related Prepayment Period;
(xi) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred
during the related Prepayment Period (or, in the case of
Bankruptcy Losses allocable to interest, during the related
Due Period), separately identifying whether such Realized
Losses constituted Extraordinary Losses, Fraud Losses, Special
Hazard Losses, Bankruptcy Losses or Extraordinary Losses;
(xii) the aggregate amount of extraordinary Trust
Fund expenses withdrawn from the Collection Account or the
Distribution Account for such Distribution Date;
(xiii) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the
Class CE Certificates, after giving effect to the
distributions, and allocations of Realized Losses, made on
such Distribution Date, separately identifying any reduction
thereof due to allocations of Realized Losses;
(xiv) the Certificate Factor for each such Class of
Certificates applicable to such Distribution Date;
(xv) the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of
the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the
Class CE Certificates for such Distribution Date and the
Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, with respect to the
Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates on such
Distribution Date,
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and in the case of the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine
Certificates and the Class CE Certificates, separately
identifying any reduction thereof due to allocations of
Realized Losses, Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act
Interest Shortfalls;
(xvi) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfall for such Distribution Date, to the extent not
covered by payments by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.24;
(xvii) the aggregate amount of Relief Act Interest
Shortfalls for such Distribution Date;
(xviii) the then-applicable Bankruptcy Amount, Fraud
Loss Amount and Special Hazard Amount;
(xix) the Required Overcollateralized Amount and
the Credit Enhancement Percentage for such Distribution Date;
(xx) the Overcollateralization Increase Amount,
if any, for such Distribution Date;
(xxi) the Overcollateralization Reduction Amount,
if any, for such Distribution Date;
(xxii) the respective Pass-Through Rates applicable
to the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and
the Class CE Certificates for such Distribution Date and the
Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class A Certificates and
the Mezzanine Certificates for the immediately succeeding
Distribution Date;
(xxiii) the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding
Account and the Interest Coverage Account; and
(xxiv) for the distribution occurring in September
1997, the current balance on deposit in the Pre-Funding
Account that have not been used to purchase Subsequent
Mortgage Loans and that are being distributed to the Class A
Certificateholders as a mandatory prepayment of principal, if
any, on such Distribution Date.
In the case of information furnished pursuant to subclauses
(i) through (iii) above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount per
Single Certificate of the relevant Class.
Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each
calendar year, the Trustee shall furnish to each Person who at any time during
the calendar year was a Holder of a Regular Certificate a statement containing
the information set forth in subclauses (i) through (iii) above, aggregated for
such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such person was a
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Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee shall be deemed to have been
satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be
provided by the Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to
time are in force.
On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall forward to the
Depositor, to each Holder of a Residual Certificate and to the Master Servicer,
a copy of the reports forwarded to the Regular Certificateholders on such
Distribution Date and a statement setting forth the amounts, if any, actually
distributed with respect to the Residual Certificates, respectively, on such
Distribution Date.
Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each
calendar year, the Trustee shall furnish to each Person who at any time during
the calendar year was a Holder of a Residual Certificate a statement setting
forth the amount, if any, actually distributed with respect to the Residual
Certificates, as appropriate, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable
portion thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder.
The Trustee shall, upon request, furnish to each
Certificateholder, during the term of this Agreement, such periodic, special, or
other reports or information, whether or not provided for herein, as shall be
reasonable with respect to the Certificateholder, or otherwise with respect to
the purposes of this Agreement, all such reports or information to be provided
at the expense of the Certificateholder in accordance with such reasonable and
explicit instructions and directions as the Certificateholder may provide. For
purposes of this Section 4.02, the Trustee's duties are limited to the extent
that the Trustee receives timely reports as required from the Master Servicer.
On each Distribution Date the Trustee shall provide Bloomberg
Financial Markets, L.P. ("Bloomberg") cusip level factors for each class of
Certificates as of such Distribution Date, using a format and media mutually
acceptable to the Trustee and Bloomberg.
SECTION 4.03. Remittance Reports; P&I Advances.
(a) On the Business Day following each Determination Date, the
Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee by telecopy (or by such other means
as the Master Servicer and the Trustee may agree from time to time) a Remittance
Report with respect to the related Distribution Date. On the same date, the
Master Servicer shall forward to the Trustee by overnight mail a computer
readable magnetic tape containing the information set forth in such Remittance
Report with respect to the related Distribution Date. Such Remittance Report
will include (i) the amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Master Servicer in
respect of the related Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of P&I Advances
outstanding after giving effect to such P&I Advances, and the aggregate amount
of Nonrecoverable P&I Advances in respect of such Distribution Date and (ii)
such other information with respect to the Mortgage Loans as the Trustee may
reasonably require to perform the calculations necessary to make the
distributions contemplated by Section 4.01 and to prepare the statements to
Certificateholders contemplated by Section 4.02. The Trustee shall not be
responsible to recompute, recalculate or verify any information provided to it
by the Master Servicer.
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(b) The amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Master
Servicer for any Distribution Date shall equal, subject to Section 4.03(d), the
sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Monthly Payments (with each interest portion
thereof net of the related Servicing Fee), due on the related Due Date in
respect of the Mortgage Loans, which Monthly Payments were delinquent as of the
close of business on the related Determination Date and (ii) with respect to
each REO Property, which REO Property was acquired during or prior to the
related Prepayment Period and as to which REO Property an REO Disposition did
not occur during the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the excess,
if any, of the REO Imputed Interest on such REO Property for the most recently
ended calendar month, over the net income from such REO Property transferred to
the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.23 for distribution on such
Distribution Date.
On or before 3:00 p.m. New York time on the Master Servicer
Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall remit in immediately available funds
to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account an amount equal to the
aggregate amount of P&I Advances, if any, to be made in respect of the Mortgage
Loans and REO Properties for the related Distribution Date either (i) from its
own funds or (ii) from the Collection Account, to the extent of funds held
therein for future distribution (in which case it will cause to be made an
appropriate entry in the records of Collection Account that amounts held for
future distribution have been, as permitted by this Section 4.03, used by the
Master Servicer in discharge of any such P&I Advance) or (iii) in the form of
any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the total amount of P&I Advances to
be made by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties. Any amounts held for future distribution and so used shall be
appropriately reflected in the Master Servicer's records and replaced by the
Master Servicer by deposit in the Collection Account on or before any future
Master Servicer Remittance Date to the extent that the Available Distribution
Amount for the related Distribution Date (determined without regard to P&I
Advances to be made on the Master Servicer Remittance Date) shall be less than
the total amount that would be distributed to the Classes of Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.01 on such Distribution Date if such amounts held for
future distributions had not been so used to make P&I Advances. The Trustee will
provide notice to the Master Servicer by telecopy by the close of business on
the third Business Day prior to the Distribution Date in the event that the
amount remitted by the Master Servicer to the Trustee on such date is less than
the P&I Advances required to be made by the Master Servicer for the related
Distribution Date.
(c) The obligation of the Master Servicer to make such P&I
Advances is mandatory, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement but
subject to (d) below, and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property,
shall continue until a Final Recovery Determination in connection therewith or
the removal thereof from the Trust Fund pursuant to any applicable provision of
this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Section.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no P&I
Advance or Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the
Master Servicer if such P&I Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made,
constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance,
respectively. The determination by the Master Servicer that
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it has made a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance
or that any proposed P&I Advance or Servicing Advance, if made, would constitute
a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, respectively,
shall be evidenced by an Officers' Certificate of the Master Servicer delivered
to the Depositor and the Trustee.
SECTION 4.04. Allocation of Realized Losses.
(a) Prior to each Determination Date, the Master Servicer
shall determine as to each Mortgage Loan and REO Property: (i) the total amount
of Realized Losses, if any, incurred in connection with any Final Recovery
Determinations made during the related Prepayment Period; (ii) whether and the
extent to which such Realized Losses constituted Fraud Losses, Bankruptcy
Losses, Special Hazard Losses or Extraordinary Losses; and (iii) the respective
portions of such Realized Losses allocable to interest and allocable to
principal. Prior to each Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall also
determine as to each Mortgage Loan: (i) the total amount of Realized Losses, if
any, incurred in connection with any Deficient Valuations made during the
related Prepayment Period; and (ii) the total amount of Realized Losses, if any,
incurred in connection with Debt Service Reductions in respect of Monthly
Payments due during the related Due Period. The information described in the two
preceding sentences that is to be supplied by the Master Servicer shall be
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee by the Master
Servicer prior to the Determination Date immediately following the end of (i) in
the case of Bankruptcy Losses allocable to interest, the Due Period during which
any such Realized Loss was incurred, and (ii) in the case of all other Realized
Losses, the Prepayment Period during which any such Realized Loss was incurred.
(b) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to
REMIC II Regular Interest LT1 pursuant to Section 4.04(c), other than Excess
Special Hazard Losses, Excess Fraud Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses and
Extraordinary Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated by the Trustee on
each Distribution Date as follows: first, to Net Monthly Excess Cashflow;
second, to the Class CE Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance
thereof has been reduced to zero; third, to the Class M-3 Certificates, until
the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; fourth, to
the Class M-2 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero; and fifth, to the Class M-1 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero. All Realized
Losses to be allocated to the Certificate Principal Balances of all Classes on
any Distribution Date shall be so allocated after the actual distributions to be
made on such date as provided above. All references above to the Certificate
Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates shall be to the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class immediately prior to the relevant Distribution
Date, before reduction thereof by any Realized Losses, in each case to be
allocated to such Class of Certificates, on such Distribution Date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes
of determining the Special Hazard Amount, the Fraud Loss Amount and the
Bankruptcy Amount as of any date of determination, Special Hazard Losses, Fraud
Losses and Bankruptcy Losses paid from Net Monthly Excess Cashflow which would
otherwise have been payable to the holders of the Class
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CE Certificates shall be deemed to have been allocated to the Class CE
Certificates. Any Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses, Excess
Fraud Losses and Extraordinary Losses allocated to REMIC II Regular Interest LT1
pursuant to Section 4.04(c) will be allocated among the Class A Certificates,
the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-3
Certificates and the Class CE Certificates on a pro rata basis. Any allocation
of Realized Losses to a Class A Certificate, a Class M-1 Certificate, a Class
M-2 Certificate or a Class M-3 Certificate on any Distribution Date shall be
made by reducing the Certificate Principal Balance thereof by the amount so
allocated, or in the case of a Class CE Certificate, by reducing the amount
otherwise payable in respect thereof pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(4)(x).
As used herein, an allocation of a Realized Loss on a "pro
rata basis" among two or more specified Classes of Certificates means an
allocation on a pro rata basis, among the various Classes so specified, to each
such Class of Certificates on the basis of their then outstanding Certificate
Principal Balances prior to giving effect to distributions to be made on such
Distribution Date. All Realized Losses and all other losses allocated to a Class
of Certificates hereunder will be allocated among the Certificates of such Class
in proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced thereby.
(c) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans (other than
Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Fraud Losses, Excess Bankruptcy Losses and
Extraordinary Losses) shall be allocated by the Trustee on each Distribution
Date to the following REMIC I Regular Interests in the specified percentages, as
follows: first, to Uncertificated Interest payable to the REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LT1 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT6 up to an aggregate amount
equal to the REMIC I Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively;
second, to the Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1 and
REMIC I Regular Interest I- LT6 up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC I
Principal Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively; third, to the
Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LT5 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT6, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively,
until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT5 has been
reduced to zero; fourth, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LT1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT4 and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LT6, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LT4 has been reduced to zero; fifth, to the Uncertificated
Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3 and
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT6, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT3 has been reduced to
zero; and sixth, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LT1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT6, 98%,
1% and 1%, respectively. Any Excess Special Hazard Losses, Excess Bankruptcy
Losses, Excess Fraud Losses and Extraordinary Losses will be allocated among the
REMIC I Regular Interests on a pro rata basis.
(d) All Realized Losses on the REMIC II Regular Interests
shall be allocated by the Trustee on each Distribution Date among the REMIC II
Regular Interests in the proportion that Realized Losses are allocated to the
related Uncertificated Corresponding Component.
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As used herein, an allocation of a Realized Loss on a "pro
rata basis" among the REMIC I Regular Interests means an allocation on a pro
rata basis among the REMIC I Regular Interests on the basis of their then
outstanding Uncertificated Balances, in each case prior to giving effect to
distributions to be made on such Distribution Date.
SECTION 4.05. Compliance with Withholding Requirements .
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall comply with all federal withholding requirements respecting
payments to Certificateholders of interest or original issue discount that the
Trustee reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of
Certificateholders shall not be required for such withholding. In the event the
Trustee does withhold any amount from interest or original issue discount
payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder pursuant to federal
withholding requirements, the Trustee shall indicate the amount withheld to such
Certificateholders.
SECTION 4.06. Pre-Funding Account.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee shall
establish and maintain a segregated trust account that is an Eligible Account,
which shall be titled "Pre-Funding Account, First Trust National Association, as
trustee for the registered holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII,
Inc., New Century Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1997- NC4"
(the "Pre-Funding Account"). The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit
in the PreFunding Account and retain therein the Original Pre-Funded Amount
remitted on the Closing Date to the Trustee by the Depositor. Funds deposited in
the Pre-Funding Account shall be held in trust by the Trustee for the
Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth herein.
(b) The Trustee will invest funds deposited in the Pre-Funding
Account in Permitted Investments of the kind described in clause (vi) of the
definition of Permitted Investments with a maturity date no later than the
second Business Day preceding each Distribution Date. For federal income tax
purposes, the Depositor shall be the owner of the PreFunding Account and shall
report all items of income, deduction, gain or loss arising therefrom. All
income and gain realized from investment of funds deposited in the Pre-Funding
Account shall be transferred to the Interest Coverage Account on the Business
Day immediately preceding each Distribution Date. The Master Servicer shall
deposit in the Pre-Funding Account the amount of any net loss incurred in
respect of any such Permitted Investment immediately upon realization of such
loss without any right of reimbursement therefor. Prior to the Distribution Date
occurring in September 1997 or any earlier Subsequent Transfer Date on which the
entire balance of the Original Pre-Funded Amount is applied to purchase
Subsequent Mortgage Loans, the Pre-Funding Account will not be an asset of any
of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III.
(c) Amounts on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account shall be
withdrawn by the Trustee as follows:
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(i) On any Subsequent Transfer Date, the Trustee
shall withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account an amount equal to
100% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans transferred and assigned to the Trustee for
deposit in the Mortgage Pool on such Subsequent Transfer Date
and pay such amount to or upon the order of the Depositor upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.11 with
respect to such transfer and assignment;
(ii) If the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funded
Account has not been reduced to zero during the Funding
Period, on the day immediately following the termination of
the Funding Period, the Trustee shall deposit into the
Distribution Account any amounts remaining in the Pre-Funding
Account for distribution to the Class A Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.01(a);
(iii) To withdraw any amount not required to be
deposited in the Pre- Funding Account or deposited therein
in error; and
(iv) To clear and terminate the Pre-Funding Account
upon the earlier to occur of (A) the Distribution Date
occurring in September 1997 and (B) the termination of this
Agreement, with any amounts remaining on deposit therein being
paid to the Holders of the Certificates then entitled to
distributions in respect of principal.
SECTION 4.07. Interest Coverage Account.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee shall
establish and maintain a segregated trust account that is an Eligible Account,
which shall be titled "Interest Coverage Account, First Trust National
Association, as trustee for the registered holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc., New Century Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates,
Series 1997-NC4" (the "Interest Coverage Account"). The Trustee shall, promptly
upon receipt, deposit in the Interest Coverage Account and retain therein the
Interest Coverage Amount remitted on the Closing Date to the Trustee by the
Depositor. Funds deposited in the Interest Coverage Account shall be held in
trust by the Trustee for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set
forth herein.
(b) For federal income tax purposes, the Depositor shall be
the owner of the Interest Coverage Account and shall report all items of income,
deduction, gain or loss arising therefrom. At no time will the Interest Coverage
Account be an asset of any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III. All income and
gain realized from investment of funds deposited in the Interest Coverage
Account shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Master Servicer and
shall be remitted by the Trustee to the Master Servicer on the first Business
Day following each Remittance Date. The Master Servicer shall deposit in the
Interest Coverage Account the amount of any net loss incurred in respect of any
such Permitted Investment immediately upon realization of such loss.
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(c) With respect to the initial Distribution Date, the Trustee
shall withdraw from the Interest Coverage Account and deposit in the
Distribution Account an amount, as provided in the related Remittance Report,
equal to (i) 30 days' interest on the Original Pre-Funded Amount calculated at
an annual rate equal to approximately 8.82%, minus (ii) the sum of (1) any
interest payments received on Subsequent Mortgage Loans during the related Due
Period and (2) any P&I Advance in respect of the interest portion of delinquent
Monthly Payments on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans conveyed to the Trustee during
the related Due Period.
(d) With respect to the Distribution date occurring in October
1997, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Interest Coverage Account and deposit
in the Distribution Account an amount equal to (i) 30 days' interest on the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of each Subsequent Mortgage Loan, if any,
with a first payment date in November 1997, calculated at an annual rate equal
to the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate on the Mortgage Loans as of October 1,
1997, minus (ii) the sum of (1) any interest payments received on Subsequent
Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period and (2) any P&I Advance in respect
of the interest portion of delinquent Monthly Payments on the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans conveyed to the Trustee during the related Due Period.
(e) Upon the earlier of (i) the Distribution Date occurring in
October 1997, (ii) the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates to zero or (iii) the
termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01, any amount
remaining on deposit in the Interest Coverage Account after distributions
pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (d) above shall be withdrawn by the Trustee and
paid to the Depositor or its designee.
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ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.01. The Certificates.
(a) The Certificates in the aggregate will represent the
entire beneficial ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans and all other assets
included in REMIC I.
The Certificates will be substantially in the forms annexed
hereto as Exhibits A-1 through A-8. The Certificates of each Class will be
issuable in registered form only, in denominations of authorized Percentage
Interests as described in the definition thereof. Each Certificate will share
ratably in all rights of the related Class.
Upon original issue, the Certificates shall be executed,
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to or upon the order of the
Depositor. The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature
on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized signatory. Certificates bearing the
manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper
officers of the Trustee shall bind the Trustee, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at
the date of such Certificates. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit
under this Agreement or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such
Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate of
authentication shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All
Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.
(b) The Class A Certificates shall initially be issued as one
or more Certificates held by the Book-Entry Custodian or, if appointed to hold
such Certificates as provided below, the Depository and registered in the name
of the Depository or its nominee and, except as provided below, registration of
such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another
Depository that agrees to hold such Certificates for the respective Certificate
Owners with Ownership Interests therein. The Certificate Owners shall hold their
respective Ownership Interests in and to such Certificates through the
book-entry facilities of the Depository and, except as provided below, shall not
be entitled to definitive, fully registered Certificates ("Definitive
Certificates") in respect of such Ownership Interests. All transfers by
Certificate Owners of their respective Ownership Interests in the Book-Entry
Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the
Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner.
Each Depository Participant shall only transfer the Ownership Interests in the
Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage
firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal
procedures. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as the Book-Entry
Custodian and hereby agrees to act as such in accordance herewith and in
accordance with the agreement that it has with the Depository authorizing it to
act as such. The Book-Entry Custodian may, and, if it is no longer qualified to
act as such, the Book-Entry
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Custodian shall, appoint, by a written instrument delivered to the Depositor,
the Master Servicer and, if the Trustee is not the Book-Entry Custodian, the
Trustee, any other transfer agent (including the Depository or any successor
Depository) to act as Book-Entry Custodian under such conditions as the
predecessor Book-Entry Custodian and the Depository or any successor Depository
may prescribe, provided that the predecessor Book-Entry Custodian shall not be
relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities by reason of any such
appointment of other than the Depository. If the Trustee resigns or is removed
in accordance with the terms hereof, the successor trustee or, if it so elects,
the Depository shall immediately succeed to its predecessor's duties as
Book-Entry Custodian. The Depositor shall have the right to inspect, and to
obtain copies of, any Certificates held as Book-Entry Certificates by the
Book-Entry Custodian.
The Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor may for all
purposes (including the making of payments due on the Book-Entry Certificates)
deal with the Depository as the authorized representative of the Certificate
Owners with respect to the Book-Entry Certificates for the purposes of
exercising the rights of Certificateholders hereunder. The rights of Certificate
Owners with respect to the Book-Entry Certificates shall be limited to those
established by law and agreements between such Certificate Owners and the
Depository Participants and brokerage firms representing such Certificate
Owners. Multiple requests and directions from, and votes of, the Depository as
Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates with respect to any particular matter
shall not be deemed inconsistent if they are made with respect to different
Certificate Owners. The Trustee may establish a reasonable record date in
connection with solicitations of consents from or voting by Certificateholders
and shall give notice to the Depository of such record date.
If (i)(A) the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that
the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depository, and (B) the Depositor is unable to locate a
qualified successor, (ii) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in
writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository
or (iii) after the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default, Certificate
Owners representing in the aggregate not less than 51% of the Ownership
Interests of the Book-Entry Certificates advise the Trustee through the
Depository, in writing, that the continuation of a book-entry system through the
Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the
Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the
occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Certificates
to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the
Book-Entry Certificates by the Book-Entry Custodian or the Depository, as
applicable, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for
registration of transfer, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates.
Such Definitive Certificates will be issued in minimum denominations of $10,000,
except that any beneficial ownership that was represented by a Book-Entry
Certificate in an amount less than $10,000 immediately prior to the issuance of
a Definitive Certificate shall be issued in a minimum denomination equal to the
amount represented by such Book-Entry Certificate. None of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in the delivery of
such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in
relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all
references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the
Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to
the extent
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applicable with respect to such Definitive Certificates, and the Trustee shall
recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders
hereunder.
SECTION 5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at one of the offices
or agencies to be appointed by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8.11 a Certificate Register for the Certificates in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for
the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates
as herein provided.
(b) No transfer of any Class CE Certificate shall be made
unless that transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and effective
registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made
in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In
the event that such a transfer of a Class CE Certificate is to be made without
registration or qualification, the Trustee shall require receipt of: (i) if such
transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933
Act, written certifications from the Certificateholder desiring to effect the
transfer and from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee, substantially
in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit F-1; and (ii) in all other cases, an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may be made without
such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer
in its capacity as such or any Sub-Servicer), together with copies of the
written certification(s) of the Certificateholder desiring to effect the
transfer and/or such Certificateholder's prospective transferee upon which such
Opinion of Counsel is based, if any. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee is
obligated to register or qualify the Class CE Certificates under the 1933 Act or
any other securities laws or to take any action not otherwise required under
this Agreement to permit the transfer of such Certificates without registration
or qualification. Any Certificateholder desiring to effect the transfer of a
Class CE Certificate shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the
Depositor and the Master Servicer against any liability that may result if the
transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and
state laws.
(c) No transfer of a Class CE Certificate or Residual
Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any Plan subject to ERISA
or Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on
behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with "Plan
Assets" of a Plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor regulation
promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor,
the Trustee, the Master Servicer, and the Sub-Servicer (if Advanta Mortgage
Corp. USA ("Advanta") is the SubServicer) are provided with an Opinion of
Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Master Servicer and the Sub-Servicer (if Advanta is the Sub-Servicer) that the
purchase of such Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not
constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any
Sub-Servicer, the Trustee or the Trust Fund to any
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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 Depositor, the Master
Servicer, any Sub-Servicer, the Trustee or the Trust Fund. In lieu of such
Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of
an plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement
(or other form acceptable to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and
the Sub-Servicer (if Advanta is the Sub-Servicer), which the Trustee may rely
upon without further inquiry or investigation. In the absence of its having
received the Opinion of Counsel or certification contemplated by this paragraph,
the Trustee shall require the prospective transferee of any Class CE Certificate
or Residual Certificate to certify that it is not an employee benefit plan
subject to ERISA or the Code, a Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets. Any
Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or
any person using Plan Assets to acquire Mezzanine Certificates will be deemed to
have represented that such acquisition is permissible under applicable law, will
not constitute or result in any non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, will not subject the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Trustee or the Trust Fund to any obligation in addition to those undertaken
in the Agreement and the following conditions are met: (i) the source of funds
used to purchase such Mezzanine Certificates is an "insurance company general
account" (as such term is defined in XXXX 00-00), (xx) the conditions set forth
in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied and (iii) there is no
Plan with respect to which the amount of such general account's reserves and
liabilities for contracts held by or on behalf of such Plan and all other Plans
maintained by the same employer (or any "affiliate" thereof, as defined in PTCE
95-60) or by the same employee organization exceed 10% of the total of all
reserves and liabilities of such general account (as determined under PTCE
95-60) as of the date of the acquisition of such Mezzanine Certificates. An
Opinion of Counsel, any certification or a deemed representation will not be
required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the
Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any
affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is
not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Trustee shall be entitled
to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the
Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of
such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. In accordance with Section
2.11(b), the Depositor shall obtain a letter, as described in the amendment to
Prohibited Transaction Exemption ("PTE") 89-89 and other similar underwriters
exemptions issued by the DOL on July 21, 1997, from an Independent accountant
retained by the Depositor, which letter shall be provided by the Depositor to
each Rating Agency and the Trustee, stating that the characteristics of the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans conform to the characteristics described in Sections
2.11(c) and (d).
(d) (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or
acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the
following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Trustee or its
designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than
such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause
(iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of Transfer and to do all other
things necessary in connection with any such sale.
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The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be
a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the
Trustee of any change or impending change in its
status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer
of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate,
the Trustee shall require delivery to it, and shall
not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate
until its receipt of, an affidavit and agreement (a
"Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit F-2) from the proposed
Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, representing and warranting, among other
things, that such Transferee is a Permitted
Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership
Interest in the Residual Certificate that is the
subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee,
trustee or agent for any Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains
its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, it
will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and
that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section
5.02(d) and agrees to be bound by them.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a
Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed
Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee who is assigned to this
transaction has actual knowledge that the proposed
Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer
of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to
such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall
agree (x) to require a transferor affidavit (a
"Transferor Affidavit," in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit F-2) from any other Person to whom such
Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in
a Residual Certificate and (y) not to transfer its
Ownership Interest unless it provides a Transferor
Affidavit (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
F-2) to the Trustee stating that, among other things,
it has no actual knowledge that such other Person is
not a Permitted Transferee.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, by
purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate,
agrees to give the Trustee written notice that it is
a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning
of temporary Treasury regulation Section
1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, if it
is, or is holding an
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Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate on
behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."
(ii) The Trustee will register the Transfer of any
Residual Certificate only if it shall have received the
Transfer Affidavit and Agreement and all of such other
documents as shall have been reasonably required by the
Trustee as a condition to such registration. In addition, no
Transfer of a Residual Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received a representation letter from the
Transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such
Transferee is a Permitted Transferee.
(iii) (A) If any purported Transferee shall become a
Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 5.02(d), then the last preceding
Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent
permitted by law, to all rights as holder thereof retroactive
to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Residual
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any
Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual
Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section
5.02(d) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to
the holder thereof or for taking any other action with respect
to such holder under the provisions of this Agreement.
(B) If any purported Transferee shall become
a holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the
restrictions in this Section 5.02(d) and to the extent that
the retroactive restoration of the rights of the holder of
such Residual Certificate as described in clause (iii)(A)
above shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then the
Trustee shall have the right, without notice to the holder or
any prior holder of such Residual Certificate, to sell such
Residual Certificate to a purchaser selected by the Trustee on
such terms as the Trustee may choose. Such purported
Transferee shall promptly endorse and deliver each Residual
Certificate in accordance with the instructions of the
Trustee. Such purchaser may be the Trustee itself or any
Affiliate of the Trustee. The proceeds of such sale, net of
the commissions (which may include commissions payable to the
Trustee or its Affiliates), expenses and taxes due, if any,
will be remitted by the Trustee to such purported Transferee.
The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause
(iii)(B) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the
Trustee, and the Trustee shall not be liable to any Person
having an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a
result of its exercise of such discretion.
(iv) The Trustee shall make available to the Internal
Revenue Service and those Persons specified by the REMIC
Provisions all information necessary to compute any tax
imposed (A) as a result of the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Person who is a
Disqualified Organization, including the information described
in Treasury regulations sections 1.860D-1(b)(5) and
1.860E-2(a)(5) with respect to the "excess inclusions" of such
Residual
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Certificate and (B) as a result of any regulated investment
company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund,
partnership, trust, estate or organization described in
Section 1381 of the Code that holds an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate having as among its record holders at any
time any Person which is a Disqualified Organization.
Reasonable compensation for providing such information may be
accepted by the Trustee.
(v) The provisions of this Section 5.02(d) set forth
prior to this subsection (v) may be modified, added to or
eliminated, provided that there shall have been delivered to
the Trustee at the expense of the party seeking to modify, add
to or eliminate any such provision the following:
(A) written notification from each Rating
Agency to the effect that the modification, addition
to or elimination of such provisions will not cause
such Rating Agency to downgrade its then-current
ratings of any Class of Certificates; and
(B) an Opinion of Counsel, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect
that such modification of, addition to or elimination
of such provisions will not cause any of REMIC I,
REMIC II or REMIC III to cease to qualify as a REMIC
and will not cause any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC
III, as the case may be, to be subject to an
entity-level tax caused by the Transfer of any
Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee or a Person other than the
prospective transferee to be subject to a REMIC-tax
caused by the Transfer of a Residual Certificate to a
Person that is not a Permitted Transferee.
(e) Subject to the preceding subsections, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the
Trustee maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 8.11, the Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated Transferee or
Transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class of a like aggregate
Percentage Interest.
(f) At the option of the Holder thereof, any Certificate may
be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class with authorized
denominations and a like aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of such
Certificate to be exchanged at any office or agency of the Trustee maintained
for such purpose pursuant to Section 8.11. Whenever any Certificates are so
surrendered for exchange the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver the
Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to
receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange
shall (if so required by the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by
a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
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(g) No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made
for any transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
(h) All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange
shall be canceled and destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its customary
procedures.
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates.
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the
Trustee, or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate, and (ii) there is delivered to
the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by it to save it
harmless, then, in the absence of actual knowledge by the Trustee that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of the same
Class and of like denomination and Percentage Interest. Upon the issuance of any
new Certificate under this Section, the Trustee may require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the
Trustee) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to
this Section shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in
the applicable REMIC created hereunder, as if originally issued, whether or not
the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and any agent
of any of them may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered
as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions
pursuant to Section 4.01 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or any agent of any of them shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 5.05. Certain Available Information.
On or prior to the date of the first sale of any Class CE
Certificate to an Independent third party, the Depositor shall provide to the
Trustee 10 copies of any private placement memorandum or other disclosure
document used by the Depositor in connection with the offer and sale of the
Class CE Certificates. In addition, if any such private placement memorandum or
disclosure document is revised, amended or supplemented at any time following
the delivery thereof to the Trustee, the Depositor promptly shall inform the
Trustee of such event and shall deliver to the Trustee 10 copies of the private
placement memorandum or disclosure document, as revised, amended or
supplemented. The Trustee shall maintain at its Corporate Trust Office and shall
make available free of charge during normal business hours for review by any
Holder of a Certificate or any Person identified to the Trustee as a prospective
transferee of
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a Certificate, originals or copies of the following items: (i) in the case of a
Holder or prospective transferee of a Class CE Certificate, the private
placement memorandum or other disclosure document relating to the Class CE
Certificates, in the form most recently provided to the Trustee; and (ii) in all
cases, (A) this Agreement and any amendments hereof entered into pursuant to
Section 11.01, (B) all monthly statements required to be delivered to
Certificateholders of the relevant Class pursuant to Section 4.02 since the
Closing Date, and all other notices, reports, statements and written
communications delivered to the Certificateholders of the relevant Class
pursuant to this Agreement since the Closing Date, (C) all certifications
delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee since the Closing Date
pursuant to Section 10.01(h), (D) any and all Officers' Certificates delivered
to the Trustee by the Master Servicer since the Closing Date to evidence the
Master Servicer's determination that any P&I Advance or Servicing Advance was,
or if made, would be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing
Advance, respectively, and (E) any and all Officers' Certificates delivered to
the Trustee by the Master Servicer since the Closing Date pursuant to Section
4.04(a). Copies and mailing of any and all of the foregoing items will be
available from the Trustee upon request at the expense of the Person requesting
the same.
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ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 6.01. Liability of the Depositor and the Master
Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer each shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed
by this Agreement upon them in their respective capacities as Depositor and
Master Servicer and undertaken hereunder by the Depositor and the Master
Servicer herein.
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or
the Master Servicer.
Subject to the following paragraph, the Depositor will keep in
full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. Subject to the following paragraph,
the Master Servicer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a corporation under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation. The Depositor and the Master Servicer each will obtain and
preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the
validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates or any of the
Mortgage Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.
The Depositor or the Master Servicer may be merged or
consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of
its assets to any Person, in which case any Person resulting from any merger or
consolidation to which the Depositor or the 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
FNMA or FHLMC; and provided further that the Rating Agencies' ratings of the
Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates in effect immediately prior
to such merger or consolidation will not be qualified, reduced or withdrawn as a
result thereof (as evidenced by a letter to such effect from the Rating
Agencies).
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the
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
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any breach of warranties, representations or covenants made herein, or against
any specific liability imposed on the Master Servicer pursuant hereto, or
against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or by
reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor,
the 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 which, prima facie, is 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 and held harmless by the Trust Fund against any loss,
liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal action relating to
this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense to
any specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans (except as any such loss, liability
or expense shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) or 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 action unless such action is related to its respective duties
under this Agreement and, in its opinion, does not involve it in any expense or
liability; provided, however, that each of the Depositor and the Master Servicer
may in its discretion undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or
desirable with respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the
parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders hereunder. In such
event, unless the Depositor or the Master Servicer acts without the consent of
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights, the legal
expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom (except
any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of
reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder) shall be expenses, costs
and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor and the Master Servicer
shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account as and
to the extent provided in Section 3.11, any such right of reimbursement being
prior to the rights of the Certificateholders to receive any amount in the
Collection Account.
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the Master
Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and
duties hereby imposed on it except upon determination that its duties hereunder
are no longer permissible under applicable law. Any such determination pursuant
to the preceding sentence permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer
shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect obtained at the
expense of the Master Servicer and delivered to the Trustee. No resignation of
the Master Servicer shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor
servicer shall have assumed the Master Servicer's responsibilities, duties,
liabilities (other than those liabilities arising prior to the appointment of
such successor) and obligations under this Agreement.
Except as expressly provided herein, the Master Servicer shall
not assign or transfer any of its rights, benefits or privileges hereunder to
any other Person, or delegate to or subcontract with, or authorize or appoint
any other Person to perform any of the duties, covenants or
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obligations to be performed by the Master Servicer hereunder. If, pursuant to
any provision hereof, the duties of the Master Servicer are transferred to a
successor master servicer, the entire amount of the Servicing Fee and other
compensation payable to the Master Servicer pursuant hereto shall thereafter be
payable to such successor master servicer.
SECTION 6.05. Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the
Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall afford (and any Sub-Servicing
Agreement shall provide that each Sub-Servicer shall afford) the Depositor and
the Trustee, upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours, access to all
records maintained by the Master Servicer (and any such SubServicer) in respect
of the Master Servicer's rights and obligations hereunder and access to officers
of the Master Servicer (and those of any such Sub-Servicer) responsible for such
obligations. Upon request, the Master Servicer shall furnish to the Depositor
and the Trustee its (and any such Sub-Servicer's) most recent financial
statements and such other information relating to the Master Servicer's capacity
to perform its obligations under this Agreement as it possesses (and that any
such Sub-Servicer possesses). To the extent such information is not otherwise
available to the public, the Depositor and the Trustee shall not disseminate any
information obtained pursuant to the preceding two sentences without the Master
Servicer's written consent, except as required pursuant to this Agreement or to
the extent that it is appropriate to do so (i) in working with legal counsel,
auditors, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies or (ii) pursuant to
any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any
court or governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Depositor, the
Trustee or the Trust Fund, and in either case, the Depositor or the Trustee, as
the case may be, shall use its best efforts to assure the confidentiality of any
such disseminated non-public information. The Depositor may, but is not
obligated to, enforce the obligations of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to
perform, any defaulted obligation of the Master Servicer under this Agreement or
exercise the rights of the Master Servicer under this Agreement; provided that
the Master Servicer shall not be relieved of any of its obligations under this
Agreement by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. The
Depositor shall not have any responsibility or liability for any action or
failure to act by the Master Servicer and is not obligated to supervise the
performance of the Master Servicer under this Agreement or otherwise.
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ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
SECTION 7.01. Master Servicer Events of Default.
(a) "Master Servicer Event of Default," wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events:
(i) any failure by the Master Servicer to remit to
the Trustee for distribution to the Certificateholders any
payment (other than a P&I Advance required to be made from its
own funds on any Master Servicer Remittance Date pursuant to
Section 4.03) required to be made under the terms of the
Certificates and this Agreement which continues unremedied for
a period of one Business Day after the date upon which written
notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied,
shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Depositor
or the Trustee (in which case notice shall be provided by
telecopy), or to the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the
Trustee by the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least
25% of the Voting Rights; or
(ii) any failure on the part of the Master Servicer
duly to observe or perform in any material respect any other
of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Master
Servicer contained in this Agreement, or the breach by the
Master Servicer of any representation and warranty contained
in Section 2.05, which continues unremedied for a period of 30
days after the earlier of (i) the date on which written notice
of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have
been given to the Master Servicer by the Depositor or the
Trustee, or to the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the
Trustee by the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least
25% of the Voting Rights and (ii) actual knowledge of such
failure by a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or
supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in
an involuntary case under any present or future federal or
state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or the appointment
of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceeding, or for the winding-up or liquidation of
its affairs, shall have been entered against the Master
Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force
undischarged or unstayed for a period of 90 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 it or of
or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or
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(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 any applicable insolvency or
reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of
its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its
obligations; or
(vi) any failure by the Master Servicer of the Master
Servicer Termination Test; or
(vii) any failure of the Master Servicer to make any
P&I Advance on any Master Servicer Remittance Date required to
be made from its own funds pursuant to Section 4.03 which
continues unremedied until 3:00 p.m. New York time on the
Business Day immediately following the Master Servicer
Remittance Date.
If a Master Servicer Event of Default described in clauses (i) through (vi) of
this Section shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such
Master Servicer Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Depositor or
the Trustee may, and at the written direction of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 51% of Voting Rights, the Trustee shall, by notice in
writing to the Master Servicer (and to the Depositor if given by the Trustee or
to the Trustee if given by the Depositor) terminate all of the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer in its capacity as Master Servicer under this
Agreement, to the extent permitted by law, and in and to the Mortgage Loans and
the proceeds thereof. If a Master Servicer Event of Default described in clause
(vii) hereof shall occur, the Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the Master
Servicer and the Depositor, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the
Master Servicer in its capacity as Master Servicer under this Agreement and in
and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof. 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 of any Certificate) or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise,
shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee pursuant to and under this Section,
and, without limitation, the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered, as
attorney-in-fact or otherwise, to execute and deliver, on behalf of and at the
expense of the Master Servicer, any and all documents and other instruments and
to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect
the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and
endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or
otherwise. The Master Servicer agrees promptly (and in any event no later than
ten Business Days subsequent to such notice) to provide the Trustee with all
documents and records requested by it to enable it to assume the Master
Servicer's functions under this Agreement, and to cooperate with the Trustee in
effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's responsibilities and rights
under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the transfer within one
Business Day to the Trustee for administration by it of all cash amounts which
at the time shall be or should have been credited by the Master Servicer to the
Collection Account held by or on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Distribution
Account or any REO Account or Servicing Account held by or on behalf of the
Master Servicer or thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans or
any REO Property serviced by the Master Servicer (provided, however, that the
Master Servicer shall continue to be entitled to receive all amounts accrued or
owing to it under this Agreement on or prior to the date of such termination,
whether in respect
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of P&I Advances or otherwise, and shall continue to be entitled to the benefits
of Section 6.03 notwithstanding any such termination). For purposes of this
Section 7.01, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a Master
Servicer Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned
to and working in the Trustee's Corporate Trust Office has actual knowledge
thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Master
Servicer Event of Default is received by the Trustee and such notice references
the Certificates, the Trust Fund or this Agreement.
SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
(a) (1) On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a
notice of termination, the Trustee shall be the successor in all respects to the
Master Servicer in its capacity as Master Servicer under this Agreement and the
transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto and arising thereafter
placed on the Master Servicer (except for any representations or warranties of
the Master Servicer under this Agreement, the responsibilities, duties and
liabilities contained in Section 2.03(c) and its obligation to deposit amounts
in respect of losses pursuant to Section 3.12) by the terms and provisions
hereof including, without limitation, the Master Servicer's obligations to make
P&I Advances pursuant to Section 4.03; provided, however, that if the Trustee is
prohibited by law or regulation from obligating itself to make advances
regarding delinquent mortgage loans, then the Trustee shall not be obligated to
make P&I Advances pursuant to Section 4.03; and provided further, that any
failure to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by the Master
Servicer's failure to provide information required by Section 7.01 shall not be
considered a default by the Trustee as successor to the Master Servicer
hereunder. As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to the
Servicing Fees and all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans to which the Master
Servicer would have been entitled if it had continued to act hereunder.
Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act,
or shall, if it is unable to so act or if it is prohibited by law from making
advances regarding delinquent mortgage loans or if the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights so request in writing to the
Trustee, promptly appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to
appoint, an established mortgage loan servicing institution acceptable to each
Rating Agency and having a net worth of not less than $10,000,000, as the
successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement in the assumption of all
or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master
Servicer under this Agreement. The Trustee is hereby authorized to agree that,
if at the time the Trustee becomes successor to the Master Servicer hereunder
(i) the terminated Master Servicer is New Century Mortgage Corporation or its
successors or assigns, (ii) Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA is the Sub-Servicer of
all of the Mortgage Loans and (A) the termination of the terminated Master
Servicer has occurred for reasons unrelated to the sub-servicing of the Mortgage
Loans (B) the Sub-Servicer is not in default under the applicable SubServicing
Agreement (it being understood that if the Sub-Servicing Agreement, dated as of
August 1, 1997, between New Century Mortgage Corporation and Advanta Mortgage
Corp. USA, as the same may have been amended, is at such time the applicable
Sub-Servicing Agreement, then "default" as used in this clause (ii)(B) shall
mean that a Sub-Servicer Event of Default, as defined in such agreement, is
continuing) and (iv) the Sub-Servicer meets the eligibility requirements set
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forth in the preceding sentence, the Trustee will select and offer the
Sub-Servicer appointment, subject to the terms of Section 7.02(a)(2) below, as
successor under this Agreement in the assumption of all of the responsibilities,
duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer under this Agreement which accrue
following such assumption, for compensation equal to that permitted the Master
Servicer hereunder.
(2) No appointment of a successor to the Master
Servicer under this Agreement shall be effective until the assumption by the
successor of all of the Master Servicer's responsibilities, duties and
liabilities hereunder. In connection with such appointment and assumption
described herein, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of
such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall
agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of that
permitted the Master Servicer as such hereunder. The Depositor, the Trustee and
such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall
be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Pending appointment of a
successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement, the Trustee shall act in
such capacity as hereinabove provided.
(b) If the Master Servicer fails to remit to the Trustee for
distribution to the Certificateholders any payment required to be made under the
terms of this Agreement (for purposes of this Section 7.02(b), a "Remittance")
because the Master Servicer is the subject of a proceeding under the federal
Bankruptcy Code and the making of such Remittance is prohibited by Section 362
of the federal Bankruptcy Code, the Trustee shall upon notice of such
prohibition, regardless of whether it has received a notice of termination under
Section 7.01, advance the amount of such Remittance by depositing such amount in
the Distribution Account on the related Distribution Date. The Trustee shall be
obligated to make such advance only if (i) such advance, in the good faith
judgment of the Trustee, can reasonably be expected to be ultimately recoverable
from funds which are in the custody of the Master Servicer, a trustee in
bankruptcy or a federal bankruptcy court and should have been the subject of
such Remittance absent such prohibition (the "Stayed Funds") and (ii) the
Trustee is not prohibited by law from making such advance or obligating itself
to do so. Upon remittance of the Stayed Funds to the Trustee or the deposit
thereof in the Distribution Account by the Master Servicer, a trustee in
bankruptcy or a federal bankruptcy court, the Trustee may recover the amount so
advanced, without interest, by withdrawing such amount from the Distribution
Account; however, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to affect the
Trustee's rights to recover from the Master Servicer's own funds interest on the
amount of any such advance. If the Trustee at any time makes an advance under
this Subsection which it later determines in its good faith judgment will not be
ultimately recoverable from the Stayed Funds with respect to which such advance
was made, the Trustee shall be entitled to reimburse itself for such advance,
without interest, by withdrawing from the Distribution Account, out of amounts
on deposit therein, an amount equal to the portion of such advance attributable
to the Stayed Funds.
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SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any termination of the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 7.01 above or any appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.02 above, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice
thereof to Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the
Certificate Register.
(b) Not later than the later of 60 days after the occurrence
of any event, which constitutes or which, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute a Master Servicer Event of Default or five days after a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee becomes aware of the occurrence of such an
event, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Certificates notice
of each such occurrence, unless such default or Master Servicer Event of Default
shall have been cured or waived.
SECTION 7.04. Waiver of Master Servicer Events of Default.
The Holders representing at least 66% of the Voting Rights
evidenced by all Classes of Certificates affected by any default or Master
Servicer Event of Default hereunder, may waive such default or Master Servicer
Event of Default; provided, however, that a default or Master Servicer Event of
Default under clause (i) or (vi) of Section 7.01 may be waived only by all of
the Holders of the Regular Certificates. Upon any such waiver of a default or
Master Servicer Event of Default, such default or Master Servicer Event of
Default shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been remedied for every
purpose hereunder. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or Master Servicer Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon except to the extent expressly so waived.
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ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee.
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of a Master Servicer
Event of Default and after the curing of all Master Servicer Events of Default
which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. During a Master Servicer Event
of Default, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of such person's own affairs. Any permissive right of the Trustee
enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to 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. If any such instrument is found
not to conform to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner, the
Trustee shall take such action as it deems appropriate to have the instrument
corrected, and if the instrument is not corrected to the Trustee's satisfaction,
the Trustee will provide notice thereof to the Certificateholders.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve
the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act or its own misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) Prior to the occurrence of a Master Servicer
Event of Default, and after the curing of all such Master
Servicer Events of Default which may have occurred, the duties
and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by
the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall
not be liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement,
no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Agreement against the Trustee and, in the absence of bad faith
on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely,
as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee that conform to the requirements of
this Agreement;
(ii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for
an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible
Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it
shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts; and
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(iii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable with
respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken
by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting
Rights relating to the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee,
under this Agreement.
SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(i) The Trustee may request and rely upon and shall
be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any
resolution, Officers' Certificate, certificate of auditors or
any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other
paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(ii) The Trustee may consult with counsel and any
Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with
such Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) The Trustee shall 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, pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders
shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein
shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon
the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default (which
has not been cured or waived), to exercise such of the rights
and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct
of such person's own affairs;
(iv) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(v) Prior to the occurrence of a Master Servicer
Event of Default hereunder and after the curing of all Master
Servicer Events of Default which may have occurred, the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion,
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report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or
other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so
by the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the
Voting Rights; provided, however, that if the payment within a
reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or
liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such
investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not
reasonably assured to the Trustee by such Certificateholders
the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such
expense, or liability from such Certificateholders as a
condition to taking any such action;
(vi) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through agents or attorneys; and
(vii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for
any loss resulting from the investment of funds held in the
Collection Account at the direction of the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.12.
(b) All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of
the Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by it without the
possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof at the trial or
other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the benefit of all
the Holders of such Certificates, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or
Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other
than the signature of the Trustee, the authentication of the Trustee on the
Certificates, the acknowledgments of the Trustee contained in Article II and the
representations and warranties of the Trustee in Section 8.12) shall be taken as
the statements of the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for
their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations or warranties as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Agreement (other than as specifically set forth
in Section 8.12) or of the Certificates (other than the signature of the Trustee
and authentication of the Trustee on the Certificates) or of any Mortgage Loan
or related document. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Depositor of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of
such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the
Depositor or the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited
in or withdrawn from the Collection Account by the Master Servicer, other than
any funds held by or on behalf of the Trustee in accordance with Section 3.10.
SECTION 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.
The Trustee in its individual capacity or any other capacity
may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee.
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SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
The Trustee shall withdraw from the Distribution Account on
each Distribution Date and pay to itself the Trustee Fee and, to the extent that
the funds therein are at anytime insufficient for such purpose, the Master
Servicer shall pay such fees. The Trustee and any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Trustee shall be indemnified by REMIC I and held harmless against
any loss, liability or expense (not including expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee, including the compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel, in the ordinary course of
the Trustee's performance in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement)
incurred by the Trustee in connection with any claim or legal action or any
pending or threatened claim or legal action arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance or administration of its obligations and duties under this
Agreement, other than any loss, liability or expense (i) resulting from any
breach by the Master Servicer of its obligations in connection with this
Agreement, (ii) that constitutes a specific liability of the Trustee pursuant to
Section 10.01(c) or (iii) any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties
hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder
or as a result of a breach of the Trustee's obligations under Article X hereof.
The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trustee from, and hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense arising in respect of any breach by the
Master Servicer of its obligations in connection with this Agreement. Such
indemnity shall survive the termination or discharge of this Agreement and the
resignation or removal of the Trustee. Any payment hereunder made by the Master
Servicer to the Trustee shall be from the Master Servicer's own funds, without
reimbursement from REMIC I therefor.
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or
an association (other than the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any
Affiliate of the foregoing) organized and doing business under the laws of any
state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 (or a member of a bank holding company whose capital and surplus is
at least $50,000,000) and subject to supervision or examination by federal or
state authority. If such corporation or association publishes reports of
conditions at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or association
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of conditions so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the
Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in
Section 8.07.
SECTION 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the
trust hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and to the
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Certificateholders. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor
shall, promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate,
which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and to the
successor trustee. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the
Certificateholders and the Master Servicer by the Depositor. If no successor
trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Depositor or if at any time the Trustee shall
become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the
Depositor may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so
removed and to the successor trustee. A copy of such instrument shall be
delivered to the Certificateholders, and the Master Servicer by the Depositor.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the
Voting Rights, may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee by written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such
Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which
instruments shall be delivered to the Depositor, one complete set to the Trustee
so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. A copy of such
instrument shall be delivered to the Certificateholders and the Master Servicer
by the Depositor.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not
become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as
provided in Section 8.08.
SECTION 8.08. Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor
trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and
such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or 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, as well as all moneys, held
by it hereunder, and the Depositor and the predecessor trustee shall execute and
deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required
for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor trustee all
such rights, powers, duties and obligations.
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No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in
this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 and the appointment of such
successor trustee shall not result in a downgrading of any Class of Certificates
by either Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from each Rating Agency.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as
provided in this Section, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of
such trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as
shown in the Certificate Register. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice
within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the
successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the
Depositor.
SECTION 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.
Any corporation or association into which the Trustee may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation or
association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or association succeeding to the
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation or association shall be eligible under the provisions
of Section 8.06, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
SECTION 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for
the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any
part of REMIC I or property securing the same may at the time be located, the
Trustee shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to
appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or
co-trustees, jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees,
of all or any part of REMIC I, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such
capacity, such title to REMIC I, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other
provisions of this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and
trusts as the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or
separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as
a successor trustee under Section 8.06 hereunder and no notice to Holders of
Certificates of the appointment of co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be
required under Section 8.08 hereof.
In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate
trustee pursuant to this Section 8.10 all rights, powers, duties and obligations
conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and
exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee
jointly, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which
any particular act or acts are to be performed by the Trustee (whether as
Trustee hereunder or as successor to a defaulting 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 REMIC I or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be
exercised and performed by such separate trustee or co-trustee at the direction
of the Trustee.
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Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and
the conditions of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon
its acceptance of the trust conferred, shall be vested with the estates or
property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the
Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions
of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement
relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection
to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time,
constitute the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and
authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in
respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee
or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all
of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee.
SECTION 8.11. Appointment of Office or Agency.
The Trustee will appoint an office or agency in the City of
St. Xxxx, Minnesota where the Certificates may be surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange, and presented for final distribution, and where notices
and demands to or upon the Trustee in respect of the Certificates and this
Agreement may be served.
SECTION 8.12. Representations and Warranties of the
Trustee.
The Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Master
Servicer and the Depositor, as of the Closing Date, that:
(i) The Trustee is a national banking association duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
United States of America.
(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Trustee, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this
Agreement by the Trustee, will not violate the Trustee's articles of
association or bylaws or constitute a default (or an event which, with
notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or
result in the breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to
which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets.
(iii) The Trustee has the full power and authority to enter
into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.
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(iv) This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Master Servicer and the Depositor, constitutes a valid,
legal and binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against the
Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally,
and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(v) The Trustee is not in violation of, and its execution and
delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the
terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law,
any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation
or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory
authority, which violation, in the Trustee's good faith and reasonable
judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely either the
ability of the Trustee to perform its obligations under this Agreement
or the financial condition of the Trustee.
(vi) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Trustee's
knowledge, threatened against the Trustee which would prohibit the
Trustee from entering into this Agreement or, in the Trustee's good
faith reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect
either the ability of the Trustee to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or the financial condition of the Trustee.
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
SECTION 9.01 Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation
of All Mortgage Loans.
(a) Subject to Section 9.02, the respective obligations and
responsibilities under this Agreement of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
the Trustee (other than the obligations of the Master Servicer to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 8.05 and of the Master Servicer to provide for and the
Trustee to make payments in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests, the REMIC
II Regular Interests or the Classes of Certificates as hereinafter set forth)
shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders and the deposit of all
amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required hereunder to be so paid
or deposited on the Distribution Date coinciding with or following the earlier
to occur of (i) the purchase by the Terminator (as defined below) of all
Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the final
payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last
Mortgage Loan or REO Property remaining in REMIC I; provided, however, that in
no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. Xxxxx,
living on the date hereof. Subject to Section 3.11 hereof, the purchase by the
Terminator of all Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I
shall be at a price equal to the greater of (A) the aggregate Purchase Price of
all the Mortgage Loans included in REMIC I, plus the appraised value of each REO
Property, if any, included in REMIC I, such appraisal to be conducted by an
appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Terminator and the Trustee in their
reasonable discretion and (B) the aggregate fair market value of all of the
assets of REMIC I and the Trustee, as of the close of business on the third
Business Day next preceding the date upon which notice of any such termination
is furnished to Certificateholders pursuant to the third paragraph of this
Section 9.01); provided, however, that in the event the Majority Class CE
Certificateholder is the Terminator, and subject to Section 3.11 hereof, the
purchase by the Majority Class CE Certificateholder of all Mortgage Loans and
each REO Property remaining in REMIC I shall be at the price designated in
clause (A) above.
(b) The Majority Class CE Certificateholder shall have the
right and, to the extent the Majority Class CE Certificateholder fails to
exercise such right, the Master Servicer shall have the right (the party
exercising such right, the "Terminator"), to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans
and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I pursuant to clause (i) of the
preceding paragraph no later than the Determination Date in the month
immediately preceding the Distribution Date on which the Certificates will be
retired; provided, however, that the Terminator may elect to purchase all of the
Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I pursuant to clause (i)
above only if the sum of (A) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund at the time of
such election and (B) any amounts on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account, is
reduced to less than 10%, in the event the Majority Class CE Certificateholder
is the Terminator, or 5%, in the event the Master
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Servicer is the Terminator, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original Pre-Funded
Amount.
(c) Notice of the liquidation of the REMIC I Regular Interest
shall be given promptly by the Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed
(a) in the event such notice is given in connection with the purchase of the
Mortgage Loans and each REO Property by the Terminator, not earlier than the
15th day and not later than the 25th day of the month next preceding the month
of the final distribution on the Certificates or (b) otherwise during the month
of such final distribution on or before the Determination Date in such month, in
each case specifying (i) the Distribution Date upon which the Trust Fund will
terminate and the final payment of in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests,
the REMIC II Regular Interests and the Certificates will be made upon
presentation and surrender of the related Certificates at the office of the
Trustee therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment, (iii)
that no interest shall accrue in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests, the
REMIC II Regular Interests or the Certificates from and after the Interest
Accrual Period relating to the final Distribution Date therefor and (iv) that
the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the office of the Trustee. In the event such notice is given in
connection with the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property
remaining in REMIC I by the Terminator, the Terminator shall deliver to the
Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account not later than the last Business
Day of the month next preceding the month of the final distribution on the
Certificates an amount in immediately available funds equal to the
above-described purchase price. The Trustee shall remit to the Master Servicer
from such funds deposited in the Distribution Account (i) any amounts which the
Master Servicer would be permitted to withdraw and retain from the Collection
Account pursuant to Section 3.11 and (ii) any other amounts otherwise payable by
the Trustee to the Master Servicer from amounts on deposit in the Distribution
Account pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, in each case prior to making
any final distributions pursuant to Section 10.01(d) below. Upon certification
to the Trustee by a Servicing Officer of the making of such final deposit, the
Trustee shall promptly release to the Terminator the Mortgage Files for the
remaining Mortgage Loans, and the Trustee shall execute all assignments,
endorsements and other instruments necessary to effectuate such transfer.
(d) Upon presentation of the Certificates by the
Certificateholders on the final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute
to each Certificateholder so presenting and surrendering its Certificates the
amount otherwise distributable on such Distribution Date in accordance with
Section 4.01 in respect of the Certificates so presented and surrendered. Any
funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates being retired on
such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to
tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held in trust
and credited to the account of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders.
If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to this Section
9.01 shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after
the time specified in such notice, the Trustee shall mail a second notice to the
remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If
within one year after the second notice all such Certificates
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shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee shall, directly or
through an agent, mail a final notice to the remaining related non-tendering
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and
expenses of maintaining the funds in trust and of contacting such
Certificateholders shall be paid out of the assets remaining in the trust funds.
If within one year after the final notice any such Certificates shall not have
been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee shall pay to Salomon Brothers Inc
all such amounts, and all rights of non-tendering Certificateholders in or to
such amounts shall thereupon cease. No interest shall accrue or be payable to
any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust by the Trustee as a result of
such Certificateholder's failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final
payment thereof in accordance with this Section 9.01. Any such amounts held in
trust by the Trustee shall be held in an Eligible Account and the Trustee may
direct any depository institution maintaining such account to invest the funds
in one or more Permitted Investments. All income and gain realized from the
investment of funds deposited in such accounts held in trust by the Trustee
shall be for the benefit of the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee
shall deposit in such account the amount of any loss of principal incurred in
respect of any such Permitted Investment made with funds in such accounts
immediately upon the realization of such loss.
Immediately following the deposit of funds in trust hereunder
in respect of the Certificates, the Trust Fund shall terminate.
SECTION 9.02 Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) In the event that the Terminator purchases all the
Mortgage Loans and each REO Property or the final payment on or other
liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan or REO Property remaining in REMIC I
pursuant to Section 9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with
the following additional requirements:
(i) The Trustee shall specify the first day in the
90-day liquidation period in a statement attached to REMIC
I's, REMIC II's and REMIC III's final Tax Return pursuant to
Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-1 and shall satisfy all
requirements of a qualified liquidation under Section 860F of
the Code and any regulations thereunder, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel obtained at the expense of the Terminator;
(ii) During such 90-day liquidation period and, at or
prior to the time of making of the final payment on the
Certificates, the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of
REMIC I to the Terminator for cash; and
(iii) At the time of the making of the final payment
on the Certificates, the Trustee shall distribute or credit,
or cause to be distributed or credited, to the Holders of the
Residual Certificates all cash on hand in the Trust Fund
(other than cash retained to meet claims), and the Trust Fund
shall terminate at that time.
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(b) At the expense of the requesting Terminator (or, if the
Trust Fund is being terminated as a result of the occurrence of the event
described in clause (ii) of the first paragraph of Section 9.01, at the expense
of the Trustee without the right of reimbursement from the Trust Fund), the
Trustee shall prepare or cause to be prepared the documentation required in
connection with the adoption of a plan of liquidation of each of REMIC I , REMIC
II and REMIC III pursuant to this Section 9.02.
(c) By their acceptance of Certificates, the Holders thereof
hereby agree to authorize the Trustee to specify the 90-day liquidation period
for each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III, which authorization shall be
binding upon all successor Certificateholders.
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ARTICLE X
REMIC PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. REMIC Administration.
(a) The Trustee shall elect to treat each of REMIC I, REMIC II
and REMIC III as a REMIC under the Code and, if necessary, under applicable
state law. Each such election will be made by the Master Servicer on behalf of
the Trustee on Form 1066 or other appropriate federal tax or information return
or any appropriate state return for the taxable year ending on the last day of
the calendar year in which the Certificates are issued. For the purposes of the
REMIC election in respect of REMIC I, the REMIC I Regular Interests shall be
designated as the Regular Interests in REMIC I and the Class R-I Certificates
shall be designated as the Residual Interests in REMIC I. The REMIC II Regular
Interests shall be designated as the Regular Interests in REMIC II and the Class
R-II Certificates shall be designated as the Residual Interests in REMIC II. The
Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE Certificates
shall be designated as the Regular Interests in REMIC III and the Class R-III
Certificates shall be designated as the Residual Interests in REMIC III. The
Trustee shall not permit the creation of any "interests" in REMIC I, REMIC II or
REMIC III (within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) other than the REMIC
I Regular Interests, the REMIC II Regular Interests and the interests
represented by the Certificates.
(b) The Closing Date is hereby designated as the "Startup Day"
of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of
the Code.
(c) The Master Servicer shall pay out of its own funds,
without any right of reimbursement, any and all expenses relating to any tax
audit of the Trust Fund (including, but not limited to, any professional fees or
any administrative or judicial proceedings with respect to any REMIC I, REMIC II
or REMIC III that involve the Internal Revenue Service or state tax
authorities), other than the expense of obtaining any tax related Opinion of
Counsel except as specified herein. The Master Servicer, as agent for all of
REMIC I's REMIC II's and REMIC III's tax matters person shall (i) act on behalf
of the Trust Fund in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving any of
REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III and (ii) represent the Trust Fund in any
administrative or judicial proceeding relating to an examination or audit by any
governmental taxing authority with respect thereto. The holder of the largest
Percentage Interest of the Residual Certificates shall be designated, in the
manner provided under Treasury regulations section 1.860F-4(d) and temporary
Treasury regulations section 301.6231(a)(7)-IT, as the tax matters person of the
related REMIC created hereunder. By their acceptance thereof, the holder of the
largest Percentage Interest of the Residual Certificates hereby agrees to
irrevocably appoint the Master Servicer or an Affiliate as its agent to perform
all of the duties of the tax matters person for the Trust Fund.
(d) The Master Servicer shall prepare and the Trustee
shall sign and file all of the Tax Returns in respect of each REMIC created
hereunder. The expenses of preparing and
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filing such returns shall be borne by the Master Servicer without any right of
reimbursement therefor.
(e) The Master Servicer shall perform on behalf of each of
REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III all reporting and other tax compliance duties
that are the responsibility of such REMIC under the Code, the REMIC Provisions
or other compliance guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service or any state
or local taxing authority. Among its other duties, as required by the Code, the
REMIC Provisions or other such compliance guidance, the Master Servicer shall
provide (i) to any Transferor of a Residual Certificate such information as is
necessary for the application of any tax relating to the transfer of a Residual
Certificate to any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, (ii) to the
Certificateholders such information or reports as are required by the Code or
the REMIC Provisions including reports relating to interest, original issue
discount and market discount or premium (using the Prepayment Assumption as
required) and (iii) to the Internal Revenue Service the name, title, address and
telephone number of the person who will serve as the representative of REMIC I,
REMIC II and REMIC III. The Depositor shall provide or cause to be provided to
the Master Servicer, within ten (10) days after the Closing Date, all
information or data that the Master Servicer reasonably determines to be
relevant for tax purposes as to the valuations and issue prices of the
Certificates, including, without limitation, the price, yield, prepayment
assumption and projected cash flow of the Certificates.
(f) The Master Servicer and the Trustee shall take such action
and shall cause each REMIC created hereunder to take such action as shall be
necessary to create or maintain the status thereof as a REMIC under the REMIC
Provisions. The Master Servicer and the Trustee shall not take any action, cause
the Trust Fund to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken)
any action that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case
may be, could (i) endanger the status of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III as a
REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon the Trust Fund (including
but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in Section
860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in
Section 860G(d) of the Code) (either such event, an "Adverse REMIC Event")
unless the Trustee has received an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee
(at the expense of the party seeking to take such action but in no event at the
expense of the Trustee) to the effect that the contemplated action will not,
with respect to any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III, endanger such status or
result in the imposition of such a tax, nor shall the Master Servicer take or
fail to take any action (whether or not authorized hereunder) as to which the
Trustee has advised it in writing that it has received an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur with respect to such action;
provided that the Master Servicer may conclusively rely on such Opinion of
Counsel and shall incur no liability for its action or failure to act in
accordance with such Opinion of Counsel. In addition, prior to taking any action
with respect to any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III or the respective assets
of each, or causing REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to take any action, which is
not contemplated under the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer will
consult with the Trustee or its designee, in writing, with respect to whether
such action could cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur with respect to REMIC I,
REMIC II or REMIC III, and the Master Servicer shall not take any such action or
cause REMIC
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I, REMIC II or REMIC III to take any such action as to which the Trustee has
advised it in writing that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur; provided that the
Master Servicer may conclusively rely on such writing and shall incur no
liability for its action or failure to act in accordance with such writing. The
Trustee may consult with counsel to make such written advice, and the cost of
same shall be borne by the party seeking to take the action not permitted by
this Agreement, but in no event shall such cost be an expense of the Trustee. At
all times as may be required by the Code, the Trustee or the Master Servicer
will ensure that substantially all of the assets of both REMIC I and REMIC II
will consist of "qualified mortgages" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the
Code and "permitted investments" as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code,
to the extent such obligations are within such party's control and not otherwise
inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement.
(g) In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited
transactions" of either REMIC created hereunder as defined in Section 860F(a)(2)
of the Code, on the "net income from foreclosure property" of such REMIC as
defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contributions to any such REMIC
after the Startup Day therefor pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any
other tax is imposed by the Code or any applicable provisions of state or local
tax laws, such tax shall be charged (i) to the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.03
hereof, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Trustee of any
of its obligations under this Article X, (ii) to the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 10.03 hereof, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the
Master Servicer of any of its obligations under Article III or this Article X,
or (iii) against amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account and shall be
paid by withdrawal therefrom.
(h) On or before April 15 of each calendar year, commencing
April 15, 1998, the Master Servicer shall deliver to each Rating Agency an
Officer's Certificate of the Master Servicer stating the Master Servicer's
compliance with this Article X.
(i) The Master Servicer shall, for federal income tax
purposes, maintain books and records with respect to each of REMIC I, REMIC II
and REMIC III on a calendar year and on an accrual basis.
(j) Following the Startup Day, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee shall not accept any contributions of assets to any of REMIC I, REMIC II
or REMIC III other than in connection with any Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan delivered in accordance with Section 2.03 unless it shall have received an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the inclusion of such assets in the Trust
Fund will not cause the related REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time
that any Certificates are outstanding or subject such REMIC to any tax under the
REMIC Provisions or other applicable provisions of federal, state and local law
or ordinances.
(k) Neither the Trustee nor the Master Servicer shall enter
into any arrangement by which REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III will receive a fee
or other compensation for services nor permit either REMIC to receive any income
from assets other than "qualified mortgages" as
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defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or "permitted investments" as defined
in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.
SECTION 10.02. Prohibited Transactions and Activities.
None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee
shall sell, dispose of or substitute for any of the Mortgage Loans (except in
connection with (i) the foreclosure of a Mortgage Loan, including but not
limited to, the acquisition or sale of a Mortgaged Property acquired by deed in
lieu of foreclosure, (ii) the bankruptcy of REMIC I, (iii) the termination of
REMIC I pursuant to Article IX of this Agreement, (iv) a substitution pursuant
to Article II of this Agreement or (v) a purchase of Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Article II or III of this Agreement), nor acquire any assets for any of REMIC I,
REMIC II or REMIC III (other than REO Property acquired in respect of a
defaulted Mortgage Loan), nor sell or dispose of any investments in the
Collection Account or the Distribution Account for gain, nor accept any
contributions to any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III after the Closing Date
(other than a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan delivered in accordance with
Section 2.03), unless it has received an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the
Trustee (at the expense of the party seeking to cause such sale, disposition,
substitution, acquisition or contribution but in no event at the expense of the
Trustee) that such sale, disposition, substitution, acquisition or contribution
will not (a) affect adversely the status of any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC
III as a REMIC or (b) cause any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to be subject
to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC
Provisions.
SECTION 10.03. Master Servicer and Trustee Indemnification.
(a) The Trustee agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the
Depositor 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 this Article X.
(b) The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund,
the Depositor, and the Trustee for any taxes and costs including, without
limitation, any reasonable attorneys' fees imposed on or incurred by the Trust
Fund, the Depositor or the Trustee, as a result of a breach of the Master
Servicer's covenants set forth in Article III or this Article X.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.01. Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the
Certificateholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or defect, (ii) to correct, modify
or supplement any provisions herein (including to give effect to the
expectations of Certificateholders), or (iii) to make any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement which shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, provided that such action
shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee,
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder.
No amendment shall be deemed to adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Certificateholder who shall have consented thereto, and no
Opinion of Counsel shall be required to address the effect of any such amendment
on any such consenting Certificateholder.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i)
reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on
Mortgage Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate without
the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the Holders of any Class of Certificates in a
manner, other than as described in (i), without the consent of the Holders of
Certificates of such Class evidencing at least 66% of the Voting Rights
allocated to such Class, or (iii) modify the consents required by the
immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii) without the consent of the Holders of
all Certificates then outstanding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, for purposes of the giving or withholding of consents pursuant to
this Section 11.01, Certificates registered in the name of the Depositor or the
Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be entitled to Voting Rights with
respect to matters affecting such Certificates.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall
have first received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment will
not result in the imposition of any tax on any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III
pursuant to the REMIC Provisions or cause any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III
to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment the Trustee
shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Certificateholder.
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It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders under this Section 11.01 to approve the particular form of
any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve
the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing
the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be
subject to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
The cost of any Opinion of Counsel to be delivered pursuant to
this Section 11.01 shall be borne by the Person seeking the related amendment,
but in no event shall such Opinion of Counsel be an expense of the Trustee.
The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to enter into any
amendment pursuant to this Section that affects its rights, duties and
immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 11.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is
subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property
records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or
all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other
appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be
effected by the Master Servicer at the expense of the Certificateholders, but
only upon direction of the Trustee accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests
of the Certificateholders.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this
Agreement as herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be
executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which
counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.03. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not
operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such
Certificateholder's legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the
Trust Fund, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the
parties hereto or any of them.
No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as
expressly provided for herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation
and management of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor
shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of any of the
Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time
to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any
Certificateholder be under any liability to any third person by reason of any
action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.
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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 entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights shall have
made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or
proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the
Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses
and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 15 days
after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have
neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding. It is
understood and intended, and expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with
every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of
Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue of any
provision of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the
Holders of any other of such Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain
priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right
under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal,
ratable and common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Certificateholder
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 shall be construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties
hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
SECTION 11.05. Notices.
All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when received if personally
delivered at or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express
delivery service or delivered in any other manner specified herein, to (a) in
the case of the Depositor, Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Mortgage Finance Group (telecopy number (000) 000-0000), or such
other address or telecopy number 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, 00000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
(telecopy number: (000) 000-0000), or such other address or telecopy number as
may hereafter be furnished to the Trustee and the Depositor in writing by the
Master Servicer and (c) in the case of the Trustee, 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, 00000, Attention: Structured Finance/New Century 1997-NC4
(telecopy number (000) 000-0000), or such other address or telecopy number as
may hereafter be furnished to the Master Servicer and the Depositor in writing
by the Trustee. Any notice required or permitted to be given to a
Certificateholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the
address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so
mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given when mailed, whether or not
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the Certificateholder receives such notice. A copy of any notice required to be
telecopied hereunder also shall be mailed to the appropriate party in the manner
set forth above.
SECTION 11.06. Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then
such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from
the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and
shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of
this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
SECTION 11.07. Notice to Rating Agencies.
The Trustee shall use its best efforts promptly to provide
notice to the Rating Agencies with respect to each of the following of which it
has actual knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The occurrence of any Master Servicer Event of
Default that has not been cured or waived;
3. The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer
or the Trustee;
4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans
pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03;
5. The final payment to the Holders of any Class of
Certificates;
6. Any change in the location of the Collection Account
or the Distribution Account;
7. Any event that would result in the inability of the
Trustee to make advances regarding delinquent
Mortgage Loans; and
8. The filing of any claim under any Master Servicer's
blanket bond and errors and omissions insurance
policy required by Section 3.14 or the cancellation
or material modification of coverage under any such
instrument.
In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each Rating
Agency copies of each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.02 and
the Master Servicer shall promptly furnish to each Rating Agency copies of the
following:
1. Each annual statement as to compliance described in
Section 3.20; and
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2. Each annual independent public accountants' servicing
report described in Section 3.21.
Any such notice pursuant to this Section 11.07 shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at
or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express delivery service
to Fitch Investors Service, Inc., Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, and to Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, 00 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or such other addresses as the Rating Agencies may
designate in writing to the parties hereto.
SECTION 11.08. Article and Section References.
All article and section references used in this Agreement,
unless otherwise provided, are to articles and sections in this Agreement.
SECTION 11.09. Grant of Security Interest.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee be, and be
construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor and not a pledge of
the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to secure a debt or other obligation of the
Depositor. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the aforementioned intent
of the parties, the Mortgage Loans are held to be property of the Depositor,
then, (a) it is the express intent of the parties that such conveyance be deemed
a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee to secure a debt
or other obligation of the Depositor and (b)(1) this Agreement shall also be
deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York;
(2) the conveyance provided for in Section 2.01 hereof shall be deemed to be a
grant by the Depositor to the Trustee of a security interest in all of the
Depositor's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and all
amounts payable to the holders of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
terms thereof and all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of
the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other property, including
without limitation all amounts, other than investment earnings, from time to
time held or invested in the Collection Account and the Distribution Account,
whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other property; (3) the
obligations secured by such security agreement shall be deemed to be all of the
Depositor's obligations under this Agreement, including the obligation to
provide to the Certificateholders the benefits of this Agreement relating to the
Mortgage Loans and the Trust Fund; and (4) notifications to persons holding such
property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding
such property, shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or
confirmations from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable)
of the Trustee for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under
applicable law. Accordingly, the Depositor hereby grants to the Trustee a
security interest in the Mortgage Loans and all other property described in
clause (2) of the preceding sentence, for the purpose of securing to the Trustee
the performance by the Depositor of the obligations described in clause (3) of
the preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto intend
the conveyance
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pursuant to Section 2.01 to be a true, absolute and unconditional sale of the
Mortgage Loans and assets constituting the Trust Fund by the Depositor to the
Trustee.
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, in each case as of the day and year first above
written.
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION
as Master Servicer
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the _____ day of August 1997, before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, known to me to be an
Assistant Vice President of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., one
of the corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to
be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to
me that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
On the _____ day of August 1997, before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, known to me to be Chief
Executive Officer of New Century Mortgage 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.
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Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF XXXXXX )
On the _____ day of August 1997, before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared Xxx X. Xxxxxx, known to me to be a Vice
President of First Trust National Association, one of the corporations that
executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
EXHIBIT A-1
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 (THE "CODE").
Series 1997-NC4, Class A
Variable Pass-Through Rate
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and Cut-off Date: August 1, 1997
First Distribution Date:
September 25, 1997
No. ___
Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class A Certificates as of the Issue Date:
$------------------
Denomination: $_____________
Master Servicer:
New Century Mortgage Corporation
Trustee: First Trust National Association
Issue Date: August 27, 1997
CUSIP: 79548K _____
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE.
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ASSET-BACKED FLOATING RATE CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family first
mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE MASTER SERVICER,
THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY
AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _____________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates as of
the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all
the Class A Certificates in REMIC III created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of
which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate
is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record Date"), in an amount equal
to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the
amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class A Certificates on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class A Certificates the
aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the
lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by
first class mail to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and
address shall appear on the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the
final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the
Trustee of the pendency of such distribution
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and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or
agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the One-Month LIBOR plus
0.26%, in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
Distribution Date on which the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans
is reduced to less than 10% of the sum of the aggregate principal balance of the
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original Pre-Funded
Amount, or One-Month LIBOR plus 0.52% per annum, in the case of any Distribution
Date thereafter, and (ii) the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution
Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one
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or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and any
agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them
pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or
other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage
Loan remaining in REMIC I, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10%, in the event the majority holder of the Class CE Certificates exercises
such option, or less than 5%, in the event the Master Servicer exercises such
option, of the sum of the aggregate principal balance of the Initial Mortgage
Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original PreFunded Amount.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: August 27, 1997
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Signatory
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
-------------
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right -------------------
if survivorship and not as (State)
tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto -----------------------------------------------------------
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(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed
Floating Rate Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer
of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:--------------------------
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Dated:
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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 -------------------------------------------------
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for the account of -------------------------------------, account number
-------------------------------------, or, if mailed by check,
to --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Applicable statements should be mailed to -------------------------------------
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This information is provided by , the assignee named above,
or -----------------------------------------------------, as its agent.
EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A
CERTIFICATES AND THE RESIDUAL CERTIFICATES TO THE
EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT (EACH A
"PLAN") SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974,
AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR THE CODE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS AS DESCRIBED HEREIN.
Series 1997-NC4, Class M-1
Variable Pass-Through Rate
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and Cut-off Date: August 1, 1997
First Distribution Date:
September 25, 1997
No. ___
Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-1 Certificates as of the Issue
Date: $__________________
Denomination: $_____________
Master Servicer:
New Century Mortgage Corporation
Trustee: First Trust National Association
Issue Date: August 27, 1997
CUSIP: 79548K ____
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE.
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ASSET-BACKED FLOATING RATE CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family first
mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE MASTER SERVICER,
THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY
AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _____________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-1 Certificates in REMIC III created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of
which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate
is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record Date"), in an amount equal
to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the
amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class M-1 Certificates on
such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class M-1 Certificates the
aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the
lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by
first class mail to the address of the Person
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entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate
Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the One-Month LIBOR plus
0.45%, in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
Distribution Date on which the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans
is reduced to less than 10% of the sum of the aggregate principal balance of the
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original Pre-Funded
Amount, or One-Month LIBOR plus 0.68% per annum, in the case of any Distribution
Date thereafter, and (ii) the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution
Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
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below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
Any Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, any
Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any person
using Plan Assets to acquire this Certificate will be deemed to have represented
that such acquisition is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute
or result in any non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code, will not subject the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
the Trust Fund to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the
Agreement and the following conditions are met: (i) the source of funds used to
purchase this Certificate is an "insurance company general account" (as such
term is defined in XXXX 00-00), (xx) the conditions set forth in Sections I and
III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied and (iii) there is no Plan with respect to
which the amount of such general account's reserves and liabilities for
contracts held by or on behalf of such Plan and all other Plans maintained by
the same employer (or any "affiliate" thereof, as defined in PTCE 95-60) or by
the same employee organization exceed 10% of the total of all reserves and
liabilities of such general account (as determined under PTCE 95-60) as of the
date of the acquisition of this Certificate. This deemed representation will not
be required in connection with the initial transfer of this Certificate by the
Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any
affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is
not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Trustee shall be entitled
to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the
Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of
such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and any
agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by or on behalf of
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the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following
the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with
respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in REMIC I, and (ii) the
purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a price determined as
provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage Loans and all
property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement permits, but
does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase from REMIC I
all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan
at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise of such right
will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such right to
purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans at the time of purchase being less than 10%, in the event the majority
holder of the Class CE Certificates exercises such option, or less than 5%, in
the event the Master Servicer exercises such option, of the sum of the aggregate
principal balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the
Original PreFunded Amount.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: August 27, 1997
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class M-1 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Signatory
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
-------------
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right -------------------
if survivorship and not as (State)
tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto -----------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed
Floating Rate Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer
of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
Dated:
-------------------------------------
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
-------------------------------------
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to -------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
for the account of -------------------------------------, account number
-------------------------------------, or, if mailed by check,
to --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
Applicable statements should be mailed to -------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
This information is provided by , the assignee named above,
or -----------------------------------------------------, as its agent.
EXHIBIT A-3
FORM OF CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS
M-1 CERTIFICATES AND THE RESIDUAL CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED
IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT (EACH A
"PLAN") SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974,
AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR THE CODE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS AS DESCRIBED HEREIN.
Series 1997-NC4, Class M-2
Variable Pass-Through Rate
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and Cut-off Date: August 1, 1997
First Distribution Date:
September 25, 1997
No. ___
Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-2 Certificates as of the Issue
Date: $__________________
Denomination: $_____________
Master Servicer:
New Century Mortgage Corporation
Trustee: First Trust National Association
Issue Date: August 27, 1997
CUSIP: 79548K _____
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE.
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ASSET-BACKED FLOATING RATE CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family first
mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE MASTER SERVICER,
THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY
AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _____________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-2 Certificates in REMIC III created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of
which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate
is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record Date"), in an amount equal
to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the
amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class M-2 Certificates on
such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class M-2 Certificates the
aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the
lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by
first class mail to the address of the Person
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entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate
Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the One-Month LIBOR plus
0.70%, in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
Distribution Date on which the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans
is reduced to less than 10% of the sum of the aggregate principal balance of the
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original Pre-Funded
Amount, or One-Month LIBOR plus 1.05% per annum, in the case of any Distribution
Date thereafter, and (ii) the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution
Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
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below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
Any Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, any
Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any person
using Plan Assets to acquire this Certificate will be deemed to have represented
that such acquisition is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute
or result in any non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code, will not subject the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
the Trust Fund to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the
Agreement and the following conditions are met: (i) the source of funds used to
purchase this Certificate is an "insurance company general account" (as such
term is defined in XXXX 00-00), (xx) the conditions set forth in Sections I and
III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied and (iii) there is no Plan with respect to
which the amount of such general account's reserves and liabilities for
contracts held by or on behalf of such Plan and all other Plans maintained by
the same employer (or any "affiliate" thereof, as defined in PTCE 95-60) or by
the same employee organization exceed 10% of the total of all reserves and
liabilities of such general account (as determined under PTCE 95-60) as of the
date of the acquisition of this Certificate. This deemed representation will not
be required in connection with the initial transfer of this Certificate by the
Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any
affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is
not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Trustee shall be entitled
to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the
Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of
such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and any
agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by or on behalf of
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the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following
the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with
respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in REMIC I, and (ii) the
purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a price determined as
provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage Loans and all
property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement permits, but
does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase from REMIC I
all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan
at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise of such right
will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such right to
purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans at the time of purchase being less than 10%, in the event the majority
holder of the Class CE Certificates exercises such option, or less than 5%, in
the event the Master Servicer exercises such option, of the sum of the aggregate
principal balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the
Original PreFunded Amount.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: August 27, 1997
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class M-2 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Signatory
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
-------------
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right -------------------
if survivorship and not as (State)
tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto -----------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed
Floating Rate Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer
of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
Dated:
-------------------------------------
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
-------------------------------------
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to -------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
for the account of -------------------------------------, account number
-------------------------------------, or, if mailed by check,
to --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
Applicable statements should be mailed to -------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
This information is provided by , the assignee named above,
or -----------------------------------------------------, as its agent.
EXHIBIT A-4
FORM OF CLASS M-3 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS
M-1 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATES AND THE RESIDUAL
CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT (EACH A
"PLAN") SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974,
AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR THE CODE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS AS DESCRIBED HEREIN.
Series 1997-NC4, Class M-3
Variable Pass-Through Rate
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and Cut-off Date: August 1, 1997
First Distribution Date:
September 25, 1997
No. ___
Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-3 Certificates as of the Issue
Date: $__________________
Denomination: $_____________
Master Servicer:
New Century Mortgage Corporation
Trustee: First Trust National Association
Issue Date: August 27, 1997
CUSIP: 79548K ____
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE.
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ASSET-BACKED FLOATING RATE CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family first
mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE MASTER SERVICER,
THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY
AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _____________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-3 Certificates in REMIC III created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of
which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate
is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record Date"), in an amount equal
to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the
amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class M-3 Certificates on
such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class M-3 Certificates the
aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the
lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by
first class mail to the address of the Person
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entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate
Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the One-Month LIBOR plus
1.10%, in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
Distribution Date on which the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans
is reduced to less than 10% of the sum of the aggregate principal balance of the
Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original Pre-Funded
Amount, or One-Month LIBOR plus 1.65% per annum, in the case of any Distribution
Date thereafter, and (ii) the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution
Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
-3-
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
Any Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, any
Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any person
using Plan Assets to acquire this Certificate will be deemed to have represented
that such acquisition is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute
or result in any non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code, will not subject the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
the Trust Fund to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the
Agreement and the following conditions are met: (i) the source of funds used to
purchase this Certificate is an "insurance company general account" (as such
term is defined in XXXX 00-00), (xx) the conditions set forth in Sections I and
III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied and (iii) there is no Plan with respect to
which the amount of such general account's reserves and liabilities for
contracts held by or on behalf of such Plan and all other Plans maintained by
the same employer (or any "affiliate" thereof, as defined in PTCE 95-60) or by
the same employee organization exceed 10% of the total of all reserves and
liabilities of such general account (as determined under PTCE 95-60) as of the
date of the acquisition of this Certificate. This deemed representation will not
be required in connection with the initial transfer of this Certificate by the
Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any
affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is
not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Trustee shall be entitled
to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the
Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of
such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and any
agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by or on behalf of
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the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement following
the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with
respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in REMIC I, and (ii) the
purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a price determined as
provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage Loans and all
property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement permits, but
does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase from REMIC I
all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan
at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise of such right
will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such right to
purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans at the time of purchase being less than 10%, in the event the majority
holder of the Class CE Certificates exercises such option, or less than 5%, in
the event the Master Servicer exercises such option, of the sum of the aggregate
principal balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the
Original PreFunded Amount.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: August 27, 1997
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class M-3 Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Signatory
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
-------------
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right -------------------
if survivorship and not as (State)
tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto -----------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed
Floating Rate Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer
of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
Dated:
-------------------------------------
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
-------------------------------------
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to -------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
for the account of -------------------------------------, account number
-------------------------------------, or, if mailed by check,
to --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
Applicable statements should be mailed to -------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
This information is provided by , the assignee named above,
or -----------------------------------------------------, as its agent.
EXHIBIT A-5
FORM OF CLASS CE CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT", AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF
APPLYING THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID")
RULES TO THIS CERTIFICATE. THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS AUGUST
27, 1997. BASED ON THE OID REGULATIONS AND ASSUMING THAT THE MORTGAGE
LOANS PREPAY AT 25% CONSTANT PREPAYMENT RATE, USED SOLELY FOR THE
PURPOSES OF APPLYING THE OID RULES TO THE CERTIFICATES (THE "PREPAYMENT
ASSUMPTION"), THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH NO MORE THAN
$______ OF OID PER $100,000 OF INITIAL NOTIONAL AMOUNT, THE YIELD TO
MATURITY IS ______% AND THE AMOUNT OF OID ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE INITIAL
ACCRUAL PERIOD IS NO MORE THAN $____ PER $100,000 OF INITIAL NOTIONAL
AMOUNT, COMPUTED UNDER THE EXACT METHOD. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT
THE MORTGAGE LOANS WILL PREPAY AT A RATE BASED ON THE PREPAYMENT
ASSUMPTION OR AT ANY OTHER RATE.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES, THE
MEZZANINE CERTIFICATES AND THE RESIDUAL CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT
DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
THE AGREEMENT.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT (EACH A "PLAN")
SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR THE CODE WILL BE
REGISTERED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES
DESCRIBED HEREIN.
Series 1997-NC4, Class CE
Variable Pass-Through Rate
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and Cut-off Date: August 1, 1997
First Distribution Date:
September 25, 1997
No. ___
Aggregate Notional Amount of the Class
CE Certificates as of the Issue Date:
$------------------
Notional Amount: $_________________
Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class CE Certificates as of the Issue
Date: $__________________
Denomination: $_____________
Master Servicer:
New Century Mortgage Corporation
Trustee: First Trust National Association
Issue Date: August 27, 1997
DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE.
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ASSET-BACKED FLOATING RATE CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family first
mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE MASTER SERVICER,
THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY
AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _____________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class CE Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class CE Certificates in REMIC III created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of
which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate
is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record Date"), in an amount equal
to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the
amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class CE Certificates on
such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class CE Certificates the
aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the
lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class CE Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by
first class mail to the address of the Person
-2-
entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate
Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are
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exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.
No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and an effective
registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made
in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In
the event that such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without
registration or qualification, the Trustee shall require receipt of (i) if such
transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933
Act, written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to
effect the transfer, and from such Holder's prospective transferee,
substantially in the forms attached to the Agreement as Exhibit F-1, and (ii) in
all other cases, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may
be made without such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee or
the Master Servicer in their respective capacities as such), together with
copies of the written certification(s) of the Holder of the Certificate desiring
to effect the transfer and/or such Holder's prospective transferee upon which
such Opinion of Counsel is based. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee is
obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof under the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any action not
otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such
Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Holder desiring to
effect a transfer of this Certificate shall be required to indemnify the
Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer against any liability that may
result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such
federal and state laws.
No transfer of this Certificate or any interest herein shall
be made to any Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, any Person
acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person
acquiring such Certificates with "Plan Assets" of a Plan within the meaning of
the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3- 101
("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the
Subservicer (if Advanta is the Subservicer) are provided with an Opinion of
Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Master Servicer and the Subservicer (if Advanta is the Subservicer) that the
purchase of this Certificate is permissible under applicable law, will not
constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any
subservicer, the Trustee or the Trust Fund to any obligation or liability
(including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code)
in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall
not be an expense of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any subservicer, the
Trustee or the Trust Fund. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any
Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person
acquiring this Certificate with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a
certification in the form of Exhibit G to the Agreement (or other form
acceptable to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the
Subservicer (if Advanta is the Subservicer), which the Trustee may rely upon
without further inquiry or investigation. In the absence of its having received
the Opinion of Counsel
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or certification contemplated by this paragraph, the Trustee shall require the
prospective transferee of this Certificate to certify that it is not an employee
benefit plan subject to ERISA or the Code, a Person acting, directly or
indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring this Certificate
with Plan Assets. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be
required in connection with the initial transfer of this Certificate by the
Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any
affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is
not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Trustee shall
be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request
of the Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the
status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and any
agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them
pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or
other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage
Loan remaining in REMIC I, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10%, in the event the majority holder of the Class CE Certificates exercises
such option, or less than 5%, in the event the Master Servicer exercises such
option, of the sum of the aggregate principal balance of the Initial Mortgage
Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original PreFunded Amount.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: August 27, 1997
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class CE Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Signatory
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
-------------
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right -------------------
if survivorship and not as (State)
tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto -----------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed
Floating Rate Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer
of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
Dated:
-------------------------------------
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
-------------------------------------
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to -------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
for the account of -------------------------------------, account number
-------------------------------------, or, if mailed by check,
to --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
Applicable statements should be mailed to -------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
This information is provided by , the assignee named above,
or -----------------------------------------------------, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT A-6
FORM OF CLASS R-I CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON-
UNITED STATES PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT"
("REMIC"), AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G
AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS
AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (I) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE
TRUSTEE THAT (A) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (1) THE UNITED STATES OR ANY
POSSESSION THEREOF, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, (2) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER
THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) THAT IS EXEMPT
FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION
IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE CODE, (3) ANY
ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH
PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (1), (2) OR (3) SHALL
HEREINAFTER BE REFERRED TO AS A "DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION") OR (4) AN
AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND (B) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH
TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX, AND (II)
SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
REGISTRATION IN THE CERTIFICATE REGISTER OF ANY
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TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION,
SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT
WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A
CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH HOLDER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED
TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ANY
PERSON THAT IS A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS PROHIBITED FROM ACQUIRING
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF THIS CERTIFICATE.
Series 1997-NC4, Class R-I
Variable Pass-Through Rate
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and Cut-off Date: August 1, 1997
First Distribution Date:
September 25, 1997
No. ___
Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class R-I Certificates as of the Issue
Date: $100.00
Denomination: $100.00
Master Servicer:
New Century Mortgage Corporation
Trustee: First Trust National Association
Issue Date: August 27, 1997
CUSIP: 79548K ____
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ASSET-BACKED FLOATING RATE CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family first
mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE MASTER SERVICER,
THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY
AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _____________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class R-I Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class R-I Certificates in REMIC I created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of
which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate
is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record Date"), in an amount equal
to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the
amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class R-I Certificates on
such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class R-I Certificates the
aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the
lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class R-I Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by
first class mail to the address of the Person
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entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate
Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are
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exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.
No transfer of this Certificate or any interest herein shall
be made to any Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, any Person
acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person
acquiring such Certificates with "Plan Assets" of a Plan within the meaning of
the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3- 101
("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the
Subservicer (if Advanta is the Subservicer) are provided with an Opinion of
Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Master Servicer and the Subservicer (if Advanta is the Subservicer) that the
purchase of this Certificate is permissible under applicable law, will not
constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any
subservicer, the Trustee or the Trust Fund to any obligation or liability
(including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code)
in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall
not be an expense of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any subservicer, the
Trustee or the Trust Fund. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any
Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person
acquiring this Certificate with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a
certification in the form of Exhibit G to the Agreement (or other form
acceptable to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the
Subservicer (if Advanta is the Subservicer), which the Trustee may rely upon
without further inquiry or investigation. In the absence of its having received
the Opinion of Counsel or certification contemplated by this paragraph, the
Trustee shall require the prospective transferee of this Certificate to certify
that it is not an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or the Code, a Person
acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person
acquiring this Certificate with Plan Assets. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a
certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of this
Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case,
the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented
that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan)
and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation
(which, upon the request of the Trustee, shall be a written representation) from
the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
Prior to registration of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of this Certificate, the proposed transferee shall provide to the
Trustee (i) an affidavit to the effect that such transferee is any Person other
than a Disqualified Organization or the agent (including a broker, nominee or
middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, and (ii) a certificate that
acknowledges that (A) the Class R-I Certificates have been designated as a
residual interest in a REMIC, (B) it will include in its income a PRO RATA share
of the net income of the Trust Fund and that such income may be an "excess
inclusion," as defined in the Code, that, with certain exceptions, cannot be
offset by other losses or benefits from any tax exemption, and (C) it expects to
have the financial means to satisfy all of its tax obligations including those
relating to holding the Class R-I Certificates. Notwithstanding the registration
in the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale or other disposition of this
Certificate to a Disqualified
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Organization or an agent (including a broker, nominee or middleman) of a
Disqualified Organization, such registration shall be deemed to be of no legal
force or effect whatsoever and such Person shall not be deemed to be a
Certificateholder for any purpose, including, but not limited to, the receipt of
distributions in respect of this Certificate.
The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, shall be
deemed to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of the Agreement and
to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel of the Depositor
to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person other than a
Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust Fund to cease
to qualify as a REMIC or cause the imposition of a tax upon the REMIC.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and any
agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them
pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or
other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage
Loan remaining in REMIC I, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10%, in the event the majority holder of the Class CE Certificates exercises
such option, or less than 5%, in the event the Master Servicer exercises such
option, of the sum of the aggregate principal balance of the Initial Mortgage
Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original PreFunded Amount.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: August 27, 1997
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class R-I Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Signatory
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
-------------
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right -------------------
if survivorship and not as (State)
tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto -----------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed
Floating Rate Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer
of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:--------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
Dated:
-------------------------------------
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
-------------------------------------
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to -------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
for the account of -------------------------------------, account number
-------------------------------------, or, if mailed by check,
to --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
Applicable statements should be mailed to -------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
This information is provided by , the assignee named above,
or -----------------------------------------------------, as its agent.
EXHIBIT A-7
FORM OF CLASS R-II CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON-
UNITED STATES PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT"
("REMIC"), AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G
AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS
AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (I) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE
TRUSTEE THAT (A) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (1) THE UNITED STATES OR ANY
POSSESSION THEREOF, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, (2) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER
THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) THAT IS EXEMPT
FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION
IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE CODE, (3) ANY
ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH
PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (1), (2) OR (3) SHALL
HEREINAFTER BE REFERRED TO AS A "DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION") OR (4) AN
AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND (B) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH
TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX, AND (II)
SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
REGISTRATION IN THE CERTIFICATE REGISTER OF ANY
TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION,
SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT
WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A
CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH HOLDER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED
TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ANY
PERSON THAT IS A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS PROHIBITED FROM ACQUIRING
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF THIS CERTIFICATE.
Series 1997-NC4, Class R-II
Variable Pass-Through Rate
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and Cut-off Date: August 1, 1997
First Distribution Date:
September 25, 1997
No. ___
Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class R-II Certificates as of the Issue
Date: $100.00
Denomination: $100.00
Master Servicer:
New Century Mortgage Corporation
Trustee: First Trust National Association
Issue Date: August 27, 1997
CUSIP: 79548K ____
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ASSET-BACKED FLOATING RATE CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family first
mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE MASTER SERVICER,
THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY
AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _____________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class R-II Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class R-II Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of
which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate
is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record Date"), in an amount equal
to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the
amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class R-II Certificates on
such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class R-II Certificates the
aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the
lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class R-II Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed
by first class mail to the address of the Person
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entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate
Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are
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exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.
No transfer of this Certificate or any interest herein shall
be made to any Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, any Person
acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person
acquiring such Certificates with "Plan Assets" of a Plan within the meaning of
the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3- 101
("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the
Subservicer (if Advanta is the Subservicer) are provided with an Opinion of
Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Master Servicer and the Subservicer (if Advanta is the Subservicer) that the
purchase of this Certificate is permissible under applicable law, will not
constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any
subservicer, the Trustee or the Trust Fund to any obligation or liability
(including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code)
in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall
not be an expense of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any subservicer, the
Trustee or the Trust Fund. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any
Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person
acquiring this Certificate with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a
certification in the form of Exhibit G to the Agreement (or other form
acceptable to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the
Subservicer (if Advanta is the Subservicer), which the Trustee may rely upon
without further inquiry or investigation. In the absence of its having received
the Opinion of Counsel or certification contemplated by this paragraph, the
Trustee shall require the prospective transferee of this Certificate to certify
that it is not an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or the Code, a Person
acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person
acquiring this Certificate with Plan Assets. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a
certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of this
Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case,
the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented
that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan)
and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation
(which, upon the request of the Trustee, shall be a written representation) from
the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
Prior to registration of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of this Certificate, the proposed transferee shall provide to the
Trustee (i) an affidavit to the effect that such transferee is any Person other
than a Disqualified Organization or the agent (including a broker, nominee or
middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, and (ii) a certificate that
acknowledges that (A) the Class R-II Certificates have been designated as a
residual interest in a REMIC, (B) it will include in its income a PRO RATA share
of the net income of the Trust Fund and that such income may be an "excess
inclusion," as defined in the Code, that, with certain exceptions, cannot be
offset by other losses or benefits from any tax exemption, and (C) it expects to
have the financial means to satisfy all of its tax obligations including those
relating to holding the Class R-II Certificates. Notwithstanding the
registration in the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of this Certificate to a Disqualified
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Organization or an agent (including a broker, nominee or middleman) of a
Disqualified Organization, such registration shall be deemed to be of no legal
force or effect whatsoever and such Person shall not be deemed to be a
Certificateholder for any purpose, including, but not limited to, the receipt of
distributions in respect of this Certificate.
The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, shall be
deemed to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of the Agreement and
to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel of the Depositor
to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person other than a
Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust Fund to cease
to qualify as a REMIC or cause the imposition of a tax upon the REMIC.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and any
agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them
pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or
other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage
Loan remaining in REMIC I, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10%, in the event the majority holder of the Class CE Certificates exercises
such option, or less than 5%, in the event the Master Servicer exercises such
option, of the sum of the aggregate principal balance of the Initial Mortgage
Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original PreFunded Amount.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: August 27, 1997
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class R-II Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
-------------
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right -------------------
if survivorship and not as (State)
tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto -----------------------------------------------------------
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(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed
Floating Rate Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer
of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:--------------------------
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Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
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Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to -------------------------------------------------
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for the account of -------------------------------------, account number
-------------------------------------, or, if mailed by check,
to --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Applicable statements should be mailed to -------------------------------------
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This information is provided by , the assignee named above,
or -----------------------------------------------------, as its agent.
EXHIBIT A-8
FORM OF CLASS R-III CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON-
UNITED STATES PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT"
("REMIC"), AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G
AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS
AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (I) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE
TRUSTEE THAT (A) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (1) THE UNITED STATES OR ANY
POSSESSION THEREOF, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, (2) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER
THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) THAT IS EXEMPT
FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION
IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE CODE, (3) ANY
ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH
PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (1), (2) OR (3) SHALL
HEREINAFTER BE REFERRED TO AS A "DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION") OR (4) AN
AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND (B) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH
TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX, AND (II)
SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
REGISTRATION IN THE CERTIFICATE REGISTER OF ANY
TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO A
DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION,
SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT
WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A
CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH HOLDER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED
TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. ANY
PERSON THAT IS A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS PROHIBITED FROM ACQUIRING
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF THIS CERTIFICATE.
Series 1997-NC4, Class R-III
Variable Pass-Through Rate
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and Cut-off Date: August 1, 1997
First Distribution Date:
September 25, 1997
No. ___
Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class R-III Certificates as of the Issue
Date: $100.00
Denomination: $100.00
Master Servicer:
New Century Mortgage Corporation
Trustee: First Trust National Association
Issue Date: August 27, 1997
CUSIP: 79548K ____
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ASSET-BACKED FLOATING RATE CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family first
mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., THE MASTER SERVICER,
THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY
AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This certifies that _____________ is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class R-III Certificates
as of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class R-III Certificates in REMIC III created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of
which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate
is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record Date"), in an amount equal
to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the
amount required to be distributed to the Holders of Class R-III Certificates on
such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Class R-III Certificates the
aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of which is in excess of the
lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class R-III Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed
by first class mail to the address of the Person
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entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate
Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate
will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation
of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the
amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are
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exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.
No transfer of this Certificate or any interest herein shall
be made to any Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, any Person
acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person
acquiring such Certificates with "Plan Assets" of a Plan within the meaning of
the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3- 101
("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the
Subservicer (if Advanta is the Subservicer) are provided with an Opinion of
Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Master Servicer and the Subservicer (if Advanta is the Subservicer) that the
purchase of this Certificate is permissible under applicable law, will not
constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any
subservicer, the Trustee or the Trust Fund to any obligation or liability
(including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code)
in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall
not be an expense of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any subservicer, the
Trustee or the Trust Fund. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any
Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person
acquiring this Certificate with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a
certification in the form of Exhibit G to the Agreement (or other form
acceptable to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the
Subservicer (if Advanta is the Subservicer), which the Trustee may rely upon
without further inquiry or investigation. In the absence of its having received
the Opinion of Counsel or certification contemplated by this paragraph, the
Trustee shall require the prospective transferee of this Certificate to certify
that it is not an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or the Code, a Person
acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person
acquiring this Certificate with Plan Assets. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a
certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of this
Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case,
the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented
that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan)
and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation
(which, upon the request of the Trustee, shall be a written representation) from
the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
Prior to registration of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of this Certificate, the proposed transferee shall provide to the
Trustee (i) an affidavit to the effect that such transferee is any Person other
than a Disqualified Organization or the agent (including a broker, nominee or
middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, and (ii) a certificate that
acknowledges that (A) the Class R-III Certificates have been designated as a
residual interest in a REMIC, (B) it will include in its income a PRO RATA share
of the net income of the Trust Fund and that such income may be an "excess
inclusion," as defined in the Code, that, with certain exceptions, cannot be
offset by other losses or benefits from any tax exemption, and (C) it expects to
have the financial means to satisfy all of its tax obligations including those
relating to holding the Class R-III Certificates. Notwithstanding the
registration in the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of this Certificate to a Disqualified
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Organization or an agent (including a broker, nominee or middleman) of a
Disqualified Organization, such registration shall be deemed to be of no legal
force or effect whatsoever and such Person shall not be deemed to be a
Certificateholder for any purpose, including, but not limited to, the receipt of
distributions in respect of this Certificate.
The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, shall be
deemed to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of the Agreement and
to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel of the Depositor
to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person other than a
Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust Fund to cease
to qualify as a REMIC or cause the imposition of a tax upon the REMIC.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and any
agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required to be paid to them
pursuant to the Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or
other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage
Loan remaining in REMIC I, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10%, in the event the majority holder of the Class CE Certificates exercises
such option, or less than 5%, in the event the Master Servicer exercises such
option, of the sum of the aggregate principal balance of the Initial Mortgage
Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original PreFunded Amount.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
-5-
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: August 27, 1997
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class R-III Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - CUSTODIAN
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(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right -------------------
if survivorship and not as (State)
tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto -----------------------------------------------------------
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(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)
a Percentage Interest equal to ____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed
Floating Rate Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer
of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee
and deliver such Certificate to the following address:--------------------------
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Dated:
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Signature by or on behalf of assignor
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Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to -------------------------------------------------
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for the account of -------------------------------------, account number
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to --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Applicable statements should be mailed to -------------------------------------
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This information is provided by , the assignee named above,
or -----------------------------------------------------, as its agent.
EXHIBIT B
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT C-1
FORM OF TRUSTEE'S INITIAL CERTIFICATION
[Date]
Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc.
Seven Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
[Master Servicer]
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Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 1997,
among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.,
New Century Mortgage Corporation and First Trust
National Association Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates,
Series 1997-N4
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Attached is the Trustee's preliminary exceptions in accordance with
Section 2.02 of the referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to: (i)
the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any of the
documents contained in the Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (ii) the collectability, insurability,
effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan, or (iii) whether any
Mortgage File included any of the documents specified in clause (v) of Section
2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:-----------------------------------
Name:---------------------------------
Title:--------------------------------
EXHIBIT C-2
FORM OF TRUSTEE FINAL CERTIFICATION
[Date]
Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc.
Seven Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
[Master Servicer]
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Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 1997,
among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.,
New Century Mortgage Corporation and First Trust
National Association Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates,
Series 1997-NC4
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Trustee, hereby certifies that as to
each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage
Loan paid in full or listed on the attachment hereto), it or a Custodian on its
behalf has received:
(i) the original recorded Mortgage, and the original recorded
power of attorney, if the Mortgage was executed pursuant to a power of
attorney, or a certified copy thereof in those instances where the
public recording office retains the original or where the original has
been lost; and
(ii) an original recorded Assignment of the Mortgage to the
Trustee together with the original recorded Assignment or Assignments
of the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from the
originator, or a certified copy of such Assignments in those instances
where the public recording retains the original or where original has
been lost;
(iii) the original lender's title insurance policy; and
(iv) the original Primary Insurance Policy for each Mortgage Loan
indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a Loan-to-Value Ratio
at origination in excess of 80%.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no
representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability
or genuineness of any of the documents contained in the Mortgage File of any of
the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the
collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage
Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:-------------------------------------
Name:-----------------------------------
Title:----------------------------------
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This is a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (this "Agreement"),
dated August 26, 1997, between Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser") and New Century Mortgage Corporation, a
California corporation (the "Seller").
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Seller intends to sell the Mortgage Loans (as hereinafter
identified) to the Purchaser on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement. The Purchaser intends to deposit the Mortgage Loans
into a mortgage pool comprising the Trust Fund. The Trust Fund will be evidenced
by a single series of asset-backed floating rate certificates designated as
Series 1997-NC4 (the "Certificates"). The Certificates will consist of eight
classes of certificates. The Class CE Certificates, the Class R-I Certificates,
the Class RII Certificates and the Class R-III Certificates (collectively, the
"New Century Certificates") will be delivered to the Seller as partial
consideration for the Mortgage Loans as further described below. The
Certificates will be issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated
as of August 1, 1997 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the
Purchaser as depositor, the Seller as master servicer (in such capacity, the
"Master Servicer") and First Trust National Association as trustee (the
"Trustee"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE. The Seller agrees to sell,
and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, on or before August 27, 1997 (the "Closing
Date"), certain conventional, one- to four-family, adjustable-rate residential
mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans"), having an aggregate principal balance as
of the close of business on August 1, 1997 (the "Cut-off Date") of approximately
$210,149,998 (the "Closing Balance"), after giving effect to all payments due on
the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date, whether or not received.
SECTION 2. MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE. The Purchaser and the
Seller have agreed upon which of the mortgage loans owned by the Seller are to
be purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement and the Seller will
prepare or cause to be prepared on or prior to the Closing Date a final schedule
(the "Closing Schedule") that shall describe such Mortgage Loans and set forth
all of the Mortgage Loans to be purchased under this Agreement. The Closing
Schedule will conform to the requirements set forth in this Agreement and to the
definition of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. The Closing Schedule shall be used as the Mortgage Loan Schedule
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3. CONSIDERATION.
(a) In consideration for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased
hereunder, the Purchaser shall, as described in Section 8, (i) pay to or upon
the order of the Seller in immediately available funds an amount (the "Purchase
Price") equal to approximately 99.75% times the initial Certificate Balance of
the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates and (ii) deliver the New
Century Certificates to the Seller.
(b) The Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of
the Purchaser shall be entitled to all scheduled payments of principal due after
the Cut-off Date, all other payments of principal due and collected after the
Cut-off Date, and all payments of interest on the Mortgage Loans allocable to
the period after the Cut-off Date. All scheduled payments of principal and
interest due on or before the Cut-off Date and collected after the Cut-off Date
shall belong to the Seller.
(c) Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Purchaser will assign all of its right, title and interest in and to the
Mortgage Loans, together with its rights under this Agreement, to the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 4. TRANSFER OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS.
(a) POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES. The Seller does hereby sell,
transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Purchaser, without recourse but
subject to the terms of this Agreement, all of its right, title and interest in,
to and under the Mortgage Loans. The contents of each Mortgage File not
delivered to the Purchaser or to any assignee, transferee or designee of the
Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date are and shall be held in trust by the
Seller for the benefit of the Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee
of the Purchaser. Upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans, the ownership of each
Mortgage Note, the related Mortgage and the other contents of the related
Mortgage File is vested in the Purchaser and the ownership of all records and
documents with respect to the related Mortgage Loan prepared by or that come
into the possession of the Seller on or after the Closing Date shall immediately
vest in the Purchaser and shall be delivered immediately to the Purchaser or as
otherwise directed by the Purchaser.
(b) DELIVERY OF MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS. The Seller will, on
or prior to the Closing Date, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser
or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser each of the following
documents for each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in the
following form: "Pay to the order of First Trust National Association,
as Trustee for the registered holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc., under the applicable pooling and servicing
agreement, without recourse," with all prior and intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the
originator to the Person so endorsing to the Trustee;
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon;
(iii) an original Assignment of Mortgage executed in
the following form: "First Trust National Association, as Trustee for
the registered holders of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII,
Inc., under the applicable pooling and servicing agreement";
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments
of the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from the
originator to the Person assigning the Mortgage to the Trustee as
contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (iii);
(v) the original or copies of each assumption,
modification, written assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and
(vi) the original lender's title insurance policy,
together with all endorsements or riders that were issued with or
subsequent to the issuance of such policy, insuring the priority of the
Mortgage as a first lien on the Mortgaged Property represented therein
as a fee interest vested in the Mortgagor.
The Seller promptly shall (and in no event later than five
Business Days following the Closing Date submit or cause to be submitted for
recording, at no expense to Purchaser (or the Trust Fund or the Trustee under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), in the appropriate public office for real
property records, each Assignment referred to in clauses (b)(iii) and (b)(iv) of
this Section 4. In the event that any such Assignment is lost or returned
unrecorded because of a defect therein, the Seller promptly shall prepare a
substitute Assignment or cure such defect, as the case may be, and thereafter
cause each such Assignment to be duly recorded.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 4, if any document referred to in Section 4(b)(ii) or 4(b)(iv) above has
been submitted for recording but either (x) has not been returned from the
applicable public recording office or (y) has been lost or such public recording
office has retained the original of such document, the obligations of the Seller
hereunder shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon delivery to the Purchaser
or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser promptly upon receipt
thereof by or on behalf of the Seller of either the original or a copy of such
document certified by the applicable public recording office to be a true and
complete copy of the original.
In the event that the original lender's title insurance policy
has not yet been issued, the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser or any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser a written commitment or
interim binder or preliminary report of title issued by the title insurance or
escrow company. The Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser or any assignee,
transferee or designee of the Purchaser promptly upon receipt by the Seller of
any such original title insurance policy or original Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policy.
(c) ACCEPTANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS. The documents
delivered pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof shall be reviewed by the Purchaser or
any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser at any time before or
after the Closing Date (and with respect to each
document permitted to be delivered after the Closing Date, within seven days of
its delivery) to ascertain that all required documents have been executed and
received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
(d) TRANSFER OF SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOANS. In connection with
the transactions contemplated by Section 2.11 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Seller hereby agrees that the Purchaser shall be under no
obligation to purchase any Subsequent Mortgage Loans unless (i) the conditions
precedent and the representations and warranties contained in Section 2.11 of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Subsequent Transfer Instrument,
substantially in the form of Exhibit 5, are satisfied and (ii) each Subsequent
Mortgage Loan satisfies the representations and warranties contained in Section
6 of this Agreement. The sale of Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the
Depositor shall be effected in accordance with the terms of Section 2.11 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to a Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement substantially in the form of this Agreement.
(e) TRANSFER OF INTEREST IN AGREEMENTS. The Purchaser has the
right to assign its interest under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to the
Trustee, as may be required to effect the purposes of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, without the consent of the Seller, and the assignee shall succeed to
the rights and obligations hereunder of the Purchaser. Any expense reasonably
incurred by or on behalf of the Purchaser or the Trustee in connection with
enforcing any obligations of the Seller under this Agreement will be promptly
reimbursed by the Seller.
(f) EXAMINATION OF MORTGAGE FILES. Prior to the Closing Date,
the Seller shall either (i) deliver in escrow to the Purchaser or to any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser for examination the Mortgage
File pertaining to each Mortgage Loan, or (ii) make such Mortgage Files
available to the Purchaser or to any assignee, transferee or designee of the
Purchaser for examination. Such examination may be made by the Purchaser or the
Trustee, and their respective designees, upon reasonable notice to the Seller
during normal business hours before the Closing Date and within 60 days after
the Closing Date. If any such person makes such examination prior to the Closing
Date and identifies any Mortgage Loans that do not conform to the requirements
of the Purchaser as described in this Agreement, such Mortgage Loans shall be
deleted from the Closing Schedule. The Purchaser may, at its option and without
notice to the Seller, purchase all or part of the Mortgage Loans without
conducting any partial or complete examination. The fact that the Purchaser or
any person has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete
examination of the Mortgage Files shall not affect the rights of the Purchaser
or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser to demand repurchase or
other relief as provided herein or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE
SELLER.
The Seller hereby represents and warrants, as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date, and covenants, that:
(i) The Seller is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of California
with full corporate power and authority to conduct its business as presently
conducted by it to the extent material to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein. The Seller had the full corporate power and authority to
own the Mortgage Loans and to transfer and convey the Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser and has the full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver,
engage in the transactions contemplated by, and perform and observe the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.
(ii) The Seller has duly authorized the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, has duly executed and
delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement, assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by the Purchaser, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms
except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization or by general principles of equity.
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement by the Seller (x) does not conflict and will not conflict with,
does not breach and will not result in a breach of and does not constitute and
will not constitute a default (or an event, which with notice or lapse of time
or both, would constitute a default) under (A) any terms or provisions of the
articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Seller, (B) any term or provision of
any material agreement, contract, instrument or indenture, to which the Seller
is a party or by which the Seller or any of its property is bound, or (C) any
law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any court
or governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Seller or any of its
property and (y) does not create or impose and will not result in the creation
or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance which would have a material
adverse effect upon the Mortgage Loans or any documents or instruments
evidencing or securing the Mortgage Loans.
(iv) No consent, approval, authorization or order
of, registration or filing with, or notice on behalf of the Seller to any
governmental authority or court is required, under federal laws or the laws of
the State of California, for the execution, delivery and performance by the
Seller of, or compliance by the Seller with, this Agreement or the consummation
by the Seller of any other transaction contemplated hereby and by the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that the Seller makes no
representation or warranty regarding federal or state securities laws in
connection with the sale or distribution of the Certificates.
(v) This Agreement does not contain any untrue
statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements contained herein not misleading. The written statements, reports
and other documents prepared and furnished or to be prepared and furnished by
the Seller pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby taken in the aggregate do not contain any untrue statement
of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained therein not misleading.
(vi) The Seller is not in violation of, and the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller and its performance and
compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation with
respect to, any order or decree of any court or any order or regulation of any
federal, state, municipal or governmental agency having jurisdiction over the
Seller or its assets, which violation might have consequences that would
materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or the
operation of the Seller or its assets or might have consequences that would
materially and adversely affect the performance of its obligations and duties
hereunder.
(vii) The Seller is a HUD approved mortgagee
pursuant to Section 203 of the National Housing Act. No event has occurred,
including but not limited to a change in insurance coverage, that would make the
Seller unable to comply with HUD eligibility requirements or that would require
notification to HUD.
(viii) The Seller does not believe, nor does it
have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every
covenant contained in this Agreement.
(ix) Immediately prior to the sale of the
Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser as herein contemplated, the Seller was the owner
of the related Mortgage and the indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage
Note, and, upon the payment to the Seller of the Purchase Price, in the event
that the Seller retains or has retained record title, the Seller shall retain
such record title to each Mortgage, each related Mortgage Note and the related
Mortgage Files with respect thereto in trust for the Purchaser as the owner
thereof from and after the date hereof.
(x) There are no actions or proceedings against,
or investigations known to it of, the Seller before any court, administrative or
other tribunal (A) that might prohibit its entering into this Agreement, (B)
seeking to prevent the sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (C) that
might prohibit or materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller
of its obligations under, or validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.
(xi) The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the
Seller, and the transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and
the Mortgages by the Seller are not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar
statutory provisions.
(xii) [intentionally omitted]
(xiii) The Seller has not dealt with any broker,
investment banker, agent or other person, except for the Purchaser or any of its
affiliates, that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection
with the sale of the Mortgage Loans (except that an entity that previously
financed the Seller's ownership of the Mortgage Loans may be entitled to a fee
to release its security interest in the Mortgage Loans, which fee shall have
been paid and which security interest shall have been released on or prior to
the Closing Date).
(xiv) There is no litigation currently pending or,
to the best of the Seller's knowledge without independent investigation,
threatened against the Seller that would reasonably be expected to adversely
affect the transfer of the Mortgage Loans, the issuance of the Certificates or
the execution, delivery, performance or enforceability of this Agreement, or
that would result in a material adverse change in the financial condition of the
Seller.
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
RELATING TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AS TO INDIVIDUAL MORTGAGE
LOANS. The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser that as to
each Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule is
complete, true and correct as of the Cut-off Date;
(ii) The Mortgage Loan is in compliance with all requirements
set forth on Exhibit 4, and the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans as set
forth on Exhibit 4 are true and correct;
(iii) (a) Except for 2.91% of the Mortgage Loans, which were
thirty days or more but less than sixty days delinquent in their monthly
payments as of the Cut-off Date, all payments required to be made on or before
the first day of the month prior to the month of the Closing Date, with respect
to such Mortgage Loan under the terms of the Mortgage Note have been made; (b)
the Seller has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received
any advance of funds from a party other than the owner of the related Mortgaged
Property, directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount required by the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage; and (c) no payment required under any Mortgage Loan
has been 30 days delinquent more than once during the last twelve months and no
Mortgage Loan has ever been 60 or more days delinquent;
(iv) There are no delinquent taxes, ground rents, water
charges, sewer rents, assessments, insurance premiums, leasehold payments,
including assessments payable in future installments or other outstanding
charges affecting the related Mortgaged Property;
(v) The terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not
been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by written
instruments, recorded in the applicable public recording office if necessary to
maintain the lien priority of the Mortgage; the substance of any such waiver,
alteration or modification has been approved by the title insurer, to the extent
required by the related policy, and is reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
No instrument of waiver, alteration or modification has been executed, and no
Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an
assumption agreement approved by the title insurer, to the extent required by
the policy, and the terms of which are reflected in the Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(vi) The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not subject to any
right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of
usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the Mortgage
unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission,
set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury and no such
right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with
respect thereto;
(vii) All buildings upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by
a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended
coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged
Property is located, pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the
requirements of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such insurance policies
contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller, its successors and
assigns as mortgagee and all premiums thereon have been paid. If upon
origination of the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an area
identified on a Flood Hazard Map or Flood Insurance Rate Map issued by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such
flood insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the
requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration
is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of FNMA and FHLMC. The
Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such insurance at
the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor's failure to do so,
authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to maintain such insurance at Mortgagor's
cost and expense and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor;
(viii) Any and all requirements of any federal, state or local
law including, without limitation, usury, truth in lending, real estate
settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity or
disclosure laws applicable to the origination and servicing of Mortgage Loan
have been complied with. Any and all statements or acknowledgments required to
be made by the Mortgagor relating to such requirements are and will remain in
the Mortgage File;
(ix) The Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled,
subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has
not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has
any instrument been executed that would effect any such satisfaction,
cancellation, subordination, rescission or release;
(x) The Mortgage is a valid, existing and enforceable first
lien on the Mortgaged Property, including all improvements on the Mortgaged
Property subject only to (a) the lien of current real property taxes and
assessments not yet due and payable, (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions,
rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record as of the date
of recording being acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally and
specifically referred to in the lender's title insurance policy delivered to the
originator of the Mortgage Loan and which do not adversely affect the appraised
value of the Mortgaged Property, and (c) other matters to which like properties
are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the
security intended to be provided by the Mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or
marketability of the related Mortgaged Property. Any security agreement, chattel
mortgage or equivalent document related to and delivered in connection
with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid, existing and enforceable
first lien and first priority security interest on the property described
therein and the Seller has full right to sell and assign the same to the
Purchaser. The Mortgaged Property was not, as of the date of origination of the
Mortgage Loan, subject to a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secured debt or
other security instrument creating a lien subordinate to the lien of the
Mortgage;
(xi) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are genuine
and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof,
enforceable in accordance with its terms;
(xii) All parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had
legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, and the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have been
duly and properly executed by such parties. The Mortgagor is a natural person
who is a party to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage is in an individual
capacity or family trust that is guaranteed by a natural person;
(xiii) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully
disbursed to or for the account of the Mortgagor and there is no obligation for
the Mortgagee to advance additional funds thereunder and any and all
requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvement and as to
disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs,
fees and expenses incurred in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the
recording of the Mortgage have been paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to
any refund of any amounts paid or due to the Mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage
Note or Mortgage;
(xiv) As of the Closing Date and prior to the sale of the
Mortgage Loan hereunder, the Seller was the sole legal, beneficial and equitable
owner of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and has full right to transfer and
sell the Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser free and clear of any encumbrance,
equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest;
(xv) All parties which have had any interest in the Mortgage
Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during the
period in which they held and disposed of such interest, were) in compliance
with any and all applicable "doing business" and licensing requirements of the
laws of the state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located;
(xvi) The Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender's title
insurance policy with an adjustable rate mortgage endorsement, such endorsement
substantially in the form of ALTA Form 6.0 or 6.1, acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC,
issued by a title insurer acceptable to FNMA and FHLMC and qualified to do
business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring
(subject to the exceptions contained in (x)(a) and (b) above) the Seller, its
successors and assigns as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the
original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and against any loss by reason of
the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the provisions of
the Mortgage providing for adjustment in the Mortgage Rate and monthly payment.
Additionally, such lender's title insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress
and egress to and from the Mortgaged Property, and against encroachments by or
upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. The Seller is the sole
insured of such lender's title insurance policy, and such lender's title
insurance policy is in full force and effect and will be in full force and
effect upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
No claims have been made under such lender's title insurance policy, and no
prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or
omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such lender's title
insurance policy;
(xvii) Other than as specified in paragraph (iii) above, there
is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the
Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event which, with the passage of time or
with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a
default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, and the Seller has not
waived any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration;
(xviii) There are no mechanics' or similar liens or claims
which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding
that under law could give rise to such lien) affecting the related Mortgaged
Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the
lien of the related Mortgage;
(xix) All improvements which were considered in determining
the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property lay wholly within the
boundaries and building restriction lines of the Mortgaged Property, and no
improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged Property. Each
appraisal has been performed in accordance with the provisions of the Financial
Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989;
(xx) The Mortgage Loan was (i) originated by the Seller or by
a savings and loan association, a savings bank, a commercial bank or similar
banking institution which is supervised and examined by a federal or state
authority, or by a mortgagee approved as such by the Secretary of HUD or (ii)
acquired by the Seller directly through loan brokers or correspondents such that
(a) the Mortgage Loan was originated in conformity with the Seller's
underwriting guidelines, (b) the Seller approved the Mortgage Loan prior to
funding and (c) the Seller provided the funds used to originate the Mortgage
Loan and acquired the Mortgage Loan on the date of origination thereof;
(xxi) Principal payments on the Mortgage Loan commenced no
more than two months after the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan were disbursed. The
Mortgage Loan bears interest at the Mortgage Rate. The Mortgage Note is payable
on the first day of each month in Monthly Payments which are changed on each
Adjustment Date to an amount which will amortize the Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loan over its remaining term at the Mortgage Rate. Interest on the
Mortgage Loan is calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months. The Mortgage Note does not permit negative amortization. The
Mortgage Loan does not permit the Mortgagor to convert the Mortgage Loan to a
fixed rate Mortgage Loan;
(xxii) The origination and collection practices used by the
Seller with respect to each Mortgage Note and Mortgage have been in all respects
legal, proper, prudent and customary in the mortgage origination and servicing
industry. The Mortgage Loan has been
serviced by the Seller (directly or through a subservicer) and any predecessor
servicer in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Note. With respect to
escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, if any, all such payments are in the
possession of, or under the control of, the Seller and there exist no
deficiencies in connection therewith for which customary arrangements for
repayment thereof have not been made. No escrow deposits or Escrow Payments or
other charges or payments due the Seller have been capitalized under any
Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note;
(xxiii) The Mortgaged Property is free of damage and waste and
there is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation thereof;
(xxiv) The Mortgage and related Mortgage Note contain
customary and enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies
of the holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged
Property of the benefits of the security provided thereby, including, (a) in the
case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (b)
otherwise by judicial foreclosure. Since the date of origination of the Mortgage
Loan, the Mortgaged Property has not been subject to any bankruptcy proceeding
or foreclosure proceeding and the Mortgagor has not filed for protection under
applicable bankruptcy laws. There is no homestead or other exemption available
to the Mortgagor which would interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged
Property at a trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage. The
Mortgagor has not notified the Seller and the Seller has no knowledge of any
relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Soldiers and Sailors
Civil Relief Act of 1940;
(xxv) The related Mortgaged Property is not a leasehold estate
or, if such Mortgaged Property is a leasehold estate, the remaining term of such
lease is at least ten (10) years greater than the remaining term of the related
Mortgage Note;
(xxvi) The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by
any collateral except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage on the Mortgaged
Property and the security interest of any applicable security agreement or
chattel mortgage referred to in (x) above;
(xxvii) The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the related
Mortgaged Property made and signed, prior to the approval of the Mortgage Loan
application, by a qualified appraiser, approved by the Seller, who had no
interest, direct or indirect in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on
the security thereof, whose compensation is not affected by the approval or
disapproval of the Mortgage Loan and who met the minimum qualifications of FNMA
and FHLMC;
(xxviii) In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of
trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been
properly designated and currently so serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no
fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Purchaser to the trustee
under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale after
default by the Mortgagor;
(xxix) No Mortgage Loan contains provisions pursuant to which
Monthly Payments are (a) paid or partially paid with funds deposited in any
separate account established by the Seller, the Mortgagor, or anyone on behalf
of the Mortgagor, (b) paid by any source other than the Mortgagor or (c)
contains any other similar provisions which may constitute a "buydown"
provision. The Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment mortgage loan and the
Mortgage Loan does not have a shared appreciation or other contingent interest
feature;
(xxx) The Mortgagor has executed a statement to the effect
that the Mortgagor has received all disclosure materials required by applicable
law with respect to the making of adjustable rate mortgage loans; and if the
Mortgage Loan is a Refinanced Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagor has received all
disclosure and rescission materials required by applicable law with respect to
the making of a Refinanced Mortgage Loan, and evidence of such receipt is and
will remain in the Mortgage File;
(xxxi) No Mortgage Loan was made in connection with (a) the
construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or (b) facilitating the
trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property;
(xxxii) The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment of
Mortgage and any other documents required to be delivered with respect to each
Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, have been
delivered to the Trustee all in compliance with the specific requirements of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(xxxiii) The Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under
applicable law; all inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made
or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property and,
with respect to the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to
certificates of occupancy, have been made or obtained from the appropriate
authorities;
(xxxiv) No error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence,
fraud or similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on
the part of any person, including, without limitation, the Mortgagor, any
appraiser, any builder or developer, or any other party involved in the
origination of the Mortgage Loan or in the application of any insurance in
relation to such Mortgage Loan;
(xxxv) The Assignment of Mortgage, is in recordable form and
is acceptable for recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the
Mortgaged Property is located;
(xxxvi) Any principal advances made to the Mortgagor prior to
the Cut-off Date have been consolidated with the outstanding principal amount
secured by the Mortgage, and the secured principal amount, as consolidated,
bears a single interest rate and single repayment term. The lien of the Mortgage
securing the consolidated principal amount is expressly insured as having first
lien priority by a title insurance policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring
the mortgagee's consolidated interest or by other title evidence acceptable to
FNMA and FHLMC. The consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(xxxvii) No Mortgage Loan has a balloon payment feature;
(xxxviii) If the Residential Dwelling on the Mortgaged
Property is a condominium unit or a unit in a planned unit development (other
than a de minimis planned unit development) such condominium or planned unit
development project meets the FNMA's eligibility requirements;
(xxxix) Neither the Seller nor any affiliate of the Seller has
made a mortgage on any Mortgaged Property other than the Mortgage Loan;
(xl) Any Mortgage Loan subject to the provisions of the
Homeownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, P.L. 103-325, 108 Stat 2160 was
originated in compliance therewith;
(xli) The Mortgage Loan was not intentionally selected by the
Seller in a manner intended to adversely affect the interest of the Purchaser;
(xlii) The Seller has not dealt with any broker or agent or
other Person who might be entitled to a fee, commission or compensation in
connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement other than the
Purchaser except as set forth in the parenthetical in Section 5(xiii) hereof;
(xliii) The Mortgaged Property consists of a parcel of real
property of not more than ten acres with a single family residence erected
thereon, or a two to four-family dwelling, or an individual condominium unit in
a low-rise or high-rise condominium project, or an individual unit in a planned
unit development. The Mortgaged Property is improved with a Residential
Dwelling. Without limiting the foregoing, the Mortgaged Property does NOT
consist of any of the following property types: (a) co-operative units, (b) log
homes, (c) earthen homes, (d) underground homes, (e) mobile homes and (f)
manufactured homes (as defined in the FNMA Originator-Servicer's Guide), except
when the appraisal indicates that the home is of comparable construction to a
stick or beam construction home, is readily marketable, has been permanently
affixed to the site and is not in a mobile home "park." The Mortgaged Property
is either a fee simple estate or a long-term residential lease. If the Mortgage
Loan is secured by a long-term residential lease, unless otherwise specifically
disclosed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (A) the terms of such lease expressly
permit the mortgaging of the leasehold estate, the assignment of the lease
without the lessor's consent (or the lessor's consent has been obtained and such
consent is the Mortgage File) and the acquisition by the holder of the Mortgage
of the rights of the lessee upon foreclosure or assignment in lieu of
foreclosure or provide the holder of the Mortgage with substantially similar
protection; (B) the terms of such lease do not (x) allow the termination thereof
upon the lessee's default without the holder of the Mortgage being entitled to
receive written notice of, and opportunity to cure, such default or (y) prohibit
the holder of the Mortgage from being insured under the hazard insurance policy
relating to the Mortgaged Property; (C) the original term of such lease is not
less than 15 years; (D) the term of such lease does not terminate earlier than
ten years after the maturity date of the Mortgage Note; and (E) the Mortgaged
Property is located in a jurisdiction in which the use of leasehold estates for
residential properties is an accepted practice;
(xliv) At the time of origination, the Loan-To-Value Ratio
of the Mortgage Loan was not greater than 90.00%;
(xlv) The Mortgage, and if required by applicable law the
related Mortgage Note, contains a provision for the acceleration of the payment
of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in the event that the
Mortgaged Property is sold or transferred without the prior written consent of
the Mortgagee, at the option of the Mortgagee; and
(xlvi) The Mortgage Loan either contains a customary
due-on-sale clause or may be assumed by a creditworthy purchaser of the related
Mortgaged Property; and
(xlvii) As of any Adjustment Date for such Mortgage Loan, the
Index applicable to the determination of the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan
will be the average of the interbank offered rates for six-month United States
dollar deposits in the London market, generally as published in THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL and as most recently available as of either (i) the first business day
45 days prior to such Adjustment Date or (ii) the first business day of the
month preceding the month of such Adjustment Date, as specified in the related
Mortgage Note.
SECTION 7. REPURCHASE OBLIGATION FOR DEFECTIVE DOCUMENTATION
AND FOR BREACH OF REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY.
(a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 6
shall not be impaired by any review and examination of loan files or other
documents evidencing or relating to the Mortgage Loans or any failure on the
part of the Seller or the Purchaser to review or examine such documents and
shall inure to the benefit of any assignee, transferee or designee of the
Purchaser, including the Trustee for the benefit of holders of the Certificates.
With respect to the representations and warranties contained herein as to which
the Seller has no knowledge, if it is discovered that the substance of any such
representation and warranty was inaccurate as of the date such representation
and warranty was made or deemed to be made, and such inaccuracy materially and
adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan or the interest therein
of the Purchaser or the Purchaser's assignee, transferee or designee, then
notwithstanding the lack of knowledge by the Seller with respect to the
substance of such representation and warranty being inaccurate at the time the
representation and warranty was made, the Seller shall take such action
described in the following paragraph in respect of such Mortgage Loan.
Upon discovery by the Seller, the Purchaser or any assignee,
transferee or designee of the Purchaser of any materially defective document in,
or that any material document was not transferred by the Seller (as listed on
the Trustee's Preliminary Exception Report) as part of any Mortgage File, or of
a breach of any of the representations and warranties contained in Section 6
that materially and adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan or the
interest therein of the Purchaser or the Purchaser's assignee, transferee
or designee, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice
to the other. Within sixty (60) days of its discovery or its receipt of notice
of any such missing documentation that was not transferred by the Seller as
described above, or of materially defective documentation, or of any such breach
of a representation and warranty, the Seller promptly shall deliver such missing
document or cure such defect or breach in all material respects or, in the event
the Seller cannot deliver such missing document or cannot cure such defect or
breach, the Seller shall, within ninety (90) days of its discovery or receipt of
notice, repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan at the Purchase Price (as such
term is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). The Seller shall amend
the Closing Schedule to reflect the withdrawal of such Mortgage Loan from the
terms of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Seller
shall deliver to the Purchaser such amended Closing Schedule and shall deliver
such other documents as are required by this Agreement or the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement within five (5) days of any such amendment. Any repurchase
pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall be accomplished by transfer to an account
designated by the Purchaser of the amount of the Purchase Price in accordance
with Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any repurchase
required by this Section shall be made in a manner consistent with Section 2.03
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(b) It is understood and agreed that the obligations of the
Seller set forth in this Section 7 to cure or repurchase a defective Mortgage
Loan constitute the sole remedies of the Purchaser against the Seller respecting
a missing document or a breach of the representations and warranties contained
in Section 6.
SECTION 8. CLOSING; PAYMENT FOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS. The
closing of the purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans shall be held at the New
York City office of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxx at 10:00 a.m. New York City time on
the Closing Date.
The closing shall be subject to each of the following
conditions:
(a) All of the representations and warranties of the
Seller under this Agreement shall be true and correct
in all material respects as of the date as of which
they are made and no event shall have occurred which,
with notice or the passage of time, would constitute
a default under this Agreement;
(b) The Purchaser shall have received, or the attorneys
of the Purchaser shall have received in escrow (to be
released from escrow at the time of closing), all
Closing Documents as specified in Section 9 of this
Agreement, in such forms as are agreed upon and
acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed by all
signatories other than the Purchaser as required
pursuant to the respective terms thereof;
(c) The Seller shall have delivered and released to the
Purchaser or to its designee, all documents
(including without limitation, the Mortgage Loans)
required to be so delivered by the Purchaser pursuant
to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement; and
(d) All other terms and conditions of this Agreement and
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall have been
complied with.
Subject to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Seller on the Closing Date, against
delivery and release by the Seller to the Trustee of all documents required
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the consideration for the
Mortgage Loans as specified in Section 3 of this Agreement, by delivery to the
Seller of (i) the Purchase Price in immediately available funds and (ii) the New
Century Certificates.
SECTION 9. CLOSING DOCUMENTS. Without limiting the
generality of Section 8 hereof, the closing shall be subject to delivery of each
of the following documents:
(a) An Officers' Certificate of the Seller, dated the
Closing Date, upon which the Purchaser and Salomon
Brothers Inc (the "Underwriter") may rely, in the
form of Exhibit 1 hereto, and attached thereto copies
of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws and
certificate of good standing of the Seller under the
laws of California;
(b) An Officers' Certificate of the Seller, dated the
Closing Date, upon which the Purchaser and the
Underwriter may rely, in the form of Exhibit 2
hereto, with respect to certain facts regarding the
sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the
Purchaser;
(c) An Opinion of Counsel of the Seller, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser and the
Underwriter, substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit 3;
(d) Such opinions of counsel as the Rating Agencies or
the Trustee may request in connection with the sale
of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser
or the Seller's execution and delivery of, or
performance under, this Agreement;
(e) A letter from KPMG Peat Marwick, L.L.P., certified
public accountants, dated the date hereof, to the
effect that they have performed certain specified
procedures as a result of which they determined that
certain information of an accounting, financial or
statistical nature set forth in the Purchaser's
Prospectus Supplement, dated August 26, 1997, under
the captions "Summary-- The Mortgage Pool," "Risk
Factors-- Additional Risks Associated with the
Mortgage Loans," "The Mortgage Pool" and "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement-- The Master Servicer" agrees
with the records of the Seller; and
(f) Such further information, certificates, opinions and
documents as the Purchaser or the Underwriter may
reasonably request.
SECTION 10. COSTS. The Seller shall pay (or shall reimburse
the Purchaser or any other Person to the extent that the Purchaser or such other
Person shall pay) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
transfer and delivery of the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation,
recording fees, fees for title policy endorsements and continuations and the
fees for recording Assignments of Mortgage, the fees and expenses of the
Seller's accountants and attorneys, the costs and expenses incurred in
connection with producing the Seller's or any Subservicer's loan loss,
foreclosure and delinquency experience, and the costs and expenses incurred in
connection with obtaining the documents referred to in Sections 9(d), 9(e) and
9(g), the costs and expenses of printing (or otherwise reproducing) and
delivering this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Certificates, the prospectus and prospectus supplement, and any private
placement memorandum relating to the Certificates, the Insurance Agreement and
other related documents, the initial fees, costs and expenses of the Trustee,
the initial fees, the fees and expenses of the Purchaser's counsel in connection
with the preparation of all documents relating to the securitization of the
Mortgage Loans, the filing fee charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission
for registration of the Certificates and the fees charged by any rating agency
to rate the Certificates. All other costs and expenses in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder shall be borne by the party incurring such
expense.
SECTION 11. SERVICING. The Seller has represented to the
Purchaser that certain of the Mortgage Loans are being serviced by the Seller,
in its capacity as servicer under the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Servicing
Agreement dated as of September 1, 1996 between Salomon Brothers Realty Corp.
and the Seller, and that such Mortgage Loans are not subject to any other
servicing agreements with third parties (other than Sub-Servicing Agreements
with Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA). It is understood and agreed between the Seller
and the Purchaser that the Mortgage Loans are to be delivered free and clear of
any servicing agreements. The Seller, without reimbursement from the Purchaser,
shall pay any fees or penalties required by any servicer for releasing the
Mortgage Loans from any such servicing agreement (it being understood that
neither the Purchaser nor any affiliate of the Purchaser is servicing the
Mortgage Loans under any such servicing agreement and, accordingly, that neither
the Purchaser nor any affiliate of the Purchaser is entitled to receive any fee
for releasing the Mortgage Loans from any such servicing agreement) and shall
arrange for the orderly transfer, as of the Cut-off Date, of such servicing from
any such servicer to the Master Servicer. The Mortgage Loans shall be serviced
by the Seller, in its capacity as Master Servicer, in accordance with the terms
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. For so long as the Seller services the
Mortgage Loans, the Seller shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and such other
payments as provided for under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 12. INDEMNIFICATION. (a) The Seller shall indemnify
and hold harmless each of (i) the Purchaser, (ii) the Underwriter, (iii) the
Person, if any, to which the Purchaser assigns its rights in and to a Mortgage
Loan and each of their respective successors and assigns and (iv) each person,
if any, who controls the Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") ((i) through (iv)
collectively, the "Indemnified Party") against any and all losses, claims,
expenses, damages or liabilities to which the Indemnified Party may become
subject, under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
expenses, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon (a) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in the prospectus supplement
(the "Prospectus Supplement") or any private placement memorandum, or the
omission or the alleged omission to state therein the material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent,
but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with
(i) information furnished in writing to the Purchaser or any of its affiliates
by the Seller specifically for use therein, which shall include, with respect to
the Prospectus Supplement, the information set forth under the captions "Summary
-- The Mortgage Pool," "Risk Factors -- Additional Risks Associated with the
Mortgage Loans," "The Mortgage Pool" and "Pooling and Servicing Agreement -- The
Master Servicer" and, with respect to any private placement memorandum, any
information of a comparable nature, or (ii) the data files containing
information with respect to the Mortgage Loans as transmitted by modem to the
Purchaser by the Seller on August 17, 1997 (as such transmitted information may
have been amended in writing by the Seller with the written consent of the
Purchaser subsequent to such transmission), or (b) any representation, warranty
or covenant made by the Seller herein or in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
on which the Purchaser has relied, being, or alleged to be, untrue or incorrect;
provided, however, that to the extent that any such losses, claims, expenses,
damages or liabilities to which the Indemnified Party may become subject arise
out of or are based upon both (1) statements, omissions, representations,
warranties or covenants of the Seller described in clause (a) or (b) above and
(2) any other factual basis, the Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Indemnified Party only to the extent that the losses, claims, expenses, damages,
or liabilities of the person or persons asserting the claim are determined to
rise from or be based upon matters set forth in clause (1) above and do not
result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified
Party. This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability that the Seller may
otherwise have.
SECTION 13. MANDATORY DELIVERY; GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST.
The sale and delivery on the Closing Date of the Mortgage Loans described on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement is mandatory. It is specifically understood and agreed that each
Mortgage Loan is unique and identifiable on the date hereof and that an award of
money damages would be insufficient to compensate the Purchaser for the losses
and damages incurred by the Purchaser in the event of the Seller's failure to
deliver the Mortgage Loans on or before the Closing Date. The Seller hereby
grants to the Purchaser a lien on and a continuing security interest in the
Seller's interest in each Mortgage Loan and each document and instrument
evidencing each such Mortgage Loan to secure the performance by the Seller of
its obligation hereunder, and the Seller agrees that it holds such Mortgage
Loans in custody for the Purchaser, subject to the Purchaser's (i) right, prior
to the Closing Date, to reject any Mortgage Loan to the extent permitted by this
Agreement, and (ii) obligation to deliver or cause to be delivered the
consideration for the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 8 hereof. Any Mortgage
Loans rejected by the Purchaser shall concurrently therewith be released from
the security interest created hereby. All rights and remedies of the Purchaser
under this Agreement are distinct from, and cumulative with, any other rights or
remedies under this Agreement or afforded by law or equity and all such rights
and remedies may be exercised concurrently, independently or successively.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the Closing Date, each of
the conditions set forth in Section 8 hereof shall have been satisfied and the
Purchaser shall not have paid or caused to be paid the Purchase Price, or any
such condition shall not have been waived or satisfied and the Purchaser
determines not to pay or cause to be paid the Purchase Price, the Purchaser
shall immediately effect the redelivery of the Mortgage Loans, if delivery to
the Purchaser has occurred, and the security interest created by this Section 12
shall be deemed to have been released.
SECTION 14. NOTICES. All demands, notices and communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered to or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, or
transmitted by fax and, receipt of which is confirmed by telephone, if to the
Purchaser, addressed to the Purchaser at Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, Attention: Mortgage Finance Group, fax (000) 000-0000, or such other
address as may hereafter be furnished to the Seller in writing by the Purchaser;
and if to the Seller, addressed to the Seller at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, fax (000) 000-0000, or to such other address as
the Seller may designate in writing to the Purchaser.
SECTION 15. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. Any part, provision,
representation or warranty of this Agreement that is prohibited or that is held
to be void or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof. Any part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement that
is prohibited or unenforceable or is held to be void or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction as to any Mortgage Loan shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted
by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits
or renders void or unenforceable any provision hereof.
SECTION 16. AGREEMENT OF PARTIES. The Seller and the Purchaser
each agree to execute and deliver such instruments and take such actions as
either of the others may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to
effectuate the purpose and to carry out the terms of this Agreement and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 17. SURVIVAL. (a) The Seller agrees that the
representations, warranties and agreements made by it herein and in any
certificate or other instrument delivered pursuant hereto shall be deemed to be
relied upon by the Purchaser, notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or
hereafter made by the Purchaser or on its behalf, and that the representations,
warranties and agreements made by the Seller herein or in any such certificate
or other instrument shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Mortgage
Loans and shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding any
restrictive or qualified endorsement on the Mortgage Notes and notwithstanding
subsequent termination of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or
the Trust Fund.
SECTION 18. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS,
DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS (INCLUDING THE CHOICE OF LAW
PROVISIONS) AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND
THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW
SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.
SECTION 19. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement may be executed in
two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject
matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or
termination is sought. The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser as provided in
Section 4 hereof be, and be construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by the
Seller to the Purchaser and not as a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller
to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation of the Seller. However, in
the event that, notwithstanding the aforementioned intent of the parties, the
Mortgage Loans are held to be property of the Seller, then (a) it is the express
intent of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Mortgage
Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation of the
Seller and (b) (1) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security
agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York Uniform
Commercial Code; (2) the conveyance provided for in Section 4 hereof shall be
deemed to be a grant by the Seller to the Purchaser of a security interest in
all of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and
all amounts payable to the holders of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
terms thereof and all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of
the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other property, including
without limitation all amounts, other than investment earnings, from time to
time held or invested in the Collection Account whether in the form of cash,
instruments, securities or other property; (3) the possession by the Purchaser
or its agent of Mortgage Notes, the related Mortgages and such other items of
property that constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel
paper shall be deemed to be "possession by the secured party" for purposes of
perfecting the security interest pursuant to Section 9-305 of the New York
Uniform Commercial Code; and (4) notifications to persons holding such property
and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such
property shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or
confirmations from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable)
of the Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under
applicable law. Any assignment of the interest of the Purchaser pursuant to
Section 4(d) hereof shall also be deemed to be an assignment of any security
interest created hereby. The Seller and the Purchaser shall, to the extent
consistent with this
Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this
Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such
security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first
priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term
of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser and the Seller have caused
their names to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the date first above written.
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC.
By:
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION
By:
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT 1
[FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF THE SELLER]
I, __________________ hereby certify that I am the duly
appointed __________________________ of New Century Mortgage Corporation, a
California corporation (the "Company"), and further certify, on behalf of the
Company, as follows:
1. Attached hereto as Attachment I is a true and correct copy
of the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company as in full
force and effect on the date hereof. Attached hereto as Attachment II
is a certificate of good standing, dated August ___, 1997, issued by
the State of California with respect to the Company. No event has
occurred since the date thereof that has affected the good standing of
the Company under the laws of the State of California.
2. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to
the best of my knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Company
which, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would
materially and adversely affect the Company's ability to perform its
obligations under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated August
___, 1997 (the "Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement"), between Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (the "Purchaser") and the
Company or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1,
1997 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Purchaser as
depositor, the Company as master servicer (in such capacity, the
"Master Servicer") and First Trust National Association as Trustee. No
proceedings looking toward merger, consolidation or liquidation,
dissolution or bankruptcy of the Company are pending or contemplated.
3. Each person who, as an officer or representative of the
Company, signed the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and any other document delivered prior hereto or on
the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, was at the respective times of such signing and delivery,
and is as of the date hereof, duly elected or appointed, qualified and
acting as such officer or representative, and the signatures of such
persons appearing on such documents are their genuine signatures.
4. Each of the Mortgage Loans referred to in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement was
originated in accordance with Section 6(xx) of the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement.
5. Attached hereto as Attachment III is a true and correct
copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Company on August ___, 1997 (the "Resolutions") with respect to the
transactions contemplated by the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; said Resolutions
have not been amended or modified, annulled or revoked and are in full
force and effect on the date hereof.
6. All of the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and contained in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement are true and correct in all material
respects as of the Closing Date, and no event has occurred which, with
notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute a default under
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or an Event of Default under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
7. The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
attached as an exhibit to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is true
and correct in all material respects.
8. The transactions contemplated in the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement will be reported as a sale in the Company's financial
reports.
9. The information contained in the Purchaser's Prospectus
Supplement, dated August ___, 1997, relating to the Mortgage Loans, the
Company, and its loan portfolio, specifically the information, in the
summary under the subheadings "Summary-The Mortgage Pool," "Risk
Factors-Additional Risks Associated with the Mortgage Loans," "The
Mortgage Pool" and "Pooling and Servicing Agreement-The Master
Servicer" is true and accurate and does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
10. The Company has performed all of its duties and has
satisfied all of the material conditions on its part to be performed
or satisfied prior to the Closing Date.
11. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the meanings assigned in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed
the seal of the Company.
Dated: August ___, 1997
By:-------------------------------------
Name:
[Seal] Title:
I, ____________________________, an [Assistant] Secretary of
New Century Mortgage Corporation, hereby certify that __________________ is the
duly appointed, qualified and acting _______________________ of New Century
Mortgage Corporation and that the signature appearing above is his genuine
signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.
Dated: August ___, 1997
By:-------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT 2
[FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF THE SELLER WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN
FACTS REGARDING THE SALE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS]
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates
Series 1997-NC4
Reference is made to the sale of mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans") by New Century Mortgage Corporation ("New Century") to Salomon Brothers
Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. (the "Depositor") pursuant to the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, dated August ___, 1997 (the "Purchase Agreement"), between
the Depositor and New Century, and the simultaneous issuance of Asset-Backed
Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1997-NC4, Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2,
Class M-3, Class CE, Class R-I, Class R-II and Class R-III (the "Certificates"),
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 1997 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Depositor as depositor, New
Century as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer") and First
Trust National Association as trustee (the "Trustee"). In consideration for its
purchase of the Mortgage Loans, the Depositor will deliver to New Century
immediately available funds, the Class CE Certificates, the Class R-I
Certificates, the Class R-II Certificates and the Class R-III Certificates. The
Depositor will sell the Class A, the Class M-1, the Class M-2 and the Class M-3
Certificates to Salomon Brothers Inc (the "Underwriter") for offer and sale
pursuant to the terms of an Underwriting Agreement, dated August __, 1997 (the
"Underwriting Agreement"), between the Depositor and the Underwriter. The
Purchase Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Underwriting
Agreement are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Agreements."
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth
in the Agreements.
The undersigned is a duly appointed ___________________ of New
Century Mortgage Corporation and hereby certifies after reasonable investigation
that:
1. The price to be paid to New Century for the Mortgage Loans will have been
paid in full at the closing of the sale pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and
no agreement or arrangement exists or will exist that permits the modification
of the consideration for the Mortgage Loans subsequent to that sale. New Century
will not have any right or obligation to repurchase any Mortgage Loan, except as
provided in the Purchase Agreement.
1. Each Mortgage Note and each related Mortgage has been
appropriately prepared and duly executed and delivered by the related Mortgagor,
and each Mortgage has been appropriately recorded in the applicable jurisdiction
and any intervening endorsement of any Mortgage Note and any intervening
assignment of any Mortgage, which was required in order to transfer to New
Century ownership of the Mortgage Loans, was obtained and completed.
2. Each Mortgage Note has been endorsed or assigned in a
manner that satisfies all requirements necessary to transfer to the Trustee all
right, title and interest of the party so endorsing or assigning, as noteholder
or transferee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note, as provided in the Purchase
Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each Assignment is in
recordable form and is sufficient to effect the assignment and transfer to the
Depositor of the benefits of the assignor, as original mortgagee or assignee
thereof, under each Mortgage to which that Assignment relates, as provided in
the Purchase Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each Assignment
has been or will be appropriately recorded to the extent required under
applicable law, as provided in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
3. Each original Mortgage Note, each original recorded
Mortgage, each original recorded intervening Assignment and each Assignment has
been delivered to the Trustee at the direction of the Depositor.
4. Immediately prior to the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by
New Century to the Depositor, New Century was the sole owner of each Mortgage
Loan, free and clear of any and all prior liens, mortgages, security interests,
pledges, participation interests, adverse claims, charges or other equities or
encumbrances of any nature, and had full right and authority to sell, assign and
transfer the Mortgage Loans.
5. No Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other document constituting
part of the Mortgage File reflects or will reflect on its face any interest that
is inconsistent with the ownership interest of the Trustee in and to the
Mortgage Loans or the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by New Century to the
Trustee.
6. The transfer of the Mortgage Loans by New Century to the
Depositor as provided in the Purchase Agreement is intended by New Century to
be, and is in fact, a contemporaneous exchange in which New Century receives new
value.
7. New Century was solvent at all relevant times prior to,
and will not be rendered insolvent by, the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the
Depositor.
8. New Century did not transfer the Mortgage Loans to the
Depositor with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of New Century's
creditors.
9. Neither New Century nor any agent acting on behalf of it,
has been or will become a party to any fraud or illegality affecting any
Mortgage Loan or Certificate.
10. To the best of my knowledge, no breach of the Agreements
by any party, misrepresentation or failure by any party to perform all acts
required to be performed prior to the Closing Date, or fraud or mistake on the
part of any party to the Agreements in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Agreements, has occurred or will occur.
11. To the best of my knowledge, no party to the Agreements
has taken or will take any action that is unreasonable, arbitrary or capricious,
or that is not taken in good
faith or in a commercially reasonable manner, affecting the Mortgage Loans in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreements.
12. To the best of my knowledge, there is not and will not be
any other agreement among the parties to the Agreements that modifies or
otherwise supplements the agreement of the parties as expressed in the
Agreements.
13. New Century does not have and will not have any right to
modify or alter the terms of the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by New Century
to the Depositor, or to substitute or add any mortgage loan thereafter, except
as provided in the Agreements.
14. New Century will not take any action that is inconsistent
with the ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans evidenced by the Certificates.
New Century will promptly indicate to other persons or entities, when a response
is appropriate, that the Mortgage Loans were transferred by New Century to the
Depositor. New Century will not claim any ownership interest directly in the
Mortgage Loans other than that represented by Certificates in which it may have
an ownership interest from time to time and that represented by its role as
Master Servicer.
15. Under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP")
and for federal income tax purposes, New Century will report the transfer of the
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, as provided in the Purchase Agreement as a sale
of all of its interest in the Mortgage Loans. New Century has been advised by or
has confirmed with its independent public accountants for similar transactions
that the sale will be so classified under GAAP in accordance with Statement No.
125 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Certificate as of the ___th day of August, 1997.
NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION
By:--------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT 3
[FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE SELLER]
EXHIBIT 4
On the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans shall comply with the following
conditions:
(i) no less than 61.68% of the Mortgage Loans shall have a risk grade
of A+, A+MO, A- or A-MO, no more than 20.32% of such loans shall have a risk
grade of B and no more than 18.00% of such loans shall have a risk grade of C or
C-; provided, however, with regard to the Delayed First Adjustment Mortgage
Loans, no less than 54.69% of such loans shall have a risk grade of A+, A+MO, A-
or A-MO, no more than 22.79% of such loans shall have a risk grade of B and no
more than 22.53% of such loans shall have a risk grade of C or C-;
(ii) any Mortgage Loan with a loan-to-value ratio (an "LTV") between
15.73% and 90.00% shall have a risk grade of A+, A+MO, A-, A-MO or B;
(iii) the weighted average LTV for each of the Mortgage Loans at
origination shall be approximately 73.98%; provided, however, the weighted
average LTV for each of the Delayed First Adjustment Mortgage Loans at
origination shall be approximately 74.14%;
(iv) the maximum percentage concentration of Mortgage Loans secured by
mortgaged properties in any one zip code shall be approximately 0.68%;
(v) approximately 65.05% of the Mortgage Loans provide for payment by
the mortgagor of a prepayment charge within a specified period as provided in
the related Mortgage Note not in excess of 6 years; provided, however,
approximately 63.97% of the Delayed First Adjustment Mortgage Loans provide for
payment by the mortgagor of a prepayment charge within a specified period as
provided in the related Mortgage Note not in excess of 6 years;
(vi) the Mortgage Loans shall have a weighted average Mortgage Rate
equal to approximately 9.337% per annum and a weighted average Gross Margin
equal to approximately 7.072% per annum, provided, however, the Delayed First
Adjustment Mortgage Loans to be purchased shall have a weighted average Mortgage
Rate equal to approximately 9.327% per annum and a weighted average Gross Margin
equal to approximately 7.090% per annum. The Mortgage Loans will be adjustable
rate mortgage loans, payable on the first day of each month. Interest on the
Mortgage Loans and the monthly payments will be adjusted on each Adjustment Date
to equal the sum of the Index and the margin, rounded to the next highest
multiple of 0.125%, subject to the Periodic Rate Cap, the Maximum Mortgage Rate
and the Minimum Mortgage Rate. The Mortgage Loans will not be subject to
negative amortization and will not provide for graduated payments. None of the
Mortgage Loans will be convertible to a fixed mortgage interest rate. None of
the Mortgage Loans shall be subject to temporary buydown agreements. Each of the
Mortgage Loans shall be fully-amortizing and none of the Mortgage Loans shall
provide for the payment of a balloon payment.
EXHIBIT 5
Form of Subsequent Transfer Instrument
Pursuant to this Subsequent Transfer Instrument, dated
September ___, 1997 (the "Instrument"), between Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc. as seller (the "Depositor"), and First Trust National
Association as trustee of the Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1997-NC4, as purchaser (the
"Trustee"), and pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
August 1, 1997 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Depositor as
depositor, New Century Mortgage Corporation as master servicer and the Trustee
as trustee, the Depositor and the Trustee agree to the sale by the Depositor and
the purchase by the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, of the Mortgage Loans
listed on the attached Schedule of Mortgage Loans (the "Subsequent Mortgage
Loans").
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 1. CONVEYANCE OF SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOANS.
(a) The Depositor does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over
and convey to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, without recourse, all of
its right, title and interest in and to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, and
including all amounts due on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans after the related
Subsequent Cut-off Date, and all items with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement; provided, however that the Depositor reserves and retains all right,
title and interest in and to amounts due on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans on or
prior to the related Subsequent Cut-off Date. The Depositor, contemporaneously
with the delivery of this Agreement, has delivered or caused to be delivered to
the Trustee each item set forth in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. The transfer to the Trustee by the Depositor of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be absolute and is
intended by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the
Certificateholders to constitute and to be treated as a sale by the Depositor to
the Trust Fund.
(b) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and
delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to
the Trustee without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders all the
right, title and interest of the Depositor, in, to and under the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated the date hereof, between the Depositor
as purchaser and the Master Servicer as seller, to the extent of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans, a copy of which agreement is annexed hereto as Attachment G.
(c) Additional terms of the sale are set forth on Attachment A
hereto.
Section 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT.
(a) The Depositor hereby confirms that each of the conditions
precedent and the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.11 of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.
(b) All terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed; provided, however, that in the
event of any conflict, the provisions of this Instrument shall control over the
conflicting provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 3. RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENT.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Instrument, or
a memorandum thereof if permitted under applicable law, is subject to
recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all
of 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 at the Certificateholders' expense on direction of the related
Certificateholders, but only when accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests
of the Certificateholders or is necessary for the administration or servicing of
the Mortgage Loans.
Section 4. GOVERNING LAW.
This Instrument shall be construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties
hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws, without giving
effect to principles of conflicts of law.
Section 5. COUNTERPARTS.
This Instrument 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 instrument.
Section 6. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
This Instrument shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the Depositor and the Trustee and their respective successors and assigns.
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC.
By:------------------------------------
Name:
Title: Assistant Vice President
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee for Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc., Asset-Backed Floating Rate
Certificates, Series 1997-NC4
By:------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
ATTACHMENTS
A. Additional terms of sale.
B. Schedule of Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
C. Depositor's Officer's certificate.
D. Opinions of Depositor's counsel (bankruptcy, corporate).
E. Trustee's Certificate.
F. Opinion of Trustee's Counsel.
G. Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
ATTACHMENT A
ADDITIONAL TERMS OF SALE
A. General
1. Subsequent Cut-off Date: September 1, 1997
2. Subsequent Transfer Date: September 19, 1997
3. Aggregate Principal Balance of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans as of the Subsequent Cut-off
Date: $______________________
4. Purchase Price: 100.00%
B. The following representations and warranties with respect to each
Subsequent Mortgage Loan determined as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date shall be
true and correct: (i) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan may not be 30 or more days
delinquent as of the related Subsequent Cut-off Date; (ii) the stated term to
maturity of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will not be less than 168 months and
will not exceed 360 months; (iii) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan may not provide
for negative amortization; (iv) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will not have a
Loan-to-Value Ratio greater than 90%; (v) the Subsequent Mortgage Loans will
have as of the end of the Funding Period, a weighted average term since
origination not in excess of 2 months; (vi) no Subsequent Mortgage Loan shall
have a Mortgage Rate less than 5.5% or greater than 14.5%; (vii) the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan will have been serviced by the Master Servicer since origination
or purchase by the Depositor; and (viii) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will be
underwritten in accordance with the criteria set forth under the section "The
Mortgage Pool--Underwriting Standards; Representations" in the Prospectus
Supplement.
C. Following the purchase of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Trust
Fund, the Mortgage Loans (including the related Subsequent Mortgage Loans) will
as of the end of the Funding Period: (i) have a weighted average original term
to stated maturity of not less than 168 months and not more than 360 months;
(ii) have a weighted average Mortgage Rate of not less than 9.30% and not more
than 9.60% by aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (iii) have a
weighted average Loan-to-Value Ratio of not more than 75%, by aggregate
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) have no Mortgage Loan with a
principal balance in excess of $1,000,000 and (v) have a weighted average Gross
Margin not less than 6.80%.
D. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsequent Mortgage Loan may be
rejected by either Rating Agency if the inclusion of any such Subsequent
Mortgage Loans would adversely affect the ratings of any Class of Certificates.
EXHIBIT E-1
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Trustee/Custodian)
LOAN INFORMATION
Name of Mortgagor:-----------------------------------
Master Servicer
Loan No.: -----------------------------------
TRUSTEE/CUSTODIAN
Name: -----------------------------------
Address: -----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
Trustee/Custodian
Mortgage File No.:-----------------------------------
DEPOSITOR
Name: SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC.
Address: -----------------------------------
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Certificates: Asset-Backed Floating Rate
Certificates, Series 1997-NC4.
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges that it
has received from _______________________, as Trustee for the Holders of
Asset-Backed Floating Rate Cert ificates, Series 1997-NC4, the documents
referred to below (the "Documents"). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined
in this Request for Release shall have the meanings given them in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 1997, among the Trustee, the
Depositor and the Master Servicer (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement").
( ) Promissory Note dated _______________, 19__, in the original principal
sum of $__________, made by _____________________, payable to, or endorsed
to the order of, the Trustee.
( ) Mortgage recorded on _________________________ as instrument no.
____________________ in the County Recorder's Office of the County of
_________________, State of __________________ in book/reel/docket
_________________ of official records at page/image _____________.
( ) Deed of Trust recorded on ___________________ as instrument no.
________________ in the County Recorder's Office of the County of
_________________, State of ____________________ in book/reel/docket
_________________ of official records at page/image ______________.
( ) Assignment of Mortgage or Deed of Trust to the Trustee, recorded on
___________________ as instrument no. _________ in the County Recorder's
Office of the County of _______________, State of _______________________
in book/reel/docket ____________ of official records at page/image
____________.
( ) Other documents, including any amendments, assignments or other
assumptions of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
( ) ---------------------------------------------
( ) ---------------------------------------------
( ) ---------------------------------------------
( ) ---------------------------------------------
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges and agrees
as follows:
(1) The Master Servicer shall hold and retain possession of
the Documents in trust for the benefit of the Trustee, solely for the
purposes provided in the Agreement.
(2) The Master Servicer shall not cause or permit the
Documents to become subject to, or encumbered by, any claim, liens,
security interest, charges, writs of
attachment or other impositions nor shall the Master Servicer assert or
seek to assert any claims or rights of setoff to or against the
Documents or any proceeds thereof.
(3) The Master Servicer shall return each and every Document
previously requested from the Mortgage File to the Trustee when the
need therefor no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan relating to
the Documents has been liquidated and the proceeds thereof have been
remitted to the Collection Account and except as expressly provided in
the Agreement.
(4) The Documents and any proceeds thereof, including any
proceeds of proceeds, coming into the possession or control of the
Master Servicer shall at all times be earmarked for the account of the
Trustee, and the Master Servicer shall keep the Documents and any
proceeds separate and distinct from all other property in the Master
Servicer's possession, custody or control.
Dated:
NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION
By:-----------------------------------
Name:---------------------------------
Title:--------------------------------
EXHIBIT E-2
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
[Mortgage Loans Paid in Full]
OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AND TRUST RECEIPT
ASSET-BACKED FLOATING RATE CERTIFICATES
SERIES 1997-NC4
____________________________________________________ HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT
HE/SHE IS AN OFFICER OF THE MASTER SERVICER, HOLDING THE OFFICE SET
FORTH BENEATH HIS/HER SIGNATURE, AND HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFIES AS
FOLLOWS:
WITH RESPECT TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS, AS THE TERM IS DEFINED IN THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED
SCHEDULE:
ALL PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM (IF ANY), AND INTEREST HAVE BEEN
MADE.
LOAN NUMBER: ---------------------- BORROWER'S NAME:------------------------
COUNTY:----------------------------
WE HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ALL AMOUNTS RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH PAYMENTS,
WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE COLLEC TION ACCOUNT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 3.10 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE
CREDITED.
----------------------------------- DATED:------------------------------
/ / VICE PRESIDENT
/ / ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT
EXHIBIT F-1
FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER
[Date]
[Trustee]
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
Re: Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.,
Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1997-NC4,
Class ___, Representing A ___% Class ___ Percentage Interest
------------------------------------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the transfer by ________________ (the
"Transferor") to ________________ (the "Transferee") of the captioned
asset-backed certificates (the "Certificates"), the Transferor hereby certifies
as follows:
Neither the Transferor nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a)
offered, pledged, sold, disposed of or otherwise transferred any Certificate,
any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to any person in
any manner, (b) has solicited any offer to buy or to accept a pledge,
disposition or other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c) has
otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to any Certificate, any interest
in any Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner,
(d) has made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any
other manner, (e) has taken any other action, that (in the case of each of
subclauses (a) through (e) above) would constitute a distribution of the
Certificates under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), or
would render the disposition of any Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the
1933 Act or any state securities law or would require registration or
qualification pursuant thereto. The Transferor will not act, nor has it
authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in any manner set forth in
the foregoing sentence with respect to any Certificate. The Transferor will not
sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates, except in compliance with
the provisions of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
August 1, 1997, among Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. as
Depositor, New Century Mortgage Corporation as Master Servicer and First Trust
National Association as Trustee (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"),
pursuant to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Certificates were issued.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Very truly yours,
[Transferor]
By:-----------------------------------
Name:---------------------------------
Title:--------------------------------
FORM OF TRANSFEREE REPRESENTATION LETTER
[Date]
[Trustee]
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
Re: Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.,
Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1997-NC4,
Class ___, Representing A ___% Class ___ Percentage Interest
------------------------------------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the purchase from ______________________
(the "Transferor") on the date hereof of the captioned trust certificates (the
"Certificates"), _______________ (the "Transferee") hereby certifies as follows:
1. The Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that
term is defined in Rule 144A ("Rule 144A") under the Securities Act of
1933 (the "1933 Act") and has completed either of the forms of
certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. The
Transferee is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A. The Transferee is acquiring the Certificates for its own
account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer, and
understands that such Certificate may be resold, pledged or transferred
only (i) to a person reasonably believed to be a qualified
institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for the
account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that
the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A,
or (ii) pursuant to another exemption from registration under the 1933
Act.
2. The Transferee has been furnished with all information
regarding (a) the Certificates and distributions thereon, (b) the
nature, performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans, (c) the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to below, and (d) any credit
enhancement mechanism associated with the Certificates, that it has
requested.
All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of August 1, 1997, among Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc. as Depositor, New Century Mortgage Corporation as Master
Servicer and First Trust National Association as Trustee, pursuant to which the
Certificates were issued.
[TRANSFEREE]
By:
Name:
Title:
ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT F-1
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows to [name of
Transferor] (the "Transferor") and First Trust National Association, as Trustee,
with respect to the assetbacked certificates (the "Certificates") described in
the Transferee Certificate to which this certification relates and to which this
certification is an Annex:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
entity purchasing the Certificates (the "Transferee").
2. In connection with purchases by the Transferee, the
Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule
144A under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Transferee
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis $______________________1 in
securities (except for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end
of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii) the Transferee satisfies the criteria in the
category marked below.
___ CORPORATION, ETC. The Transferee is a corporation (other than
a bank, savings and loan association or similar institution),
Massachusetts or similar business trust, partnership, or any
organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.
___ BANK. The Transferee (a) is a national bank or banking
institution organized under the laws of any State, territory
or the District of Columbia, the business of which is
substantially confined to banking and is supervised by the
State or territorial banking commission or similar official or
is a foreign bank or equivalent institution, and (b) has an
audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in
its latest annual financial statements, A COPY OF WHICH IS
ATTACHED HERETO.
___ SAVINGS AND LOAN. The Transferee (a) is a savings and loan
association, building and loan association, cooperative bank,
homestead association or similar institution, which is
supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority having
supervision over any such institutions or is a foreign savings
and loan association or equivalent institution and (b) has an
audited net worth of
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1 Transferee must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
$100,000,000 in securities unless Transferee is a dealer, and, in that case,
Transferee must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000
in securities.
at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual
financial statements, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO.
___ BROKER-DEALER. The Transferee is a dealer registered pursuant
to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
___ INSURANCE COMPANY. The Transferee is an insurance company
whose primary and predominant business activity is the writing
of insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by
insurance companies and which is subject to supervision by the
insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency of a
State, territory or the District of Columbia.
___ STATE OR LOCAL PLAN. The Transferee is a plan established and
maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any
agency or instrumentality of the State or its political
subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees.
___ ERISA PLAN. The Transferee is an employee benefit plan within
the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974.
___ INVESTMENT ADVISOR. The Transferee is an investment advisor
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
3. The term "SECURITIES" as used herein DOES NOT INCLUDE (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Transferee, (ii) securities
that are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Transferee, if
the Transferee is a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or
any instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of
deposit, (v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities
owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate
and commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of
securities owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Transferee, the
Transferee used the cost of such securities to the Transferee and did not
include any of the securities referred to in the preceding paragraph. Further,
in determining such aggregate amount, the Transferee may have included
securities owned by subsidiaries of the Transferee, but only if such
subsidiaries are consolidated with the Transferee in its financial statements
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and if the
investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the Transferee's direction.
However, such securities were not included if the Transferee is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Transferee
is not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
5. The Transferee acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule
144A and understands that the Transferor and other parties related to the
Certificates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein
because one or more sales to the Transferee may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
___ ___ Will the Transferee be purchasing the Certificates
Yes No only for the Transferee's own account?
6. If the answer to the foregoing question is "no", the
Transferee agrees that, in connection with any purchase of securities sold to
the Transferee for the account of a third party (including any separate account)
in reliance on Rule 144A, the Transferee will only purchase for the account of a
third party that at the time is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the
meaning of Rule 144A. In addition, the Transferee agrees that the Transferee
will not purchase securities for a third party unless the Transferee has
obtained a current representation letter from such third party or taken other
appropriate steps contemplated by Rule 144A to conclude that such third party
independently meets the definition of "qualified institutional buyer" set forth
in Rule 144A.
7. The Transferee will notify each of the parties to which
this certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions
herein. Until such notice is given, the Transferee's purchase of the
Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification as of the
date of such purchase. In addition, if the Transferee is a bank or savings and
loan as provided above, the Transferee agrees that it will furnish to such
parties updated annual financial statements promptly after they become
available.
Dated:
-----------------------------------
Print Name of Transferee
By:-----------------------------------
Name:---------------------------------
Title:--------------------------------
ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT F-1
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees That Are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows to [name of
Transferor] (the "Transferor") and First Trust National Association, as Trustee,
with respect to the assetbacked certificates (the "Certificates") described in
the Transferee Certificate to which this certification relates and to which this
certification is an Annex:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the entity purchasing the
Certificates (the "Transferee") or, if the Transferee is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because the Transferee is part of a Family of
Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the investment
adviser (the "Adviser").
2. In connection with purchases by the Transferee, the
Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A because
(i) the Transferee is an investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, and (ii) as marked below, the Transferee alone, or the
Transferee's Family of Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in
securities (other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end
of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the
amount of securities owned by the Transferee or the Transferee's Family of
Investment Companies, the cost of such securities was used.
____ The Transferee owned $___________________ in securities (other
than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the
end of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year (such amount
being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
____ The Transferee is part of a Family of Investment Companies
which owned in the aggregate $______________ in securities
(other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of
the end of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year (such
amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "FAMILY OF INVESTMENT COMPANIES" as used herein
means two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have
the same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by
virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one
investment adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "SECURITIES" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Transferee or are part of the
Transferee's Family of
Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.
5. The Transferee is familiar with Rule 144A and understands
that the parties to which this certification is being made are relying and will
continue to rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales to the
Transferee will be in reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the Transferee will
only purchase for the Transferee's own account.
6. The undersigned will notify the parties to which this
certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions herein.
Until such notice, the Transferee's purchase of the Certificates will constitute
a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the date of such
purchase.
Dated:
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Print Name of Transferee or Advisor
By:-----------------------------------
Name:---------------------------------
Title:--------------------------------
IF AN ADVISER:
Print Name of Transferee
FORM OF TRANSFEREE REPRESENTATION LETTER
The undersigned hereby certifies on behalf of the purchaser
named below (the "Purchaser") as follows:
1. I am an executive officer of the Purchaser.
2. The Purchaser is a "qualified institutional buyer",
as defined in Rule 144A, ("Rule 144A") under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
3. As of the date specified below (which is not earlier than
the last day of the Purchaser's most recent fiscal year), the amount of
"securities", computed for purposes of Rule 144A, owned and invested on
a discretionary basis by the Purchaser was in excess of $100,000,000.
Name of Purchaser--------------------------------------------------------------
By: (Signature)-----------------------------------------------------------
Name of Signatory--------------------------------------------------------------
Title--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date of this certificate-------------------------------------------------------
Date of information provided in paragraph 3------------------------------------
EXHIBIT F-2
FORM OF TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT AND AGREEMENT
STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
-----------------------------------, being duly sworn,
deposes, represents and warrants as follows:
1. I am a ______________________ of
____________________________ (the "Owner") a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of ______________, the record owner of Salomon Brothers
Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates, Series
1997-NC4, [Class R-I] [Class R-II] [Class R-III] (the "Class R Certificates"),
on behalf of whom I make this affidavit and agreement. Capitalized terms used
but not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to which the Class R Certificates were
issued.
2. The Owner (i) is and will be a "Permitted Transferee" as
of ____________________, 199___ and (ii) is acquiring the Class R Certificates
for its own account or for the account of another Owner from which it has
received an affidavit in substantially the same form as this affidavit. A
"Permitted Transferee" is any person other than a "disqualified organization" or
a possession of the United States. For this purpose, a "disqualified
organization" means the United States, any state or political subdivision
thereof, any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an
instrumentality all of the activities of which are subject to tax and, except
for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of whose board of
directors is not selected by any such governmental entity) or any foreign
government, international organization or any agency or instrumentality of such
foreign government or organization, any rural electric or telephone cooperative,
or any organization (other than certain farmers' cooperatives) that is generally
exempt from federal income tax unless such organization is subject to the tax on
unrelated business taxable income.
3. The Owner is aware (i) of the tax that would be imposed on
transfers of the Class R Certificates to disqualified organizations under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that applies to all transfers of the Class R
Certificates after March 31, 1988; (ii) that such tax would be on the transferor
or, if such transfer is through an agent (which person includes a broker,
nominee or middleman) for a non-Permitted Transferee, on the agent; (iii) that
the person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability for the
tax if the transferee furnishes to such person an affidavit that the transferee
is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of transfer, such person does not
have actual knowledge that the affidavit is false; and (iv) that each of the
Class R Certificates may be a "noneconomic residual interest" within the meaning
of proposed Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code and that the
transferor of a "noneconomic residual interest" will remain liable for any taxes
due with respect to the
income on such residual interest, unless no significant purpose of the transfer
is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
4. The Owner is aware of the tax imposed on a "pass-through
entity" holding the Class R Certificates if, at any time during the taxable year
of the pass-through entity, a non-Permitted Transferee is the record holder of
an interest in such entity. (For this purpose, a "pass-through entity" includes
a regulated investment company, a real estate investment trust or common trust
fund, a partnership, trust or estate, and certain cooperatives.)
5. The Owner is aware that the Trustee will not register the
transfer of any Class R Certificate unless the transferee, or the transferee's
agent, delivers to the Trustee, among other things, an affidavit in
substantially the same form as this affidavit. The Owner expressly agrees that
it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any of the
representations contained in such affidavit and agreement are false.
6. The Owner consents to any additional restrictions or
arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute
a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Class R Certificates will only be
owned, directly or indirectly, by an Owner that is a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Owner's taxpayer identification number is
___________________.
8. The Owner has reviewed the restrictions set forth on the
face of the Class R Certificates and the provisions of Section 5.02(d) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement under which the Class R Certificates were issued
(in particular, clauses (iii)(A) and (iii)(B) of Section 5.02(d) which authorize
the Trustee to deliver payments to a person other than the Owner and negotiate a
mandatory sale by the Trustee in the event that the Owner holds such Certificate
in violation of Section 5.02(d)); and that the Owner expressly agrees to be
bound by and to comply with such restrictions and provisions.
9. The Owner is not acquiring and will not transfer the Class
R Certificates in order to impede the assessment or collection of any tax.
10. The Owner anticipates that it will, so long as it holds
the Class R Certificates, have sufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by the
holder of such Class R Certificates, and hereby represents to and for the
benefit of the person from whom it acquired the Class R Certificates that the
Owner intends to pay taxes associated with holding such Class R Certificates as
they become due, fully understanding that it may incur tax liabilities in excess
of any cash flows generated by the Class R Certificates.
11. The Owner has no present knowledge that it may become
insolvent or subject to a bankruptcy proceeding for so long as it holds the
Class R Certificates.
12. The Owner has no present knowledge or expectation that it
will be unable to pay any United States taxes owed by it so long as any of the
Certificates remain outstanding.
13. The Owner is not acquiring the Class R Certificates with
the intent to transfer the Class R Certificates to any person or entity that
will not have sufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by the holder of such
Class R Certificates, or that may become insolvent or subject to a bankruptcy
proceeding, for so long as the Class R Certificates remain outstanding.
14. The Owner will, in connection with any transfer that it
makes of the Class R Certificates, obtain from its transferee the
representations required by Section 5.02(d) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement under which the Class R Certificate were issued and will not
consummate any such transfer if it knows, or knows facts that should lead it to
believe, that any such representations are false.
15. The Owner will, in connection with any transfer that it
makes of the Class R Certificates, deliver to the Trustee an affidavit, which
represents and warrants that it is not transferring the Class R Certificates to
impede the assessment or collection of any tax and that it has no actual
knowledge that the proposed transferee: (i) has insufficient assets to pay any
taxes owed by such transferee as holder of the Class R Certificates; (ii) may
become insolvent or subject to a bankruptcy proceeding for so long as the Class
R Certificates remains outstanding; and (iii) is not a "Permitted Transferee".
16. The Owner is a citizen or resident of the United States, a
corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or under the
laws of, the United States or any political subdivision thereof, or an estate or
trust whose income from sources without the United States may be included in
gross income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its
connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States.
[17. The Owner of the Class R-III Certificate, hereby agrees
that in the event that the Trust Fund created by the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01 thereof, the undersigned shall
assign and transfer to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates any amounts in
excess of par received in connection with such termination. Accordingly, in
the event of such termination, the Trustee is hereby authorized to withhold any
such amounts in excess of par and to pay such amounts directly to the Holders of
the Class CE Certificates. This agreement shall bind and be enforceable against
any successor, transferee or assigned of the undersigned in the Class R-III
Certificate. In connection with any transfer of the Class R-III Certificate,
the Owner shall obtain an agreement substantially similar to this clause from
any subsequent owner.]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to the authority of its Board of Directors, by
its [Vice] President, attested by its [Assistant] Secretary, this ____ day of
__________, 199___.
[OWNER]
By:-----------------------------------
Name:---------------------------------
Title: [Vice] President
ATTEST:
By:-----------------------------------
Name:---------------------------------
Title: [Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named , known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to
be a [Vice] President of the Owner, and acknowledged to me that [he/she]
executed the same as [his/her] free act and deed and the free act and deed of
the Owner.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of __________,
199___.
-----------------------------------
Notary Public
County of
State of
My Commission expires:
FORM OF TRANSFEROR AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss. :
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
-------------------------, being duly sworn, deposes,
represents and warrants as follows:
1. I am a ____________________ of _____________________________ (the "Owner"), a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of ______________, on
behalf of whom I make this affidavit.
2. The Owner is not transferring the [Class R-I] [Class R-II]
[Class R-III] (the "Residual Certificates") to impede the assessment or
collection of any tax.
3. The Owner has no actual knowledge that the Person that is
the proposed transferee (the "Purchaser") of the Residual Certificates: (i) has
insufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by such proposed transferee as holder
of the Residual Certificates; (ii) may become insolvent or subject to a
bankruptcy proceeding for so long as the Residual Certificates remain
outstanding and (iii) is not a Permitted Transferee.
4. The Owner understands that the Purchaser has delivered to
the Trustee a transfer affidavit and agreement in the form attached to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit F-2. The Owner does not know or
believe that any representation contained therein is false.
5. At the time of transfer, the Owner has conducted a
reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the Purchaser as
contemplated by Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i) and, as a result
of that investigation, the Owner has determined that the Purchaser has
historically paid its debts as they became due and has found no significant
evidence to indicate that the Purchaser will not continue to pay its debts as
they become due in the future. The Owner understands that the transfer of a
Residual Certificate may not be respected for United States income tax purposes
(and the Owner may continue to be liable for United States income taxes
associated therewith) unless the Owner has conducted such an investigation.
6. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to the authority of its Board of Directors, by
its [Vice] President, attested by its [Assistant] Secretary, this ____ day of
___________, 199___.
[OWNER]
By:-----------------------------------
Name:---------------------------------
Title: [Vice] President
ATTEST:
By:-----------------------------------
Name:---------------------------------
Title: [Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named , known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to
be a [Vice] President of the Owner, and acknowledged to me that [he/she]
executed the same as [his/her] free act and deed and the free act and deed of
the Owner.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of __________,
199___.
-----------------------------------
Notary Public
County of----------------------------------
State of-----------------------------------
My Commission expires:
EXHIBIT G
FORM OF CERTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO ERISA AND THE CODE
_____________, 199__
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Seven Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
First Trust National Association
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
New Century Mortgage Corporation
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
Re: Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates,
Series 1997-NC4, CLASS ___
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Dear Sirs:
__________________________________ (the "Transferee") intends
to acquire from _____________________ (the "Transferor") $____________ Initial
Certificate Principal Balance of Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1997-NC4, Class ___ (the
"Certificates"), issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") dated as of August 1, 1997 among Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. as depositor (the "Depositor"), New
Century Mortgage Corporation as master servicer (the "Master Servicer") and
First Trust National Association as trustee (the "Trustee"). Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned thereto
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferee hereby certifies,
represents and warrants to, and covenants with the Depositor, the Trustee and
the Master Servicer that the following statements in either (1) or (2) are
accurate:
_____ (1) The Certificates (i) are not being acquired by, and will not
be transferred to, any employee benefit plan within the meaning of
section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA"), or other retirement arrangement, including
individual retirement accounts and annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank
collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate
accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested,
that is subject to Section 406
of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the
"Code") (any of the foregoing, a "Plan"), (ii) are not being acquired
with "plan assets" of a Plan within the meaning of the Department of
Labor ("DOL") regulation, 29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101, and (iii) will not
be transferred to any entity that is deemed to be investing in plan
assets within the meaning of the DOL regulation at 29 C.F.R. ss.
2510.3-101; or
_____ (2) The purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable
law, will not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, will not subject the Depositor, the
Trustee or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those
undertaken in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each of the
following statements are accurate: (a) the Transferee is an insurance
company; (b) the source of funds used to purchase such Certificates is
an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 95-60 issued by the
DOL); (c) the conditions set forth in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60
have been satisfied and the purchase, holding and transfer of
Certificates by or on behalf of the Transferee are exempt under PTCE
95-60; and (d) there is no Plan with respect to which the amount of
such general account's reserves and liabilities for contracts held by
or on behalf of such Plan and all other Plans maintained by he same
employer (or any "affiliate" thereof, as defined in PTCE 95-60) or by
the same employee organization exceed 10% of the total of all reserves
and liabilities of such general account (as determined under PTCE
95-60) as of the date of the acquisition of the Certificates.
Very truly yours,
By: --------------------------------------
Name:-------------------------------------
Title:------------------------------------
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER INSTRUMENT
Pursuant to this Subsequent Transfer Instrument, dated
September ___, 1997 (the "Instrument"), between Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc. as seller (the "Depositor"), and First Trust National
Association as trustee of the Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc.
Asset-Backed Floating Rate Certificates, Series 1997-NC4, as purchaser (the
"Trustee"), and pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
August 1, 1997 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Depositor as
depositor, New Century Mortgage Corporation as master servicer and the Trustee
as trustee, the Depositor and the Trustee agree to the sale by the Depositor and
the purchase by the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, of the Mortgage Loans
listed on the attached Schedule of Mortgage Loans (the "Subsequent Mortgage
Loans").
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 1. CONVEYANCE OF SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOANS.
(a) The Depositor does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over
and convey to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, without recourse, all of
its right, title and interest in and to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, and
including all amounts due on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans after the related
Subsequent Cut-off Date, and all items with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement; provided, however that the Depositor reserves and retains all right,
title and interest in and to amounts due on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans on or
prior to the related Subsequent Cut-off Date. The Depositor, contemporaneously
with the delivery of this Agreement, has delivered or caused to be delivered to
the Trustee each item set forth in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. The transfer to the Trustee by the Depositor of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be absolute and is
intended by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the
Certificateholders to constitute and to be treated as a sale by the Depositor to
the Trust Fund.
(b) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and
delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to
the Trustee without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders all the
right, title and interest of the Depositor, in, to and under the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated the date hereof, between the Depositor
as purchaser and the Master Servicer as seller, to the extent of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans, a copy of which agreement is annexed hereto as Attachment G.
(c) Additional terms of the sale are set forth on Attachment A
hereto.
Section 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT.
(a) The Depositor hereby confirms that each of the conditions
precedent and the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.11 of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.
(b) All terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed; provided, however, that in the
event of any conflict, the provisions of this Instrument shall control over the
conflicting provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 3. RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENT.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Instrument, or
a memorandum thereof if permitted under applicable law, is subject to
recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all
of 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 at the Certificateholders' expense on direction of the related
Certificateholders, but only when accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests
of the Certificateholders or is necessary for the administration or servicing of
the Mortgage Loans.
Section 4. GOVERNING LAW.
This Instrument shall be construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties
hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws, without giving
effect to principles of conflicts of law.
Section 5. COUNTERPARTS.
This Instrument 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 instrument.
Section 6. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
This Instrument shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the Depositor and the Trustee and their respective successors and assigns.
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC.
By:--------------------------------------
Name:------------------------------------
Title: Assistant Vice President
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee for Salomon Brothers Mortgage
Securities VII, Inc., Asset-Backed Floating Rate
Certificates, Series 1997-NC4
By:--------------------------------------
Name:------------------------------------
Title:
ATTACHMENTS
A. Additional terms of sale.
B. Schedule of Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
C. Depositor's Officer's certificate.
D. Opinions of Depositor's counsel (bankruptcy, corporate).
E. Trustee's Certificate.
F. Opinion of Trustee's Counsel.
G. Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
ATTACHMENT A
ADDITIONAL TERMS OF SALE
A. General
1. Subsequent Cut-off Date: September 1, 1997
2. Subsequent Transfer Date: September 17, 1997
3. Aggregate Principal Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans
as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date: $______________________
4. Purchase Price: 100.00%
B. The following representations and warranties with respect to each
Subsequent Mortgage Loan determined as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date shall be
true and correct: (i) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan may not be 30 or more days
delinquent as of the related Subsequent Cut-off Date; (ii) the stated term to
maturity of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will not be less than 168 months and
will not exceed 360 months; (iii) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan may not provide
for negative amortization; (iv) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will not have a
Loan-to-Value Ratio greater than 90%; (v) the Subsequent Mortgage Loans will
have as of the end of the Funding Period, a weighted average term since
origination not in excess of 2 months; (vi) no Subsequent Mortgage Loan shall
have a Mortgage Rate less than 5.5% or greater than 14.5%; (vii) the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan will have been serviced by the Master Servicer since origination
or purchase by the Depositor; and (viii) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will be
underwritten in accordance with the criteria set forth under the section "The
Mortgage Pool--Underwriting Standards; Representations" in the Prospectus
Supplement.
C. Following the purchase of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Trust
Fund, the Mortgage Loans (including the related Subsequent Mortgage Loans) will
as of the end of the Funding Period: (i) have a weighted average original term
to stated maturity of not less than 168 months and not more than 360 months;
(ii) have a weighted average Mortgage Rate of not less than 9.30% and not more
than 9.60% by aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (iii) have a
weighted average Loan-to-Value Ratio of not more than 75%, by aggregate
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) have no Mortgage Loan with a
principal balance in excess of $1,000,000 and (v) have a weighted average Gross
Margin not less than 6.80%.
D. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsequent Mortgage Loan may be
rejected by either Rating Agency if the inclusion of any such Subsequent
Mortgage Loans would adversely affect the ratings of any Class of Certificates.
EXHIBIT I
FORM OF ADDITION NOTICE
[Date]
[Trustee]
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Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 1997, among
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., New Century Mortgage
Corporation and First Trust National Association, relating to Salomon
Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. Asset-Backed Floating RATE
Certificates, Series 1997-NC4
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Section 2.11 of the referenced Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc. has
designated Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be sold to the Trust Fund on [DATE],
with an aggregate principal balance of $___________________. Capitalized terms
not otherwise defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
Please acknowledge your receipt of this notice by
countersigning the enclosed copy in the space indicated below and returning it
to the attention of the undersigned.
Very truly yours,
SALOMON BROTHERS MORTGAGE
SECURITIES VII, INC.
By:-------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged and Agreed:
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:-----------------------------------
Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE 1
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
