EXHIBIT 4(b)
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of [_________] (the
"Agreement"), is entered into between [_________] (the "Seller") and Wachovia
Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. (the "Purchaser").
The Seller intends to sell and the Purchaser intends to purchase
certain multifamily and commercial mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
identified on the schedule (the "Mortgage Loan Schedule") annexed hereto as
Exhibit A. The Purchaser intends to deposit the Mortgage Loans, along with
certain other mortgage loans (the "Other Mortgage Loans"), into a trust fund
(the "Trust Fund"), the beneficial ownership of which will be evidenced by
multiple classes (each, a "Class") of mortgage pass-through certificates (the
"Certificates"). One or more "real estate mortgage investment conduit" ("REMIC")
elections will be made with respect to most of the Trust Fund. The Trust Fund
will be created and the Certificates will be issued pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated as of
[_________], among the Purchaser, as depositor, [Wachovia Bank, National
Association], as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"),
[_________], as special servicer (the "Special Servicer") and [_________], as
trustee (the "Trustee"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
(including the Schedules attached hereto) have the respective meanings set forth
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Agreement to Purchase.
The Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, the
Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. The Mortgage Loan
Schedule may be amended to reflect the actual Mortgage Loans delivered to the
Purchaser pursuant to the terms hereof. The Mortgage Loans are expected to have
an aggregate principal balance of $[_________] (the "[_________] Mortgage Loan
Balance") (subject to a variance of plus or minus 5.0%) as of the close of
business on the Cut-Off Date, after giving effect to any payments due on or
before such date, whether or not such payments are received.
The [_________] Mortgage Loan Balance, together with the aggregate
principal balance of the Other Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date (after
giving effect to any payments due on or before such date whether or not such
payments are received), is expected to equal an aggregate principal balance (the
"Cut-Off Date Pool Balance") of $[_________] (subject to a variance of plus or
minus 5.0%). The purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans shall take place
[_________], or such other date as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties
to this Agreement (the "Closing Date"). The consideration (the "Aggregate
Purchase Price") for the Mortgage Loans shall be equal to (i) [_________]% of
the [_________] Mortgage Loan Balance as of the Cut-Off Date, plus (ii)
$[_________], which amount represents the amount of interest accrued on the
[_________] Mortgage Loan Balance at the related Net Mortgage Rate for the
period from and including the Cut-Off Date up to but not including the Closing
Date.
The Aggregate Purchase Price shall be paid to the Seller or its
designee by wire transfer in immediately available funds on the Closing Date.
SECTION 2. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
(a) Effective as of the Closing Date, subject only to receipt by the
Seller of the Aggregate Purchase Price and satisfaction of the other conditions
to closing that are for the benefit of the Seller, the Seller does hereby sell,
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without
recourse (except as set forth in this Agreement), all the right, title and
interest of the Seller in and to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as of such date, on a servicing released basis, together with all
of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the proceeds of any related
title, hazard, primary mortgage or other insurance proceeds.
(b) The Purchaser or its assignee shall be entitled to receive all
scheduled payments of principal and interest due after the Cut-Off Date, and all
other recoveries of principal and interest collected after the Cut-Off Date
(other than in respect of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans due on or
before the Cut-Off Date). All scheduled payments of principal and interest due
on or before the Cut-Off Date but collected on or after the Cut-Off Date, and
recoveries of principal and interest collected on or before the Cut-Off Date
(only in respect of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans due on or
before the Cut-Off Date and principal prepayments thereon), shall belong to, and
shall be promptly remitted to, the Seller.
(c) No later than the Closing Date, the Seller shall, on behalf of
the Purchaser, deliver to the Trustee, the documents and instruments specified
below with respect to each Mortgage Loan (each a "Mortgage File"). All Mortgage
Files so delivered will be held by the Trustee in escrow at all times prior to
the Closing Date. Each Mortgage File shall contain the following documents:
(i) the original executed Mortgage Note including any power of
attorney related to the execution thereof, together with any and all
intervening endorsements thereon, endorsed on its face or by allonge
attached thereto (without recourse, representation or warranty, express or
implied) to the order of "[_________], as trustee for the registered
holders of Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series [_________]" or in blank (or a lost note
affidavit and indemnity with a copy of such Mortgage Note attached
thereto);
(ii) an original or copy of the Mortgage, together with any and all
intervening assignments thereof, in each case (unless not yet returned by
the applicable recording office) with evidence of recording indicated
thereon or certified by the applicable recording office;
(iii) an original or copy of any related Assignment of Leases (if
such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), together with any and
all intervening assignments thereof, in each case (unless not yet returned
by the applicable recording office) with evidence of recording indicated
thereon or certified by the applicable recording office;
(iv) an original executed assignment, in recordable form (except for
any missing recording information), of (a) the Mortgage, (b) any related
Assignment of Leases (if such item is a document separate from the
Mortgage and to the extent not already assigned pursuant to preceding
clause (a)) and (c) any other recorded document relating to the Mortgage
Loan otherwise included in the Mortgage File, in favor of "[_________], as
trustee for the registered holders of Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage
Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series [_________]",
or in blank;
(v) an original assignment of all unrecorded documents relating to
the Mortgage Loan (to the extent not already assigned pursuant to clause
(iv) above), in favor of "[_________], as trustee for the registered
holders of Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series [_________]", or in blank;
(vi) originals or copies of any modification, consolidation,
assumption and substitution agreements in those instances where the terms
or provisions of the Mortgage or Mortgage Note have been consolidated or
modified or the Mortgage Loan has been assumed or consolidated;
(vii) the original or a copy of the policy or certificate of
lender's title insurance or, if such policy has not been issued or
located, an original or copy of an irrevocable, binding commitment (which
may be a marked version of the policy that has been executed by an
authorized representative of the title company or an agreement to provide
the same pursuant to binding escrow instructions executed by an authorized
representative of the title company) to issue such title insurance policy;
(viii) any filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or other
evidence of filing satisfactory to the Purchaser of any prior UCC
Financing Statements in favor of the originator of such Mortgage Loan or
in favor of any assignee prior to the Trustee (but only to the extent the
Seller had possession of such UCC Financing Statements prior to the
Closing Date) and, if there is an effective UCC Financing Statement and
continuation statement in favor of the Seller on record with the
applicable public office for UCC Financing Statements, an original UCC
Amendment, in form suitable for filing in favor of "[_________], as
trustee for the registered holders of Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage
Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series [_________],
as assignee", or in blank;
(ix) an original or copy of (a) any Ground Lease, Memorandum of
Ground Lease and ground lessor estoppel, (b) any loan guaranty or
indemnity and (c) any environmental insurance policy;
(x) any intercreditor agreement relating to permitted debt
(including, without limitation, mezzanine debt) of the Mortgagor;
(xi) copies of any loan agreement, escrow agreement or security
agreement relating to such Mortgage Loan;
(xii) a copy of any letter of credit and related transfer documents
relating to such Mortgage Loan;
(xiii) copies of franchise agreements and franchisor comfort
letters, if any, for hospitality properties and applicable transfer or
assignment documents; and
(xiv) with respect to any Companion Loan, all of the above documents
with respect to such Companion Loan and the related Intercreditor
Agreement; provided that a copy of each Mortgage Note relating to such
Companion Loan, rather than the original, shall be provided, and no
assignments shall be provided.
(d) The Seller shall take all actions reasonably necessary (i) to
permit the Trustee to fulfill its obligations pursuant to Section 2.01(d) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (ii) to perform its obligations described in
Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, if a draw upon a letter of credit is required
before its transfer to the Trust Fund can be completed, the Seller shall draw
upon such letter of credit for the benefit of the Trust pursuant to written
instructions from the Master Servicer. The Seller shall reimburse the Trustee
for all reasonable costs and expenses, if any, incurred by the Trustee for
recording any documents described in Section 2(c)(iv)(c) hereof and filing any
assignments of UCC Financing Statements described in the proviso in the third to
last sentence in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(e) All documents and records (except draft documents, privileged
communications and internal correspondence and credit, due diligence and other
underwriting analysis, documents, data or internal worksheets, memoranda,
communications and evaluations of the Seller) relating to each Mortgage Loan and
in the Seller's possession (the "Additional Mortgage Loan Documents") that are
not required to be delivered to the Trustee shall promptly be delivered or
caused to be delivered by the Seller to the Master Servicer or at the direction
of the Master Servicer to the appropriate sub-servicer, together with any
related escrow amounts and reserve amounts.
(f) The Seller shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary
to assign or otherwise grant to the Trust Fund the benefit of any letters of
credit in the name of the Seller which secure any Mortgage Loan.
SECTION 3. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Seller.
(a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to and covenants with
the Purchaser, as of the date hereof, that:
(i) The Seller is a [national banking association]/[corporation]
organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
[United States]/[State of [_________]] and possesses all requisite
authority, power, licenses, permits and franchises to carry on its
business as currently conducted by it and to execute, deliver and comply
with its obligations under the terms of this Agreement;
(ii) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery hereof by the Purchaser, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general,
as they may be applied in the context of the insolvency of a national
banking association, and by general equity principles (regardless of
whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law), and by public policy considerations underlying the securities laws,
to the extent that such public policy considerations limit the
enforceability of the provisions of this Agreement which purport to
provide indemnification from liabilities under applicable securities laws;
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller and
the Seller's performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement
will not (A) violate the Seller's [articles of association]/[certificate
of incorporation] or bylaws, (B) violate any law or regulation or any
administrative decree or order to which it is subject or (C) constitute a
material default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or
both, would constitute a material default) under, or result in the breach
of, any material contract, agreement or other instrument to which the
Seller is a party or by which the Seller is bound;
(iv) The Seller is not in default with respect to any order or
decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal,
state, municipal or other governmental agency or body, which default might
have consequences that would, in the Seller's reasonable and good faith
judgment, materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or
other) or operations of the Seller or its properties or have consequences
that would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder;
(v) The Seller is not a party to or bound by any agreement or
instrument or subject to any [articles of association]/[certificate of
incorporation], bylaws or any other corporate restriction or any judgment,
order, writ, injunction, decree, law or regulation that would, in the
Seller's reasonable and good faith judgment, materially and adversely
affect the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or that requires the consent of any third person to the
execution of this Agreement or the performance by the Seller of its
obligations under this Agreement (except to the extent such consent has
been obtained);
(vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Seller of or compliance by the Seller with this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement except as have previously been obtained, and no bulk sale law
applies to such transactions;
(vii) No litigation is pending or, to the Seller's knowledge,
threatened against the Seller that would, in the Seller's good faith and
reasonable judgment, prohibit its entering into this Agreement or
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its
obligations under this Agreement;
(viii) Under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and
for federal income tax purposes, the Seller will report the transfer of
the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser as a sale of the Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser in exchange for consideration consisting of a cash amount equal
to the Aggregate Purchase Price. The consideration received by the Seller
upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser will constitute at
least reasonably equivalent value and fair consideration for the Mortgage
Loans. The Seller will be solvent at all relevant times prior to, and will
not be rendered insolvent by, the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser. The Seller is not selling the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser
with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of the creditors of the
Seller; and
(ix) The Seller has examined the information set forth under the
caption "Description of the Mortgage Pool--Significant Originators" and
"--The Sponsor" (the "Regulation AB Information") in the Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement (as defined below), the Preliminary Memorandum (as
defined below), the Prospectus Supplement, (as defined below), to the
accompanying Prospectus (as defined below) and the Memorandum (as defined
below), relating to the Certificates. The Regulation AB Information fully
complies with all applicable requirements of Regulation AB (as defined
below).
(b) The Seller hereby makes the representations and warranties
contained in Schedule I for the benefit of the Purchaser and the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders as of the Closing Date, with respect to (and
solely with respect to) each Mortgage Loan, which representations and warranties
are subject to the exceptions set forth on Schedule II.
(c) With respect to the schedule of exceptions delivered by the
Trustee on the Closing Date, within [__] Business Days (or, in the reasonable
discretion of the Controlling Class Representative, [__] Business Days) of the
Closing Date, with respect to the documents specified in clauses (i), (ii),
(vii), (ix) (solely with respect to Ground Leases) and (xii) of the definition
of Mortgage File, the Seller shall cure any material exception listed therein
(for the avoidance of doubt, any deficiencies with respect to the documents
specified in clause (ii) resulting solely from a delay in the return of the
related documents from the applicable recording office, shall be cured in the
time and manner described in Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement). If such exception is not so cured, the Seller shall either (1)
repurchase the related Mortgage Loan, (2) with respect to exceptions relating to
clause (xii) of the definition of "Mortgage File", deposit with the Trustee an
amount, to be held in trust in a Special Reserve Account pursuant to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, equal to the amount of the undelivered letter of credit
(in the alternative, the Seller may deliver to the Trustee, with a certified
copy to the Master Servicer and Trustee, a letter of credit for the benefit of
the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee and upon the same terms and
conditions as the undelivered letter of credit) which the Master Servicer on
behalf of the Trustee may use (or draw upon, as the case may be) under the same
circumstances and conditions as the Master Servicer would have been entitled to
draw on the undelivered letter of credit, or (3) with respect to any exceptions
relating to clauses (i), (ii) and (vii), deposit with the Trustee an amount, to
be held in trust in a Special Reserve Account pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, equal to 25% of the Stated Principal Balance of the related
Mortgage Loan on such date. Any funds or letter of credit deposited pursuant to
clauses (2) and (3) shall be held by the Trustee until the earlier of (x) the
date on which the Master Servicer certifies to the Trustee and the Controlling
Class Representative that such exception has been cured (or the Trustee
certifies the same to the Controlling Class Representative), at which time such
funds or letter of credit, as applicable, shall be returned to the Seller and
(y) [__] Business Days or, if the Controlling Class Representative has extended
the cure period, [__] Business Days after the Closing Date; provided, however,
that if such exception is not cured within such [__] Business Days or [__]
Business Days, as the case may be, (A) in the case of clause (2), the Trustee
shall retain the funds or letter of credit, as applicable, or (B) in the case of
clause (3), the Seller shall repurchase the related Mortgage Loan in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at which time such funds shall
be applied to the Purchase Price of the related Mortgage Loan and any letter of
credit will be returned to the Seller.
If the Seller receives written notice of a Document Defect or a
Breach pursuant to Section 2.03(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
relating to a Mortgage Loan, then the Seller shall not later than [__] days from
receipt of such notice (or, in the case of a Document Defect or Breach relating
to a Mortgage Loan not being a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of the
REMIC Provisions (a "Qualified Mortgage"), not later than [__] days from the
date that any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement discovers such
Document Defect or Breach; provided the Seller receives such notice in a timely
manner), if such Document Defect or Breach shall materially and adversely affect
the value of the applicable Mortgage Loan, the interest of the Trust therein or
the interests of any Certificateholder, cure such Document Defect or Breach, as
the case may be, in all material respects, which shall include payment of actual
or provable losses and any Additional Trust Fund Expenses directly resulting
from any such Document Defect or Breach or, if such Document Defect or Breach
(other than omissions solely due to a document not having been returned by the
related recording office) cannot be cured within such [__]-day period, (i)
repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan at the applicable Purchase Price not later
than the end of such [__]-day period or (ii) substitute a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan for such affected Mortgage Loan not later than the end of such
[__]-day period (and in no event later than the second anniversary of the
Closing Date) and pay the Master Servicer for deposit into the Certificate
Account, any Substitution Shortfall Amount in connection therewith; provided,
however, that unless the Breach would cause the Mortgage Loan not to be a
Qualified Mortgage, and if such Document Defect or Breach is capable of being
cured but not within such [__]-day period and the Seller has commenced and is
diligently proceeding with the cure of such Document Defect or Breach within
such [__]-day period, such Seller shall have an additional [__] days to complete
such cure (or, failing such cure, to repurchase or substitute the related
Mortgage Loan); provided, further, that with respect to such additional [__]-day
period the Seller shall have delivered an officer's certificate to the Trustee
setting forth what actions the Seller is pursuing in connection with the cure
thereof and stating that the Seller anticipates that such Document Defect or
Breach will be cured within the additional [__]-day period; provided, further,
that no Document Defect (other than with respect to a Mortgage Note, Mortgage,
title insurance policy, Ground Lease, any letter of credit, any franchise
agreement, any comfort letter and (if required) any comfort letter transfer
documents (collectively, the "Core Material Documents")) shall be considered to
materially and adversely affect the value of the related Mortgage Loan, the
interests of the Trust therein or the interests of any Certificateholder unless
the document with respect to which the Document Defect exists is required in
connection with an imminent enforcement of the mortgagee's rights or remedies
under the related Mortgage Loan, defending any claim asserted by any borrower or
third party with respect to the Mortgage Loan, establishing the validity or
priority of any lien or any collateral securing the Mortgage Loan or for any
immediate significant servicing obligations; provided, further, with respect to
Document Defects which materially and adversely affect the interests of any
Certificateholder, the interests of the Trust therein or the value of the
related Mortgage Loan, other than with respect to Document Defects relating to
the Core Material Documents, any applicable cure period following the initial
[__] day cure period may be extended by the Master Servicer or the Special
Servicer if the document involved is not needed imminently. Such extension will
end upon [__] days notice of such need as reasonably determined by the Master
Servicer or Special Servicer (with a possible [__] day extension if the Master
Servicer or Special Servicer agrees that the Seller is diligently pursuing a
cure). The Seller shall cure all Document Defects which materially and adversely
affect the interests of any Certificateholder, the interests of the Trust
therein or the value of the related Mortgage Loan, regardless of the document
involved, no later than two years following the Closing Date; provided that the
initial [__] day cure period referenced in this paragraph may not be reduced.
For a period of two years from the Closing Date, so long as there remains any
Mortgage File relating to a Mortgage Loan as to which there is any uncured
Document Defect or Breach, the Seller shall provide the officer's certificate to
the Trustee described above as to the reasons such Document Defect or Breach
remains uncured and as to the actions being taken to pursue cure.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the delivery of a commitment to issue a policy of
lender's title insurance as described in Representation 12 of Schedule I hereof
in lieu of the delivery of the actual policy of lender's title insurance shall
not be considered a Document Defect or Breach with respect to any Mortgage File
if such actual policy of insurance is delivered to the Trustee or a Custodian on
its behalf not later than the [__]th day following the Closing Date.
If (i) any Mortgage Loan is required to be repurchased or
substituted for in the manner described above, (ii) such Mortgage Loan is
cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with one or more other Mortgage Loans
(each, a "Crossed Loan"), and (iii) the applicable Document Defect or Breach
does not constitute a Document Defect or Breach, as the case may be, as to any
other Crossed Loan in such Crossed Group (without regard to this paragraph),
then the applicable Document Defect or Breach, as the case may be, will be
deemed to constitute a Document Defect or Breach, as the case may be, as to any
other Crossed Loan in the Crossed Group for purposes of this paragraph, and the
Seller will be required to repurchase or substitute for all of the remaining
Crossed Loan(s) in the related Crossed Group as provided in the immediately
preceding paragraph unless such other Crossed Loans in such Crossed Group
satisfy the Crossed Loan Repurchase Criteria and satisfy all other criteria for
substitution or repurchase of Mortgage Loans set forth herein. In the event that
the remaining Crossed Loans satisfy the aforementioned criteria, the Seller may
elect either to repurchase or substitute for only the affected Crossed Loan as
to which the related Breach or Document Defect exists or to repurchase or
substitute for all of the Crossed Loans in the related Crossed Group. The Seller
shall be responsible for the cost of any Appraisal required to be obtained by
the Master Servicer to determine if the Crossed Loan Repurchase Criteria have
been satisfied, so long as the scope and cost of such Appraisal has been
approved by the Seller (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld).
To the extent that the Seller is required to repurchase or
substitute for a Crossed Loan hereunder in the manner prescribed above while the
Trustee continues to hold any other Crossed Loans in such Crossed Group, neither
the Seller nor the Purchaser shall enforce any remedies against the other's
Primary Collateral, but each is permitted to exercise remedies against the
Primary Collateral securing its respective Crossed Loans, including with respect
to the Trustee, the Primary Collateral securing Crossed Loans still held by the
Trustee.
If the exercise of remedies by one party would materially impair the
ability of the other party to exercise its remedies with respect to the Primary
Collateral securing the Crossed Loans held by such party, then the Seller and
the Purchaser shall forbear from exercising such remedies until the Mortgage
Loan documents evidencing and securing the relevant Crossed Loans can be
modified in a manner that complies with this Agreement to remove the threat of
material impairment as a result of the exercise of remedies or some other
accommodation can be reached. Any reserve or other cash collateral or letters of
credit securing the Crossed Loans shall be allocated between such Crossed Loans
in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents, or otherwise on a pro rata basis
based upon their outstanding Stated Principal Balances. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if a Crossed Loan included in the Trust Fund is modified to terminate
the related cross-collateralization and/or cross-default provisions, as a
condition to such modification, the Seller shall furnish to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel that any modification shall not cause an Adverse REMIC Event.
Any expenses incurred in good faith by the Purchaser in connection with such
modification or accommodation (including, but not limited to, recoverable
attorney fees) shall be paid by the Seller.
(d) In connection with any permitted repurchase or substitution of
one or more Mortgage Loans contemplated hereby, upon receipt of a certificate
from a Servicing Officer certifying as to the receipt of the Purchase Price or
Substitution Shortfall Amount(s), as applicable, in the Certificate Account, and
the delivery of the Mortgage File(s) and the Servicing File(s) for the related
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) to the Custodian and the Master Servicer,
respectively, if applicable (i) the Trustee shall execute and deliver such
endorsements and assignments as are provided to it by the Master Servicer, in
each case without recourse, representation or warranty, as shall be necessary to
vest in the Seller, the legal and beneficial ownership of each repurchased
Mortgage Loan or substituted Mortgage Loan, as applicable, (ii) the Trustee, the
Custodian, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each tender to the
Seller, upon delivery to each of them of a receipt executed by the Seller, all
portions of the Mortgage File and other documents pertaining to such Mortgage
Loan possessed by it, and (iii) the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer
shall release to the Seller any Escrow Payments and Reserve Funds held by it in
respect of such repurchased or deleted Mortgage Loans.
(e) Without limiting the remedies of the Purchaser, the
Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders pursuant
to this Agreement, it is acknowledged that the representations and warranties
are being made for risk allocation purposes. This Section 3 provides the sole
remedy available to the Certificateholders, or the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders, respecting any Document Defect in a Mortgage File or any
Breach of any representation or warranty set forth in or required to be made
pursuant to this Section 3. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the
Purchaser or its assigns (including the Master Servicer and/or the Special
Servicer) from pursuing any course of action authorized by the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement while the Purchaser asserts a claim or brings a cause of
action to enforce any rights set forth herein against the Seller.
(f) With respect to any Mortgage Loan which has become a Defaulted
Mortgage Loan under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with respect to which
the related Mortgaged Property has been foreclosed and which is the subject of a
repurchase claim under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.03 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Special Servicer with the consent of the
Controlling Class Representative shall notify the Seller in writing of its
intention to liquidate such Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property at least
[__] days prior to any such action. If (a) the Seller consents to such sale and
voluntarily agrees to repurchase such Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property or
(b) a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Seller is liable under
this Agreement to repurchase such Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property, then
such Seller shall remit to the Purchaser an amount equal to the difference if
any of the price of such Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property as sold and the
price at which the Seller would have had to repurchase such Defaulted Mortgage
Loan or REO Property under this Agreement. The Seller shall have [__] Business
Days after receipt of notice to determine whether or not to consent to such
sale. If the Seller does not consent to such sale, the Special Servicer shall
contract with a Determination Party (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) as to the merits of such proposed sale. If the related Determination
Party determines that such proposed sale is in accordance with the Servicing
Standard and the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect
to the sale of Defaulted Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and, subsequent to
such sale, a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Seller was
liable under this Agreement and required to repurchase such Defaulted Mortgage
Loan or REO Property in accordance with the terms hereof, then the Seller shall
remit to the Purchaser an amount equal to the difference (if any) between the
proceeds of the related action and the price at which the Seller would have been
obligated to pay had the Seller repurchased such Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO
Property prior to the execution of a binding contract of sale with a third party
in accordance with the terms hereof including the costs related to contracting
with the related Determination Party; provided that the foregoing procedure in
this Section 3(f) shall not preclude such Seller from repurchasing the Defaulted
Mortgage Loan or REO Property prior to the execution of a binding contract of
sale with a third party in accordance with the other provisions of this Section
3 (excluding this Section 3(f)). If the related Determination Party determines
that the sale of the related Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property is not in
accordance with the Servicing Standards and the provisions of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement with respect to the sale of Defaulted Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties and the Special Servicer subsequently sells such Mortgage Loan or REO
Property, then the Seller will not be liable for any such difference (nor any
cost of contracting with the Determination Party).
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there exists a Breach relating
to whether or not the Mortgage Loan documents or any particular Mortgage Loan
document requires the related Mortgagor to bear the costs and expenses
associated with any particular action or matter under such Mortgage Loan
document(s) with respect to matters described in Representations 23 and 43 of
Schedule I hereof, then the Purchaser shall direct the Seller in writing to wire
transfer to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Certificate Account, within
[__] days of the Seller's receipt of such direction, the amount of any such
costs and expenses borne by the Purchaser, the Certificateholders, the Master
Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee on their behalf that are the
basis of such Breach. Upon its making such deposit, the Seller shall be deemed
to have cured such Breach in all respects. Provided such payment is made in
full, this paragraph describes the sole remedy available to the Purchaser, the
Certificateholders, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee on
their behalf regarding any such Breach and the Seller shall not be obligated to
repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan on account of such Breach or otherwise
cure such Breach.
SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. In order
to induce the Seller to enter into this Agreement, the Purchaser hereby
represents and warrants for the benefit of the Seller as of the date hereof
that:
(a) The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of North Carolina. The
Purchaser has the full corporate power and authority and legal right to acquire
the Mortgage Loans from the Seller and to transfer the Mortgage Loans to the
Trustee.
(b) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Purchaser, all requisite action by the Purchaser's
directors and officers has been taken in connection therewith, and (assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Seller) this Agreement
constitutes the valid, legal and binding obligation of the Purchaser,
enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforcement may be limited by (A) laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, receivership or moratorium, (B) other laws relating to or
affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (C) general equity principles
(regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law).
(c) Except as may be required under federal or state securities laws
(and which will be obtained on a timely basis), no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, registration or filing with, or notice to, any
governmental authority or court, is required, under federal or state law, for
the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of or compliance by the
Purchaser with this Agreement, or the consummation by the Purchaser of any
transaction described in this Agreement.
(d) None of the acquisition of the Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser,
the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee, or the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement by the Purchaser, results or will result in the
creation or imposition of any lien on any of the Purchaser's assets or property,
or conflicts or will conflict with, results or will result in a breach of, or
require or will require the consent of any third person or constitutes or will
constitute a default under (A) any term or provision of the Purchaser's
certificate of incorporation or bylaws, (B) any term or provision of any
material agreement, contract, instrument or indenture, to which the Purchaser is
a party or by which the Purchaser is bound, or (C) any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental
authority having jurisdiction over the Purchaser or its assets.
(e) Under GAAP and for federal income tax purposes, the Purchaser
will report the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser as
a sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser in exchange for consideration
consisting of a cash amount equal to the Aggregate Purchase Price.
(f) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or
to the knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against the Purchaser in any court
or by or before any other governmental agency or instrumentality which would
materially and adversely affect the validity of this Agreement or any action
taken in connection with the obligations of the Purchaser contemplated herein,
or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Purchaser to
enter into and/or perform its obligations under the terms of this Agreement.
(g) The Purchaser is not in default with respect to any order or
decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency or body, which default might have consequences
that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or
operations of the Purchaser or its properties or might have consequences that
would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder.
SECTION 5. Closing. The closing of the sale of the Mortgage Loans
(the "Closing") shall be held at the offices of [_________] 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 set
forth in or made pursuant to Sections 3(a) and 3(b) of this Agreement and all of
the representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth in Section 4 of
this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the
Closing Date;
(b) The Pooling and Servicing Agreement (to the extent it affects
the obligations of the Seller hereunder) and all documents specified in Section
6 of this Agreement (the "Closing Documents"), in such forms as are agreed upon
and acceptable to the Purchaser, the Seller, the Underwriters, the Initial
Purchasers and their respective counsel in their reasonable discretion, shall be
duly executed and delivered by all signatories as required pursuant to the
respective terms thereof;
(c) The Seller shall have delivered and released to the Trustee (or
a Custodian on its behalf) and the Master Servicer, respectively, all documents
represented to have been or required to be delivered to the Trustee and the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement;
(d) All other terms and conditions of this Agreement required to be
complied with on or before the Closing Date shall have been complied with in all
material respects and the Seller shall have the ability to comply with all terms
and conditions and perform all duties and obligations required to be complied
with or performed after the Closing Date;
(e) The Seller shall have paid all fees and expenses payable by it
to the Purchaser or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement as of the Closing Date;
and
(f) The letters shall have been received from the independent
accounting firm [__], in form satisfactory to the Purchaser, relating to
certain information regarding the Mortgage Loans and Certificates as set forth
in the Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Preliminary Memorandum and the
Memorandum.
Both parties agree to use their best efforts to perform their
respective obligations hereunder in a manner that will enable the Purchaser to
purchase the Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date.
SECTION 6. Closing Documents. The Closing Documents shall consist of
the following:
(a) This Agreement duly executed by the Purchaser and the Seller;
(b) A certificate of the Seller, executed by a duly authorized
officer of the Seller and dated the Closing Date, and upon which the Purchaser,
the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers may rely, to the effect that: (i)
the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Agreement are true and
correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date with the same
effect as if made on such date; and (ii) the Seller has, in all material
respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on
its part that are required under this Agreement to be performed or satisfied at
or prior to the Closing Date;
(c) An officer's certificate from an officer of the Seller (signed
in his/her capacity as an officer), dated the Closing Date, and upon which the
Purchaser may rely, to the effect that each individual who, as an officer or
representative of the Seller, signed this Agreement or any other document or
certificate delivered on or before the Closing Date in connection with the
transactions contemplated herein, was at the respective times of such signing
and delivery, and is as of the Closing Date, duly elected or appointed,
qualified and acting as such officer or representative, and the signatures of
such persons appearing on such documents and certificates are their genuine
signatures;
(d) An officer's certificate from an officer of the Seller (signed
in his/her capacity as an officer), dated the Closing Date, and upon which the
Purchaser, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers may rely, to the effect
that with respect to the Seller, the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors and
the related Mortgaged Properties (i) such officer has carefully examined the
Specified Portions of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement together with all
other Time of Sale Information delivered prior to the Time of Sale and nothing
has come to his attention that would lead him to believe that the Specified
Portions of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement together with all other Time
of Sale Information delivered prior to the Time of Sale, as of the Time of Sale,
or as of the Closing Date, included or include any untrue statement of a
material fact relating to the Mortgage Loans or omitted or omit to state therein
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein relating to
the Mortgage Loans, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, (ii) such officer has carefully examined the Specified Portions
of the Prospectus Supplement and nothing has come to his attention that would
lead him to believe that the Specified Portions of the Prospectus Supplement, as
of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, or as of the Closing Date, included or
include any untrue statement of a material fact relating to the Mortgage Loans
or omitted or omit to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loans, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (iii) such officer has
examined the Specified Portions of the Memorandum and nothing has come to his
attention that would lead him to believe that the Specified Portions of the
Memorandum, as of the date thereof or as of the Closing Date, included or
include any untrue statement of a material fact relating to the Mortgage Loans
or omitted or omit to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein related to the Mortgage Loans, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The "Specified
Portions" of the Prospectus Supplement shall consist of Annex A thereto, the
diskette which accompanies the Prospectus Supplement (insofar as such diskette
is consistent with such Annex A) and the following sections of the Prospectus
Supplement (exclusive of any statements in such sections that purport to
summarize the servicing and administration provisions of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement): "Summary of Prospectus Supplement--The Parties--The
Mortgage Loan Sellers," "Summary of Prospectus Supplement--The Mortgage Loans,"
"Risk Factors--The Mortgage Loans," and "Description of the Mortgage
Pool--General," "--Mortgage Loan History," "--Certain Terms and Conditions of
the Mortgage Loans," "--Assessments of Property Condition," "--Co-Lender Loans,"
"--Additional Mortgage Loan Information," "--Twenty Largest Mortgage Loans,"
"--The Mortgage Loan Sellers," "--Underwriting Standards," and
"--Representations and Warranties; Repurchases and Substitutions." The
"Specified Portions" of the Memorandum shall consist of the Specified Portions
of the Prospectus Supplement and the first and second full paragraphs on page
"[__]" of the Memorandum.
(e) The resolutions of the requisite committee of the Seller's
[special loan committee]/[board of directors] authorizing the Seller's entering
into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the [articles of
association]/[certificate of incorporation] and by-laws of the Seller, and an
original or copy of a certificate of good standing of the Seller issued by the
[Comptroller of the Currency]/[State of [_________]] not earlier than [__] days
prior to the Closing Date;
(f) A written opinion of counsel for the Seller (which opinion may
be from in-house counsel, outside counsel or a combination thereof), reasonably
satisfactory to the Purchaser, its counsel and the Rating Agencies, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Trustee, the Underwriters, the
Initial Purchasers and each of the Rating Agencies, together with such other
written opinions as may be required by the Rating Agencies; and
(g) Such further certificates, opinions and documents as the
Purchaser may reasonably request.
SECTION 7. Indemnification.
(a) The Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser, the
Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, their respective officers and directors,
and each person, if any, who controls the Purchaser, any Underwriter or any
Initial Purchasers within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), against any and all losses, expenses
(including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), claims, damages
or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become
subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state statutory law
or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (i) arise out of or are
based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in (A) the Prospectus Supplement, the Preliminary Memorandum, the
Memorandum, the Diskette or in any revision or amendment of or supplement to any
of the foregoing, (B) any Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Information
contained in any Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the
Underwriters (an "Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus") or contained in any Free
Writing Prospectus which is required to be filed in accordance with the terms of
the Underwriting Agreement, (C) any items similar to Free Writing Prospectuses
forwarded by the Seller to the Initial Purchasers, or in any revision or
amendment of or supplement to any of the foregoing or (D) the summaries,
reports, documents and other written and computer materials and all other
information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Seller furnished by the Seller
for review by prospective investors (the items in (A), (B), (C) and (D) above
being defined as the "Disclosure Material"), (ii) arise out of or are based upon
the omission or alleged omission to state therein (in the case of Free Writing
Prospectuses, when read in conjunction with any Time of Sale Information, in the
case of any items similar to Free Writing Prospectuses, when read in conjunction
with the Memorandum) and in the case of any summaries, reports, documents,
written or computer materials, or other information contemplated in clause (D)
above, when read in conjunction with the Memorandum and in the case of any Free
Writing Prospectus, when read in conjunction with the other Time of Sale
Information) a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; but, with respect to any Disclosure Material described in
clauses (A), (B) and (C) of the definition thereof, only if and to the extent
that (I) any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission occurring in, or with respect to, such Disclosure Material,
arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or omission with respect to
the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors and/or the related Mortgaged
Properties contained in the Data File (it being herein acknowledged that the
Data File was and will be used to prepare the Prospectus Supplement and the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, including without limitation Annex A thereto,
any other Time of Sale Information, the Preliminary Memorandum, the Memorandum
and the Diskette with respect to the Registered Certificates and any items
similar to Free Writing Prospectuses forwarded to prospective investors in the
Non-Registered Certificates and any Free Writing Prospectus), (II) any such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of
a material fact occurring in, or with respect to, such Disclosure Material, is
with respect to, or arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or
omission of a material fact with respect to, the information regarding the
Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors, the related Mortgaged Properties and/or
the Seller set forth in the Specified Portions of each of the Prospectus
Supplement, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Preliminary Memorandum
and the Memorandum, (III) any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission occurring in, or with respect to, such
Disclosure Material, arises out of or is based upon a breach of the
representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in or made pursuant to
Section 3 hereof or (IV) any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission occurring in, or with respect to, such
Disclosure Material, arises out of or is based upon any other written
information concerning the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans, the related
Mortgagors or the related Mortgaged Properties furnished to the Purchaser, the
Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers by the Seller; provided, that the
indemnification provided by this Section 7 shall not apply to the extent that
such untrue statement or omission of a material fact was made as a result of an
error in the manipulation of, or in any calculations based upon, or in any
aggregation of the information regarding the Mortgage Loans, the related
Mortgagors and/or the related Mortgaged Properties set forth in the Data File or
Annex A to the Prospectus Supplement or the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement to
the extent such information was not materially incorrect in the Data File or
such Annex A, as applicable, including without limitation the aggregation of
such information with comparable information relating to the Other Mortgage
Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification provided in this
Section 7(a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter or Initial
Purchasers (or to the benefit of any person controlling such Underwriter or
Initial Purchasers) from whom the person asserting claims giving rise to any
such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities purchased Certificates if
(x) the subject untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission made in any Disclosure Material (exclusive of the Prospectus or any
corrected or amended Prospectus or the Memorandum or any corrected or amended
Memorandum) is eliminated or remedied in the Prospectus or the Memorandum or,
with respect to any Time of Sale Information only, by the delivery of a
Corrected Free Writing Prospectus prior to the Time of Sale (in each case, as
corrected or amended, if applicable), as applicable, and (y) a copy of the
Prospectus, Memorandum or Corrected Free Writing Prospectus (in each case, as
corrected or amended, if applicable), as applicable, shall not have been sent to
such person at or prior to the Time of Sale of such Certificates, and (z) in the
case of a corrected or amended Prospectus, Memorandum or Corrected Free Writing
Prospectus, such Underwriter or Initial Purchasers received electronically or in
writing notice of such untrue statement or omission and updated information
concerning the untrue statement or omission at least one Business Day prior to
the Time of Sale. The Seller shall, subject to clause (c) below, reimburse each
such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, "Registration Statement" shall
mean such registration statement No. 333-[______] filed by the Purchaser on Form
S-3, including without limitation exhibits thereto and information incorporated
therein by reference; "Base Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus dated
[__________], as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated [_________]
(the "Prospectus Supplement" and, together with the Base Prospectus, the
"Prospectus") relating to the Registered Certificates, including all annexes
thereto; "Preliminary Prospectus Supplement" shall mean the free writing
prospectus dated [__________] consisting of the preliminary free writing
prospectus, including the base prospectus, dated [_________] attached thereto,
as supplemented and corrected by that certain free writing prospectus dated
[__________]; "Preliminary Memorandum" shall mean the preliminary private
placement memorandum dated [_________], relating to the Non-Registered
Certificates, including all annexes thereto; "Memorandum" shall mean the private
placement memorandum dated [_________], relating to the Non-Registered
Certificates, including all exhibits thereto; "Registered Certificates" shall
mean the Class [___] and Class [___] Certificates; "Non-Registered Certificates"
shall mean the Certificates other than the Registered Certificates; "Diskette"
shall mean the diskette or compact disc attached to each of the Prospectus, the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Memorandum; and "Data File" shall mean
the compilation of information and data regarding the Mortgage Loans covered by
the Agreed Upon Procedures Letters dated [_________] and rendered by [_________]
(a "hard copy" of which Data File was initialed on behalf of the Seller and the
Purchaser). "Free Writing Prospectus" shall mean a "free writing prospectus" as
such term is defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the 1933 Act. "Corrected Free
Writing Prospectus" shall mean a Free Writing Prospectus that corrects any
previous Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of any Underwriter and
delivered to any purchaser that contained any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were
made, not misleading. "Time of Sale" shall mean the time at which sales to
investors of the Certificates were first made as determined in accordance with
Rule 159 of the 1933 Act. "Time of Sale Information" shall mean each free
writing prospectus listed on Exhibit B hereto. "Issuer Information" shall have
the meaning given to such term in Rule 433(h) under the 1933 Act (as discussed
by the SEC in footnote 271 of the Commission's Securities Offering Reform
Release No. 33--8591). "Regulation AB" shall have the meaning as defined in
Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
ss.ss.229.1100-229.1123 of the 1933 Act, as such may be amended from time to
time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in the adopting
release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed.
Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may
be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.
(c) As promptly as reasonably practicable after receipt by any
person entitled to indemnification under this Section 7 (an "indemnified party")
of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Seller (the "indemnifying
party") under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will
not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party
under Section 7(a) (except to the extent that such omission has prejudiced the
indemnifying party in any material respect) or from any liability which it may
have otherwise than under this Section 7. In case any such action is brought
against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate
therein, and to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to the
indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such
indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel selected by the
indemnifying party and reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party;
provided, however, that if the defendants in any such action include both the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party or
parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses
available to it or them and/or other indemnified parties that are different from
or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified
party shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such legal
defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of
such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying
party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense of such
action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party
will not be liable for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, unless (i) the
indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in connection with the
assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the preceding
sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be
liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel, approved by the
Purchaser, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers, representing all the
indemnified parties under Section 7(a) who are parties to such action), (ii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable
time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party
has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the
expense of the indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is
applicable, such liability shall only be in respect of the counsel referred to
in such clause (i) or (iii). Unless it shall assume the defense of any
proceeding, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent but, if settled with such
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying
party shall indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of
counsel or any other expenses for which the indemnifying party is obligated
under this subsection, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for
any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i)
such settlement is entered into more than [__] days after receipt by such
indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party
shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request
prior to the date of such settlement. If an indemnifying party assumes the
defense of any proceeding, it shall be entitled to settle such proceeding with
the consent of the indemnified party or, if such settlement provides for an
unconditional release of the indemnified party in connection with all matters
relating to the proceeding that have been asserted against the indemnified party
in such proceeding by the other parties to such settlement, which release does
not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure
to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party without the consent of the
indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is
unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 7(a) hereof or insufficient in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then
the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified and indemnifying
parties in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations (taking into account the parties' relative knowledge and access
to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was
asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission or
failure to comply, and any other equitable considerations appropriate under the
circumstances). The relative fault of the indemnified and indemnifying parties
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission
to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such parties;
provided that no Underwriter or Initial Purchasers shall be obligated to
contribute more than its share of underwriting discounts and commissions and
other fees pertaining to the Certificates less any damages otherwise paid by
such Underwriter or Initial Purchasers with respect to such loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense. It is hereby acknowledged that the respective
Underwriters' and Initial Purchasers' obligations under this Section 7 shall be
several and not joint. For purposes of this Section, each person, if any, who
controls an Underwriter or an Initial Purchasers within the meaning of Section
15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and such Underwriter's or
Initial Purchasers' officers and directors, shall have the same rights to
contribution as such Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, as the case may be, and
each director of the Seller and each person, if any who controls the Seller
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act
shall have the same rights to contribution as the Seller.
(e) The Purchaser and the Seller agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to Section 7(d) were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of
the considerations referred to in Section 7(d) above. The amount paid or payable
by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and
liabilities referred to in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include, subject to
the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim, except where the indemnified party is required to bear such
expenses pursuant to this Section 7, which expenses the indemnifying party shall
pay as and when incurred, at the request of the indemnified party, to the extent
that the indemnifying party will be ultimately obligated to pay such expenses.
If any expenses so paid by the indemnifying party are subsequently determined to
not be required to be borne by the indemnifying party hereunder, the party that
received such payment shall promptly refund the amount so paid to the party
which made such payment. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(f) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section 7 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i)
any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by the Purchaser,
the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, any of their respective directors or
officers, or any person controlling the Purchaser, the Underwriters or the
Initial Purchasers, and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the
Certificates.
(g) Without limiting the generality or applicability of any other
provision of this Agreement, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and their
directors, officers and controlling parties shall be third-party beneficiaries
of the provisions of this Section 7.
SECTION 8. Costs. The Seller shall pay (or shall reimburse the
Purchaser to the extent that the Purchaser has paid) the Seller's pro rata
portion of the aggregate of the following amounts (the Seller's pro rata portion
to be determined according to the percentage that the [_________] Mortgage Loan
Balance represents as of the Cut-Off Date Pool Balance): (i) the costs and
expenses of printing and delivering the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the
Certificates; (ii) the costs and expenses of printing (or otherwise reproducing)
and delivering a final Prospectus, Term Sheet, Preliminary Prospectus
Supplement, each other Free Writing Prospectus, Preliminary Memorandum and
Memorandum relating to the Certificates; (iii) the initial fees, costs, and
expenses of the Trustee (including reasonable attorneys' fees); (iv) the filing
fee charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for registration of the
Certificates so registered; (v) the fees charged by the Rating Agencies to rate
the Certificates so rated; (vi) the fees and disbursements of a firm of
certified public accountants selected by the Purchaser and the Seller with
respect to numerical information in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the
Certificates included in any Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the
Memorandum, including in respect of the cost of obtaining any "comfort letters"
with respect to such items; (vii) the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses in connection with the qualification or exemption of the Certificates
under state securities or "Blue Sky" laws, including filing fees and reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith, in connection with
the preparation of any "Blue Sky" survey and in connection with any
determination of the eligibility of the Certificates for investment by
institutional investors and the preparation of any legal investment survey;
(viii) the expenses of printing any such "Blue Sky" survey and legal investment
survey; and (ix) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Underwriters or Initial Purchasers; provided, however, Seller shall pay (or
shall reimburse the Purchaser to the extent that the Purchaser has paid) the
expense of recording any assignment of Mortgage or assignment of Assignment of
Leases as contemplated by Section 2 hereof with respect to the Seller's Mortgage
Loans. All other costs and expenses in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder shall be borne by the party incurring such expense.
SECTION 9. Grant of a Security Interest. 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 2 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, if, 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) (i) this Agreement shall also be deemed
to be a security agreement within the meaning of Article 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the applicable jurisdiction; (ii) the conveyance provided for
in Section 2 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 holder 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 Certificate
Account, the Distribution Account or, if established, the REO Account (each as
defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) whether in the form of cash,
instruments, securities or other property; (iii) the assignment to the Trustee
of the interest of the Purchaser as contemplated by Section 1 hereof shall be
deemed to be an assignment of any security interest created hereunder; (iv) the
possession by the Trustee or any of its agents, including, without limitation,
the Custodian, of the Mortgage Notes, and such other items of property as
constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be
deemed to be possession by the secured party for purposes of perfecting the
security interest pursuant to Section 9-313 of the Uniform Commercial Code of
the applicable jurisdiction; and (v) notifications to persons (other than the
Trustee) holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations
from persons (other than the Trustee) holding such property, shall be deemed
notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, financial
intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the secured party for the
purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. 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.
SECTION 10. Covenants of Purchaser. The Purchaser shall provide the
Seller with all forms of Disclosure Materials (including the final form of the
Memorandum and the preliminary and final forms of the Prospectus Supplement)
promptly upon any such document becoming available.
SECTION 11. Notices. All notices, copies, requests, consents,
demands and other communications required hereunder shall be in writing and
telecopied or delivered to the intended recipient at the "Address for Notices"
specified beneath its name on the signature pages hereof or, as to either party,
at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a notice hereunder
to the other party. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all such
communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when transmitted by
telecopier or personally delivered or, in the case of a mailed notice, upon
receipt, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid.
SECTION 12. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive
Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Agreement, incorporated herein by reference or contained in the certificates of
officers of the Seller submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in
full force and effect and shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans by the
Seller to the Purchaser (and by the Purchaser to the Trustee).
SECTION 13. Severability of Provisions. Any part, provision,
representation, warranty or covenant of this Agreement that is prohibited or
which 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, warranty or covenant of
this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable or is held to be void or
unenforceable in any particular 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 particular jurisdiction 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 14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but which together
shall constitute one and the same agreement.
SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS, DUTIES,
OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS
AGREEMENT.
SECTION 16. Attorneys Fees. If any legal action, suit or proceeding
is commenced between the Seller and the Purchaser regarding their respective
rights and obligations under this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be
entitled to recover, in addition to damages or other relief, costs and expenses,
attorneys' fees and court costs (including, without limitation, expert witness
fees). As used herein, the term "prevailing party" shall mean the party which
obtains the principal relief it has sought, whether by compromise settlement or
judgment. If the party which commenced or instituted the action, suit or
proceeding shall dismiss or discontinue it without the concurrence of the other
party, such other party shall be deemed the prevailing party.
SECTION 17. Further Assurances. The Seller and the Purchaser agree
to execute and deliver such instruments and take such further actions as the
other party may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to effectuate
the purposes and to carry out the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 18. Successors and Assigns. The rights and obligations of
the Seller under this Agreement shall not be assigned by the Seller without the
prior written consent of the Purchaser, except that any person into which the
Seller may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Seller is a party, or any
person succeeding to all or substantially all of the business of the Seller,
shall be the successor to the Seller hereunder. The Purchaser has the right to
assign its interest under this Agreement, in whole or in part, as may be
required to effect the purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the
assignee shall, to the extent of such assignment, succeed to the rights and
obligations hereunder of the Purchaser. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement
shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Seller, the
Purchaser, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers (each as intended third
party beneficiaries hereof) and their permitted successors and assigns, and the
officers, directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7. This
Agreement is enforceable by the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the
other third party beneficiaries hereto in all respects to the same extent as if
they had been signatories hereof.
SECTION 19. Amendments. No term or provision of this Agreement may
be waived or modified unless such waiver or modification is in writing and
signed by a duly authorized officer of the party, or third party beneficiary,
against whom such waiver or modification is sought to be enforced. No amendment
to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement which relates to defined terms contained
therein, Section 2.01(d) thereof or the repurchase obligations or any other
obligations of the Seller shall be effective against the Seller (in such
capacity) unless the Seller shall have agreed to such amendment in writing.
SECTION 20. Accountants' Letters. The parties hereto shall cooperate
with [__] in making available all information and taking all steps reasonably
necessary to permit such accountants to deliver the letters required by the
Underwriting Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Purchaser have caused their
names to be signed hereto by their respective duly authorized officers as of the
date first above written.
SELLER
[_________]
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address for Notices:
[_________]
[_________]
[_________]
Telecopier No.: ([___]) [_________]
Telephone No.: ([___]) [_________]
PURCHASER
WACHOVIA COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
SECURITIES, INC.
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address for Notices:
One Wachovia Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
SCHEDULE I
General Mortgage Representations and Warranties
SCHEDULE II
EXCEPTIONS TO REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Exception to Representation [__]
Loans Description of Exception
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EXHIBIT A
Mortgage Loan Schedule
A-1
EXHIBIT B
Free Writing Prospectuses
B-1
