MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.
Depositor
OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB
Master Servicer
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 1, 2002
MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2002-NC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2002-NC1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.................................................................................-1-
SECTION 1.02. Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls....................................................-47-
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans.............................................................-49-
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance of REMIC I by Trustee.............................................................-51-
SECTION 2.03. Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by the
Originator..........................................................................-52-
SECTION 2.04. Reserved.....................................................................................-54-
SECTION 2.05. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master
Servicer............................................................................-54-
SECTION 2.06. Issuance of the REMIC I Regular Interests and the Class R-I Interest.........................-57-
SECTION 2.07. Conveyance of the REMIC I Regular Interests; Acceptance of REMIC
II by the Trustee...................................................................-57-
SECTION 2.08. Conveyance of the REMIC II Regular Interests; Acceptance of REMIC
III by the Trustee..................................................................-57-
SECTION 2.09. Issuance of Class R Certificates.............................................................-58-
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer....................................................-59-
SECTION 3.02. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and Sub-
Servicers...........................................................................-61-
SECTION 3.03. Successor Sub-Servicers......................................................................-62-
SECTION 3.04. Liability of the Master Servicer.............................................................-62-
SECTION 3.05. No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicers and the Trustee or
Certificateholders...........................................................................-63-
SECTION 3.06. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements by Trustee.............................-63-
SECTION 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments.................................................-63-
SECTION 3.08. Sub-Servicing Accounts.......................................................................-64-
SECTION 3.09. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing
Accounts............................................................................-64-
SECTION 3.10. Collection Account and Distribution Account..................................................-65-
SECTION 3.11. Withdrawals from the Collection Account and Distribution Account.............................-67-
SECTION 3.12. Investment of Funds in the Collection Account and the Distribution
Account......................................................................................-69-
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SECTION 3.13. [Reserved]...................................................................................-70-
SECTION 3.14. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity
Coverage.....................................................................................-70-
SECTION 3.15. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements....................................-72-
SECTION 3.16. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans....................................................-73-
SECTION 3.17. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files..............................................-75-
SECTION 3.18. Servicing Compensation.......................................................................-76-
SECTION 3.19. Reports to the Trustee; Collection Account Statements........................................-76-
SECTION 3.20. Statement as to Compliance...................................................................-77-
SECTION 3.21. Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report.............................................-77-
SECTION 3.22. Access to Certain Documentation..............................................................-77-
SECTION 3.23. Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property............................................-78-
SECTION 3.24. Obligations of the Master Servicer in Respect of Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls...................................................................................-81-
SECTION 3.25. Obligations of the Master Servicer in Respect of Mortgage Rates and
Monthly Payments.............................................................................-81-
SECTION 3.26. Advance Facility.............................................................................-81-
SECTION 3.27. Reserved.....................................................................................-82-
SECTION 3.28 Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account.......................................................-82-
SECTION 3.29. Excess Net WAC Rate Reserve Account..........................................................-84-
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
SECTION 4.01. Distributions................................................................................-86-
SECTION 4.02. Statements to Certificateholders.............................................................-95-
SECTION 4.03. Remittance Reports; Advances.................................................................-97-
SECTION 4.04. Allocation of Realized Losses................................................................-99-
SECTION 4.05. Compliance with Withholding Requirements....................................................-101-
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.01. The Certificate.............................................................................-105-
SECTION 5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.......................................-106-
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates...........................................-111-
SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.......................................................................-111-
SECTION 5.05. Certain Available Information...............................................................-111-
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 6.01. Liability of the Depositor and the Master Servicer..........................................-113-
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master Servicer.............................-113-
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
Others......................................................................................-113-
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SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer............................................-114-
SECTION 6.05. Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the Master Servicer...................................-115-
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
SECTION 7.01. Master Servicer Events of Default...........................................................-116-
SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor....................................................-118-
SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders..........................................................-119-
SECTION 7.04. Waiver of Master Servicer Events of Default.................................................-119-
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee...........................................................................-120-
SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.......................................................-121-
SECTION 8.03. Trustee not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.......................................-122-
SECTION 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates................................................................-122-
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.................................................................-122-
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee........................................................-123-
SECTION 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee......................................................-123-
SECTION 8.08. Successor Trustee...........................................................................-124-
SECTION 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee..........................................................-124-
SECTION 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee...............................................-125-
SECTION 8.11. Appointment of Office or Agency.............................................................-126-
SECTION 8.12. Representations and Warranties..............................................................-126-
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
SECTION 9.01. Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage
Loans.......................................................................................-128-
SECTION 9.02. Additional Termination Requirements.........................................................-130-
ARTICLE X
REMIC PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. REMIC Administration...............................................................-132-
SECTION 10.02. Prohibited Transactions and Activities.............................................-134-
SECTION 10.03. Master Servicer and Trustee Indemnification........................................-135-
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.01. Amendment..........................................................................-136-
SECTION 11.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.............................................-137-
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SECTION 11.03. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.........................................-137-
SECTION 11.04. Governing Law......................................................................-138-
SECTION 11.05. Notices............................................................................-138-
SECTION 11.06. Severability of Provisions.........................................................-138-
SECTION 11.07. Notice to Rating Agencies..........................................................-139-
SECTION 11.08. Article and Section References.....................................................-140-
SECTION 11.09. Grant of Security Interest.........................................................-140-
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Exhibits
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Exhibit A-1 Form of Class A-1 Certificate
Exhibit A-2 Form of Class A-2 Certificate
Exhibit A-3 Form of Class M-1 Certificate
Exhibit A-4 Form of Class M-2 Certificate
Exhibit A-5 Form of Class M-3 Certificate
Exhibit A-6 Form of Class M-4 Certificate
Exhibit A-7 Form of Class CE Certificate
Exhibit A-8 Form of Class P Certificate
Exhibit A-9 Form of Class S Certificate
Exhibit A-10 Form of Class R 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, Class P
Certificates or Residual Certificates Pursuant to Rule 144A Under the 1933 Act
Exhibit F-2 Form of Transfer Affidavit and Agreement and Form of Transferor Affidavit in
Connection with Transfer of Residual Certificates
Exhibit G Form of Certification with respect to ERISA and the Code
Exhibit H Form of Report Pursuant to Section 4.06
Exhibit I Form of Lost Note Affidavit
Exhibit J-1 Form of Certification to Be Provided by the Trustee with Form 10-K
Exhibit J-2 Form of Certification to Be Provided by the Master Servicer with Form 10-K
Exhibit J-3 Form of Certification to Be Provided to the Trustee by the Master Servicer
Exhibit K-1 Form of Certification to Be Provided by the Depositor with Form 10-K
Exhibit K-2 Form of Certification to Be Provided to the Depositor by the Trustee
Exhibit K-3 Form of Certification to Be Provided to the Depositor by the Master Servicer
Exhibit L Form of Custodial Agreement
Schedule 1 Mortgage Loan Schedule
Schedule 2 Prepayment Charge Schedule
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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, is dated and effective
as of October 1, 2002, among MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC. as
Depositor, OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB as Master Servicer and U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION as Trustee.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
The Depositor intends to sell pass-through certificates to be
issued hereunder in multiple classes, which in the aggregate will evidence the
entire beneficial ownership interest in each REMIC (as defined herein) created
hereunder. The Trust Fund will consist of a segregated pool of assets comprised
of the Mortgage Loans and certain other related assets subject to this
Agreement.
REMIC I
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As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Mortgage Loans and certain other
related assets (other than the Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount,
the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account and the Excess Net WAC Rate Reserve
Account) subject to this Agreement as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes,
and such segregated pool of assets will be designated as "REMIC I." The Class
R-I Interest will be the sole class of "residual interests" in REMIC I for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions (as defined herein). The following table
irrevocably sets forth the designation, the REMIC I Remittance Rate, the initial
Uncertificated Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury
regulation section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for
each of the REMIC I Regular Interests (as defined herein). None of the REMIC I
Regular Interests will be certificated.
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REMIC I Initial Latest Possible
Designation Remittance Rate Uncertificated Balance Maturity Date(1)
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I-LT1 Variable(2) $623,724,814.87 September 25, 0000
X-XX0 Variable(2) $273,744,253.91 September 25, 2032
I-LTS1A Variable(2) $ 22,000,000.00 September 25, 0000
X-XXX0X Variable(2) $ 6,000,000.00 September 25, 2032
I-LTS1C Variable(2) $ 4,000,000.00 September 25, 2032
I-LTS1D Variable(2) $ 14,000,000.00 September 25, 2032
I-LTS1E Variable(2) $ 34,000,000.00 September 25, 2032
I-LTS2A Variable(2) $ 2,000,000.00 September 25, 0000
X-XXX0X Variable(2) $ 2,000,000.00 September 25, 2032
I-LTS2C Variable(2) $ 1,000,000.00 September 25, 2032
I-LTS2D Variable(2) $ 1,000,000.00 September 25, 2032
I-LTS2E Variable(2) $ 8,000,000.00 September 25, 0000
X-XXX Variable(2) $ 100.00 September 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as
the "latest possible maturity date" for each REMIC I Regular Interest.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "REMIC I Remittance Rate"
herein.
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REMIC II
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As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC I Regular Interests as a REMIC
for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC II". The Class R-II Interest will be the sole class of
"residual interests" in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions (as
defined 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 (as
defined herein). 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-LTAA Variable(2) $879,519,589.40 September 25, 2032
II-LTA1 Variable(2) $ 5,052,170.00 September 25, 2032
II-LTA2 Variable(2) $ 2,217,330.00 September 25, 2032
II-LTM1 Variable(2) $ 628,230.00 September 25, 2032
II-LTM2 Variable(2) $ 484,630.00 September 25, 2032
II-LTM3 Variable(2) $ 354,500.00 September 25, 2032
II-LTM4 Variable(2) $ 116,670.00 September 25, 2032
II-LTS1 Variable(2) N/A(3) September 25, 2032
II-LTS2 Variable(2) N/A(4) September 25, 2032
II-LTZZ Variable(2) $ 9,095,849.38 September 25, 2032
II-LTP Variable(2) $ 100.00 September 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as
the "latest possible maturity date" for each REMIC II Regular Interest.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "REMIC II Remittance Rate"
herein.
(3) REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1 will not have an Initial Uncertificated
Balance, but will accrue interest on its Uncertificated Notional Amount
outstanding from time to time which shall equal the aggregate Initial
Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Interest I-LTS1A, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTS1B, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1C, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTS1D and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1E.
(4) REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2 will not have an Initial Uncertificated
Balance, but will accrue interest on its Uncertificated Notional Amount
outstanding from time to time which shall equal the aggregate Initial
Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Interest I-LTS2A, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTS2B, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2C, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTS2D and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2E.
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REMIC III
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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 Interest will evidence the sole
class of "residual interests" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions
under federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the initial aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for the indicated
Classes of Certificates.
Initial Aggregate
Certificate Principal Latest Possible
Designation Pass-Through Rate Balance Maturity Date(1)
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Class A-1 Variable(2) $505,217,000.00 September 25, 2032
Class A-2 Variable(2) $221,733,000.00 September 25, 2032
Class M-1 Variable(2) $ 62,823,000.00 September 25, 2032
Class M-2 Variable(2) $ 48,463,000.00 September 25, 2032
Class M-3 Variable(2) $ 35,450,000.00 September 25, 2032
Class M-4 Variable(2) $ 11,667,000.00 September 25, 2032
Class S Variable(2) N/A(3) September 25, 2032
Class CE Variable(2) $ 12,115,968.78(4) September 25, 2032
Class P N/A(5) $ 100.00 September 25, 2032
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(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
for the Mortgage Loans with the latest maturity date has been designated as
the "latest possible maturity date" for each Class of Certificates.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the definition of "Pass-Through Rate"
herein.
(3) The Class S Certificates will not have a Certificate Principal Balance, but
will receive all amounts distributed to REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1
and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2.
(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.
(5) The Class P Certificates will not accrue interest.
As of the Cut-off Date, the Original Mortgage Loans had an
aggregate Principal Balance equal to $897,469,068.78.
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.
"Accrual Period": With respect to the Class A Certificates and
the Mezzanine Certificates and each Distribution Date, the period commencing on
the preceding Distribution Date (or in the case of the first such Accrual
Period, commencing on the Closing Date) and ending on the day preceding the
current Distribution Date. With respect to the Class S Certificates, the Class
CE Certificates, the REMIC I Regular Interests and the REMIC II Regular
Interests and each Distribution Date, the calendar month prior to the month of
such Distribution Date.
"Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan": Each of the Mortgage Loans
identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate that is
subject to adjustment.
"Adjusted Net Maximum Mortgage Rate": With respect to any
Mortgage Loan (or the related REO Property), as of any date of determination, a
per annum rate of interest equal to the applicable Maximum Mortgage Rate for
such Mortgage Loan (or the Mortgage Rate in the case of any Fixed-Rate Mortgage
Loan) as of the first day of the month preceding the month in which the related
Distribution Date occurs minus the sum of (i) the Trustee Fee Rate and (ii) the
Servicing Fee Rate.
"Adjusted 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 applicable Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan as
of the first day of the month preceding the month in which the related
Distribution Date occurs minus the sum of (i) the Trustee Fee Rate and (ii) the
Servicing Fee Rate.
"Adjustment Date": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, the first day of the month in which the Mortgage Rate of such
Mortgage Loan changes pursuant to the related Mortgage Note. The first
Adjustment Date following the Cut-off Date as to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
"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.
"Advancing Person": As defined in Section 3.26 hereof.
"Affiliate": With respect to any specified Person, any other
Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to
any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Aggregate Loss Severity Percentage": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of
which is the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred on any Mortgage Loans
from the Cut-off Date to the last day of the preceding calendar month and the
denominator of which is the aggregate principal balance of such Mortgage Loans
immediately prior to the liquidation of such Mortgage Loans.
"Agreement": This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all
amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
"Allocated Realized Loss Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Class of Mezzanine Certificates, the sum of (i) any
Realized Losses allocated to such Class of Certificates on such Distribution
Date and (ii) the amount of any Allocated Realized Loss Amount for such Class of
Certificates remaining unpaid from the previous Distribution Date.
"Assignment": An assignment of Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument, in recordable form (excepting therefrom, if applicable,
the mortgage recordation information which has not been required pursuant to
Section 2.01 hereof or returned by the applicable recorder's office), which is
sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged
Property is located to reflect of record the sale of the Mortgage, which
assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may be in the form of
one or more blanket assignments covering Mortgages secured by Mortgaged
Properties located in the same county, if permitted by law.
"Available Funds": With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the excess of (i) the sum of (a) the aggregate of the related
Monthly Payments received on the Mortgage Loans on or prior to the related
Determination Date, (b) Net Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Principal
Prepayments, proceeds from repurchases of and substitutions for such Mortgage
Loans and other unscheduled recoveries of principal and interest in respect of
the Mortgage Loans received during the related Prepayment Period, (c) the
aggregate of any amounts received in respect of a related REO Property withdrawn
from any REO Account and deposited in the Collection Account for such
Distribution Date, (d) the aggregate of any amounts deposited in the Collection
Account by the Master Servicer in respect of related Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls for such Distribution Date, (e) the aggregate of any Advances made by
the Master Servicer for such Distribution Date in respect of the Mortgage Loans
and (f) the aggregate of any related advances made by the Trustee in respect of
the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 7.02 over (ii)
the sum of (a) amounts reimbursable or payable to the Master Servicer pursuant
to Section 3.11(a), (b) Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses reimbursable to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.11(b), (c) amounts deposited in the Collection
Account or the Distribution Account pursuant to clauses (a) through (g) above,
as the case may be, in error, (d) the amount of any Prepayment Charges collected
by the Master Servicer in connection with the full or partial
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prepayment of any of the Mortgage Loans and any Master Servicer Prepayment
Charge Payment Amount and (e) the Trustee Fee and any indemnification amounts
owed to the Trustee or the Custodian payable from the Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 8.05.
"Bankruptcy Code": The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Title 11
of the United States Code), as amended.
"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 Florida, 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 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 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2002-NC1, Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class
M-3, Class M-4, Class S, Class CE, Class P or Class R, 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 S
Certificates and 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 S Certificates and 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
S Certificates and the Class CE Certificates) of such Class of Certificates as
of the Closing Date.
"Certificate Margin": With respect to the Class A-1
Certificates and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA1, 0.37% in the case of each
Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date on which the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (and properties acquired in
respect thereof) remaining in the Trust Fund is reduced to less than 10% of the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and 0.74% in the
case of each Distribution Date thereafter.
With respect to the Class A-2 Certificates and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTA2, 0.44% in the case of each Distribution Date through
and including the Distribution Date on which
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the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (and properties acquired
in respect thereof) remaining in the Trust Fund is reduced to less than 10% of
the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and 0.88% in
the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-1 Certificates and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTM1, 0.85% in the case of each Distribution Date through
and including the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans (and properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the
Trust Fund is reduced to less than 10% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans and 1.275% in the case of each Distribution Date
thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-2 Certificates and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTM2, 1.35% in the case of each Distribution Date through
and including the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans (and properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the
Trust Fund is reduced to less than 10% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans and 2.025% in the case of each Distribution Date
thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-3 Certificates and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTM3, 2.10% in the case of each Distribution Date through
and including the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans (and properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the
Trust Fund is reduced to less than 10% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans and 3.15% in the case of each Distribution Date
thereafter.
With respect to the Class M-4 Certificates and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTM4, 2.40% in the case of each Distribution Date through
and including the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans (and properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the
Trust Fund is reduced to less than 10% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans and 3.60% in the case of each Distribution Date
thereafter.
"Certificateholder" or "Holder": The Person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that a
Disqualified Organization or a Non-United States Person shall not be a Holder of
a Residual Certificate for any purposes hereof and, solely for the purposes of
giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the
name of the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be
deemed not to be outstanding and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled shall
not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of
Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent has been obtained, except as
otherwise provided in Section 11.01. The Trustee and the NIMS Insurer 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 and the NIMS Insurer 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
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Depository Participant acts as agent.
"Certificate Principal Balance": With respect to each Class A
Certificate, Mezzanine Certificate or Class P Certificate as of any date of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate on the
Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination, minus all
distributions allocable to principal made thereon and Realized Losses allocated
thereto on such immediately prior Distribution Date (or, in the case of any date
of determination up to and including the first Distribution Date, the initial
Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate, as stated on the face
thereof). With respect to 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 the REMIC II Regular Interests over (B) the then aggregate
Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine
Certificates and the Class P Certificates then outstanding.
"Certificate Register": The register maintained pursuant to
Section 5.02.
"Class": Collectively, all of the Certificates bearing the
same class designation.
"Class A Certificates": Any Class A-1 Certificate or Class A-2
Certificate.
"Class A Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount
and (ii) the Class A-2 Principal Distribution Amount.
"Class A-1 Certificate": Any one of the Class A-1 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-1 Principal Distribution Amount": The excess of (x)
the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates immediately
prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i)
62.00% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage
Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to
scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent
received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during
the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Group I Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after
giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due
Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $3,118,624.
"Class A-2 Certificate": Any one of the Class A-2 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 A-2 Principal Distribution Amount": The excess of (x)
the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates immediately
prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i)
62.00% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
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Group II Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after
giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due
Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal
due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and
unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) minus $1,368,721.
"Class CE Certificate": Any one of the Class CE Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-7 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC 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-3 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount": 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) 76.00% and (ii) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day
of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) minus $4,487,345.
"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-4 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount": 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) 86.80% and
(ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last
day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period)
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minus $4,487,345.
"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-5 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, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (iv) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 94.70% and (ii)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day
of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) minus $4,487,345.
"Class M-4 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-4 Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-6 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (v)
the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates immediately
prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i)
97.30% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect
to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the
extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received
during the related Prepayment Period) minus $4,487,345.
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"Class P Certificate": Any one of the Class P Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-8 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class R Certificate": Any one of the Class R Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-10 and evidencing the ownership of the Class R-I
Interest, the Class R-II Interest and the Class R-III Interest.
"Class R-I Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest in
REMIC I.
"Class R-II Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest in
REMIC II.
"Class R-III Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest
in REMIC III.
"Class S Certificate": Any one of the Class S Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-9 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
"Class S Rate": With respect to REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTS1, (A) in the case of the 1st Distribution Date through the 30th
Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the excess of (i) the REMIC I
Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1 over (ii) the excess (but not
less than zero) of (x) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LT1 over (y) 6.00% per annum; and (B) in the case of each Distribution Date
thereafter, 0.00% per annum.
With respect to REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2, (A) in the
case of the 1st Distribution Date through the 30th Distribution Date, a per
annum rate equal to the excess of (i) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LT2 over (ii) the excess (but not less than zero) of (x) the
REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2 over (y) 6.00% per
annum; and (B) in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter, 0.00% per
annum.
"Closing Date": October 29, 2002.
"Code": The Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Collection Account": The account or accounts created and
maintained, or caused to be created and maintained, by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.10(a), which shall be entitled "Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, as
Master Servicer for U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, in trust for the
registered holders of MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2002-NC1, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates." The Collection Account must be an Eligible Account.
"Commission": The Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Corporate Trust Office": The principal corporate trust office
of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business in
connection with this Agreement shall be administered, which office, at the date
of the execution of this instrument is located at 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, or at such other address as the Trustee may designate
from time
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to time by notice to the Certificateholders, the Depositor and the Master
Servicer.
"Corresponding Certificate": With respect to (i) REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTA1, (ii) REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA2, (iii) REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTM1, (iv) REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM2, (v) REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTM3, (vi) REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM4 and (vii) REMIC
II Regular Interest II-LTP, (i) the Class A-1 Certificates, (ii) the Class A-2
Certificates, (iii) Class M-1 Certificates, (iv) Class M-2 Certificates, (v)
Class M-3 Certificates, (vi) the Class M-4 Certificates and (vii) Class P
Certificates, respectively.
"Credit Enhancement Percentage": For any Distribution Date,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of the Mezzanine Certificates and
the Class CE Certificates, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, calculated prior to taking into account
distributions of principal on the Mortgage Loans and distribution of the Group I
Principal Distribution Amount and the Group II Principal Distribution Amount to
the Certificates then entitled to distributions of principal on such
Distribution Date.
"Cumulative Loss Percentage": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the
aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date to the last
day of the preceding calendar month and the denominator of which is the sum of
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
"Custodial Agreement": The custodial agreement, dated October
29, 2002, entered into among the Trustee, the Custodian and the Master Servicer
in the form of Exhibit L attached hereto.
"Custodian": Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a national
banking association, or its successor in interest as Custodian pursuant to the
Custodial Agreement.
"Cut-off Date": With respect to each Original Mortgage Loan,
October 1, 2002. With respect to all Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans, their
respective dates of substitution. References herein to the "Cut-off Date," when
used with respect to more than one Mortgage Loan, shall be to the respective
Cut-off Dates for such Mortgage Loans.
"Cut-off Date Principal Balance": With respect to any Mortgage
Loan, the unpaid principal balance thereof as of the Cut-off Date of such
Mortgage Loan (or as of the applicable date of substitution with respect to a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan), after giving effect to scheduled payments
due on or before the Cut-off Date, whether or not received.
"Debt Service Reduction": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a
reduction 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
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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 and REO Properties as of the last day of
the previous calendar month.
"Depositor": Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, or its successor in interest.
"Depository": The Depository Trust Company, or any successor
Depository hereafter named. The nominee of the initial Depository, for purposes
of registering those Certificates that are to be Book-Entry Certificates, is
CEDE & Co. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as
defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New
York and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section
17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"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, P-1 by
Xxxxx'x and A-1+ by S& P (or comparable ratings if Fitch, Xxxxx'x 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 any Distribution Date,
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 preceding such
18th 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
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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 Xxxxxxx Mac, a majority of its board of directors
is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) any foreign government, any
international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the
foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than certain farmers'cooperatives
described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from the tax imposed by
Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on
unrelated business taxable income), (iv) rural electric and telephone
cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an "electing
large partnership" and (vi) any other Person so designated by the Trustee based
upon an Opinion of Counsel that the holding of an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate by such Person may cause any 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 "U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, in trust for the
registered holders of MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2002-NC1, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates." The Distribution Account must be an Eligible
Account.
"Distribution Date": The 25th day of any month, or if such
25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 25th
day, commencing in November 2002.
"Distribution Information": The items calculated and reported
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.02(i), (ii), (iii), (xii), (xiii), (xiv),
(xv), (xvi), (xviii), (xix), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii) and (xxiv) and any other
information included in the Monthly Statement aggregated and/or calculated by
the Trustee from (i) information contained in the Remittance Report or (ii)
other information furnished to the Trustee by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.03.
"Due Date": With respect to each Distribution Date, the first
day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs, which is
generally 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.
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"Eligible Account": Any of (i) an account or accounts
maintained with a Depository Institution, (ii) an account or accounts the
deposits in which are fully insured by the FDIC or (iii) a trust account or
accounts maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal or state
chartered depository institution or trust company acting in its fiduciary
capacity. Eligible Accounts may bear interest.
"ERISA": The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.
"Estate in Real Property": A fee simple estate in a parcel of
land.
"Excess Group Net WAC Rate Amount": For any Distribution Date
and the Class A-1 Certificates, the positive excess, if any, of (i) the amount
of interest accrued on the Class A-1 Certificates for such Distribution Date
calculated at the Net WAC Rate for the Class A-1 Certificates over (ii) the
amount of interest accrued on the Class A-1 Certificates at the Pool Net WAC
Rate. For any Distribution Date and the Class A-2 Certificates, the positive
excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class A-2
Certificates for such Distribution Date calculated at the Net WAC Rate for the
Class A-2 Certificates over (ii) the amount of interest accrued on the Class A-2
Certificates at the Pool Net WAC Rate.
"Excess Net WAC Rate Reserve Account": The reserve account
established and maintained pursuant to Section 3.29.
"Excess Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to the Class
A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, the
excess, if any, of (i) the Overcollateralized Amount for such Distribution Date,
assuming that 100% of the Principal Remittance Amount is applied as a principal
payment on such Distribution Date over (ii) the Overcollateralization Target
Amount for such Distribution Date.
"Excess Pool Net WAC Rate Amount": For any Distribution Date
and the Class A-1 Certificates, the positive excess, if any, of (i) the amount
of interest accrued on such Class A-1 Certificate for such Distribution Date
calculated at the Pool Net WAC Rate over (ii) the amount of interest accrued on
such Class A-1 Certificate at the Net WAC Rate for such Class A-1 Certificate.
For any Distribution Date and the Class A-2 Certificates, the positive excess,
if any, of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class A-2 Certificates for
such Distribution Date calculated at the Pool Net WAC Rate over (ii) the amount
of interest accrued on such Class A-2 Certificates at the Net WAC Rate for the
Class A-2 Certificates.
"Extra Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount
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 and (y) the Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount for
such Distribution Date.
"Extraordinary Trust Fund Expense": Any amounts reimbursable
to the Trustee, or any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee from
the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 8.05 or Section 10.01(c) and any amounts
payable from the Distribution Account in respect of taxes
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pursuant to Section 10.01(g)(iii) and any costs of the Trustee incurred in
enforcing the performance by NC Capital of its obligations under the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement.
"Xxxxxx Xxx": Xxxxxx Xxx, formally known as the Federal
National Mortgage Association, or any successor thereto.
"FDIC": Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor
thereto.
"Final Recovery Determination": With respect to any defaulted
Mortgage Loan or any REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property
purchased by NC Capital, the Seller, the Depositor 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 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 Ratings, or its successor in interest.
"Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loan": Each of the Mortgage Loans
identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate that is
fixed.
"Formula Rate": For any Distribution Date and the Class A
Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, the lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR
plus the related Certificate Margin and (ii) the Maximum Cap Rate.
"Xxxxxxx Mac": Xxxxxxx Mac, formally known as the Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any successor thereto.
"Gross Margin": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan, the fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note that is added
to the Index on each Adjustment Date in accordance with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note used to determine the Mortgage Rate for such Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan.
"Group I Allocation Percentage": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of
which is (i) the Group I Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date,
and the denominator of which is (ii) the Principal Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date.
"Group I Basic Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to
any Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Group I Principal Remittance Amount
for such Distribution Date over (ii)(a) the Overcollateralization Release
Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date multiplied by (b) the Group I
Allocation Percentage.
"Group I Interest Remittance Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, that portion of the Available Funds for such Distribution
Date attributable to interest received or
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advanced with respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans.
"Group I Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan assigned to Loan
Group I with a principal balance that conforms to Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac
guidelines.
"Group I Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Group I Basic Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii)(a) the Extra Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date multiplied by (b) the Group I Allocation
Percentage.
"Group I Principal Remittance Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) each scheduled payment of principal collected
or advanced on the Group I Mortgage Loans by the Master Servicer that were due
during the related Due Period, (ii) the principal portion of all partial and
full principal prepayments of the Group I Mortgage Loans applied by the Master
Servicer during the related Prepayment Period, (iii) the principal portion of
all related Net Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received during such
Prepayment Period with respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans, (iv) that portion
of the Purchase Price, representing principal of any repurchased Group I
Mortgage Loan, deposited to the Collection Account during such Prepayment
Period, (v) the principal portion of any related Substitution Adjustment Amounts
deposited in the Collection Account during such Prepayment Period with respect
to the Group I Mortgage Loans and (vi) on the Distribution Date on which the
Trust Fund is to be terminated pursuant to Section 9.01, that portion of the
Termination Price, in respect of principal on the Group I Mortgage Loans.
"Group II Allocation Percentage": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of
which is (i) the Group II Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution
Date, and the denominator of which is (ii) the Principal Remittance Amount for
such Distribution Date.
"Group II Basic Principal Distribution Amount": With respect
to any Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Group II Principal Remittance
Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii)(a) the Overcollateralization Release
Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date multiplied by (b) the Group II
Allocation Percentage.
"Group II Interest Remittance Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, that portion of the Available Funds for such Distribution
Date attributable to interest received or advanced with respect to the Group II
Mortgage Loans.
"Group II Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan assigned to Loan
Group II with a principal balance that may or may not conform to Xxxxxx Mae and
Xxxxxxx Mac guidelines.
"Group II Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Group II Basic Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii)(a) the Extra Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date multiplied by (b) the Group II Allocation
Percentage.
"Group II Principal Remittance Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the
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sum of (i) each scheduled payment of principal collected or advanced on the
Group II Mortgage Loans by the Master Servicer that were due during the related
Due Period, (ii) the principal portion of all partial and full principal
prepayments of the Group II Mortgage Loans applied by the Master Servicer during
the related Prepayment Period, (iii) the principal portion of all related Net
Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received during such Prepayment
Period with respect to the Group II Mortgage Loans, (iv) that portion of the
Purchase Price, representing principal of any repurchased Group II Mortgage
Loan, deposited to the Collection Account during such Prepayment Period, (v) the
principal portion of any related Substitution Adjustment Amounts deposited in
the Collection Account during such Prepayment Period with respect to the Group
II Mortgage Loans and (vi) on the Distribution Date on which the Trust Fund is
to be terminated pursuant to Section 9.01, that portion of the Termination
Price, in respect of principal on the Group II Mortgage Loans.
"Indenture": An indenture relating to the issuance of notes
secured by the Class C Certificates, the Class P Certificates and/or the Class R
Certificates (or any portion thereof) which may or may not be guaranteed by the
NIMS Insurer.
"Independent": When used with respect to any specified Person,
any such Person who (a) is in fact independent of the Depositor, the Seller, the
Master Servicer, NC Capital and their respective Affiliates, (b) does not have
any direct financial interest in or any material indirect financial interest in
the Depositor, the Seller, NC Capital, the Master Servicer or any Affiliate
thereof, and (c) is not connected with the Depositor, the Seller, NC Capital,
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, the Seller, NC Capital, 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, the Seller, NC Capital, 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 Adjustable-Rate 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
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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.
"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.
"Interest Determination Date": With respect to the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA1,
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA2, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM1, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTM2, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM3 and REMIC II Regular
II-LTM4 and any Accrual Period therefor, the second London Business Day
preceding the commencement of such Accrual Period.
"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.
"Liquidated Mortgage Loan": As to any Distribution Date, any
Mortgage Loan in respect of which the Master Servicer has determined, in
accordance with the servicing procedures specified herein, as of the end of the
related Prepayment Period, that all Liquidation Proceeds which it expects to
recover with respect to the liquidation of the Mortgage Loan or disposition of
the related REO Property have been 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
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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.
"Loan Group": Either Loan Group I or Loan Group II, as the
context requires.
"Loan Group I": The group of Mortgage Loans identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule as having been assigned to Loan Group I.
"Loan Group II": The group of Mortgage Loans identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule as having been assigned to Loan Group II.
"London Business Day": Any day on which banks in the City of
London are open and conducting transactions in United States dollars.
"Loss Severity Percentage": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the
amount of Realized Losses incurred on a Mortgage Loan and the denominator of
which is the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan.
"Marker Rate": With respect to the Class CE Certificates and
any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to two (2) times the weighted
average of the REMIC II Remittance Rate for each of the REMIC II Regular
Interests (other than REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LTS1 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2), with the rate on each
REMIC II Regular Interest subject to a cap equal to the related Formula Rate for
the purpose of this calculation for such Distribution Date and with the rate on
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ subject to a cap of zero for the purpose of
this calculation: provided, however, that solely for this purpose, calculations
of the REMIC II Remittance Rate and the related caps with respect to such REMIC
II Regular Interests (other than REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ) shall be
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days in
the Interest Accrual Period and the denominator of which is 30.
"Master Servicer": Ocwen Federal Bank FSB or any successor
master servicer appointed as herein provided, in its capacity as Master Servicer
hereunder.
"Master Servicer Event of Default": One or more of the events
described in Section 7.01.
"Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount": The
amounts payable by the Master Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment
Charges pursuant to Section 2.05 or Section 3.01.
"Master Servicer Remittance Date": With respect to any
Distribution Date, by 3:00 p.m. New York time on the Business Day immediately
preceding the related Distribution Date.
"Master Servicer Termination Test": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the Master Servicer Termination Test if either:
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(a) the Cumulative Loss Percentage exceeds (i) in months 1
through 24, 2.50%, (ii) in months 25 through 36, 4.00%, (iii) in months
37 through 48, 5.25% and (iv) in month 49 and thereafter, 6.70%; or
(b) the Delinquency Percentage exceeds 20%.
"Maximum Cap Rate": For any Distribution Date with respect to
the Class A-1 Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the product of (x) the
weighted average of the Adjusted Net Maximum Mortgage Rates of the Group I
Mortgage Loans, weighted based on their outstanding Principal Balances as of the
first day of the calendar month preceding the month in which the Distribution
Date occurs less the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTS1 for such Distribution Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Notional Amount for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1 immediately
prior to such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate
outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans as of the
first day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date and (y) a
fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the
actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period.
For any Distribution Date with respect to the Class A-2
Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the product of (x) the weighted average
of the Adjusted Net Maximum Mortgage Rates of the Group II Mortgage Loans,
weighted based on their outstanding Principal Balances as of the first day of
the calendar month preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs
less the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2 for such
Distribution Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Notional Amount for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2 immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding
Stated Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans as of the first day of
the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date and (y) a fraction, the
numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number of
days elapsed in the related Accrual Period.
For any Distribution Date with respect to the Mezzanine
Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the product of (x) the weighted average
of the Adjusted Net Maximum Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans, weighted based
on their outstanding Principal Balances as of the first day of the calendar
month preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs less the sum of
(i) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1 for such
Distribution Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Notional Amount for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1 immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date and (ii) the REMIC II Remittance
Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2 for such Distribution Date multiplied
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Notional Amount for REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTS2 immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the
denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual
Period.
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"Maximum II-LTZZ Uncertificated Interest Deferral Amount":
With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of (i) accrued interest at the
REMIC II Remittance Rate applicable to REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ for
such Distribution Date on a balance equal to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC
II Regular Interest II-LTZZ minus the REMIC II Overcollateralization Amount, in
each case for such Distribution Date, over (ii) Uncertificated Interest on REMIC
II Regular Interest II-LTA1, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA2, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LTM1, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM2, REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTM3 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM4 for such Distribution Date, with
the rate on REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA1, REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTA2, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM1, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM2,
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM3 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM4 subject
to a cap equal to the related Formula Rate; provided, however, each cap shall be
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days in
the related Interest Accrual Period and the denominator of which is 30.
"Maximum Mortgage Rate": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the
maximum Mortgage Rate thereunder.
"Mezzanine Certificate": Any Class M-1 Certificate, Class M-2
Certificate, Class M- 3 Certificate or Class M-4 Certificate.
"Minimum Mortgage Rate": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the
minimum Mortgage Rate thereunder.
"Monthly Interest Distributable Amount": With respect to the
Class A Certificates, the Class S Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and
the Class CE Certificates and any Distribution Date, (i) the amount of interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the related Pass-Through Rate on
the Certificate Principal Balance (or Notional Amount in the case of the Class S
Certificates and the Class CE Certificates) of such Class immediately prior to
such Distribution Date and (ii) in the case of the Class A Certificates and
solely for federal income tax purposes, the amount of the Excess Group Net WAC
Rate Amount, if any, for such Class for such Distribution Date, in each case,
reduced by (i) any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by
payments made by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24) and Relief Act
Interest Shortfalls (allocated to such Certificate based on its respective
entitlements to interest irrespective of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and
Relief Act Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date) and (ii) in the case
of the Class A Certificates, the amount of Excess Pool Net WAC Rate Amount, if
any, for such Class for such Distribution Date.
"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.
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"Monthly Statement": The statement prepared by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.02.
"Moody's": Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or its successor in
interest.
"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.
"Mortgage Loan": Each mortgage loan transferred and assigned
to the Trustee and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section
2.03(b) of this Agreement, as held from time to time as a part of the Trust, the
Mortgage Loans so held being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
"Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement": The agreement among the
Seller, NC Capital and the Depositor, regarding the sale of the Mortgage Loans
by the Seller to the Depositor, substantially in the form of Exhibit D annexed
hereto.
"Mortgage Loan Schedule": As of any date, the list of Mortgage
Loans included in REMIC I on such date, attached hereto as Schedule 1. The
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following information with respect to
each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(ii) the Mortgagor's name;
(iii) the street address of the Mortgaged Property
including the state and zip code;
(iv) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
owner-occupied;
(v) the type of Residential Dwelling constituting the
Mortgaged Property;
(vi) the original months to maturity;
(vii) the stated remaining months to maturity from the
Cut-off Date based on the original amortization
schedule;
(viii) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(ix) the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately following the
Cut-off Date;
(x) (A) the date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on
the Mortgage Loan and (B) if such date is not consistent with the Due
Date currently in effect, such Due
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Date;
(xi) the stated maturity date;
(xii) the amount of the Monthly Payment at origination;
(xiii) the amount of the Monthly Payment due on the first
Due Date after the Cut- off Date;
(xiv) the last Due Date on which a Monthly Payment was
actually applied to the unpaid Stated Principal
Balance;
(xv) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(xvi) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as
of the close of business on the Cut-off Date;
(xvii) with respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan,
(A) the Adjustment Dates, (B) the Gross Margin, (C)
the Maximum Mortgage Rate, (D) the Minimum Mortgage
Rate, (E) the Periodic Rate Cap and the maximum first
Adjustment Date Mortgage Rate adjustment, (F) the
first Adjustment Date immediately following the
Cut-off Date and (G) the rounding code (i.e., nearest
0.125%, next highest 0.125%);
(xviii) a code indicating the purpose of the Mortgage Loan
(i. e., purchase financing, Rate/Term Refinancing,
Cash-Out Refinancing);
(xix) the Mortgage Rate at origination;
(xx) a code indicating the documentation program (i.e.,
Full Documentation, Limited Documentation, Stated
Income Documentation);
(xxi) the risk grade;
(xxii) the Value of the Mortgaged Property;
(xxiii) the sale price of the Mortgaged Property, if
applicable;
(xxiv) the type and term of the related Prepayment Charge;
and
(xxv) the program code.
The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following
information with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate and for each
Loan Group as of the Cut-off Date: (1) the number of Mortgage Loans (separately
identifying the number of Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loans and the number of
Adjustable-Rate 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
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maturity of the Mortgage Loans. The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be amended from
time to time by the Depositor in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement. With respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Cut-off
Date shall refer to the related Cut-off Date for such Mortgage Loan, determined
in accordance with the definition of Cut-off Date herein.
"Mortgage Note": The original executed note or other evidence
of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
"Mortgage Pool": The pool of Mortgage Loans, identified on
Schedule 1 and existing from time to time thereafter, and any REO Properties
acquired in respect thereof.
"Mortgage Rate": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
annual rate at which interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of the related Mortgage Note, which rate with
respect to the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loans, (A) as of any date of
determination until the first Adjustment Date following the Cut-off Date shall
be the rate set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the Mortgage Rate in
effect immediately following the Cut-off Date and (B) as of any date of
determination thereafter shall be the rate as adjusted on the most recent
Adjustment Date equal to the sum, rounded 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 Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan on any Adjustment Date shall never be more than the lesser of (i)
the sum of the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior to the Adjustment Date
plus the related Periodic Rate Cap, if any, and (ii) the related Maximum
Mortgage Rate, and shall never be less than the greater of (i) the Mortgage Rate
in effect immediately prior to the Adjustment Date less the Periodic Rate Cap,
if any, and (ii) the related Minimum Mortgage Rate. With respect to each
Mortgage Loan that becomes an REO Property, as of any date of determination, the
annual rate determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence as
of the date such Mortgage Loan became an REO Property.
"Mortgaged Property": The underlying property securing a
Mortgage Loan, including any REO Property, consisting of an Estate in Real
Property improved by a Residential Dwelling.
"Mortgagor": The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
"NC Capital": NC Capital Corporation.
"Net Liquidation Proceeds": With respect to any Liquidated
Mortgage Loan or any other disposition of related Mortgaged Property (including
REO Property) the related Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds net of
Advances, Servicing Advances, Servicing Fees and any other accrued and unpaid
servicing fees received and retained in connection with the liquidation of such
Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property.
"Net Monthly Excess Cashflow": With respect to each
Distribution Date, the sum of (a) any Overcollateralization Release Amount for
such Distribution Date and (b) the excess of (x) Available Funds for such
Distribution Date over (y) the sum for such Distribution Date of (A) the Monthly
Interest Distributable Amounts for the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates,
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(B) the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amounts for the Class A Certificates and (C)
the Principal Remittance 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 Rate": For any Distribution Date with respect to the
Class A-1 Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the product of (x) the
weighted average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of the Group I Mortgage
Loans, weighted based on their outstanding Principal Balances as of the first
day of the calendar month preceding the month in which the Distribution Date
occurs less the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1
for such Distribution Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the Notional Amount for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1 immediately prior to
such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding
Stated Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans as of the first day of
the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date and (y) a fraction, the
numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number of
days elapsed in the related Accrual Period.
For any Distribution Date with respect to the Class A-2
Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the product of (x) the weighted average
of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of the Group II Mortgage Loans, weighted
based on their outstanding Principal Balances as of the first day of the
calendar month preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs less
the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2 for such
Distribution Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Notional Amount for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2 immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding
Stated Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans as of the first day of
the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date and (y) a fraction, the
numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number of
days elapsed in the related Accrual Period.
For any Distribution Date with respect to the Mezzanine
Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the product of (x) the weighted average
of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans, weighted based on
their outstanding Principal Balances as of the first day of the calendar month
preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs less the sum of (i)
the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1 for such
Distribution Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Notional Amount for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1 immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date and (ii) the REMIC II Remittance
Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2 for such Distribution Date multiplied
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Notional Amount for REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTS2 immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the
denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual
Period.
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With respect to REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1 and any
Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of the Group I Mortgage Loans weighted on the basis
of the outstanding Stated Principal Balances of the Group I Mortgage Loans as of
the first day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date.
With respect to REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2 and any
Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of the Group II Mortgage Loans weighted on the basis
of the outstanding Stated Principal Balances of the Group II Mortgage Loans as
of the first day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date.
"Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount": With respect to the Class A
Certificates, the Class S Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the sum of (A) the positive excess of (i) the amount of
interest accrued on such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date
calculated at the related Pass-Through Rate, over (ii) the amount of interest
accrued on such Class of Certificates at the Net WAC Rate for such Distribution
Date and (B) the Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for the previous Distribution
Date not previously paid, together with interest thereon at a rate equal to the
related Pass-Through Rate for such Class of Certificates for such Distribution
Date and for such Accrual Period.
"Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account": The account
established and maintained pursuant to Section 3.28.
"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.
"NIMS Insurer": Any insurer that is guaranteeing certain
payments under notes secured by collateral which includes all or a portion of
the Class CE Certificates, the Class P Certificates and/or the Class R
Certificates.
"Nonrecoverable Advance": Any Advance previously made or
proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property that, in the
good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, will not or, in the case of
a proposed Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from related Late
Collections, Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or
REO Property as provided herein.
"Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance": Any Servicing Advance
previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO
Property that, in the good faith business judgment of the 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. With
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respect to the Class S Certificates and the 1st Distribution Date through the
6th Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Uncertificated Notional Amount for
the REMIC I Regular Interests I-LTS1A through I-LTS1E and REMIC I Regular
Interests I-LTS2A through I-LTS2E, immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
With respect to the Class S Certificates and the 7th Distribution Date through
the 12th Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Uncertificated Notional
Amount for the REMIC I Regular Xxxxxxxxx X-XXX0X through I-LTS1E and REMIC I
Regular Xxxxxxxxx X-XXX0X through I- LTS2E, immediately prior to such
Distribution Date. With respect to the Class S Certificates and the 13th
Distribution Date through the 18th Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Notional Amount for the REMIC I Regular Interests I-LTS1C through
I-LTS1E and REMIC I Regular Interests I-LTS2C through I-LTS2E, immediately prior
to such Distribution Date. With respect to the Class S Certificates and the 19th
Distribution Date through the 24th Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Notional Amount for the REMIC I Regular Interests I-LTS1D through
I-LTS2E and REMIC I Regular Interests I-LTS2D through I-LTS2E. With respect to
the Class S Certificates and the 25th Distribution Date through the 30th
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Uncertificated Notional Amount for the
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1E and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2E.
"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, NC
Capital, the Seller or the Depositor, as applicable.
"One-Month LIBOR": With respect to the Class A Certificates,
the Mezzanine Certificates, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA1, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LTA2, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM1, REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTM2, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM3 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM4
and any Accrual Period therefor, the rate determined by the Trustee on the
related Interest Determination Date on the basis of the offered rate for
one-month U.S. dollar deposits, as such rate appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of
11: 00 a. m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date; provided that if
such rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750, the rate for such date will be
determined on the basis of the offered rates of the Reference Banks for one-
month U.S. dollar deposits, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest
Determination Date. In such event, the Trustee will request the principal London
office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If on
such Interest Determination Date, two or more Reference Banks provide such
offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the related Accrual Period shall be the
arithmetic mean of such offered quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the
nearest whole multiple of 1/16%). If on such Interest Determination Date, fewer
than two Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR for
the related Accrual Period shall be the higher of (i) LIBOR as determined on the
previous Interest Determination Date and (ii) the Reserve Interest Rate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, under the priorities described above, LIBOR
for an Interest Determination Date would be based on LIBOR for the previous
Interest Determination Date for the third consecutive Interest Determination
Date, the Trustee shall select, after consultation with the NIMS Insurer, an
alternative comparable index (over which the Trustee has no control), used for
determining one-month Eurodollar lending rates that is calculated and published
(or otherwise made available) by an independent party.
"Opinion of Counsel": A written opinion of counsel, who may,
without limitation,
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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 Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions must
be an opinion of Independent counsel.
"Original Mortgage Loan": Any of the Mortgage Loans included
in REMIC I as of the Closing Date.
"Originator": New Century Mortgage Corporation.
"Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which the Overcollateralization Target
Amount exceeds the Overcollateralized Amount on such Distribution Date (after
giving effect to distributions in respect of the Group I Basic Principal
Distribution Amount and the Group II Basic Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date).
"Overcollateralization Release Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Principal Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date and (y) the Excess Overcollateralized Amount.
"Overcollateralization Target Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date (i) prior to the Stepdown Date, $12,115,968.78, (ii) on or
after the Stepdown Date provided a Trigger Event is not in effect, the greater
of (x) 2.70% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) and (y) $4,487,345, or (iii) on or after the Stepdown
Date if a Trigger Event is in effect, the Overcollateralization Target Amount
for the immediately preceding Distribution Date.
"Overcollateralized Amount": For any Distribution Date, the
amount equal to (i) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) as of the related Determination Date minus (ii) the
sum of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates,
the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class P Certificates as of such Distribution
Date after giving effect to distributions to be made on such Distribution Date.
"Ownership Interest": As to any Certificate, any ownership or
security interest in such Certificate, including any interest in such
Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct
or indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee.
"Pass-Through Rate": With respect to the Class A Certificates
and the Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal
to the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for such Distribution Date and
(ii) the Net WAC Rate for such Distribution Date. With respect to the Class S
Certificates and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Class S
Rate. With respect to the Class CE Certificates and any Distribution Date, a
rate per annum equal to the
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percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the
amounts calculated pursuant to clauses (A) through (I) below, and the
denominator of which is the Uncertificated Balance of the REMIC II Regular
Interests. For purposes of calculating the Pass-Through Rate for the Class CE
Certificates, the numerator is equal to the sum of the following components:
(A) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTAA minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTAA;
(B) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTA1 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA1;
(C) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTA2 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA2;
(D) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTM1 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM1;
(E) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTM2 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM2;
(F) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTM3 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM3;
(G) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTM4 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM4;
(H) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTMZZ minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTMZZ;
and
(I) 100% of the interest on REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTP.
"Percentage Interest": With respect to any Class of
Certificates (other than the Residual Certificates), the undivided percentage
ownership in such Class evidenced by such Certificate, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the initial Certificate Principal Balance
or Notional Amount represented by such Certificate and the denominator of which
is the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance or Notional Amount of all
of the Certificates of such Class. The Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates are issuable only in minimum Percentage Interests corresponding to
minimum initial Certificate Principal Balances of $50,000 and
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integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. The Class S Certificates are
issuable only in minimum Percentage Interests corresponding to minimum initial
Notional Amounts of $50,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof.
The Class P Certificates are issuable only in Percentage Interests corresponding
to initial Certificate Principal Balances of $20 and integral multiples thereof.
The Class CE Certificates are issuable only in minimum Percentage Interests
corresponding to minimum initial Certificate Principal Balances of $10,000 and
integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof; provided, however, that a single
Certificate of each such Class of Certificates may be issued having a Percentage
Interest corresponding to the remainder of the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance or Notional Amount of such Class or to an otherwise authorized
denomination for such Class plus such remainder. With respect to any Residual
Certificate, the undivided percentage ownership in such Class evidenced by such
Certificate, as set forth on the face of such Certificate. The Residual
Certificates are issuable in Percentage Interests of 20% and multiples thereof.
"Periodic Rate Cap": With respect to each Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan and any Adjustment Date therefor, the fixed percentage set forth
in the related Mortgage Note, which is the maximum amount by which the Mortgage
Rate for such Mortgage Loan may increase or decrease (without regard to the
Maximum Mortgage Rate or the Minimum Mortgage Rate) on such Adjustment Date from
the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior to such Adjustment Date.
"Permitted Investments": Any one or more of the following
obligations or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par,
regardless of whether issued by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the NIMS
Insurer, the Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates:
(i) direct obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as
to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States or
any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such obligations are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of,
or bankers' acceptances issued by, any Depository Institution;
(iii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
described in clause (i) above entered into with a Depository
Institution (acting as principal);
(iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount that
are issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United
States of America or any state thereof and that are rated by each
Rating Agency that rates such securities in its highest long-term
unsecured rating categories at the time of such investment or
contractual commitment providing for such investment;
(v) commercial paper (including both non-interest-bearing
discount obligations and interest-bearing obligations payable on demand
or on a specified date not more than 30 days after the date of
acquisition thereof) that is rated by each Rating Agency that rates
such securities in its highest short-term unsecured debt rating
available at the time of such investment;
(vi) units of money market funds that have been rated "AAA" by
Fitch (if rated
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by Fitch) and "AAAm" or "AAAm-G" by S& P; and
(viii) if previously confirmed in writing to the Trustee and
consented to by the NIMS Insurer, 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.
"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.
"Pool Net WAC Rate": A per annum rate (not less than zero)
equal to the weighted average of:
(a) the REMIC I Remittance Rate with respect to REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LT1 for such Distribution Date weighted on the basis
of the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1;
(b) the REMIC I Remittance Rate with respect to REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LT2 for such Distribution Date weighted on the basis
of the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2;
(c) the REMIC I Remittance Rate with respect to REMIC I
Regular Interest I- LTP for such Distribution Date weighted on the
basis of the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP;
(d) the excess, if any, of (i) the REMIC 1 Remittance Rate
with respect to REMIC 1 Regular Interest I-LTS1A for such Distribution
Date over (ii) (A) in the case of the 1st Distribution Date through the
6th Distribution Date, 6.00% per annum and (B) in the case of any
Distribution Date thereafter, 0.00% per annum, weighted on the basis of
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Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 1 Regular Interest I-LTS1A;
(e) the excess, if any, of (i) the REMIC 1 Remittance Rate
with respect to REMIC 1 Regular Interest I-LTS1B for such Distribution
Date over (ii) (A) in the case of the 1st Distribution Date through the
12th Distribution Date, 6.00% per annum and (B) in the case of any
Distribution Date thereafter, 0.00% per annum, weighted on the basis of
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 1 Regular Interest
I-LTS1B;
(f) the excess, if any, of (i) the REMIC 1 Remittance Rate
with respect to REMIC 1 Regular Interest I-LTS1C for such Distribution
Date over (ii) (A) in the case of the 1st Distribution Date through the
18th Distribution Date, 6.00% per annum and (B) in the case of any
Distribution Date thereafter, 0.00% per annum, weighted on the basis of
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 1 Regular Interest
I-LTS1C;
(g) the excess, if any, of (i) the REMIC 1 Remittance Rate
with respect to REMIC 1 Regular Interest I-LTS1D for such Distribution
Date over (ii) (A) in the case of the 1st Distribution Date through the
24th Distribution Date, 6.00% per annum and (B) in the case of any
Distribution Date thereafter, 0.00% per annum, weighted on the basis of
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 1 Regular Interest
I-LTS1D;
(h) the excess, if any, of (i) the REMIC 1 Remittance Rate
with respect to REMIC 1 Regular Interest I-LTS1E for such Distribution
Date over (ii) (A) in the case of the 1st Distribution Date through the
30th Distribution Date, 6.00% per annum and (B) in the case of any
Distribution Date thereafter, 0.00% per annum, weighted on the basis of
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 1 Regular Interest
I-LTS1E;
(i) the excess, if any, of (i) the REMIC 1 Remittance Rate
with respect to REMIC 1 Regular Interest I-LTS2A for such Distribution
Date over (ii) (A) in the case of the 1st Distribution Date through the
6th Distribution Date, 6.00% per annum and (B) in the case of any
Distribution Date thereafter, 0.00% per annum, weighted on the basis of
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 1 Regular Interest
I-LTS2A;
(j) the excess, if any, of (i) the REMIC 1 Remittance Rate
with respect to REMIC 1 Regular Interest I-LTS2B for such Distribution
Date over (ii) (A) in the case of the 1st Distribution Date through the
12th Distribution Date, 6.00% per annum and (B) in the case of any
Distribution Date thereafter, 0.00% per annum, weighted on the basis of
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 1 Regular Interest
I-LTS2B;
(k) the excess, if any, of (i) the REMIC 1 Remittance Rate
with respect to REMIC 1 Regular Interest I-LTS2C for such Distribution
Date over (ii) (A) in the case of the 1st Distribution Date through the
18th Distribution Date, 6.00% per annum and (B) in the case of any
Distribution Date thereafter, 0.00% per annum, weighted on the basis of
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 1 Regular Interest
I-LTS2C;
(l) the excess, if any, of (i) the REMIC 1 Remittance Rate
with respect to REMIC 1 Regular Interest I-LTS2D for such Distribution
Date over (ii) (A) in the case of the 1st
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Distribution Date through the 24th Distribution Date, 6.00% per annum
and (B) in the case of any Distribution Date thereafter, 0.00% per
annum, weighted on the basis of the Uncertificated Principal Balance of
REMIC 1 Regular Interest I-LTS2D;and
(m) the excess, if any, of (i) the REMIC 1 Remittance Rate
with respect to REMIC 1 Regular Interest I-LTS2E for such Distribution
Date over (ii) (A) in the case of the 1st Distribution Date through the
30th Distribution Date, 6.00% per annum and (B) in the case of any
Distribution Date thereafter, 0.00% per annum, weighted on the basis of
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC 1 Regular Interest
I-LTS2E.
"Prepayment Assumption": As defined in the Prospectus
Supplement.
"Prepayment Charge": With respect to any Prepayment Period,
any prepayment premium, penalty or charge payable by a Mortgagor in connection
with any full or partial Principal Prepayment on a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the
terms of the related Mortgage Note (other than any Master Servicer Prepayment
Charge Payment Amount).
"Prepayment Charge Schedule": As of any date, the list of
Prepayment Charges on the Mortgage Loans included in REMIC I on such date,
attached hereto as Schedule 2 (including the Prepayment Charge Summary attached
thereto). The Prepayment Charge Schedule shall set forth the following
information with respect to each related Mortgage Loan:
(i) the Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(ii) a code indicating the type of Prepayment Charge;
(iii) the state of origination of the related Mortgage
Loan;
(iv) the date on which the first monthly payment was due
on the related Mortgage Loan;
(v) the term of the related Mortgage Loan; and
(vi) the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan as
of the Cut-off Date.
The Prepayment Charge Schedule shall be amended from time to
time by the Depositor in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and a
copy of such amended Prepayment Charge Schedule shall be furnished by the Master
Servicer to the NIMS Insurer.
"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
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any Prepayment Interest Shortfall are set forth in Section 3.24.
"Prepayment Period": With respect to any Distribution Date,
the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
"Principal Balance": As to any Mortgage Loan other than a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, and any day, the related Cut-off Date Principal
Balance, minus all collections credited against the Cut-off Date Principal
Balance of any such Mortgage Loan. For purposes of this definition, a Liquidated
Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to have a Principal Balance equal to the Principal
Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the final recovery of related
Liquidation Proceeds and a Principal Balance of zero thereafter. As to any REO
Property and any day, the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan
immediately prior to such Mortgage Loan becoming REO Property minus any REO
Principal Amortization received with respect thereto on or prior to such day.
"Principal 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.
"Principal Remittance Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Group I Principal Remittance Amount and the
Group II Principal Remittance Amount.
"Prospectus Supplement": That certain Prospectus Supplement
dated October 25, 2002 relating to the public offering of the Class A
Certificates, the Class S Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates.
"PTCE": A Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption issued by the
United States Department of Labor which provides that exemptive relief is
available to any party to any transaction which satisfies the conditions of the
exemption.
"Purchase Price": With respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO
Property to be purchased pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section
3.16(c) or Section 9.01, and as confirmed by an Officers'Certificate from the
Master Servicer and 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
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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 Advances
(including Nonrecoverable Advances and Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances) and
any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, (iv)
any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of such
Mortgage Loan or REO Property pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(ix) and Section
3.16(b), and (v) in the case of a Mortgage Loan required to be purchased
pursuant to Section 2.03, expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by the
Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer 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 Principal
Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the calendar month
during which the substitution occurs, (ii) have a Mortgage Rate not less than
(and not more than one percentage point in excess of) the Mortgage Rate of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iii) with respect to any Adjustable- Rate Mortgage Loan,
have a Maximum Mortgage Rate not less than the Maximum Mortgage Rate on the
Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iv) with respect to any Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan,
have a Minimum Mortgage Rate not less than the Minimum Mortgage Rate of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan, (v) with respect to any Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan,
have a Gross Margin equal to the Gross Margin of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vi)
with respect to any Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, have a next Adjustment Date
not more than two months later than the next Adjustment Date on the Deleted
Mortgage Loan, (vii) have a remaining term to maturity not greater than (and not
more than one year less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (viii) have the
same Due Date as the Due Date on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (ix) have a
Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the date of substitution equal to or lower than the
Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of such date, (x) have a
risk grading determined by the Originator at least equal to the risk grading
assigned on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (xi) have a Prepayment Charge provision
at least equal to the Prepayment Charge provision in the Deleted Mortgage Loan
and (xii) conform to each representation and warranty set forth in Section 6 of
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement applicable to the Deleted Mortgage Loan. In
the event that one or more mortgage loans are substituted for one or more
Deleted Mortgage Loans, the amounts described in clause (i) hereof shall be
determined on the basis of aggregate principal balances, the Mortgage Rates
described in clause (ii) hereof shall be determined on the basis of weighted
average Mortgage Rates, the terms described in clause (vii) hereof shall be
determined on the basis of weighted average remaining term to maturity, the
Loan-to-Value Ratios described in clause (ix) hereof shall be satisfied as to
each such mortgage loan, the risk gradings described in clause (x) hereof shall
be satisfied as to each such mortgage loan and, except to the extent otherwise
provided in this sentence, the representations and warranties described in
clause (xi) hereof must be satisfied as to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan or in the aggregate, as the case may be.
"Rate/Term Refinancing": A Refinanced Mortgage Loan, the
proceeds of which are not more than a nominal amount in excess of the existing
first mortgage loan and any subordinate mortgage loan on the related Mortgaged
Property and related closing costs, and were used exclusively (except for such
nominal amount) to satisfy the then existing first mortgage loan and any
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subordinate mortgage loan of the Mortgagor on the related Mortgaged Property and
to pay related closing costs.
"Rating Agency or Rating Agencies": Fitch, Xxxxx'x 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(a)(ix) and Section 3.16(b), minus (iv)
the proceeds, if any, received in respect of such Mortgage Loan during the
calendar month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made, net of
amounts that are payable therefrom to the Master Servicer with respect to such
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(iii).
With respect to any REO Property as to which a Final Recovery
Determination has been made, an amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the
unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the date of
acquisition of such REO Property on behalf of REMIC I, plus (ii) accrued
interest from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor
in respect of the related Mortgage Loan through the end of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which such REO Property was
acquired, calculated in the case of each calendar month during such period (A)
at an annual rate equal to the annual rate at which interest was then accruing
on the related Mortgage Loan and (B) on a principal amount equal to the Stated
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on
the Distribution Date during such calendar month, plus (iii) REO Imputed
Interest for such REO Property for each calendar month commencing with the
calendar month in which such REO Property was acquired and ending with the
calendar month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made, plus (iv)
any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of the
related Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(ix) and Section 3.16(b), minus
(v) the aggregate of all 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 and any
Book-Entry Certificate (other than the Class S Certificates), the Business Day
immediately preceding such Distribution Date. With respect to each Distribution
Date and any other Certificates, including any Definitive Certificates, the last
Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
"Reference Banks": Bankers Trust Company, Xxxxxxx'x Bank PLC,
The Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank and National Westminster Bank PLC and their successors
in interest; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing banks are not
suitable to serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading banks selected by the
Trustee (after consultation with the NIMS Insurer) which are engaged in
transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market (i)
with an established place of business in London, (ii) not controlling, under the
control of or under common control with the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof
and (iii) which have been designated as such by the Trustee.
"Refinanced Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan the proceeds of
which were not used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property.
"Regular Certificate": Any Class A Certificate, Mezzanine
Certificate, Class S Certificate, Class CE Certificate or Class P Certificate.
"Regular Interest": A "regular interest" in a REMIC within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code.
"Relief Act": The Soldiers'and Sailors'Civil Relief Act of
1940, as amended.
"Relief Act Interest Shortfall": With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest
collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar month as
a result of the application of the Relief Act.
"REMIC": A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within
the meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
"REMIC I": The segregated pool of assets subject hereto,
constituting 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 and Prepayment Charges as from time to time are subject to this
Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto, and together with
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all collections thereon and proceeds thereof; (ii) any REO Property, together
with all collections thereon and proceeds thereof; (iii) the Trustee's rights
with respect to the Mortgage Loans under all insurance policies required to be
maintained pursuant to this Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (iv) the
Depositor's rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (including any
security interest created thereby); (v) the Collection Account (other than any
amounts representing any Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount), the
Distribution Account (other than any amounts representing any Master Servicer
Prepayment Charge Payment Amount) and any REO Account, and such assets that are
deposited therein from time to time and any investments thereof, together with
any and all income, proceeds and payments with respect thereto. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, however, REMIC I specifically excludes the Net WAC Rate Carryover
Reserve Account, the Excess Net WAC Rate Reserve Account, all payments and other
collections of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the
Cut-off Date and all Prepayment Charges payable in connection with Principal
Prepayments made before the Cut-off Date.
"REMIC I Regular Interest": Any of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC I. Each REMIC I Regular Interest
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. The
designations for the respective REMIC I Regular Interests are set forth in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-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-LTP": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP
shall be entitled to the Prepayment Charges collected by the Master Servicer,
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance Rate in effect from time
to time, and shall be entitled to a distribution of principal, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1A": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and
designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I.
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REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1A 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-LTS1B": 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 Xxxxxxxx X-XXX0X
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-LTS1C": 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-LTS1C
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-LTS1D": 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-LTS1D
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-LTS1E": 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-LTS1E
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-LTS2A": 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-LTS2A
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-LTS2B": 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 Xxxxxxxx X-XXX0X
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 Regular Interest I-LTS2C": 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-LTS2C
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-LTS2D": 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-LTS2D
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-LTS2E": 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-LTS2E
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 Remittance Rate": With respect to each REMIC I
Regular Interest, the weighted average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of the
Mortgage Loans.
"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 III Regular Interests, and the Class R-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 II Interest Loss Allocation Amount": With respect to
any Distribution Date, an amount (subject to adjustment based on the actual
number of days elapsed in the respective Accrual Periods for the indicated
Regular Interests for such Distribution Date) equal to (a) the product of (i)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties
then outstanding and (ii) the REMIC II Remittance Rate for REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LTAA minus the Marker Rate, divided by (b) 12.
"REMIC II Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to any date
of determination, (i) 1% of the aggregate Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC
II Regular Interests minus (ii) the aggregate of the Uncertificated Balances of
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA1, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA2, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTM1, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM2, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LTM3 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM4, in each case as of such
date of determination.
"REMIC II Principal Loss Allocation Amount": With respect to
any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties then
outstanding and (ii) 1 minus a fraction, the numerator of which is
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two times the aggregate of the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LTA1, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA2, REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTM1, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM2, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM3
and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM4 and the denominator of which is the
aggregate of the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA1,
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA2, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM1, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTM2, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM3, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LTM4 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ.
"REMIC II Regular Interest": Any of the 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 or shall otherwise be entitled to interest as set forth herein, and
shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated
Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. The designations for
the respective REMIC II Regular Interests are set forth in the Preliminary
Statement hereto.
"REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA": 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-LTAA
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-LTA1": 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-LTA1
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-LTA2": 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-LTA2
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-LTM1": 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-LTM1
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-LTM2": One of the separate
non-certificated beneficial
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ownership interests in REMIC II issued hereunder and designated as a Regular
Interest in REMIC II. REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM2 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-LTM3": 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-LTM3
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-LTM4": 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-LTM4
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-LTP": 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-LTP
shall be entitled to any Prepayment Charges collected by the Master Servicer and
to a distribution of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in
an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Balance as set forth in
the Preliminary Statement hereto.
"REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1": 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-LTS1
shall be entitled to receive all interest distributed to REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTS1. REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1 has no principal balance and
is not entitled to distributions of principal.
"REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2": 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-LTS2
shall be entitled to receive all interest distributed to REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTS2. REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2 has no principal balance and
is not entitled to distributions of principal.
"REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ": 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-LTZZ
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.
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"REMIC II Remittance Rate": With respect to each REMIC II
Regular Interest (other than REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1 and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTS2) and each Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to
the weighted average of (x) the REMIC I Remittance Rate with respect to REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LT1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2 and REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTP for such Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of (i) the
REMIC I Remittance Rate with respect to REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1A, REMIC
I Regular Interest I-LTS1B, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1C, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTS1D, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1E, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTS2A, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2B, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2C,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2D and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS3E for such
Distribution Date over (ii) the applicable Class S Rate, weighted on the basis
of the Uncertificated Balance of (x) REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LT2 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP and (y) REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTS1A, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1B, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTS1C, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1D, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTS1E, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2A, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2B,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2C, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2D and REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTS2E, respectively.
With respect to REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1 and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTS2, the applicable Class S Rate.
"REMIC II Required Overcollateralized Amount": 1% of the
Overcollateralization Target Amount.
"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 2.13, 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 III Certificateholder": The Holder of any REMIC 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 and the NIMS Insurer 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."
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"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 (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 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.
"Reserve Interest Rate": With respect to any Interest
Determination Date, the rate per annum that the Trustee determines to be either
(i) the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole
multiple of 1/16%) of the one-month U.S. dollar lending rates which New York
City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on the relevant Interest
Determination Date to the principal London offices of leading banks in the
London interbank market or (ii) in the event that the Trustee can determine no
such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month U.S. dollar lending rate which New
York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on such Interest
Determination Date to leading European banks.
"Residential Dwelling": Any one of the following: (i) an
attached, detached or semi- detached one-family dwelling, (ii) an attached,
detached or semi-detached two-to four-family dwelling, (iii) a one-family
dwelling unit in a Xxxxxx Xxx eligible condominium project, or (iv) an attached,
detached or semi-detached one-family dwelling in a planned unit development,
none of which is a co-operative, mobile or manufactured home (as defined in 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, Section 5402(6)).
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"Residual Certificate": Any one of the Class R Certificates.
"Residual Interest": The sole class of "residual interests" in
a REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.
"Responsible Officer": When used with respect to the Trustee,
the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or Trustees, the
Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Executive or Standing Committee of the Board of
Directors or Trustees, the President, the Chairman of the Committee on Trust
Matters, any vice president, any assistant vice president, the Secretary, any
assistant secretary, the Treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the Cashier, any
assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the Controller
and any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee, customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and, with respect to a particular matter, to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"S&P": Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of the
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., or its successor in interest.
"Seller": UBS Warburg Real Estate Securities Inc. or its
successor in interest, in its capacity as seller under the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement.
"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 but not
limited to foreclosures, in respect of a particular Mortgage Loan, (iii) the
management (including reasonable fees in connection therewith) and liquidation
of any REO Property and (iv) the performance of its obligations under Section
3.01, Section 3.09, Section 3.14, Section 3.16 and Section 3.23. The Master
Servicer shall not be required to make any Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances.
"Servicing Fee": With respect to each Mortgage Loan and for
any calendar month, an amount equal to the Servicing Fee Rate accrued for one
month (or in the event of any payment of interest which accompanies a Principal
Prepayment in full or in part made by the Mortgagor during such calendar month,
interest for the number of days covered by such payment of interest) on the same
principal amount on which interest on such Mortgage Loan accrues for such
calendar month, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months. A portion of such Servicing Fee may be retained by any
Sub-Servicer as its servicing compensation.
"Servicing Fee Rate": 0.50% per annum.
"Servicing Information": The data provided by the Master
Servicer to the Trustee in the Remittance Report or otherwise provided pursuant
to Section 4.03, which is reported under
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Section 4.02(iv) - (xi), (xvii) and (xx).
"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 Class P Certificates and the Residual
Certificates), a hypothetical Certificate of such Class evidencing a Percentage
Interest for such Class corresponding to an initial Certificate Principal
Balance (or Notional Amount in the case of the Class S Certificates) of $1,000.
With respect to the Class P Certificates and the Residual Certificates, a
hypothetical Certificate of such Class evidencing a 100% Percentage Interest in
such Class.
"Startup Day": With respect to each Trust REMIC, 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 Cut-off Date Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan, as shown in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, minus the sum of (i) the
principal portion of each Monthly Payment due on a Due Date subsequent to the
Cut-off Date, to the extent received from the Mortgagor 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, 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.
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"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 earlier to occur of (i) the Distribution
Date on which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates has been reduced to zero and (ii) the later to occur of (x) the
Distribution Date occurring in November 2005 and (y) the first Distribution Date
on which the Credit Enhancement Percentage (calculated for this purpose only
after taking into account payments of principal on the Mortgage Loans but prior
to distribution of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the Group II
Principal Distribution Amount to the Certificates then entitled to distributions
of principal on such Distribution Date) is equal to or greater than 38.00%.
"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.
"Substitution Adjustment Amount": As defined in Section
2.03(b).
"Tax Returns": The federal income tax return on Internal
Revenue Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income
Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest
Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms,
to be filed on behalf of the Trust Fund due to the classification of portions
thereof as REMICs under the REMIC Provisions, together with any and all other
information reports or returns that may be required to be furnished to the
Certificateholders or filed with the Internal Revenue Service or any other
governmental taxing authority under any applicable provisions of federal, state
or local tax laws.
"Telerate Page 3750": The display designated as page "3750" on
the Dow Xxxxx Telerate Capital Markets Report (or such other page as may replace
page 3750 on that report for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered
rates of major banks).
"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.
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"Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any
Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
"Transferor": Any Person who is disposing by Transfer of any
Ownership Interest in a Certificate.
"Trigger Event": A Trigger Event is in effect with respect to
any Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date if:
(a) the Delinquency Percentage exceeds 16.00%; or
(b) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred since the
Cut-off Date through the last day of the related Due Period divided by the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date exceeds
the applicable percentages set forth below with respect to such Distribution
Date:
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN PERCENTAGE
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November 2005 through October 2006 3.00%
November 2006 through October 2007 4.50%
November 2007 through October 2008 6.00%
November 2008 and thereafter 7.00%
"Trust Fund": Collectively, all of the assets of REMIC I,
REMIC II, REMIC III, the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account, the Excess Net
WAC Rate Reserve Fund and the other assets conveyed by the Depositor to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01.
"Trust REMIC": Any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III.
"Trustee": U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking
association, or its successor in interest, or any successor trustee appointed as
herein provided.
"Trustee Fee": The amount payable to the Trustee on each
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 8.05 as compensation for all services
rendered by it in the execution of the trust hereby created and in the exercise
and performance of any of the powers and duties of the Trustee hereunder, which
amount shall equal the Trustee Fee Rate accrued for one month on the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties as of the second
preceding Due Date (or, in the case of the initial Distribution Date, as of the
Cut-off Date), calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months.
"Trustee Fee Rate": 0.01% per annum.
"Uncertificated Balance": The amount of any REMIC I Regular
Interest or REMIC II Regular Interest (other than REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTS1 and REMIC II Regular Interest
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II-LTS2) 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 (other than REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1 and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTS2) 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 (other than REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1 and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTS2) 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 REMIC II Regular Interest II- LTZZ shall be increased
by interest deferrals as provided in Section 4.01(a)(1)(A)(i) and Section
4.01(a)(1)(B)(i), respectively. The Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC I
Regular Interest and each REMIC II Regular Interest shall never be less than
zero.
"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 or Uncertificated Notional Amount thereof
immediately prior to such Distribution Date. Uncertificated Interest in respect
of any REMIC I Regular Interest or REMIC II Regular Interest shall accrue on the
basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Uncertificated
Interest with respect to each Distribution Date, as to any REMIC I Regular
Interest or REMIC II Regular Interest, shall be reduced by an amount equal to
the sum of (a) the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for such
Distribution Date to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 3.24
and (b) the aggregate amount of any Relief Act Interest Shortfall, if any
allocated, in each case, to such REMIC I Regular Interest or REMIC II Regular
Interest pursuant to Section 1.02. 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
1.02 and Section 4.04.
"Uncertificated Notional Amount": With respect to REMIC II
Regular Interest II- LTS1 and (i) the 1st Distribution Date through the 6th
Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interests
I-LTS1A through I-LTS1E, (ii) the 7th Distribution Date through the 12th
Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Xxxxxxxxx
X-XXX0X through I-LTS1E, (iii) the 13th Distribution Date through the 18th
Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interests
I-LTS1C through I-LTS1E, (iv) the 19th Distribution Date through the 24th
Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interests I-
LTS1D and I-LTS1E and (v) the 25th Distribution Date through the 30th
Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTS1E.
With respect to REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2 and (i) the
1st Distribution Date through the 6th Distribution Date, the Uncertificated
Balance of REMIC I Regular Interests I-LTS2A through I-LTS2E, (ii) the 7th
Distribution Date through the 12th Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance
of REMIC I Regular Xxxxxxxxx X-XXX0X through I-LTS2E, (iii) the 13th
Distribution Date
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through the 18th Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I
Regular Interests I-LTS2C through I-LTS2E, (iv) the 19th Distribution Date
through the 24th Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I
Regular Interests I-LTS2D and I-LTS2E and (v) the 25th Distribution Date through
the 30th Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTS2E.
"Underwriters' Exemption": As defined in the Prospectus
Supplement.
"Uninsured Cause": Any cause of damage to a Mortgaged Property
such that the complete restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by
the hazard insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant to Section
3.14.
"United States Person": A citizen or resident of the United
States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or
under the laws of, the United States, any state thereof or, District of Columbia
(except, in the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in regulations)
provided that, for purposes solely of the restrictions on the transfer of Class
R Certificates, no partnership or other entity treated as a partnership for
United States federal income tax purposes shall be treated as a United States
Person unless all persons that own an interest in such partnership either
directly or through any entity that is not a corporation for United States
federal income tax purposes are required by the applicable operative agreement
to be United States Persons or an estate whose income is subject to United
States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within
the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the
administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have the
authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. To the extent
prescribed in regulations by the Secretary of the Treasury, which have not yet
been issued, a trust which was in existence on August 20, 1996 (other than a
trust treated as owned by the grantor under subpart E of part I of subchapter J
of chapter 1 of the Code), and which was treated as a United States person on
August 20, 1996 may elect to continue to be treated as a United States person
notwithstanding the previous sentence. The term "United States" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 7701 of the Code.
"Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount": With respect to the Class
A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates and (i) the first Distribution
Date, zero, and (ii) any Distribution Date after the first Distribution Date,
the amount, if any, by which (a) the sum of (1) the Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount for such Class for the immediately preceding Distribution
Date and (2) the outstanding Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount, if any, for such
Class for such preceding Distribution Date exceeds (b) the aggregate amount
distributed on such Class in respect of interest pursuant to clause (a) of this
definition on such preceding Distribution Date, plus interest on the amount of
interest due but not paid on the Certificates of such Class on such preceding
Distribution Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the Pass-Through Rate for
such Class for the related Accrual Period.
"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 Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx
Mac and (b) the value thereof as determined by a review appraisal conducted by
the Master Servicer (in its capacity as Originator) in accordance with the
Master Servicer's underwriting guidelines, and (ii) the purchase price paid for
the related Mortgaged
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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 Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac and (2) the value thereof as
determined by a review appraisal conducted by the Master Servicer (in its
capacity as Originator) in accordance with the Master Servicer'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, 97% of all Voting Rights will be allocated among the holders
of the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE
Certificates in proportion to the then outstanding Certificate Principal
Balances of their respective Certificates, 1% of all Voting Rights will be
allocated to the holders of the Class S Certificates in proportion to the then
outstanding Notional Amount of their Certificates, 1% of all Voting Rights will
be allocated to the holders of the Class P Certificates and 1% of all Voting
Rights will be allocated among the holders of the Residual Certificates. The
Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificate shall be allocated among
Holders of each such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests as of the most recent Record Date.
SECTION 1.02. Allocation of Certain Interest
Shortfalls.
For purposes of calculating the amount of the Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount for the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates,
the Class S Certificates and the Class CE Certificates for any Distribution
Date, (1) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the
extent not covered by payments by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24)
and any Relief Act Interest Shortfall incurred in respect of the Mortgage Loans
for any Distribution Date shall be allocated first, 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, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class S 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 or Notional Amount, as applicable, of each such Certificate and (2) the
aggregate amount of any Realized Losses and Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts
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 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)
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and Relief Act Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the Mortgage Loans for
any Distribution Date shall be allocated first, to REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LT1 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2 and then to REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTS1A, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1B, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1C,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1D, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1E, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTS2A, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2B, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTS2C, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2D and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTS2E, in each case to the extent of one month's interest at the then
applicable respective REMIC I Remittance Rate on the respective Uncertificated
Balance of each such REMIC I Regular Interest.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Uncertificated
Interest for the REMIC II 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 II Regular Interest II-LTAA and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ up to
an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC II Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98%
and 2%, respectively, and thereafter among REMIC II Regular Interest II- LTA1,
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTA2, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM1, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTM2, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM3, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LTM4 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ (to the extent of the
REMIC II Overcollateralized Amount) PRO RATA based on, and to the extent of, one
month's interest at the then applicable respective Pass- Through Rate on the
respective Uncertificated Balance of each such REMIC II Regular Interest.
SECTION 1.03 Rights of the NIMS Insurer.
Each of the rights of the NIMS Insurer set forth in this
Agreement shall exist so long as (i) the NIMS Insurer has undertaken to
guarantee certain payments of notes issued pursuant to the Indenture and (ii)
the notes issued pursuant to the Indenture remain outstanding or the NIMS
Insurer is owed amounts in respect of its guarantee of payment on such notes;
provided, however, the NIMS Insurer shall not have any rights hereunder (except
pursuant to Section 11.01 and any rights to indemnification hereunder in the
case of clause (ii) below) so long as (i) the NIMS Insurer has not undertaken to
guarantee certain payments of notes issued pursuant to the Indenture or (ii) any
default has occurred and is continuing under the insurance policy issued by the
NIMS Insurer with respect to such notes.
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ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trustee without recourse, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, all the
right, title and interest of the Depositor, including any security interest
therein for the benefit of the Depositor, in and to the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, the rights of the Depositor under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and all other assets included or to be
included in REMIC I. 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). The Depositor herewith delivers
to the Trustee an executed original Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Depositor
does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, the Trustee (or the Custodian on
behalf of the Trustee) the following documents or instruments with respect to
each Mortgage Loan so transferred and assigned (a "Mortgage File"):
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in blank or in the
following form: "Pay to the order of U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee under the applicable agreement, without recourse," with all
prior and intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of
endorsement from the originator to the Person so endorsing to the
Trustee;
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon,
and the original recorded power of attorney, if the Mortgage was
executed pursuant to a power of attorney, with evidence of recording
thereon;
(iii) an original Assignment in blank;
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments showing a
complete chain of assignment from the originator to the Person
assigning the Mortgage to the Trustee as contemplated by the
immediately preceding clause (iii);
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and
(vi) the original lender's title insurance policy, 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.
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With respect to a maximum of approximately 2.0% of the
Original Mortgage Loans, by outstanding principal balance of the Original
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, if any original Mortgage Note referred to
in Section 2.01(i) above cannot be located, the obligations of the Depositor to
deliver such documents shall be deemed to be satisfied upon delivery to the
Trustee (or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee) of a photocopy of such
Mortgage Note, if available, with a lost note affidavit substantially in the
form of Exhibit I attached hereto. If any of the original Mortgage Notes for
which a lost note affidavit was delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian on
behalf of the Trustee) is subsequently located, such original Mortgage Note
shall be delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee)
within three Business Days.
The Trustee shall promptly (within sixty Business Days
following the later of the Closing Date and the date of receipt by the Trustee
or the Custodian of the recording information for a Mortgage, but in no event
later than ninety days following the Closing Date) enforce the obligation of NC
Capital pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to submit
or cause to be submitted for recording, at no expense to the Trust Fund, the
Trustee, the Custodian or the Depositor, in the appropriate public office for
real property records, each Assignment referred to in Sections 2.01(iii) and
(iv) above and in connection therewith, the Trustee shall enforce the obligation
of NC Capital pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to
execute each original Assignment in the following form: "U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee under the applicable agreement." In the event that any
such Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, the
Trustee shall enforce the obligation of NC Capital pursuant to the terms of the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Assignments shall not be
required to be submitted for recording with respect to any Mortgage Loan in any
jurisdiction where the Rating Agencies do not require recordation in order to
receive the ratings on the Certificates at the time of their initial issuance
(unless notified otherwise by the Depositor, the Trustee may assume that, as of
the date of the initial issuance of the Certificates, the Rating Agencies do not
require any Assignments to be recorded); provided, however, each Assignment
shall be submitted in the manner described above, at no expense to the Trust
Fund, the Trustee or the Custodian, upon the earliest to occur of: (i)
reasonable direction by the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of
the Voting Rights, (ii) the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default,
(iii) the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the
Originator, (iv) the occurrence of a servicing transfer as described in Section
7.02 hereof, (v) upon receipt of notice from the Master Servicer, the occurrence
of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Mortgagor under the
related Mortgage and (vi) upon receipt of notice from the Master Servicer, any
Mortgage Loan that is 90 days or more delinquent. Upon the occurrence of one of
the events set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Trustee shall
enforce the obligation of NC Capital pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement to deliver such Assignments for recording as provided above,
promptly and in any event within 30 days following receipt of notice by the
Trustee or the Custodian.
If any of the documents referred to in Sections 2.01(ii),
(iii) or (iv) above has, as of the Closing Date, been submitted for recording
but either (x) has not been returned from the applicable public recording office
or (y) has been lost or such public recording office has retained
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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 (or
the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee) of a copy of each such document
certified by the Originator in the case of (x) above or the applicable public
recording office in the case of (y) above to be a true and complete copy of the
original that was submitted for recording and (2) if such copy is certified by
the Originator, delivery to the Trustee (or the Custodian on behalf of 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. Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
notice shall be provided to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies by NC Capital if
delivery pursuant to clause (2) above will be made more than 180 days after the
Closing Date.
If the original lender's title insurance policy was not
delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(vi) above, the Depositor shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian on behalf of 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 (or
the Custodian on behalf of 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 (or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee) are and
shall be held by or on behalf of NC Capital, 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 the event that any such original document
is required pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.01 to be a part of a
Mortgage File, such document shall be delivered promptly to the Trustee (or the
Custodian on behalf of 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.
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance of REMIC I by Trustee.
The Trustee acknowledges receipt (or receipt by the Custodian
as the duly appointed agent of the Trustee), 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 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 (or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee)
agrees, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the NIMS Insurer, to
review each Mortgage File on or before the Closing Date and to certify in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1 (or cause the Custodian to
certify in the form of the Initial Certification attached to the Custodial
Agreement) that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
(other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically
identified in the exception report annexed thereto as not being
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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 or the Custodian and appear regular on
their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan and (iii) based on its or the
Custodian's examination and only as to the foregoing, the information set forth
in the Mortgage Loan Schedule that corresponds to items (i) through (iii),
(x)(A), (xi), (xii), (xv), (xvii)(B) and (xix), 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 (or the
Custodian on behalf of 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, the NIMS Insurer and the Master Servicer
a final certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-2 (or shall cause
the Custodian to deliver to the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer and the Master
Servicer a final certification in the form attached to the Custodial Agreement)
evidencing the completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any applicable
exceptions noted thereon, 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 (or the Custodian on behalf of 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 (or the
Custodian on behalf of the Trustee) shall so notify the Depositor, the NIMS
Insurer and the Master Servicer. In addition, upon the discovery by the
Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the Master Servicer or the Trustee of a breach of
any of the representations and warranties made by NC Capital 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 (or the Custodian on behalf of 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.
The Depositor and the Trustee intend that the assignment and
transfer herein contemplated constitute a sale of the Mortgage Loans, the
related Mortgage Notes and the related documents, conveying good title thereto
free and clear of any liens and encumbrances, from the Depositor to the Trustee
in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders and that such property not be
part of the Depositor's estate or property of the Depositor in the event of any
insolvency by the Depositor. In the event that such conveyance is deemed to be,
or to be made as security for, a loan, the parties intend that the Depositor
shall be deemed to have granted and does hereby grant to the Trustee a first
priority perfected security interest in all of the Depositor's right, title and
interest in and to the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgage Notes and the
related documents, and that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement
under applicable law.
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SECTION 2.03. Repurchase or Substitution of
Mortgage Loans by NC Capital.
(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 NC Capital of any representation, warranty or covenant under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (including any representation, warranty or
covenant regarding the Prepayment Charge Schedule) 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 NC
Capital, the NIMS Insurer, the Seller and the Master Servicer of such defect,
missing document or breach and request that NC Capital deliver such missing
document or cure such defect or breach within 60 days from the date NC Capital
was notified of such missing document, defect or breach, and if NC Capital does
not deliver such missing document or cure such defect or breach in all material
respects during such period, the Master Servicer, to the extent it is not NC
Capital, the Seller or an Affiliate of the Seller, and otherwise the Trustee, in
accordance with Section 3.02(b), shall enforce the obligations of NC Capital
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 NC Capital
was notified (subject to Section 2.03(c)) of such missing document, defect or
breach, if and to the extent that NC Capital is obligated to do so under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Price for the repurchased
Mortgage Loan shall be remitted to the Master Servicer for deposit in the
Collection Account and the Trustee (or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee),
upon receipt of written certification from the Master Servicer of such deposit,
shall release to NC Capital the related Mortgage File and the Trustee (or the
Custodian on behalf of the Trustee) shall execute and deliver such instruments
of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as NC Capital shall
furnish to it and as shall be necessary to vest in NC Capital any Mortgage Loan
released pursuant hereto. Neither the Trustee nor the Custodian shall have any
further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage File. In lieu of
repurchasing any such Mortgage Loan as provided above, if so provided in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, NC Capital may cause such Mortgage Loan to be
removed from REMIC I (in which case it shall become a Deleted Mortgage Loan) and
substitute one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the manner and
subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(b). It is understood and
agreed that the obligation of NC Capital 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 and the Certificateholders.
(b) Any substitution of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans
for Deleted Mortgage Loans made pursuant to Section 2.03(a) must be effected
prior to the date which is two years after the Startup Day for REMIC I.
As to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which NC Capital
substitutes a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, such substitution
shall be effected by NC Capital delivering to the Trustee (or the Custodian on
behalf of 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,
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together with an Officers' Certificate providing that each such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies the definition thereof and specifying the
Substitution Adjustment Amount (as described below), if any, in connection with
such substitution. The Trustee (or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee) shall
acknowledge receipt for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and,
within ten Business Days thereafter, review such documents as specified in
Section 2.02 and deliver to the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer 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 (or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee) shall
deliver to the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer 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 NC Capital. 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 NC Capital
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 and the NIMS Insurer 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, the
Custodian and the NIMS Insurer. Upon such substitution, such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall constitute part of the Mortgage Pool and
shall be subject in all respects to the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement, including, all applicable representations and
warranties thereof included in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
For any month in which NC Capital substitutes one or more
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the
Master Servicer will determine the amount (the "Substitution Adjustment
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 Principal Balance thereof as of the date of substitution,
together with one month's interest on such Principal Balance at the applicable
Net Mortgage Rate, plus all outstanding Advances and Servicing Advances
(including Nonrecoverable Advances and Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances)
related thereto. On the date of such substitution, NC Capital will deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Collection
Account an amount equal to the Substitution Adjustment Amount, if any, and the
Trustee (or the Custodian on behalf of 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 NC Capital the related Mortgage File
or Files and the Trustee (or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee) shall
execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case
without recourse, NC Capital shall deliver to it and as shall be necessary to
vest therein any Deleted Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.
In addition, NC Capital shall obtain at its own expense and
deliver to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such substitution will not cause (a) any federal tax to be imposed on any
Trust REMIC, including without limitation, any federal tax imposed on
"prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on
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the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code, or (b) any Trust REMIC
to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding.
(c) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, NC
Capital, 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, NC Capital, the Seller or the Depositor shall repurchase or, subject
to the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(b), substitute one or more
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for the affected Mortgage Loan within 90
days of the earlier of discovery or receipt of such notice with respect to such
affected Mortgage Loan. Such repurchase or substitution shall be made by (i) NC
Capital or the Seller, as the case may be, 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 NC Capital or the Seller, as the
case may be, 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 no representation or warranty. Any such repurchase or substitution shall be
made in the same manner as set forth in Section 2.03(a). The Trustee (or the
Custodian on behalf of the Trustee) shall reconvey to the Depositor, NC Capital
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. Reserved
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 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 federally chartered savings bank
duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States
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 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 and the Trustee,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Master
Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except as
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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 ofthe 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 servicer. 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;
(vi) No information, certificate of an officer, statement
furnished in writing or report delivered to the Trustee by the Master
Servicer in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading (except to the extent that any such information, statement
or report has been corrected or superseded in writing by the Master
Servicer as of the Closing Date, it being understood (i) that the
Master Servicer has delivered no certificate of an officer prior to the
Closing Date and (ii) that any representations, warranties and
indemnifications as to the accuracy and completeness of the Prospectus
Supplement made by the Master Servicer in agreements and Officers'
Certificates delivered by the Master Servicer on the Closing Date in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall
be interpreted such that the information in the Prospectus Supplement
is deemed to correct and/or supersede as of the Closing Date, within
the meaning of this parenthetical, any information, statement or report
delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee prior to the Closing
Date that is inconsistent with the
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information in the Prospectus Supplement or that was omitted from such
information, statement or report delivered prior to the Closing Date);
(vii) No litigation is pending against the Master Servicer
that would materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or
enforceability of this Agreement or the ability of the Master Servicer
to service the Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other
obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof;
(viii) 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;
(ix) 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;
(x) The Master Servicer will not waive any Prepayment Charge
unless it is waived in accordance with the standard set forth in
Section 3.01; and
(xi) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer
has fully and accurately furnished, and will continue to fully and
accurately furnish, complete information on the related borrower credit
files to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company,
in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing
regulations.
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 or the Custodian and shall inure to the
benefit of the Trustee, the Depositor and the Certificateholders. Upon discovery
by any of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer 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 NIMS Insurer and 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 this Section 2.05 to cure
breaches shall constitute the sole remedy against the Master Servicer available
to the Certificateholders, the Depositor and the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders respecting a breach of the representations, warranties and
covenants contained in this Section 2.05. Notwithstanding the foregoing, within
90 days of the earlier of discovery by the Master Servicer or receipt of notice
by the Master Servicer of the breach of the covenant of the Master Servicer set
forth in Section 2.05(x) above, which breach materially and adversely affects
the interests of the Holders of the Class P Certificates in any Prepayment
Charge, the Master Servicer must pay the amount of
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such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the holders of the Class P
Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account.
SECTION 2.06. Issuance of the REMIC I Regular
Interests and the Class R-I
Interest.
The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage
Loans and the delivery to it, or the Custodian on its behalf, of the Mortgage
Files, subject to the provisions of Section 2.01 and Section 2.02, together with
the assignment to it of all other assets included in REMIC I, the receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged. Concurrently with such assignment and delivery and
in exchange therefor, the Trustee, pursuant to the written request of the
Depositor executed by an officer of the Depositor, has executed, authenticated
and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Class R-I Interest in
authorized denominations. The interests evidenced by the Class R-I Interest,
together with the REMIC I Regular Interests, constitute the entire beneficial
ownership interest in REMIC I. The rights of the Class R-I Interest and REMIC II
(as holder of the REMIC I Regular Interests) to receive distributions from the
proceeds of REMIC I in respect of the Class R-I Interest and the REMIC I Regular
Interests, respectively, and all ownership interests evidenced or constituted by
the Class R-I Interest and the REMIC I Regular Interests, shall be as set forth
in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.07. Conveyance of the REMIC I Regular
Interests; Acceptance of REMIC II by
the Trustee.
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
Certificateholders (as holder of the Class R-I Interest and Class R-II Interest)
and REMIC II (as holder of the REMIC I Regular Interest). 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 Certificateholders (as holder of the Class R-I Interest and
Class R-II Interest) and REMIC II (as holder of the REMIC I Regular Interests).
The rights of the Class R Certificateholders (as holder of the Class R-I
Interest and Class R-II Interest) and REMIC II (as holder of the REMIC I Regular
Interest) to receive distributions from the proceeds of REMIC II in respect of
the Class R-II Interest and REMIC II Regular Interests, respectively, and all
ownership interests evidenced or constituted by the Class R-II Interest and the
REMIC I Regular Interests, shall be as set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.08. Conveyance of the 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 Class R-
Certificateholders and REMIC III (as holder of the REMIC II Regular Interests).
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 Class R Certificateholders
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and REMIC III (as holder of the REMIC II Regular Interests). The rights of the
Class R Certificateholders and REMIC III (as holder of the REMIC II Regular
Interests) to receive distributions from the proceeds of REMIC III in respect of
the Class R Certificates and REMIC III Certificates, respectively, and all
ownership interests evidenced or constituted by the Class R Certificates and the
REMIC III Certificates, shall be as set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.09. Issuance of Class R Certificates.
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 Class R Certificates in authorized denominations. The
interests evidenced by the Class R Certificates, together with the REMIC III
Certificates, constitute the entire beneficial ownership interest in REMIC III.
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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 or non-ownership of any Certificate by the
Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer;
(iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make 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 (a) shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of
principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall waive (or permit a
subservicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following
circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar
Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver would, in the reasonable
judgement of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking
into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan
and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related
Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably
foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing
of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable
default where (x) the related mortgagor has stated to the Master Servicer or an
applicable subservicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and
(y) the Master Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgement that the
waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such mortgagor to refinance with
the Master Servicer or (iii) collection of the related Prepayment Charge would
violate applicable law; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall waive
no more than 5.00% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges)
set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clause (ii)(B)
above. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the
standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Master Servicer
is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit
of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the
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Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the
related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the
Master Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses
(i) and (ii)(B) shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. 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, 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 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,
within 15 days of the Closing Date, 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
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regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC 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 Sub- Servicers 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 rating on any Class of
Certificates and the NIMS Insurer shall have consented to such Sub-Servicing
Agreement. 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 Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Mae approved mortgage servicer. Each
Sub- Servicing 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
Sub-Servicers 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 Sub-Servicing 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 and the NIMS Insurer copies of all Sub- Servicing Agreements, and
any amendments or modifications thereof, promptly upon the Master Servicer's
execution and delivery of such instruments.
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(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 NC Capital and the Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, including, without limitation, any obligation of a Sub-Servicer to
make advances in respect of delinquent payments as required by a Sub-Servicing
Agreement, or any obligation of NC Capital or the Seller to purchase a Mortgage
Loan on account of missing or defective documentation or on account of a breach
of a representation, warranty or covenant, as described in Section 2.03(a). 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 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 and NC
Capital shall be effected by the Master Servicer to the extent it is not NC
Capital, the Seller or an Affiliate of 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, with the consent of the NIMS Insurer,
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 (if the Trustee is
acting as Master Servicer) without fee, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, in the event that the Master Servicer (or the Trustee, if it is then
acting as 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
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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 the Trustee, the
NIMS Insurer 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, the NIMS Insurer and the
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 Sub-
Servicing Agreements to the assuming party.
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SECTION 3.07. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan
Payments.
The Master Servicer shall diligently 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; provided further that the NIMS
Insurer's prior written consent shall be required for any modification, waiver
or amendment if the aggregate number of outstanding Mortgage Loans which have
been modified, waived or amended exceeds 5% of the number of Mortgage Loans as
of the Cut-off Date. 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 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 without the prior written consent of the NIMS Insurer.
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 Sub-Servicer'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 Sub-Servicing
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.
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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
Business 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 the 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, 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 (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 but allocable to a Due Period
subsequent thereto:
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(i) all payments on account of principal, including Principal
Prepayments (but not Prepayment Charges), 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);
(iv) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section
3.12 in connection with any losses realized on Permitted Investments
with respect to funds held in the Collection Account;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master
Servicer pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 3.14(a) in respect
of any blanket policy deductibles;
(vi) all proceeds of any Mortgage Loan repurchased or
purchased in accordance with Section 2.03 or Section 9.01;
(vii) all amounts required to be deposited in connection with
shortfalls in principal amount of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Section 2.03; and
(viii) all Prepayment Charges collected by the Master Servicer
in connection with the Principal Prepayment of any of the Mortgage
Loans and any Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts.
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection
Account 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 (other
than Prepayment 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 by 3:00 p.m. New York
time (i) on the Master Servicer Remittance Date, that portion of Available Funds
(calculated without regard to the references in clause (ii) of the definition
thereof to amounts that may be withdrawn from the Distribution Account) for the
related Distribution Date then on deposit in the Collection Account and the
amount of all Prepayment Charges collected by the Master Servicer in connection
with the Principal Prepayment of any of the Mortgage Loans and any Master
Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts then on deposit in the Collection
Account and the amount
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of any funds reimbursable to an Advancing Person pursuant to Section 3.26 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, by 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, NC Capital, 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 and the NIMS Insurer 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, the NIMS Insurer and the Depositor of
the location of the Distribution Account when established and prior to any
change thereof.
(d) Funds held in the Collection Account at any time may be
delivered by the 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 shall deliver to the Trustee from time to time for
deposit, and the Trustee shall so deposit, in the Distribution Account:
(i) any 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.
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(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 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. The Trustee shall deposit in the Distribution
Account 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 Distribution Account.
SECTION 3.11. Withdrawals from the Collection
Account and Distribution Account.
(a) 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:
(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 Advances, but only to the extent of amounts received which
represent Late Collections (net of the related Servicing Fees) of
Monthly Payments on Mortgage Loans with respect to which such Advances
were made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.03;
(iii) subject to Section 3.16(d), to pay the Master Servicer
or any Sub-Servicer (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 Sub- Servicer 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, NC Capital
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;
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(vi) to reimburse the Master Servicer for any Advance
previously made which the Master Servicer has determined to be a
Nonrecoverable 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, the NIMS Insurer 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 of this Agreement, including any expenses
arising out of the enforcement of the purchase obligation;
(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);
(x) to withdraw amounts deposited therein in error; and
(xi) to clear and terminate the Collection Account pursuant to
Section 9.01.
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 and the NIMS Insurer 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 respect of clause (vi) hereof.
(b) The Trustee shall, from time to time, make withdrawals
from the Distribution Account, for any of the following purposes, without
priority:
(i) to make distributions to Certificateholders in accordance
with Section 4.01;
(ii) to pay to itself amounts to which each is entitled
pursuant to Section 8.05 or for Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses;
(iii) to pay to itself on each Distribution Date any interest
or investment income earned on funds deposited in the Distribution
Account pursuant to Section 3.12(b);
(iv) to reimburse itself pursuant to Section 7.02;
(v) to pay any amounts in respect of taxes pursuant to Section
10.01(g)(iii);
(vi) to pay to an Advancing Person reimbursements for P& I
Advances and/or Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 3.26; and
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(vii) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account pursuant
to Section 9.01.
SECTION 3.12. Investment of Funds in the
Collection Account and the
Distribution Account.
(a) The Master Servicer may direct any depository institution
maintaining the Collection Account and any REO Account and the Trustee may
direct any depository institution maintaining the Distribution Account (each,
for purposes of this Section 3.12, an "Investment Account") to invest the funds
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 for the benefit
of the Certificateholders. The Trustee shall be entitled to sole possession
(except with respect to investment direction of funds held in the Collection
Account and any REO 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:
(x) consistent with any notice required to be given
thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such
Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an amount equal
to the lesser of (1) all amounts then payable thereunder and (2) the
amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and
(y) demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly upon
determination by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee that such
Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted Investment in
respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the Investment Account.
(b) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds
deposited in the Collection Account and any 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 Section 3.23, as
applicable. All income and gain realized from the investment of funds deposited
in the Distribution Account held by or on behalf of the Trustee shall be for the
benefit of the Trustee and shall be subject to its withdrawal in accordance with
Section 3.11. The Master Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account and
any 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. The Trustee shall deposit in the
Distribution Account 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.
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(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement,
if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted
Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any
Permitted Investment, the Trustee may and, subject to Section 8.01 and Section
8.02(v), upon the request of the NIMS Insurer or 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.
SECTION 3.13. [Reserved].
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 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).
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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 and 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 Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac if it were the purchaser of
the Mortgage Loans, unless the Master Servicer has obtained a waiver of such
requirements from Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. The Master Servicer shall also
maintain a fidelity bond in the form and amount that would meet the requirements
of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac, unless the Master Servicer has obtained a waiver
of such requirements from Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. The Master Servicer shall
provide the NIMS Insurer (upon reasonable request) with certified true copies of
any such insurance policies and fidelity bond. 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 or materially modifiable
without thirty days' prior written notice to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer.
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
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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 and the Custodian that any
such substitution, modification or assumption agreement has been completed by
forwarding to the Custodian the 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 Section 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.
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(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 (consented to by the NIMS Insurer) who regularly conducts
environmental audits using customary industry standards, that:
(1) such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with applicable
environmental laws or, if not, that it would be in the best economic
interest of the Trust Fund to take such actions as are necessary to
bring the Mortgaged Property into compliance therewith; and
(2) there are no circumstances present at such Mortgaged
Property relating to the use, management or disposal of any hazardous
substances, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, or petroleum-based
materials for which investigation, testing, monitoring, containment,
clean-up or remediation could be required under any federal, state or
local law or regulation, or that if any such materials are present for
which such action could be required, that it would be in the best
economic interest of the Trust Fund to take such actions with respect
to the affected Mortgaged Property.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such environmental audit
reveals, or if the Master Servicer has actual knowledge or notice, that such
Mortgaged Property contains such toxic or hazardous wastes or substances, the
Master Servicer shall not foreclose or accept a deed in lieu of foreclosure
without the prior written consent of the NIMS Insurer.
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(a)(ix), such right of reimbursement being prior to the
rights of Certificateholders to receive any amount in the Collection Account
received in respect of the affected Mortgage Loan or other Mortgage Loans.
If the 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; 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
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right to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account as provided in
Section 3.11(a)(iii) and (a)(ix), such right of reimbursement being prior to the
rights of Certificateholders to receive any amount in the Collection Account
received in respect of the affected Mortgage Loan or other Mortgage Loans.
(c) The Master Servicer or the NIMS Insurer may at its option
purchase from REMIC I any Mortgage Loan or related REO Property that is 90 days
or more delinquent, which the Master Servicer or the NIMS Insurer, as
applicable, 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 or the NIMS Insurer, as
applicable, shall purchase any such Mortgage Loans or related REO Properties on
the basis of delinquency, purchasing the most delinquent Mortgage Loans or
related REO Properties first. The Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan or
related REO Property 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 or the NIMS Insurer, as applicable, the related Mortgage File and the
Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in
each case without recourse, as the Master Servicer or the NIMS Insurer, as
applicable, shall furnish and as shall be necessary to vest in the Master
Servicer or the NIMS Insurer, as applicable, title to any Mortgage Loan or
related REO Property released pursuant hereto.
(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 Advances, pursuant to Section 3.11(a)(ii) or (a)(iii); second, to
accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage Loan, to the date of the Final
Recovery Determination, or to the Due Date prior to the Distribution Date on
which such amounts are to be distributed if not in connection with a Final
Recovery Determination; and third, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage
Loan. If the amount of the recovery so allocated to interest is less than the
full amount of accrued and unpaid interest due on such Mortgage Loan, the amount
of such recovery will be allocated by the 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(a)(iii).
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 Custodian by a certification in
the form of Exhibit E (which certification shall include a statement to the
effect that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such
payment which are required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to
Section 3.10 have been or will be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall
request delivery to it of the Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification
and request and pursuant to the terms of the Custodial Agreement, the Custodian
to promptly release the related Mortgage File to the Master Servicer. No
expenses incurred in
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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 Custodian, pursuant to
the terms of the Custodial Agreement, shall, upon any request made by or on
behalf of the Master Servicer and delivery to the Custodian of a Request for
Release in the form of Exhibit E, release the related Mortgage File to the
Master Servicer, and 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 Custodian 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
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 Custodian 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 Custodian 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(a)(iii)
and out of amounts derived from
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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
(subject to Section 3.24 and other than Prepayment Charges) 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(a)(iv) to withdraw from the Collection Account and pursuant to Section
3.23(b) to withdraw from any REO Account, as additional servicing compensation,
interest or other income earned on deposits therein, subject to Section 3.12 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, the NIMS Insurer 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, the NIMS
Insurer and the Depositor not later than March 15th of each calendar year
(beginning in 2003), 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.
By not later than March 15th of each calendar year (beginning
in 2003), the Master Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a nationally
recognized firm of independent certified public
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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 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, at its own expense, furnish a copy of such report to the Trustee, the
NIMS Insurer and each Rating Agency. Copies of such statement shall be provided
by the Trustee to any Certificateholder upon request, 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 in the Master Servicer's possession 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 in the Master Servicer's possession
regarding the Mortgage Loans will be provided to any Certificateholder, the
Trustee, the NIMS Insurer, and to any Person identified to the Master Servicer
as a prospective transferee of a Certificate; provided, however, that providing
access to such Person will not violate any applicable laws, 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 prior to the end of the third taxable year 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, no later than 60 days
before the day on which the three-year grace period would otherwise expire, an
extension of the three-year grace period, unless the Master Servicer shall have
delivered to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer an Opinion of Counsel acceptable
to the NIMS Insurer and addressed to the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer and the
Depositor, to the effect that the holding by REMIC I of such REO Property
subsequent to three years after its acquisition will not result in the
imposition on any Trust REMIC of taxes on "prohibited transactions" thereof, as
defined in Section 860F of the Code, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify
as a REMIC under Federal law at any time that any Certificates are outstanding.
The Master
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Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property for the
Certificateholders solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in
a manner which does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as
"foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or
result in the receipt by any Trust REMIC of any "income from non-permitted
assets" within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code, or any "net
income from foreclosure property" which is subject to taxation under the REMIC
Provisions.
(b) The 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, none of the Master Servicer or
the Trustee shall:
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(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;
(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 and the NIMS Insurer, 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 sameextent as if it alone were performing all duties and
obligations in connection with the operation and management of such REO
Property.
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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 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 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 by 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 from full or partial Principal Prepayments during the related
Prepayment Period and (ii) the aggregate 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 3.25 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.
SECTION 3.26. Advance Facility.
(a) Each of (i) the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund, with
the consent of the Master Servicer and the NIMS Insurer and (ii) the Master
Servicer, with the consent of the NIMS Insurer, is hereby authorized to enter
into a financing or other facility (any such arrangement, an "Advance Facility")
under which (1) the Master Servicer assigns or pledges to another Person (an
"Advancing Person") the Master Servicer's rights under this Agreement to be
reimbursed for any Advances or Servicing Advances and/or (2) an Advancing Person
agrees to fund some or all Advances and/or Servicing Advances required to be
made by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement. The Trustee is further
authorized, subject to Section 11.01, to enter into any amendment of this
Agreement in connection with such facility. No consent of the Trustee or the
Certificateholders is required before the Master Servicer may enter into an
Advance Facility; provided, however, that the consent of the Trustee shall be
required before the Master Servicer may cause to be outstanding at one time more
than one Advance Facility with respect to Advances or more than one Advance
Facility with respect to Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding the existence of
any Advance Facility under which an Advancing Person agrees to fund Advances
and/or Servicing Advances on the Master Servicer's behalf, the Master Servicer
shall remain obligated pursuant to this Agreement to make Advances and Servicing
Advances pursuant to and as required by this Agreement, and shall not be
relieved of such obligations by virtue of such Advance Facility.
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To the extent that an Advancing Person makes all or a portion
of any Advance or any Servicing Advance and provides the Trustee with notice
acknowledged by the Master Servicer that such Advancing Person is entitled to
reimbursement, such Advancing Person shall be entitled to receive reimbursement
pursuant to this Agreement for such amount to the extent provided in Section
3.26(b). Such notice from the Advancing Person must specify the amount of the
reimbursement and must specify which Section of this Agreement permits the
applicable Advance or Servicing Advance to be reimbursed. The Trustee shall be
entitled to rely without independent investigation on the Advancing Person's
statement with respect to the amount of any reimbursement pursuant to this
Section 3.26 and with respect to the Advancing Person's statement with respect
to the Section of this Agreement that permits the applicable Advance or
Servicing Advance to be reimbursed. An Advancing Person whose obligations are
limited to the making of Advances and/or Servicing Advances shall not be
required to meet the qualifications of a Servicer or a Sub-Servicer and will not
be deemed to be a Sub-Servicer under this Agreement.
(b) If an Advancing Person is entitled to reimbursement for
any particular Advance or Servicing Advance, then the Master Servicer shall not
be permitted to reimburse itself therefor under Section 3.11(a)(ii), Section
3.11(a)(iii), Section 3.11(a)(vi) or Section 3.11(a)(ix), but instead the Master
Servicer shall include such amounts in the applicable remittance to the Trustee
made pursuant to Section 3.10(b) to the extent of amounts on deposit in the
Collection Account on the related Master Servicer Remittance Date. The Trustee
is hereby authorized to pay to an Advancing Person, reimbursements for Advances
and Servicing Advances from the Distribution Account to the same extent the
Master Servicer would have been permitted to reimburse itself for such Advances
and/or Servicing Advances in accordance with Section 3.11(a)(ii), Section
3.11(a)(iii), Section 3.11(a)(vi) or Section 3.11(a)(ix), as the case may be,
had the Master Servicer made such Advance or Servicing Advance.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount and timing of
reimbursement to which an Advancing Person is entitled shall not exceed or
differ from (without the consent of the NIMS Insurer) the amount and timing of
reimbursement to which the Master Servicer is entitled pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement. Furthermore, any advancing facility entered into by the Master
Servicer shall not be an obligation of a successor master servicer (without the
consent of such successor).
(c) All Advances and Servicing Advances made pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement shall be deemed made and shall be reimbursed on a "first
in first out" (FIFO) basis.
SECTION 3.27. Reserved.
SECTION 3.28 Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve
Account.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee shall
establish and maintain a separate, segregated trust account titled, "Net WAC
Rate Carryover Reserve Account, U.S. Bank National Association, in trust for the
registered holders of MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2002-NC1, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates." On the Closing Date, the Depositor will deposit, or
cause to be deposited, into the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account $1,000.
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(b) On each Distribution Date as to which there is a Net WAC
Rate Carryover Amount payable to the Class A Certificates, the Class S
Certificates or the Mezzanine Certificates, the Trustee has been directed by the
Class CE Certificateholders to, and therefore will, deposit into the Net WAC
Rate Carryover Reserve Account the amounts described in Section 4.01(a)(4)(x),
rather than distributing such amounts to the Class CE Certificateholders. On
each such Distribution Date, the Trustee shall hold all such amounts for the
benefit of the Holders of the Class A Certificates, the Class S Certificates and
the Mezzanine Certificates, and will distribute such amounts to the Holders of
the Class A Certificates, the Class S Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates in the amounts and priorities set forth in Section 4.01(a). If no
Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts are payable on a Distribution Date, the Trustee
shall deposit into the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account on behalf of the
Class CE Certificateholders, from amounts otherwise distributable to the Class
CE Certificateholders, an amount such that when added to other amounts already
on deposit in the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account, the aggregate amount
on deposit therein is equal to $1,000.
(c) For federal and state income tax purposes, the Class CE
Certificateholders will be deemed to be the owners of the Net WAC Rate Carryover
Reserve Account and all amounts deposited into the Net WAC Rate Carryover
Reserve Account (other than the initial deposit therein of $1,000) shall be
treated as amounts distributed by REMIC III to the Holders of the Class CE
Certificates. Upon the termination of the Trust Fund, or the payment in full of
the Class A Certificates, the Class S Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates, all amounts remaining on deposit in the Net WAC Rate Carryover
Reserve Account will be released by the Trust Fund and distributed to the Class
CE Certificateholders or their designees. The Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve
Account will be part of the Trust Fund but not part of any REMIC and any
payments to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, the Class S Certificates or
the Mezzanine Certificates of Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts will not be
payments with respect to a "regular interest" in a REMIC within the meaning of
Code Section 860(G)(a)(1).
(d) By accepting a Class CE Certificate, each Class CE
Certificateholder hereby agrees to direct the Trustee, and the Trustee hereby is
directed, to deposit into the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account the amounts
described above on each Distribution Date as to which there is any Net WAC Rate
Carryover Amount rather than distributing such amounts to the Class CE
Certificateholders. By accepting a Class CE Certificate, each Class CE
Certificateholder further agrees that such direction is given for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged by
such acceptance.
(e) At the direction of the Holders of a majority in
Percentage Interest in the Class CE Certificates, the Trustee shall direct any
depository institution maintaining the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account to
invest the funds in such account in one or more Permitted Investments bearing
interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, (i) no
later than the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such funds
are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if a
Person other than the Trustee or an Affiliate manages or advises such
investment, and (ii) no later than the date on which such funds are required to
be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if the Trustee or an
Affiliate manages or advises such investment. If no investment direction of the
Holders of a majority in Percentage Interest in the Class CE Certificates with
respect to the Net WAC Rate Carryover
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Reserve Account is received by the Trustee, the Trustee shall invest the funds
in such account in Permitted Investments managed by the Trustee or an Affiliate
of the kind described in clause (vi) of the definition of Permitted Investments.
All income and gain earned upon such investment shall be deposited into the Net
WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account.
(f) For federal tax return and information reporting, the
right of the Class A Certificateholders, the Class S Certificateholders and the
Mezzanine Certificateholders to receive payments from the Net WAC Rate Carryover
Reserve Account in respect of any Net Wac Rate Carryover Amount shall be
assigned a value of zero.
SECTION 3.29. Excess Net WAC Rate Reserve Account.
No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee shall establish
and maintain a separate, segregated trust account titled, "Excess Net WAC Rate
Reserve Account, U.S. Bank National Association, in trust for the registered
holders of MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2002-NC1, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates."
On each Distribution Date as to which there is an Excess Group
Net WAC Rate Amount payable on the Class A Certificates or the Class CE
Certificates, the Trustee has been directed by the Class A Certificateholders
to, and therefore shall, deposit into the Excess Net WAC Rate Reserve Account,
the Excess Group Net WAC Rate Amount, rather than distributing such amounts to
the applicable Class A Certificateholders. On each such Distribution Date, the
Trustee shall hold all such amounts for the benefit of the Holders of the
applicable Class A Certificates or the Class CE Certificates, and shall
distribute such amounts to the Holders of the applicable Class A Certificates
and/or the Class CE Certificates to the extent of the Excess Group Net WAC Rate
Amount.
For federal and state income tax purposes, the Class CE
Certificateholders will be deemed to be the owners of the Excess Net WAC Rate
Reserve Account and all amounts deposited into the Excess Net WAC Rate Reserve
Account shall be treated as amounts distributed by REMIC III to the Holders of
the Class CE Certificates. Upon the termination of the Trust Fund, or the
payment in full of the Class A Certificates, all amounts remaining on deposit in
the Excess Net WAC Rate Reserve Account shall be released by the Trust Fund and
distributed to the Class CE Certificateholders or their designees. The Excess
Net WAC Rate Reserve Account shall be part of the Trust Fund but not part of any
REMIC and any payments to the Holders of the Class A Certificates or the Class
CE Certificates of Excess Group Net WAC Rate Amount will not be payments with
respect to a "regular interest" in a REMIC within the meaning of Code Section
860(G)(a)(1).
By accepting a Class A Certificate, such Certificateholders
hereby agree to direct the Trustee, and the Trustee hereby is directed, to
deposit into the Excess Net WAC Rate Reserve Account the amounts described above
on each Distribution Date as to which there is any Excess Pool Net WAC Rate
Amount rather than distributing such amounts to the Class A Certificateholders,
as applicable. By accepting a Class A Certificate, each such Certificateholder
further agrees that such direction is given for good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged by such acceptance.
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Amounts on deposit in the Excess Net WAC Rate Reserve Account
will remain uninvested.
For federal tax return and information reporting, the right of
the Class A Certificateholders and the Class CE Certificates to receive payments
from the Excess Net WAC Rate Reserve Account in respect of any Excess Group Net
WAC Pass-Through Rate Amount shall be assigned a value of zero.
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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 Certificates (in respect
of the Class R-I Interest), as the case may be:
(i) first, to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1A,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1B, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1C,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1D, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1E,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2A, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2B,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2C, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2D and
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2E, 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 and second, to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP, 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;
(ii) to the Holders of the REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP, on
the Distribution Date immediately following the expiration of the
latest Prepayment Charge term as identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule or any Distribution Date thereafter until $100 has been
distributed pursuant to this clause;
(iii) on each Distribution Date, the remainder of the
Available Funds for such Distribution Date after the distributions made
pursuant to clause (i) and clause (ii) above, first, to the Holders of
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT1 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2 until
the Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest is reduced
to zero, and second, to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTS1A, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1B, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTS1C, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1D, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTS1E, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2A, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTS2B, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2C, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTS2D and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2E until the Uncertificated
Balance of each such REMIC I Regular Interest is reduced to zero; and
(iv) to the Holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of
the Class R-I Interest), any amounts remaining after the distributions
pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) above.
On each Distribution Date, all amounts representing Prepayment
Charges in respect of the Mortgage Loans received during the related Prepayment
Period will be distributed by REMIC I to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTP. The payment of the foregoing amounts to the Holders of REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTP shall not reduce the Uncertificated Balance thereof.
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(B) On each Distribution Date, the following amounts, in the
following order of priority, 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 Certificates (in respect
of the Class R-II Interest), as the case may be:
(i) first, to the Holders of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS1
and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTS2, PRO RATA, in an amount equal to
(A) the Uncertificated Interest for each such REMIC II Regular Interest
for such Distribution Date, plus (B) any amounts in respect thereof
remaining unpaid from previous Distribution Dates and then to Holders
of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC Regular Interest II-LTA1,
REMIC Regular Interest II-LTA2, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM1,
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM2, REMIC Regular Interest II-LTM3,
REMIC Regular Interest II-LTM4, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ and
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTP, PRO RATA, in an amount equal to (A)
the Uncertificated Interest for each such REMIC II Regular Interest for
such Distribution Date, plus (B) any amounts in respect thereof
remaining unpaid from previous Distribution Dates. Amounts payable as
Uncertificated Interest in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ
shall be reduced and deferred when the REMIC II Overcollateralized
Amount is less than the REMIC II Overcollateralized Amount, by the
lesser of (x) the amount of such difference and (y) the Maximum II-LTZZ
Uncertificated Interest Deferral Amount and such amount will be payable
to the Holders of REMIC Regular Interest II-LTA1, REMIC Regular
Interest II-LTA2, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM1, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LTM2, REMIC Regular Interest II-LTM3 and REMIC Regular
Interest II-LTM4 in the same proportion as the Overcollateralization
Increase Amount is allocated to the Corresponding Certificates;
(ii) second, to the Holders of REMIC II Regular Interests, in
an amount equal to the remainder of the Available Funds for such
Distribution Date after the distributions made pursuant to clause (i)
above, allocated as follows:
(a) to the Holders of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA,
98.00% of such remainder (other than amounts payable under clause (d)
below), until the Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC II Regular
Interest is reduced to zero, provided, however, the Uncertificated
Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTP shall not be reduced until
the Distribution Date immediately following the expiration of the
latest Prepayment Charge as identified on the Prepayment Charge
Schedule or any Distribution Date thereafter, at which point such
amount shall be distributed to REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTP, until
$100 has been distributed pursuant to this clause;
(b) to the Holders of REMIC Regular Interest II-LTA1, REMIC
Regular Interest II-LTA2, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM1, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTM2, REMIC Regular Interest II-LTM3 and REMIC
Regular Interest II-LTM4, 1.00% of such remainder (other than amounts
payable under the proviso below), in the same proportion as principal
payments are allocated to the Corresponding Certificates, until the
Uncertificated Balances of such REMIC II Regular Interests are reduced
to zero;
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(c) to the Holders of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 1.00%
of such remainder (other than amounts payable under the proviso below),
until the Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC II Regular Interest is
reduced to zero; then
(d) any remaining amount to the Holders of the Class R
Certificates (in respect of the Class R-II Interest); and
(iii) third, to REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTP, 100% of the
amount paid in respect of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP;
provided, however, that (i) 98.00% and (ii) 2.00% of any principal payments that
are attributable to an Overcollateralization Reduction Amount shall be allocated
to Holders of (i) REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA and REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LTZZ, in that order and (ii) REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTP,
respectively; provided that REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTP shall not be
reduced until the Distribution Date immediately following the expiration of the
latest Prepayment Charge as identified on the Prepayment Charge Schedule or any
Distribution Date thereafter, at which point such amount shall be distributed to
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTP, until $100 has been distributed pursuant to
this clause.
(2)(I) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw
from the Distribution Account that portion of Available Funds for such
Distribution Date consisting of the Group I Interest Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date, and make the following disbursements and transfers in the
order of priority described below, in each case to the extent of the Group I
Interest Remittance Amount remaining for such Distribution Date:
(i) concurrently, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates
and the Class S Certificates (in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTS1), the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and the Unpaid
Interest Shortfall Amount, if any, for such Certificates, on a PRO RATA
basis based on the entitlement of each such Class; and
(ii) concurrently, to the Holders of the Class A-2
Certificates and the Class S Certificates (in respect of REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTS2), an amount equal to the excess, if any, of
(x) the amount required to be distributed pursuant to Section
4.01(a)(2)(II)(i) below for such Distribution Date over (y) the amount
actually distributed pursuant to such section from the Group II
Interest Remittance Amount, on a PRO RATA basis based on the
entitlement of each such Class.
(II) On each Distribution Date the Trustee shall withdraw from
the Distribution Account that portion of Available Funds for such Distribution
Date consisting of the Group II Interest Remittance Amount for such Distribution
Date, and make the following disbursements and transfers in the order of
priority described below, in each case to the extent of the Group II Interest
Remittance Amount remaining for such Distribution Date:
(i) concurrently, to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates
and the Class S Certificates (in respect of REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTS2), the Monthly Interest
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Distributable Amount and the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount, if any,
for such Certificates, on a PRO RATA basis based on the entitlement of
each such Class; and
(ii) concurrently, to the Holders of the Class A-1
Certificates and the Class S Certificates (in respect of REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTS1), an amount equal to the excess, if any, of
(x) the amount required to be distributed pursuant to Section
4.01(a)(2)(I)(i) above for such Distribution Date over (y) the amount
actually distributed pursuant to such section from the Group I Interest
Remittance Amount, on a PRO RATA basis based on the entitlement of each
such Class.
(III) On each Distribution Date, following the distributions
made pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(2)(I) and (II) above, the Trustee shall make
the following disbursements and transfers in the order of priority described
below, in each case to the extent of the sum of the Group I Interest Remittance
Amount and the Group II Interest Remittance Amount remaining undistributed for
such Distribution Date:
(i) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, the Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount allocable to such Certificates;
(ii) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, the Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount allocable to such Certificates; and
(iii) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, the
Monthly Interest Distributable Amount allocable to such Certificates;
and
(iv) to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, the Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount allocable to such Certificates.
(3)(I) On each Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown
Date or (b) on which a Trigger Event is in effect, distributions in respect of
principal to the extent of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount shall be
made in the following amounts and order of priority:
(i) first, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, until
the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and
(ii) second, after taking into account the amount distributed
to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates pursuant to Section
4.01(a)(3)(II)(i) below on such Distribution Date, to the Holders of
the Class A-2 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance
thereof has been reduced to zero.
(II) On each Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date
or (b) on which a Trigger Event is in effect, distributions in respect of
principal to the extent of the Group II Principal Distribution Amount shall be
made in the following amounts and order of priority:
(i) first, to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates, until
the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and
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(ii) second, after taking into account the amount distributed
to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates pursuant to Section
4.01(a)(3)(I)(i) above on such Distribution Date, to the Holders of the
Class A-1 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof
has been reduced to zero.
(III) On each Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date
or (b) on which a Trigger Event is in effect, distributions in respect of
principal to the extent of the sum of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount
and the Group II Principal Distribution Amount remaining undistributed for such
Distribution Date shall be made in the following amounts and order of priority:
(i) first, to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, until
the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;
(ii) second, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to
zero;
(iii) third, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to
zero; and
(iv) fourth, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to
zero.
(IV) On each Distribution Date (a) on or after the Stepdown
Date and (b) on which a Trigger Event is not in effect, distributions in respect
of principal to the extent of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount shall be
made in the following amounts and order of priority:
(i) first, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, the
Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;
(ii) second, to the extent of the portion, if any, of the
Class A-1 Principal Distribution Amount remaining undistributed
pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(3)(IV)(i) above on such Distribution Date,
and after taking into account the amount distributed to the Holders of
the Class A-2 Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(3)(V)(i) below
on such Distribution Date, to the Holders of the Class A-2
Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero; and
(iii) third, to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates, an
amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the amount required to be
distributed pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(3)(V)(i) below for such
Distribution Date over (y) the sum of (A) the amount actually
distributed pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(3)(V)(i) below from the Group
II Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date and (B) the
amount, if any, distributed to the Holders of the Class A-2
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(3)(IV)(ii) above on such
Distribution Date.
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(V) On each Distribution Date (a) on or after the Stepdown
Date and (b) on which a Trigger Event is not in effect, distributions in respect
of principal to the extent of the Group II Principal Distribution Amount shall
be made in the following amounts and order of priority:
(i) first, to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates, the
Class A-2 Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;
(ii) second, to the extent of the portion, if any, of the
Class A-2 Principal Distribution Amount remaining undistributed
pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(3)(V)(i) above on such Distribution Date,
and after taking into account the amount distributed to the Holders of
the Class A-1 Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(3)(IV)(i) above
on such Distribution Date, to the Holders of the Class A-1
Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero; and
(iii) third, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, an
amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the amount required to be
distributed pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(3)(IV)(i) above for such
Distribution Date over (y) the sum of (A) the amount actually
distributed pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(3)(IV)(i) above from the Group
I Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date and (B) the
amount, if any, distributed to the Holders of the Class A-1
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(3)(V)(ii) above on such
Distribution Date.
(VI) On each Distribution Date (a) on or after the Stepdown
Date and (b) on which a Trigger Event is not in effect, distributions in respect
of principal to the extent of the sum of the Group I Principal Distribution
Amount and the Group II Principal Distribution Amount remaining undistributed
for such Distribution Date shall be made in the following amounts and order of
priority:
(i) first, to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, the
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;
(ii) second, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, the
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;
(iii) third, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, the
Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and
(iv) fourth, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, the
Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof has been reduced to zero.
(4) On each Distribution Date, the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow
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 any Extra Principal Distribution
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Amount, distributable to such Holders as part of the Group I Principal
Distribution Amount and/or the Group II Principal Distribution Amount
as described under Section 4.01(a)(3) above;
(ii) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount allocable to such
Certificates;
(iii) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the Allocated Realized Loss Amount allocable to such
Certificates;
(iv) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount allocable to such
Certificates;
(v) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, in an amount
equal to the Allocated Realized Loss Amount allocable to such
Certificates;
(vi) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount allocable to such
Certificates;
(vii) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the Allocated Realized Loss Amount allocable to such
Certificates;
(viii) to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount allocable to such
Certificates;
(ix) to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, in an
amount equal to the Allocated Realized Loss Amount allocable to such
Certificates;
(x) to the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account, the amount
of any Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount and any other amounts required by
Section 3.28;
(xi) to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates, the Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount for such Class and any remaining
Overcollateralization Release Amount for such Distribution Date;
(xii) if such Distribution Date follows the Prepayment Period
during which occurs the latest date on which a Prepayment Charge may be
required to be paid in respect of any Mortgage Loans, to the Holders of
the Class P Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is
reduced to zero; and
(xiii) any remaining amounts to the Holders of the Residual
Certificates (in respect of the appropriate Class R Interest).
Without limiting the provisions of Section 9.01(b), by
acceptance of the Residual Certificates the Holders of the Residual Certificates
agree, and it is the understanding of the parties
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hereto, that for so long as any of the notes issued pursuant to the Indenture
are outstanding or any amounts are reimbursable or payable to the NIMS Insurer
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, to pledge their rights to receive
any amounts otherwise distributable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates
(and such rights are hereby assigned and transferred) to the Holders of the
Class CE Certificates.
(b) On each Distribution Date, after making the distributions
of the Available Funds as set forth above, the Trustee will FIRST, withdraw from
the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account all income from the investment of
funds in the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account and distribute such amount
to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates, and SECOND, withdraw from the Net
WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Acocunt, to the extent of amounts remaining on
deposit therein, the amount of any Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for such
Distribution Date and distribute such amount first, concurrently to the Class
A-1 Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates, on a PRO RATA basis based on
the Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts for each such Class, until each such amount
has been distributed in full; second, to the Class M-1 Certificates, third, to
the Class M-2 Certificates, fourth, to the Class M-3 Certificates and fifh, to
the Class M-4 Certificates, in each case to the extent of the Net WAC Rate
Carryover Amount allocable to each such Class.
On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw any
amounts then on deposit in the Distribution Account that represent (i)
Prepayment Charges collected by the Master Servicer in connection with the
Principal Prepayment of any of the Mortgage Loans or (ii) any Master Servicer
Prepayment Charge Payment Amount, and shall distribute such amounts to the
Holders of the Class P Certificates. Such distributions shall not be applied to
reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class P Certificates.
(c) All distributions made with respect to each Class of
Certificates on each Distribution Date shall be allocated pro rata among the
outstanding Certificates in such Class based on their respective Percentage
Interests. Distributions in respect of each Class of Certificates on each
Distribution Date will be made to the Holders of the respective Class of record
on the related Record Date (except as otherwise provided in Section 4.01(e) or
Section 9.01 respecting the final distribution on such Class), based on the
aggregate Percentage Interest represented by their respective Certificates, and
shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of
any such Holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities
therefor, if such Holder shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least
five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and is the registered owner of Certificates having an initial
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance or Notional Amount that is in excess of
the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) two-thirds of the initial Certificate
Principal Balance or Notional Amount of such Class of Certificates, or otherwise
by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such Holder appearing in
the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate will be
made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or such other location specified in
the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.
Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate
shall be paid to the Depository, as Holder thereof, and the Depository shall be
responsible for crediting the amount of
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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.
(d) The rights of the Certificateholders to receive
distributions in respect of the Certificates, and all interests of the
Certificateholders in such distributions, shall be as set forth in this
Agreement. None of the Holders of any Class of Certificates, the Trustee or the
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.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01, whenever the
Trustee expects that the final distribution with respect to any Class of
Certificates will be made on the next Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, no
later than three (3) days before the related Distribution Date, mail to each
Holder on such date of such Class of Certificates a notice to the effect that:
(i) the Trustee expects that the final distribution with
respect to such Class of Certificates will be made on such Distribution
Date but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates at
the office of the Trustee therein specified, and
(ii) no interest shall accrue on such Certificates from and
after the end of the related Accrual Period.
Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of
Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of
such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set
aside and held in trust by the Trustee and credited to the account of the
appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which
notice has been given pursuant to this Section 4.01(e) shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such
notice, the Trustee shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering
Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to
receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after
the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Trustee shall, directly or through an agent, mail a final
notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of
their Certificates but shall continue to hold any remaining funds for the
benefit of non-tendering Certificateholders. The costs and expenses of
maintaining the funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall
be paid out of the assets remaining in the 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 UBS Warburg LLC all such amounts, and all
rights of non-tendering Certificateholders in or to such amounts shall thereupon
cease. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any
amount held in trust by the Trustee as a result of such Certificateholder's
failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance
with this Section 4.01(e). Any such amounts held in trust by the Trustee shall
be held in an Eligible Account and the Trustee may direct any depository
institution maintaining such account to invest the funds in one or
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more Permitted Investments. All income and gain realized from the investment of
funds deposited in such accounts held in trust by the Trustee shall be for the
benefit of the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee shall deposit in
such account the amount of any loss of principal incurred in respect of any such
Permitted Investment made with funds in such accounts immediately upon the
realization of such loss.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) in no
event shall the Certificate Principal Balance of a Class A Certificate or a
Mezzanine Certificate be reduced more than once in respect of any particular
amount both (a) allocated to such Certificate in respect of Realized Losses
pursuant to Section 4.04 and (b) distributed to the Holder of such Certificate
in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance thereof pursuant to this
Section 4.01 from Net Monthly Excess Cashflow and (ii) in no event shall the
Uncertificated Balance of a REMIC I Regular Interest or REMIC II Regular
Interest be reduced more than once in respect of any particular amount both (a)
allocated to such REMIC I Regular Interest or REMIC II Regular Interest in
respect of Realized Losses pursuant to Section 4.04 and (b) distributed on such
REMIC I Regular Interest or REMIC II 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 and the NIMS Insurer,
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 Certificates of each Class allocable to
principal, and the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution
Date to the Holders of the Class P Certificates allocable to Prepayment
Charges and Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts;
(ii) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution
Date to the Holders of the Certificates of each Class allocable to
interest;
(iii) the aggregate Servicing Fee received by the 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 Advances for such Distribution
Date;
(v) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans and any REO Properties as of the close of business on such
Distribution Date;
(vi) the number, aggregate principal balance, weighted average
remaining term to maturity and weighted average Mortgage Rate of the
Mortgage Loans as of the related Due Date;
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(vii) the number and aggregate unpaid principal balance of
Mortgage Loans (a) delinquent 30 to 59 days, (b) delinquent 60 to 89
days, (c) delinquent 90 or more days, in each case, as of the last day
of the preceding calendar month, (d) as to which foreclosure
proceedings have been commenced and (e) with respect to which the
related Mortgagor has filed for protection under applicable bankruptcy
laws, with respect to whom bankruptcy proceedings are pending or with
respect to whom bankruptcy protection is in force;
(viii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an REO
Property during the preceding calendar month, the loan number of such
Mortgage Loan, the unpaid principal balance and the Stated Principal
Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date it became an REO Property;
(ix) the book value of any REO Property as of the close of
business on the last Business Day of the calendar month preceding the
Distribution Date;
(x) the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments made during
the related Prepayment Period;
(xi) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred during
the related Prepayment Period and the aggregate amount of Realized
Losses incurred since the Closing Date;
(xii) the aggregate amount of Extraordinary Trust Fund
Expenses withdrawn from the Collection Account or the Distribution
Account for such Distribution Date;
(xiii) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance and
Notional Amount, as applicable, of each Class of Certificates, after
giving effect to the distributions, and allocations of Realized Losses,
made on such Distribution Date, separately identifying any reduction
thereof due to allocations of Realized Losses;
(xiv) the Certificate Factor for each such Class of
Certificates applicable to such Distribution Date;
(xv) the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount in respect of
the Class A Certificates, the Class S Certificates, the Mezzanine
Certificates and the Class CE Certificates for such Distribution Date
and the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount, if any, with respect to the
Class A Certificates, the Class S Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates on such Distribution Date, 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;
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(xviii) the Overcollateralization Target Amount,
Overcollateralized Amount and Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount
and the Credit Enhancement Percentage for such Distribution Date;
(xix) the respective Pass-Through Rates applicable to the
Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates, the Class S
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;
(xx) the Loss Severity Percentage with respect to each
Mortgage Loan;
(xxi) the Aggregate Loss Severity Percentage;
(xxii) when the Stepdown Date or Trigger Event has occurred;
(xxiii) the Available Funds; and
(xxiv) the Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for the Class A
Certificates, the Class S Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates,
if any, for such Distribution Date and the amount remaining unpaid
after reimbursements therefor 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 and the NIMS Insurer a
statement containing the information set forth in subclauses (i) through (iii)
above, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during
which such person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee shall
be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable
information shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the
Code as from time to time are in force.
On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall forward to the
Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the Trustee, 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 and the NIMS Insurer 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 and the NIMS Insurer, during the term of this Agreement, such
periodic, special, or other reports or information,
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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; Advances.
(a) On the tenth day of each calendar month, the Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer in an electronic
format acceptable to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer, information with respect
to each Mortgage Loan as is mutually agreed upon between the Master Servicer and
the Trustee. On the second Business Day following each Determination Date, the
Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer by telecopy
(or by such other means as the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the NIMS Insurer,
as the case may be, may agree from time to time) a Remittance Report with
respect to the related Distribution Date. On the same date, the Master Servicer
shall forward to the Trustee by overnight mail a computer readable magnetic tape
or electronically transmit (in a format acceptable to the Trustee) on the day
thereafter, a data file containing the information set forth in such Remittance
Report with respect to the related Distribution Date. Such Remittance Report
will include (i) the amount of Advances to be made by the Master Servicer in
respect of the related Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of Advances
outstanding after giving effect to such Advances, and the aggregate amount of
Nonrecoverable Advances in respect of such Distribution Date and (ii) such other
information with respect to the Mortgage Loans as the Trustee may reasonably
require to perform the calculations necessary to make the distributions
contemplated by Section 4.01 and to prepare the statements to Certificateholders
contemplated by Section 4.02. The Trustee shall not be responsible (except with
regard to any information regarding the Prepayment Charges to the extent set
forth below) to recompute, recalculate or verify any information provided to it
by the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any
Principal Prepayment on any Mortgage Loan listed on Schedule 2 hereto, the
Trustee shall verify that the related Prepayment Charge was delivered to the
Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account in the amount set forth on such
Schedule 2 or that such Prepayment Charge was waived in accordance with the
terms hereof.
(b) The amount of 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
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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.
By 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 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 Advance) or (iii) in the form of any combination of (i)
and (ii) aggregating the total amount of 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 Funds for the related Distribution Date
(determined without regard to Advances to be made on the Master Servicer
Remittance Date) shall be less than the total amount that would be distributed
to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01 on such Distribution Date if
such amounts held for future distributions had not been so used to make
Advances. The Trustee will provide notice to the Master Servicer and the NIMS
Insurer 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 Advances required to be
made by the Master Servicer for the related Distribution Date.
(c) The obligation of the Master Servicer to make such
Advances is mandatory, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement but
subject to (d) below, and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan 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
Advance or Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the
Master Servicer if such Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute
a Nonrecoverable Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, respectively. The
determination by the Master Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance
or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or that any proposed Advance or Servicing
Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance or Nonrecoverable
Servicing Advance, respectively, shall be evidenced by an Officers' Certificate
of the Master Servicer delivered to the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer 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; and (ii) 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
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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 preceding
sentence 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 the Prepayment Period
during which any such Realized Loss was incurred.
(b) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be
allocated by the Trustee on each Distribution Date as follows: first, to Net
Monthly Excess Cashflow; second, to the Class CE Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; third, to the
Class M-4 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero; fourth, to the Class M-3 Certificates, until the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; fifth, to the Class M-2
Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced
to zero; and sixth, to the Class M-1 Certificates, until the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero. All Realized Losses to be
allocated to the Certificate Principal Balances of all Classes on any
Distribution Date shall be so allocated after the actual distributions to be
made on such date as provided above. All references above to the Certificate
Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates shall be to the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class immediately prior to the relevant Distribution
Date, before reduction thereof by any Realized Losses, in each case to be
allocated to such Class of Certificates, on such Distribution Date.
Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Mezzanine Certificate
on any Distribution Date shall be made by reducing the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof by the amount so allocated; any allocation of Realized Losses to
a Class CE Certificate shall be made by reducing the amount otherwise payable in
respect thereof pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(4)(xi). No allocations of any
Realized Losses shall be made to the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class
A Certificates or the Class P Certificates.
As used herein, an allocation of a Realized Loss on a "PRO
RATA basis" among two or more specified Classes of Certificates means an
allocation on a PRO RATA basis, among the various Classes so specified, to each
such Class of Certificates on the basis of their then outstanding Certificate
Principal Balances prior to giving effect to distributions to be made on such
Distribution Date. All Realized Losses and all other losses allocated to a Class
of Certificates hereunder will be allocated among the Certificates of such Class
in proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced thereby.
(c) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be
allocated by the Trustee on each Distribution Date, first to REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LT1 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LT2, until the Uncertificated
Balance of each such REMIC I Regular Interest has been reduced to zero and then
to REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1A, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1B, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTS1C, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS1D, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTS1E, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2A, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTS2B, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2C, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2D and
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTS2E, until the Uncertificated Balances have been
reduced to zero.
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(d) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be
allocated by the Trustee on each Distribution Date to the following REMIC II
Regular Interests in the specified percentages, as follows: first, to
Uncertificated Interest payable to the REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA and
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC
II Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively; second, to the
Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC II
Principal Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively; third, to the
Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular
Interest II-LTM4 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%,
respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTM4 has been reduced to zero; fourth to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC
II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM3 and REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated
Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM3 has been reduced to zero; fifth to
the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II
Regular Interest II-LTM2 and REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%,
respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest
II-LTM2 has been reduced to zero; and sixth to the Uncertificated Balances of
REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTAA, REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM1 and REMIC
II Regular Interest II-LTZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%, respectively, until the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-LTM1 has been reduced to
zero.
SECTION 4.05. Compliance with Withholding
Requirements
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall comply with all federal withholding requirements respecting
payments to Certificateholders of interest or original issue discount that the
Trustee reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of
Certificateholders shall not be required for such withholding. In the event the
Trustee does withhold any amount from interest or original issue discount
payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder pursuant to federal
withholding requirements, the Trustee shall indicate the amount withheld to such
Certificateholders.
SECTION 4.06. Exchange Commission; Additional
Information.
(a) In the event that the Commission permits the Certification
(as defined below) to be executed in part by the Depositor and in part by the
Master Servicer and to the extent that the Depositor and the Master Servicer
provide notification to the Trustee that they will be executing the
Certification in such manner:
(i) The Depositor and the Master Servicer shall satisfy the
reporting requirements with respect to the Trust Fund under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The Trustee shall prepare
on behalf of the Trust Fund any Forms 8-K and 10-K customary for similar
securities as required by the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations of the
Commission thereunder, and the Depositor shall sign and the Trustee shall file
(via the Securities and Exchange Commission's Electronic Data Gathering and
Retrieval System) such forms on behalf of the Trust Fund. The Depositor shall
sign the Forms 8-K and 10-K prepared by the Trustee pursuant to this Section
4.06(a)(i).
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(ii) Each Form 8-K shall be filed by the Trustee within 15
days after each Distribution Date, with a copy of the Monthly Statement for such
Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. Prior to March 30th of each year (or
such earlier date as may be required by the Exchange Act and the Rules and
Regulations of the Commission), the Trustee shall file a Form 10-K, in substance
as required by applicable law or applicable Commission staff's interpretations.
Such Form 10-K shall include as exhibits the Master Servicer's annual statement
of compliance described under Section 3.20 and the accountant's report described
under Section 3.21, in each case to the extent they have been timely delivered
to the Trustee. If they are not so timely delivered, the Trustee shall file an
amended Form 10-K including such documents as exhibits reasonably promptly after
they are delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no liability with
respect to any failure to properly prepare or file such periodic reports
resulting from or relating to (a) the Trustee's inability or failure to obtain
any information not resulting from its own negligence or willful misconduct or
(b) any inaccuracy in such periodic reports resulting from incorrect information
provided to the Trustee by the Master Servicer in a Remittance Report or
otherwise. The Form 10-K shall also include a certification in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit J-1 (the "Depositor's Certification"), which shall be signed
by the Depositor. The Depositor's Certification shall be delivered by the
Depositor to the Trustee by no later than five (5) Business Days preceding the
date on which the Form 10-K is due to be filed with the Commission. In
connection with the Depositor's Certification, the Trustee shall sign a
certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-3 for the benefit of the
Depositor and its officers, directors and Affiliates; provided, however, that
the Trustee shall not undertake an analysis of the accountant's report attached
as an exhibit to the Form 10-K.
(iii) In addition, the Form 10-K shall also include a
certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2 (the "Master Servicer's
Certification"; and together with the Depositor's Certification, the
"Certification"), which shall be signed by the Master Servicer. The Master
Servicer's Certification shall be delivered by the Master Servicer to the
Trustee by no later than five (5) Business Days preceding the date on which the
Form 10-K is due to be filed with the Commission.
In addition, (i) the Trustee shall, subject to the provisions
of Sections 8.01 and 8.02, indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and their respective officers, directors and Affiliates from and
against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and
necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses
arising out of or based upon a breach of the Trustee's obligations under this
Section 4.06(a) or the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in
connection therewith, and (ii) the Master Servicer shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Depositor, the Trustee and their respective officers, directors and
Affiliates from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures,
reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs
and expenses arising out of or based upon a breach of the Master Servicer's
obligations under this Section 4.06(a) or the Master Servicer's negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith. If the indemnification
provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the
Depositor, then (i) the Trustee agrees that it shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable by the Depositor as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities of the Depositor in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Depositor on the one hand and the Trustee on the other in
connection with a breach of the Trustee's obligations under this Section 4.06(a)
or the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection
therewith and (ii) the Master Servicer
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agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Depositor
as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Depositor in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Depositor
on the one hand and the Master Servicer on the other in connection with a breach
of the Master Servicer's obligations under this Section 4.06(a) or the Master
Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Master Servicer shall not have any responsibility or liability to any party
relating to the certification or information prepared, certified or distributed
by the Trustee or any other party other than the Master Servicer unless such
information was derived from erroneous or incomplete information required to be
provided by the Master Servicer under this Agreement.
(iv) Upon any filing with the Commission pursuant to this
Section 4.06(a), the Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Depositor a copy of
any executed report, statement or information.
(v) Prior to January 30 of the first year in which the Trustee
is able to do so under applicable law, the Trustee shall file a Form 15
Suspension Notification with respect to the Trust Fund.
(b) In the event that the Commission does not allow the
Certification (as defined below) to be executed in part by the Trustee and in
part by the Master Servicer:
(i) The Trustee and the Master Servicer shall reasonably
cooperate with the Depositor in connection with satisfying the reporting
requirements of the Trust Fund under the Exchange Act. The Trustee shall prepare
on behalf of the Trust Fund any Forms 8-K and 10-K customary for similar
securities as required by the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations of the
Commission thereunder, and the Depositor shall sign and the Trustee shall file
(via the Securities and Exchange Commission's Electronic Data Gathering and
Retrieval System) such forms on behalf of the Trust Fund.
(ii) Each Form 8-K shall be filed by the Trustee within 15
days after each Distribution Date with a copy of the Monthly Statement for such
Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. Prior to March 30th of each year (or
such earlier date as may be required by the Exchange Act and the Rules and
Regulations of the Commission), the Trustee shall file a Form 10-K, in substance
as required by applicable law or applicable Commission staff's interpretations.
Such Form 10-K shall include as exhibits the Master Servicer's annual statement
of compliance described under Section 3.20 and the accountant's report described
under Section 3.21, in each case to the extent they have been timely delivered
to the Trustee. If they are not so timely delivered, the Trustee shall file an
amended Form 10-K including such documents as exhibits reasonably promptly after
they are delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no liability with
respect to any failure to properly prepare or file such periodic reports
resulting from or relating to (a) the Trustee's inability or failure to obtain
any information not resulting from its own negligence or willful misconduct or
(b) any inaccuracy in such periodic reports resulting from incorrect information
provided to the Trustee by the Master Servicer in a Remittance Report or
otherwise. The Form 10-K shall also include a certification in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit K-1 (the "Certification"), which shall be signed by the senior
officer of the Depositor in charge of securitization.
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(iii) In addition, the Trustee shall sign a certification (in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit K-2) for the benefit of the Depositor and
its officers, directors and Affiliates regarding certain aspects of the
Certification (provided, however, that the Trustee shall not undertake an
analysis of the accountant's report attached as an exhibit to the Form 10-K),
and the Master Servicer shall sign a certification (in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit K-3) for the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee and their
officers, directors and Affiliates regarding certain aspects of the
Certification.
In addition, (i) the Trustee shall, subject to the provisions
of Sections 8.01 and 8.02, indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor and the
Master Servicer and their respective officers, directors and Affiliates from and
against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and
necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses
arising out of or based upon a breach of the Trustee's obligations under this
Section 4.06(b) or the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in
connection therewith, and (ii) the Master Servicer shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Depositor, the Trustee and their respective officers, directors and
Affiliates from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures,
reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs
and expenses arising out of or based upon a breach of the Master Servicer's
obligations under this Section 4.06(b) or the Master Servicer's negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith. If the indemnification
provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the
Depositor, then (i) the Trustee agrees that it shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable by the Depositor as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities of the Depositor in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Depositor on the one hand and the Trustee on the other in
connection with a breach of the Trustee's obligations under this Section 4.06(b)
or the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection
therewith and (ii) the Master Servicer agrees that it shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by the Depositor as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities of the Depositor in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative fault of the Depositor on the one hand and the Master
Servicer on the other in connection with a breach of the Master Servicer's
obligations under this Section 4.06(b) or the Master Servicer's negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith. Notwithstanding any other
provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer shall not have
any responsibility or liability to any party relating to the certification or
information prepared, certified or distributed by the Trustee or any other party
other than the Master Servicer unless such information was derived from
erroneous or incomplete information required to be provided by the Master
Servicer under this Agreement.
(iv) Upon any filing with the Commission pursuant to this
Section 4.06(b), the Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Depositor a copy of
any executed report, statement or information.
(v) Prior to January 30 of the first year in which the Trustee
is able to do so under applicable law, the Trustee shall file a Form 15
Suspension Notification with respect to the Trust Fund.
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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-10. 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 by the
Trustee and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to or upon the order of
the Depositor. The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile
signature on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized signatory. Certificates
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time
the proper officers of the Trustee shall bind the Trustee notwithstanding that
such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at
the date of such Certificates. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit
under this Agreement or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such
Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate of
authentication shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All
Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.
(b) The Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates
shall initially be issued as one or more Certificates held by the Book-Entry
Custodian or, if appointed to hold such Certificates as provided below, the
Depository and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and,
except as provided below, registration of such Certificates may not be
transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository that agrees to hold such
Certificates for the respective Certificate Owners with Ownership Interests
therein. The Certificate Owners shall hold their respective Ownership Interests
in and to such Certificates through the book-entry facilities of the Depository
and, except as provided below, shall not be entitled to definitive, fully
registered Certificates ("Definitive Certificates") in respect of such Ownership
Interests. All transfers by Certificate Owners of their respective Ownership
Interests in the Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the
procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm
representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only
transfer the Ownership Interests in the Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate
Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in
accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. The Trustee is hereby
initially appointed as the Book-Entry Custodian and hereby agrees to act as such
in accordance herewith and in accordance with the agreement that it has with the
Depository authorizing it to act as such. The Book-Entry Custodian may, and, if
it is no longer qualified to act as such, the Book- Entry Custodian shall,
appoint, by a written instrument delivered to the Depositor, the Master Servicer
and the Trustee, any other transfer agent (including the Depository or any
successor
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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 Trustee, 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 cause the Definitive Certificates to
be issued. Such Definitive Certificates will be issued in minimum denominations
of $50,000, except that any beneficial ownership that was represented by a Book-
Entry Certificate in an amount less than $50,000 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, the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in the
delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be
protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive
Certificates all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be
performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by
the Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive
Certificates, and the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive
Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.
SECTION 5.02. Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates.
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(a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at one of the offices
or agencies to be appointed by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8.11, a Certificate Register for the Certificates in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for
the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates
as herein provided.
(b) No transfer of any Class CE Certificate, Class P
Certificate or Residual Certificate 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, Class P Certificate or Residual Certificate
is to be made without registration or qualification (other than in connection
with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an
affiliate of the Depositor), the Trustee shall require receipt of: (i) if such
transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933
Act, written certifications from the Certificateholder desiring to effect the
transfer and from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee, substantially
in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit F-1; and (ii) in all other cases, an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may be made without
such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee, the 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. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer
or the Trustee is obligated to register or qualify any such Certificates under
the 1933 Act or any other securities laws or to take any action not otherwise
required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of such Certificates
without registration or qualification. Any Certificateholder desiring to effect
the transfer of any such Certificate shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify
the Trustee, the Depositor and the 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, Class P 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"), as
certified by such transferee in the form of Exhibit G, unless the Depositor, the
Trustee and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which
establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the Trustee and the Master
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, the Trustee or the Trust Fund to any obligation or liability
(including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code)
in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
the Trust Fund. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor any certification will be
required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the
Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any
affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is
not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Trustee shall be entitled
to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request
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of the Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the
status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
Each beneficial owner of a Mezzanine Certificates or any
interest therein shall be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its
acquisition or holding of that certificate or interest therein, that either (i)
it is not a Plan investor, (ii) it has acquired and is holding such Mezzanine
Certificates in reliance on the Underwriters' Exemption, and that it understands
that there are certain conditions to the availability of the Underwriters'
Exemption, including that the Mezzanine Certificates must be rated, at the time
of purchase, not lower than" BBB-" (or its equivalent) by Fitch, Xxxxx'x or S&P
or (iii) (1) it is an insurance company, (2) the source of funds used to acquire
or hold the certificate or interest therein is an "insurance company general
account," as such term is defined in PTCE 95-60, and (3) the conditions in
Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied.
If any Class CE Certificate, Class P Certificate or Residual
Certificate or any interest therein is acquired or held in violation of the
provisions of the preceding paragraph, the next preceding permitted beneficial
owner will be treated as the beneficial owner of that Certificate retroactive to
the date of transfer to the purported beneficial owner. Any purported beneficial
owner whose acquisition or holding of any such Certificate or interest therein
was effected in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the NIMS
Insurer, the Trustee and the Trust Fund from and against any and all
liabilities, claims, costs or expenses incurred by those parties as a result of
that acquisition or holding.
(d)(i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or
acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the
following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Trustee or its
designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than
such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause
(iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of Transfer and to do all other
things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person
acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject
to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its
status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership
Interest 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
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a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this
Section 5.02(d) and agrees to be bound by them.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and
Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee who is assigned to this transaction
has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted
Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
a Residual Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit
and Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-2 from any other
Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership
Interest unless it provides a Transferor Affidavit (in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit F-2) to the Trustee stating that, among
other things, it has no actual knowledge that such other Person is not
a Permitted Transferee.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in
a Residual Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such
Certificate, agrees to give the Trustee written notice that it is a
"pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of temporary Treasury
regulation Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, if it is, or is holding
an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate on behalf of, a
"pass-through interest holder."
(ii) The Trustee will register the Transfer of any Residual
Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement
and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the
Trustee as a condition to such registration. In addition, no Transfer of a
Residual Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee shall have received a
representation letter from the Transferee of such Certificate to the effect that
such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee.
(iii)(A) If any purported Transferee shall become a Holder of
a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
5.02(d), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be
restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder
thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of
such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to
any Person for any registration of Transfer of a 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
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choose. Such purported Transferee shall promptly endorse and deliver
each Residual Certificate in accordance with the instructions of the
Trustee. Such purchaser may be the Trustee itself or any Affiliate of
the Trustee. The proceeds of such sale, net of the commissions (which
may include commissions payable to the Trustee or its Affiliates),
expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Trustee to such
purported Transferee. The terms and conditions of any sale under this
clause (iii)(B) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the
Trustee, and the Trustee shall not be liable to any Person having an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a result of its
exercise of such discretion.
(iv) The Trustee shall make available to the Internal Revenue
Service and those Persons specified by the REMIC Provisions all information
necessary to compute any tax imposed (A) as a result of the Transfer of an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Person who is a Disqualified
Organization, including the information described in Treasury regulations
sections 1.860D-1(b)(5) and 1.860E-2(a)(5) with respect to the "excess
inclusions" of such Residual Certificate and (B) as a result of any regulated
investment company, real estate investment trust, common Trust, 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 and the NIMS Insurer 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 and the NIMS Insurer, to the effect that such
modification of, addition to or elimination of such provisions will not
cause any Trust REMIC to cease to qualify as a REMIC and will not cause
any Trust REMIC to be subject to an entity-level tax caused by the
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.
The Trustee shall forward to the NIMS Insurer a copy of the
items delivered to it pursuant to (A) and (B) above.
(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.
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(f) At the option of the Holder thereof, any Certificate may
be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class with authorized
denominations and a like aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of such
Certificate to be exchanged at any office or agency of the Trustee maintained
for such purpose pursuant to Section 8.11. Whenever any Certificates are so
surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver,
the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to
receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange
shall (if so required by the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by
a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(g) No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made
for any transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
(h) All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange
shall be canceled and destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its customary
procedures.
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates.
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the
Trustee, or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate, and (ii) there is delivered to
the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer 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 or 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 NIMS Insurer, 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 NIMS Insurer,
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, Class P Certificate or Residual Certificate to an Independent third
party, the Depositor shall provide to the Trustee ten
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copies of any private placement memorandum or other disclosure document used by
the Depositor in connection with the offer and sale of such Certificates. In
addition, if any such private placement memorandum or disclosure document is
revised, amended or supplemented at any time following the delivery thereof to
the Trustee, the Depositor promptly shall inform the Trustee of such event and
shall deliver to the Trustee ten copies of the private placement memorandum or
disclosure document, as revised, amended or supplemented. The Trustee shall
maintain at its Corporate Trust Office and shall make available free of charge
during normal business hours for review by any Holder of a Certificate or any
Person identified to the Trustee as a prospective transferee of a Certificate,
originals or copies of the following items: (i) in the case of a Holder or
prospective transferee of a Class CE Certificate, Class P Certificate or
Residual Certificate, the related private placement memorandum or other
disclosure document relating to such Class of Certificates, in the form most
recently provided to the Trustee; and (ii) in all cases, (A) this Agreement and
any amendments hereof entered into pursuant to Section 11.01, (B) all monthly
statements required to be delivered to Certificateholders of the relevant Class
pursuant to Section 4.02 since the Closing Date, and all other notices, reports,
statements and written communications delivered to the Certificateholders of the
relevant Class pursuant to this Agreement since the Closing Date, (C) all
certifications delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee since the
Closing Date pursuant to Section 10.01(h), (D) any and all Officers'Certificates
delivered to the Trustee by the 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 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
Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac; and provided further that the Rating Agencies'
ratings of the Class A Certificates, the Class S 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.
(a) The Master Servicer (except the Trustee if it is required
to succeed the Master Servicer hereunder) indemnifies and holds the NIMS Insurer
and each Certificateholder harmless against any and all claims, losses,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs,
judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the NIMS Insurer and any
Certificateholder may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Master
Servicer to perform its duties and service the Mortgage Loans in compliance with
the terms of this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall immediately notify the
NIMS Insurer and each Certificateholder if a claim is made that may result
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in such claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees or related
costs, judgments, or any other costs, fees and expenses, and the Master Servicer
shall assume (with the consent of the Trustee) the defense of any such claim and
pay all expenses in connection therewith, including reasonable counsel fees, and
promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered
against the NIMS Insurer and/or the Certificateholder in respect of such claim.
The provisions of this Section 6.03 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the outstanding Certificates.
(b) None of the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the Master
Servicer or any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Depositor
or the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any
action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment;
provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the
Master Servicer or any such person against any breach of warranties,
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 or a breach of a representation or warranty
hereunder or, in the case of the Master Servicer, a breach of the servicing
standard set forth in Section 3.01. The Depositor, the NIMS Insurer and the
Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor,
the NIMS Insurer 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 NIMS Insurer, the
Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor,
the NIMS Insurer 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 relating 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, the NIMS Insurer 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, the NIMS Insurer 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, the NIMS Insurer 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.
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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 and the NIMS
Insurer. No resignation of the Master Servicer shall become effective until the
Trustee or a successor servicer acceptable to the NIMS Insurer 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. Any such resignation shall not relieve the
Master Servicer of responsibility for any of the obligations specified in
Sections 7.01 and 7.02 as obligations that survive the resignation or
termination of the Master Servicer.
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 obligations to be
performed by the Master Servicer hereunder. The foregoing prohibition on
assignment shall not prohibit the Master Servicer from designating a
Sub-Servicer as payee of any indemnification amount payable to the Master
Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that as provided in Section 3.06 hereof,
no Sub-Servicer shall be a third-party beneficiary hereunder and the parties
hereto shall not be required to recognize any Sub-Servicer as an indemnitee
under this Agreement. 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, the
NIMS Insurer and the Trustee, upon reasonable notice, during normal business
hours, access to all records maintained by the Master Servicer (and any such
Sub-Servicer) 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, the NIMS Insurer 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, the NIMS Insurer 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 and the Trustee or the Trust Fund, and in any case, the Depositor, the
NIMS Insurer 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
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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 an
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 NIMS Insurer or 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 (or if such failure or breach cannot be remedied
within 30 days, then such remedy shall have been commenced within 30
days and diligently pursued thereafter; provided, however, that in no
event shall such failure or breach be allowed to exist for a period of
greater than 90 days) after the earlier of (i) the date on which
written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied,
shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Depositor, the
Trustee or to the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee by the
NIMS Insurer or 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 Advance
on any Master Servicer Remittance Date required to be made from its own
funds pursuant to Section 4.03 which continues unremedied until 10:00
a.m. New York time on the Business Day 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, or at the direction of
the NIMS Insurer, 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, the Depositor and
the NIMS Insurer, 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 to promptly (and in any event no later
than ten Business Days subsequent to such notice) 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 of Advances or otherwise, and shall continue to be entitled
to the benefits of Section 6.03, notwithstanding any such termination, with
respect to events occurring prior to such termination).
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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 (and the
Trustee, if notice is sent by the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least
51% of Voting Rights or the NIMS Insurer) receives a notice of termination, the
Trustee (or such other successor Master Servicer as is acceptable to the NIMS
Insurer) 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 all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities
relating thereto and arising thereafter shall be assumed by the Trustee (except
for any representations or warranties of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement, the responsibilities, duties and liabilities contained in Section
2.05 (other than with respect to Section 2.05(x)) and the 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 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 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 Fee 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 and subject to Section 7.02(a)(2) below, the Trustee
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 or
the NIMS Insurer 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 the NIMS Insurer
and having a net worth of not less than $15,000,000, 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. Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer hereunder,
unless the Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting, the Trustee shall act in
such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and
assumption, the successor shall be entitled to receive compensation out of
payments on Mortgage Loans in an amount equal to the compensation which the
Master Servicer would otherwise have received pursuant to Section 3.18 (or such
other compensation as the Trustee and such successor shall agree, not to exceed
the Servicing Fee). The appointment of a successor Master Servicer shall not
affect any liability of the predecessor Master Servicer which may have arisen
under this Agreement prior to its termination as Master Servicer to pay any
deductible under an insurance policy pursuant to Section 3.14 or to indemnify
the NIMS Insurer pursuant to Section 6.03), nor shall any successor Master
Servicer be liable for any acts or omissions of the predecessor Master Servicer
or for any breach by such Master Servicer of any of its representations or
warranties contained herein or in any related document or agreement. The Trustee
and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this
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Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. All costs
associated with any transfer of servicing pursuant to this Section 7.02(a) shall
be paid by the predecessor Master Servicer upon presentation of reasonable
documentation of such costs, and if such predecessor Master Servicer defaults in
its obligation to pay such costs, such costs shall be paid by the successor
Master Servicer or the Trustee (in which case the successor Master Servicer or
the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor from the
assets of the Trust Fund).
(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 or the Trustee shall act in such capacity as
hereinabove provided.
Any successor to the Master Servicer, including the Trustee,
shall during the term of its service as servicer continue to service and
administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of Certificateholders, and
maintain in force a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and
omissions in the performance of its obligations as Master Servicer hereunder and
a Fidelity Bond in respect of its officers, employees and agents to the same
extent as the Master Servicer is so required pursuant to Section 3.14.
(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 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 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, right to recover from the Master Servicer's own
funds interest on the amount of any such advance. If the Trustee, as the case
may be, 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 and the NIMS Insurer 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 the NIMS Insurer and 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
(with the consent of the NIMS Insurer) 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 (vii) of Section
7.01 may be waived only by all of the Holders of the Regular Certificates (with
the consent of the NIMS Insurer). 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. Notice of any such waiver shall be given by
the Trustee to the Rating Agencies and the NIMS Insurer.
SECTION 7.05. Survivability of Master Servicer
Liabilities.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon
termination of the Master Servicer hereunder, any liabilities of the Master
Servicer which accrued prior to such termination shall survive such termination.
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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 it, which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision
of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they conform to the
requirements of this Agreement. If any such instrument is found not to conform
to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner, it shall take such
action as it deems appropriate to have the instrument corrected, and if the
instrument is not corrected to its satisfaction, it will provide notice thereof
to the Certificateholders and the NIMS Insurer.
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 be liable except for the performance of
such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Agreement against the Trustee, and in the absence of bad faith on the
part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth
of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee
that conform to the requirements of this Agreement;
(ii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error
of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible
Officers of it unless it shall be proved that it was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect
to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good
faith in accordance with the direction of the NIMS Insurer or the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
any remedy available to it or exercising any trust or power conferred
upon it under this Agreement.
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SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the
Trustee
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(i) The Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
Officers'Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document reasonably believed
by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties;
(ii) The Trustee may consult with counsel and any Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) The Trustee shall not be under any obligation to
exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or
to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation
hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the
Certificateholders or the NIMS Insurer, pursuant to the provisions of
this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders or the NIMS Insurer, as
applicable, 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, report, notice, request,
consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless
requested in writing to do so by the NIMS Insurer or 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 or the NIMS Insurer, as
applicable, 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; provided, that the
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Trustee shall not be responsible for any negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of the Custodian or any such agents or attorneys
appointed by it with due care; 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 shall not assume any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee shall not make any
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 the Trustee.
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
(a) The Trustee shall withdraw from the Distribution Account
on each Distribution Date and pay to itself the Trustee Fee. The Trustee and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee, shall be indemnified by the
Trust Fund and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense (not
including expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee
including the compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and
counsel, in the ordinary course of the Trustee's performance in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement) incurred by the Trustee in connection with any
claim or legal action or any pending or threatened claim or legal action arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its obligations
and duties under this Agreement, other than any loss, liability or expense (i)
resulting from any breach of the Master Servicer's obligations in connection
with this Agreement,
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(ii) that constitutes a specific liability of the Trustee pursuant to Section
10.01(g) or (iii) any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or
by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder as a result
of a breach of the Trustee's obligations under Article X hereof. It is
understood by the parties hereto that a "claim" as used in the preceding
sentence includes any claim for indemnification made by the Custodian under
Section 11 of the Custodial Agreement. 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.
(b) The Trustee shall pay any annual rating agency fees of the
Rating Agencies for ongoing surveillance from its own funds without right of
reimbursement.
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or
an association (other than the Depositor, NC Capital, 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 NIMS
Insurer, the Master Servicer and to the Certificateholders. Upon receiving such
notice of resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor trustee
acceptable to the NIMS Insurer by written instrument, in duplicate, which
instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and to the successor
trustee. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the Certificateholders,
the Trustee and the 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 the NIMS
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Insurer, 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 or the NIMS Insurer may remove
the and appoint a successor trustee acceptable to the NIMS Insurer 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, the Trustee and the Master Servicer by the
Depositor.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the
Voting Rights (or the NIMS Insurer upon failure of the Trustee to perform its
obligations hereunder) may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor trustee acceptable to the NIMS Insurer 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the
Trustee is unable to continue to perform its obligations pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement prior to the appointment of a successor, the Trustee shall be
obligated to perform such obligations until a new trustee is appointed. Such
performance shall be without prejudice to any claim by a party hereto or
beneficiary hereof resulting from the Trustee's breach of its obligations
hereunder.
SECTION 8.08. Successor Trustee
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer and
its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become
effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally
named as trustee herein. The predecessor trustee shall deliver to the successor
trustee all Mortgage Files and related documents and statements to the extent
held by it hereunder, as well as all moneys, held by it hereunder (other than
any Mortgage Files at the time held by the Custodian, which Custodian shall
become the agent of any successor trustee hereunder), and the Depositor and the
predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other
things as may reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting and
confirming in the successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and
obligations.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in
this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 and the appointment of such
successor trustee shall not result in a downgrading of any Class of Certificates
by any Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from each Rating Agency.
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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 either 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 and the NIMS Insurer 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. Any such co-trustee or separate trustee shall be subject to the
written approval of the NIMS Insurer. If the NIMS Insurer shall not have joined
in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request to do
so, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No
co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of
eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.06 hereunder and no notice to
Holders of Certificates of the appointment of co-trustee(s) or separate
trustee(s) shall be required under Section 8.08 hereof.
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.
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
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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 and a copy
thereof given to the NIMS Insurer.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time,
constitute the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and
authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in
respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee
or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all
of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee or co-trustee.
SECTION 8.11. Appointment of Office or Agency;
Appointment of Custodian.
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.
The Trustee may, with the consent of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the NIMS Insurer, appoint the Custodian to hold all or a portion of
the Mortgage Files as agent for the Trustee, by entering into the Custodial
Agreement. The appointment of the Custodian may at any time be terminated and a
substitute Custodian appointed therefor upon the reasonable request of the
Master Servicer or the NIMS Insurer to the Trustee, the consent to which shall
not be unreasonably withheld. The Trustee initially appoints Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company as Custodian, and the Depositor and the Master Servicer
each consent to such appointment. Subject to Article VIII hereof, the Trustee
agrees to comply with the terms of the Custodial Agreement and to enforce the
terms and provisions thereof against the Custodian for the benefit of the
Certificateholders having an interest in any Mortgage File held by the
Custodian. The Custodian shall be a depository institution or trust company
subject to supervision by federal or state authority, shall have combined
capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000 and shall be qualified to do
business in the jurisdiction in which it holds any Mortgage File. Subject to
Section 8.02(a), in no event shall the appointment of the Custodian pursuant to
the Custodial Agreement diminish the obligations of the Trustee hereunder.
SECTION 8.12. Representations and Warranties.
The Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Master
Servicer and the Depositor, as of the Closing Date, that:
(i) It is a national banking association duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United
States of America.
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(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by it, and
the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by it,
will not violate its articles of association or bylaws or constitute a
default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any
material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or which
is applicable to it or any of its assets.
(iii) It has the full power and authority to enter into and
consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly
authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement,
and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.
(iv) This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and
binding obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with the
terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors'rights generally, and (B) general principles
of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law.
(v) It is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery
of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of
this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order
or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand
of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority,
which violation, in its good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely
to affect materially and adversely either the ability of it to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition.
(vi) No litigation is pending or, to the best of its
knowledge, threatened against it, which would prohibit it from entering
into this Agreement or, in its good faith reasonable judgment, is
likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of it to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial
condition.
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
SECTION 9.01. Termination Upon Repurchase or
Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans.
(a) Subject to Section 9.02, the respective obligations and
responsibilities under this Agreement of the Depositor, the 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 make remittances to the
Trustee and the Trustee to make payments in respect of the REMIC I Regular
Interests, the REMIC II Regular Interests and the Classes of Certificates as
hereinafter set forth) shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders
and the deposit of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required
hereunder to be so paid or deposited on the Distribution Date coinciding with or
following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by the Terminator (as defined
below) of all Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I and (ii)
the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of
the last Mortgage Loan or REO Property remaining in REMIC I; provided, however,
that in no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration
of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. Xxxxx,
living on the date hereof. Subject to Section 3.10 hereof, the purchase by the
Terminator of all Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I
shall be at a price (the "Termination Price") equal to the aggregate fair market
value of all of the assets of REMIC I (as determined by the Terminator and the
Trustee, as of the close of business on the third Business Day next preceding
the date upon which notice of any such termination is furnished to
Certificateholders pursuant to the third paragraph of this Section 9.01) plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of the Mortgage
Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date
plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees
allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, any accrued and unpaid Net
WAC Rate Carryover Amount (the "Termination Price"); provided, however, such
option may only be exercised if (i) the Termination Price is sufficient to pay
all interest accrued on, as well as amounts necessary to retire the principal
balance of, each class of notes issued pursuant to the Indenture and any
remaining amounts owed to the NIMS Insurer and (ii) the fair market value of the
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties described above is at least equal to the
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) and the appraised value of the REO Properties.
(b) The Master Servicer (or if the Master Servicer Fails to
exercise such right, the NIMS Insurer) 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 aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and
each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund at the time of such election is
reduced
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to less than 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the Cut-off Date. By acceptance of the Residual Certificates, the Holder
of the Residual Certificates agrees, in connection with any termination
hereunder, to assign and transfer any amounts in excess of par, and to the
extent received in respect of such termination, to pay any such amounts to the
Holders of the Class CE Certificates.
(c) Notice of the liquidation of the Certificates shall be
given promptly by the Trustee by letter to Certificateholders and the NIMS
Insurer mailed (a) in the event such notice is given in connection with the
purchase of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property by the Terminator, not
earlier than the 10th day and not later than the 20th day of the month next
preceding the month of the final distribution on the Certificates or (b)
otherwise during the month of such final distribution on or before the
Determination Date in such month, in each case specifying (i) the Distribution
Date upon which the Trust Fund will terminate and the final payment in respect
of the REMIC I Regular Interests, 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 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
Termination 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 the Terminator of the making of such final deposit, the
Trustee shall promptly release to the Terminator the Mortgage Files for the
remaining Mortgage Loans, and the Trustee shall execute all assignments,
endorsements and other instruments necessary to effectuate such transfer.
(d) Upon presentation of the Certificates by the
Certificateholders on the final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute
to each Certificateholder so presenting and surrendering its Certificates the
amount otherwise distributable on such Distribution Date in accordance with
Section 4.01 in respect of the Certificates so presented and surrendered. Any
funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates being retired on
such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to
tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held in trust
and credited to the account of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders.
If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to this Section
9.01 shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after
the time specified in such notice, the Trustee shall mail a second notice to the
remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If
within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have
been surrendered for
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cancellation, the Trustee shall, directly or through an agent, mail a final
notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of
their Certificates. The costs and expenses of maintaining the funds in trust and
of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of the assets remaining
in the Trust Fund. If within one year after the final notice any such
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee shall
pay to UBS Warburg LLC 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 each Trust REMIC's final
Tax Return pursuant to Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-1 and shall
satisfy all requirements of a qualified liquidation under Section 860F
of the Code and any regulations thereunder, as evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel obtained at the expense of the Terminator;
(ii) During such 90-day liquidation period and, at or prior to
the time of making of the final payment on the Certificates, the
Trustee shall sell all of the assets of REMIC I to the Terminator for
cash; and
(iii) At the time of the making of the final payment on the
Certificates, the Trustee shall distribute or credit, or cause to be
distributed or credited, to the Holders of the Residual Certificates
all cash on hand in the Trust Fund (other than cash retained to meet
claims), and the Trust Fund shall terminate at that time.
(b) At the expense of the requesting Terminator, the Trustee
shall prepare or cause to be prepared the documentation required in connection
with the adoption of a plan of liquidation of each Trust REMIC pursuant to this
Section 9.02.
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(c) By their acceptance of Certificates, the Holders thereof
hereby agree to authorize the Trustee to specify the 90-day liquidation period
for each Trust REMIC, which authorization shall be binding upon all successor
Certificateholders.
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ARTICLE X
REMIC PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. REMIC Administration.
(a) The Trustee shall elect to treat each Trust REMIC as a
REMIC under the Code and, if necessary, under applicable state law. Each such
election will be made by the Trustee on Form 1066 or other appropriate federal
tax or information return or any appropriate state return for the taxable year
ending on the last day of the calendar year in which the Certificates are
issued. For the purposes of the REMIC election in respect of REMIC I, the REMIC
I Regular Interests shall be designated as the Regular Interests in REMIC I and
the Class R-I Interest shall be designated as the Residual Interest in REMIC I.
The REMIC II Regular Interests shall be designated as the Regular Interests in
REMIC II and the Class R-II Interest shall be designated as the Residual
Interest in REMIC II. The Class A Certificates, the Class S Certificates, the
Mezzanine Certificates, the Class CE Certificates and the Class P Certificates
shall be designated as the Regular Interests in REMIC III and the Class R-III
Interest shall be designated as the Residual Interest in REMIC III. The Trustee
shall not permit the creation of any "interests" in any Trust REMIC (within the
meaning of Section 860G of the Code) other than the REMIC I Regular Interests,
the REMIC II Regular Interests and the interests represented by the
Certificates.
(b) The Closing Date is hereby designated as the "Startup Day"
of each Trust REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code.
(c) The Trustee shall be reimbursed for any and all expenses
relating to any tax audit of the Trust Fund (including, but not limited to, any
professional fees or any administrative or judicial proceedings with respect to
any Trust REMIC that involve the Internal Revenue Service or state tax
authorities), including the expense of obtaining any tax related Opinion of
Counsel except as specified herein. The Trustee, as agent for each Trust REMIC's
tax matters person shall (i) act on behalf of the Trust Fund in relation to any
tax matter or controversy involving any Trust REMIC and (ii) represent the Trust
Fund in any administrative or judicial proceeding relating to an examination or
audit by any governmental taxing authority with respect thereto. The holder of
the largest Percentage Interest of the Residual Certificates shall be
designated, in the manner provided under Treasury regulations section
1.860F-4(d) and Treasury regulations section 301.6231(a)(7)-1, as the tax
matters person of 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 Trustee or an Affiliate as
its agent to perform all of the duties of the tax matters person for the Trust
Fund.
(d) The Trustee shall prepare, sign and file all of the Tax
Returns (including Form 8811, which must be filed within 30 days following the
Closing Date) in respect of each Trust REMIC. The expenses of preparing and
filing such returns shall be borne by the Trustee without any right of
reimbursement therefor.
(e) The Trustee shall perform on behalf of each Trust REMIC
all reporting and other tax compliance duties that are the responsibility of
such REMIC under the Code, the REMIC
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Provisions or other compliance guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service
or any state or local taxing authority. Among its other duties, as required by
the Code, the REMIC Provisions or other such compliance guidance, the Trustee
shall provide (i) to any Transferor of a Residual Certificate such information
as is necessary for the application of any tax relating to the transfer of a
Residual Certificate to any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, (ii) to
the Certificateholders such information or reports as are required by the Code
or the REMIC Provisions including reports relating to interest, original issue
discount and market discount or premium (using the Prepayment Assumption as
required) and (iii) to the Internal Revenue Service the name, title, address and
telephone number of the person who will serve as the representative of each
Trust REMIC. The Depositor shall provide or cause to be provided to the Trustee,
within ten (10) days after the Closing Date, all information or data that the
Trustee reasonably determines to be relevant for tax purposes as to the
valuations and issue prices of the Certificates, including, without limitation,
the price, yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash flow of the
Certificates.
(f) The Trustee shall take such action and shall cause each
Trust REMIC to take such action as shall be necessary to create or maintain the
status thereof as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions. The Trustee shall not take
any action or cause the Trust Fund to take any action or fail to take (or fail
to cause to be taken) any action that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or
not taken, as the case may be, could (i) endanger the status of any Trust REMIC
as a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon the Trust Fund
(including but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in
Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth
in Section 860G(d) of the Code) (either such event, an "Adverse REMIC Event")
unless the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer has received an Opinion of Counsel,
addressed to the Trustee (at the expense of the party seeking to take such
action but in no event at the expense of the Trustee) to the effect that the
contemplated action will not, with respect to any Trust REMIC, endanger such
status or result in the imposition of such a tax, nor shall the Master Servicer
take or fail to take any action (whether or not authorized hereunder) as to
which the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer 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 Trust REMIC or the
respective assets of each, or causing any Trust REMIC to take any action, which
is not contemplated under the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer will
consult with the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer or its designee, in writing, with
respect to whether such action could cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur with
respect to any Trust REMIC and the Master Servicer shall not take any such
action or cause any Trust REMIC to take any such action as to which the Trustee
or the NIMS Insurer 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 or the NIMS Insurer may consult with counsel to make
such written advice, and the cost of same shall be borne by the party seeking to
take the action not permitted by this Agreement, but in no event shall such cost
be an expense of the Trustee. At all times as may be required by the Code, the
Trustee will ensure that substantially all of the assets of REMIC I 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 the Trustee's control and not
otherwise inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement.
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(g) In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited
transactions" of any REMIC created hereunder as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of
the Code, on 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 15th of each calendar year, commencing
April 15, 2003, the Trustee shall deliver to each Rating Agency and the NIMS
Insurer an Officer's Certificate of the Trustee stating the Trustee's compliance
with this Article X.
(i) The Trustee shall, for federal income tax purposes,
maintain books and records with respect to each Trust REMIC on a calendar year
and on an accrual basis.
(j) Following the Startup Day, neither the Master Servicer nor
the Trustee shall accept any contributions of assets to any Trust REMIC other
than in connection with any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan delivered in
accordance with Section 2.03 unless it shall have received an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that the inclusion of such assets in the Trust Fund will not cause
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 any Trust REMIC will receive a fee or other
compensation for services nor permit either REMIC to receive any income from
assets other than "qualified mortgages" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the
Code or "permitted investments" as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.
SECTION 10.02. Prohibited Transactions and
Activities.
None of the Depositor, the 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 Trust REMIC
(other than REO Property acquired in respect of a defaulted Mortgage Loan), nor
sell or dispose of any investments in the Collection Account or the Distribution
Account for gain, nor accept any contributions to any Trust REMIC after the
Closing Date (other than a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan delivered in
accordance with Section 2.03), unless it has received an Opinion of Counsel,
addressed to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer (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
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not (a) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (b) cause
any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or
"contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.
SECTION 10.03. Master Servicer and Trustee
Indemnification.
(a) In the event that any Trust REMIC fails to qualify as a
REMIC, loses its status as a REMIC, or incurs federal, state or local taxes as a
result of a prohibited transaction or prohibited contribution under the REMIC
Provisions due to (i) the negligent performance by the Trustee of its duties and
obligations set forth herein or (ii) any state, local or franchise taxes imposed
upon the Trust Fund as a result of the location of the Trustee, the Trustee
shall indemnify the NIMS Insurer and the Trust Fund against any and all Losses
resulting from such negligence, including, without limitation, any reasonable
attorneys' fees imposed on or incurred as a result of a breach of the Trustee's
covenants; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be liable for any such
Losses attributable to the action or inaction of the Master Servicer, the
Depositor or the Holder of such Residual Certificate, as applicable, nor for any
such Losses resulting from misinformation provided by the Holder of such
Residual Certificate on which the Trustee has relied. The foregoing shall not be
deemed to limit or restrict the rights and remedies of the Holder of such
Residual Certificate now or hereafter existing at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in no event shall the Trustee have any
liability (1) for any action or omission that is taken in accordance with and in
compliance with the express terms of, or which is expressly permitted by the
terms of, this Agreement, (2) for any Losses other than arising out of a
negligent performance by the Trustee of its duties and obligations set forth
herein, and (3) for any special or consequential damages to Certificateholders
(in addition to payment of principal and interest on the Certificates).
(b) In the event that any Trust REMIC fails to qualify as a
REMIC, loses its status as a REMIC, or incurs federal, state or local taxes as a
result of a prohibited transaction or prohibited contribution under the REMIC
Provisions due to (i) the negligent performance by the Master Servicer of its
duties and obligations set forth herein or (ii) any state, local or franchise
taxes imposed upon the Trust Fund as a result of the location of the Master
Servicer, the Master Servicer shall indemnify the NIMS Insurer, the Trustee and
the Trust Fund against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses ("Losses") resulting from such negligence, including, without
limitation, any reasonable attorneys' fees imposed on or incurred as a result of
a breach of the Master Servicer's covenants; provided, however, that the Master
Servicer shall not be liable for any such Losses attributable to the action or
inaction of the Trustee, the Depositor or the Holder of such Residual
Certificate, as applicable, nor for any such Losses resulting from
misinformation provided by the Holder of such Residual Certificate on which the
Master Servicer has relied. The foregoing shall not be deemed to limit or
restrict the rights and remedies of the Holder of such Residual Certificate now
or hereafter existing at law or in equity. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
however, in no event shall the Master Servicer have any liability (1) for any
action or omission that is taken in accordance with and in compliance with the
express terms of, or which is expressly permitted by the terms of, this
Agreement, (2) for any Losses other than arising out of a negligent performance
by the Master Servicer of its duties and obligations set forth herein, and (3)
for any special or consequential damages to Certificateholders (in addition to
payment of principal and interest on the Certificates).
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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 with the consent of the NIMS
Insurer and 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 adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Certificateholder as evidenced by (i) an Opinion of
Counsel delivered to the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer or
(ii) confirmation from the Rating Agencies, delivered to the Master Servicer,
the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer, that such amendment will not result in the
reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Class of Certificates.
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, the NIMS Insurer and the Trustee with the
consent of the NIMS Insurer and the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least
66% of the Voting Rights for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing
in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates; provided,
however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or
delay the timing of, payments received on Mortgage Loans which are required to
be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such
Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Holders of any Class of Certificates (as evidenced by either (i) an Opinion of
Counsel delivered to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer or (ii) confirmation from
the Rating Agencies, delivered to the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the NIMS
Insurer, that such action will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of the
rating of any outstanding Class of Certificates) in a manner, other than as
described in (i), or (iii) modify the consents required by the immediately
preceding clauses (i) and (ii) without the consent of the Holders of all
Certificates then outstanding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, for purposes of the giving or withholding of consents pursuant to
this Section 11.01, Certificates registered in the name of the Depositor or the
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,
neither the Trustee nor the NIMS Insurer shall consent to any amendment to this
Agreement unless it shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory
to the NIMS Insurer to the effect that such amendment will not result in the
imposition of any tax on any Trust REMIC pursuant to the REMIC Provisions or
cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding.
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Promptly after the execution of any such amendment the Trustee
shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Certificateholder and the NIMS
Insurer.
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, 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, 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, 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: Xxxxx XxXxxxxx (telecopy number (000) 000-0000), or such other
address or telecopy number as may hereafter be furnished to the Master Servicer,
the NIMS Insurer and the Trustee in writing by the Depositor, (b) in the case of
the Master Servicer, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 00X, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Secretary (telecopy number: (000) 000-0000), or such
other address or telecopy number as may hereafter be furnished to the Trustee,
the NIMS Insurer and the Depositor in writing by the Master Servicer, (c) in the
case of the Trustee, 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, 00000,
Attention: Structured Finance/MASTR 2002-NC1 (telecopy number (000) 000-0000),
or such other address or telecopy number as may hereafter be furnished to the
Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer and the Depositor in writing by the Trustee
and (d) in the case of the NIMS Insurer, (i) Radian Insurance Inc., 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel and (ii)
Financial Security Assurance Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attn: Transaction Oversight, or such other address or telecopy number as may
hereafter be furnished to the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee in
writing by the NIMS Insurer. 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.
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Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given when mailed, whether or not the
Certificateholder receives such notice. A copy of any notice required to be
telecopied hereunder also shall be mailed to the appropriate party in the manner
set forth above.
SECTION 11.06. Severability of Provisions.
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 and the
NIMS Insurer.
The Trustee shall use its best efforts promptly to provide
notice to the Rating Agencies and the NIMS Insurer 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 and the NIMS Insurer 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 Ratings, Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Xxxxx'x Investors Service Inc., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 and
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of the XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 or such other addresses as the
Rating Agencies may designate in writing to the parties hereto.
SECTION 11.08. Article and Section References.
All article and section references used in this Agreement,
unless otherwise provided, are to articles and sections in this Agreement.
SECTION 11.09. Grant of Security Interest.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee, be, and be
construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor and not a pledge of
the Mortgage Loans to secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor.
However, in the event that, notwithstanding the aforementioned intent of the
parties, the Mortgage Loans are held to be property of the Depositor, then, (a)
it is the express intent of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge
of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee to secure a debt or other
obligation of the Depositor and (b)(1) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be
a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; (2) the
conveyance provided for in Section 2.01 hereof shall be deemed to be a grant by
the Depositor to the Trustee of a security interest in all of the Depositor's
right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and all amounts payable
to the holders of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms thereof and
all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into
cash, instruments, securities or other property, including without limitation
all amounts, other than investment earnings, from time to time held or invested
in the Collection Account and the Distribution Account, whether in the form of
cash, instruments, securities or other property; (3) the obligations secured by
such security agreement shall be deemed to be all of the Depositor's obligations
under this Agreement, including the obligation to provide to the
Certificateholders the benefits of this Agreement relating to the Mortgage Loans
and the Trust Fund; and (4) notifications to persons holding such property, and
acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property,
shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations
from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Trustee
for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law.
Accordingly, the Depositor hereby grants to the Trustee a security interest in
the Mortgage Loans and all other property described in clause (2) of the
preceding sentence, for the purpose of securing to the Trustee the performance
by the Depositor of the obligations described in clause (3) of the preceding
sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto intend the
conveyance pursuant to Section 2.01 to be a true, absolute and unconditional
sale of the Mortgage Loans and assets constituting the Trust Fund by the
Depositor to the Trustee.
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SECTION 11.10 Third Party Rights.
The NIMs Insurer shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of
this Agreement to the same extent as if it were a party hereto, and shall have
the right to enforce the provisions of this Agreement.
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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.
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION
TRANSACTIONS, INC.,
as Depositor
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB,
as Master Servicer
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the th day of October 2002, before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared ________________, known to me to be a
________________ of Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc., one of the
corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me
that such corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
______________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF ______________ )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ____________ )
On the ____ day of October 2002, before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared _____________________, known to me to be
__________________ of Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, one of the corporations that
executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
______________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.:
COUNTY OF XXXXXX )
On the ____ day of October 2002, before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared ______________, known to me to be a
____________ of U.S. Bank 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.
______________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
Series: 0000-XX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A-1 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $[__]
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Denomination: $[__]
Servicing Agreement: October 1, 2002
Master Master Servicer: Ocwen Federal
First Distribution Date: November 25, 2002 Bank FSB
No. 1 Trustee: U.S. Bank National Association
Issue Date: October [__], 2002
CUSIP: [___]
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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MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate, first lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, 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 Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class A-1 Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Mortgage
Asset Securitization Transactions, 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 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-1 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class A-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 A
Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender
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of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that
purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such
Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the 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, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require
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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, 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 the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: October __, 2002
MASTR ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST
2002-NC1
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in
its individual capacity, but solely as
Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
-------------
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_______________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________ for the account
of _______________________________, account number _____________________________
______________________________, or, if mailed by check, ________________________
to______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to_______________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
___________________________.This information is provided by ___________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
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XXXXXXX X-0
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FORM OF CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
Series: 0000-XX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A-2 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $[___]
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Denomination: $[___]
Servicing Agreement: October 1, 2002
Master Servicer: Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
First Distribution Date: November 25, 2002
Trustee: U.S. Bank National Association
No. 1
Issue Date: October [__], 2002
CUSIP: [___]
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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MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate, first lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, 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 Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class A-2 Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Mortgage
Asset Securitization Transactions, 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 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-2 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class A-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 A
Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender
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of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that
purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such
Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the 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, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require
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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, 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 the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: October __, 2002
MASTR ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST
2002-NC1
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in
its individual capacity, but solely as
Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.
U.S. BANK 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
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_______________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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
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FORM OF CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATES AND THE
CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN 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.
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Series: 0000-XX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-1 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $[____]
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Denomination: $[____]
Servicing Agreement: October 1, 2002
Master Servicer: Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
First Distribution Date: November 25, 2002
Trustee: U.S. Bank National Association
No. 1
Issue Date: October [__], 2002
CUSIP: [____]
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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MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate, first lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, 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 Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-1 Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Mortgage
Asset Securitization Transactions, 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 Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class M-1 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class M-1 Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
M-1 Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on
this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of
such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender
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of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that
purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such
Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the 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.
No transfer of this Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
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The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, 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 the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: October __, 2002
MASTR ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST
2002-NC1
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in
its individual capacity, but solely as
Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.
U.S. BANK 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
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_______________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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
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FORM OF CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATES, THE
CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT
DESCRIBED IN 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.
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Series: 0000-XX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-2 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $[____]
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Denomination: $[____]
Servicing Agreement: October 1, 2002
Master Servicer: Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
First Distribution Date: November 25, 2002
Trustee: U.S. Bank National Association
No. 1
Issue Date: October [__], 2002
CUSIP: [____]
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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MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate, first lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, 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 Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-2 Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Mortgage
Asset Securitization Transactions, 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 Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class M-2 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class M-2 Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
M-2 Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on
this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of
such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender
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of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that
purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such
Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the 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.
No transfer of this Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
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The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, 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 the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: October __, 2002
MASTR ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST
2002-NC1
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in
its individual capacity, but solely as
Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.
U.S. BANK 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
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_______________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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
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FORM OF CLASS M-3 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATES, THE
CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS M-2
CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
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.
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Series: 0000-XX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-3 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $[___]
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Denomination: $[____]
Servicing Agreement: October 1, 2002
Master Servicer: Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
First Distribution Date: November 25, 2002
Trustee: U.S. Bank National Association
No. 1
Issue Date: October [__], 2002
CUSIP: [____]
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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MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate, first lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, 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 Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-3 Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Mortgage
Asset Securitization Transactions, 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 Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class M-3 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class M-3 Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
M-3 Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on
this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of
such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender
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of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that
purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such
Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the 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.
No transfer of this Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
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The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, 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 the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: October __, 2002
MASTR ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST
2002-NC1
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in
its individual capacity, but solely as
Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.
U.S. BANK 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
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_______________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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-6
FORM OF CLASS M-4 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATES, THE
CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-2
CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS M-3 CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN
THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
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.
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Series: 0000-XX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-4 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $[____]
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Denomination: $[____]
Servicing Agreement: October 1, 2002
Master Servicer: Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
First Distribution Date: November 25, 2002
Trustee: U.S. Bank National Association
No. 1
Issue Date: October [__], 2002
CUSIP: [___]
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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MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate, first lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, 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 Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-4 Certificates in REMIC III created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Mortgage
Asset Securitization Transactions, 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 Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class M-4 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class M-4 Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
M-4 Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate 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
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of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that
purpose as provided in the Agreement.
The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
equal a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the related Formula Rate for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such
Distribution Date.
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, 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.
No transfer of this Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
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The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, 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 the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: October __, 2002
MASTR ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST
2002-NC1
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in
its individual capacity, but solely as
Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.
U.S. BANK 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
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_______________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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 CE CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATES, THE
CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-2
CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-3 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-4 CERTIFICATES
AND THE CLASS M-5 CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING
AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
THE AGREEMENT.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
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Series 20021-WMC2 Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class CE Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable $[____]
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and Denomination: $[____]
Servicing Agreement: October 1, 2002
Master Servicer: Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
First Distribution Date: November 25, 2002
Trustee: U.S. Bank National Association
No. 1
Issue Date: October [__], 0000
Xxxxxxxxx Notional Amount of the Class
CE Certificates as of the Issue Date: $[_____]
Notional Amount: $[____]
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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MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate, first lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, 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 Mortgage
Asset Securitization Transactions, 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 Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class CE Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class CE Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
CE Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address
of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
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This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the 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.
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. None of the Depositor or the Trustee is
obligated to register or qualify the Class of
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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 to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, 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 the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: October __, 2002
MASTR ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST
2002-NC1
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in
its individual capacity, but solely as
Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.
U.S. BANK 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
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_______________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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-8
FORM OF CLASS P CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
THE AGREEMENT.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
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Series: 0000-XX0 Xxxxxxxxx Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class P Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and $100.00
Servicing Agreement: October 1, 2002
Denomination: $100.00
First Distribution Date: November 25, 2002
Master Servicer: Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
No. 1
Trustee: U.S. Bank National Association
Issue Date: October [__], 2002
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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MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate, first lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, 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 P Certificates as of
the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all
the Class P Certificates in REMIC III created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Mortgage
Asset Securitization Transactions, 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 Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class P Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class P Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class P
Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
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This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the 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.
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. None of the Depositor or the Trustee is
obligated to register or qualify the Class of
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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 to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, 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 the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: October __, 2002
MASTR ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST
2002-NC1
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in
its individual capacity, but solely as
Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.
U.S. BANK 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
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
----------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_______________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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-9
FORM OF CLASS S CERTIFICATES
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
Certificate No. 1 Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate
("Denomination"):
Class: S $[_____]
Initial Pass-Through Rate: Variable (As Original Notional Amount of this Class:
calculated in the Pooling and Servicing $[_____]
Agreement)
Cut-off Date: October 1, 2002 Final Maturity Date: [_____]
First Distribution Date: November 25, 2002
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MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate, first lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, 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 the [________] is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
Denomination of this Certificate by the Original Notional Amount) in certain
monthly distributions with respect to a Trust consisting primarily of the
Mortgage Loans deposited by Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc.
(the "Depositor"). The Trust was created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of October 1, 2002 (the "Agreement") among the Depositor,
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as master servicer (the "Master Servicer") and U.S. Bank
National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee (the
"Trustee"). 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. In the event of a conflict
between this Certificate and the Agreement, the Agreement controls.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class S Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class S 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 S
Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender
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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 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the 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, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, 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
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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 the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assume no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: October __, 2002
MASTR ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST
2002-NC1
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in
its individual capacity, but solely as
Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
-----------------------------
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
ABBREVIATIONS
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The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
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TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_______________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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-10
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FORM OF CLASS R CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED
STATES PERSON.
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT"
("REMIC"), AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G
AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
THE AGREEMENT.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR THE CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (I) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE
TRUSTEE THAT (A) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (1) THE UNITED STATES OR ANY
POSSESSION THEREOF, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, (2) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER
THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) THAT IS EXEMPT
FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION
IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE CODE, (3) ANY
ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH
PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (1), (2) OR
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(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: 0000-XX0 Xxxxxxxxx Percentage Interest of the Class R
Certificates as of the Issue Date: 100.00%
Cut-off Date and date of Pooling and
Servicing Agreement: October 1, 2002 Master Servicer: Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
First Distribution Date: November 25, 2002 Trustee: U.S. Bank National Association
No.1 Issue Date: October [__], 2002
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MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of a Trust Fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to
four-family, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate, first lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") formed and sold by
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.
THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, 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 (as specified above) in that certain beneficial ownership
interest evidenced by all the Certificates of the Class to which this
Certificate belongs created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated
as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Mortgage Asset Securitization
Transactions, 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 Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class R Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.
All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by the Trustee by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled thereto if
such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business
Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such Distribution Date and is
the registered owner of Class R Certificates the aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Balance of which is in excess of the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii)
two-thirds of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class R
Certificates, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the address of
the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on the
Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that purpose as provided in the
Agreement.
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This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and 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.
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
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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 to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange
of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
Prior to registration of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of this Certificate, the proposed transferee shall provide to the
Trustee (i) an affidavit to the effect that such transferee is any Person other
than a Disqualified Organization or the agent (including a broker, nominee or
middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, and (ii) a certificate that
acknowledges that (A) the Class R Certificates have been designated as a
residual interest in a REMIC, (B) it will include in its income a PRO RATA share
of the net income of the Trust Fund and that such income may be an "excess
inclusion," as defined in the Code, that, with certain exceptions, cannot be
offset by other losses or benefits from any tax exemption, and (C) it expects to
have the financial means to satisfy all of its tax obligations including those
relating to holding the Class R Certificates. Notwithstanding the registration
in the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale or other disposition of this
Certificate to a Disqualified Organization or an agent (including a broker,
nominee or middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, such registration shall be
deemed to be of no legal force or effect whatsoever and such Person shall not be
deemed to be a Certificateholder for any purpose, including, but not limited to,
the receipt of distributions in respect of this Certificate.
The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof,
shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of the
Agreement and to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel of
the Depositor to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person
other than a Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust
Fund to cease to qualify as a REMIC or cause the imposition of a tax upon the
REMIC.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, 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.
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The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property
remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the
Agreement at a price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all
the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans.
The Agreement permits, but does not require, the party designated in the
Agreement to purchase from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property
acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in
the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect early retirement of the
Certificates; however, such right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than
10% of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.
Dated: October __, 2002
MASTR ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST
2002-NC1
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in
its individual capacity, but solely as
Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Officer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
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This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
ABBREVIATIONS
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The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
---------
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under
Uniform Gifts
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right to Minors Act
if survivorship and not as _______________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee) a Percentage Interest equal to ____%
evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates and hereby
authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (we) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
Percentage Interest and Class to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_______________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
_______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________ for the account
of _______________________________, account number _____________________________
______________________________, or, if mailed by check, ________________________
to______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to_______________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
___________________________.This information is provided by ___________________,
the assignee named above, or ____________________________________, as its agent.
EXHIBIT B
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[Reserved]
B-1
EXHIBIT C-1
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FORM OF TRUSTEE'S INITIAL CERTIFICATION
[Date]
Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
[__]
[__]
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October
1, 2002, among Mortgage Asset Securitization
Transactions, Inc., Ocwen Federal Bank FSB and U.S.
Bank National Association, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2002-NC1
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, attached hereto is the Custodial Initial Certification delivered by
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Custodian, pursuant to the Custodial
Agreement dated as of October __, 2002, by and among U.S. Bank National
Association, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and Ocwen Federal Bank FSB.
The Trustee (nor the Custodian on its behalf) 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 due authorization, recordability or
genuineness of any of the documents contained in the Mortgage File of any of the
Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the
collectability, insurability,effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage
Loan.
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Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the
respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT C-2
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FORM OF TRUSTEE'S FINAL CERTIFICATION
[Date]
Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
[__]
[__]
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October
1, 2002, among Mortgage Asset Securitization
Transactions, Inc., Ocwen Federal Bank FSB and U.S.
Bank National Association, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2002-NC1
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, attached hereto is the Custodial Final Certification delivered by
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Custodian, pursuant to the Custodial
Agreement dated as of October __, 2002, by and among U.S. Bank National
Association, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and Ocwen Federal Bank FSB.
The Trustee (nor the Custodian on its behalf) 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 due authorization, recordability or
genuineness of any of the documents contained in the Mortgage File of any of the
Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the
collectability, insurability,effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage
Loan.
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Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the
respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT D
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FORM OF MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
D-1
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This is a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (this "Agreement"),
dated October 25, 2002, among UBS Warburg Real Estate Securities Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Seller"), Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser") and NC Capital Corporation, a
California corporation ("NC Capital").
Preliminary Statement
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The Seller intends to sell the Mortgage Loans (as hereinafter
identified) to the Purchaser on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement. The Purchaser intends to deposit the Mortgage Loans
into a mortgage pool comprising the Trust Fund. The Trust Fund will be evidenced
by a single series of mortgage pass-through certificates designated as Series
2002-NC1 (the "Certificates"). The Certificates will consist of ten classes of
certificates. The Certificates will be issued pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement for Series 2002-NC1, dated as of October 1, 2002 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Depositor as depositor, Ocwen
Federal Bank FSB as master servicer (the "Master Servicer") and U.S. Bank
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 October 29, 2002 (the
"Closing Date"), certain fixed-rate and adjustable-rate conventional, one- to
four-family, residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans"), having an
aggregate principal balance as of the close of business on October 1, 2002, (the
"Cut-off Date") of approximately $897,469,068.78 (the "Closing Balance"), after
giving effect to all payments due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off
Date, whether or not received including the right to any Prepayment Charges
payable by the related Mortgagors in connection with any Principal Prepayments
on the Mortgage Loans.
SECTION 2. MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE. The Purchaser and the
Seller have agreed upon which of the mortgage loans owned by the Seller are to
be purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement and the Seller will
prepare or cause to be prepared on or prior to the Closing Date a final schedule
(the "Closing Schedule") that shall describe such Mortgage Loans and set forth
all of the Mortgage Loans to be purchased under this Agreement, including the
Prepayment Charges. The Closing Schedule will conform to the requirements set
forth in this Agreement and to the definition of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Closing Schedule shall be used as the
Mortgage Loan Schedule under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3. CONSIDERATION.
(a) In consideration for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased
hereunder, the Purchaser shall, as described in Section 8, (i) pay to or upon
the order of the Seller in immediately available funds an amount (the "Purchase
Price") equal to the net sale proceeds of the Certificates.
(b) The Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of
the Purchaser shall be entitled to all scheduled payments of principal due after
the Cut-off Date, all other payments of principal due and collected after the
Cut-off Date, and all payments of interest on the Mortgage Loans allocable to
the period after the Cut-off Date. All scheduled payments of principal and
interest due on or before the Cut-off Date and collected after the Cut-off Date
shall belong to the Seller.
(c) Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Purchaser will assign all of its right, title and interest in and to the
Mortgage Loans, together with its rights under this Agreement, to the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 4. TRANSFER OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS.
(a) POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES. The Seller does hereby sell,
transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Purchaser, without recourse but
subject to the terms of this Agreement, all of its right, title and interest in,
to and under the Mortgage Loans, including the related Prepayment Charges. The
contents of each Mortgage File not delivered to the Purchaser or to any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser on or prior to the Closing
Date are and shall be held in trust by the Seller for the benefit of the
Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser. Upon the
sale of the Mortgage Loans, the ownership of each Mortgage Note, the related
Mortgage and the other contents of the related Mortgage File is vested in the
Purchaser and the ownership of all records and documents with respect to the
related Mortgage Loan prepared by or that come into the possession of the Seller
on or after the Closing Date shall immediately vest in the Purchaser and shall
be delivered immediately to the Purchaser or as otherwise directed by the
Purchaser.
(b) DELIVERY OF MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS. The Seller will, on
or prior to the Closing Date, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser
or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser each of the following
documents for each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in blank or in the
following form: "Pay to the order of U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee under the applicable agreement, without recourse," with all
prior and intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of
endorsement from the originator to the Person so endorsing to the
Trustee;
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon,
and the original recorded power of attorney, if the Mortgage was
executed pursuant to a power of attorney, with evidence of recording
thereon;
(iii) an original Assignment in blank;
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments showing a
complete chain of assignment from the originator to the Person
assigning the Mortgage to the Trustee as contemplated by the
immediately preceding clause (iii);
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(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and
(vi) the original lender's title insurance policy, 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.
With respect to a maximum of approximately 2.0% of the
Mortgage Loans, by outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date, if any original Mortgage Note referred to in Section 4(b)(i) above
cannot be located, the obligations of the Seller to deliver such documents shall
be deemed to be satisfied upon delivery to the Purchaser of a photocopy of such
Mortgage Note, if available, with a lost note affidavit substantially in the
form of Exhibit K to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. If any of the original
Mortgage Notes for which a lost note affidavit was delivered to the Purchaser is
subsequently located, such original Mortgage Note shall be delivered to the
Purchaser within three Business Days.
NC Capital shall promptly (within sixty Business Days
following the later of the Closing Date and the date of receipt by NC Capital of
the recording information for a Mortgage, but in no event later than ninety days
following the Closing Date) submit or cause to be submitted for recording, at no
expense to the Purchaser, in the appropriate public office for real property
records, each Assignment referred to in Section 4(b)(iii) and (iv) above and in
connection therewith, NC Capital shall execute each original Assignment in the
following form: "U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee under the applicable
agreement." In the event that any such Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded
because of a defect therein, NC Capital 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Assignments shall not be
required to be submitted for recording with respect to any Mortgage Loan in any
jurisdiction where the Rating Agencies do not require recordation in order to
receive the ratings on the Certificates at the time of their initial issuance;
provided, however, each Assignment shall be submitted for recording by NC
Capital, in the manner described above, at no expense to the Purchaser, upon the
earliest to occur of: (i) reasonable direction by the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights, (ii) the occurrence of a Master
Servicer Event of Default, (iii) the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or
foreclosure relating to the Originator, (iv) the occurrence of a servicing
transfer as described in Section 7.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
(v) upon receipt of notice from the Master Servicer, the occurrence of a
bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Mortgagor under the
related Mortgage and (vi) upon receipt of notice from the Master Servicer, any
Mortgage Loan that is 90 days or more delinquent. Upon the occurrence of one of
the events set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, NC Capital shall
deliver such Assignments for recording as provided above, promptly and in any
event within 30 days following receipt of notice by NC Capital.
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If any of the documents referred to in Sections 4(b)(ii),
(iii) or (iv) above has, as of the Closing Date, been submitted for recording
but either (x) has not been returned from the applicable public recording office
or (y) has been lost or such public recording office has retained the original
of such document, the obligations of the Seller to deliver such documents shall
be deemed to be satisfied upon (1) delivery to the Purchaser of a copy of each
such document certified by the Originator in the case of (x) above or the
applicable public recording office in the case of (y) above to be a true and
complete copy of the original that was submitted for recording and (2) if such
copy is certified by the Originator, delivery to the Purchaser promptly upon
receipt thereof of either the original or a copy of such document certified by
the applicable public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original. Notice shall be provided to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies by NC
Capital if delivery pursuant to clause (2) above will be made more than 180 days
after the Closing Date.
If the original lender's title insurance policy was not
delivered pursuant to Section 4(b)(vi) above, the Seller shall deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Purchaser, promptly after receipt thereof, the original
lender's title insurance policy. The Seller shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Purchaser promptly upon receipt thereof any other original
documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File received with respect to any
Mortgage Loan, including, but not limited to, any original documents evidencing
an assumption or modification of any Mortgage Loan.
Each original document relating to a Mortgage Loan which is
not delivered to the Purchaser or its assignee, transferee or designee, if held
by the Seller, shall be so held for the benefit of the Purchaser, its assignee,
transferee or designee.
(c) ACCEPTANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS. The documents delivered
pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof shall be reviewed by the Purchaser or any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser at any time before or after
the Closing Date (and with respect to each document permitted to be delivered
after the Closing Date, within seven days of its delivery) to ascertain that all
required documents have been executed and received and that such documents
relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
(d) TRANSFER OF INTEREST IN AGREEMENTS. The Purchaser has the
right to assign its interest under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to the
Trustee, as may be required to effect the purposes of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, without the consent of the Seller, and the assignee shall succeed to
the rights and obligations hereunder of the Purchaser. Any expense reasonably
incurred by or on behalf of the Purchaser or the Trustee in connection with
enforcing any obligations of the Seller under this Agreement will be promptly
reimbursed by the Seller.
(e) EXAMINATION OF MORTGAGE FILES. Prior to the Closing Date,
the Seller shall either (i) deliver in escrow to the Purchaser, or to any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser for examination, the Mortgage
File pertaining to each Mortgage Loan or (ii) make such Mortgage Files available
to the Purchaser or to any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser for
examination. Such examination may be made by the Purchaser or the Trustee, and
their respective designees, upon reasonable notice to the Seller during normal
business hours before the Closing Date and within 60 days after the Closing
Date. If any such person makes such examination prior to the Closing Date and
identifies any Mortgage Loans that do not conform to the requirements
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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 AND NC CAPITAL.
(a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to NC Capital
and the Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, and
covenants, that:
(i) The Seller is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware with full
corporate power and authority to conduct its business as presently conducted by
it to the extent material to the consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein. The Seller has the full corporate power and authority to own the
Mortgage Loans and to transfer and convey the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser
and has the full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver, engage in
the transactions contemplated by, and perform and observe the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
(ii) The Seller has duly authorized the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement, has duly executed and delivered this
Agreement, and this Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by NC Capital and 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 Delaware, 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,
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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 does not believe, nor does it have any reason
or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in
this Agreement.
(viii) Immediately prior to the sale of the Mortgage Loans to
the Purchaser as herein contemplated, the Seller will be the owner of the
related Mortgage and the indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage Note,
and, upon the payment to the Seller of the Purchase Price, the Purchaser shall
have good and marketable title to each Mortgage Loan, each related Mortgage Note
and the related Mortgage Files with respect thereto free and clear of all liens,
pledges, charges, claims security interests, participations and other
encumbrances.
(ix) There are no actions or proceedings against, or
investigations known to it of, the Seller before any court, administrative or
other tribunal (A) that might prohibit its entering into this Agreement, (B)
seeking to prevent the sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (C) that
might prohibit or materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller
of its obligations under, or validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.
(x) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the Seller, and the
transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by
the Seller are not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory
provisions.
(xi) The Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment
banker, agent or other person, except for the Purchaser or any of its
affiliates, that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection
with the sale of the Mortgage Loans (except that an entity that previously
financed the Seller's ownership of the Mortgage Loans may be entitled to a fee
to release
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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).
(xii) 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.
(b) NC Capital hereby represents and warrants to the Seller
and the Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, and
covenants, that:
(i) NC Capital 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. NC Capital 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) NC Capital has duly authorized the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement, has duly executed and delivered this
Agreement, and this Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Seller and the Purchaser, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of NC Capital, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms
except as 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 NC Capital (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 NC Capital, (B) any term or provision of
any material agreement, contract, instrument or indenture, to which NC Capital
is a party or by which NC Capital 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 NC Capital 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 NC Capital 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 NC
Capital of, or compliance by NC Capital with, this Agreement or the consummation
by NC Capital of any other transaction contemplated hereby and by the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that NC Capital makes no
representation or warranty regarding federal or state securities laws in
connection with the sale or distribution of the Certificates.
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(v) In this Agreement NC Capital has not made 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 NC
Capital 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) NC Capital is not in violation of, and the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by NC Capital 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 NC Capital or its
assets, which violation might have consequences that would materially and
adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or the operation of NC
Capital or its assets or might have consequences that would materially and
adversely affect the performance of its obligations and duties hereunder.
(vii) NC Capital does not believe, nor does it have any reason
or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in
this Agreement.
(viii) There are no actions or proceedings against, or
investigations known to it of, NC Capital before any court, administrative or
other tribunal (A) that might prohibit its entering into this Agreement, (B)
seeking to void the sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Originator or NC Capital
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (C)
that might prohibit or materially and adversely affect the performance by NC
Capital of its obligations under, or validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement.
(ix) [Reserved].
(x) There is no litigation currently pending or, to the best
of NC Capital's knowledge without independent investigation, threatened against
NC Capital or the Originator 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 NC
Capital.
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF NC
CAPITAL RELATING TO THE MORTGAGE
LOANS.
NC Capital 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;
(ii) All payments required to be made up to the Closing Date
for the Mortgage Loan under the terms of the Mortgage Note, other than payments
for which the Due Date was not thirty or more days prior to the Closing Date,
have been made and credited. No Mortgagor has failed
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to make any Monthly Payment due under the Mortgage Note on or prior to the last
day of September 2002 The first Monthly Payment shall be made with respect to
the Mortgage Loan on its Due Date or during the month in which it is due, all in
accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note;
(iii) There are no defaults in complying with the terms of the
Mortgage, and all taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water,
sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously
became due and owing have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been established
in an amount sufficient to pay for every such item which remains unpaid and
which has been assessed but is not yet due and payable. Neither NC Capital nor
the Originator has advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received
any advance of funds by a party other than the Mortgagor, directly or
indirectly, for the payment of any amount required under the Mortgage Loan,
except for interest accruing from the date of the Mortgage Note or date of
disbursement of the Mortgage Loan proceeds, whichever is earlier, to the day
which precedes by one month the Due Date of the first installment of principal
and interest;
(iv) The terms of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage have not been
impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, from the date of
origination except by a written instrument which has been recorded, if necessary
to protect the interests of the Purchaser, and which has been delivered to the
Purchaser (or the Custodian on behalf of the Purchaser) or to such other Person
as the Purchaser shall designate in writing, and the terms of which are
reflected in the Mortgage Loan Schedule. The substance of any such waiver,
alteration or modification has been approved by any related insurer to the
extent required by the policy, and its terms are reflected on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, if applicable. No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part,
except in connection with an assumption agreement, approved by any related
insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and which assumption agreement is
part of the Mortgage Loan File delivered to the Purchaser (or the Custodian on
behalf of the Purchaser) or to such other Person as the Purchaser shall
designate in writing and the terms of which are reflected in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule;
(v) The Mortgage Loan is not subject to any right of
rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including without limitation the
defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage
Note or the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render either the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to
any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including without
limitation the defense of usury, and no such right of rescission, set-off,
counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto, and no Mortgagor
was a debtor in any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding at the
time the Mortgage Loan was originated or as of the Closing Date;
(vi) Pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, all buildings or
other improvements upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by a qualified
insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other
hazards as are provided for in the Xxxxxx Xxx Selling Guide and the Xxxxxx Mae
Servicing Guide or by Xxxxxxx Mac in an amount representing coverage not less
than the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the improvements securing
such Mortgage Loans, and (ii) the greater of (a) the outstanding principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan, and (b) an amount such that the proceeds thereof
shall be sufficient to prevent the Mortgagor and/or the mortgagee from becoming
a co-insurer. If required by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as
amended, each
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Mortgage Loan is covered by a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of
the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration is in effect
which policy is in an amount not less than the amount required by the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, conforms to Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx
Mac and is insured by a qualified insurer. All individual insurance policies
contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Originator and its successors and
assigns as mortgagee, and all premiums thereon have been paid. The Mortgage
obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at
the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor's failure to do so,
authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at
such Mortgagor's cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the
Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been
given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance,
provided the policy is not a "master" or "blanket" hazard insurance policy
covering a condominium, or any hazard insurance policy covering the common
facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the
valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and
will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Purchaser upon
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. NC Capital
has not engaged in, and has no knowledge of the Mortgagor's or any servicer's
having engaged in, any act or omission which would impair the coverage of any
such policy, the benefits of the endorsement provided for herein, or the
validity and binding effect of such policy, without limitation. No unlawful fee,
commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation or value of any kind has
been or will be received, retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other
person or entity, and no such unlawful items have been received, retained or
realized by the Seller;
(vii) 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 and
disclosure laws or unfair and deceptive practices laws applicable to the
Mortgage Loan have been complied with, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not involve the violation of any such laws or
regulations, and NC Capital shall maintain in its possession, available for the
Purchaser's inspection, and shall deliver to the Purchaser upon demand, evidence
of compliance with all such requirements;
(viii) 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 release, cancellation,
subordination or rescission. Neither NC Capital nor the Originator has waived
the performance by the Mortgagor of any action, if the Mortgagor's failure to
perform such action would cause the Mortgage Loan to be in default, nor has NC
Capital or the Originator waived any default resulting from any action or
inaction by the Mortgagor;
(ix) The Mortgaged Property is located in the state identified
in the Mortgage Loan Schedule and consists of real property with a detached
single family residence erected thereon, or a two- to four-family dwelling, or
an individual condominium unit in a low-rise condominium project, or an
individual unit in a planned unit development or a DE MINIMIS planned unit
development which is in each case four stories or less, provided, however, that
any manufactured dwelling shall conform with the applicable Xxxxxx Mae and
Xxxxxxx Mac requirements regarding such dwellings and that no Mortgage Loan is
secured by a single parcel of real property with a cooperative housing
corporation, a log home or a mobile home erected thereon or by a mixed-use
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property, a property in excess of 10 acres, or other unique property types. As
of the date of origination, no portion of the Mortgaged Property was used for
commercial purposes, and since the date of origination, no portion of the
Mortgaged Property has been used for commercial purposes; provided, that
Mortgaged Properties which contain a home office shall not be considered as
being used for commercial purposes as long as the Mortgaged Property has not
been altered for commercial purposes and is not storing any chemicals or raw
materials other than those commonly used for homeowner repair, maintenance
and/or household purposes. With respect to any Mortgage Loan secured by a
Mortgaged Property improved by manufactured housing, (i) the related
manufactured housing unit is permanently affixed to the land, and (ii) the
related manufactured housing unit and the related land are subject to a Mortgage
properly filed in the appropriate public recording office and naming the
Originator as mortgagee;
(x) The Mortgage is a valid, subsisting, enforceable and
perfected, first lien on the Mortgaged Property, including all buildings and
improvements on the Mortgaged Property and all installations and mechanical,
electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems located in or annexed
to such buildings, and all additions, alterations and replacements made at any
time with respect to the foregoing. The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to
(1) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and
payable; (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements
and other matters of the public record as of the date of recording acceptable to
prudent mortgage lending institutions generally and specifically referred to in
the lender's title insurance policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage
Loan and (a) specifically referred to or otherwise considered in the appraisal
made for the originator of the Mortgage Loan or (b) which do not adversely
affect the Value of the Mortgaged Property set forth in such appraisal; and (3)
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, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first
lien and first priority security interest on the property described therein, the
Originator had full right to sell and assign the same to NC Capital and NC
Capital had full right to sell and assign the same to the Seller;
(xi) The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and any other
agreement executed and delivered by a Mortgagor in connection with a Mortgage
Loan are genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
maker thereof enforceable in accordance with its terms. All parties to the
Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any other such related agreement had legal
capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the Mortgage
Note, the Mortgage and any such agreement, and the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage
and any other such related agreement have been duly and properly executed by
other such related parties. No fraud, error, omission, misrepresentation,
negligence 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 or servicing of the Mortgage Loan. NC Capital has reviewed all of
the documents constituting the Mortgage File and has made such inquiries as it
deems necessary to make and confirm the accuracy of the representations set
forth herein;
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(xii) The Mortgage Loan has been closed and the proceeds of
the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and there is no requirement for
future advances 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 were paid,
and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due under
the Mortgage Note or Mortgage;
(xiii) 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) (1) in compliance
with any and all applicable licensing requirements of the la ws of the state
wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, and (2) either (i) organized under
the laws of such state, or (ii) qualified to do business in such state, or (iii)
a federal savings and loan association, a savings bank or a national bank having
a principal office in such state, or (3) not doing business in such state;
(xiv) No Mortgage Loan has a Loan-to-Value Ratio greater than
95%
(xv) The Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender's title
insurance policy, or with respect to any Mortgage Loan for which the related
Mortgaged Property is located in California a CLTA lender's title insurance
policy, or other generally acceptable form of policy or insurance acceptable to
Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac and each such title insurance policy is issued by a
qualified insurer, insuring the Originator, its successors and assigns, as to
the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the
Mortgage Loan, subject only to the exceptions contained in clauses (1) and (2)
of paragraph (x) of this Section 6, and in the case of adjustable rate Mortgage
Loans, against any loss by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the
lien resulting from the provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment to
the Mortgage Rate and Monthly Payment. Where required by state law or
regulation, the Mortgagor has been given the opportunity to choose the carrier
of the required mortgage title insurance. Additionally, such lender's title
insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress and egress, and against
encroachments by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. The
Originator, its successor and assigns, are the sole insureds of such lender's
title insurance policy, and such lender's title insurance policy is valid and
remains in full force and effect and will be in 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 NC Capital and the Originator, has done, by act or
omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such lender's title
insurance policy, including without limitation, no unlawful fee, commission,
kickback or other unlawful compensation or value of any kind has been or will be
received, retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other person or entity,
and no such unlawful items have been received, retained or realized by NC
Capital and the Originator;
(xvi) Other than payments due but not yet delinquent, there is
no default, breach, violation or event which would permit 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 which would permit
acceleration, and none of NC Capital, the Originator, the Seller or any of their
affiliates or any of their respective predecessors, have waived any default,
breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration;
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(xvii) 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 liens) affecting the related Mortgaged
Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the
lien of the related Mortgage;
(xviii) All improvements which were considered in determining
the Value of the 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. No improvement
located on or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in violation of any
applicable zoning law or regulation;
(xix) Either (a) the Mortgage Loan was originated by a
mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to
Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act, a savings and loan
association, a savings bank, a commercial bank, credit union, insurance company
or other similar institution which is supervised and examined by a federal or
state authority, or (b) the following requirements have been met with respect to
the Mortgage Loan: the Originator meets the requirements set forth in clause
(a), and (i) such Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with standards
established by the Originator, using application forms and related credit
documents approved by the Originator, (ii) the Originator approved each
application and the related credit documents before a commitment by the
correspondent was issued, and no such commitment was issued until the Originator
agreed to fund such Mortgage Loan, (iii) the closing documents for such Mortgage
Loan were prepared on forms approved by the Originator, and (iv) such Mortgage
Loan was actually funded by the Originator and was purchased by NC Capital at
closing or soon thereafter. The documents, instruments and agreements submitted
for loan underwriting were not falsified and contain no untrue statement of
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the information and statements therein not misleading. No
Mortgage Loan contains terms or provisions which would result in negative
amortization. Principal payments on the Mortgage Loan commenced no more than
sixty days after funds were disbursed in connection with the Mortgage Loan. The
Mortgage Rate as well as the Maximum Mortgage Rate, the initial Periodic Rate
Cap and the Periodic Cap, are as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement. The
Mortgage Note is payable in equal monthly installments of principal and
interest, which installments of interest, with respect to Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loans, are subject to change due to the adjustments to the Mortgage
Rate on each Adjustment Date, with interest calculated and payable in arrears,
sufficient to amortize the Mortgage Loan fully by the stated maturity date, over
an original term of not more than thirty years from commencement of
amortization. The Mortgage Loan is payable on the first day of each month. There
are no Mortgage Loans which contain a provision allowing the Mortgagor to
convert the Mortgage Note from an adjustable Mortgage Rate to a fixed Mortgage
Rate;
(xx) The Mortgage contains 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, (i) in the case of a Mortgage
designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial
foreclosure. Upon default by a Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan and foreclosure on,
or trustee's sale of, the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the proper procedures,
the holder of the Mortgage Loan will be able to deliver good and merchantable
title to the Mortgaged Property. There is no homestead or other
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exemption available to a Mortgagor which would interfere with the right to sell
the Mortgaged Property at a trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the
Mortgage, subject to applicable federal and state laws and judicial precedent
with respect to bankruptcy and right of redemption or similar law;
(xxi) The Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with
the Underwriting Guidelines (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement). The
Mortgage Note and Mortgage are on forms acceptable to Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Mae
and neither NC Capital nor the Originator has made any representations to a
Mortgagor that are inconsistent with the mortgage instruments used;
(xxii) As of the Closing Date 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 and fire
underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from the appropriate
authorities;
(xxiii) The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by
any collateral except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage and the security
interest of any applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage referred to in
clause (x) above;
(xxiv) In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust,
a trustee, authorized and 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;
(xxv) The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment and any
other documents required to be delivered under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement for each Mortgage Loan have been delivered to the Purchaser (or the
Custodian on behalf of the Purchaser). NC Capital is in possession of a
complete, true and accurate Mortgage File, except for such documents the
originals of which have been delivered to the Purchaser (or the Custodian on
behalf of the Purchaser);
(xxvi) If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit or a
planned unit development (other than a DE MINIMIS planned unit development) such
condominium or planned unit development project such Mortgage Loan was
originated in accordance with, and the Mortgaged Property meets the guidelines
set forth in the Originator's Underwriting Guidelines;
(xxvii) The Assignment with respect to each Mortgage Loan is
in recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located. The transfer,
assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Seller
are not subject to the bulk transfer or similar statutory provisions in effect
in any applicable jurisdiction;
(xxviii) With respect to each Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage contains an enforceable provision for the acceleration of the payment
of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in the event that the
Mortgaged Property is sold or transferred without the prior
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written consent of the mortgagee thereunder, and to the best of NC Capital's
knowledge, such provision is enforceable;
(xxix) The Mortgage Loan does not contain provisions pursuant
to which Monthly Payments are paid or partially paid with funds deposited in any
separate account established by the Originator, NC Capital, the Mortgagor, or
anyone on behalf of the Mortgagor, or paid by any source other than the
Mortgagor nor does it contain 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) Any future 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
Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac. The consolidated principal amount does not exceed
the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(xxxi) There is no proceeding pending or threatened for the
total or partial condemnation of the Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property
is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood,
tornado or other casualty so as to affect adversely the value of the Mortgaged
Property as security for the Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises
were intended and each Mortgaged Property is in good repair. There have not been
any condemnation proceedings with respect to the Mortgaged Property and NC
Capital has no knowledge of any such proceedings in the future;
(xxxii) The origination, servicing and collection practices
used by the Master Servicer, NC Capital, the Originator and any prior servicer
with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been in all respects in compliance with
Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable laws and regulations, and have been in
all respects legal and proper and prudent in the mortgage origination and
servicing business. With respect to escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, all
such payments are in the possession of, or under the control of, the Master
Servicer, NC Capital or the Originator and there exist no deficiencies in
connection therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment thereof have
not been made. All Escrow Payments have been collected in full compliance with
state and federal law and the provisions of the related Mortgage Note and
Mortgage. An escrow of funds is not prohibited by applicable law and has been
established in an amount sufficient to pay for every item that remains unpaid
and has been assessed but is not yet due and payable. No escrow deposits or
Escrow Payments or other charges or payments due the Seller have been
capitalized under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note. With respect to the
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loans, all Mortgage Rate adjustments have been made in
strict compliance with state and federal law and the terms of the related
Mortgage and Mortgage Note on the related Adjustment Date. If, pursuant to the
terms of the Mortgage Note for any Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, an index other
than the Index was selected for determining the Mortgage Rate, the same index
was used with respect to each Mortgage Note which required a new index to be
selected, and such selection did not conflict with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note. With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, NC Capital or
the Originator executed and delivered any and all notices required under
applicable law
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and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage
Rate and the Monthly Payment adjustments. Any interest required to be paid
pursuant to state, federal and local law has been properly paid and credited;
(xxxiii) No action, inaction or event has occurred and no
state of facts exists or has existed that has resulted or will result in the
exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage under any applicable, special
hazard insurance policy, or bankruptcy bond, irrespective of the cause of such
failure of coverage. In connection with the placement of any such insurance, no
commission, fee, or other compensation has been or will be received by NC
Capital or the Originator or by any officer, director, or employee of NC Capital
or the Originator or any designee of NC Capital or the Originator or any
corporation in which NC Capital or the Originator or any officer, director, or
employee had a financial interest at the time of placement of such insurance;
(xxxiv) The Mortgaged Property is free from any and all toxic
or hazardous substances and there exists no violation of any local, state or
federal environmental law, rule or regulation. There is no pending action or
proceeding directly involving the Mortgaged Property in which compliance with
any environmental law, rule or regulation is an issue; there is no violation of
any environmental law, rule or regulation with respect to the Mortgage Property;
and nothing further remains to be done to satisfy in full all requirements of
each such law, rule or regulation constituting a prerequisite to use and
enjoyment of said property;
(xxxv) The Mortgagor has not notified NC Capital or the
Originator, and neither NC Capital or the Originator has any knowledge of any
relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Soldiers' and Sailors'
Civil Relief Act of 1940;
(xxxvi) The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the related
Mortgaged Property signed prior to the approval of the Mortgage Loan application
by a qualified appraiser, duly appointed by NC Capital or the Originator, who
had no interest, direct or indirect in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan
made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the
approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan, and the appraisal and appraiser
both satisfy the requirements of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac and Title XI of the
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage
Loan was originated;
(xxxvii) The Mortgagor has executed a statement to the effect
that the Mortgagor has received all disclosure materials required by, and the
Originator has complied with, all applicable law with respect to the making of
the Mortgage Loans. NC Capital shall cause the Originator to maintain such
statement in the Mortgage File;
(xxxviii) No Mortgage Loan was made in connection with the
construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or facilitating the
trade- in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property;
(xxxix) NC Capital has no knowledge of any circumstances
existing that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the value or the
marketability of any Mortgaged Property or Mortgage Loan or to cause the
Mortgage Loans to prepay during any period materially faster or
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slower than similar mortgage loans held by NC Capital generally secured by
properties in the same geographic area as the related Mortgaged Property;
(xl) NC Capital has caused or will cause to be performed any
and all acts required to preserve the rights and remedies of the Purchaser in
any insurance policies applicable to the Mortgage Loans including, without
limitation, any necessary notifications of insurers, assignments of policies or
interests therein, and establishments of coinsured, joint loss payee and
mortgagee rights in favor of the Purchaser. No action has been taken or failed
to be taken, no event has occurred and no state of facts exists or has existed
on or prior to the Closing Date (whether or not known to NC Capital on or prior
to such date) which has resulted or will result in an exclusion from, denial of,
or defense to coverage under any primary mortgage insurance (including, without
limitation, any exclusions, denials or defenses which would limit or reduce the
availability of the timely payment of the full amount of the loss otherwise due
thereunder to the insured) whether arising out of actions, representations,
errors, omissions, negligence, or fraud of NC Capital, the Originator, the
related Mortgagor or any party involved in the application for such coverage,
including the appraisal, plans and specifications and other exhibits or
documents submitted therewith to the insurer under such insurance policy, or for
any other reason under such coverage, but not including the failure of such
insurer to pay by reason of such insurer's breach of such insurance policy or
such insurer's financial inability to pay;
(xli) With respect to each Mortgage, NC Capital or the
Originator has within the last twelve months (unless such Mortgage was
originated within such twelve month period) analyzed the required Escrow
Payments for each Mortgage and adjusted the amount of such payments so that,
assuming all required payments are timely made, any deficiency will be
eliminated on or before the first anniversary of such analysis, or any overage
will be refunded to the Mortgagor, in accordance with the Real Estate Settlement
Procedures Act and any other applicable law;
(xlii) Each Mortgage Loan has been serviced in all material
respects in strict compliance with Accepted Servicing Practices and the Master
Servicer has reported the Mortgagor credit files to each of the three credit
repositories in a timely manner;
(xliii) As to each consumer report (as defined in the Fair
Credit Reporting Act, Public Law 91-508) or other credit information furnished
by NC Capital to the Purchaser or the Purchaser's designee, that NC Capital has
full right and authority and is not precluded by law or contract from furnishing
such information to the Purchaser and the Purchaser is not precluded from
furnishing the same to any subsequent or prospective purchaser of such Mortgage.
NC Capital shall hold the Purchaser harmless from any and all damages, losses,
costs and expenses (including attorney's fees) arising from disclosure of credit
information in connection with the Purchaser's secondary marketing operations
and the purchase and sale of mortgages or servicing rights thereto;
(xliv) If the Mortgage Loan is secured by a long-term
residential lease, (1) the lessor under the lease holds a fee simple interest in
the land; (2) the terms of such lease expressly permit the mortgaging of the
leasehold estate, the assignment of the lease without the lessor's consent 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 protections; (3) the terms of such lease do
not (a) allow the termination thereof upon the lessee's
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default without the holder of the Mortgage being entitled to receive written
notice of, and opportunity to cure, such default, (b) allow the termination of
the lease in the event of damage or destruction as long as the Mortgage is in
existence, (c) prohibit the holder of the Mortgage from being insured (or
receiving proceeds of insurance) under the hazard insurance policy or policies
relating to the Mortgaged Property or (d) permit any increase in rent other than
pre-established increases set forth in the lease; (4) the original term of such
lease is not less than 15 years; (5) the term of such lease does not terminate
earlier than five years after the maturity date of the Mortgage Note; and (6)
the Mortgaged Property is located in a jurisdiction in which the use of
leasehold estates in transferring ownership in residential properties is a
widely accepted practice;
(xlv) Each Mortgage Loan is subject to a Prepayment Charge as
provided in the related Mortgage Note unless otherwise indicated on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule hereof, and no Mortgage Loan has a Prepayment Charge period in
excess of five years;
(xlvi) None of the Mortgage Loans are (i) covered by the Home
Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 or (ii) in violation of, or
classified as "high cost", "threshold," or "predatory" loans under, any other
applicable state, federal or local law;
(xlvii) In connection with the origination of any Mortgage
Loan, no proceeds from any Mortgage Loan were used to finance a single-premium
credit life insurance policy;
(xlviii) Each Mortgage Loan is covered by a paid in full, life
of loan, tax service contract and a paid in full, life of loan, flood
certification contract and each of these contracts is assignable to the
Purchaser;
(xlix) The Mortgage Loan is a "qualified mortgage" within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code;
(l) The Mortgagor is one or more natural persons and/or
trustees for an Illinois land trust or a trustee under a "living trust" and such
"living trust" is in compliance with Xxxxxx Mae guidelines for such trusts;
(li) Each original Mortgage was recorded and all subsequent
assignments of the original Mortgage (other than the assignment to the
Purchaser) have been recorded in the appropriate jurisdictions wherein such
recordation is necessary to perfect the lien thereof as against creditors of the
Originator, the Seller and NC Capital, or is in the process of being recorded.
The Assignment is in recordable form and is acceptable for recording in the
jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located;
(lii) Each Mortgagor has a non-zero FICO score;
(liii) NC Capital has complied with all applicable anti- money
laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot
Act of 2001 (collectively, the "Anti-Money Laundering Laws"); NC Capital has
established an anti-money laundering compliance program as required by the
Anti-Money Laundering Laws, has conducted the requisite due diligence in
connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan for purposes of the
Anti-Money Laundering
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Laws, including with respect to the legitimacy of the applicable Mortgagor and
the origin of the assets used by the said Mortgagor to purchase the property in
question, and maintains, and will maintain, sufficient information to identify
the applicable Mortgagor for purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws;
(liv) Interest on each Mortgage Loan is calculated on the
basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months;
(lv) No Mortgage Loan is a balloon loan; and
(lvi) The information set forth in the Prepayment Charge
Schedule (including the prepayment charge summary attached thereto) is complete,
true and correct in all material respects on the date or dates when such
information is furnished and each Prepayment Charge is permissible and
enforceable in accordance with its terms (except to the extent that the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally or
the collectability thereof may be limited due to acceleration in connection with
a foreclosure) under applicable state or federal law.
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
NC Capital 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 NC Capital with respect to the
substance of such representation and warranty being inaccurate at the time the
representation and warranty was made, NC Capital 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 Initial Certification) 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 NC
Capital. 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, NC Capital promptly shall deliver such missing
document or cure such defect or breach in all material respects or, in the event
NC Capital cannot deliver such missing document or cannot cure such defect
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or breach, NC Capital shall, within ninety (90) days of its discovery or receipt
of notice, either (i) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan at the Purchase
Price or (ii) pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
cause the removal of such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund and substitute one
or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans. NC Capital 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. NC Capital shall deliver to
the Purchaser such amended Closing Schedule and shall deliver such other
documents as are required by this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement within five (5) days of any such amendment. Any repurchase pursuant to
this Section 7(a) shall be accomplished by transfer to an account designated by
the Purchaser of the amount of the Purchase Price in accordance with Section
2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any repurchase required by this
Section shall be made in a manner consistent with Section 2.03 of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, within 90 days of the earlier
of discovery by NC Capital or receipt of notice by NC Capital of the breach of
the representation or covenant of NC Capital set forth in Section 6(lvi) above
which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Holders of the Class
P Certificates in any Prepayment Charge, NC Capital shall remedy such breach as
follows: NC Capital must pay the amount of the scheduled Prepayment Charge, for
the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by remitting such amount
to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, net of any
amount previously collected by the Master Servicer or paid by the Master
Servicer, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, in respect
of such Prepayment Charge.
(b) It is understood and agreed that the obligations of NC
Capital set forth in this Section 7 to cure or repurchase a defective Mortgage
Loan constitute the sole remedies of the Purchaser against NC Capital 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) All of the representations and warranties of NC Capital
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;
(c) 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
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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;
(d) The Seller shall have delivered or caused to be delivered
and released to the Purchaser or to its designee, all documents
(including without limitation, the Mortgage Loans) required to be so
delivered by the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement; and
(e) All other terms and conditions of this Agreement and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall have been complied with.
Subject to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Seller on the Closing Date, against
delivery and release by the Seller to the Trustee of all documents required
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Price for the
Mortgage Loans as specified in Section 3 of this Agreement.
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) A Secretary's Certificate of the Seller, dated the Closing
Date, in form satisfactory to and upon which NC Capital, the Purchaser
and UBS Warburg (the "Underwriter") may rely, and attached thereto
copies of the certificate of incorporation, by- laws and certificate of
good standing of the Seller under the laws of Delaware;
(b) An Opinion of Counsel of the Seller, dated the Closing
Date, in form satisfactory to and addressed to the Underwriter;
(c) An Officer's Certificate of NC Capital, dated the Closing
Date, in form satisfactory to and upon which the Seller, the Purchaser
and the Underwriter may rely, and attached thereto copies of the
certificate of incorporation, by- laws and certificate of good standing
of NC Capital under the laws of its state of incorporation;
(d) An opinion of Counsel of NC Capital, dated the Closing
Date, in form satisfactory to and addressed to the Underwriter;
(e) 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;
(f) A letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP, certified public
accountants, to the effect that they have performed certain specified
procedures as a result of which they determined that certain
information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth
in the Prospectus Supplement contained under the captions
"Summary--Mortgage Loans," "Risk Factors," (to the extent of
information concerning the Mortgage Loans contained therein) and
"Description of the Mortgage Loans" agrees with the records of NC
Capital;
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(g) 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) the fees and expenses of the Seller's accountants and
attorneys and the costs and expenses incurred in connection with obtaining the
documents referred to in Sections 9(a), 9(b), 9(e) and 9(f), the costs and
expenses of printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering this Agreement,
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificates, the prospectus and
Prospectus Supplement, and any private placement memorandum relating to the
Certificates and other related documents, the initial fees, costs and expenses
of the Trustee, the fees and expenses of the Purchaser's counsel in connection
with the preparation of all documents relating to the securitization of the
Mortgage Loans, the filing fee charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission
for registration of the Certificates and the fees charged by any rating agency
to rate the Certificates. All other costs and expenses in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder shall be borne by the party incurring such
expense.
SECTION 11. [RESERVED].
SECTION 12. INDEMNIFICATION. NC Capital 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 or any private placement memorandum relating to the
offering by the Purchaser or an affiliate thereof, of the Class CE Certificates
or the Class P Certificates, 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 NC Capital or any of its affiliates
specifically for use therein, which shall include, with respect to the
Prospectus Supplement, the information set forth under the captions
"Summary--Mortgage Loans," "Risk Factors," (to the extent of information
concerning the Mortgage Loans contained therein), "Description of the Mortgage
Loans" and "Underwriting Standards of New Century Mortgage Corporation" 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 NC Capital or any
of its affiliates (as such transmitted information may have been amended in
writing by NC Capital or any of its affiliates with the written consent of the
Purchaser subsequent to such transmission), (b) any representation, warranty or
covenant made by NC Capital or any affiliate of NC Capital herein or in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, on which the Purchaser has relied, being, or
alleged to be, untrue or incorrect or (c) any updated collateral information
provided by the Underwriter to a purchaser of the Certificates derived from the
data contained in clause (ii) and any current collateral tape obtained from NC
Capital or an affiliate of
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NC Capital, including the current loan balances of the Mortgage Loans; 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 NC Capital described in clause (a), (b) or (c) above and (2) any
other factual basis, NC Capital 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 NC Capital 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 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, facsimile number (000) 000-0000, Attention: ___________, or such
other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Seller and NC Capital in
writing by the Purchaser; if to the Seller, addressed to the Seller at 0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, facsimile number (212)
713-7999, Attention: ___________, or to such other address as the Seller may
designate in writing to the Purchaser and NC Capital; and if to NC Capital,
addressed to NC Capital Corporation at 00000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, fax (949) 000- 0000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx, or such other
address as may hereafter be furnished to the Seller and the Purchaser in writing
by NC Capital.
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. NC Capital, 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. (b) NC Capital 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 Seller and
the Purchaser notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by
the Seller or the Purchaser or on the behalf of either of them, and that the
representations, warranties and agreements made by NC Capital herein or in any
such certificate shall continue in full force and effect, 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 (OTHER THAN THE CHOICE OF LAW
PROVISIONS THEREIN) 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
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supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject
matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or
termination is sought. The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser as provided in
Section 4 hereof be, and be construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by the
Seller to the Purchaser and not as a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller
to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation of the Seller. However, in
the event that, notwithstanding the aforementioned intent of the parties, the
Mortgage Loans are held to be property of the Seller, then (a) it is the express
intent of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Mortgage
Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation of the
Seller and (b) (1) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security
agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York Uniform
Commercial Code; (2) the conveyance provided for in Section 4 hereof shall be
deemed to be a grant by the Seller to the Purchaser of a security interest in
all of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and
all amounts payable to the holders of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
terms thereof and all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of
the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other property, including
without limitation all amounts, other than investment earnings, from time to
time held or invested in the Collection Account whether in the form of cash,
instruments, securities or other property; (3) the possession by the Purchaser
or its agent of Mortgage Notes, the related Mortgages and such other items of
property that constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel
paper shall be deemed to be "possession" by the secured party for purposes of
perfecting the security interest pursuant to the New York Uniform Commercial
Code; and (4) notifications to persons holding such property and
acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property
shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations
from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the
Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable
law. Any assignment of the interest of the Purchaser pursuant to Section 4(d)
hereof shall also be deemed to be an assignment of any security interest created
hereby. The Seller and the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this
Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this
Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such
security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first
priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term
of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The NIMS Insurer, if any, shall be a third party beneficiary
hereof and may enforce the terms hereof as if a party hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, NC Capital, 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.
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION
TRANSACTIONS, INC.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
UBS WARBURG REAL ESTATE SECURITIES INC.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
NC CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT E
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See Exhibit 3 to the Custodial Agreement
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EXHIBIT F-1
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FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER
[Date]
U.S. Bank National Association
000 Xxxx 0xx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: MASTR Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2002-NC1,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Class ___,
representing a ___% Class ___ Percentage Interest
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the transfer by ________________ (the
"Transferor") to ________________ (the "Transferee") of the captioned mortgage
pass-through certificates (the "Certificates"), the Transferor hereby certifies
as follows:
Neither the Transferor nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a)
offered, pledged, sold, disposed of or otherwise transferred any Certificate,
any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to any person in
any manner, (b) has solicited any offer to buy or to accept a pledge,
disposition or other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c) has
otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to any Certificate, any interest
in any Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner,
(d) has made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any
other manner, (e) has taken any other action, that (in the case of each of
subclauses (a) through (e) above) would constitute a distribution of the
Certificates under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), or
would render the disposition of any Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the
1933 Act or any state securities law or would require registration or
qualification pursuant thereto. The Transferor will not act, nor has it
authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in any manner set forth in
the foregoing sentence with respect to any Certificate. The Transferor will not
sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates, except in compliance with
the provisions of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
October 1, 2002, among Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc. as
Depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as Master Servicer and U.S. Bank National
Association as Trustee (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), pursuant to
which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Certificates were issued.
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Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Very truly yours,
[Transferor]
By:___________________________
Name:
Title:
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FORM OF TRANSFEREE REPRESENTATION LETTER
[Date]
U.S. Bank National Association
000 Xxxx 0xx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: MASTR Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2002-NC1,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Class ___,
representing a ___% Class ___ Percentage Interest
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the purchase from ______________________
(the "Transferor") on the date hereof of the captioned trust certificates (the
"Certificates"), _______________ (the "Transferee") hereby certifies as follows:
1. The Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that
term is defined in Rule 144A ("Rule 144A") under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"1933 Act") and has completed either of the forms of certification to that
effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. The Transferee is aware that the
sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. The Transferee is acquiring
the Certificates for its own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer, and understands that such Certificate may be resold,
pledged or transferred only (i) to a person reasonably believed to be a
qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for the
account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the
resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii)
pursuant to another exemption from registration under the 1933 Act.
2. The Transferee has been furnished with all information
regarding (a) the Certificates and distributions thereon, (b) the nature,
performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans, (c) the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement referred to below, and (d) any credit enhancement mechanism associated
with the Certificates, that it has requested.
All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2002, among Mortgage Asset Securitization
Transactions, Inc. as Depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as Master Servicer and
U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee, pursuant to which the Certificates
were issued.
[TRANSFEREE]
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
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ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT F-1
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QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
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[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows to [name of
Transferor] (the "Transferor") and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee,
with respect to the mortgage pass-through certificates (the "Certificates")
described in the Transferee Certificate to which this certification relates and
to which this certification is an Annex:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
entity purchasing the Certificates (the "Transferee").
2. In connection with purchases by the Transferee, the
Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule
144A under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Transferee
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis $______________________1 in
securities (except for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end
of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii) the Transferee satisfies the criteria in the
category marked below.
___ CORPORATION, ETC. The Transferee is a corporation (other than a
bank, savings and loan association or similar institution), Massachusetts or
similar business trust, partnership, or any organization described in Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
___ BANK. The Transferee (a) is a national bank or banking institution
organized under the laws of any State, territory or the District of Columbia,
the business of which is substantially confined to banking and is supervised by
the State or territorial banking commission or similar official or is a foreign
bank or equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited net worth of at least
$25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements, a copy of
which is attached hereto.
___ SAVINGS AND LOAN. The Transferee (a) is a savings and loan
association, building and loan association, cooperative bank, homestead
association or similar institution, which is supervised and examined by a State
or Federal authority having supervision over any such institutions or is a
foreign savings and loan association or equivalent institution and (b) has an
audited net worth of at least
___ BROKER-DEALER. The Transferee is a dealer registered pursuant to
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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1 Transferee must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
$100,000,000 in securities unless Transferee is a dealer, and, in that
case, Transferee must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at
least $10,000,000 in securities. $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its
latest annual financial statements, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO.
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___ INSURANCE COMPANY. The Transferee is an insurance company whose
primary and predominant business activity is the writing of insurance or the
reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance companies and which is subject to
supervision by the insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency of a
State, territory or the District of Columbia.
___ STATE OR LOCAL PLAN. The Transferee is a plan established and
maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any agency or
instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of
its employees.
___ ERISA PLAN. The Transferee is an employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
___ INVESTMENT ADVISOR. The Transferee is an investment advisor
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
3. The term "SECURITIES" as used herein DOES NOT INCLUDE (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Transferee, (ii) securities
that are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Transferee, if
the Transferee is a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or
any instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of
deposit, (v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities
owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate
and commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of
securities owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Transferee, the
Transferee used the cost of such securities to the Transferee and did not
include any of the securities referred to in the preceding paragraph. Further,
in determining such aggregate amount, the Transferee may have included
securities owned by subsidiaries of the Transferee, but only if such
subsidiaries are consolidated with the Transferee in its financial statements
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and if the
investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the Transferee's direction.
However, such securities were not included if the Transferee is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Transferee
is not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
5. The Transferee acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule
144A and understands that the Transferor and other parties related to the
Certificates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein
because one or more sales to the Transferee may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
___ ___ Will the Transferee be purchasing the Certificates
Yes No only for the Transferee's own account?
6. If the answer to the foregoing question is "no", the
Transferee agrees that, in connection with any purchase of securities sold to
the Transferee for the account of a third party (including any separate account)
in reliance on Rule 144A, the Transferee will only purchase for the account of a
third party that at the time is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the
meaning of Rule 144A. In addition, the Transferee agrees that the Transferee
will not purchase securities for a third
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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:
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ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT F-1
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QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
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[For Transferees That Are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows to [name of
Transferor] (the "Transferor") and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee,
with respect to the mortgage pass- through certificates (the "Certificates")
described in the Transferee Certificate to which this certification relates and
to which this certification is an Annex:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the entity purchasing the
Certificates (the "Transferee") or, if the Transferee is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because the Transferee is part of a Family of
Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the investment
adviser (the "Adviser").
2. In connection with purchases by the Transferee, the
Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A because
(i) the Transferee is an investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, and (ii) as marked below, the Transferee alone, or the
Transferee's Family of Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in
securities (other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end
of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the
amount of securities owned by the Transferee or the Transferee's Family of
Investment Companies, the cost of such securities was used.
____ The Transferee owned $___________________ in securities
(other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of
the end of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year (such
amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
____ The Transferee is part of a Family of Investment Companies
which owned in the aggregate $______________ in securities
(other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of
the end of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year (such
amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "FAMILY OF INVESTMENT COMPANIES" as used herein
means two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have
the same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by
virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one
investment adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "SECURITIES" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Transferee or are part of the
Transferee's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes
and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase
agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and
(vii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
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5. The Transferee is familiar with Rule 144A and understands
that the parties to which this certification is being made are relying and will
continue to rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales to the
Transferee will be in reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the Transferee will
only purchase for the Transferee's own account.
6. The undersigned will notify the parties to which this
certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions herein.
Until such notice, the Transferee's purchase of the Certificates will constitute
a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the date of such
purchase.
Dated:
___________________________________
Print Name of Transferee or Advisor
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
___________________________________
Print Name of Transferee
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FORM OF TRANSFEREE REPRESENTATION LETTER
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The undersigned hereby certifies on behalf of the purchaser
named below (the "Purchaser") as follows:
1. I am an executive officer of the Purchaser.
2. The Purchaser is a "qualified institutional buyer", as
defined in Rule 144A, ("Rule 144A") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
3. As of the date specified below (which is not earlier than
the last day of the Purchaser's most recent fiscal year), the amount of
"securities", computed for purposes of Rule 144A, owned and invested on a
discretionary basis by the Purchaser was in excess of $100,000,000.
Name of Purchaser
__________________________
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
Date of this certificate:
Date of information provided in paragraph 3
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EXHIBIT F-2
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FORM OF TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT AND AGREEMENT
STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
__________________________, being duly sworn, deposes,
represents and warrants as follows:
1. I am a ______________________ of __________________________
(the "Owner") a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
______________, the record owner of MASTR Asset Securitization Trust, Series
2002-NC1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Class R Certificates, (the "Class
R Certificates"), on behalf of whom I make this affidavit and agreement.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings
assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to which the
Class R Certificates were issued.
2. The Owner (i) is and will be a "Permitted Transferee" as of
____________, 20__ and (ii) is acquiring the Class R Certificates for its own
account or for the account of another Owner from which it has received an
affidavit in substantially the same form as this affidavit. A "Permitted
Transferee" is any person other than a "disqualified organization" or a
possession of the United States. For this purpose, a "disqualified organization"
means the United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any agency
or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality all of
the activities of which are subject to tax and, except for the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a majority of whose board of directors is not selected by
any such governmental entity) or any foreign government, international
organization or any agency or instrumentality of such foreign government or
organization, any rural electric or telephone cooperative, or any organization
(other than certain farmers' cooperatives) that is generally exempt from federal
income tax unless such organization is subject to the tax on unrelated business
taxable income.
3. The Owner is aware (i) of the tax that would be imposed on
transfers of the Class R Certificates to disqualified organizations under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that applies to all transfers of the Class R
Certificates after March 31, 1988; (ii) that such tax would be on the transferor
or, if such transfer is through an agent (which person includes a broker,
nominee or middleman) for a non-Permitted Transferee, on the agent; (iii) that
the person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability for the
tax if the transferee furnishes to such person an affidavit that the transferee
is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of transfer, such person does not
have actual knowledge that the affidavit is false; and (iv) that each of the
Class R Certificates may be a "noneconomic residual interest" within the meaning
of proposed Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code and that the
transferor of a "noneconomic residual interest" will remain liable for any taxes
due with respect to the income on such residual interest, unless no significant
purpose of the transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
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4. The Owner is aware of the tax imposed on a "pass-through
entity" holding the Class R Certificates if, at any time during the taxable year
of the pass-through entity, a non-Permitted Transferee is the record holder of
an interest in such entity. (For this purpose, a "pass-through entity" includes
a regulated investment company, a real estate investment trust or common trust
fund, a partnership, trust or estate, and certain cooperatives.)
5. The Owner is aware that the Trustee will not register the
transfer of any Class R Certificate unless the transferee, or the transferee's
agent, delivers to the Trustee, among other things, an affidavit in
substantially the same form as this affidavit. The Owner expressly agrees that
it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any of the
representations contained in such affidavit and agreement are false.
6. The Owner consents to any additional restrictions or
arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute
a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Class R Certificates will only be
owned, directly or indirectly, by an Owner that is a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Owner's taxpayer identification number is
_________________.
8. The Owner has reviewed the restrictions set forth on the
face of the Class R Certificates and the provisions of Section 5.02(d) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement under which the Class R Certificates were issued
(in particular, clauses (iii)(A) and (iii)(B) of Section 5.02(d) which authorize
the Trustee to deliver payments to a person other than the Owner and negotiate a
mandatory sale by the Trustee in the event that the Owner holds such Certificate
in violation of Section 5.02(d)); and that the Owner expressly agrees to be
bound by and to comply with such restrictions and provisions.
9. The Owner is not acquiring and will not transfer the Class
R Certificates in order to impede the assessment or collection of any tax.
10. The Owner anticipates that it will, so long as it holds
the Class R Certificates, have sufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by the
holder of such Class R Certificates, and hereby represents to and for the
benefit of the person from whom it acquired the Class R Certificates that the
Owner intends to pay taxes associated with holding such Class R Certificates as
they become due, fully understanding that it may incur tax liabilities in excess
of any cash flows generated by the Class R Certificates.
11. The Owner has no present knowledge that it may become
insolvent or subject to a bankruptcy proceeding for so long as it holds the
Class R Certificates.
12. The Owner has no present knowledge or expectation that it
will be unable to pay any United States taxes owed by it so long as any of the
Certificates remain outstanding.
13. The Owner is not acquiring the Class R Certificates with
the intent to transfer the Class R Certificates to any person or entity that
will not have sufficient assets to pay any taxes
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owed by the holder of such Class R Certificates, or that may become insolvent or
subject to a bankruptcy proceeding, for so long as the Class R Certificates
remain outstanding.
14. The Owner will, in connection with any transfer that it
makes of the Class R Certificates, obtain from its transferee the
representations required by Section 5.02(d) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement under which the Class R Certificate were issued and will not
consummate any such transfer if it knows, or knows facts that should lead it to
believe, that any such representations are false.
15. The Owner will, in connection with any transfer that it
makes of the Class R Certificates, deliver to the Trustee an affidavit, which
represents and warrants that it is not transferring the Class R Certificates to
impede the assessment or collection of any tax and that it has no actual
knowledge that the proposed transferee: (i) has insufficient assets to pay any
taxes owed by such transferee as holder of the Class R Certificates; (ii) may
become insolvent or subject to a bankruptcy proceeding for so long as the Class
R Certificates remains outstanding; and (iii) is not a "Permitted Transferee".
16. The Owner is a citizen or resident of the United States, a
corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or under the
laws of, the United States or any political subdivision thereof, or an estate or
trust whose income from sources without the United States may be included in
gross income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its
connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States.
17. The Owner of the Class R Certificate, hereby agrees that
in the event that the Trust Fund created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01 thereof, the undersigned shall assign and
transfer to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates (with respect to a
termination of REMIC I) any amounts in excess of par received in connection with
such termination. Accordingly, in the event of such termination, the Trustee is
hereby authorized to withhold any such amounts in excess of par and to pay such
amounts directly to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates. This agreement
shall bind and be enforceable against any successor, transferee or assigned of
the undersigned in the Class R Certificate. In connection with any transfer of
the Class R Certificate, the Owner shall obtain an agreement substantially
similar to this clause from any subsequent owner.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to the authority of its Board of Directors, by
its [Vice] President, attested by its [Assistant] Secretary, this ____ day of
__________, 20__.
[OWNER]
By:__________________________
Name:
Title: [Vice] President
ATTEST:
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title: [Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named , known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to
be a [Vice] President of the Owner, and acknowledged to me that [he/she]
executed the same as [his/her] free act and deed and the free act and deed of
the Owner.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of __________,
20___.
____________________________
Notary Public
County of __________________
State of ___________________
My Commission expires:
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FORM OF TRANSFEROR AFFIDAVIT
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
__________________________, being duly sworn, deposes,
represents and warrants as follows:
1. I am a ____________________ of ____________________________
(the "Owner"), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
______________, on behalf of whom I make this affidavit.
2. The Owner is not transferring the Class R Certificates (the
"Residual Certificates") to impede the assessment or collection of any tax.
3. The Owner has no actual knowledge that the Person that is
the proposed transferee (the "Purchaser") of the Residual Certificates: (i) has
insufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by such proposed transferee as holder
of the Residual Certificates; (ii) may become insolvent or subject to a
bankruptcy proceeding for so long as the Residual Certificates remain
outstanding and (iii) is not a Permitted Transferee.
4. The Owner understands that the Purchaser has delivered to
the Trustee a transfer affidavit and agreement in the form attached to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit F-2. The Owner does not know or
believe that any representation contained therein is false.
5. At the time of transfer, the Owner has conducted a
reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the Purchaser as
contemplated by Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i) and, as a result
of that investigation, the Owner has determined that the Purchaser has
historically paid its debts as they became due and has found no significant
evidence to indicate that the Purchaser will not continue to pay its debts as
they become due in the future. The Owner understands that the transfer of a
Residual Certificate may not be respected for United States income tax purposes
(and the Owner may continue to be liable for United States income taxes
associated therewith) unless the Owner has conducted such an investigation.
6. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to the authority of its Board of Directors, by
its [Vice] President, attested by its [Assistant] Secretary, this ____ day of
___________, 20__.
[OWNER]
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title: [Vice] President
ATTEST:
By:______________________________
Name:
Title: [Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named , known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to
be a [Vice] President of the Owner, and acknowledged to me that [he/she]
executed the same as [his/her] free act and deed and the free act and deed of
the Owner.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of __________,
20___.
____________________________
Notary Public
County of __________________
State of ___________________
My Commission expires:
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EXHIBIT G
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FORM OF CERTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO ERISA AND THE CODE
_____________, 20__
Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
[__]
[__]
U.S. Bank National Association
000 Xxxx 0xx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: MASTR Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2002-NC1,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Class ___
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Dear Sirs:
_______________________ (the "Transferee") intends to acquire
from _____________________ (the "Transferor") $____________ Initial Certificate
Principal Balance of MASTR Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2002-NC1, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Class [CE] [P] [R](the "Certificates"), issued
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement") dated as of October 1, 2002, among Mortgage Asset Securitization
Transactions, Inc. as depositor (the "Depositor"), Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as
master servicer (the "Master Servicer") and U.S. Bank 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 Certificates (i) are not being acquired by, and will not be
transferred to, any employee benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(3) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or
other retirement arrangement, including individual retirement accounts and
annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance
company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or
arrangements are invested, that is subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") (any of the foregoing, a
"Plan"), (ii) are not being acquired with "plan assets" of a Plan within the
meaning of the Department of Labor ("DOL") regulation, 29 C.F.R.ss.2510.3-101,
and (iii) will not be transferred to any entity that is deemed to be investing
in plan assets within the meaning of the DOL regulation at 29 X.X.X.xx.
2510.3-101.
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Very truly yours,
_______________________________
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
G-2
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.06
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
Annual Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Fee Required)
For fiscal year ended ________________
Commission file number: 333-_______
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.
(as depositor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of October 1, 2002, providing for the issuance of
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2002-NC1)
Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware [__]
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) Identification Number)
1285 Avenue of the Americas
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 10019
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: [___]
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H-1
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Indicate whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed
by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days.
X YES ___No
Item 1. Business:
Not applicable
Item 2. Properties:
Not applicable
Item 3. Legal Proceedings:
None
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security-Holders
None
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
To the best knowledge of the registrant there is no established public trading
market for the certificates.
There are approximately _____ holders of record as of the end of the reporting
year.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
Not applicable.
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
Not applicable
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure
None
Item 10.
Not applicable
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Not applicable
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
Not applicable
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
Not applicable
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K
a) The company filed on Form 8-K, separately for each
distribution date, the distribution of funds related to the
trust for each of the following distribution dates:
Distribution Date Form 8-K Filing Date
_________________ ________________
_________________ ________________
_________________ ________________
b) 99.1 Annual Report of Independent Public Accountants' as
to master servicing activities or servicing
activities, as applicable
(a) Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, as Master Servicer
99.2 Annual Statement of Compliance with obligations under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or servicing
agreement, as applicable, of:
(a) Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, as Master Servicer
H-3
Such document (i) is not filed herewith since such document was not received by
the Reporting Person at least three business days prior to the due date of this
report; and (ii) will be included in an amendment to this report on Form 10-K/A
to be filed within 30 days of the Reporting Person's receipt of such document.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: ___________
Mortgage Asset Securitization
Transactions, Inc., by U.S.
Bank National Association, as
Trustee for MASTR Asset
Securitization Trust, Series
2002-NC1, Mortgage Pass-
Through Certificates.
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
Company:
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EXHIBIT I
FORM OF LOST NOTE AFFIDAVIT
Loan #: ____________
Borrower: _____________
LOST NOTE AFFIDAVIT
I, as ____________________ of ______________________, a
_______________ corporation am authorized to make this Affidavit on behalf of
_____________________ (the "Seller"). In connection with the administration of
the Mortgage Loans held by ____________________, a _________________ corporation
as Seller on behalf of Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc. (the
"Purchaser"), _____________________ (the "Deponent"), being duly sworn, deposes
and says that:
1. The Seller's address is: _____________________
_____________________
_____________________
2. The Seller previously delivered to the Purchaser a signed
Initial Certification with respect to such Mortgage and/or
Assignment of Mortgage;
3. Such Mortgage Note and/or Assignment of Mortgage was assigned
or sold to the Purchaser by ________________________, a
____________ corporation pursuant to the terms and provisions
of a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated as of __________
__, _____;
4. Such Mortgage Note and/or Assignment of Mortgage is not
outstanding pursuant to a request for release of Documents;
5. Aforesaid Mortgage Note and/or Assignment of Mortgage (the
"Original") has been lost;
6. Deponent has made or caused to be made a diligent search for
the Original and has been unable to find or recover same;
7. The Seller was the Seller of the Original at the time of the
loss; and
8. Deponent agrees that, if said Original should ever come into
Seller's possession, custody or power, Seller will immediately
and without consideration surrender the Original to the
Purchaser.
9. Attached hereto is a true and correct copy of (i) the Note,
endorsed in blank by the Mortgagee and (ii) the Mortgage or
Deed of Trust (strike one) which
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secures the Note, which Mortgage or Deed of Trust is recorded
in the county where the property is located.
10. Deponent hereby agrees that the Seller (a) shall indemnify and
hold harmless the Purchaser, its successors and assigns,
against any loss, liability or damage, including reasonable
attorney's fees, resulting from the unavailability of any
Notes, including but not limited to any loss, liability or
damage arising from (i) any false statement contained in this
Affidavit, (ii) any claim of any party that has already
purchased a mortgage loan evidenced by the Lost Note or any
interest in such mortgage loan, (iii) any claim of any
borrower with respect to the existence of terms of a mortgage
loan evidenced by the Lost Note on the related property to the
fact that the mortgage loan is not evidenced by an original
note and (iv) the issuance of a new instrument in lieu thereof
(items (i) through (iv) above hereinafter referred to as the
"Losses") and (b) if required by any Rating Agency in
connection with placing such Lost Note into a Pass-Through
Transfer, shall obtain a surety from an insurer acceptable to
the applicable Rating Agency to cover any Losses with respect
to such Lost Note.
11. This Affidavit is intended to be relied upon by the Purchaser,
its successors and assigns. _____________________, a
______________ corporation represents and warrants that is has
the authority to perform its obligations under this Affidavit
of Lost Note.
Executed this ____ day, of ___________ ______.
SELLER
By:______________________
Name:
Title:
On this _____ day of ________, _____, before me appeared
_________________ to me personally known, who being duly sworn did say that he
is the _____________________ of ____________________ a ______________
corporation and that said Affidavit of Lost Note was signed and sealed on behalf
of such corporation and said acknowledged this instrument to be the free act and
deed of said corporation.
Signature:
[Seal]
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EXHIBIT J-1
FORM CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED BY THE DEPOSITOR WITH FORM 10-K
Re: MASTR Asset Securitization Trust 2002-NC1
Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2002-NC1
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, and all
reports on Form 8-K containing distribution and servicing reports filed in
respect of periods included in the year covered by this annual report, of
Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc. (the "Registrant");
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in these reports,
taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of
the last day of the period covered by this annual report; and
3. Based on my knowledge, the distribution information and the
servicing information required to be provided to the Trustee by the Master
Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is included in these reports.
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION
TRANSACTIONS, INC.
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
J-1
EXHIBIT J-2
FORM CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED BY THE MASTER SERVICER WITH
FORM 10-K
Re: MASTR Asset Securitization Trust 2002-NC1
Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2002-NC1
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:
1. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by
the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon the
review required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and except as
disclosed in the report, the Master Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
2. I have disclosed to [the Registrant's certified public
accountants][the Master Servicer's certified public accountants] all significant
deficiencies relating to the Master Servicer's compliance with the minimum
servicing standards in accordance with a review conducted in compliance with the
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or similar standard as
set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated October
1, 2002 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Registrant as
Depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as master servicer and U.S. Bank National
Association as trustee.
OCWEN FEDERAL BANK, FSB
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
J-2
EXHIBIT J-3
FORM CERTIFICATION TO BE
PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR BY THE TRUSTEE
Re: MASTR Asset Securitization Trust 2002-NC1
Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2002-NC1
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify to Mortgage
Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc. (the "Depositor"), and its officers,
directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely
upon this certification, that:
1. I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year [___], and all reports on Form 8-K containing Monthly Statements
filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by that annual report,
of the Depositor relating to the above-referenced trust;
2. Subject to paragraph 4 hereof, based on my knowledge, the
Distribution Information in the Monthly Statements prepared by the Trustee,
taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of
the last day of the period covered by that annual report; and
3. Based on my knowledge, the Distribution Information
required to be provided by the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and the Servicing Information, to the extent received by the Trustee from the
Master Servicer, is included in these reports.
4. In compiling the Distribution Information and making the
foregoing certifications, the Trustee has relied upon information furnished to
it by the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee
shall have no responsibility or liability for any inaccuracy in such reports
resulting from information so provided to it by the Master Servicer.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated October
1, 2002 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Registrant as
Depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as master servicer and U.S. Bank National
Association as trustee.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:__________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
J-3
EXHIBIT K-1
FORM CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED BY THE DEPOSITOR WITH FORM 10-K
Re: MASTR Asset Securitization Trust 2002-NC1
Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2002-NC1
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, and all
reports on Form 8-K containing distribution and servicing reports filed in
respect of periods included in the year covered by this annual report, of
Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc. (the "Registrant");
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in these reports,
taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of
the last day of the period covered by this annual report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the distribution information and the
servicing information required to be provided to the Trustee by the Master
Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is included in these reports;
4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by
the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon the
review required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and except as
disclosed in the report, the Master Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
5. I have disclosed to [the Registrant's certified public
accountants][the Master Servicer's certified public accountants] all significant
deficiencies relating to the Master Servicer's compliance with the minimum
servicing standards in accordance with a review conducted in compliance with the
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or similar standard as
set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated October
1, 2002 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Registrant as
Depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as master servicer and U.S. Bank National
Association as trustee.
MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION
TRANSACTIONS, INC.
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
K-1
EXHIBIT K-2
FORM CERTIFICATION TO BE
PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR BY THE TRUSTEE
Re: MASTR Asset Securitization Trust 2002-NC1
Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2002-NC1
I, [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of U.S.
Bank National Association, as Trustee of the Trust Fund, hereby certify to
Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc. (the "Depositor"), and its
officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they
will rely upon this certification, that:
1. I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year [___], and all reports on Form 8-K containing Monthly Statements
filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by that annual report,
of the Depositor relating to the above-referenced trust;
2. Subject to paragraph 4 hereof, based on my knowledge, the
Distribution Information in the Monthly Statements prepared by the Trustee,
taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of
the last day of the period covered by that annual report; and
3. Based on my knowledge, the Distribution Information
required to be provided by the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and the Servicing Information, to the extent received by the Trustee from the
Master Servicer, is included in these reports.
4. In compiling the Distribution Information and making the
foregoing certifications, the Trustee has relied upon information furnished to
it by the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee
shall have no responsibility or liability for any inaccuracy in such reports
resulting from information so provided to it by the Master Servicer.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated October
1, 2002 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Registrant as
Depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as master servicer and U.S. Bank National
Association as trustee.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:__________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
K-2
EXHIBIT K-3
FORM CERTIFICATION TO BE
PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR BY THE MASTER SERVICER
Re: MASTR Asset Securitization Trust 2002-NC1
Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2002-NC1
I, [identify the certifying individual], certify to Mortgage
Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc. (the "Depositor"), and its officers,
directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely
upon this certification, that:
1. I have reviewed the information required to be delivered to
the Trustee by the Master Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (the "Servicer Provided Information");
2. Based on my knowledge, the Servicer Provided Information,
taken as a whole, does not contain erroneous or incomplete information required
to be provided to the Trustee by the Master Servicer under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement;
3. Based on my knowledge, the Servicer Provided Information
required to be provided to the Trustee by the Master Servicer under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement has been provided to the Trustee;
4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by
the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon the
review required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and except as
disclosed in the report, the Master Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
5. I have disclosed to [the Depositor's certified public
accountants][the Master Servicer's certified public accountants] all significant
deficiencies relating to the Master Servicer's compliance with the minimum
servicing standards in accordance with a review conducted in compliance with the
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or similar standard as
set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated October
1, 2002 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Registrant as
Depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB as master servicer and U.S. Bank National
Association as trustee.
OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
K-3
Date:
EXHIBIT L
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Form of Custodial Agreement
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee for the MASTR Asset Securitization Trust 2002-NC1,
Series 2002-NC1
and
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
as Custodian
__________________
CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
as of October 1, 2002
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1. Definitions............................................................................1
Section 2. Delivery of Custodial Files............................................................2
Section 3. Custodian as Bailee....................................................................5
Section 4. Trust Receipt and Initial Certification of the Custodian...............................6
Section 5. Obligations of the Custodian...........................................................6
Section 6. Final Certification....................................................................6
Section 7. Future Defects.........................................................................7
Section 8. Release for Servicing..................................................................7
Section 9. Limitation on Release..................................................................7
Section 10. Release for Payment....................................................................8
Section 11. Fees of Custodian......................................................................8
Section 12. Removal of Custodian...................................................................8
Section 13. Transfer of Custodial Files............................................................9
Section 14. Examination of Custodial Files.........................................................9
Section 15. Insurance of Custodian.................................................................9
Section 16. Counterparts...........................................................................9
Section 17. Periodic Statements...................................................................10
Section 18. Governing Law.........................................................................10
Section 19. Copies of Mortgage Documents..........................................................10
Section 20. No Adverse Interest of Custodian......................................................10
Section 21. Termination by Custodian..............................................................10
Section 22. Term of Agreement.....................................................................11
Section 23. Notices...............................................................................11
Section 24. Successors and Assigns................................................................11
Section 25. Liability of Custodian................................................................11
Section 26. Reliance of Custodian.................................................................12
Section 27. Transmission of Custodial Files.......................................................12
Section 28. Authorized Representatives............................................................12
Section 29. Reproduction of Documents.............................................................13
Section 30. Force Majeure.........................................................................13
Section 31. Limitations on the Responsibilities of the Custodian..................................13
Section 32. Binding Arbitration...................................................................15
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 1 FORM OF TRUST RECEIPT AND INITIAL CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT 2 FORM OF TRUST RECEIPT AND FINAL CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT 3 FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS AND RECEIPT
EXHIBIT 4 AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF SERVICERS
EXHIBIT 5 AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF TRUSTEE
EXHIBIT 6 MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT 7 CUSTODIAN FEE SCHEDULE
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THIS CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT (the "Custodial Agreement"), dated as of
October 1, 2002, by and among U.S. Bank National Association, having an address
at 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, not individually, but
solely as trustee (the "Trustee"), and Deutsche Bank National Association,
having an address at 0000 X. Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Mortgage Custody--UB021C, as custodian (the "Custodian").
W I T N E S S E T H
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WHEREAS, Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc. (the
"Depositor") has agreed to transfer certain conventional fixed-rate and
adjustable-rate first-lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") to the Trust,
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated October 1, 2002 among the Depositor, Ocwen Federal Bank FSB, as master
servicer (the "Master Servicer") and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee
(the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Master Servicer is to service the Mortgage Loans pursuant
to the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the
Trustee will retain record title to the Mortgage Loans; and
WHEREAS, the Custodian is a national banking association and is
otherwise authorized to act as Custodian pursuant to this Custodial Agreement;
and
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual undertakings herein
expressed, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. DEFINITIONS.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a copy of which has
been received by the Custodian.
AGREEMENT: This Custodial Agreement and all amendments, attachments and
supplements hereto.
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 Florida, 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.
CLOSING DATE: October 29, 2002.
CUSTODIAN: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, or its successor in
interest or assigns, or any successor to the Custodian under this Custodial
Agreement as herein provided.
CUSTODIAL FILE: As to each Mortgage Loan, any mortgage loan documents
which are delivered
to the Custodian or which at any time come into the possession of the Custodian
as set forth in Section 2 of this Custodial Agreement.
DELIVERY DATE: The date which occurs five (5) Business Days prior to
the Closing Date or such other date as mutually agreed upon by the Depositor,
Trustee, and the Custodian.
MASTER SERVICER: The Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement as therein provided.
MORTGAGE LOAN: The mortgage loan relating to each Custodial File sold,
assigned or transferred pursuant to this Custodial Agreement and identified on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as EXHIBIT 6, as such Mortgage Loan
Schedule may be supplemented from time to time.
TRUSTEE: U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as Trustee
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or its assigns.
TRUST RECEIPT: Either a Trust Receipt and Initial Certification or a
Trust Receipt and Final Certification.
TRUST RECEIPT AND INITIAL CERTIFICATION: A trust receipt and initial
certification as to each Mortgage Loan, which Trust Receipt and Initial
Certification is delivered to the Trustee by the Custodian in the form annexed
hereto as EXHIBIT 1.
TRUST RECEIPT AND FINAL CERTIFICATION: A trust receipt and final
certification as to each Mortgage Loan, which Trust Receipt and Final
Certification is delivered to the Trustee by the Custodian in the form annexed
hereto as EXHIBIT 2.
Section 2. DELIVERY OF CUSTODIAL FILES.
The Depositor has delivered and released to the Custodian prior to the
Delivery Date the following original documents pertaining to each of the
Mortgage Loans identified in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in blank or in the
following form: "Pay to the order of U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee under the applicable agreement, without recourse," with all
prior and intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of
endorsement from the Originator to the Person so endorsing to the
Trustee;
(ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon,
and the original recorded power of attorney, if the Mortgage was
executed pursuant to a power of attorney, with evidence of recording
thereon;
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(iii) an original Assignment in blank;
(iv) the original recorded Assignment or Assignments showing a
complete chain of assignment from the originator to the Person
assigning the Mortgage to the Trustee as contemplated by the
immediately preceding clause (iii);
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and
(vi) the original lender's title insurance policy, 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.
With respect to a maximum of approximately 2.0% of the
Mortgage Loans, by outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date, if any original Mortgage Note referred to in Section 2(i) above
cannot be located, the obligations of the Depositor to deliver such documents
shall be deemed to be satisfied upon delivery to the Custodian of a photocopy of
such Mortgage Note, if available, with a lost note affidavit substantially in
the form of Exhibit I attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. If any of
the original Mortgage Notes for which a lost note affidavit was delivered to the
Custodian is subsequently located, such original Mortgage Note shall be
delivered to the Custodian within three Business Days.
If any of the documents referred to in Sections 2(ii), (iii)
or (iv) above has, as of the Closing Date, been submitted for recording but
either (x) has not been returned from the applicable public recording office or
(y) has been lost or such public recording office has retained the original of
such document, the obligations of the Depositor to deliver such documents shall
be deemed to be satisfied upon (1) delivery to the Custodian of a copy of each
such document certified by the Originator in the case of (x) above or the
applicable public recording office in the case of (y) above to be a true and
complete copy of the original that was submitted for recording and (2) if such
copy is certified by the Originator, delivery to the Custodian 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. Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, notice shall be
provided to the Trustee, the Custodian and the Rating Agencies by NC Capital if
delivery pursuant to clause (2) above will be made more than 180 days after the
Closing Date.
If the original lender's title insurance policy was not
delivered pursuant to Section 2(vi) above, the Depositor shall deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Custodian, promptly after receipt thereof, the original
lender's title insurance policy. The Depositor shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Custodian 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
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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 Custodian are and shall be held by or on behalf of NC
Capital, the Seller, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as the case may be,
in trust for the benefit of the Custodian on behalf of the Certificateholders.
In the event that any such original document is required pursuant to the terms
of this Section 2 to be a part of a Mortgage File, such document shall be
delivered promptly to the Custodian. 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.
At least 24 hours prior to delivery of the Mortgage Loans, the
Depositor shall provide or caused to be provided to the Custodian, via
electronic transmission, a list of all the Mortgage Loans and their related data
fields including loan ID, Mortgagor name, mortgaged property address, mortgage
rate, maturity date, and original principal balance of each such Mortgage Loan.
A hard copy of the Mortgage Loan Schedule will be delivered to the Custodian at
the time of delivery to the Custodian of such documents related to the Mortgage
Loans identified in such Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Section 3. CUSTODIAN AS BAILEE.
The Custodian hereby acknowledges that it is, and agrees to act as,
bailee for the Trustee and is holding each Custodial File delivered to it in
trust for the Trustee.
Section 4. TRUST RECEIPT AND INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF THE
CUSTODIAN.
(a) No later than the Closing Date, the Custodian shall
deliver to the Trustee a Trust Receipt and Initial Certification certifying,
subject to any exceptions noted thereon, as to each Mortgage Loan on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, (i) all documents constituting part of such Mortgage
File (other than such documents described in Section 2(v)) required to be
delivered to it pursuant to this Custodial Agreement are in its possession, (ii)
such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on their face and
relate to such Mortgage Loan and (iii) based on its examination and only as to
the foregoing, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule that
corresponds to items (i) through (iii), (x)(A), (xi), (xii), (xv), (xvii)(B) and
(xix), of the definition of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement accurately reflects information set forth in the Mortgage
File. It is herein acknowledged that, in conducting such review, the Custodian
is 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.
(b) On the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the
Custodian shall ascertain that
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all documents specified in Section 2 (with respect to documents described in
Section 2(v), only to the extent delivered) of this Custodial Agreement are in
its possession, and shall deliver to the Trustee a Trust Receipt and Final
Certification certifying, subject to any exceptions noted thereon that, as to
each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage
Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in such
certification as not covered by such certification): (i) all documents required
to be delivered to it pursuant to Section 2 (with respect to documents described
in Section 2(v), only to the extent delivered) of this Custodial Agreement are
in its possession; (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and appear
regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan; and (iii) each Mortgage
Note has been endorsed as provided in Section 2(i) of this Custodial Agreement
and each Assignment has been endorsed in blank in accordance with Section 2(iii)
of this Custodial Agreement.
(c) If in the process of reviewing the Mortgage Files and
making or preparing, as the case may be, the certifications referred to above,
the Custodian 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 Custodian shall so notify the Trustee.
(d) Upon the written directions of the Trustee, and upon the
prior tender by the Trustee of an applicable trust receipt or trust receipts
(including any related Trust Receipt and Final Certification that has been
issued), the Custodian shall deliver all or any portion of the related Custodial
Files held by it pursuant to such Trust Receipt to the Trustee, or to such other
party designated by such Trustee in such written direction, and to the place
indicated in any such written direction from the Trustee. If such delivery is
for less than all of the Custodial Files held by the Custodian with respect to
such Trust Receipt (and a Trust Receipt and Final Certification has been
issued), the Custodian shall deliver to the Trustee a new Trust Receipt and
Final Certification with respect to the related Custodial Files retained by the
Custodian. Each Trust Receipt (including any Trust Receipt and Final
Certification) surrendered shall be canceled by the Custodian.
Section 5. OBLIGATIONS OF THE CUSTODIAN.
With respect to the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and the Assignment of
Mortgage and other documents constituting each Custodial File which is delivered
to the Custodian or which come into the possession of the Custodian, the
Custodian is the custodian for the Trustee exclusively. The Custodian shall hold
all mortgage documents received by it constituting the Custodial File for the
exclusive use and benefit of the Trustee, and shall make disposition thereof
only in accordance with this Custodial Agreement and the written instructions
furnished by the Trustee; provided, however, that in the event of a conflict
between the terms of this Custodial Agreement and the written instructions of
the Trustee, the Trustee's written instructions shall control. The Custodian
shall segregate and maintain continuous custody of all mortgage documents
constituting the Custodial File in secure and fire-resistant facilities in
accordance with its customary standards for such custody. The Custodian shall
not be responsible to verify (i) the validity, legality, enforceability,
sufficiency, due authorization or genuineness of any document in the Custodial
File or of any Mortgage Loans or (ii) the collectability, insurability,
effectiveness including the authority or capacity of any Person to
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execute or issue any document in the Custodial File, or suitability of any
Mortgage Loan. The Custodian shall promptly report to the Trustee any failure on
its part to hold the Custodial Files and maintain its accounts, records and
computer systems as herein provided and promptly take appropriate action to
remedy such failure. In addition, the Custodian shall be obligated to release
any Custodial File in accordance with the instructions of the Trustee as set
forth in Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 6. [RESERVED].
Section 7. FUTURE DEFECTS.
During the term of this Custodial Agreement, if the Custodian discovers
with respect to any document in a Custodial File non-conformity to the criteria
set forth in Section 4(a) or 4(b), the Custodian shall give written
specification of such non-conformity to the Trustee and the Master Servicer
(which written specification may be made via a list of exceptions attached to a
Trust Receipt).
Section 8. RELEASE FOR SERVICING.
(a) From time to time and as appropriate for the foreclosure
or servicing of any of the Mortgage Loans, the Custodian is hereby authorized,
upon written receipt from the Master Servicer of a request for release of
documents and receipt in the form annexed hereto as EXHIBIT 3, to release to the
Master Servicer the related Custodial File or the documents set forth in such
request and receipt to the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer promptly shall
return to the Custodian the Custodial File or other such documents when the
Master Servicer's need therefor no longer exists, unless the related Mortgage
Loan shall be liquidated in which case, upon receipt of an additional request
for release of documents and receipt certifying such liquidation from the Master
Servicer to the Custodian in the form annexed hereto as EXHIBIT 3, the Master
Servicer's request and receipt submitted pursuant to the first sentence of this
Section 8 shall be released by the Custodian to the Master Servicer. The
Custodian shall, at the written request of the Trustee and expense of any
Certificateholder, provide a written report to such Certificateholder of all
Mortgage Files released to the Master Servicer for servicing purposes. If the
Custodian fails to release the Custodial File within five (5) business days of
receipt of the request for release of documents (subject to the proviso below,
the "Custodial Delivery Failure"), the Custodian, upon the written request of
the Master Servicer, will provide the Master Servicer with a lost note affidavit
and indemnity (as described in the next sentence); provided, however, that in
the event (i) such Custodial File did not contain an original Mortgage Note and
such exception was duly reported on the document exception report attached to
the Trust Receipt and Initial Certification or (ii) such document is outstanding
pursuant to a request for release made by the Trustee under Section 4(b) or the
Master Servicer under Section 8, the Custodian will not be required to provide a
lost note affidavit and indemnity. The Custodian agrees to indemnify the Trustee
for such Custodial Delivery Failure and any actual costs, penalties or charges
resulting from such Custodial Delivery Failure.
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Section 9. [RESERVED]
Section 10. RELEASE FOR PAYMENT.
Upon receipt by the Custodian of the Master Servicer's request for
release of documents and receipt in the form annexed hereto as EXHIBIT 3 (which
certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received
in connection with such payment or repurchase have been credited to the
Certificate Account as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the
Custodian shall promptly release the related Custodial File to the Master
Servicer.
Section 11. FEES OF CUSTODIAN.
The Custodian shall be entitled to an annual fee for its services under
this Custodial Agreement in an amount equal to 0.0025% accrued for one month on
the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties as
of the second preceding Due Date (or, in the case of the initial Distribution
Date, as of the Cut-off Date), calculated on the basis of a 360- day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months, the payment of which fees (with the
exception of conference room fees, postage and extraordinary time charges, which
shall be the obligation of the party requesting such services), together with
the Custodian's expenses in connection herewith, shall be solely the obligation
of the Trust Fund and distributable by the Trustee.
Until such time as the Trustee receives contrary instructions from the
Custodian in writing, the Trustee is hereby authorized and agrees to make all
payments that are to be made to the Custodian pursuant to this Section 11
directly to the Custodian, by wire transfer in accordance with the following
wiring instructions (or other wiring instructions provided by the Custodian to
the Trustee in writing):
Bank: Bankers Trust Company, Corporate Trust and
Agency Services
ABA #: 000000000
Acct #: 01419647
Ref: UB021C
Attention: Custody Dept.
The Custodian shall be indemnified and the Custodian's
directors, officers, agents and employees shall be held harmless against any and
all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or
asserted against it or them in any way relating to or arising out of this
Custodial Agreement. The foregoing indemnification shall survive any termination
or assignment of this Custodial Agreement. Such amounts shall be distributable
by the Trustee from the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 8.05 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Section 12. REMOVAL OF CUSTODIAN.
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The Trustee with or without cause, may upon at least 60 days' notice
remove and discharge the Custodian from the performance of its duties under this
Custodial Agreement by written notice from the Trustee to the Custodian. Having
given notice of such removal, the Trustee, promptly shall appoint a successor
Custodian (which may be the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee) to act on
behalf of the Trustee by written instrument, one original counterpart of which
instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee and an original to the successor
Custodian (with a copy delivered to the Master Servicer), provided that any such
successor Custodian shall meet the criteria set forth in the following
paragraph. In the event of any such removal, the Custodian shall, upon the
Trustee's prior surrender of all outstanding Trust Receipts and Certifications,
and following payment of all amounts due and owing the Custodian hereunder,
promptly transfer to the successor Custodian, as directed, all Custodial Files
being administered under this Custodial Agreement. In the event of any such
appointments the Trustee shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of the
existing and successor Custodian. If the Trustee removes the Custodian without
cause, the Trustee shall be responsible for payment of all expenses incurred in
the transmission of the Custodial Files to the successor Custodian and for all
applicable release fees of the Custodian. If the Trustee removes the Custodian
because of any breach by the Custodian of any duty or obligation hereunder, the
Custodian shall be responsible for payment of all expenses incurred in the
transmission of the Custodial Files to the successor Custodian.
Any successor Custodian shall at all times be a corporation or
association organized and doing business under the laws of a 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 $5,000,000, subject to
supervision or examination by federal or state authority and with a credit
rating which would not cause either of the Rating Agencies to reduce their
respective then current Ratings of the Certificates (or having provided such
security from time to time as is sufficient to avoid such reduction) as
evidenced in writing by each Rating Agency. If such corporation or association
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section 12 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 condition so published. In case at any time a
successor Custodian shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 12, such successor Custodian shall resign immediately and be
replaced as specified in the previous paragraph. The entity serving as successor
Custodian may have normal banking and trust relationships with the Depositor and
its affiliates or a Servicer and its affiliates; provided, however, that such
entity cannot be an affiliate of the Seller, the Depositor or the Master
Servicer.
Section 13. TRANSFER OF CUSTODIAL FILES.
Upon written request of the Trustee, the Custodian shall release to
such Persons as the Trustee shall designate the Custodial Files relating to such
Mortgage Loans as the Trustee shall request.
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Section 14. EXAMINATION OF CUSTODIAL FILES.
Upon reasonable prior notice to the Custodian but not less than two (2)
Business Days notice, the Trustee and its agents, accountants, attorneys,
auditors and designees will be permitted during normal business hours to examine
the Custodial Files, documents, records and other papers in the possession of or
under the control of the Custodian relating to any or all of the Mortgage Loans.
The Custodial Files shall be maintained at the Custodian's facility located at
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 or at such other
location as the Custodian may designate in writing to the Trustee.
Section 15. INSURANCE OF CUSTODIAN.
At its own expense, the Custodian shall maintain at all times during
the existence of this Custodial Agreement and keep in full force and effect such
insurance in amounts, with standard coverage and subject to deductibles, all as
is customary for insurance typically maintained by banks which act as custodian.
The minimum coverage under any such bond and insurance policies shall be at
least equal to the corresponding amounts required by FNMA in the FNMA Servicing
Guide or by FHLMC in the FHLMC Company's & Servicer's Guide.
Section 16. COUNTERPARTS.
For the purpose of facilitating the execution of this Custodial
Agreement as herein provided and for other purposes, this Custodial 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 and be one and the same instrument.
Section 17. PERIODIC STATEMENTS.
Upon the reasonable written request of the Trustee at any time, the
Custodian shall provide to the Trustee a list of all the Mortgage Loans and file
exceptions for which the Custodian holds a Custodial File pursuant to this
Custodial Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Such list may be in
a mutually agreeable electronic format.
Section 18. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS CUSTODIAL 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 19. COPIES OF MORTGAGE DOCUMENTS.
Upon the written request of the Trustee or the Master Servicer and at
the cost and expense
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of the requesting party, the Custodian shall provide the Trustee with copies of
the Mortgage Notes, Mortgages, Assignments of Mortgage and other documents
relating to one or more of the Mortgage Loans.
Section 20. NO ADVERSE INTEREST OF CUSTODIAN.
By execution of this Custodial Agreement, the Custodian represents and
warrants that it currently holds, and during the existence of this Custodial
Agreement shall hold, no interest adverse to the Trustee, by way of security or
otherwise, in any Mortgage Loan, and hereby waives and releases any such
interest which it may have in any Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof.
Section 21. TERMINATION BY CUSTODIAN.
The Custodian may terminate its obligations under this Custodial
Agreement upon at least 60 days' prior written notice to the Trustee and the
Master Servicer. In the event of such termination, the Trustee shall appoint a
successor Custodian and notify the Master Servicer of such appointment. The
payment of such successor Custodian's fees and expenses shall be solely the
responsibility of the Trust Fund. Upon such appointment, the Custodian shall
promptly transfer at its expense (unless such resignation is due to the
non-payment of the Custodian's fees and expenses hereunder in which event such
transfer shall be at the Trust Fund's expense) to the successor Custodian, as
directed, all Custodial Files being administered under this Custodial Agreement.
In the event that no successor Custodian shall have been appointed within such
60 day notice period, the resigning Custodian may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Custodian.
Section 22. TERM OF AGREEMENT.
Unless terminated pursuant to Section 12 or Section 21 hereof, this
Custodial Agreement shall terminate upon the final payment or other liquidation
(or advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan or the disposition
of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any
Mortgage Loan, and the final remittance of all funds due under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. In such event all documents remaining in the Custodial
Files shall be released in accordance with the written instructions of the
Trustee.
Section 23. NOTICES.
All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given when received by the recipient party
at the addresses shown on the first page hereof, and in the case of the Trustee,
to the attention of U.S. Bank National Association, Attention: 000 Xxxx 0xx
Xxxxxx, Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 Attn: Xxx Xxxxxx, and in the case of the
Custodian, to the attention of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 0000 X. Xx.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attn: Mortgage Custody--UB021C, or at
such other addresses as may hereafter be furnished to the other parties by like
notice. Any such demand, notice or communication hereunder shall be deemed to
have been received on the date delivered to or received at the premises
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of the addressee (as evidenced, in the case of registered or certified mail, by
the date noted on the return receipt).
Section 24. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
The Custodian may assign its rights and obligations under this
Custodial Agreement, in whole or in part, to any Affiliate; however, Custodian
agrees to notify Trustee of any such assignment. Affiliate is defined as any
entity that directly or indirectly is under common control with Custodian, or is
under contract to be under common control with Custodian, and shall include a
subsidiary or parent company of Custodian.
This Custodial Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors
and assigns of the parties hereto. Any person into which the Custodian may be
merged or converted or with which the Custodian may be consolidated, or any
Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Custodian shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the
Custodian, shall be the successor of the Custodian hereunder, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto, anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding. Any assignee
shall forward a list of authorized representatives to each party to this
Custodial Agreement pursuant to Section 28 of this Custodial Agreement.
Section 25. LIABILITY OF CUSTODIAN.
Neither the Custodian nor any of its directors, affiliates, officers,
agents, or employees, shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it or them hereunder or in connection herewith in good faith and
believed by it or them to be within the purview of this Custodial Agreement,
except for its or their own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
In no event shall the Custodian or its directors, affiliates, officers, agents,
and employees be held liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages
resulting from any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder
or in connection herewith even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
Section 26. RELIANCE OF CUSTODIAN.
In the absence of gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the
Custodian, the Custodian may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any data
communications, magnetic tape, request, instructions, certificate, opinion or
other document furnished to the Custodian, reasonably believed by the Custodian
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties; but in the case of any loan document or other request, instruction,
document or certificate which by any provision hereof is specifically required
to be furnished to the Custodian, the Custodian shall be under a duty to examine
the same to determine whether or not it conforms PRIMA FACIE to the requirements
of this Custodial Agreement.
Section 27. TRANSMISSION OF CUSTODIAL FILES.
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Written instructions as to the method of shipment and shipper(s) the
Custodian is directed to utilize in connection with transmission of mortgage
files and loan documents in the performance of the Custodian's duties hereunder
shall be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Custodian prior to any shipment
of any mortgage files and loan documents hereunder. The Custodian will arrange
for the provision of such services at the reasonable cost and expense of the
Master Servicer. Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 25
above, it is expressly agreed that in no event shall the Custodian have any
liability for any losses or damages to any person, including without limitation,
the Master Servicer arising out of actions of the Custodian consistent with
instructions of the Master Servicer.
Section 28. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES.
Each individual designated as an authorized representative by the
Master Servicer (an "Authorized Representative"), is authorized to give and
receive notices, requests and instructions and to deliver certificates and
documents in connection with this Custodial Agreement on behalf of the Master
Servicer and the specimen signature for each such Authorized Representative of
the Master Servicer, initially authorized hereunder, is set forth on EXHIBIT 4
hereof, respectively. From time to time, the Master Servicer may, by delivering
to the Custodian a revised exhibit, change the information previously given
pursuant to this Section 28, but each of the parties hereto shall be entitled to
rely conclusively on the then current exhibit until receipt of a superseding
exhibit.
Section 29. REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS.
This Custodial Agreement and all documents relating thereto except with
respect to the Custodial File, including, without limitation, (a) consents,
waivers and modifications which may hereafter be executed, and (b) certificates
and other information previously or hereafter furnished, may be reproduced by
any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or
other similar process. The parties agree that any such reproduction shall be
admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative
proceeding, whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such
reproduction was made by a party in the regular course of business, and that any
enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall
likewise be admissible in evidence.
Section 30. FORCE MAJEURE.
The Custodian shall not be responsible for delays or failures in
performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Such acts shall include,
without limitation, acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war or
terrorism, epidemics, nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions,
governmental regulations adopted after the date of this Custodial Agreement,
fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes
or other disasters of a similar nature to the foregoing.
Section 31. LIMITATIONS ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CUSTODIAN.
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(i) Except as expressly provided herein, the Custodian shall
be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine the
Custodial Files to determine that the contents thereof are appropriate
for the represented purpose or that they have been actually recorded or
that they are other than what they purport to be on their face.
(ii) The Custodian shall not be responsible for preparing or
filing any reports or returns relating to federal, state or local
income taxes with respect to this Custodial Agreement, other than for
the Custodian's compensation or for reimbursement of expenses.
(iii) The Custodian shall not be responsible or liable for,
and makes no representation or warranty with respect to, the validity,
adequacy or perfection of any lien upon or security interest in any
Custodial File.
(iv) Any other provision of this Custodial Agreement to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Custodian shall have no notice, and shall
not be bound by any of the terms and conditions of any other document
or agreement executed or delivered in connection with, or intended to
control any part of, the transactions anticipated by or referred to in
this Custodial Agreement unless the Custodian is a signatory party to
that document or agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the
Custodian shall be deemed to have notice of the terms and conditions
(including without limitation definitions not otherwise set forth in
full in this Custodial Agreement) of other documents and agreements
referred to in this Custodial Agreement, to the extent such terms and
provisions are referenced, or are incorporated by reference, into this
Custodial Agreement only as long as the Custodian shall have been
provided a copy of any such document or agreement.
(v) The duties and obligations of the Custodian shall only be
such as are expressly set forth in this Custodial Agreement or as set
forth in a written amendment to this Custodial Agreement executed by
the parties hereto or their successors and assigns. In the event that
any provision of this Custodial Agreement implies or requires that
action or forbearance be taken by a party, but is silent as to which
party has the duty to act or refrain from acting, the parties agree
that the Custodian shall not be the party required to take the action
or refrain from acting. In no event shall the Custodian have any
responsibility to ascertain or take action except as expressly provided
herein.
(vi) Nothing in this Custodial Agreement shall be deemed to
impose on the Custodian any duty to qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction, OTHER THAN (i) any jurisdiction where any Custodial File
is or may be held by the Custodian from time to time hereunder, and
(ii) any jurisdiction where its ownership of property or conduct of
business requires such qualification and where failure to qualify could
have a material adverse effect on the Custodian or its property or
business or on the ability of the Custodian to perform its duties
hereunder.
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(vii) The Custodian may consult with counsel selected by the
Custodian with regard to legal questions arising out of or in
connection with this Custodial Agreement, and the opinion of such
counsel (subsequently confirmed in writing by such counsel) shall be
full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
reasonably taken, omitted or suffered by the Custodian in good faith
and in accordance therewith.
(viii) No provision of this Custodial Agreement shall require
the Custodian to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder
or in the exercise of any of its rights and powers, if, in its sole
judgment, it shall believe that repayment of such funds or indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not
assured to it.
(ix) The Custodian shall have no duty to ascertain whether or
not each amount or payment has been received by the Trustee, the
Depositor or any third person.
(x) The Custodian shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with any direction of the Trustee or the Master Servicer given under
this Custodial Agreement.
(xi) The Custodian shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, entitlement order, approval, document in the Custodial File,
or other paper or document.
(xii) The Custodian may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees appointed with due
care, and shall not be responsible for any willful misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent, attorney, custodian or nominee so
appointed.
Section 32. BINDING ARBITRATION.
Upon demand of any party hereto, whether made before or after
institution of any judicial proceeding, any dispute, claim or controversy
arising out of, connected with or relating to this Custodial Agreement
("Disputes"), between or among parties hereto shall be resolved by binding
arbitration as provided herein. Institution of a judicial proceeding by a party
does not waive the right of that party to demand arbitration hereunder. Disputes
may include, without limitation tort claims, counterclaims, claims brought as
class actions or claims concerning any aspect of the past, present or future
relationships arising out of or connected with this Custodial Agreement.
Arbitration shall be conducted under and governed by the Commercial Financial
Disputes Arbitration Rules (the "Arbitration Rules") of the American Arbitration
Association and Title 9 of the U.S. Code. All arbitration hearings shall be
conducted in New York, New York. The expedited procedures set forth
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in Rule 51, ET SEQ. of the Arbitration Rules shall be applicable to claims of
less than $1,000,000. All applicable statutes of limitation shall apply to any
Dispute. A judgment upon the award may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction. The panel from which all arbitrators are selected shall be
comprised of licensed attorneys. The single arbitrator selected for expedited
procedure shall be a retired judge from the highest court of general
jurisdiction, state or federal, of the state where the hearing will be
conducted.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee and the Custodian have caused
their names to be duly signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, all as of the date first above written.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee for the MASTR Asset
Securitization Trust 2002-NC1, Series
2002-NC1
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
as Custodian
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged and agreed
OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB
By: ________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT 1
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TRUST RECEIPT AND INITIAL CERTIFICATION
October 29, 2002
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: $897,469,068.78
U.S. Bank National Association,
as Trustee for the
MASTR Asset Securitization Trust 2002-NC1,
Series 2002-NC1
000 Xxxx 0xx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: Custodial Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2002,
between U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee,
and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
Custodian
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Attached is the Custodian's preliminary exceptions in
accordance with Section 4 of the referenced Custodial Agreement (the "Custodial
Agreement"). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Custodial Agreement.
The Custodian certifies, subject to any exceptions noted
thereon, as to each Mortgage Loan on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (i) all
documents constituting part of such Mortgage File (other than such documents
described in Section 2(v)) required to be delivered to it pursuant to the
Custodial Agreement are in its possession, (ii) such documents have been
reviewed by it and appear regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan
and (iii) based on its examination and only as to the foregoing, the information
set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule that corresponds to items (i) through
(iii), (x)(A), (xi), (xii), (xv), (xvii)(B) and (xix), of the definition of
"Mortgage Loan Schedule" in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement accurately
reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File. It is herein acknowledged
that, in conducting such review, the Custodian is 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.
The Custodian will accept and act on instructions with respect
to the Mortgage Loans subject hereto upon surrender of this Trust Receipt and
Initial Certification at its office at 0000 X. Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Mortgage Custody--UB021C.
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as
Custodian
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT 2
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TRUST RECEIPT AND FINAL CERTIFICATION
Trust Receipt#_________
Cut-off Date Principal Balance $897,469,068.78
U.S. Bank National Association,
as Trustee for the
MASTR Asset Securitization Trust 2002-NC1,
Series 2002-NC1
000 Xxxx 0xx Xxxxxx
Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: Custodial Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2002,
between U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee,
and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
Custodian
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 6 of the above-captioned Custodial
Agreement, the undersigned, as Custodian, 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 has received:
(i) the original recorded Mortgage, and the original recorded
power of attorney, if the Mortgage was executed pursuant to a power of
attorney, or a certified copy thereof in those instances where the
public recording office retains the original or where the original has
been lost; and
(ii) an original Assignment in blank or a recorded Assignment
to the Trustee together with the original recorded Assignment or
Assignments showing a complete chain of assignment from the Originator,
or a certified copy of such Assignments in those instances where the
public recording retains the original or where original has been lost;
and
(iii) the original lender's title insurance policy.
The Custodian has made no independent examination of any
documents contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically
required in the above-referenced Custodial Agreement. The Custodian 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
perfection, priority, 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 Custodial Agreement.
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
as Custodian
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT 3
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REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Trustee/Custodian)
Loan Information
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Name of Mortgagor: __________________________________
Master Servicer
Loan No.: __________________________________
Trustee/Custodian
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Name: __________________________________
Address: __________________________________
__________________________________
Trustee/Custodian
Mortgage File No.: __________________________________
Depositor
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Name: MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.
Address: __________________________________
__________________________________
Certificates: MASTR Asset Securitization Trust 2002-NC1,
Series 2002-NC1
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges that it
has received from _______________________, as Custodian for the Holders of MASTR
Asset Securitization Trust 2002-NC1, Series 2002-NC1 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 Custodial
Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2002, between U.S. Bank National Association,
as Trustee, and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Custodian (the
"Custodial Agreement").
( ) Promissory Note dated _______________, 20__, 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 Custodian 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:
OCWEN FEDERAL BANK FSB
By:________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT 4
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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MASTER SERVICER
Ocwen Federal Bank FSB
NAME SPECIMEN SIGNATURE
_______________________________ ___________________________________
_______________________________ ___________________________________
_______________________________ ___________________________________
_______________________________ ___________________________________
_______________________________ ___________________________________
EXHIBIT 5
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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF TRUSTEE
NAME SPECIMEN SIGNATURE
_______________________________ ___________________________________
_______________________________ ___________________________________
_______________________________ ___________________________________
_______________________________ ___________________________________
_______________________________ ___________________________________
EXHIBIT 6
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SCHEDULE OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Attached as Schedule I to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
Schedule 1
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
[FILED BY PAPER]
Schedule 1-1
Schedule 2
SCHEDULE OF PREPAYMENT CHARGES
Available Upon Request
Schedule 2-1
