Exhibit 4.3
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Relating to
CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2000-__
Among
CHEC FUNDING, LLC,
as Depositor,
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION D/B/A CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION,
as Seller,
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION D/B/A CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION,
as Servicer,
and
--------------------,
as Trustee
Dated as of ______________ 1, 2000
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 1.01. Definitions.................................................................................2
Section 1.02. Use of Words and Phrases...................................................................28
Section 1.03. Captions; Table of Contents................................................................28
Section 1.04. Opinions...................................................................................29
ARTICLE II ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUST
Section 2.01. Establishment of the Trust.................................................................30
Section 2.02. Office.....................................................................................30
Section 2.03. Purposes and Powers........................................................................30
Section 2.04. Appointment of the Trustee; Declaration of Trust...........................................30
Section 2.05. Expenses of the Trust......................................................................30
Section 2.06. Ownership of the Trust.....................................................................31
Section 2.07. Situs of the Trust.........................................................................31
Section 2.08. Designation of Interests in REMICS.........................................................31
Section 2.09. Miscellaneous REMIC Provisions.............................................................34
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE
SERVICER AND THE SELLER; COVENANT OF SELLER TO CONVEY HOME EQUITY LOANS
Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor............................................36
Section 3.02. Representations and Warranties of the Servicer.............................................38
Section 3.03. Representations and Warranties of the Sellers..............................................40
Section 3.04. Covenants of Sellers to Take Certain Actions with Respect to
the Home Equity Loans in Certain Situations..............................................43
Section 3.05. Sale Treatment of the Home Equity Loans and Qualified Replacement Mortgages................52
Section 3.06. Acceptance by Trustee; Certain Substitutions of Home Equity
Loans; Certification by Trustee............................................................56
Section 3.07. Reserved...................................................................................58
Section 3.08. Custodian..................................................................................58
Section 3.09. Cooperation Procedures.....................................................................58
ARTICLE IV ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 4.01. Issuance of Certificates...................................................................60
Section 4.02. Sale of Certificates.......................................................................60
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ARTICLE V CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 5.01. Terms......................................................................................61
Section 5.02. Forms......................................................................................61
Section 5.03. Execution, Authentication and Delivery.....................................................61
Section 5.04. Registration and Transfer of Certificates..................................................62
Section 5.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates..........................................64
Section 5.06. Persons Deemed Owners......................................................................65
Section 5.07. Cancellation...............................................................................65
Section 5.08. Limitation on Transfer of Ownership Rights.................................................65
Section 5.09. Assignment of Rights.......................................................................67
ARTICLE VI COVENANTS
Section 6.01. Distributions..............................................................................68
Section 6.02. Money for Distributions to be Held in Trust; Withholding...................................68
Section 6.03. Protection of Trust Estate.................................................................69
Section 6.04. Performance of Obligations.................................................................70
Section 6.05. Negative Covenants.........................................................................70
Section 6.06. No Other Powers............................................................................71
Section 6.07. Limitation of Suits........................................................................71
Section 6.08. Unconditional Rights of Owners to Receive Distributions....................................72
Section 6.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.............................................................72
Section 6.10. Delay or Omission Not Waiver...............................................................72
Section 6.11. Control by Owners..........................................................................72
Section 6.12. Indemnification by CHEC....................................................................73
ARTICLE VII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
Section 7.01. Collection of Money........................................................................74
Section 7.02. Establishment of Accounts..................................................................74
Section 7.03. Flow of Funds..............................................................................74
Section 7.04. Supplemental Interest Reserve Fund.........................................................78
Section 7.05. Investment of Accounts.....................................................................79
Section 7.06. Payment of Trust Expenses..................................................................79
Section 7.07. Eligible Investments.......................................................................79
Section 7.08. Accounting and Directions by Trustee.......................................................81
Section 7.09. Reports by Trustee to Owners and Certificate Insurer.......................................82
Section 7.10. Reports by Trustee.........................................................................85
ARTICLE VIII SERVICING AND ADMINISTRATION OF HOME EQUITY LOANS
Section 8.01. Servicer and Sub-Servicers.................................................................87
Section 8.02. Collection of Certain Home Equity Loan Payments............................................88
Section 8.03. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Servicer and Sub-Servicers................................88
Section 8.04. Successor Sub-Servicers....................................................................89
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Section 8.05. Liability of Servicer; Indemnification.....................................................89
Section 8.06. No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicer, Trustee or the Owners....................90
Section 8.07. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreement by Trustee............................90
Section 8.08. Principal and Interest Account.............................................................90
Section 8.09. Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances................................................92
Section 8.10. Compensating Interest; Repurchase of Home Equity Loans.....................................93
Section 8.11. Maintenance of Insurance...................................................................94
Section 8.12. Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and Substitution Agreements................................95
Section 8.13. Realization Upon Defaulted Home Equity Loans; Workout of Home Equity Loans.................96
Section 8.14. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Files.....................................................97
Section 8.15. Servicing Compensation.....................................................................99
Section 8.16. Annual Statement as to Compliance..........................................................99
Section 8.17. Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants' Reports...................................99
Section 8.18. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Home Equity Loans...........100
Section 8.19. Assignment of Agreement...................................................................100
Section 8.20. Removal of Servicer; Retention of Servicer; Resignation of Servicer.......................100
Section 8.21. Inspections by Certificate Insurer; Errors and Omissions Insurance........................105
Section 8.22. Additional Servicing Responsibilities for Second Mortgage Loans...........................105
Section 8.23. The Group II Home Equity Loans............................................................106
Section 8.24. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Servicer...................106
Section 8.25. Notices of Material Events................................................................106
Section 8.26. Indemnification by the Servicer...........................................................107
Section 8.27. Reports on Foreclosure and Abandonment of Properties......................................107
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION OF TRUST
Section 9.01. Termination of Trust......................................................................108
Section 9.02. Termination Upon Option of the Servicer...................................................108
Section 9.03. Termination Upon Loss of REMIC Status.....................................................109
Section 9.04. Disposition of Proceeds...................................................................111
Section 9.05. Netting of Amounts........................................................................111
ARTICLE X THE TRUSTEE
Section 10.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.......................................................112
Section 10.02. Removal of Trustee for Cause..............................................................114
Section 10.03. Certain Rights of the Trustee.............................................................115
Section 10.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Certificates..................................117
Section 10.05. May Hold Certificates.....................................................................118
Section 10.06. Money Held in Trust.......................................................................118
Section 10.07. Compensation and Reimbursement............................................................118
Section 10.08. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility...................................................118
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Section 10.09. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.........................................119
Section 10.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee............................................120
Section 10.11. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of the Trustee................121
Section 10.12. Reporting; Withholding....................................................................121
Section 10.13. Liability of the Trustee..................................................................122
Section 10.14. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.............................................122
Section 10.15. Appointment of Custodians.................................................................124
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions......................................................125
Section 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to the Trustee................................................125
Section 11.03. Acts of Owners............................................................................126
Section 11.04. Notices, etc. to Trustee.................................................................127
Section 11.05. Notices and Reports to Owners; Waiver of Notices..........................................127
Section 11.06. Rules by Trustee..........................................................................127
Section 11.07. Successors and Assigns....................................................................128
Section 11.08. Severability..............................................................................128
Section 11.09. Benefits of Agreement.....................................................................128
Section 11.10. Legal Holidays............................................................................128
Section 11.11. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.................................................128
Section 11.12. Counterparts..............................................................................129
Section 11.13. Usury.....................................................................................129
Section 11.14. Amendment.................................................................................130
Section 11.15. Paying Agent; Appointment and Acceptance of Duties........................................130
Section 11.16. REMIC Status..............................................................................131
Section 11.17. Additional Limitation on Action and Imposition of Tax.....................................133
Section 11.18. Appointment of Tax Matters Person.........................................................134
Section 11.19. The Certificate Insurer...................................................................134
Section 11.20. Reserved..................................................................................134
Section 11.21. Third Party Rights........................................................................134
Section 11.22. Notices...................................................................................134
Section 11.23. Rule 144A Information.....................................................................136
ARTICLE XII CERTAIN MATTERS REGARDING THE CERTIFICATE INSURER
Section 12.01. Trust Estate and Accounts Held for Benefit of the Certificate Insurer.....................138
Section 12.02. Claims Upon the Policy; Policy Payments Account...........................................138
Section 12.03. Effect of Payments by the Certificate Insurer; Subrogation................................139
Section 12.04. Notices to the Certificate Insurer........................................................140
Section 12.05. Third-Party Beneficiary...................................................................140
Section 12.06. Rights to the Certificate Insurer To Exercise Rights of Owners............................140
SCHEDULE I-A SCHEDULE OF THE GROUP I HOME EQUITY LOANS
SCHEDULE I-B SCHEDULE OF THE GROUP II HOME EQUITY LOANS
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SCHEDULE I-E INVESTMENT INSTRUCTIONS TO TRUSTEE
EXHIBIT A-1 FORM OF CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT A-2 FORM OF CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT A-3 FORM OF CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT A-4 FORM OF CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATES
EXHIBIT A-5 FORM OF CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATES
EXHIBIT A-6 FORM OF CLASS A-6 CERTIFICATES
EXHIBIT A-7 FORM OF CLASS A-7 CERTIFICATES
EXHIBIT B FORM OF X-IO CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT C FORM OF CLASS R CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT D FORM OF CERTIFICATE RE: HOME EQUITY LOANS PREPAID
IN FULL AFTER CUT-OFF DATE
EXHIBIT E-1 FORM OF TRUSTEE'S RECEIPT
EXHIBIT E-2 FORM OF CUSTODIAN'S RECEIPT
EXHIBIT F FORM OF POOL CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT G FORM OF DELIVERY ORDER
EXHIBIT H FORM OF CLASS R TAX MATTERS TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT I-1 FORM OF CERTIFICATE REGARDING TRANSFER (ACCREDITED
INVESTOR)
EXHIBIT I-2 FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER (RULE 144A)
EXHIBIT J HOME EQUITY LOANS WITH DOCUMENT EXCEPTIONS
EXHIBIT K DEFINITION OF GROUP II TARGET OVERCOLLATERALIZATION
AMOUNT
EXHIBIT L DEFINITION OF GROUP I TARGET OVERCOLLATERALIZATION
AMOUNT
EXHIBIT M FORM OF LETTER REGARDING REPORTING OBLIGATIONS UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, relating to CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN
TRUST 2000-__, dated as of ____________1, 2000 by and among CHEC Funding,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as the depositor
(the "Depositor"), __________, as Seller CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION d/b/a
CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation ("CHEC") in its
capacities as the seller (in such capacity, the "Seller") and as the servicer
(in such capacity, the "Servicer"), and, an ____________ banking corporation,
in its capacity as the trustee (the "Trustee").
WHEREAS, the Seller wishes to establish a trust and two subtrusts
and provide for the allocation and sale of the beneficial interests therein
and the maintenance and distribution of the trust estate;
WHEREAS, the Seller wish to sell to the Depositor, the Depositor
wishes to purchase from the Seller and to sell to the Trustee, and the
Trustee wishes to purchase, the Home Equity Loans;
WHEREAS, the Servicer has agreed to service the Home Equity Loans,
which constitute the principal assets of the trust estate;
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Certificates, when
executed and authenticated by the Trustee, valid instruments, and to make
this Agreement a valid agreement, in accordance with their and its terms,
have been done;
WHEREAS, _______________________ is willing to serve in the capacity
of Trustee hereunder; and
WHEREAS, [MBIA Insurance Corporation] (the "Certificate Insurer") is
intended to be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement and is hereby
recognized by the parties hereto to be a third-party beneficiary of this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein contained, the Depositor, the Sellers, the Servicer, and
the Trustee hereby agree as follows:
CONVEYANCE
The Seller with respect to the Seller Home Equity Loans, each hereby
bargains, sells, conveys, assigns and transfers to the Depositor, in trust,
without recourse and for the exclusive benefit of the Owners of the
Certificates and the Certificate Insurer, all of its right, title and
interest in and to (a) any and all benefits accruing from the Home Equity
Loans which the Depositor is causing to be delivered to the Custodian on
behalf of the Trustee herewith, together with the related Home Equity Loan
documents and the Depositor's interest in any Property, and all payments
thereon and proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the
foregoing; and (b) proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not by way
of limitation, all proceeds of any mortgage insurance, flood insurance,
hazard insurance and title insurance policy relating to the Home Equity
Loans, cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts,
acceptances,
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chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment of any and every
kind, and other forms of obligations and receivables which at any time
constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the
foregoing) to pay the Certificates as specified herein (the "Home Equity Loan
Assets").
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof,
hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Certificate
Insurer, without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the Depositor
in and to the Trust Estate.
In addition to the foregoing, the Depositor shall cause the
Certificate Insurer to deliver two Certificate Insurance Policies to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Owners of the Class A Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges such sale, accepts the trusts hereunder in
accordance with the provisions hereof and the Trustee agrees to perform the
duties herein to the best of its ability to the end that the interests of the
Owners may be adequately and effectively protected.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 1.01. DEFINITIONS.
For all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the meanings set forth below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"ACCOUNT": Any account established in accordance with Section 7.02,
8.04, 8.08 or 12.02 hereof.
"ADJUSTED CERTIFICATE RATE": As of any date of determination
thereof, a rate equal to the sum of (a) the Weighted Average Certificate Rate
and (b) any portion of the Premium Amount (calculated as a percentage of the
outstanding principal amount of Certificates) and the Trustee Fee (calculated
as a percentage of the outstanding Loan Balances as of the first day of the
related Remittance Period) in each case then accrued and outstanding.
"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.
"AGREEMENT": This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as it may be
amended from time to time, including the Exhibits and Schedules hereto.
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"ANNUAL LOSS PERCENTAGE (ROLLING TWELVE MONTH)": As of any date of
determination thereof, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator
of which is the aggregate of the Realized Losses as of the last day of the
calendar month of each Remittance Period for the twelve immediately preceding
Remittance Periods and the denominator of which is the aggregate of the Loan
Balances as of the first day of the first such Remittance Period.
"APPRAISED VALUE": The appraised value of any Property based upon
the appraisal made at the time of the origination of the related Home Equity
Loan, or, in the case of a Home Equity Loan which is a purchase money
mortgage or with respect to which the Property was sold within 12 months
preceding the time of origination, the sales price of the Property, if such
sales price is less than such appraised value.
"AUTHORIZED OFFICER": With respect to any Person, any officer of
such Person who is authorized to act for such Person in matters relating to
this Agreement, and whose action is binding upon such Person; with respect to
the Depositor, the Sellers and the Servicer, initially including those
individuals whose names appear on the lists of Authorized Officers delivered
at the Closing; with respect to the Trustee, any officer assigned to the
Corporate Trust Office (or any successor thereto), including any Vice
President, Assistant Vice President, Trust Officer, any Assistant Secretary,
any trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers
and having direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.
"AVAILABLE FUNDS": As to each Home Equity Loan Group and
Distribution Date, is the amount on deposit in the Certificate Account with
respect to the related Home Equity Loan Group on the Distribution Date,
disregarding the amounts of any Insured Payments to be made on the
Distribution Date.
"AVAILABLE FUNDS SHORTFALL": As to each Home Equity Loan Group and
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the
aggregate of the amounts required to be distributed pursuant to clauses (ii)
and (iii) of Section 7.03(b) over (y) the Available Funds for such payments
for such Home Equity Loan Group and Distribution Date.
"BUSINESS DAY": Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on
which commercial banking institutions in New York, New York, Dallas, Texas,
the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located or, with respect to
the obligations of the Custodian hereunder, the State of California, are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
"CARRY-FORWARD AMOUNT": With respect to any Class of Class A
Certificates and any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (1) the
amount, if any, by which (x) the Current Interest for such Class for the
immediately preceding Distribution Date exceeded (y) the amount of the actual
distribution made to Owners of such Class with respect to interest on such
Class on the immediately preceding Distribution Date and (2) interest on such
excess for the related Interest Period at the related Certificate Rate for
the Class of Class A Certificates.
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"CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Class A Certificates, the Class X-IO
Certificates or the Class R Certificates, each representing the interests and
the rights described in this Agreement.
"CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT": The segregated certificate account
established in accordance with Section 7.02(a) hereof and maintained at the
Corporate Trust Office entitled "________________, as Trustee on behalf of
the Owners of the Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__, Centex Home Equity
Loan Asset-Backed Certificates." The Certificate Account shall be an Eligible
Account.
"CERTIFICATE INSURANCE POLICIES": The Certificate Guaranty Insurance
Policies (numbers: ________ and _____________) each dated ________, 2000 with
respect to the Class A Certificates and all endorsements thereto, issued by
the Certificate Insurer for the benefit of the Owners of the Class A
Certificates.
"CERTIFICATE INSURER": [MBIA Insurance Corporation], a stock
insurance company organized under the laws of the [State of New York] and any
successor thereto.
"CERTIFICATE INSURER DEFAULT": The existence and continuance of any
of the following:
(a) the Certificate Insurer fails to make a payment
required under either of the Certificate Insurance Policies in accordance
with their terms; or
(b) the Certificate Insurer shall have (i) filed a
petition or commenced any case or proceeding under any provision or chapter
of the United States Bankruptcy Code, the New York State Insurance Law or any
other similar federal or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy,
rehabilitation, liquidation, or reorganization, (ii) made a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (iii) had an order for relief
entered against it under the United States Bankruptcy Code, the New York
State Insurance law or any other similar federal or state law relating to
insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation, or reorganization that
is final and nonappealable; or
(c) a court of competent jurisdiction, the New York
Department of Insurance or any other competent regulatory authority shall
have entered a final and nonappealable order, judgment or decree (i)
appointing a custodian, trustee, agent or receiver for the Certificate
Insurer or for all or any material portion of its property or (ii)
authorizing the taking of possession by a custodian, trustee, agent, or
receiver of the Certificate Insurer of all or any material portion of its
property.
"CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE": As of the Startup Day as to each of
the following Classes of Class A Certificates, the Certificate Principal
Balances thereof, as follows:
Class A-1 Certificates - $
Class A-2 Certificates - $
Class A-3 Certificates - $
Class A-4 Certificates - $
Class A-5 Certificates - $
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Class A-6 Certificates - $
Class A-7 Certificates - $
As of any time of determination after the Startup Day, with respect to
a Class of Class A Certificates, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the
Startup Day less the aggregate of all amounts actually distributed to such Class
in reduction of such Class Certificate Principal Balance pursuant to Section
7.03 hereof on all prior Distribution Dates; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that solely for
the purposes of determining the Certificate Insurer's rights, as subrogee, the
Certificate Principal Balance of a Class shall not be reduced by any principal
amounts paid to the Owners thereof from Insured Payments.
The Class X-IO Certificates and the Class R Certificates do not have a
Certificate Principal Balance.
"CERTIFICATE RATE": Any of the Class A-1 Certificate Rate, the Class
A-2 Certificate Rate, the Class A-3 Certificate Rate, the Class A-4 Certificate
Rate, the Class A-5 Certificate Rate, the Class A-6 Certificate Rate or the
Class A-7 Certificate Rate.
"CHEC": Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity Corporation.
"CIVIL RELIEF ACT INTEREST SHORTFALLS": With respect to any Remittance
Period, for any Home Equity Loans as to which there has been a reduction in the
amount of interest collectible thereon for the most recently ended Remittance
Period as a result of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as
amended, the amount, if any, by which (i) interest collectible on such Home
Equity Loans during the most recently ended Remittance Period is less than (ii)
interest accrued thereon for such Remittance Period pursuant to the Note at the
related Coupon Rate.
"CLASS": Any Class of the Class A Certificates or the Class X-IO
Certificates or the Class R Certificates.
"CLASS A CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Group I Certificates or Group II
Certificates.
"CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the
face thereof as a Class A-l Certificate, substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit A-1 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions.
"CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the
face thereof as a Class A-2 Certificate, substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit A-2 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions.
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"CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the
face thereof as a Class A-3 Certificate, substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit A-3 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions.
"CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the
face thereof as a Class A-4 Certificate, substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit A-4 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions.
"CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the
face thereof as a Class A-5 Certificate, substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit A-5 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions.
"CLASS A-6 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the
face thereof as a Class A-6 Certificate, substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit A-6 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions.
"CLASS A-7 CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the
face thereof as a Class A-7 Certificate, substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit A-7 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein and each evidencing an interest
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions.
"CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE RATE": With respect to any Distribution Date and
the Class A-1 Certificates,_____________% per annum.
"CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE RATE": With respect to any Distribution Date and
the Class A-2 Certificates,_____________% per annum.
"CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATE RATE": With respect to any Distribution Date and
the Class A-3 Certificates,_____________% per annum.
"CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATE RATE": With respect to any Distribution Date and
the Class A-4 Certificates,_____________% per annum.
"CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATE RATE": With respect to any Distribution Date
and the Class A-5 Certificates, the lesser of (A) _______% per annum (or
____________% per annum for each Interest Period occurring after the Clean-Up
Call Date) and (B) the Group I Net WAC Cap for the Distribution Date.
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"CLASS A-6 CERTIFICATE RATE": With respect to any Distribution Date
and the Class A-6 Certificates, the lesser of (A) ______% per annum and (B)
the Group I Net WAC Cap for the Distribution Date.
"CLASS A-7 CERTIFICATE RATE": With respect to any Distribution Date and
the Class A-7 Certificates, the lesser of (A) the Class A-7 Formula Rate and (B)
the Class A-7 Available Funds Cap for the Distribution Date.
"CLASS A DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": For each Home Equity Loan Group and
Distribution Date shall be the sum of (x) Current Interest for the Class A
Certificates related to the Home Equity Loan Group and (y) the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount for the Home Equity Loan Group and all other amounts
distributed in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balances of the related
Class A Certificates pursuant to Section 7.03(b) hereof.
"CLASS A PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": With respect to the Class A
Certificates of the related Home Equity Loan Group and Distribution Date shall
be the lesser of:
(a) the related Available Funds, remaining after distributions
pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 7.03(b); and
(b) the excess, if any, of
(1) the sum of (without duplication):
(A) the principal portion of all scheduled monthly
payments on the Home Equity Loans related to the Home Equity
Loan Group actually received by the Servicer during the
related Remittance Period and any Prepayments on the Home
Equity Loans made by the Mortgagors of Home Equity Loans in
the related Home Equity Loan Group and actually received by
the Servicer during the related Remittance Period in each case
to the extent the amounts are received by the Trustee on or
prior to the Monthly Remittance Date;
(B) the outstanding principal balance of each Home
Equity Loan in the related Home Equity Loan Group that was
repurchased by the Seller or purchased by the Servicer on or
prior to the related Monthly Remittance Date in each case to
the extent the amounts are received by the Trustee on or prior
to the Monthly Remittance Date;
(C) any Substitution Amounts relating to principal,
delivered by the Seller on the related Monthly Remittance Date
in connection with a substitution of a Home Equity Loan in the
related Home Equity Loan Group;
(D) all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected
by or on behalf of the Servicer with respect to the Home
Equity Loans in the related Home Equity Loan Group during the
related Remittance Period (to the extent the Net Liquidation
Proceeds relate to principal) in each case to the extent the
amounts are received by the Trustee on or prior to the Monthly
Remittance Date;
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(E) the amount of any Collateralization Deficit with
respect to the related Home Equity Loan Group for the
Distribution Date; and
(F) the principal portion of the proceeds received by
the Trustee with respect to the related Home Equity Loan Group
upon termination of the Trust (to the extent the proceeds
relate to principal); over
(2) the amount of any Overcollateralization Release Amount
with respect to the related Home Equity Loan Group for the Distribution
Date;
provided, however, on the Distribution Date occurring in February 2031,
the related Class A Principal Distribution Amount payable to any
outstanding Class shall be no less than the Certificate Principal
Balance for such Class of Class A Certificates.
"CLASS A-6 CALCULATION PERCENTAGE:" For any Distribution Date will be
the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-6 Certificates, and the denominator
of which is the total of the Certificate Principal Balances of the Group I
Certificates, in each case before giving effect to any distributions in
reduction of the Certificate Principal Balances of the Group I Certificates
pursuant to Section 7.03 hereof.
"CLASS A-6 LOCKOUT DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": For any Distribution Date will
be an amount equal to the product of (1) the applicable Class A-6 Lockout
Percentage for the Distribution Date, (2) the Class A-6 Calculation Percentage
and (3) the Class A Principal Distribution Amount with respect to the Group I
Certificates for the Distribution Date. In no event shall the Class A-6 Lockout
Distribution Amount exceed the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A-6 Certificates or the Class A Principal Distribution Amount applicable
to the Group I Certificates for the Distribution Date.
"CLASS A-6 LOCKOUT PERCENTAGE": For each Distribution Date will be as
follows:
Distribution Date Lockout Percentage
----------------- ------------------
January 20___ through December 20___ %
January 20___ through December 20___ %
January 20___ through December 20___ %
January 20___ through December 20___ %
January 20___ and thereafter %
"CLASS A-7 AVAILABLE FUNDS CAP" with respect to any Interest Period and
the related Distribution Date will be a rate per annum equal to the fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the product of (a) the
weighted average of the Net Coupon Rates (minus the Minimum Spread) on the Group
II Home Equity Loans as of the beginning of the related Remittance Period and
(b) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Group II Home Equity Loans as of the
beginning of the related Remittance Period, and the denominator of which is the
outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-7 Certificates (before
giving effect to payments of principal on the Distribution Date) (adjusted to an
effective rate, calculated by multiplying such
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fraction by 30 and dividing by the actual number of days elapsed in the
related Interest Period, reflecting accrued interest calculated on the basis
of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed).
"CLASS A-7 CERTIFICATEHOLDERS' INTEREST INDEX CARRYOVER": The sum of
(A) the excess of (1) the amount of interest the Class A-7 Certificates would
otherwise be entitled to receive on the Distribution Date had the rate been
calculated at the Class A-7 Formula Rate for the Distribution Date over (2) the
amount of interest payable on the Class A-7 Certificates at the Class A-7
Available Funds Cap for the Distribution Date and (B) the Class A-7
Certificateholders' Interest Index Carryover for all previous Distribution Dates
not previously paid to Class A-7 Certificateholders (including any interest
accrued thereon at the Class A-7 Formula Rate).
"CLASS A-7 FORMULA RATE": For any Distribution Date is the sum of (1)
One-Month LIBOR and (2)___% per annum (or__% per annum for each Interest Period
occurring after the Clean-Up Call Date).
"CLASS R CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the
face thereof as a Class R Certificate, substantially in the form annexed hereto
as Exhibit C, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing the right
to distributions as set forth herein. The Class R Certificate shall evidence (i)
an interest designated as the Class R-1 Certificate which is the "residual
interest" in REMIC I and (ii) an interest designated as the Class R-2
Certificate which is the residual interest in REMIC II for the purposes of the
REMIC Provisions. The Owner of the Class R Certificate shall be entitled to
separate such Certificate into its component Class R-1 and Class R-2 Certificate
parts, as further described in the Class R Certificate attached hereto as
Exhibit C.
"CLASS X-IO CERTIFICATE": Any one of the Certificates designated on the
face thereof as a Class X-IO Certificate, substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit B, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein, and evidencing an interest
designated as a "regular interest" in REMIC I created hereunder for the purposes
of the REMIC Provisions.
"CLASS X-IO DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the lesser of (i) the aggregate Available Funds, if any, remaining after
the making of all applications, transfers and disbursements described in
Sections 7.03(b)(i) through 7.03(b)(viii) hereof and (ii) the sum of the amounts
described in footnotes (5) and (6) of Section 2.08(b) for the current and for
all prior Distribution Dates less amounts distributed with respect to the Class
X-IO Certificates on prior Distribution Dates.
"CLEAN-UP CALL DATE": The first Distribution Date on which the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of all Class A Certificates as of the
close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period
has declined to [10%] or less of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class A Certificates as of the Startup Day.
"CLOSING": As defined in Section 4.02 hereof.
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"CODE": The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"COLLATERALIZATION DEFICIT": With respect to either Home Equity Loan
Group and Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (x) the related
aggregate of the Certificate Principal Balances with respect to such Home Equity
Loan Group, after taking into account the payment of all distributions with
respect to such Home Equity Loan Group on such Distribution Date (without regard
to any Insured Payment to be made on such Distribution Date and except for any
distributions in respect of the Collateralization Deficit with respect to such
Home Equity Loan Group), exceeds (y) the aggregate Loan Balances of the Home
Equity Loans in such Home Equity Loan Group as of the close of business on the
last day of the related Remittance Period.
"COMPENSATING INTEREST": As defined in Section 8.10(a) hereof.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE": The principal office of the Trustee
at________________________, Attn: ________________ (as of the Closing Date),
or at such other address as the Trustee may designate by notice to the
Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the Owners and the Certificate Insurer,
or the principal office of any successor Trustee hereunder.
"COUPON RATE": The rate of interest borne by each Note from time
to time.
"CRAM DOWN LOSS": With respect to a Home Equity Loan, if a court of
appropriate jurisdiction in an insolvency proceeding shall have issued an order
reducing the Loan Balance of such Home Equity Loan, the amount of such
reduction. A "Cram Down Loss" shall be deemed to have occurred on the date of
issuance of such order.
"CUMULATIVE LOSS PERCENTAGE": As of any date of determination thereof,
the aggregate of all Realized Losses since the Startup Day as a percentage of
the original aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans as of the Cut-Off
Date.
"CURRENT INTEREST": With respect to each Class of Class A Certificates
means, with respect to any Distribution Date: (1) the aggregate amount of
interest accrued at the related Certificate Rate on the Certificate Principal
Balance of the related Class A Certificates plus (2) the Carry-Forward Amount,
if any, with respect to the Class of Class A Certificates; provided, however,
that with respect to each Class of Class A Certificates, the amount described in
clause (1) above will be reduced by the Class' pro rata share of any Civil
Relief Act Interest Shortfalls (based on the amount of interest otherwise due to
such Class for such Interest Period) relating to such Home Equity Loan Group
during the related Remittance Period.
"CURRENT WAC EXCESS": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
portion of Current Interest being distributed with respect to the Class A-7
Certificates equal to interest accrued thereon at a rate equal to the excess of
the Class A-7 Certificate Rate over the Group II Net WAC Cap.
"CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT": The Custodial Agreement dated as of
____________________, 2000 between the Custodian, the Servicer and the Trustee.
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"CUSTODIAN": ____________________, as Custodian on behalf of the
Trustee pursuant to the Custodial Agreement and any successor Custodian.
"CUT-OFF DATE": The later of (i) the opening of business on
_____________________, 2000 and (ii) the date of origination with respect to a
Home Equity Loan, but in no event later than the Startup Day.
"DEFICIENCY AMOUNT": Means, as of any Distribution Date, the excess, if
any, of (a) the sum of (1) the related Current Interest for the related Class A
Certificates for the Distribution Date and (2) the Group I Guaranteed Principal
Amount or the Group II Guaranteed Principal Amount, as applicable, for the
Distribution Date over (b) the related Total Available Funds for such
Distribution Date (net of the Premium Amount, the Trustee Fee and Transition
Expenses of the related Home Equity Loan Group and after giving effect to the
cross-collateralization provisions of the Agreement).
"DELINQUENCY ADVANCE": As defined in Section 8.09(a) hereof.
"DELINQUENT": A Home Equity Loan is "Delinquent" if any payment due
thereon is not made by the Mortgagor by the close of business on the related Due
Date. A Home Equity Loan is "30 days Delinquent" if such payment has not been
received by the close of business on the corresponding day of the month
immediately succeeding the month in which such payment was due, or, if there is
no such corresponding day (e.g., as when a 30-day month follows a 31-day month
in which a payment was due on the 31st day of such month) then on the last day
of such immediately succeeding month. Similarly for "60 days Delinquent," "90
days Delinquent" and so on.
"DELIVERY ORDER": The delivery order in the form set forth as Exhibit G
hereto and delivered by the Depositor to the Trustee on the Startup Day pursuant
to Section 4.01 hereof.
"DEPOSITOR": CHEC Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
or any successor thereto.
"DEPOSITORY": The Depository Trust Company, 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, 00000, and any successor Depository.
"DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION": With respect to the Principal and
Interest Account, a trust account maintained by the trust department of a
federal or state chartered depository institution acceptable to the Certificate
Insurer, acting in its fiduciary capacity, having combined capital and surplus
of at least [$100,000,000]; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Principal and
Interest Account is not maintained with the Trustee, (i) such institution shall
have a long-term debt rating of at least "A" by Standard & Poor's and "A2" by
Moody's and (ii) the Servicer shall provide the Trustee and the Certificate
Insurer with a statement, which the Trustee will send to the Owners, identifying
the location and account information of the Principal and Interest Account upon
a change in the location of such account.
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"DETERMINATION DATE": The 15th day of each month, or if such day is not
a Business Day, on the preceding Business Day, commencing in
______________________,___________20____.
"DIRECT PARTICIPANT" or "DTC PARTICIPANT": Any broker-dealer, bank or
other financial institution for which the Depository holds Class A Certificates
from time to time as a securities depository.
"DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION": "Disqualified Organization" shall have the
meaning set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section
860E(e)(5) of the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the
Trust.
"DISTRIBUTION DATE": Any date on which the Trustee is required to
make distributions to the Owners, which shall be the 25th day of each month
or if such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day thereafter,
commencing in the month following the Startup Day. The first Distribution
Date will be ___________ 25, 2000.
"DUE DATE": With respect to any Home Equity Loan, the date on which the
Monthly Payment with respect to such Home Equity Loan is required to be paid
pursuant to the related Note exclusive of any days of grace.
"ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT": Either (A) a segregated trust account or accounts
maintained with an institution whose deposits are insured by the FDIC, the
unsecured and uncollateralized long term debt obligations of which institution
shall be rated AA- or higher by Standard & Poor's and, in the case of any
institution other than ______________________, Aa2 or higher by Moody's and in
the highest short term rating category by each of the Rating Agencies, and which
is (i) a federal savings and loan association duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the federal banking laws, (ii) an institution duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the applicable banking
laws of any state, (iii) a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the federal banking laws, (iv) a principal
subsidiary of a bank holding company, or (v) approved in writing by the
Certificate Insurer and each of the Rating Agencies or (B) a segregated trust
account or accounts maintained with the trust department of a federal or state
chartered depository institution acceptable to each Rating Agency and the
Certificate Insurer, having capital and surplus of not less than [$100,000,000],
acting in its fiduciary capacity.
"ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS": Those investments so designated pursuant to
Section 7.07 hereof.
"EXCHANGE ACT": The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"EXTRA PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT": Means as to either the Group I
or Group II Certificates and any Distribution Date, the lesser of (1) the
related Target Deficiency and (2) the related Net Monthly Excess Cashflow
Amount.
"FDIC": The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States, or any successor thereto.
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"FHLMC": The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created pursuant to the Emergency Home
Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereof.
"FILE": The documents delivered to the Custodian on behalf of the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(b) hereof pertaining to a particular Home
Equity Loan and any additional documents required to be added to the File
pursuant to this Agreement.
"FINAL CERTIFICATION": As defined in Section 3.06(c) hereof.
"FINAL DETERMINATION": As defined in Section 9.03(a) hereof.
"FINAL RECOVERY DETERMINATION": With respect to any defaulted Home
Equity Loan or REO Property (other than a Home Equity Loan purchased by the
Seller, the Depositor or the Servicer), a determination made by the Servicer
that all recoveries which the Servicer, in its reasonable business judgment
expects to be finally recoverable in respect thereof have been so recovered or
that the Servicer believes in its reasonable business judgment the cost of
obtaining any additional recoveries therefrom would exceed the amount of such
recoveries. The Servicer shall maintain records of each Final Recovery
Determination.
"FINAL SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE": As set out in Section 2.08(c)
hereof with respect to each Class A Certificate.
"FIRST MORTGAGE LOAN": A Home Equity Loan which constitutes a first
priority mortgage lien with respect to any Property.
"FIXED RATE CERTIFICATES": Any of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2
Certificates, Class A-3 Certificates, Class A-4 Certificates, Class A-5
Certificates and Class A-6 Certificates.
"FNMA": The Federal National Mortgage Association, a
federally-chartered and privately-owned corporation existing under the Federal
National Mortgage Association Charter Act, as amended, or any successor thereof.
"FNMA GUIDE": FNMA's Servicing Guide, as the same may be amended by
FNMA from time to time.
"GROUP I": With respect to the Home Equity Loans, the pool of Home
Equity Loans identified in the related Schedule of Home Equity Loans as having
been assigned to Group I in Schedule I-A hereto, including any Qualified
Replacement Mortgage delivered in replacement thereof.
"GROUP I CERTIFICATES": Any of the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class
A-2 Certificates, the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the
Class A-5 Certificates and the Class A-6 Certificates.
"GROUP I GUARANTEED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT": Means (a) with respect to any
Distribution Date other than the Distribution Date in_______________,20____, the
Collateralization Deficit with
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respect to Group I for the Distribution Date and (b) with respect to the
Distribution Date in ____________ 20____, the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Group I Certificates after giving effect to distributions thereon on
the Distribution Date (including Insured Payments distributed in respect of
clause (a) above but excluding any other Insured Payment).
"GROUP I MONTHLY REMITTANCE AMOUNT": As of any Monthly Remittance Date,
the sum, without duplication, of (i) all interest received (including any
Delinquency Advances) during the related Remittance Period with respect to the
Home Equity Loans in Group I (net of the Group I Servicing Fees), (ii) all
Compensating Interest paid by the Servicer on such Monthly Remittance Date with
respect to Group I, (iii) the portions of the Loan Purchase Prices and the
Substitution Amount relating to interest on the Home Equity Loans in Group I
paid by the Seller or Servicer on or prior to such Monthly Remittance Date, (iv)
the interest portion of all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the
Servicer with respect to such Home Equity Loans in Group I during the related
Remittance Period, (v) the principal actually collected by the Servicer with
respect to Home Equity Loans in Group I during the related Remittance Period,
(vi) the outstanding principal balance of each such Home Equity Loan in Group I
that was purchased from the Trustee on or prior to such Monthly Remittance Date,
to the extent such outstanding principal balance was actually deposited in the
Principal and Interest Account, (vii) any Substitution Amounts relating to
principal delivered by the Seller in connection with a substitution of a Home
Equity Loan in Group I, to the extent such Substitution Amounts were actually
deposited in the Principal and Interest Account on or prior to such Monthly
Remittance Date, (viii) the principal portion of all Net Liquidation Proceeds
actually collected by the Servicer with respect to such Home Equity Loans in
Group I during the related Remittance Period (to the extent such Net Liquidation
Proceeds related to principal) and (ix) the amount of investment losses required
to be deposited pursuant to Section 8.08(b).
"GROUP I NET WAC CAP": With respect to any Distribution Date, a rate
per annum equal to the weighted average of the Net Coupon Rates on the Group I
Home Equity Loans as of the beginning of the related Remittance Period.
"GROUP II": With respect to the Home Equity Loans, the pool of Home
Equity Loans identified in the related Schedule of Home Equity Loans as having
been assigned to Group II in Schedule I-B hereto, including any Qualified
Replacement Mortgage delivered in replacement thereof.
"GROUP II CERTIFICATES": The Class A-7 Certificates.
"GROUP II GUARANTEED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT": Means (a) with respect to any
Distribution Date other than the Distribution Date in ___________ 20____, the
Collateralization Deficit with respect to Group II for the Distribution Date and
(b) with respect to the Distribution Date in __________ 20____, the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Group II Certificates after giving effect to
distributions thereon on the Distribution Date (including Insured Payments
distributed in respect of clause (a) above but excluding any other Insured
Payment).
"GROUP II MONTHLY REMITTANCE AMOUNT": As of any Monthly Remittance
Date, the sum, without duplication, of (i) all interest received (including any
Delinquency Advances) during the
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related Remittance Period with respect to the Home Equity Loans in Group II
(net of the Group II Servicing Fee), (ii) all Compensating Interest paid by
the Servicer on such Monthly Remittance Date with respect to Group II, (iii)
the portion of the Loan Purchase Prices and Substitution Amount relating to
interest on the Home Equity Loans in Group II paid by the Seller or the
Servicer on or prior to such Monthly Remittance Date, (iv) the interest
portion of all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the Servicer
with respect to the Home Equity Loans in Group II during the related
Remittance Period, (v) the principal actually collected by the Servicer with
respect to Home Equity Loans in Group II during the related Remittance
Period, (vi) the outstanding principal balance of each such Home Equity Loan
in Group II that was purchased from the Trustee on or prior to such Monthly
Remittance Date, to the extent such outstanding principal balance was
actually deposited in the Principal and Interest Account, (vii) any
Substitution Amounts relating to principal delivered by the Seller in
connection with a substitution of a Home Equity Loan in Group II, to the
extent such Substitution Amounts were actually deposited in the Principal and
Interest Account on or prior to such Monthly Remittance Date, (viii) the
principal portion of all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the
Servicer with respect to such Home Equity Loans in Group II during the
related Remittance Period (to the extent such Net Liquidation Proceeds
related to principal) and (ix) the amount of investment losses required to be
deposited pursuant to Section 8.08(b).
"GROUP II NET WAC CAP": With respect to any Distribution Date will
be the rate per annum equal to the weighted average Net Coupon Rates of the
Group II Home Equity Loans as of the beginning of the related Remittance
Period minus the Minimum Spread.
"HIGHEST LAWFUL RATE": As defined in Section 11.13 hereof.
"HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSETS": has the meaning set forth under the
heading "CONVEYANCE" herein.
"HOME EQUITY LOAN GROUP" or "GROUP": Group I or Group II, as the
case may be. References herein to the related Class of Class A Certificates,
when used with respect to a Home Equity Loan Group, shall mean (A) in the
case of Group I, the Group I Certificates and (B) in the case of Group II,
the Group II Certificates.
"HOME EQUITY LOANS": The Home Equity Loans together with any
Qualified Replacement Mortgages substituted therefor in accordance with this
Agreement, as from time to time are held as a part of the Trust Estate. Where
applicable, the term "Home Equity Loan" includes (i) the terms "First
Mortgage Loan" and "Second Mortgage Loan", and (ii) any Home Equity Loan
which is Delinquent, relates to a foreclosure or relates to a Property which
is REO Property prior to such REO Property's disposition by the Trust. Any
home equity loan which, although intended by the parties hereto to have been,
and which purportedly was, transferred and assigned to the Trust by the
Depositor, in fact was not transferred and assigned to the Trust for any
reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, the incorrectness of the
statement set forth in Section 3.04(b)(x) hereof with respect to such home
equity loan, shall nevertheless be considered a "Home Equity Loan" for all
purposes of this Agreement.
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"INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT": The Indemnification Agreement dated as
of__________________, 20_____among the Certificate Insurer, the Sellers and
the Underwriters.
"INDIRECT PARTICIPANT": Any financial institution for whom any
Direct Participant holds an interest in a Class A Certificate.
"INSURANCE AGREEMENT": The Insurance Agreement dated as of
______________ __, 2000 among the Depositor, the Sellers, the Servicer, the
Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, as it may be amended from time to time.
"INSURANCE POLICY": Any hazard, flood, title or primary mortgage
insurance policy relating to a Home Equity Loan plus any amount remitted
under Section 8.11 hereof.
"INSURED PAYMENT": Means (a) as of any Distribution Date, any
Deficiency Amount and (b) any Preference Amount.
"INTEREST PERIOD": With respect to each Distribution Date and (i)
the Fixed Rate Certificates, the period from the first day of the calendar
month preceding the month of the Distribution Date through the last day of
the calendar month with interest accruing such that interest on the basis of
a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months; and (ii) the Variable Rate
Certificates, the period from and including the preceding Distribution Date
(or the Closing Date in the case of the first Distribution Date) to and
including the day preceding the related Distribution Date with interest
accruing on the basis of the actual number of days in the related Interest
Period and a year of 360 days.
"LATE PAYMENT RATE": As defined in the Insurance Agreement.
"LIBOR": With respect to any Interest Period for the Class A-7
Certificates, the rate determined by the Trustee on the related LIBOR
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 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
rates at which one-month U.S. dollar deposits are offered by the Reference
Banks at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date to prime banks
in the London interbank market. 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 at least two such quotations are provided, the rate for that
date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations (rounded upwards if
necessary to the nearest whole multiple of ___%). If fewer than two quotations
are provided as requested, the rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean
of the rates quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the
Servicer, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such date for
one-month U.S. dollar loan to leading European banks.
"LIBOR DETERMINATION DATE": With respect to any Interest Period for
the Class A-7 Certificates, the second London Business Day preceding the
commencement of such Interest Period (or in the case of the initial Interest
Period, ______________ __, 20__).
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"LIQUIDATED LOAN": A Home Equity Loan as to which a Final Recovery
Determination has been made.
"LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS": With respect to any Liquidated Loan, all
amounts (including the proceeds of any Insurance Policy) recovered by the
Servicer in connection with such Liquidated Loan, whether through trustee's
sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise.
"LOAN BALANCE": With respect to each Home Equity Loan and as of any
date of determination, the actual outstanding principal balance thereof on
the Cut-Off Date or relevant Replacement Cut-Off Date with respect to the
Qualified Replacement Mortgages less any principal payments relating to such
Home Equity Loan included in previous Monthly Remittance Amounts, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Loan Balance for any Home Equity Loan that has become a
Liquidated Loan shall be zero as of the first day of the Remittance Period
following the Remittance Period in which such Home Equity Loan becomes a
Liquidated Loan, and at all times thereafter.
"LOAN PURCHASE PRICE": With respect to any Home Equity Loan
purchased from the Trust on or prior to a Monthly Remittance Date pursuant to
Section 3.04, 3.06(b) or 8.10(b) hereof, an amount equal to the outstanding
principal balance of such Home Equity Loan as of the date of purchase
(assuming that the Monthly Remittance Amount remitted by the Servicer on such
Monthly Remittance Date has already been remitted), plus all accrued and
unpaid interest on such Home Equity Loan at the Coupon Rate to but not
including the date of such purchase together with (without duplication) the
aggregate amounts of (i) all unreimbursed Delinquency Advances and Servicing
Advances theretofore made with respect to such Home Equity Loan, (ii) all
Delinquency Advances which the Servicer has theretofore failed to remit with
respect to such Home Equity Loan and (iii) all reimbursed Delinquency
Advances and Servicing Advances to the extent that reimbursement is not made
from the Mortgagor.
"LONDON BUSINESS DAY": Any day on which dealings in deposits of
United States dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
"LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO": As of any particular date (i) with respect to
any First Mortgage Loan, the percentage obtained by dividing the Appraised
Value into the original principal balance of the Note relating to such First
Mortgage Loan and (ii) with respect to any Second Mortgage Loan, the
percentage obtained by dividing the Appraised Value as of the date of
origination of such Second Mortgage Loan into an amount equal to the sum of
(a) the remaining principal balance of the Senior Lien relating to such First
Mortgage Loan as of the date of origination of the related Second Mortgage
Loan and (b) the original principal balance of the Note relating to such
Second Mortgage Loan.
"MANUFACTURED HOME": A unit of manufactured housing, including all
accessions thereto, securing the indebtedness of the Mortgagor under the
related Home Equity Loan treated as real estate under applicable state law.
"MAXIMUM RATE": With respect to any Home Equity Loan in Group II,
means the maximum rate at which interest may accrue on such Home Equity Loan.
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"MINIMUM SPREAD": A percentage per annum equal to ___% for
Distribution Dates which occur prior to___________________ 20__ and ___%
for Distribution Dates which occur in ___________ 20__ or thereafter.
"MONTHLY PAYMENT": With respect to any Home Equity Loan and any
Remittance Period, the payment of principal, if any, and interest due on the
Due Date in such Remittance Period pursuant to the related Note.
"MONTHLY REMITTANCE AMOUNT": The sum of the Group I Monthly
Remittance Amount and the Group II Monthly Remittance Amount.
"MONTHLY REMITTANCE DATE": The 18th day of each month, or if the
18th day is not a Business Day, the preceding Business Day.
"MOODY'S": Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.
"MORTGAGE": The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating
a first or second lien on an estate in fee simple interest in real property
securing a Note.
"MORTGAGOR": The obligor on a Note.
"NET COUPON RATE": With respect to any Home Equity Loan in Group I
or Group II, means a rate per annum equal to the Coupon Rate of such Home
Equity Loan minus the sum of (i) the rate at which the Servicing Fee accrues,
(ii) the rate at which the Trustee Fee accrues and (iii) the applicable
Premium Amount (expressed as a per annum percentage of the aggregate Loan
Balance of the Home Equity Loans in Group I or Group II, as applicable).
"NET LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS": As to any Liquidated Loan, Liquidation
Proceeds net of expenses incurred by the Servicer (including unreimbursed
Servicing Advances) in connection with the liquidation of such Home Equity
Loan and unreimbursed Delinquency Advances relating to such Home Equity Loan.
In no event shall Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to any Liquidated
Loan be less than zero.
"NET MONTHLY EXCESS CASHFLOW": With respect to each Home Equity Loan
Group and Distribution Date, the Available Funds remaining for such Home
Equity Loan Group, if any, after the application of clauses (i) through (vi)
of Section 7.03(b).
"90-DAY DELINQUENT LOAN": With respect to any Determination Date,
all REO Properties and each Home Equity Loan, with respect to which any
portion of a Monthly Payment is, as of the last day of the prior Remittance
Period, three months (calculated from Due Date with respect to such Home
Equity Loan to Due Date) or more past due (without giving effect to any grace
period).
"90+ DELINQUENCY PERCENTAGE (ROLLING THREE MONTH)": With respect to
any Determination Date, the average of the percentage equivalents of the
fractions determined for each of the three immediately preceding Remittance
Periods (or such fewer number of Remittance Periods since the Cut-Off Date,
in the case of the first two Determination Dates) the
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numerator of each of which is equal to the sum of (without duplication) (i)
the aggregate Loan Balance of 90-Day Delinquent Loans, and (ii) the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of Home Equity Loans in foreclosure and the
denominator of which is the Loan Balance of all of the Home Equity Loans as
of the end of such Remittance Period.
"NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCE" means with respect to any Home Equity Loan
for which a Final Recovery Determination has been made, any Delinquency
Advance previously made and not reimbursed from proceeds on the related Home
Equity Loan or under Section 7.03(b)(xi) hereof which the Servicer has
determined, in good faith business judgment, as evidenced by an Officer's
Certificate delivered to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee no later
than the Business Day following such determination, would not be ultimately
recovered.
"NOTE": The note or other evidence of indebtedness evidencing the
indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Home Equity Loan.
"OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE": A certificate signed by any Authorized
Officer of any Person delivering such certificate and delivered to the
Trustee and the Certificate Insurer.
"OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS": Collectively, this Agreement, the Certificate
Insurance Policies, the Certificates, the Custodial Agreement, the
Indemnification Agreement and the Insurance Agreement.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL": A written Opinion of Counsel acceptable, in
form and substance, to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer and delivered
to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer.
"ORIGINAL AGGREGATE LOAN BALANCE": The aggregate Loan Balances of
all Home Equity Loans as of the Cut-Off Date, which is
$__________________________.
"OUTSTANDING": With respect to all Certificates of a Class, as of
any date of determination, all such Certificates theretofore executed and
delivered hereunder except:
(i) Certificates theretofore cancelled by the Registrar or
delivered to the Registrar for cancellation;
(ii) Certificates or portions thereof for which full and final
payment of money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Owners of such
Certificates;
(iii) Certificates in exchange for or in lieu of which other
Certificates have been executed and delivered pursuant to this
Agreement, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that
any such Certificates are held by a bona fide purchaser;
(iv) Certificates alleged to have been destroyed, lost or
stolen for which replacement Certificates have been issued as provided
for in Section 5.05 hereof; and
(v) Certificates as to which the Trustee has made the final
distribution thereon, whether or not such Certificate is ever returned
to the Trustee.
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"OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AMOUNT": With respect to each Home Equity
Loan Group and Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the aggregate
Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in the Home Equity Loan Group as of the
close of business on the last day of the preceding Remittance Period over (y)
the aggregate outstanding Certificate Principal Balances of the related Class
A Certificates as of the Distribution Date (after taking into account the
payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount related to the Home
Equity Loan Group on the Distribution Date).
"OVERCOLLATERALIZATION RELEASE AMOUNT": As to either the Group I or
Group II Certificates and any Distribution Date, the lesser of (1) the
related Class A Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and
(2) the excess, if any, of (A) the related Overcollateralization Amount over
(B) the related Target Overcollateralization Amount.
"OWNER": The Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the
Register, and the Certificate Insurer, to the extent described in Section
12.06 hereof.
"PAYING AGENT": Initially, the Trustee, and thereafter, the Trustee
or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards for the Paying Agent
specified in Section 11.15 hereof and is authorized by the Trustee and the
Depositor to make payments on the Certificates on behalf of the Trustee.
"PERCENTAGE INTEREST": With respect to a Class of Class A
Certificates, a fraction, expressed as a decimal, the numerator of which is
the initial Class A Certificate Principal Balance represented by such Class A
Certificate and the denominator of which is the aggregate initial Class A
Certificate Principal Balance represented by all the Class A Certificates of
such Class. With respect to the Class X-IO or Class R Certificates, the
portion of the Class evidenced thereby, expressed as a percentage, as stated
on the face of such Certificate, all of which shall total [100%] with respect
to the related Class.
"PERSON": Any individual, corporation, limited partnership, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"POLICY PAYMENTS ACCOUNT": The policy payments account maintained by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.02(b) hereof. The Policy Payments Account
shall be an Eligible Account.
"PREFERENCE AMOUNT": Means any amount previously distributed to an
Owner on the Class A Certificates that is recoverable and sought to be
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy pursuant to the
United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.), as amended from time to time in
accordance with a final nonappealable order of a court having competent
jurisdiction.
"PREMIUM AMOUNT": As defined in the Insurance Agreement.
"PREPAYMENT": Any payment of principal of a Home Equity Loan which
is received by the Servicer in advance of the scheduled due date for the
payment of such principal and which is not accompanied by an amount of
interest representing the full amount of scheduled interest due
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on any Due Date in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment,
Substitution Amounts, the portion of the purchase price of any Home Equity
Loan purchased from the Trust pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.06(b) or 8.10(b)
hereof representing principal and the proceeds of any Insurance Policy which
are to be applied as a payment of principal on the related Home Equity Loan
shall be deemed to be Prepayments for all purposes of this Agreement.
"PRESERVATION EXPENSES": Expenditures made by the Servicer in
connection with a foreclosed Home Equity Loan prior to the liquidation
thereof, including, without limitation, expenditures for real estate property
taxes, hazard insurance premiums, property restoration or preservation.
"PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ACCOUNT": The principal and interest account
created by the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.08(a) hereof. The Principal and
Interest Account shall be an Eligible Account.
"PROHIBITED TRANSACTION": "Prohibited Transaction" shall have the
meaning set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section
860F(a)(2) of the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to
the Trust.
"PROPERTY": The underlying property securing a Home Equity Loan.
"PROSPECTUS": The Depositor's Prospectus dated ______________
_______, 2000 constituting part of the Registration Statement.
"PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT": The Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__
Prospectus Supplement dated ____________, 2000 to the Prospectus.
"PURCHASE OPTION PERIOD": As defined in Section 9.03(a) hereof.
"QUALIFIED LIQUIDATION": The meaning set forth from time to time in
the definition thereof at Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code (or any successor
statute thereto) and applicable to the Trust.
"QUALIFIED MORTGAGE": The meaning set forth from time to time in the
definition thereof at Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (or any successor
statute thereto) and applicable to the Trust.
"QUALIFIED REPLACEMENT MORTGAGE": A Home Equity Loan substituted for
another pursuant to Section 3.04 and 3.06(b) hereof, which (i) has a Coupon
Rate at least equal to the Coupon Rate of the Home Equity Loan being
replaced; (ii) is of the same or better property type or is a single family
dwelling and the same or better occupancy status or is a primary residence as
the Home Equity Loan being replaced, (iii) shall mature no later than the
latest Final Scheduled Distribution Date with respect to the related Home
Equity Loan Group, (iv) has a Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the Replacement
Cut-Off Date no higher than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the replaced Home
Equity Loan at such time, (v) shall be of the same or higher credit quality
classification (determined in accordance with the Seller's credit
underwriting guidelines set forth in the Seller's underwriting manual) as the
Home Equity Loan which such Qualified Replacement Mortgage replaces, (vi)
shall be a First Mortgage Loan if the Home Equity Loan which such Qualified
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Replacement Mortgage replaces was a First Mortgage Loan and shall be a First
Mortgage Loan or Second Mortgage Loan if the Home Equity Loan which such
Qualified Replacement Mortgage replaces was a Second Mortgage Loan, (vii) has
an outstanding principal balance as of the related Replacement Cut-Off Date
equal to or less than the outstanding principal balance of the replaced Home
Equity Loan as of such Replacement Cut-Off Date, (viii) shall not provide for
a "balloon" payment if the related Home Equity Loan did not provide for a
"balloon" payment (and if such related Home Equity Loan provided for a
"balloon" payment, such Qualified Replacement Mortgage shall have an original
maturity of not less than the original maturity of such related Home Equity
Loan), (ix) shall be a fixed rate Home Equity Loan if the Home Equity Loan
being replaced is in Group I or an adjustable rate Home Equity Loan if the
Home Equity Loan being replaced is in Group II, (x) satisfies the criteria
set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860G(a)(4)
of the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the Trust,
(xi) satisfies the representations and warranties set forth in Section
3.04(b) hereof, (xii) shall not be 30 days or more delinquent and (xiii) if
such Home Equity Loan being replaced is in the Group II, shall adjust based
on the same index, have no lower margin, have the same interval between
adjustment dates and have a maximum Coupon Rate no lower than, and a minimum
Coupon Rate no lower than the Home Equity Loan being replaced. In the event
that one or more home equity loans are proposed to be substituted for one or
more Home Equity Loans, the Certificate Insurer may allow the foregoing tests
to be met on a weighted average basis or other aggregate basis acceptable to
the Certificate Insurer, as evidenced by a written approval delivered to the
Trustee by the Certificate Insurer, except that the requirements of clauses
(i), (iii), (iv), (ix), (x), (xi) and (xii) hereof must be satisfied as to
each Qualified Replacement Mortgage.
"RATING AGENCIES": Collectively, Moody's and Standard & Poor's.
"REALIZED LOSS": As to any Liquidated Loan (or, in the case of a
Cram Down Loss a Home Equity Loan that is not a Liquidated Loan), the amount
(not less than zero), if any, by which (A) the sum of (x) the Loan Balance
thereof as of the date of liquidation, (y) the amount of accrued but unpaid
interest thereon and (z) the amount of any Cram Down Loss with respect
thereto is in excess of (B) the Net Liquidation Proceeds, if any, realized
thereon applied in reduction of such Loan Balance.
"RECORD DATE": With respect to (i) any Distribution Date and each
Class of Fixed Rate Certificates, the last Business Day of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date
occurs and (ii) any Distribution Date and the Variable Rate Certificates, the
Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date, or if Definitive
Certificates have been issued, the last Business Day of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
"REFERENCE BANKS": Bankers Trust Company, Barclays Bank PLC, The
Bank of Tokyo and National Westminster Bank PLC, PROVIDED that if any of the
foregoing banks are not suitable to serve as a Reference Bank, then any
leading banks selected by CHEC which are engaged in transactions in
Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market (i) with an
established place of business in London, (ii) which are not Affiliates of the
Seller, (iii) whose quotations appear on Telerate Page 3750 on the relevant
LIBOR Determination Date and (iv) which have been designated as such by the
Seller.
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"REGISTER": The register maintained by the Registrar in accordance
with Section 5.04 hereof, in which the names of the Owners are set forth.
"REGISTRAR": The Trustee, acting in its capacity as Registrar
appointed pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof, or any duly appointed and eligible
successor thereto.
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT": The Registration Statement filed by the
Depositor with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Registration Number
333-93255), including all amendments thereto and including the Prospectus and
Prospectus Supplement relating to the Class A Certificates.
"REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT": With respect to each Home Equity Loan Group
and any Distribution Date, the sum of (x)(i) all Insured Payments previously
paid to the Trustee by the Certificate Insurer and not previously repaid to
the Certificate Insurer pursuant to Section 7.03(b) hereof plus (ii) interest
accrued on each such Insured Payment not previously repaid calculated at the
Late Payment Rate and (y)(i) any amounts then due and owing to the
Certificate Insurer under the Insurance Agreement (including, without
limitation, any unpaid Premium Amount relating to such Distribution Date or
an earlier Distribution Date) plus (ii) interest on such amounts at the Late
Payment Rate. The Certificate Insurer shall notify the Trustee, the Depositor
and the Seller in writing of the amount of any Reimbursement Amount.
"REMIC": A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of Section 860D of the Code.
"REMIC I": The segregated group of assets consisting of the REMIC II
Regular Interests as defined in Section 2.08 and constituting a REMIC created
hereunder.
"REMIC II": The segregated pool of assets consisting of all the
assets of the Trust Estate other than the Supplemental Interest Reserve
Account and the REMIC I Regular Interests and constituting a REMIC created
hereunder. Expenses and fees of the Trust shall be paid from REMIC II.
"REMIC OPINION": As defined in Section 3.04 hereof.
"REMIC PROVISIONS": Provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Section
860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related
provisions, and regulations and revenue rulings promulgated thereunder, as
the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.
"REMITTANCE PERIOD": With respect to each Monthly Remittance Date,
the calendar month immediately preceding such Monthly Remittance Date.
"REO PROPERTY": A Property acquired by the Servicer on behalf of the
Trust through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a
defaulted Home Equity Loan.
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"REPLACEMENT CUT-OFF DATE": With respect to any Qualified
Replacement Mortgage, the opening of business of the first day of the
calendar month in which such Qualified Replacement Mortgage is conveyed to
the Trust.
"REPRESENTATION LETTER": Letters to, or agreements with, the
Depository to effectuate a book entry system with respect to the Class A
Certificates registered in the Register under the nominee name of the
Depository.
"RESIDUAL NET MONTHLY EXCESS CASHFLOW": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the aggregate Available Funds, if any, remaining after the
making of all applications, transfers and disbursements described in Sections
7.03(b)(i) through 7.03(b)(xii) hereof. It is anticipated that there will not
be any Residual Net Monthly Excess Cashflow.
"SCHEDULE OF HOME EQUITY LOANS": The Seller's Schedule of Home
Equity Loans.
"SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL PAYMENT": As of any date of calculation, with
respect to a Home Equity Loan, the then stated scheduled monthly installment
of principal payable thereunder which, if timely paid, would result in the
full amortization of principal over the term thereof (or, in the case of a
"balloon" Note, the term to the nominal maturity date for amortization
purposes, without regard to the actual maturity date), without taking into
account any Prepayment made on such Home Equity Loan during the then-current
Remittance Period.
"SECOND MORTGAGE LOAN": A Home Equity Loan which constitutes a
second priority mortgage lien with respect to the related Property.
"SECURITIES ACT": The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"SELLER": Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity
Corporation, a Nevada corporation.
"SELLER HOME EQUITY LOANS": The home equity loans listed on the
Seller Schedule of Home Equity Loans.
"SELLER": The Seller.
"SENIOR LIEN": With respect to any Second Mortgage Loan, the home
equity loan relating to the corresponding Property having a first priority
lien.
"SERVICER": Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity
Corporation, a Nevada corporation, and its permitted successors and assigns.
"SERVICER LOSS TEST": The Servicer Loss Test for any period set out
below is satisfied, if the Cumulative Loss Percentage for such period does
not exceed the percentage set out for such period below (provided, that for
purposes of the Servicer Loss Test, Realized Losses attributable solely to
Cram Down Losses should be excluded from the calculation of Cumulative Loss
Percentage):
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PERIOD CUMULATIVE LOSS PERCENTAGE
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January 20__ - December 20__ ____%
January 20__ - December 20__ ____%
January 20__ - December 20__ ____%
January 20__ - December 20__ ____%
January 20__ - December 20__ ____%
January 20__ and thereafter ____%
"SERVICER TERMINATION EVENT": As defined in Section 8.20(a) hereof.
"SERVICER TERMINATION TEST": The Servicer Termination Test
is satisfied for any date of determination thereof, if (w) the
Servicer's Tangible Net Worth is at least the greater of (a) $
_________ and (b) the amount required pursuant to any credit
facility of the Servicer, (x) the 90+ Delinquency Percentage
(Rolling Three Month) is less than or equal to ___%, (y) the
Servicer Loss Test is satisfied and (z) the Annual Loss Percentage
(Rolling Twelve Month) for the twelve month period immediately
preceding the date of determination thereof is not greater than
____%.
"SERVICING ADVANCE": As defined in Section 8.09(b) and Section 8.13(a)
hereof.
"SERVICING FEE": With respect to any Home Equity Loan Group and a
Remittance Period, an amount retained by the Servicer as compensation for
servicing and administration duties relating to the Home Equity Loans in such
Home Equity Loan Group pursuant to Section 8.15 hereof and equal to one month's
interest at ____% per annum of the then outstanding principal balance of
such Home Equity Loans as of the first day of each Remittance Period payable on
a monthly basis; provided, however, that if a successor Servicer is appointed
pursuant to Section 8.20 hereof, the Servicing Fee shall be the amount as agreed
upon by the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the successor Servicer, and the
per annum rate at which the Servicing Fee is calculated shall not exceed
__% per annum.
"60-DAY DELINQUENT LOAN": With respect to any Determination Date, all
REO Properties and each Home Equity Loan, with respect to which any portion of a
Monthly Payment is, as of the last day of the prior Remittance Period, two
months (calculated from Due Date with respect to such Home Equity Loan to Due
Date) or more past due (without giving effect to any grace period).
"STANDARD & POOR'S": Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. or any successor thereto.
"STARTUP DAY": ________________, 20__.
"SUB-SERVICER": Any Person with whom the Servicer has entered into a
Sub-Servicing Agreement and who satisfies any requirements set forth in Section
8.03 hereof in respect of the qualification of a Sub-Servicer.
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"SUB-SERVICING AGREEMENT": The written contract between the Servicer
and any Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and/or administration of certain Home
Equity Loans as permitted by Section 8.03.
"SUBSTITUTION AMOUNT": With respect to the substitution of any
Qualified Replacement Mortgage for any Home Equity Loan, as of the related
Replacement Cut-Off Date, the excess, if any, of the outstanding principal
balance of such Home Equity Loan over the outstanding principal balance of the
Qualified Replacement Mortgage, together with the aggregate amount of all
Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances made, and all accrued and unpaid
interest with respect to such Home Equity Loan.
"SUPPLEMENTAL INTEREST RESERVE FUND": The Supplemental Interest Reserve
Fund established and maintained as described in Section 7.02(a).
"TANGIBLE NET WORTH": Shall mean the difference between: (A) the
tangible assets of the Seller or Servicer, as applicable, and its Affiliates
calculated in accordance with GAAP, as reduced by adequate reserves in each case
where a reserve is appropriate; and (B) all indebtedness, including subordinated
debt, of the Seller or Servicer, as applicable, and its Affiliates; provided,
however, that (i) intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, trade names,
copyrights, licenses, good will, organization costs, advances or loans to, or
receivables from directors, officers, employees or affiliates, prepaid assets,
amounts relating to covenants not to compete, pension assets, deferred charges
or treasury stock of any securities unless the same are readily marketable in
the United States of America or are entitled to be used as a credit against
federal income tax liabilities, shall not be included in the calculation of (A)
above, (ii) securities included as tangible assets shall be valued at their
current market price or costs, whichever is lower and (iii) any write-up in book
value of any assets shall not be taken into account.
"TARGET DEFICIENCY": As to either the Group I or Group II Certificates
and any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (1) the related Target
Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date over (2) the related
Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date after giving effect to
the distribution of the related Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date; provided, however, that in no event will the Target
Deficiency be less than zero.
"TARGET OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AMOUNT": The required level
of the Overcollateralization Amount for each Home Equity Loan Group
with respect to a Distribution Date. The Target
Overcollateralization Amount for Group I is set forth in Exhibit L
hereof. The Target Overcollateralization Amount for Group II is set
forth in Exhibit K hereof.
"TAX MATTERS PERSON": The Person designated pursuant to Section 11.18
hereof to act as the Tax Matters Person under the Code (or where the context
requires, the Trustee acting as agent for the Tax Matters Person).
"TELERATE PAGE 3750": The display designated as page "3750" on the
Bridge Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace page 3750 on that
report for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of major
banks).
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"TERMINATION NOTICE": As defined in Section 9.03(a) hereof.
"TERMINATION PRICE": Means, with respect to Sections 9.02 and 9.03
hereof, and on any date of determination thereof, an amount equal to the sum of
(w) the greater of (i) [100%] of the aggregate outstanding principal balances of
the Home Equity Loans as of such date of determination less amounts remitted to
the Principal and Interest Account representing collections of principal on the
Home Equity Loans during the current Remittance Period, and (ii) the greater of
(A) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance for the Class A Certificates
and (B) the fair market value of such Home Equity Loans (disregarding accrued
interest), (x) one month's interest on such amount (calculated at the Adjusted
Certificate Rate), (y) all Reimbursement Amounts and (z) the sum of the
aggregate amount of any unreimbursed Delinquency Advances, Servicing Advances,
Compensating Interest and any Delinquency Advances which the Servicer has
theretofore failed to remit.
"TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS": As to each Distribution Date and a Home Equity
Loan Group is the sum of (x) the amount on deposit in the Certificate Account
with respect to the Home Equity Loan Group and (y) any amounts on deposit in the
Certificate Account with respect to the other Home Equity Loan Group to be
applied to the related Classes of Class A Certificates pursuant to Section
7.03(b)(v) on the Distribution Date (disregarding the amount of any Insured
Payment to be made on the Distribution Date).
"TRANSITION EXPENSES": Expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection
with the transfer of servicing upon the termination of the Servicer for a
Servicer Termination Event; provided that the amount shall not exceed [$50,000]
in any one calendar year (and no more than [$100,000] in the aggregate).
"TRUST": Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__, the trust created under
this Agreement which shall be comprised of two sub-trusts; one for Group I and
any Trust assets allocable to such Group I and the other for Group II and any
Trust assets allocable to such Group II.
"TRUST ESTATE": (a) The Home Equity Loan Assets and (b) such amounts as
may be held by the Trustee in the Certificate Account, together with investment
earnings on such amounts and such amounts as may be held in the name of the
Trustee in the Principal and Interest Account, if any, inclusive of investment
earnings thereon, whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other
properties (including any Eligible Investments held by the Servicer).
"TRUSTEE": __________________________, a __________________ banking
[corporation/association], not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee
under this Agreement, and any successor hereunder.
"TRUSTEE FEE": The fee payable monthly to the Trustee on
each Distribution Date in an amount equal to ___th of $_______ .
For purposes of determining the Trustee Fee related to a Home
Equity Loan or Home Equity Loan Group as of the first day of the
related Remittance Period, such fee will be allocated among all the
Home Equity Loans in proportion to their outstanding principal
balances.
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"TRUSTEE REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES": As of any Distribution Date, the sum
of (a) any Trustee Fee and Transition Expenses not paid pursuant to clauses (i)
or (iv) of Section 7.03(b) on such Distribution Date and (b) any amounts owed
pursuant to Sections 2.05, 6.12, 7.06, 8.20(o), 10.07, 10.13, 11.16(a)(v),
11.16(g) hereof, and, if the Trustee is acting as Custodian, any Custodial Fees
(including all attorney fees and expenses).
"UNDERWRITERS": ______________________________________.
"VARIABLE RATE CERTIFICATES": The Class A-7 Certificates.
"VOTING RIGHTS": The portion of the voting rights of all
of the Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. As of
any date of determination, (a) _______% of all Voting Rights shall
be allocated to the Class X-IO Certificates (such Voting Rights to
be allocated among the holders of Certificates of such Class in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interests), (b) ______%
of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to the Class R Certificates
in the aggregate, or if separate Class R-1 and Class R-2
Certificates are issued, (_____% to each such Class (such Voting
Rights to be allocated among the holders of Certificates of each
such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests), and (c) the remaining Voting Rights shall be allocated
among Holders of the Classes of Class A Certificates in proportion
to the Certificate Principal Balances of their respective Class A
Certificates on such date.
"WEIGHTED AVERAGE CERTIFICATE RATE": As to the Class A
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the
Class A-l Certificate Rate, the Class A-2 Certificate Rate, the
Class A-3 Certificate Rate, the Class A-4 Certificate Rate, the
Class A-5 Certificate Rate, the Class A-6 Certificate Rate and the
Class A-7 Certificate Rate, weighted by, respectively, the Class
A-l Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class A-3 Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class A-4 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-5 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class A-6 Certificate Principal Balance and
the Class A-7 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution
Date prior to taking into account any distributions to be made on
such Distribution Date.
Section 1.02. USE OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
"Herein," "hereby," "hereunder," "hereof," "hereinbefore,"
"hereinafter" and other equivalent words refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not solely to the particular section of this Agreement in which any such word is
used. The definitions set forth in Section 1.01 hereof include both the singular
and the plural. Whenever used in this Agreement, any pronoun shall be deemed to
include both singular and plural and to cover all genders.
Section 1.03. CAPTIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The captions or headings in this Agreement and the Table of Contents
are for convenience only and in no way define, limit or describe the scope and
intent of any provisions of this Agreement.
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Section 1.04. OPINIONS.
Each opinion with respect to the validity, binding nature and
enforceability of documents or Certificates may be qualified to the extent that
the same may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting the of creditors' rights generally
and by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding or
action in equity or at law) and may state that no opinion is expressed on the
availability of the remedy of specific enforcement, injunctive relief or any
other equitable remedy. Any opinion required to be furnished by any Person
hereunder must be delivered by counsel upon whose opinion the addressee of such
opinion may reasonably rely, and such opinion may state that it is given in
reasonable reliance upon an opinion of another, a copy of which must be
attached, concerning the laws of a foreign jurisdiction. Any opinion delivered
hereunder shall be addressed to the Rating Agencies, the Certificate Insurer and
the Trustee.
END OF ARTICLE I
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ARTICLE II
ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUST
Section 2.01. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST.
The parties hereto do hereby create and establish, pursuant to the laws
of the State of New York and this Agreement, the Trust, which, for convenience,
shall be known as "Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__" and which shall
contain two subtrusts.
Section 2.02. OFFICE.
The office of the Trust shall be in care of the Trustee, addressed to
_________________, at its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 2.03. PURPOSES AND POWERS.
The purpose of the Trust is to engage in the following activities and
only such activities: (i) the issuance of the Certificates and the acquiring,
owning and holding of Home Equity Loans and the Trust Estate in connection
therewith; (ii) activities that are necessary, suitable or convenient to
accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected therewith,
including the investment of moneys in accordance with this Agreement; and (iii)
such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the
Trust Estate and distributions to the Owners; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing
contained herein shall permit the Trustee to take any action which would
adversely affect the status of either REMIC I or REMIC II as a REMIC.
Section 2.04. APPOINTMENT OF THE TRUSTEE; DECLARATION OF TRUST.
The Depositor hereby appoints the Trustee as trustee of the Trust
effective as of the Startup Day, to have all the rights, powers and duties set
forth herein. The Trustee hereby acknowledges and accepts such appointment,
represents and warrants its eligibility as of the Startup Day to serve as
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.08 hereof and declares that it will hold the
Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for
the benefit of the Owners and the Certificate Insurer.
Section 2.05. EXPENSES OF THE TRUST.
All expenses of the Trust, including (i) the fees and reimbursable
expenses of the Trustee in connection with the performance of its duties
hereunder and (ii) to the extent not set forth herein, any other expenses of the
Trustee that have been reviewed and approved by the Seller, which review shall
not be required in connection with the enforcement of a remedy by the Trustee
resulting from a default under this Agreement shall be paid directly by the
Seller. Failure by the Seller to pay any such fees or other expenses shall not
relieve the Trustee of its obligations hereunder.
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Section 2.06. OWNERSHIP OF THE TRUST.
On the Startup Day the ownership interests in the Trust shall be
transferred as set forth in Section 4.02 hereof, such transfer to be evidenced
by sale of the Certificates as described therein. Thereafter, transfer of any
ownership interest shall be governed by Sections 5.04 and 5.08 hereof.
Section 2.07. SITUS OF THE TRUST.
It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a
trust under the laws of the State of New York. The Trust will be created in the
State of New York. The Trust's only office will be at the office of the Trustee
as set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.
Section 2.08. DESIGNATION OF INTERESTS IN REMICS.
(a) The Trustee shall elect that each of REMIC I and REMIC II
(which together constitute the Trust) shall be treated as a REMIC under Section
860D of the Code. Any inconsistencies or ambiguities in this Agreement or in the
administration of this Agreement shall be resolved in a manner that preserves
the validity of such REMIC elections. The assets of REMIC II shall include the
Home Equity Loans, the Accounts, any REO Property and any proceeds of the
foregoing. The REMIC II Regular Interests shall constitute the assets of REMIC
I.
(b) REMIC II will be evidenced by (x) the Class II-A-1, Class
II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4, Class II-A-5, Class II-A-6, Class II-A-7,
Class II-M-1 and Class II-M-2 Interests (the "REMIC II Regular Interests"),
which will be uncertificated and non-transferable and are hereby designated as
the "regular interests" in REMIC II and (y) the Class R-2 Certificates, which
are hereby designated as the single "residual interest" in REMIC II (the REMIC
II Regular Interests, together with the Class R-2 Certificates, the "REMIC II
Certificates"). The REMIC II Regular Interests shall be recorded on the records
of REMIC II as being issued to and held by the Trustee on behalf of REMIC I.
Any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow that is used to pay an Extra
Principal Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 7.03(b) (the "Turbo
Amount") and that is payable from interest on the Home Equity Loans will not
be paid as principal to the REMIC II Regular Interests, but instead a portion
of the interest payable with respect to the Class II-M-1 Interest which
equals ___% of the Turbo Amount that is applied to Group I Certificates will
be payable as a reduction of the principal balances of the Class II-A-1,
Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4, Class II-A-5 and Class II-A-6
Interests, in the same manner in which the Turbo Amount is allocated among
the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-6
Certificates, respectively, and a portion of the interest payable with
respect to the Class II-M-2 Interest which equals_____ % of the Turbo Amount
that is applied to the Group II Certificates will be payable as a reduction
of the principal balances of the Class II-A-7 Interests (and will be accrued
and added to principal on the Class II-M-1 and Class II-M-2 Interests in the
same proportion as interest otherwise payable on such REMIC II Regular
Interests is used to reduce principal on other REMIC II Regular Interests as
just described). Principal payments on Group I shall be allocated ______% to the
Class II-M-1 Interest, and ___% to the Class II-A-1,
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Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4, Class II-A-5 and Class II-A-6
Interests until paid in full. The aggregate amount of principal allocated to
the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4, Class II-A-5 and
Class II-A-6 Interests shall be apportioned among such REMIC II Regular
Interests in the same manner in which principal from Group I is payable with
respect to the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and
Class A-6 Certificates, respectively. Notwithstanding the above, principal
payments on Group I that are attributable to the Overcollateralization
Release Amount shall be allocated _____% to the Class II-M-1 Interest.
Principal payments on Group II shall be allocated ______% to the Class II-M-2
Interest and ______% to the Class II-A-7 Interests until paid in full.
Notwithstanding the above, the principal payments on Group II that are
attributable to the Overcollateralization Release Amount shall be allocated
_______ % to the Class II-M-2 Interest. Realized losses shall be applied such
that after all distributions have been made on such Distribution Date: (i)
the principal balances of the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class
II-A-4, Class II-A-5, Class II-A-6 and Class II-A-7 Interests are each
________% of the principal balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3,
Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6 and Class A-7 Certificates, respectively;
(ii) the principal balance of the Class II-M-1 Interest is equal to the
aggregate Loan Balance of Group I less the sum of the principal balances of
the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4, Class II-A-5 and
Class II-A-6 Interests; and (iii) the principal balance of the Class II-M-2
Interest is equal to the aggregate Loan Balance of Group II less the
principal balance of the Class II-A-7 Interests. The REMIC II Certificates
will have the following designations and Certificate Rates, and distributions
of principal and interest thereon shall be allocated to the Certificates in
the following manner:
REMIC II Allocation of Allocation of
Certificates Initial Balance Certificate Rate Principal Interest
------------ --------------- ---------------- --------- --------
II-A-1 $ (1) (3) (4)(5)
II-A-2 $ (1) (3) (4)(5)
II-A-3 $ (1) (3) (4)(5)
II-A-4 $ (1) (3) (4)(5)
II-A-5 $ (1) (3) (4)(5)
II-A-6 $ (1) (3) (4)(5)
II-A-7 $ (2) (3) (4)(6)
II-M-1 $ (1) (3) (4)(5)
II-M-2 $ (2) (3) (4)(6)
R-2 $ 0% N/A N/A(7)
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(1) The Certificate Rate on this REMIC II Regular Interest shall
at any time of determination equal the weighted average of the Net Coupon Rates
of the Home Equity Loans in Group I.
(2) The Certificate Rate on this REMIC II Regular Interest shall
at any time of determination equal the weighted average of the Net Coupon Rates
(each calculated without regard to the subtraction of the Minimum Spread) of the
Home Equity Loans in Group II.
(3) Principal will be allocated to and apportioned among the Class
A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6 and Class A-7
Certificates in the same proportion as principal from the Home Equity Loans is
payable with respect to such Certificates, except that a portion of such
principal in an amount equal to the Overcollateralization Release Amount shall
first be allocated to the Class X-IO Certificates, and all principal will be
allocated to the Class X-IO Certificates after the principal balances of the
Group I and Group II Certificates have been reduced to zero.
(4) Except as provided in footnotes (5) and (6), interest will be
allocated among the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class
A-6 and Class A-7 Certificates in the same proportion as interest is payable on
such Certificates.
(5) Any interest with respect to this REMIC II Certificate in
excess of the product of (i) 10,000 times the weighted average coupon of the
Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4, Class II-A-5, Class
II-A-6 and Class II-M-1 Interests where each of the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2,
Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4, Class II-A-5, Class II-A-6 Interests is subject to a
cap and floor equal to the rate on each of Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-3,
Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-6 Certificates, respectively and the Class
II-M-1 Interest is subject to a cap equal to 0% and (ii) the principal balance
of this REMIC II Certificate, shall not be allocated to the Group I or Group II
Certificates but will be allocated to the Class X-IO Certificates. However, the
Class X-IO Certificates shall be subordinated to the extent provided in Section
7.03.
(6) Any interest with respect to this REMIC II Certificate in
excess of the product of (i) 10,000 times the weighted average coupon of the
Class II-A-7 and Class II-M-2 Interests, where the Class II-A-7 Interest is
subject to a cap and floor equal to the lesser of the rate on Class A-7
Certificate or the Group II Net WAC Cap, and the Class II-M-2 Interest is
subject to a cap equal to 0% and (ii) the principal balance of this REMIC II
Certificate, shall not be allocated to the Group I or Group II Certificates, but
will be allocated to the Class X-IO Certificates. However, the Class X-IO
Certificates shall be subordinated to the extent provided in Section 7.03.
(7) On each Distribution Date, available funds, if any, remaining
in REMIC II after payments of interest and principal and expenses of the Trust,
as designated above, will be distributed to the Class R-2 Certificate. The Class
II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4, Class II-A-5 and Class II-A-6
Certificates are the "Group I Marker Classes", and the Class II-A-7 Certificates
are the "Group II Marker Classes" (collectively, the "Marker Classes"). It is
expected that there will not be any significant distributions on the Class R-2
Certificates.
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(c) The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5,
Class A-6, Class A-7 and Class X-IO Certificates are hereby designated as
"regular interests" with respect to REMIC I (the "REMIC I Regular Certificates")
and the Class R-1 Certificate is hereby designated as the single "residual
interest" with respect to REMIC I. On each Distribution Date, available funds,
if any, remaining in REMIC I after payments of interest and principal as
designated herein shall be distributed to the Class R-1 Certificates. The
beneficial ownership interest in the REMIC I created hereunder shall be
evidenced by the interests having the following characteristics and terms:
Initial Certificate Final Scheduled
Class Designation Principal Balance Distribution Date
----------------- ------------------- --------------------------
Class A-1 $ _________, _______ 20___
Class A-2 $ _________, _______ 20___
Class A-3 $ _________, _______ 20___
Class A-4 $ _________, _______ 20___
Class A-5 $ _________, _______ 20___
Class A-6 $ _________, _______ 20___
Class A-7 $ _________, _______ 20___
Class X-IO (1) _________, _______ 20___
Class R-1 (1) _________, _______ 20___
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(1) The Class X-IO and Class R-1 Certificates do not have a Certificate
Principal Balance.
(d) For federal income tax purposes, the "latest possible maturity
date" for each of the REMIC I Regular Certificates and the REMIC II Regular
Interests is __________, 20___.
Section 2.09. MISCELLANEOUS REMIC PROVISIONS.
(a) The Startup Day is hereby designated as the "startup day" of each
REMIC created hereunder within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code.
(b) The Owner of the Tax Matters Person Residual Interest in each REMIC
created hereunder is hereby designated as "tax matters person" as defined in the
REMIC Provisions with respect to the REMIC.
(c) The Trust and each REMIC created hereunder shall, for federal
income tax purposes, maintain books on a calendar year basis and report income
on an accrual basis.
(d) The Trustee shall cause each REMIC created hereunder to elect to be
treated as a REMIC under Section 860D of the Code. Any inconsistencies or
ambiguities in this Agreement or in the administration of the Trust shall be
resolved in a manner that preserves the validity of such election to be treated
as a REMIC. The Trustee shall report all expenses of the Trust Estate to each
REMIC created hereunder.
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(e) For all federal tax law purposes, amounts transferred by the
Trustee to the Owners of the Class R Certificates shall be treated as
distributions by each respective REMIC created hereunder.
(f) The Trustee shall provide to the Internal Revenue Service and to
the person described in Section 860E(e)(3) and (6) of the Code the information
described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.860D-l(b)(5)(ii), or any successor
regulation thereto with respect to each REMIC created hereunder. Such
information will be provided in the manner described in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.860E-2(a)(5), or any successor regulation thereto.
END OF ARTICLE II
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE
SERVICER AND THE SELLER; COVENANT OF SELLER TO CONVEY HOME
EQUITY LOANS
Section 3.01. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE DEPOSITOR.
The Depositor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee
and the Certificate Insurer that as of the Startup Day:
(a) The Depositor is a limited liability company duly formed and
validly existing under the laws governing its creation and existence, is in
compliance with the laws of each state in which any Property or the Depositor is
located or doing business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
the nature of its business, or the properties owned or leased by it make such
qualification necessary. The Depositor has all requisite authority to own and
operate its properties, to carry out its business as presently conducted and as
proposed to be conducted and to enter into and discharge its obligations under
this Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which it is a party.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other
Operative Documents to which it is a party by the Depositor and its performance
and compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Operative
Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Depositor and will not violate the
Depositor's Certificate of Formation or Limited Liability Company Agreement or
constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute a default) under, or result in a breach of, any material
contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by
which the Depositor is bound or violate any statute or any order, rule or
regulation of any court, governmental agency or body or other tribunal having
jurisdiction over the Depositor or any of its properties.
(c) This Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which the
Depositor is a party, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
other parties hereto and thereto, each constitutes a valid, legal and binding
obligation of the Depositor, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law).
(d) The Depositor is not in default with respect to any order or decree
of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal
or governmental agency, which default could materially and adversely affect the
condition (financial or other) or operations of the Depositor or its properties
or the consequences of which could materially and adversely affect its
performance hereunder and under the other Operative Documents to which the
Depositor is a party.
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(e) No litigation, proceeding or investigation is pending with respect
to which the Depositor has received service of process or, to the best of the
Depositor's knowledge, threatened against the Depositor which litigation,
proceeding or investigation might have consequences that would prohibit its
entering into this Agreement or any other Operative Documents to which it is a
party or that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or
otherwise) or operations of the Depositor or its properties or might have
consequences that would materially and adversely affect the validity or
enforceability of the Home Equity Loans or the Depositor's performance hereunder
and under the other Operative Documents to which the Depositor is a party.
(f) The statements contained in the Registration Statement which
describe the Depositor or matters or activities for which the Depositor is
responsible in accordance with the Operative Documents or which are attributed
to the Depositor therein are true and correct in all material respects, and the
Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
with respect to the Depositor or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements contained therein
with respect to the Depositor not misleading.
(g) Immediately prior to the sale and assignment by the Depositor to
the Trustee on behalf of the Trust of each Home Equity Loan, the Depositor had
good and equitable title to each Home Equity Loan (insofar as such title was
conveyed to it by the Sellers) subject to no prior lien, claim, participation
interest, mortgage, security interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance or
other interest of any nature.
(h) As of the Startup Day, the Depositor has transferred all right,
title and interest in the Home Equity Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the
Trust.
(i) The Depositor has not transferred the Home Equity Loans to the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any
of its creditors.
(j) All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions, variances,
franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and licenses required to be
taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or from any federal, state or
other governmental authority or agency (other than any such actions, approvals,
etc. under any state securities laws, real estate syndication or "Blue Sky"
statutes, as to which the Depositor makes no such representation or warranty),
that are necessary or advisable in connection with the purchase and sale of the
Certificates and the execution and delivery by the Depositor of the Operative
Documents to which it is a party, have been duly taken, given or obtained, as
the case may be, are in full force and effect on the date hereof, are not
subject to any pending proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial or
otherwise) and either the time within which any appeal therefrom may be taken or
review thereof may be obtained has expired or no review thereof may be obtained
or appeal therefrom taken, and are adequate to authorize the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Operative Documents on
the part of the Depositor and the performance by the Depositor of its
obligations under this Agreement and such of the other Operative Documents to
which it is a party.
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Section 3.02. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SERVICER.
The Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Owners that as of the
Startup Day:
(a) The Servicer is a corporation duly formed and validly existing
under the laws governing its creation and existence, is in compliance with the
laws of each state in which any Property is located to the extent necessary to
enable it to perform its obligations hereunder and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of its business, or the properties owned or
leased by it make such qualification necessary. The Servicer has all requisite
corporate power and authority to own and operate its or their properties, to
carry out its or their business as presently conducted and as proposed to be
conducted and to enter into and discharge its or their obligations under this
Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which the Servicer is a party.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any other
Operative Document to which it is a party by the Servicer and its performance
and compliance with the terms hereof and thereof have been duly authorized by
all necessary action on the part of the Servicer and will not violate the
Servicer's Articles of Incorporation or By-laws or constitute a default (or an
event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default)
under, or result in the breach of, any material contract, agreement or other
instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by which the Servicer is bound or
violate any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court, governmental
agency or body or other tribunal having jurisdiction over the Servicer or any of
its properties.
(c) This Agreement and the Operative Documents to which the Servicer is
a party, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties
hereto and thereto, each constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of
the Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof, except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law).
(d) The Servicer is not in default with respect to any order or decree
of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal
or governmental agency, which might have consequences that would materially and
adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the
Servicer or its properties or might have consequences that would materially and
adversely affect its performance hereunder or under the other Operative
Documents to which the Servicer is a party.
(e) No litigation, proceeding or investigation is pending with respect
to which the Servicer has received service of process or, to the best of the
Servicer's knowledge, threatened against the Servicer which litigation,
proceeding or investigation might have consequences that would prohibit its
entering into this Agreement or any other Operative Document or that would
materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or
operations of the Servicer or its properties or might have consequences that
would materially and adversely affect the
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validity or the enforceability of the Home Equity Loans or its performance
hereunder and the other Operative Documents to which the Servicer is a party.
(f) The statements contained in the Registration Statement which
describe the Servicer or matters or activities for which the Servicer is
responsible in accordance with the Operative Documents or which are attributed
to the Servicer therein are true and correct in all material respects, and the
Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
with respect to the Servicer or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein with
respect to the Servicer not misleading.
(g) The Servicing Fee is a "current (normal) servicing fee rate" as
that term is used in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 65 issued
by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Neither the Servicer nor any
affiliate thereof will report on any financial statements any part of the
Servicing Fee as an adjustment to the sales price of the Home Equity Loans.
(h) All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions, variances,
franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and licenses required to be
taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or from any federal, state or
other governmental authority or agency (other than any such actions, approvals,
etc. under any state securities laws, real estate syndication or "Blue Sky"
statutes, as to which the Servicer makes no such representation or warranty),
that are necessary or advisable in connection with the execution and delivery by
the Servicer of the Operative Documents to which it is a party, have been duly
taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, are in full force and effect on
the date hereof, are not subject to any pending proceedings or appeals
(administrative, judicial or otherwise) and either the time within which any
appeal therefrom may be taken or review thereof may be obtained has expired or
no review thereof may be obtained or appeal therefrom taken, and are adequate to
authorize the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the other Operative Documents on the part of the Servicer and the
performance by the Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement and such of
the other Operative Documents to which it is a party.
(i) The collection practices used by the Servicer with respect to the
Home Equity Loans have been, in all material respects, legal, proper, prudent
and customary in the home equity mortgage servicing business.
(j) The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary
course of business of the Servicer.
(k) The Servicer is not in default under any agreement involving
financial obligations or on any outstanding obligation which would materially
adversely impact the financial condition or operations of the Servicer or legal
documents associated with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
(l) There are no Sub-Servicers as of the Startup Day.
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(m) The Servicer covenants that it will terminate any Sub-Servicer
within ninety (90) days after being directed by the Certificate Insurer to do
so.
(n) The Servicer represents and warrants that its computer and other
systems used in servicing the Home Equity Loans currently are capable of
operating in a manner so that on and after____________,_____ 20____ (i) the
Servicer can service the Home Equity Loans in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and (ii) the Servicer can operate its business in the same
manner as it is operating on the date hereof.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 3.02 shall survive delivery of the Home Equity Loans to
the Trustee.
Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the
Custodian, any Sub-Servicer, the Certificate Insurer, any Owner or the Trustee
(each, for purposes of this paragraph, a party) of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.02 which materially
and adversely affects the interests of the Owners or of the Certificate Insurer,
the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other
parties. As promptly as practicable, but in any event, within 60 days of its
discovery or its receipt of notice of breach, the Servicer shall cure such
breach in all material respects and, upon the Servicer's continued failure to
cure such breach, may thereafter be removed by the Certificate Insurer or by the
Trustee with the written consent of the Certificate Insurer pursuant to Section
8.20 hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Servicer can establish to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer that it is diligently
pursuing remedial action, then the cure period may be extended for an additional
90 days with the written approval of the Certificate Insurer.
Section 3.03. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS.
The Seller as applicable, hereby represents, warrants and covenants to
the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Owners that as of
the Startup Day:
(a) The Seller is a corporation, duly formed and validly existing under
the laws governing its creation and existence, is in compliance with the laws of
each state in which any Property or the Seller is located or doing business and
is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business, or
the properties owned or leased by it make such qualification necessary. The
Seller, has all requisite authority to own and operate its properties, to carry
out its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted and to
enter into and discharge its obligations under this Agreement and the other
Operative Documents to which it is a party.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other
Operative Documents to which it is a party and its performance and compliance
with the terms of this Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which it
is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will
not violate the its articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Seller, or
constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute a default) under, or result in a breach of, any material
contract, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it is
bound or violate any statute or any order, rule or regulation of
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any court, governmental agency or body or other tribunal having jurisdiction
over it or any of its properties.
(c) This Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which it is a
party, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties
hereto and thereto, each constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of
the Seller enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law).
(d) 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
governmental agency, which default could materially and adversely affect the
condition (financial or other) or operations of the Seller or its properties or
the consequences of which could materially and adversely affect its performance
hereunder and under the other Operative Documents to which it is a party.
(e) No litigation, proceeding or investigation is pending with respect
to which the Seller has received service of process or, to the best of its
knowledge, threatened against it which litigation, proceeding or investigation
might have consequences that would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or
any other Operative Documents to which it is a party or that would materially
and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the
Seller or its properties or might have consequences that would materially and
adversely affect the validity or enforceability of the Home Equity Loans or its
performance hereunder and under the other Operative Documents to which it is a
party.
(f) The statements contained in the Registration Statement which
describe the Seller or matters or activities for which it is responsible in
accordance with the Operative Documents or which are attributed to it therein
are true and correct in all material respects, and the Registration Statement
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact with respect to the
Seller or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements contained therein with respect to the
Seller not misleading.
(g) Reserved.
(h) All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions, variances,
franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and licenses required to be
taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or from any federal, state or
other governmental authority or agency (other than any such actions, approvals,
etc. under any state securities laws, real estate syndication or "Blue Sky"
statutes, as to which the Seller makes no such representation or warranty), that
are necessary or advisable in connection with the purchase and sale of the
Certificates and the execution and delivery by the Seller of the Operative
Documents to which it is a party, have been duly taken, given or obtained, as
the case may be, are in full force and effect on the date hereof, are not
subject to any pending proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial or
otherwise) and either the time within which any appeal therefrom may be taken or
review thereof may be obtained has expired or no review thereof may be obtained
or appeal therefrom taken, and are
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adequate to authorize the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the other Operative Documents on the part of the Seller
and the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement and
such of the other Operative Documents to which it is a party.
(i) The origination practices used by the Seller with respect to the
Home Equity Loans have been, in all material respects, legal, proper, prudent
and customary in the mortgage lending business.
(j) The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary
course of business of the Seller.
(k) Neither the Trustee nor the Seller has any obligation to register
the Trust and the Trust has no obligation to register as an investment company
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(l) The Seller is not insolvent, nor will it be made insolvent by the
transfer of the Home Equity Loans, nor is the Seller aware of any pending
insolvency.
(m) The Seller received fair consideration and reasonably equivalent
value in exchange for the sale of the interests in the Home Equity Loans.
(n) The Seller did not sell any interest in any Home Equity Loan with
any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors.
(o) No material adverse change affecting any security for the Class A
Certificates has occurred prior to delivery of and payment for the Class A
Certificates.
(p) The Seller is not in default under any agreement involving
financial obligations or on any outstanding obligation which would materially
adversely impact the financial condition or operations of the Seller or legal
documents associated with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
(q) To the best of the knowledge of the Seller there has been no
material adverse change in any information submitted by the Seller in writing to
the Certificate Insurer with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (unless such information was subsequently supplemented in writing to
the Certificate Insurer).
(r) The sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of Home Equity Loans
by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement is not subject to and will not result
in any tax, fee or governmental charge payable by the Seller, the Depositor or
the Trustee to any federal, state or local government ("Transfer Taxes") other
than Transfer Taxes which have or will be paid as due by the Seller. The Seller
shall pay, and otherwise indemnify and hold the Certificate Insurer harmless, on
an after-tax basis, from and against any and all such Transfer Taxes (it being
understood that the Certificate Insurer shall have no obligation to pay such
Transfer Taxes).
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(s) No certificate of an officer, statement furnished in writing or
report delivered pursuant to the terms hereof by the Seller, contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to
make the certificate, statement or report not misleading.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 3.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Home Equity
Loans to the Trustee.
Section 3.04. COVENANTS OF SELLER TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS WITH
RESPECT TO THE HOME EQUITY LOANS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.
(a) Upon the discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the
Certificate Insurer, any Sub-Servicer, any Owner, the Custodian or the Trustee
that the representations and warranties set forth in clause (b) below were
untrue in any material respect, without regard to any limitation set forth
therein concerning the knowledge of the Seller, or the Servicer as to the facts
stated therein as of the Startup Day (or in the case of a Qualified Replacement
Mortgage, as of the respective replacement date) with the result that the
interests of the Owners or of the Certificate Insurer in the related Home Equity
Loan are, or may be, materially and adversely affected, the party discovering
such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties. Upon the
earliest to occur of CHEC's discovery, its receipt of notice of breach from any
one of the other parties or such time as a situation resulting from an existing
statement which is untrue materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Owners or of the Certificate Insurer, without regard to any limitation set forth
therein concerning the knowledge of CHEC as to the facts stated therein, CHEC
hereby covenants and warrants that it shall promptly cure such breach in all
material respects or that it shall on or before the second Monthly Remittance
Date next succeeding such discovery, receipt of notice or such time (i)
substitute in lieu of each Home Equity Loan which has given rise to the
requirement for action by CHEC a Qualified Replacement Mortgage and deliver the
Substitution Amount to the Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest
Account or (ii) purchase such Home Equity Loan from the Trust at a purchase
price equal to the Loan Purchase Price thereof, which purchase price shall be
delivered to the Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest Account;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if CHEC can establish to the reasonable satisfaction of
the Certificate Insurer that it is diligently pursuing remedial action, the
period of time in which CHEC must substitute a Qualified Replacement Mortgage or
purchase such Home Equity Loan may be extended with the written approval of the
Certificate Insurer. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of CHEC so
to substitute or purchase any Home Equity Loan as to which such a statement set
forth below is untrue in any material respect and has not been remedied shall
constitute the sole remedy respecting a discovery of any such statement which is
untrue in any material respect in this Section 3.04 available to the Owners and
the Trustee on behalf of the Owners. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, with respect to any Home Equity Loan which is not in
default or as to which no default is imminent, no repurchase or substitution
pursuant to Section 3.04 or 3.06 shall be made unless CHEC obtains for the
Trustee and the Certificate Insurer at its expense an Opinion of Counsel
experienced in federal income tax matters to the effect that such a repurchase
or substitution would not constitute a Prohibited Transaction for the Trust or
either REMIC created hereunder or otherwise subject the Trust or either REMIC
created hereunder to tax and would not jeopardize the status of either REMIC
created hereunder as a
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REMIC (a "REMIC Opinion") addressed to the Trustee and the Certificate
Insurer and acceptable to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee. CHEC shall
also deliver an Officer's Certificate to the Trustee and the Certificate
Insurer concurrently with the delivery of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage
pursuant to Sections 3.04 and 3.06(b) stating that such Home Equity Loan
meets the requirements of the definition of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage
and that all other conditions to the substitution thereof have been
satisfied. Any Home Equity Loan as to which repurchase or substitution was
delayed pursuant to this Section shall be repurchased or substituted for
(subject to compliance with Section 3.04 or 3.06(b), as the case may be) upon
the earlier of (a) the occurrence of a default or imminent default with
respect to such Home Equity Loan and (b) receipt by the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer of a REMIC Opinion.
(b) The Seller, with respect to the Home Equity Loans, and the
Servicer, in consideration of its appointment hereunder, with respect to the
Home Equity Loans taken as a whole or by Group, hereby represents, warrants and
covenants to the Trustee, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Certificate Insurer
and the Owners that as of the Startup Day:
(i) The information with respect to each Home Equity Loan set
forth in the related Schedule of Home Equity Loans is true and correct
in all material respects as of the Cut-Off Date;
(ii) The Seller has transferred good and marketable title to
the Home Equity Loans (including the related Notes) and other items of
the Trust, and upon receipt of each Home Equity Loan and other items of
the Trust by the Trustee (including the related Note), the Trust will
have good and marketable title to such Home Equity Loan (including the
related Note) and such items of the Trust Estate, free and clear of any
lien, charge, mortgage, encumbrance or rights of others, except as set
forth in Section 3.04(b)(ix) and except for liens that will be
simultaneously released. All the original or certified documentation
set forth in Section 3.05 (including all material documents related
thereto) with respect to each Home Equity Loan has been delivered to
the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee on the Startup Day or as
otherwise provided in Section 3.05. To the Seller's or the Servicer's
best knowledge, no documentation contains any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a fact necessary to make the statements
contained therein not misleading;
(iii) Each Home Equity Loan being transferred to the Trust is
a Qualified Mortgage and is a Mortgage;
(iv) Each Property is a fee simple estate in a single parcel
of real property improved by a single family residential dwelling
(except ________ Properties that are condominiums, townhouses,
manufactured housing, two-to-four family residential dwellings or
PUDs), and no more than _____% and _____%, respectively, of the
aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in Group I and Group II
are secured Properties that are Manufactured Homes, each of which is
considered to be real property under the applicable local law;
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(v) As of the Cut-Off Date or Replacement Cut-Off Date, as
applicable, no Home Equity Loan has a combined Loan-to-Value Ratio in
excess of [100%];
(vi) Each Home Equity Loan is being serviced by the Servicer
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(vii) The Note related to each Home Equity Loan in Group I
bears a current Coupon Rate of at least ___% per annum and the Note
related to each Home Equity Loan in Group II bears a current Coupon
Rate of at least ___%;
(viii) Each Note with respect to the Home Equity Loans will
provide for a schedule of substantially level and equal Monthly
Payments (or periodic rate adjustments in the case of the Home Equity
Loans in Group II), which are sufficient to amortize fully the
principal balance of such Note on or before its maturity date, except
for ______ Home Equity Loans, representing approximately ___% of the
aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in Group I, which may
provide for a "balloon" payment due at the end of the 15th year, and
no Home Equity Loan is a graduated payment loan;
(ix) As of the Startup Day, each Mortgage is a valid and
enforceable first or second lien of record (or is in the process of
being recorded) on the Property subject in the case of any Second
Mortgage Loan only to a Senior Lien on such Property and subject in all
cases to the exceptions to title set forth in the title insurance
policy or attorney's opinion of title, with respect to the related Home
Equity Loan, which exceptions are generally acceptable to banking
institutions in connection with their regular mortgage lending
activities, and such other exceptions to which similar properties are
commonly subject and which do not individually, or in the aggregate,
materially and adversely affect the benefits of the security intended
to be provided by such Mortgage;
(x) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the
Home Equity Loans by the Seller to the Depositor and by the Depositor
to the Trustee herein contemplated, the Seller, and the Depositor, as
the case may be, each held good and indefeasible title to, and was the
sole owner of, each Home Equity Loan (including the related Note)
conveyed by the Seller subject to no liens, charges, mortgages,
encumbrances or rights of others except as set forth in clause (ix) or
other liens which will be released simultaneously with such transfer
and assignment; and immediately upon the transfer and assignment herein
contemplated, the Trustee will hold good and indefeasible title to, and
be the sole owner of, each Home Equity Loan subject to no liens,
charges, mortgages, encumbrances or rights of others except as set
forth in paragraph (ix) or other liens which will be released
simultaneously with such transfer and assignment;
(xi) As of the Cut-Off Date, approximately ____% of the
aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans are more than ___ days
Delinquent (and none are more than ___ days Delinquent);
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(xii) To the best of the knowledge of the Seller or the
Servicer, as applicable, there is no delinquent tax or assessment lien
on any Property, and each Property is free of substantial damage and is
in good repair;
(xiii) To the best of the knowledge of the Seller or the
Servicer, as applicable, there is no valid and enforceable right of
offset, claim, defense or counterclaim to any Note or Mortgage,
including the obligation of the related Mortgagor to pay the unpaid
principal of or interest on such Note nor has any such claim, defense,
offset or counterclaim been asserted;
(xiv) To the best of the knowledge of the Seller or the
Servicer, as applicable, there is no mechanics' lien or claim for work,
labor or material affecting any Property which is or may be a lien
prior to, or equal with, the lien of the related Mortgage except those
which are insured against by any title insurance policy referred to in
paragraph (xvi) below;
(xv) Each Home Equity Loan at the time it was made complied in
all material respects with applicable state and federal laws and
regulations, including, without limitation, the federal
Truth-in-Lending Act (as amended by the Xxxxxx Community Development
and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994) and other consumer protection
laws, usury, equal credit opportunity, disclosure and recording laws;
(xvi) With respect to each Home Equity Loan either (a) if a
title insurance policy is not available in the applicable state, an
attorney's opinion of title has been obtained but no title policy has
been obtained, or (b) a lender's title insurance policy, issued in
standard American Land Title Association form by a title insurance
company authorized to transact business in the state in which the
related Property is situated, in an amount at least equal to the
original balance of such Home Equity Loan together, in the case of a
Second Mortgage Loan, with the then-original principal amount of the
mortgage note relating to the Senior Lien, insuring the mortgagee's
interest under the related Home Equity Loan as the holder of a valid
first or second mortgage lien of record on the real Property described
in the related Mortgage, as the case may be, subject only to exceptions
of the character referred to in paragraph (ix) above, was effective on
the date of the origination of such Home Equity Loan, and, as of the
Startup Day, such policy is valid and thereafter such policy shall
continue in full force and effect;
(xvii) The improvements upon each Property are covered by a
valid and existing hazard insurance policy with a carrier generally
acceptable to the Servicer that provides for fire and extended coverage
representing coverage not less than the least of (A) the outstanding
principal balance of the related Home Equity Loan (together, in the
case of a Second Mortgage Loan, with the outstanding principal balance
of the Senior Lien), (B) the minimum amount required to compensate for
damage or loss on a replacement cost basis or (C) the full insurable
value of the Property;
(xviii) If any Property is in an area identified in the
Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having
special flood hazards, a flood
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insurance policy in a form meeting the requirements of the current
guidelines of the Flood Insurance Administration is in effect with
respect to such Property with a carrier generally acceptable to the
Servicer in an amount representing coverage not less than the least
of (A) the outstanding principal balance of the related Home Equity
Loan (together, in the case of a Second Mortgage Loan, with the
outstanding principal balance of the Senior Lien), (B) the minimum
amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost
basis or (C) the maximum amount of insurance that is available under
the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973;
(xix) Each Mortgage and Note are the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the maker thereof and are enforceable in accordance with
their terms, except only as such enforcement may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by
general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding or
action in equity or at law), and all parties to each Home Equity Loan
had full legal capacity to execute all documents relating to such Home
Equity Loan and convey the estate therein purported to be conveyed;
(xx) The Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, has caused and
will cause to be performed any and all acts required to be performed to
preserve the rights and remedies of the Trustee in any Insurance
Policies applicable to any Home Equity Loans delivered by the Seller
including, without limitation, any necessary notifications of insurers,
assignments of policies or interests therein, and establishments of
co-insured, joint loss payee and mortgagee rights in favor of the
Trustee;
(xxi) As of the Startup Day, no more than ______% of the
aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in either Home Equity
Loan Group will be secured by Properties located within any single zip
code area;
(xxii) Each original Mortgage was recorded or is in the
process of being recorded, and all subsequent assignments of the
original Mortgage have been delivered for recordation or have been
recorded in the appropriate jurisdictions wherein such recordation is
necessary to perfect the lien thereof as against creditors of or
purchasers from the Seller (or, subject to Section 3.05 hereof, are in
the process of being recorded); each Mortgage and assignment of
Mortgage is in recordable form and is acceptable for recording under
the laws of the jurisdiction in which the property securing such
Mortgage is located;
(xxiii) The terms of each Note and each Mortgage have not been
impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by a
written instrument which has been recorded, if necessary, to protect
the interest of the Owners and the Certificate Insurer and which has
been delivered to the Trustee. The substance of any such waiver,
alteration or modification is reflected on the related Schedule of Home
Equity Loans;
(xxiv) The proceeds of each Home Equity Loan have been fully
disbursed, and there is no obligation on the part of the mortgagee to
make future advances thereunder.
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Any and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site
improvements and as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have
been complied with. All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or
closing or recording such Home Equity Loans were paid and the Mortgagor
is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due under the
related Note or Mortgage;
(xxv) The related Note is not and has not been secured by any
collateral, pledged account or other security except the lien of the
corresponding Mortgage;
(xxvi) No Home Equity Loan has a shared appreciation feature,
or other contingent interest feature;
(xxvii) Each Property is located in the state identified in
the respective Schedule of Home Equity Loans and consists of one or
more parcels of real property with a residential dwelling erected
thereon;
(xxviii) Each Mortgage contains a provision for the
acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of the
related Home Equity Loan in the event the related Property is sold
without the prior consent of the mortgagee thereunder;
(xxix) Any advances made after the date of origination of a
Home Equity Loan but prior to the Cut-Off Date have been consolidated
with the outstanding principal amount secured by the related Mortgage,
and the secured principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single
interest rate and single repayment term reflected on the respective
Schedule of Home Equity Loans. The consolidated principal amount does
not exceed the original principal amount of the related Home Equity
Loan. No Note permits or obligates the Servicer to make future advances
to the related Mortgagor at the option of the Mortgagor;
(xxx) To the best of the knowledge of the Seller there is no
proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation
of any Property, nor is such a proceeding currently occurring, and each
Property is undamaged by waste, fire, water, flood, earthquake, earth
movement or other casualty;
(xxxi) All of the improvements which were included for the
purposes of determining the Appraised Value of any Property lie wholly
within the boundaries and building restriction lines of such Property,
and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon such
Property, and are stated in the title insurance policy and
affirmatively insured;
(xxxii) To the best of the knowledge of the Seller or the
Servicer, as applicable, no improvement located on or being part of any
Property is in violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation.
All inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or
issued with respect to all occupied portions of each Property and, with
respect to the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited
to certificates of occupancy and fire
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underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from the
appropriate authorities and such Property is lawfully occupied under
the applicable law;
(xxxiii) With respect to each Mortgage constituting a deed of
trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such,
has been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in
such Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by
the Owners or the Trust to the trustee under the deed of trust, except
in connection with a trustee's sale after default by the related
Mortgagor;
(xxxiv) Each Mortgage contains customary and enforceable
provisions which render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof
adequate for the realization against the related Property of the
benefits of the security, including (A) in the case of a Mortgage
designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale and (B) otherwise by
judicial foreclosure. There is no homestead or other exemption other
than any applicable Mortgagor redemption rights available to the
related Mortgagor which would materially interfere with the right to
sell the related Property at a trustee's sale or the right to foreclose
the related Mortgage;
(xxxv) There is no default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration existing under any Mortgage or the related Note and no
event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration
of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach,
violation or event of acceleration; and none of the Servicer, nor the
Seller, has waived any default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration or advanced funds, directly or indirectly for the payment
of any amount required under any Home Equity Loan;
(xxxvi) No instrument of release or waiver has been executed
in connection with any Home Equity Loan, and no Mortgagor has been
released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an assumption
agreement which has been approved by the primary mortgage guaranty
insurer, if any, and which has been delivered to the Trustee;
(xxxvii) Reserved;
(xxxviii) Each Home Equity Loan was underwritten in accordance
with the credit underwriting guidelines of the Seller as set forth in
the Seller's Policies and Procedures Manual, as in effect on the date
hereof and such Manual conforms in all material respects to the
description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement;
(xxxix) Each Home Equity Loan was originated based upon a full
appraisal, which included an interior inspection of the subject
property;
(xl) The Home Equity Loans were not selected for inclusion in
the Trust on any basis intended to adversely affect the Trust or the
Certificate Insurer;
(xli) No more than ___% and ___% of the aggregate Loan Balance
of the Home Equity Loans in Group I and Group II, respectively, are
secured by Properties that are non-owner occupied Properties (I.E.,
investor-owned and vacation);
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(xlii) The Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, has no
actual knowledge that there exist any hazardous substances, hazardous
wastes or solid wastes, as such terms are defined in the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, or other federal, state or local
environmental legislation on any Property, and no violations of any
local, state or federal environmental law, rule or regulation exist
with respect to any Property;
(xliii) The Seller (and the originator, if not the Seller) was
properly licensed or otherwise authorized, to the extent required by
applicable law, to originate or purchase each Home Equity Loan; and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, including,
without limitation, the receipt of interest by the Owners and the
ownership of the Home Equity Loans by the Trustee as trustee of the
Trust will not involve the violation of such laws;
(xliv) With respect to each Property subject to a ground lease
(i) the current ground lessor has been identified and all ground rents
which have previously become due and owing have been paid; (ii) the
ground lease term extends, or is automatically renewable, for at least
five years beyond the maturity date of the related Home Equity Loan;
(iii) the ground lease has been duly executed and recorded; (iv) the
amount of the ground rent and any increases therein are clearly
identified in the lease and are for predetermined amounts at
predetermined times; (v) the ground rent payment is included in the
borrower's monthly payment as an expense item in determining the
qualification of the borrower for such Home Equity Loan; (vi) the Trust
has the right to cure defaults on the ground lease; and (vii) the terms
and conditions of the leasehold do not prevent the free and absolute
marketability of the Property. As of the Cut-Off Date, the Loan Balance
of the Home Equity Loans with related Properties subject to ground
leases does not exceed ___% of the Original Aggregate Loan Balance;
(xlv) As of the Startup Day, with respect to any Second
Mortgage Loan, none of the Seller nor the Servicer, has received a
notice of default of any Senior Lien secured by any Property which has
not been cured by a party other than the Seller;
(xlvi) No Home Equity Loan is subject to a rate reduction
pursuant to a buydown program;
(xlvii) Reserved;
(xlviii) The Coupon Rate on each Home Equity Loan is
calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days with twelve 30-day
months;
(xlix) Each Home Equity Loan was originated by the Seller, an
affiliate of the Seller or a broker for simultaneous assignment to the
Seller;
(l) Neither the operation of any of the terms of each Note and
each Mortgage nor the exercise of any right thereunder will render
either the Note or the Mortgage
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unenforceable, in whole or in part, nor subject it to any right of
rescission, claim set-off, counterclaim or defense, including, without
limitation, the defense of usury;
(li) Any adjustment to the Coupon Rate on a Home Equity Loan
in Group II has been legal, proper and in accordance with the terms of
the related Note;
(lii) No Home Equity Loan in Group II is subject to negative
amortization;
(liii) As of the Cut-Off Date, the FTC holder regulation
provided in 16 C.F.R. Part 433 applies to none of the Home Equity
Loans;
(liv) As of the Cut-Off Date, a portion of the Home Equity
Loans are "mortgages" as defined in 15 U.S.C. 1602(aa), and with
respect to each such Home Equity Loan, no Mortgagor has or will have a
claim or defense under such Home Equity Loan;
(lv) Reserved;
(lvi) The rights with respect to each Home Equity Loan are
assignable by the Seller without the consent of any Person other than
consents which will have been obtained on or before the Startup Day;
(lvii) The Seller has duly fulfilled all obligations to be
fulfilled on the lender's part under or in connection with the
origination, acquisition and assignment of the Home Equity Loans and
the related Mortgage and Note, and has done nothing to impair the
rights of the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer or the Owners in
payments with respect thereto;
(lviii) To the Seller's or the Servicer's, as applicable,
knowledge, the documents, instruments and agreements submitted by each
Mortgagor for loan underwriting were not falsified and contain no
untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the information
and statements contained therein not misleading.
(lix) No Home Equity Loan matures later than ______________,
20____;
(lx) The first date on which the applicable Mortgagor must
make a payment on each Home Equity Loan is no later than ______ ____,
20 _______, except with respect to one Home Equity Loan, which
represents ____% of the Original Aggregate Loan Balance as of the
Cut-Off Date, that provides for a first payment on or after
______________ , 20________; and
(lxi) With respect to each Home Equity Loan that is a Second
Mortgage Loan:
(a) The related Senior Lien does not provide for
negative amortization.
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(b) None of the Servicer nor the Seller, has
received, or is aware of, a notice of default of any Senior
Lien which has not been cured.
(c) To the best of the knowledge of the Seller or the
Servicer, as applicable, no funds provided to the Mortgagor
from a Second Mortgage Loan were concurrently used as a down
payment for the Senior Lien.
(c) In the event that any such repurchase pursuant to this Section
results in a prohibited transaction tax as specified in the REMIC Opinion
delivered pursuant to Section 3.04(a), the Trustee shall immediately notify the
Seller in writing thereof and the Seller will, within 10 days of receiving
notice thereof from the Trustee, deposit the amount due from the Trust with the
Trustee for the payment thereof, including any interest and penalties, in
immediately available funds. In the event that any Qualified Replacement
Mortgage is delivered by the Seller to the Trust pursuant to Section 3.04 or
Section 3.06 hereof, the Seller shall be obligated to take the actions described
in Section 3.04(a) with respect to such Qualified Replacement Mortgage upon the
discovery by any of the Owners, the Seller, the Servicer, the Certificate
Insurer, any Sub-Servicer, the Custodian or the Trustee that the statements set
forth in subsection (b) above are untrue in any material respect, without regard
to any limitation set forth therein concerning the knowledge of the Seller as to
facts stated therein, on the date such Qualified Replacement Mortgage is
conveyed to the Trust such that the interests of the Owners or the Certificate
Insurer in the related Qualified Replacement Mortgage are, or may be, materially
and adversely affected; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for the purposes of this
subsection (c) the statements in subsection (b) above referring to items "as of
the Cut-Off Date" or "as of the Startup Day" shall be deemed to refer to such
items as of the date such Qualified Replacement Mortgage is conveyed to the
Trust. Notwithstanding the fact that a representation contained in subsection
(b) above may be limited to the Seller's knowledge, such limitation shall not
relieve the Seller of its repurchase obligation under this Section and Section
3.05 hereof.
(d) It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties
and covenants set forth in this Section 3.04 shall survive delivery of the
respective Home Equity Loans (including Qualified Replacement Mortgage) to the
Trustee or the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee.
(e) The Trustee shall have no duty to conduct any affirmative
investigation other than as specifically set forth in this Agreement as to the
occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase or substitution of any Home
Equity Loan pursuant to this Article III or the eligibility of any Home Equity
Loan for the purpose of this Agreement.
Section 3.05. SALE TREATMENT OF THE HOME EQUITY LOANS AND QUALIFIED
REPLACEMENT MORTGAGES.
(a) The transfer by the Seller to the Depositor and by the Depositor to
the Trustee of the Home Equity Loans set forth on the applicable Schedule of
Home Equity Loans is absolute and is intended by the Owners and all parties
hereto to be treated as a sale by the Seller and the Depositor.
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In the event that any such conveyance is deemed to be a loan, the
parties intend that the Seller shall be deemed to have granted to the Depositor
and the Depositor shall be deemed to have granted to the Trustee a security
interest in the Trust Estate, and that this Agreement shall constitute a
security agreement under applicable law.
(b) In connection with the transfer and assignment of the Home Equity
Loans, CHEC agrees to:
(i) deliver without recourse to the Custodian, on behalf of
the Trustee, on the Startup Day with respect to each Home Equity Loan,
(A) the original Notes endorsed in blank or to the order of the Trustee
("Pay to the order of ____________, as Trustee for Centex Home Equity
Loan Trust 2000-__, without recourse") and signed by manual signature
of the Seller, (B) (1) if the original title insurance policy is not
available, the original title insurance commitment or a copy thereof
certified as a true copy by the closing agent or CHEC, and when
available, the original title insurance policy or a copy certified by
the issuer of the title insurance policy or (2) if title insurance is
not available in the applicable state, the attorney's opinion of title,
(C) originals or copies of all intervening assignments certified as
true copies by the closing agent or CHEC, showing a complete chain of
title from origination to the Trustee, if any, including warehousing
assignments, if recorded, (D) originals of all assumption and
modification agreements, if any, (E) either: (1) the original Mortgage,
with evidence of recording thereon (if such original Mortgage has been
returned to the Seller from the applicable recording office) or a copy
of the Mortgage certified as a true copy by the closing attorney or an
Authorized Officer of CHEC, or (2) a copy of the Mortgage certified by
the public recording office in those instances where the original
recorded Mortgage has been lost and (F) the original assignments of
Mortgages (as described in clause (b)(ii)) in recordable form and
acceptable for recording in the state or other jurisdiction where the
Property is located;
(ii) cause, within 60 days following the Startup Day with
respect to the Home Equity Loans, assignments of the Mortgages to
"_______________, as Trustee of Centex Home Equity Loan Trust
2000-__ under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of
_____________, 20___" to be submitted for recording in the appropriate
jurisdictions; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that CHEC shall not be required to
record an assignment of a Mortgage if the Seller furnishes to the
Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, on or before the Startup Day, at
CHEC's expense, an Opinion of Counsel with respect to the relevant
jurisdiction that such recording is not necessary to PERFECT the
Trustee's interest in the related Home Equity Loans (in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the
Rating Agencies); PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, notwithstanding the
delivery of any legal opinions, each assignment of Mortgage shall be
recorded by the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee at the expense of
CHEC upon the earliest to occur of: (i) reasonable direction by the
Certificate Insurer, (ii) the occurrence of a Servicer Termination
Event, (iii) if the Seller is not Servicer and with respect to any one
assignment of Mortgage, the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or
foreclosure relating to the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage, or
(iv) the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating
to the Seller;
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(iii) deliver the title insurance policy or title searches,
the original Mortgages and such recorded assignments, together with
originals or duly certified copies of any and all prior assignments
(other than unrecorded warehouse assignments), to the Custodian, on
behalf of the Trustee, within 15 days of receipt thereof by CHEC, but
in any event, with respect to any Mortgage as to which original
recording information has been made available to the Seller, within one
year after the Startup Day; and
(iv) furnish to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the
Rating Agencies at CHEC's expense, an Opinion of Counsel with respect
to the sale and perfection of the Home Equity Loans delivered to the
Trust in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Insurer.
In instances where the original recorded Mortgage cannot be delivered
by CHEC to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee prior to or concurrently with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement due to a delay in connection with
recording, CHEC may in lieu of delivering such original recorded Mortgage,
deliver to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee a copy thereof, provided that
CHEC certifies that the original Mortgage has been delivered to a title
insurance company for recordation after receipt of its policy of title insurance
or binder therefor. In all such instances, the Seller will deliver or cause to
be delivered the original recorded Mortgage to the Custodian on behalf of the
Trustee promptly upon receipt of the original recorded Mortgage but in no event
later than one year after the Startup Day.
CHEC hereby confirms to the Trustee that it has made the appropriate
entries in its general accounting records, to indicate that such Home Equity
Loans have been transferred to the Trustee and constitute part of the Trust in
accordance with the terms of the trust created hereunder.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
3.05, in those instances where the public recording office retains the original
Mortgage, the assignment of a Mortgage or the intervening assignments of the
Mortgage after it has been recorded, the Depositor and the Seller shall be
deemed to have satisfied its obligations hereunder upon delivery to the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee of a copy of such Mortgage, such assignment
or assignments of Mortgage certified by the public recording office to be a true
copy of the recorded original thereof.
Not later than ten days following the end of the 60-day period referred
in clause (b)(ii) above, CHEC shall deliver to the Custodian with a copy to the
Trustee, on behalf of the Trustee, a list of all Mortgages for which no Mortgage
assignment has yet been submitted for recording by CHEC, which list shall state
the reason why CHEC has not yet submitted such Mortgage assignments for
recording. With respect to any Mortgage assignment disclosed on such list as not
yet submitted for recording for a reason other than a lack of original recording
information, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall make an immediate
demand on CHEC to prepare such Mortgage assignments, and shall inform the
Certificate Insurer, in writing, of its failure to prepare such Mortgage
assignments. Thereafter, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall
cooperate in executing any documents prepared by the Certificate Insurer and
submitted to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee in connection with this
provision. Following the expiration
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of the 60-day period referred to in clause (b)(ii) above, CHEC shall promptly
prepare a Mortgage assignment for any Mortgage for which original recording
information is subsequently received by CHEC, and shall promptly deliver a
copy of such Mortgage assignment to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee.
CHEC agrees that it will follow its normal servicing procedures and attempt
to obtain the original recording information necessary to complete a Mortgage
assignment. In the event that CHEC is unable to obtain such recording
information with respect to any Mortgage prior to the end of the 18th
calendar month following the Startup Day and has not provided to the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee a Mortgage assignment with evidence of
recording thereon relating to the assignment of such Mortgage to the Trustee,
the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee shall notify CHEC of its obligation
to provide a completed assignment (with evidence of recording thereon) on or
before the end of the 20th calendar month following the Startup Day. A copy
of such notice shall be sent by the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee to
the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee. If no such completed assignment
(with evidence of recording thereon) is provided before the end of such 20th
calendar month, the related Home Equity Loan shall be deemed to have breached
the representation contained in clause (xxii) of Section 3.04(b) hereof;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if as of the end of such 20th calendar month CHEC
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer that it is
exercising its best efforts to obtain such completed assignment and, during
each month thereafter until such completed assignment is delivered to the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, CHEC continues to demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the Certificate Insurer that it is exercising its best
efforts to obtain such completed assignment, the related Home Equity Loan
will not be deemed to have breached such representation. The requirement to
deliver a completed assignment with evidence of recording thereon will be
deemed satisfied upon delivery of a copy of the completed assignment
certified by the applicable public recording office.
Copies of all Mortgage assignments received by the Custodian on behalf
of the Trustee shall be retained in the related File.
All recording required pursuant to this Section 3.05 shall be
accomplished at the expense of the Seller.
(c) In the case of Home Equity Loans which have been prepaid in full on
or after the Cut-Off Date and prior to the Startup Day, the Seller, in lieu of
the foregoing, will deliver within six (6) days after the Startup Day to the
Trustee a certification of an Authorized Officer in the form set forth in
Exhibit D.
(d) CHEC shall transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey without
recourse, to the Trustee all right, title and interest of CHEC in and to any
Qualified Replacement Mortgage delivered to the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.04 or 3.06
hereof and all its right, title and interest to principal and interest due on
such Qualified Replacement Mortgage on and after the applicable Replacement
Cut-Off Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that CHEC shall reserve and retain all right,
title and interest in and to payments of principal and interest due on such
Qualified Replacement Mortgage prior to the applicable Replacement Cut-Off Date.
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(e) As to each Home Equity Loan released from the Trust in connection
with a repurchase or the conveyance of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage
therefor, the Trustee will transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey
without recourse or representation, on CHEC's order, all of its right, title and
interest in and to such released Home Equity Loan and all the Trust's right,
title and interest to principal and interest due on such released Home Equity
Loan after the applicable Replacement Cut-Off Date, as the case may be;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trust shall reserve and or and retain all right,
title and interest in and to payments of principal and interest due on such
released Home Equity Loan prior to such repurchase or the applicable Replacement
Cut-Off Date, as the case may be.
(f) In connection with any transfer and assignment of a Qualified
Replacement Mortgage to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, CHEC agrees to (i)
deliver or cause to be delivered without recourse to the Custodian, on behalf of
the Trustee on the date of delivery of such Qualified Replacement Mortgage the
original Note relating thereto, endorsed in blank or to the order of the
Trustee, (ii) cause promptly to be recorded an assignment in the appropriate
jurisdictions, (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered the original Qualified
Replacement Mortgage and such recorded assignment, together with original or
duly certified copies of any and all prior assignments, to the Custodian, on
behalf of the Trustee within 15 days of receipt thereof by CHEC (but in any
event within 120 days after the date of conveyance of such Qualified Replacement
Mortgage) and (iv) deliver the title insurance policy, or where no such policy
is required to be provided under Section 3.05(b)(i)(B), the other evidence of
title required in Section 3.05(b)(i)(B).
(g) As to each Home Equity Loan released from the Trust in connection
with a repurchase or the conveyance of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee shall deliver on the date of such repurchase
or conveyance of such Qualified Replacement Mortgage and on the order of CHEC
(i) the original Note relating thereto, endorsed without recourse or
representation, in blank or to the order of, to CHEC, (ii) the original Mortgage
so released and all assignments relating thereto and (iii) such other documents
as constituted the File with respect thereto.
(h) If a Mortgage assignment is lost during the process of recording,
or is returned from the recorder's office unrecorded due to a defect therein,
CHEC shall prepare or cause to be prepared a substitute assignment or cure such
defect, as the case may be, and thereafter cause each such assignment to be duly
recorded.
Section 3.06. ACCEPTANCE BY TRUSTEE; CERTAIN SUBSTITUTIONS OF HOME
EQUITY LOANS; CERTIFICATION BY TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver and the Trustee on behalf
of the trust agrees to cause the Custodian to execute and deliver on the Startup
Day an acknowledgment of receipt of the items delivered by CHEC in the forms
attached as Exhibit E-1 and E-2 hereto, respectively, and declares through the
Custodian that it will hold such documents and any amendments, replacement or
supplements thereto, as well as any other assets included in the definition of
Trust Estate and delivered to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, as
Trustee in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the
benefit of the Owners and the
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Certificate Insurer. The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the Owners and
the Certificate Insurer, to cause the Custodian to review such items within
45 days after the Startup Day (or, with respect to any document delivered
after the Startup Day, within 45 days of receipt and with respect to any
Qualified Replacement Mortgage, within 45 days after the assignment thereof)
and to deliver to the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the Trustee and
the Certificate Insurer a certification in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit F (a "Pool Certification") to the effect that, as to each Home Equity
Loan listed in the Schedule of Home Equity Loans (other than any Home Equity
Loan paid in full or any Home Equity Loan specifically identified in such
Pool Certification as not covered by such Pool Certification), (i) all
documents required to be delivered to it pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(i) of
this Agreement have been executed and are in its possession and that the
Notes have been endorsed as set forth in Section 3.05(b)(i) hereof, (ii) such
documents have been reviewed by it and have not been mutilated, damaged or
torn and relate to such Home Equity Loan and (iii) based on its examination
and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth on the
Schedule of Home Equity Loans accurately reflects the information set forth
in the File. The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall have no
responsibility for reviewing any File except as expressly provided in this
subsection 3.06(a). Without limiting the effect of the preceding sentence, in
reviewing any File, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall have no
responsibility for determining whether any document is valid and binding,
whether the text of any assignment is in proper form (except to determine if
the Trustee is the assignee), whether any document has been recorded in
accordance with the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction or whether a
blanket assignment is permitted in any applicable jurisdiction, but shall
only be required to determine whether a document has been executed, that it
appears to be what it purports to be, and, where applicable, that it purports
to be recorded. The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall be under no
duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine any such documents,
instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that they are genuine,
enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they are
other than what they purport to be on their face, nor shall the Custodian, on
behalf of the Trustee, be under any duty to determine independently whether
there are any intervening assignments or assumption or modification
agreements with respect to any Home Equity Loan.
(b) If the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee during such 45-day
period finds any document constituting a part of a File which is not executed,
has not been received, or is unrelated to the Home Equity Loans identified in
the Schedule of Home Equity Loans, or that any Home Equity Loan does not conform
to the description thereof as set forth in the Schedule of Home Equity Loans,
the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee shall promptly so notify the Depositor,
CHEC, the Owners and the Certificate Insurer. In performing any such review, the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee may conclusively rely on CHEC as to the
purported genuineness of any such document and any signature thereon. It is
understood that the scope of the review of the items delivered by the Seller
pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(i) is limited solely to confirming that the
documents listed in Section 3.05(b)(i) have been executed and received, relate
to the Files identified in the Schedule of Home Equity Loans and conform to the
description thereof in the Schedule of Home Equity Loans. CHEC agrees to use
reasonable efforts to remedy a material defect in a document constituting part
of a File of which it is so notified by the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee.
If, however, within 90 days after such notice to it respecting such defect CHEC
has not remedied the defect and the defect materially and
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adversely affects the interest in the related Home Equity Loan of the Owners
or the Certificate Insurer, CHEC will (or will cause an affiliate to) on the
next succeeding Monthly Remittance Date (i) substitute in lieu of such Home
Equity Loan a Qualified Replacement Mortgage and deliver the Substitution
Amount to the Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest Account or
(ii) purchase such Home Equity Loan at a purchase price equal to the Loan
Purchase Price thereof, which purchase price shall be delivered to the
Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest Account. In connection
with any proposed purchase or substitution of a Home Equity Loan, CHEC shall
cause at it's expense to be delivered to the Trustee and to the Certificate
Insurer an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters
stating whether or not such a proposed purchase or substitution would
constitute a Prohibited Transaction for the Trust or would jeopardize the
status of either REMIC I or REMIC II as a REMIC, and CHEC shall only be
required to take either such action to the extent such action would not
constitute a Prohibited Transaction for the Trust or would not jeopardize the
status of either REMIC I or REMIC II as a REMIC. Any required purchase or
substitution, if delayed by the absence of such opinion, shall nonetheless
occur upon the earlier of (i) the occurrence of a default or imminent default
with respect to the Home Equity Loan or (ii) the delivery of such opinion.
(c) In addition to the foregoing, the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee also agrees to make a review during the 12th month after the Startup Day
indicating the current status of the exceptions previously indicated on the Pool
Certification (the "Final Certification"). After delivery of the Final
Certification, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee and the Servicer shall
provide to the Certificate Insurer no less frequently than monthly updated
certifications indicating the then current status of exceptions, until all such
exceptions have been eliminated.
Section 3.07. Reserved.
Section 3.08. CUSTODIAN.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the parties
hereto acknowledge that the functions of the Trustee with respect to the
custody, acceptance, inspection and release of the Files pursuant to Sections
3.05, 3.06, and 8.14 and the related Pool Certification and Final Certification
shall be performed by the Custodian on the Trustee's behalf pursuant to the
Custodial Agreement; provided, however, the Trustee shall remain primarily
liable for such obligations. The fees and expenses of the Custodian will be paid
by the Servicer.
If, pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Custodial Agreement, the Custodian
shall request written instructions from the Trustee, the Trustee hereby agrees
to promptly provide such instructions.
Section 3.09. COOPERATION PROCEDURES. CHEC shall, in connection with
the delivery of each Qualified Replacement Mortgage to the Custodian, on behalf
of the Trustee, provide the Trustee with information set forth in the Schedules
of Home Equity Loans with respect to such Qualified Replacement Mortgage.
(a) The Seller, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee covenant to
provide each other with all data and information required to be provided by them
hereunder at the times
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required hereunder, and additionally covenant reasonably to cooperate with
each other in providing any additional information required to be obtained by
any of them in connection with their respective duties hereunder.
(b) The Servicer shall maintain such accurate and complete accounts,
records and computer systems pertaining to each File as shall enable it and the
Trustee to comply with this Agreement. In performing its recordkeeping duties
the Servicer shall act in accordance with the servicing standards set forth in
this Agreement. The Servicer shall conduct, or cause to be conducted, periodic
audits of its accounts, records and computer systems as set forth in Section
8.16 and 8.17 hereof. The Servicer shall promptly report in writing to the
Trustee any failure on its part to maintain its accounts, records and computer
systems herein provided and promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such
failure.
(c) CHEC further confirms to the Trustee that it has caused the
portions of the electronic ledger relating to the Home Equity Loans to be
clearly and unambiguously marked to indicate that such Home Equity Loans have
been sold, transferred, assigned and conveyed through the Depositor to the
Trustee and constitute part of the Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of
the trust created hereunder and that the Seller will treat the transaction
contemplated by such sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance as a sale for
accounting purposes.
END OF ARTICLE III
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ARTICLE IV
ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 4.01. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES.
On the Startup Day, upon the Trustee's receipt from the Depositor of an
executed Delivery Order in the form set forth as Exhibit G hereto, the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver the Certificates on behalf of the Trust.
Section 4.02. SALE OF CERTIFICATES.
At 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the Startup Day, at the offices of
Stroock & Stroock & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (or at
such other location acceptable to the Seller), the Seller will sell and convey
the Home Equity Loans and the money, instruments and other property related
thereto to the Depositor and the Depositor will convey the Home Equity Loans and
the money, instruments and other property related thereto to the Trustee, and
the Depositor will cause the Certificate Insurance Policies to be delivered to
the Trustee and the Trustee will deliver (i) to the Underwriters (as designee of
the Depositor), the Class A Certificates with an aggregate Percentage Interest
in each Class equal to [100%] registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such
other names as the Underwriters shall direct, against payment to the Depositor
of the purchase price thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
the Trustee as designee of the Depositor and (ii) to the respective registered
owners thereof (as designees of the Depositor and the Seller), Class R
Certificates registered in the name of CHEC Residual Corporation, a Nevada
Corporation, and the Class X-IO Certificates, registered in the name of CHEC
Residual Corporation, a Nevada Corporation (all such events shall be referred to
herein as the "Closing").
END OF ARTICLE IV
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ARTICLE V
CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 5.01. TERMS.
(a) The Certificates are pass-through securities having the rights
described therein and herein. Notwithstanding references herein or therein with
respect to the Certificates as to "principal" and "interest" thereof, no debt of
any Person is represented thereby, nor are the Certificates or the underlying
Notes guaranteed by any Person (except that the Notes may be recourse to the
Mortgagors thereof to the extent permitted by law and the terms of the related
Note and except for the rights of the Trustee on behalf of the Owners of the
Class A Certificates with respect to the Certificate Insurance Policies). The
Class A Certificates are payable solely from payments received on or with
respect to the Home Equity Loans (net of the Servicing Fees, Trustee Fees, and
Premium Amounts), moneys in the Principal and Interest Account, except as
otherwise provided herein, from earnings on moneys and the proceeds of property
held as a part of the Trust Estate and, upon the occurrence of certain events,
from Insured Payments. Each Certificate entitles the Owner thereof to receive
monthly on each Distribution Date, in order of priority of distributions with
respect to such Class of Certificates as set forth in Section 7.03, a specified
portion of such payments with respect to the Home Equity Loans, certain related
Insured Payments, PRO RATA in accordance with such Owner's Percentage Interest.
(b) Each Owner is required, and hereby agrees, to return to the
Trustee, any Certificate prior to the Trustee making the final distribution due
thereon. Any such Certificate as to which the Trustee has made the final
distribution thereon shall be deemed canceled and shall no longer be Outstanding
for any purpose of this Agreement.
Section 5.02. FORMS.
The Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class A-3
Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates, the Class
A-6, the Class A-7 Certificates, the Class X-IO Certificates and the Class R
Certificates shall be in substantially the forms set forth in Exhibits X-0, X-0,
X-0, X-0, X-0, X-0, X-0, X and C hereof, respectively.
Section 5.03. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY.
Each Certificate shall be executed on behalf of the Trust, by the
manual signature of one of the Trustee's Authorized Officers at the written
direction of the Servicer. In addition, each Certificate shall be authenticated
by the manual signature of one of the Trustee's Authorized Officers at the
written direction of the Servicer.
Certificates bearing the manual signature of individuals who were at
any time the proper officers of the Trustee shall, upon proper authentication by
the Trustee, bind the Trust, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of
them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the execution and delivery of
such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of authentication of
such Certificates.
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The initial Certificates shall be dated as of the Startup Day and
delivered at the Closing to the parties specified in Section 4.02 hereof.
Subsequently issued Certificates will be dated as of the issuance of the
Certificate.
No Certificate shall be valid until executed and authenticated as set
forth above.
Section 5.04. REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATES.
(a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept a register (the "Register") in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee
shall provide for the registration of Certificates and the registration of
transfer of Certificates. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed Registrar
for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers of Certificates as
herein provided. The Certificate Insurer, the Owners and the Trustee shall have
the right to inspect the Register upon reasonable notice during the Trustee's
normal hours and to obtain copies thereof, and the Trustee shall have the right
to rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Registrar by an Authorized
Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Owners of the Certificates
and the principal amounts and numbers of such Certificates.
If a Person other than the Trustee is appointed as Registrar by the
Owners of a majority of the aggregate Voting Rights represented by the
Certificates then Outstanding with the consent of the Certificate Insurer, such
Owners shall give the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Owners prompt
written notice of the appointment of such Registrar and of the location, and any
change in the location, of the Register. In connection with any such appointment
the reasonable fees of the Registrar shall be paid, as expenses of the Trust,
pursuant to Section 7.06 hereof.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 5.08 hereof, upon surrender
for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office designated as the
location of the Register, upon the direction of the Registrar, the Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Certificates of a like Class and in the aggregate
outstanding principal amount or Percentage Interest of the Certificate so
surrendered.
(c) At the option of any Owner, Certificates of any Class owned by such
Owner may be exchanged for other Certificates authorized of like Class and tenor
and a like aggregate outstanding principal amount or Percentage Interest and
bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding, upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office designated as the location of the
Register. Whenever any Certificate is so surrendered for exchange, upon the
direction of the Registrar, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver
the Certificate or Certificates which the Owner making the exchange is entitled
to receive.
(d) All Certificates issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Certificates shall be valid evidence of the same ownership interests
in the Trust and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the
Certificates surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
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(e) Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by
the Owner thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(f) No service charge shall be made to an Owner for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Registrar or Trustee may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Certificates; any other expenses in connection with such transfer or exchange
shall be an expense of the Trust.
(g) It is intended that the Class A Certificates be registered so as to
participate in a global book-entry system with the Depository, as set forth
herein. Each Class of Class A Certificates shall, except as otherwise provided
in Subsection (h), be initially issued in the form of a single fully registered
Class A Certificate of such Class. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of each
such Class A Certificate shall be registered in the Register in the name of Cede
& Co., or any successor thereto, as nominee for the Depository.
On the Startup Day, the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4,
Class A-5, Class A-6 and Class A-7 Certificates shall be issued in denominations
of [$1,000] and integral multiples of [$1] in excess thereof.
The Depositor and the Trustee are hereby authorized to execute and
deliver the Representation Letter with the Depository in the form provided to
the Trustee by the Depositor.
With respect to the Class A Certificates registered in the Register in
the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository, the Depositor, the
Servicer, the Seller, the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee shall have no
responsibility or obligation to Direct or Indirect Participants or beneficial
owners for which the Depository holds Class A Certificates from time to time as
a Depository. Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Sellers, the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee
shall have no responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of
the records of the Depository, Cede & Co., or any Direct or Indirect Participant
with respect to the ownership interest in the Class A Certificates, (ii) the
delivery to any Direct or Indirect Participant or any other Person, other than a
registered Owner of a Class A Certificate as shown in the Register, of any
notice with respect to the Class A Certificates or (iii) the payment to any
Direct or Indirect Participant or any other Person, other than a registered
Owner of a Class A Certificate as shown in the Register, of any amount with
respect to any distribution of principal or interest on the Class A
Certificates. No Person other than a registered Owner of a Class A Certificate
as shown in the Register shall receive a certificate evidencing such Class A
Certificate.
Upon delivery by the Depository to the Trustee of written notice to the
effect that the Depository has determined to substitute a new nominee in place
of Cede & Co., and subject to the provisions hereof with respect to the payment
of interest by the mailing of checks or drafts to the registered Owners of Class
A Certificates appearing as registered Owners in the registration books
maintained by the Trustee at the close of business on a Record Date, the name
"Cede & Co." in this Agreement shall refer to such new nominee of the
Depository.
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(h) In the event that (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the
Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge
properly its responsibilities as nominee and depository with respect to the
Class A Certificates and any of CHEC or the Trustee is unable to locate a
qualified successor or (ii) the Depositor at its sole option elects to terminate
the book-entry system through the Depository, the Class A Certificates shall no
longer be restricted to being registered in the Register in the name of Cede &
Co. (or a successor nominee) as nominee of the Depository or (iii) after the
occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event, the beneficial owners of each Class
of Class A Certificates representing Percentage Interests aggregating not less
than ___% advises the Trustee and Depository through the Direct or Indirect
Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the
Depository to the exclusion of definitive, fully registered certificates (the
"Definitive Certificates") to Owners is no longer in the best interests of the
Owners. In the case of (i) and (ii) above, CHEC may determine that the Class A
Certificates shall be registered in the name of and deposited with a successor
depository operating a global book-entry system, as may be acceptable to the
CHEC and at the expense of CHEC, or such depository's agent or designee but, if
CHEC does not select such alternative global book-entry system and in the case
of (iii) above, then the Class A Certificates may be registered in whatever name
or names registered Owners of Class A Certificates transferring Class A
Certificates shall designate, in accordance with the provisions hereof.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, so long as any Class A Certificate is registered in the name of Cede &
Co., as nominee of the Depository, all distributions of principal or interest on
such Class A Certificates and all notices with respect to such Class A
Certificates shall be made and given, respectively, in the manner provided in
the Representation Letter.
Section 5.05. 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) in the case of any mutilated Certificate, such
mutilated Certificate shall first be surrendered to the Trustee, and in the case
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, there shall be first delivered to
the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be reasonably required by it to
hold the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer harmless (PROVIDED, THAT with
respect to an Owner which is an institutional investor, a letter of indemnity
furnished by it shall be sufficient for this purpose), then, in the absence of
written notice to the Trustee or the Registrar that such Certificate has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Seller shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
Class, tenor and aggregate principal amount, bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, the
Registrar or Trustee may require the payment from the transferor or transferee
of the related Certificate of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto; any other expenses
in connection with such issuance shall be an expense of the Trust.
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Every new Certificate issued pursuant to this Section in exchange for
or in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall
constitute evidence of a substitute interest in the Trust, and shall be entitled
to all the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and
all other Certificates of the same Class duly issued hereunder and such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall not be valid for any
purpose.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificates.
Section 5.06. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any
Certificate, the Certificate Insurer, the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the Owner of
such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions with respect to such
Certificate and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Certificate
Insurer, the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
Section 5.07. CANCELLATION.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the
Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. No Certificate shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Certificate canceled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement. All canceled
Certificates may be held by the Trustee in accordance with its standard
retention policy in effect from time to time.
Section 5.08. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP RIGHTS.
(a) No sale or other transfer of record or beneficial ownership of a
Class R Certificate (whether pursuant to a purchase, a transfer resulting from a
default under a secured lending agreement or otherwise) shall be made to a
Disqualified Organization or an agent of a Disqualified Organization. The
transfer, sale or other disposition of a Class R Certificate (whether pursuant
to a purchase, a transfer resulting from a default under a secured lending
agreement or otherwise) to a Disqualified Organization shall be deemed to be of
no legal force or effect whatsoever and such transferee shall not be deemed to
be an Owner for any purpose hereunder, including, but not limited to, the
receipt of distributions on such Class R Certificate. Furthermore, in no event
shall the Trustee accept surrender for transfer, registration of transfer, or
register the transfer, of any Class R Certificate nor authenticate and make
available any new Class R Certificate unless the Trustee has received an
affidavit from the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H.
Each holder of a Class R Certificate by his acceptance thereof, shall be deemed
for all purposes to have consented to the provisions of this Section 5.08(a).
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(b) No other sale or other transfer of record or beneficial ownership
of a Class X-IO or Class R Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and any
applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Securities
Act and laws. In the event of any such a transfer: (i) in the case of transfers
for which an investment letter in the form of Exhibit I-1 is provided by the
transferee to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, the Trustee or the
Depositor shall require a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form
and substance satisfactory to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificate
Insurer to the effect that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption,
describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Securities
Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Securities Act and laws, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Trust Estate or the Certificate Insurer; and (ii) in the case of transfers for
which an investment letter in the form of Exhibit I-1 or I-2 is provided, the
investment letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Trust Estate or the Certificate Insurer. The Owner of a Class X-IO or Class R
Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to,
indemnify the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer, the Depositor and the Sellers
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 X-IO or Class R Certificate shall be made
unless the Trustee shall have received either: (i) a representation letter from
the transferee of such Class X-IO or Class R Certificate, acceptable to and in
form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer
(which may be combined with the investment letter required by subsection (b)
above), to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Section 406 of ERISA nor a plan or other arrangement subject to
Section 406 of ERISA nor a plan or other arrangement subject to Section 4975 of
the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), nor is acting on behalf of any Plan nor using
the assets of any Plan to effect such transfer or (ii) in the event that any
Class X-IO or Class R Certificate is purchased by a Plan, or by a person or
entity acting on behalf of any Plan or using the assets of any Plan to effect
such transfer (including the assets of any Plan held in an insurance company
separate or general account), an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to and in form
and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of either the Trustee, the
Certificate Insurer or the Trust, to the effect that the purchase or holding of
any Class X-IO or Class R Certificates will not result in any non-exempt
prohibited transaction under ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not
subject the Trustee to any obligation or liability in addition to those
expressly undertaken under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything else to the
contrary herein, any purported transfer of a Certificate to or on behalf of any
Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of an
Opinion of Counsel as described above shall be null and void and of no effect.
(d) Reserved.
(e) Reserved.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
5.08, the Class R Certificates and Class X-IO Certificates may be transferred to
CHEC Residual Corporation, a
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Nevada corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Seller, without regard
to Sections 5.08(b), (c) or (e) above.
Section 5.09. ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS.
Other than with respect to any Class R Certificates (unless the Trustee
shall have received a satisfactory Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
action with respect to a Class R Certificate will not have an adverse effect on
the status of either REMIC I or REMIC II as a "REMIC") an Owner may pledge,
encumber, hypothecate or assign all or any part of its right to receive
distributions hereunder, but such pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or
assignment shall not constitute a transfer of an ownership interest sufficient
to render the transferee an Owner of the Trust without compliance with the
provisions of Section 5.04 and Section 5.08 hereof.
END OF ARTICLE V
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ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
Section 6.01. DISTRIBUTIONS.
On each Distribution Date, the Trustee will withdraw amounts from
the Certificate Account and make the distributions with respect to the
Certificates in accordance with the terms of the Certificates and this
Agreement. Such distributions shall be made (i) in the case of the Class A
Certificates registered in the name of the Depository, by wire transfer to
the Depository or (ii) in each other case, by check or draft mailed on each
Distribution Date or, if requested by any Owner (other than the Depository)
of (A) a Class A Certificate having an original principal balance of not less
than [$1,000,000]or (B) a Class X-IO or Class R Certificate having a
Percentage Interest of not less than ____% in writing not later than one
Business Day prior to the applicable Record Date (which request does not have
to be repeated unless it has been withdrawn), to such Owner by wire transfer
to an account within the United States designated no later than five Business
Days prior to the related Record Date, made on each Distribution Date, in
each case to each Owner of record on the immediately preceding Record Date.
Section 6.02. MONEY FOR DISTRIBUTIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST; WITHHOLDING.
(a) All payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any
Certificate that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Certificate
Account or from Insured Payments shall be made by and on behalf of the Trustee
or by a Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Certificate Account
for payments of Certificates and no Insured Payment shall be paid over to the
Trustee except as provided in this Section.
(b) If CHEC has appointed a Paying Agent pursuant to Section 11.15
hereof, the Trustee will, on the Business Day immediately preceding each
Distribution Date, deposit with such Paying Agent in immediately available funds
an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due (to the extent
funds are then available for such purpose in the Certificate Account for the
Class to which such amounts are due) such sum to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Owners entitled thereto.
(c) CHEC may at any time direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Trustee
all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying
Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
(d) CHEC shall require the Paying Agent, including the Trustee on
behalf of the Trust to comply with all requirements of the Code and applicable
state and local law with respect to the withholding from any distributions made
by it to any Owner of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with
respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith, and
the Trustee and Paying Agent agree to comply with such requirements.
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(e) Any money held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent in trust for the
payment of any amount due with respect to any Class A Certificate remaining
unclaimed by the Owner of such Certificate for the period then specified in the
escheat laws of the State of New York after such amount has become due and
payable shall be discharged from such trust and be paid first to the Certificate
Insurer on account of any Reimbursement Amount and second to the Depositor; and
the Owner of such Class A Certificate shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Depositor and not to the Certificate Insurer for
payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the Depositor)
and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money shall thereupon cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee or such Paying
Agent before being required to make any such payment, may at the expense of the
Trust cause to be published once, in the eastern edition of THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall be not fewer than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be paid to
the Certificate Insurer on account of any Reimbursement Amount or to the
Depositor. The Trustee shall, at the written direction of CHEC, also adopt and
employ, at the expense of CHEC, any other reasonable means of notification of
such payment (including but not limited to mailing notice of such payment to
Owners whose right to or interest in moneys due and payable but not claimed is
determinable from the records of the Registrar, the Trustee or any Paying Agent,
at the last address of record for each such Owner).
Section 6.03. PROTECTION OF TRUST ESTATE.
(a) The Trustee will hold the Trust Estate in trust for the benefit of
the Owners and the Certificate Insurer and, upon written request of the
Certificate Insurer or, with the consent of the Certificate Insurer, at the
request of the Depositor, will from time to time execute and deliver all such
supplements and amendments hereto pursuant to Section 11.14 hereof and all
instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and will take such other
action upon such request from the Depositor (with the consent of the Certificate
Insurer) or the Certificate Insurer, to:
(i) more effectively hold in trust all or any portion of the
Trust Estate;
(ii) perfect, publish notice of, or protect the validity of
any grant made or to be made by this Agreement;
(iii) enforce any of the Home Equity Loans; or
(iv) preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the
rights of the Trustee, and the ownership interests of the Owners
represented thereby, in such Trust Estate against the claims of all
Persons and parties.
To the extent not covered by the indemnity or other security
contemplated by 10.01(e) and 10.01(g), the Trustee shall be reimbursed for any
costs or expenses associated with this section pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(x).
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(b) The Trustee shall have the power to enforce, and shall enforce the
obligations and rights of the other parties to this Agreement, and of the
Certificate Insurer or the Owners, by action, suit or proceeding at law or
equity, and shall also have the power to enjoin, by action or suit in equity,
any acts or occurrences which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of
the Certificate Insurer or the Owners as such rights are set forth in this
Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this Section shall require any
action by the Trustee unless the Trustee shall first (i) have been furnished
indemnity satisfactory to it and (ii) when required by this Agreement, have been
requested by the Certificate Insurer or the Owners of a majority of the Voting
Rights represented by the Certificates then Outstanding with the consent of the
Certificate Insurer (unless a Certificate Insurer Default under clause (a) of
the definition thereof has occurred and is continuing); PROVIDED, FURTHER,
HOWEVER, that if there is a dispute with respect to payments under the
Certificate Insurance Policies the Trustee's first responsibility is to the
Owners.
(c) The Trustee shall execute any instrument required pursuant to this
Section so long as such instrument does not conflict with this Agreement or with
the Trustee's fiduciary duties, or adversely affect its rights, indemnities and
immunities hereunder.
Section 6.04. PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS.
The Trustee will not take any action that would release any Person from
any of such Person's covenants or obligations under any instrument or document
relating to the Certificates or which would result in the amendment,
hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the
validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or document, except as
expressly provided in this Agreement or such other instrument or document.
The Trustee may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing
its duties hereunder pursuant to Section 10.03(g); provided, that the Trustee
shall remain liable for the performance of any such duties notwithstanding any
such contractual arrangement.
Section 6.05. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.
The Trustee will not:
(i) sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of
the Trust Estate except as expressly permitted by this Agreement;
(ii) claim any credit on or make any deduction from the
distributions payable in respect of, the Certificates (other than
amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code) or assert
any claim against any present or former Owner by reason of the payment
of any taxes levied or assessed upon any of the Trust Estate;
(iii) incur, assume or guaranty, on behalf of the Trust, any
indebtedness of any Person except pursuant to this Agreement;
(iv) dissolve or liquidate the Trust in whole or in part,
except pursuant to Article IX hereof; or
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(v) (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Agreement
to be impaired, or permit any Person to be released from any covenant
or obligation with respect to the Trust or to the Certificates under
this Agreement, except as may be expressly permitted hereby or (B)
permit any lien, charge, adverse claim, security interest, mortgage or
other encumbrance to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon
or burden the Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein
or the proceeds thereof.
Section 6.06. NO OTHER POWERS.
The Trustee will not permit the Trust to engage in any business
activity or transaction other than those activities permitted by Section 2.03
hereof.
Section 6.07. LIMITATION OF SUITS.
No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to this Agreement or the Certificate Insurance Policies,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee of the Trust, or for any other
remedy with respect to an event of default hereunder, unless:
(1) such Owner has previously given written notice to the Seller
and the Trustee of such Owner's intention to institute such
proceeding;
(2) the Owners of not less than [25%] of the Voting Rights
represented by the Certificates then Outstanding shall have
made written request to the Trustee to institute such
proceeding in its own name as Trustee establishing the Trust;
(3) such Owner or Owners have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such
proceeding;
(5) as long as any Class A Certificates are Outstanding or any
Reimbursement Amounts are owed to the Certificate Insurer, the
Certificate Insurer has consented in writing thereto (unless a
Certificate Insurer Default as defined in clause (a) of the
definition thereof has occurred and is continuing); and
(6) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Owners
of a majority of the Voting Rights represented by the
Certificates then Outstanding;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Owners shall have any right
in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing themselves of, any provision
of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Owner
of the same Class or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over
any other Owner of the same Class or to enforce any right under this Agreement,
except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of
all the Owners of the same Class.
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In the event the Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent
requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Owners, each representing less
than a majority of the applicable Class of Certificates and each conforming to
paragraphs (1)-(6) of this Section 6.07, the Certificate Insurer in its sole
discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement.
Section 6.08. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHTS OF OWNERS TO RECEIVE DISTRIBUTIONS.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Owner of any
Certificate shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive distributions to the extent provided herein and therein with respect to
such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
distribution, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Owner.
Section 6.09. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided herein, no right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer or to the
Owners is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right
and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition
to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at
law or in equity or otherwise. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall
not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate
right or remedy.
Section 6.10. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay of the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer or any Owner of any
Certificate to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of such right or remedy. Every
right and remedy given by this Article VI or by law to the Trustee, the
Certificate Insurer or to the Owners may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer, or by
the Owners, as the case may be.
Section 6.11. CONTROL BY OWNERS.
The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of a majority of the Voting
Rights represented by the Certificates then Outstanding with the consent of the
Certificate Insurer may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee with respect to the
Certificates or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with
respect to the Certificates or the Trust Estate, including, but not limited to,
those powers set forth in Section 6.03 and Section 8.20 hereof, PROVIDED THAT:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law
or with this Agreement;
(2) the Trustee shall have been provided with indemnity
satisfactory to it; and
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(3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee, as the case may be, which is not inconsistent with
such direction (and which does not require Certificate Insurer
consent or direction pursuant to the terms of this Agreement);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee need not take any action
which it determines might involve it in liability or may be
unjustly prejudicial to the Owners not so directing.
Section 6.12. INDEMNIFICATION BY CHEC.
CHEC agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Certificate Insurer and each Owner harmless against any and all claims, losses,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any
other costs, fees and expenses that the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate
Insurer and any Owner sustain in any way related to the failure of Seller to
perform its duties in compliance with the terms of this Agreement. CHEC shall
immediately notify the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and each
Owner if a claim is made by a third party that the Servicer has failed to
perform its obligations to service and administer the Home Equity Loans in
compliance with the terms of this Agreement, and CHEC 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
Depositor, the Servicer, the Sellers, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer
and/or Owner in respect of such claim. The Trustee shall, in accordance with
instructions received from CHEC, reimburse CHEC only from amounts otherwise
distributable on the Class X-IO and the Class R Certificates for all amounts
advanced by it pursuant to the preceding sentence, except when a final
nonappealable adjudication determines that the claim relates directly to the
failure of CHEC to perform its duties in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement. The provisions of this Section 6.12 shall survive the termination of
this Agreement and the payment of the outstanding Certificates.
END OF ARTICLE VI
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ARTICLE VII
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
Section 7.01. COLLECTION OF MONEY.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Trustee shall demand
payment or delivery of all money and other property payable to or receivable by
the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement or the Certificate Insurance Policies,
including (a) all payments due on the Home Equity Loans in accordance with the
respective terms and conditions of such Home Equity Loans and required to be
paid over to the Trustee by the Servicer or by any Sub-Servicer and (b) Insured
Payments. The Trustee shall hold all such money and property received by it as
part of the Trust Estate and shall apply it as provided in this Agreement.
Section 7.02. ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS.
(a) The Depositor shall cause the Certificate Account and the
Supplemental Interest Reserve Fund to be established on the Startup Day, and the
Trustee shall maintain each of the Certificate Account and the Supplemental
Interest Reserve Fund, at the Corporate Trust Office as an Eligible Account to
be held by the Trustee in the name of the Trust on behalf of (i) in the case of
the Certificate Account, the Owners of the Certificates and the Certificate
Insurer; and (ii) in the case of the Supplemental Interest Reserve Fund, the
Owners of the Class A-7 Certificates.
(b) On each Determination Date the Trustee shall determine (subject to
the terms of Section 10.03(j) hereof, based solely on information provided to it
in writing by the Servicer) with respect to the immediately following
Distribution Date, the amounts that are expected to be on deposit in the
Certificate Account as of such Distribution Date.
Section 7.03. FLOW OF FUNDS.
(a) (i) The Trustee shall deposit in the Certificate Account
without duplication, upon receipt, with respect to Group I, the proceeds of any
liquidation of the assets of the Trust insofar as such assets relate to Group I,
all remittances made to the Trustee pursuant to Sections 8.08(d)(i) and 8.09
with respect to Group I and the Group I Monthly Remittance Amount remitted by
the Servicer.
(ii) The Trustee shall deposit in the Certificate Account
without duplication, upon receipt, with respect to Group II, the
proceeds of any liquidation of the assets of the Trust insofar as such
assets relate to Group II, all remittances made to the Trustee pursuant
to Sections 8.08(d)(i) and 8.09 with respect to Group II and the Group
II Monthly Remittance Amount remitted by the Servicer.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make the
following allocations, disbursements and transfers (based solely on
information provided by the Servicer in writing), for each Home Equity Loan
Group from amounts deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to
subsection (a) for the related Home Equity Loan Group in the following order
of priority, and
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each such allocation, transfer and disbursement shall be treated as having
occurred only after all preceding allocations:
(i) concurrently, to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer,
the Trustee Fee and any Transition Expenses for the related Home Equity
Group and provided that no Certificate Insurer Default as defined in
clause (a) of the definition thereof has occurred and is continuing,
the Premium Amount for the related Classes of Class A Certificates for
the Distribution Date to the Certificate Insurer.
(ii) to the related Classes of Class A Certificates, the
related Current Interest for the Class on a pro rata basis based on
each Class A Certificate's Current Interest without priority among the
Class A Certificates for the Distribution Date.
(iii) to the related Classes of Class A Certificates, an
amount up to the related Class A Principal Distribution Amount in the
following order of priority:
(a) With respect to the Home Equity Loan Group
relating to the Group I Certificates, the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount applicable to the Group I Certificates
shall be distributed as follows:
(1) to the Certificateholders of the Class
A-6 Certificates, an amount equal to the Class A-6
Lockout Distribution Amount until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-6 Certificates has
been reduced to zero; and
(2) The remainder as follows: first, to the
Class A-1 Certificateholders until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates is
reduced to zero; second, to the Class A-2
Certificateholders until the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates is reduced to
zero; third, to the Class A-3 Certificateholders
until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
A-3 Certificates is reduced to zero; fourth, to the
Class A-4 Certificateholders until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-4 Certificates is
reduced to zero; fifth, to the Class A-5
Certificateholders until the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A-5 Certificates is reduced to
zero; and sixth to the Class A-6 Certificate holders
until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
A-6 Certificates has been reduced to zero;
provided, however, during the continuance of a Certificate
Insurer Default, if there is a Collateralization Deficit with
respect to the Group I Certificates, then the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount applicable to the Group I
Certificates shall be distributed pro rata to the
Certificateholders of the Group I Certificates.
(b) With respect to the Home Equity Loan Group
relating to the Group II Certificates, the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount applicable to the Group
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II Certificates shall be distributed to the Certificateholders
of the Class A-7 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A-7 Certificates is reduced to zero.
(iv) Concurrently, to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer,
any unpaid Trustee Fee and any unpaid Transition Expenses for the
unrelated Home Equity Group and provided that no Certificate Insurer
Default as defined in clause (a) of the definition thereof has occurred
and is continuing, any unpaid Premium Amount for the unrelated Class or
Classes of Class A Certificates for the Distribution Date to the
Certificate Insurer.
(v) To the Classes of Class A Certificates with respect to the
unrelated Home Equity Loan Group, the amount of the Available Funds
Shortfall with respect to the other Home Equity Loan Group.
(vi) To the Certificate Insurer, in the following order of
priority, the sum of:
(1) Any Reimbursement Amount owed to the Certificate
Insurer with respect to the related Classes of Class A
Certificates; provided that if a Certificate Insurer Default
as defined in clause (a) of the definition thereof has
occurred and is continuing, then the priority of this
allocations shall follow immediately after clause (vii) below;
and
(2) Any unpaid Reimbursement Amount owed to the
Certificate Insurer with respect to the unrelated Classes of
Class A Certificates; provided that if a Certificate Insurer
Default as defined in clause (a) of the definition thereof has
occurred and is continuing, then the priority of this
allocations shall follow immediately after clause (viii)
below.
(vii) To the Classes of Class A Certificates with respect to
the related Home Equity Loan Group, an amount up to the Extra Principal
Distribution Amount for the related Home Equity Loan Group, until the
related Target Overcollateralization Amount is reached, such amounts to
be applied in reduction of the related Certificate Principal Balances
in the same order of priority as the Class A Principal Distribution
Amount is to be so applied for such Home Equity Loan Group pursuant to
clause (iii) above.
(viii) To the Classes of Class A Certificates with respect to
the unrelated Home Equity Loan Group, an amount equal to any Target
Deficiency for such Home Equity Loan Group remaining after the
distributions above with respect to the unrelated Home Equity Loan
Group, such amounts to be applied in reduction of the related
Certificate Principal Balances in the same order of priority as the
Class A Principal Distribution Amount is to be so applied for such Home
Equity Loan Group pursuant to clause (iii) above.
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(ix) To the Class X-IO Certificate, the lesser of the Class
X-IO Distribution Amount and the Class A-7 Interest Index Carryover,
provided that, pursuant to Section 7.04 hereof, on any Distribution
Date as to which there is any unpaid Class A-7 Interest Index
Carryover, the Trustee will transfer, from amounts that would otherwise
be distributable to the Class X-IO Certificates pursuant to this
clause, the amount of any Class A-7 Interest Index Carryover into the
Supplemental Interest Reserve Fund, for immediate transfer pursuant to
this clause to the Class A-7 Certificates as payment of the Class A-7
Interest Index Carryover.
(x) To the Trustee as reimbursement for all Trustee
Reimbursable Expenses incurred in connection with its duties and
obligations under the Agreement, to the extent not paid as Transition
Expenses pursuant to clauses (i) or (iv) above.
(xi) To the Servicer to the extent of any unreimbursed
Delinquency Advances, unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unreimbursed
Compensating Interest.
(xii) To the Class X-IO Certificates, an amount equal to the
Class X-IO Distribution Amount less any amounts thereof applied
pursuant to clause (ix) above.
(xiii) To the Class R Certificates, the remainder.
(c) Reserved.
(d) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, the aggregate
amounts distributed on all Distribution Dates to the Owners of the related Class
A Certificates on account of principal pursuant to Section 7.03(b) shall not
exceed the original Certificate Principal Balance of the related Class A
Certificates.
(e) Upon receipt of Insured Payments from the Certificate Insurer on
behalf of Owners of the Class A Certificates, the Trustee shall deposit such
Insured Payments in the Policy Payments Account. On each Distribution Date,
pursuant to Section 12.02(b) hereof, such amounts will be transferred from the
Policy Payments Account to the Certificate Account and the Trustee shall
distribute such Insured Payments, or the proceeds thereof, to the Owners of such
Class A Certificates, first, to the payment of any unpaid Current Interest for
such Class or Classes of Class A Certificates on a pro rata basis, and second,
any Group I Guaranteed Principal Amount or Group II Guaranteed Principal Amount
of the related Class A Principal Distribution Amount on the related Distribution
Date, in the same order of priority as described in Section 7.03(b)(iii).
(f) The Trustee or Paying Agent shall (i) receive for each Owner of the
Class A Certificates any Insured Payment from the Certificate Insurer and (ii)
disburse the same to the Owners of the related Class A Certificates as set forth
in Section 7.03(e). Insured Payments disbursed by the Trustee or Paying Agent
from proceeds of the related Certificate Insurance Policy shall not be
considered payment by the Trust, nor shall such payments discharge the
obligation of the Trust with respect to such Class A Certificates and the
Certificate Insurer shall be entitled to receive the Reimbursement Amount
pursuant to Section 7.03(b) hereof. Nothing
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contained in this paragraph shall be construed so as to impose duties or
obligations on the Trustee that are different from or in addition to those
expressly set forth in this Agreement.
The rights of the Owners to receive distributions from the proceeds of
the Trust Estate, and all ownership interests of the Owners in such
distributions, shall be as set forth in this Agreement. In this regard, all
rights of the Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates to receive
distributions in respect of the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates shall be
subject and subordinate to the preferential rights of the holders of the Class A
Certificates to receive distributions thereon and the ownership interests of
such Owners in such distributions, as described herein. In accordance with the
foregoing, the ownership interests of the Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R
Certificates in amounts deposited in the Accounts from time to time shall not
vest unless and until such amounts are distributed in respect of the Class X-IO
and Class R Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, and the
Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates shall not be required to
refund any amount properly distributed on the Class X-IO and Class R
Certificates pursuant to this Section 7.03.
Section 7.04. SUPPLEMENTAL INTEREST RESERVE FUND. On the Closing Date,
the holders of the Class X-IO Certificates will deposit, or cause to be
deposited, into the Supplemental Interest Reserve Fund, [$10,000]. On each
Distribution Date as to which there is Current WAC Excess or Class A-7 Interest
Index Carryover, the Trustee has been directed to, and shall therefore, deposit
into the Supplemental Interest Reserve Account an amount equal to the Current
WAC Excess of the Current Interest on the Class A-7 Certificates which is
payable pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(ii), and/or the Class A-7 Interest Index
Carryover pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(ix). If no current WAC Excess or Class A-7
Interest Index Carryover are payable on a Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
deposit into the Supplemental Reserve Account on behalf of the Class X-IO
Certificateholders an amount such that when added to other amounts already on
deposit in the fund, the aggregate amount on deposit therein is equal to
[$10,000]. For federal and state income tax purposes, the Class X-IO
Certificateholders will be deemed to be the owners of the Supplemental Interest
Reserve Fund and all amounts deposited into the Supplemental Interest Reserve
Fund (other than the initial [$10,000] deposit) shall be treated as amounts
distributed by REMIC II with respect to the Class X-IO Distribution Amount.
Amounts held in the Supplemental Interest Reserve Fund and not distributable to
the Class A-7 Certificateholders on any Distribution Date will be invested by
the Trustee in investments designated by the Class X-IO Certificateholders
having maturities on or prior to the next succeeding Distribution Date on which
such amounts will be distributable to the Class A-7 Certificateholders. Upon the
termination of the Trust, or the payment in full of the Class A-7 Certificates,
all amounts remaining on deposit in the Supplemental Interest Reserve Fund will
be released from the lien of the Trust and distributed to the Class X-IO
Certificateholders or their designees. The Supplemental Interest Reserve Fund
will be part of the Trust but not part of any REMIC Pool and any payments to the
Class A-7 Certificates of Current WAC Excess and Supplemental Interest Amounts
will not be payments with respect to a "regular interest" in a REMIC within the
meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(1).
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Section 7.05. INVESTMENT OF ACCOUNTS.
(a) Consistent with any requirements of the Code, all or a portion of
any Account held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Owners may (i) remain
uninvested or (ii) be invested and reinvested by the Trustee as directed in
writing by the Servicer in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Owners
and the Certificate Insurer in one or more Eligible Investments bearing interest
or sold at a discount. The bank serving as Trustee or any affiliate thereof may
be the obligor on any investment which otherwise qualifies as an Eligible
Investment. No investment in any Account shall mature later than the Business
Day immediately preceding the next Distribution Date. Amounts held in the
Certificate Account shall be invested in Eligible Investments, which Eligible
Investments shall mature no later than the Business Day preceding the
immediately following Distribution Date or, if such Eligible Investments are an
obligation of the Trustee or are money market funds for which the Trustee or any
affiliate is the manager or the adviser, such Eligible Investments shall mature
no later than the following Distribution Date.
(b) If any amounts are needed for disbursement from any Account held by
the Trustee and sufficient uninvested funds are not available to make such
disbursement, the Trustee shall cause to be sold or otherwise converted to cash
as directed in writing by the Servicer a sufficient amount of the investments in
such Account. No investments will be liquidated prior to maturity unless the
proceeds thereof are needed for disbursement.
(c) All income or other gain from investment in the Certificate Account
held by the Trustee shall be withdrawn by the Trustee and, remitted to the
Servicer (except with respect to all income or other gain from investment earned
on the Business Day immediately preceding a Distribution Date, which amounts
shall be retained by the Trustee). Any investment losses on amounts held in the
Certificate Account shall, promptly upon realization of such loss, be
contributed by the Servicer to the Trustee for deposit in the Certificate
Account.
Section 7.06. PAYMENT OF TRUST EXPENSES.
(a) The Trustee shall make demand on the Seller to pay and the Seller
shall pay the amount of the expenses of the Trust referred to in Section 2.05,
and the Seller shall promptly pay such expenses directly to the Persons to whom
such amounts are due, from amounts distributed pursuant to clause (x) of Section
7.03(b). With respect to the Certificate Account the Trustee shall receive all
income and other gains from investments as described in Section 7.05(c).
(b) The Seller shall pay directly on the Startup Day the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel to the Trustee.
Section 7.07. ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS.
The following are Eligible Investments:
(a) direct general obligations of, or obligations fully and
unconditionally guaranteed as to the 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, FHLMC
senior debt obligations, and FNMA senior debt obligations, but
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excluding any of such securities whose terms do not provide for payment of a
fixed dollar amount upon maturity or call for redemption;
(b) Federal Housing Administration debentures;
(c) FHLMC participation certificates which guaranty timely payment of
principal and interest and senior debt obligations;
(d) Consolidated senior debt obligations of any Federal Home Loan
Banks;
(e) FNMA mortgage-backed securities (other than stripped mortgage
securities) and senior debt obligations;
(f) Federal funds, certificates of deposit, time deposits, and bankers'
acceptances (having original maturities of not more than 365 days) of any
domestic bank, the short-term debt obligations of which have been rated A-l by
Standard & Poor's and P-l by Moody's; provided that any such certificates of
deposit must be secured at all times by collateral described in clause (a) or
(b) above, such collateral must be held by a third party and the Trustee must
have a perfected first priority security interest in such collateral;
(g) Deposits of any bank or savings and loan association (the long-term
deposit rating of which is A2 or better by Moody's and BBB by Standard & Poor's)
which has combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least
[$50,000,000] which deposits are insured by the FDIC and held up to the limits
insured by the FDIC;
(h) Repurchase agreements collateralized by securities described in
(a), (c), or (e) above with any registered broker/dealer subject to the
Securities Investors Protection Corporation's jurisdiction and subject to
applicable limits therein promulgated by Securities Investors Protection
Corporation or any commercial bank, if such broker/dealer or bank has an
uninsured, unsecured and unguaranteed short-term or long term obligation rated
P-l or Aa2, respectively, or better by Moody's and A-1+ or AA, respectively, or
better by Standard & Poor's, provided:
a. A master repurchase agreement or specific written
repurchase agreement governs the transaction;
b. The securities are held free and clear of any lien by the
Trustee or an independent third party acting solely as agent for the
Trustee, and such third party is (a) a Federal Reserve Bank, (b) a bank
which is a member of the FDIC and which has combined capital, surplus
and undivided profits of not less than [$125,000,000], or (c) a bank
approved in writing for such purpose by the Certificate Insurer, and
the Trustee shall have received written confirmation from such third
party that it holds such securities, free and clear of any lien, as
agent for the Trustee;
c. A perfected first security interest under the Uniform
Commercial Code, or book entry procedures prescribed at 31 CFR 306.1 ET
SEQ. or 31 CFR 350.0 ET SEQ., in such securities is created for the
benefit of the Trustee;
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d. The repurchase agreement has a term of thirty days or less
and the Trustee will value the collateral securities no less frequently
than weekly marked-to-market at current market price plus interest and
will liquidate the collateral securities if any deficiency in the
required collateral percentage is not restored within two business days
of such valuation; and
e. The fair market value of the collateral securities in
relation to the amount of the repurchase obligation, including
principal and interest, is equal to at least ____%.
(i) Commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than ___
days) rated in the highest short-term rating categories of Standard & Poor's and
Moody's;
(j) Any money market fund rated AAAm or AAAm-G by Standard & Poor's and
Aaa by Moody's which funds are registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940 and whose shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, including
any such fund that is managed by the Trustee or any affiliate of the Trustee or
for which the Trustee or any of its affiliates acts as an adviser; and
(k) Any other investment permitted by each of the Rating Agencies and
the Certificate Insurer;
provided that no instrument described above 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 provided a yield to maturity at par greater than ____% of the
yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations; and provided, further,
that all instruments described hereunder shall mature at par on or prior to the
next succeeding Distribution Date unless otherwise provided in this Agreement
and that no instrument described hereunder may be purchased at a price greater
than par if such instrument may be prepaid or called at a price less than its
purchase price prior to stated maturity.
Section 7.08. ACCOUNTING AND DIRECTIONS BY TRUSTEE.
By 12:00 noon New York time, on each Distribution Date (or such earlier
period as shall be agreed by the Seller and the Trustee), the Trustee shall
notify (subject to the terms of Section 10.03(j) hereof, based solely on
information provided to the Trustee by the Servicer and upon which the Trustee
may conclusively rely) the Seller, the Depositor, each Owner and the Certificate
Insurer, of the following information with respect to such Distribution Date
(which notification may be given by facsimile, or by telephone promptly
confirmed in writing):
(1) The aggregate amount on deposit in the Certificate Account as
of the related Determination Date;
(2) The Class A Distribution Amount, with respect to each Class
individually, and all Classes in the aggregate on the next
Distribution Date;
(3) The amount of any Extra Principal Distribution Amount for each
Group;
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(4) The amount of any Insured Payment to be made by the
Certificate Insurer on such Distribution Date;
(5) The application of the amounts described in clauses (1), (3)
and (4) above in respect of the distribution of the Class A
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date in accordance
with Section 7.03 hereof;
(6) The Class A Certificate Principal Balance, the aggregate
amount of the principal of each Class of the Class A
Certificates to be paid on such Distribution Date and the
remaining Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class
A Certificates following any such payment;
(7) The amount, if any, of any Realized Losses for each Group for
the related Remittance Period; and
(8) The amount of any Collateralization Deficit, any
Overcollateralization Release Amount and the Target
Overcollateralization Amount for each Group.
Section 7.09. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO OWNERS AND CERTIFICATE INSURER.
(a) On each Distribution Date the Trustee shall transmit a report in
writing to each Owner, the Underwriters, the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer,
Standard & Poor's and Moody's setting forth:
(i) the amount of the distribution with respect to such
Owners' Certificates (based on a Certificate in the original principal
amount of [$1,000]);
(ii) the amount of such Owner's distributions allocable to
principal, separately identifying the aggregate amount of any
Prepayments in full or other Prepayments or other recoveries of
principal included therein with respect to Group I and Group II (based
on a Certificate in the original principal amount of [$1,000]) and any
related Extra Principal Distribution Amount;
(iii) the amount of such Owner's distributions allocable to
interest (based on a Certificate in the original principal amount of
[$1,000]);
(iv) if the distribution to the Owners of any Class of the
Class A Certificates on such Distribution Date was less than the
related Class A Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, the
related Carry-Forward Amount and the allocation thereof to the related
Classes of Class A Certificates resulting therefrom;
(v) the amount of any Insured Payment included in the amounts
distributed to the Owners of Class A Certificates on such Distribution
Date;
(vi) the principal amount of each Class of Class A Certificate
which will be Outstanding and the aggregate Loan Balance of each Group
after giving effect to any payment of principal on such Distribution
Date;
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(vii) the Overcollateralization Amount, Target
Overcollateralization Amount and Collateralization Deficit for each
Group, if any, remaining after giving effect to all distributions and
transfers on such Distribution Date;
(viii) based upon information furnished by the Servicer, such
information as may be required by Section 6049(d)(7)(C) of the Code and
the regulations promulgated thereunder to assist the Owners in
computing their market discount;
(ix) the total of any Substitution Amounts and any Loan
Purchase Price amounts included in such distribution with respect to
each Group;
(x) the weighted average Coupon Rate of the Home Equity Loans
in each Group;
(xi) the amount of any Carry-Forward Amounts;
(xii) such other information as the Certificate Insurer or any
Owner may reasonably request with respect to Delinquent Home Equity
Loans;
(xiii) the weighted average gross margin of the Home Equity
Loans in Group II;
(xiv) the largest home equity loan balance outstanding in each
Group;
(xv) the Class A-7 Certificate Rate for the related
Distribution Date;
(xvi) the Class A-7 Certificateholders' Interest Index
Carryover paid to the Owners of the Class A-7 Certificates for such
Distribution Date and any Class A-7 Certificateholders' Interest Index
Carryover remaining unpaid;
(xvii) the Class A-1 Certificate Rate for the related
Distribution Date;
(xviii) the Class A-2 Certificate Rate for the related
Distribution Date;
(xix) the Class A-3 Certificate Rate for the related
Distribution Date;
(xx) the Class A-4 Certificate Rate for the related
Distribution Date;
(xxi) the Class A-5 Certificate Rate for the related
Distribution Date;
(xxii) the Class A-6 Certificate Rate for the related
Distribution Date;
(xxiii) the Class A-7 Certificate Rate for the related
Distribution Date;
(xxiv) the Group I Net WAC Cap, the Group II Net WAC Cap and
the Class A-7 Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date; and
(xxv) the Reimbursement Amount, if any, for such Distribution.
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The Servicer shall provide to the Trustee the information described in
Section 8.08(d)(ii) and in clause (b) below to enable the Trustee to perform its
reporting obligations under this Section, and such obligations of the Trustee
under this Section are conditioned upon such information being received and the
information provided in clauses (ii), (ix) and (x) above shall be based solely
upon information contained in the monthly servicing report provided by the
Servicer to the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.08 hereof.
(b) In addition, on each Distribution Date the Trustee will distribute
to each Owner, the Certificate Insurer, the Underwriters, Standard & Poor's and
Moody's, together with the information described in Subsection (a) preceding,
the following information with respect to each Home Equity Loan Group and for
both Groups in the aggregate which is hereby required to be prepared by the
Servicer and furnished to the Trustee for such purpose on or prior to the
related Monthly Remittance Date:
(i) the number and aggregate principal balances of Home Equity
Loans (a) 30-59 days Delinquent, (b) 60-89 days Delinquent and (c) 90
or more days Delinquent, as of the close of business on the last
Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the
Distribution Date, (d) the numbers and aggregate Loan Balances of all
Home Equity Loans as of such Distribution Date after giving effect to
any payment of principal on the last day of the Remittance Period
immediately preceding the Distribution Date and (e) the percentage that
each of the amounts represented by clauses (a), (b) and (c) represent
as a percentage of the respective amounts in clause (d);
(ii) the status and the number and dollar amounts of all Home
Equity Loans in foreclosure proceedings as of the close of business on
the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding such
Distribution Date, separately stating, for this purpose, all Home
Equity Loans with respect to which foreclosure proceedings were
commenced in the immediately preceding calendar month;
(iii) the number of Mortgagors and the Loan Balances of (a)
the related Mortgages involved in bankruptcy proceedings as of the
close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month
immediately preceding such Distribution Date and (b) Home Equity Loans
that are "balloon" loans;
(iv) the existence and status of any REO Properties, as of the
close of business of the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the Distribution Date;
(v) the book value of any REO Property as of the close of
business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately
preceding the Distribution Date;
(vi) cumulative Realized Losses, incurred on the Home Equity
Loans from the Startup Day to and including the Remittance Period
immediately preceding the Distribution Date;
(vii) the amount of Net Liquidation Proceeds realized on the
Home Equity Loans during the Remittance Period immediately preceding
the Distribution Date;
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(viii) the Annual Loss Percentage (Rolling Twelve Month) with
respect to such Distribution Date; and
(ix) the 90+ Delinquency Percentage (Rolling Three Month) with
respect to such Distribution Date.
The Trustee shall forward such report (together with the information
described in (a) above) concurrently with each distribution to the
Certificateholders, the Rating Agencies and the Certificate Insurer.
(c) The Trustee shall, on behalf of the Trust, cause to be filed with
the Commission any periodic reports required to be filed on behalf of the Trust
under the provisions of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder. Upon the request of the Trustee, each of the Seller, the
Servicer and the Depositor shall cooperate with the Trustee in the preparation
of any such report and shall provide to the Trustee in a timely manner all such
information or documentation as is in the possession of such Person and that the
Trustee may reasonably request in connection with the performance of its duties
and obligations under this Section.
(i) The Trustee shall file with the Commission a Form 15 with
respect to the Trust as soon as practicable following the first date on
which the conditions to filing thereof have been satisfied. Following
the filing of such Form 15, the Trustee will submit a certificate
addressed to an officer of the Depositor certifying that all filings
under the Exchange Act have been made and shall attach a copy of
acceptance slips for such filings. On the Startup Day, the Depositor
shall provide the Trustee with a letter at Closing, substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit M, instructing the Trustee, as
filing agent, to comply with the reporting obligations for the Trust
under the Exchange Act.
Section 7.10. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee shall report to the Depositor, the Seller, the
Certificate Insurer and each Owner, with respect to the amount on deposit in the
Certificate Account (including the amount therein relating to each Group) and
the identity of the investments included therein, as the Depositor, the Seller,
any Owner or the Certificate Insurer may from time to time reasonably request.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall, at the
reasonable request of the Depositor, the Seller, any Owner or the Certificate
Insurer transmit promptly to the Depositor, the Seller, any Owner and the
Certificate Insurer copies of all accountings of receipts in respect of the Home
Equity Loans furnished to it by the Servicer and shall notify the Seller and the
Certificate Insurer if any Monthly Remittance Amount has not been received by
the Trustee when due.
(b) The Trustee shall report to the Certificate Insurer and each Owner
with respect to any written notices it may from time to time receive which
provide an Authorized Officer with actual knowledge that any of the statements
set forth in Section 3.04(b) hereof are inaccurate.
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(c) The Trustee will make the report referred to in Section 7.09 herein
(and, at its option, any additional files containing the same information in an
alternative format) available each month to Certificateholders and other parties
to the Agreement via the Trustee's internet website and its fax-on-demand
service. The Trustee's fax-on-demand service may be accessed by calling (312)
461-3525. Assistance in using the fax-on-demand service can be obtained by
calling the Trustee. Parties that are unable to use the above distribution
options are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first Class mail by
calling the Trustee and indicating such in writing. The Trustee shall have the
right to change the way the report referred to in Section 7.09 herein is
distributed in order to make such distribution more convenient and/or more
accessible to the above parties and the Trustee shall provide timely and
adequate notification to all above parties regarding any such changes.
END OF ARTICLE VII
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ARTICLE VIII
SERVICING AND ADMINISTRATION OF HOME EQUITY LOANS
Section 8.01. SERVICER AND SUB-SERVICERS.
Acting directly or through one or more Sub-Servicers as provided in
Section 8.03, the Servicer shall service and administer the Home Equity Loans in
accordance with this Agreement and the terms of the respective Home Equity
Loans, and with prudent and reasonable care, using the degree of skill and
attention that the Servicer exercises with respect to comparable home equity
loans that it services for itself or others and shall have full power and
authority, acting alone, 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 but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Servicer, any
Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with
the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or
any Affiliate of the Servicer; (iii) the Servicer's obligation to make
Delinquency Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Servicer's or any
Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with
respect to any particular transaction.
Subject to Section 8.03 hereof, the Servicer may, and is hereby
authorized to, perform any of its servicing responsibilities with respect to all
or certain of the Home Equity Loans through a Sub-Servicer as it may from time
to time designate, but no such designation of a Sub-Servicer shall serve to
release the Servicer from any of its obligations under this Agreement. Such
Sub-Servicer shall have the rights and powers of the Servicer which have been
delegated to such Sub-Servicer with respect to such Home Equity Loans under this
Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to
Sections 8.13 and 8.14, the Servicer in its own name or in the name of a
Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on
behalf of itself, the Owners and the Trustee or any of them, (i) 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 Home Equity
Loans and with respect to the Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure
proceedings or obtain a deed in lieu of foreclosure so as to effect ownership of
any Property in the name of the Servicer on behalf of the Trustee, and (iii) to
hold title to any Property upon such foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure
on behalf of the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that to the extent any instrument
described in clause (i) preceding would be delivered by the Servicer outside of
its usual procedures for home equity loans held in its own portfolio the
Servicer shall, prior to executing and delivering such instrument, obtain the
prior written consent of the Certificate Insurer, and PROVIDED, FURTHER,
however, that Section 8.13(a) and Section 8.14(a) shall each constitute a
revocable power of attorney from the Trustee to the Servicer to execute an
instrument of satisfaction (or assignment of mortgage without recourse) with
respect to any Home Equity Loan held by the Trustee hereunder paid in full or
foreclosed (or with respect to which payment in full has been escrowed).
Revocation of the power of attorney created by the final proviso of the
preceding sentence shall take effect upon (i) the receipt by the Servicer of
written notice thereof from the Trustee, (ii) a Servicer Termination Event or
(iii) the termination of the Trust. The Trustee shall at the written direction
of the Servicer execute any documentation furnished to it by the Servicer for
recordation by the
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Servicer in the appropriate jurisdictions, as shall be necessary to
effectuate the foregoing. Subject to Sections 8.13 and 8.14, the Trustee
shall, if necessary, execute a limited power of attorney in the form
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to the Servicer or any Sub-Servicer and
furnish them with any other documents as the Servicer or such Sub-Servicer
shall reasonably request to enable the Servicer and such Sub-Servicer to
carry out their respective servicing and administrative duties hereunder.
Upon the request of the Trustee, the Servicer shall send to the Trustee
the details concerning the servicing of the Home Equity Loans on computer
generated tape, diskette or other machine readable format which is mutually
agreeable.
The Servicer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
action, of which the Servicer has actual knowledge, to (i) assert a claim
against the Trust or (ii) assert jurisdiction over the Trust.
Servicing Advances incurred by the Servicer or any Sub-Servicer in
connection with the servicing of the Home Equity Loans (including any penalties
in connection with the payment of any taxes and assessments or other charges) on
any Property shall be recoverable by the Servicer or such Sub-Servicer to the
extent described in Section 8.09(b) hereof.
Section 8.02. COLLECTION OF CERTAIN HOME EQUITY LOAN PAYMENTS.
The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments
called for under the terms and provisions of the Home Equity Loans, and shall,
to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and the
terms and provisions of any applicable Insurance Policy, follow collection
procedures for all Home Equity Loans at least as rigorous as those described in
the FNMA Guide. Consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer may in its
discretion waive or permit to be waived any late payment charge, prepayment
charge, assumption fee or any penalty interest in connection with the prepayment
of a Home Equity Loan or any other fee or charge which the Servicer would be
entitled to retain hereunder as servicing compensation. In the event the
Servicer shall consent to the deferment of the due dates for payments due on a
Note, the Servicer shall nonetheless make payment of any required Delinquency
Advance with respect to the payments so extended to the same extent as if such
installment were due, owing and Delinquent and had not been deferred, and shall
be entitled to reimbursement therefor in accordance with Section 8.09(a) hereof.
Section 8.03. SUB-SERVICING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN SERVICER AND
SUB-SERVICERS.
The Servicer may, with the prior written consent of the Certificate
Insurer and the Trustee, enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements for any servicing
and administration of Home Equity Loans with any institution which is acceptable
to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee and which, (x) is in compliance with
the laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under
such Sub-Servicing Agreement, (y) has experience servicing home equity loans
that are similar to the Home Equity Loans and (z) has equity of not less than
[$5,000,000] (as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles). The Servicer shall give written notice to the Trustee, the Owners,
the Certificate Insurer and the Rating Agencies of
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the appointment of any Sub-Servicer (and shall receive the confirmation of
the Rating Agencies that such Sub-Servicer shall not result in a withdrawal
or downgrading by any Rating Agency of the rating or the shadow rating of the
Class A Certificates). For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be
deemed to have received payments on Home Equity Loans when any Sub-Servicer
has received such payments. Each Sub-Servicer shall be required to service
the Home Equity Loans in accordance with this Agreement and any such
Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the
provisions of this Agreement. Each Sub-Servicing Agreement shall provide that
the Trustee (if acting as successor Servicer) or any other successor Servicer
shall have the option to terminate such agreement without payment of any fees
if the original Servicer is terminated or resigns. The Servicer shall deliver
to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer copies of all Sub-Servicing
Agreements, and any amendments or modifications thereof promptly upon the
Servicer's execution and delivery of such instrument.
Section 8.04. SUCCESSOR SUB-SERVICERS.
The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreement
in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Sub-Servicing Agreement and
to either itself directly service the related Home Equity Loans or enter into a
Sub-Servicing Agreement with a successor Sub-Servicer which qualifies under
Section 8.03.
Section 8.05. LIABILITY OF SERVICER; INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) The Servicer shall not be relieved of its obligations under this
Agreement notwithstanding any Sub-Servicing Agreement or any of the provisions
of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer
and a Sub-Servicer and the Servicer shall be obligated to the same extent and
under the same terms and conditions as if it alone were servicing and
administering the Home Equity Loans. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter
into any agreement with a Sub-Servicer for indemnification of the Servicer by
such Sub-Servicer and nothing contained in such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be
deemed to limit or modify this Agreement.
(b) The Servicer agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee, the
Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and each Owner harmless against any and all
claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs,
judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the Trustee, the
Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and any Owner may sustain in any way related
to the failure of the Servicer to perform its duties and service the Home Equity
Loans in compliance with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer shall
immediately notify the Trustee in writing, the Depositor, the Certificate
Insurer and each Owner if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this
Agreement, and the Servicer shall assume (with the consent of the Trustee and
the Certificate Insurer) 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
Servicer, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and/or Owner in
respect of such claim. The Trustee shall, in accordance with written
instructions received from the Servicer, reimburse the Servicer only from
amounts otherwise distributable on the Class R Certificates for all amounts
advanced by it pursuant to the preceding sentence, except when a final
nonpayable adjudication determines that the claim
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relates directly to the failure of the Servicer to perform its duties in
compliance with the Agreement. The provisions of this Section 8.05(b) shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the outstanding
Certificates.
Section 8.06. NO CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUB-SERVICER, TRUSTEE
OR THE OWNERS.
Any Sub-Servicing Agreement and any other transactions or services
relating to the Home Equity Loans involving a Sub-Servicer shall be deemed to be
between the Sub-Servicer and the Servicer alone and the Trustee and the Owners
shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights,
obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to any Sub-Servicer except as
set forth in Section 8.07.
Section 8.07. ASSUMPTION OR TERMINATION OF SUB-SERVICING AGREEMENT BY
TRUSTEE.
In connection with the assumption of the responsibilities, duties and
liabilities and of the authority, power and rights of the Servicer hereunder by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.20 or another successor Servicer, it is
understood and agreed that the Servicer's rights and obligations under any
Sub-Servicing Agreement then in force between the Servicer and a Sub-Servicer
shall be assumed simultaneously by the Trustee or another successor Servicer
without act or deed on part of the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee
(if acting as successor Servicer) or any other successor Servicer may terminate
the Sub-Servicer as provided in Section 8.03.
The Servicer shall, upon the reasonable request of the Trustee, but at
the expense of the Servicer, deliver to the assuming party documents and records
relating to each Sub-Servicing Agreement and an accounting of amounts collected
and held by it and otherwise use its best reasonable efforts to effect the
orderly and efficient transfer of the Sub-Servicing Agreements to the assuming
party.
Section 8.08. PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ACCOUNT.
(a) The Servicer shall establish and maintain at one or more
Designated Depository Institutions the Principal and Interest Account, which
shall be an Eligible Account. The Principal and Interest Account shall be
identified on the records of the Designated Depository Institution as
follows: ________________, as Trustee on behalf of [MBIA Insurance Corporation]
and the Owners of the Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__ Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates. If the institution at any time holding the
Principal and Interest Account ceases to be eligible as a Designated
Depository Institution hereunder, then the Servicer shall immediately be
required to name a successor institution meeting the requirements for a
Designated Depository Institution hereunder. If the Servicer fails to name
such a successor institution, then the Principal and Interest Account shall
thenceforth be held as a trust account with a qualifying Designated
Depository Institution selected by the Trustee. The Servicer shall notify the
Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Owners if there is a change in the
name, account number or institution holding the Principal and Interest
Account.
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Subject to Subsection (c) below, the Servicer shall deposit all
receipts required pursuant to Subsection (c) below and related to the Home
Equity Loans to the Principal and Interest Account on a daily basis (but no
later than the second Business Day after receipt).
(b) All funds in the Principal and Interest Account shall be held (i)
uninvested up to the amount insured by the FDIC or (ii) invested in Eligible
Investments. Any investments of funds in the Principal and Interest Account
shall mature or be withdrawable at par on or prior to the immediately succeeding
Monthly Remittance Date. The Principal and Interest Account shall be held in
trust in the name of the Trust for the benefit of the Owners. The Trust shall be
divided into two separate sub-trusts; one for Group I and any Trust assets
allocable to such Group I and the other for Group II and any Trust assets
allocable to such Group II. Any investment earnings on funds held in the
Principal and Interest Account shall be for the account of the Servicer and may
only be withdrawn from the Principal and Interest Account by the Servicer
immediately following the remittance of the Monthly Remittance Amount by the
Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof. Any investment losses on amounts
held in the Principal and Interest Account shall be for the account of the
Servicer and promptly upon the realization of such loss shall be contributed by
the Servicer to the Principal and Interest Account. Any references herein to
amounts on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account shall refer to amounts
net of such investment earnings.
(c) The Servicer shall deposit to the Principal and Interest Account no
later than the second Business Day after receipt, all principal collected and
interest due on the Home Equity Loans (net of the Servicing Fee related to such
Home Equity Loans) on and after the Cut-Off Date and the Replacement Cut-Off
Date, as applicable, including any Prepayments and Net Liquidation Proceeds,
other recoveries or amounts related to the Home Equity Loans received by the
Servicer and any income from REO Properties, but net of (i) Net Liquidation
Proceeds to the extent such Net Liquidation Proceeds exceed the sum of (A) the
Loan Balance of the related Home Equity Loan immediately prior to liquidation,
plus (B) accrued and unpaid interest on such Home Equity Loan (net of the
related Servicing Fee) and (C) any unrecovered Cram Down Losses, (ii)
reimbursements for unreimbursed Delinquency Advances (but solely from amounts
received on the related Home Equity Loan) and (iii) reimbursements for amounts
deposited in the Principal and Interest Account representing payments of
principal and/or interest on a Note by a Mortgagor which are subsequently
returned by a depository institution as unpaid.
(d) The Servicer may make withdrawals from the Principal and Interest
Account, with respect to each Home Equity Loan Group, only in the following
priority and for the following purposes:
(A) on each Monthly Remittance Date, to pay itself the related
Servicing Fees to the extent such Servicing Fees are not
retained by the Servicer;
(B) to withdraw investment earnings on amounts on deposit in
the Principal and Interest Account;
(C) to withdraw amounts that have been deposited to the
Principal and Interest Account in error;
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(D) to reimburse itself pursuant to Section 8.09(a) for
unrecovered Delinquency Advances and unrecovered
Servicing Advances (in each case, solely from amounts
recovered on the related Home Equity Loan);
(E) Nonrecoverable Advances; and
(F) to clear and terminate the Principal and Interest Account
following the termination of the Trust pursuant to
Article IX.
(i) The Servicer shall (a) remit to the Trustee for deposit in
the Certificate Account by wire transfer, or otherwise make funds
available in immediately available funds, without duplication, the
Monthly Remittance Amount allocable to a Remittance Period not later
than the related Monthly Remittance Date, and (b) on each Monthly
Remittance Date, deliver to the Trustee, the Depositor and the
Certificate Insurer, a monthly servicing report, with respect to each
Home Equity Loan Group, containing (without limitation) the following
information: principal and interest collected in respect of the Home
Equity Loans, scheduled principal and interest that was due on the Home
Equity Loans, relevant information with respect to Liquidated Loans, if
any, summary and detailed delinquency reports, Liquidation Proceeds and
other similar information concerning the servicing of the Home Equity
Loans and any other information requested by the Certificate Insurer
(including, without limitation, a liquidation report with respect to
each Liquidated Loan). In addition, the Servicer shall inform the
Trustee and the Certificate Insurer on each Monthly Remittance Date,
with respect to each Home Equity Loan Group, of the amounts of any Loan
Purchase Prices or Substitution Amounts so remitted during the related
Remittance Period, and of the Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loan
having the largest Loan Balance as of such date.
(ii) The Servicer shall provide to the Trustee the information
described in Section 8.08(d)(i)(b) and in Section 7.09(b) to enable the
Trustee to perform its reporting requirements under Section 7.09 and to
make the allocations and disbursements set forth in Sections 7.02 and
7.03.
Section 8.09. DELINQUENCY ADVANCES AND SERVICING ADVANCES.
(a) On or before each Monthly Remittance Date, the Servicer shall be
required to remit to the Trustee for deposit to the Certificate Account out of
the Servicer's own funds or from collections on any Home Equity Loans that are
not required to be distributed on the Distribution Date occurring during the
month in which such remittance is made (all or any portion of such amount to be
replaced on future Monthly Remittance Dates to the extent required for
distribution) any Delinquent payment of interest with respect to each Delinquent
Home Equity Loan, which payment was not received on or prior to the last day of
the related Remittance Period. Such amounts of the Servicer's own funds so
deposited are "Delinquency Advances".
The Servicer shall be permitted to reimburse itself on any Business Day
for any Delinquency Advances paid from the Servicer's own funds, from late
collections on the related Home Equity Loan or as provided in Section 7.03(b).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Servicer
determines in its reasonable business judgment in accordance with the servicing
standards set out herein that any proposed Delinquency Advance would not be
recoverable, the Servicer shall not be required to make Delinquency Advances
with respect to such Home Equity Loan. To the extent that the Servicer
previously has made Delinquency Advances with respect to a Home Equity Loan that
the Servicer subsequently determines is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Servicer
shall be entitled to reimbursement for such aggregate Nonrecoverable Advances
from collections on any Home Equity Loan on deposit in the Principal and
Interest Account. The Servicer shall give written notice of such determination
as to why such amount would not be recoverable to the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer; the Trustee shall promptly furnish a copy of such notice to
the Owners of the Class R Certificates; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the Servicer
shall be entitled to recover any unreimbursed Delinquency Advances from
Liquidation Proceeds for the related Home Equity Loan.
(b) The Servicer will pay all "out-of-pocket" costs and expenses
incurred in the performance of its servicing obligations, including, but not
limited to, (i) Preservation Expenses, (ii) the cost of any enforcement or
judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the cost of the management
and liquidation of REO Property, (iv) advances required by Section 8.13(a),
except to the extent that such amounts are determined by the Servicer in its
reasonable business judgment not to be recoverable and (v) expenses incurred
pursuant to Section 8.22. Such costs will constitute "Servicing Advances". The
Servicer may recover a Servicing Advance (x) from the Mortgagors to the extent
permitted by the Home Equity Loans or, if not theretofore recovered from the
Mortgagor on whose behalf such Servicing Advance was made, from Liquidation
Proceeds realized upon the liquidation of the related Home Equity Loan and (y)
as provided in Section 7.03(b)(xi). The Servicer shall be entitled to recover
the Servicing Advances from the Liquidation Proceeds on the related Home Equity
Loan prior to the payment of the Liquidation Proceeds to any other party to this
Agreement. In no case may the Servicer recover Servicing Advances from the
principal and interest payments on any other Home Equity Loan except as provided
in Section 7.03(b)(xi).
Section 8.10. COMPENSATING INTEREST; REPURCHASE OF HOME EQUITY LOANS.
(a) If any Prepayment of a Home Equity Loan occurs during any calendar
month, any shortfall between (x) the interest collected from the Mortgagor in
connection with such payoff, and (y) the full months interest at the Coupon Rate
that would be due on the related Due Date for such Home Equity Loan
("Compensating Interest") (but not in excess of the aggregate Servicing Fee for
the related Remittance Period) shall be deposited by the Servicer to the
Principal and Interest Account (or if such difference is an excess, the Servicer
shall retain such excess) on the next succeeding Monthly Remittance Date and
shall be included in the Monthly Remittance Amount to be made available to the
Trustee on such Monthly Remittance Date. The Servicer may recover any
unreimbursed payments of Compensating Interest as provided in Section
7.03(b)(xi).
(b) Subject to the clause (c) below, the Servicer has the right and the
option, but not the obligation, to purchase for its own account any Home Equity
Loan which becomes a 60-Day Delinquent Loan, or any Home Equity Loan as to which
enforcement proceedings have been
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brought by the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.13; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Servicer may not purchase any such Home Equity Loan unless the Servicer has
delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer at the Servicer's
expense, an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Certificate Insurer and to
the Trustee to the effect that such a purchase would not constitute a
Prohibited Transaction for the Trust or otherwise subject the Trust to tax
and would not jeopardize the status of REMIC I or REMIC II as REMICs. Any
such Home Equity Loan so purchased shall be purchased by the Servicer on or
prior to a Monthly Remittance Date at a purchase price equal to the Loan
Purchase Price thereof, which purchase price shall be deposited in the
Principal and Interest Account.
(c) If a Home Equity Loan to be purchased by the Servicer pursuant to
clause (b) above, is the greatest number of days Delinquent of all then
Delinquent Home Equity Loans (including Home Equity Loans relating to REO
Property), the Servicer may purchase such Home Equity Loan without having first
notified the Certificate Insurer of such purchase. In all other cases, the
Servicer must notify the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee, in writing, of its
intent to purchase a Home Equity Loan and the Servicer may not purchase such
Home Equity Loan without the written consent of the Certificate Insurer.
(d) The Net Liquidation Proceeds from the disposition of any REO
Property shall be deposited in the Principal and Interest Account and remitted
to the Trustee as part of the Monthly Remittance Amount remitted by the Servicer
to the Trustee.
Section 8.11. MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE.
(a) (i) The Servicer shall cause to be maintained with respect to each
Home Equity Loan a hazard insurance policy with a carrier generally acceptable
to the Servicer that provides for fire and extended coverage, and which provides
for a recovery by the Trust of insurance proceeds relating to such Home Equity
Loan in an amount not less than the least of (A) the outstanding principal
balance of the Home Equity Loan (plus the related senior lien loan, if any), (B)
the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement
cost basis and (C) the full insurable value of the premises. The Servicer shall
maintain the insurance policies required hereunder in the name of the mortgagee,
its successors and assigns, and shall be named as loss payee. The policies shall
require the insurer to provide the mortgagee with 30 days' notice prior to any
cancellation or as otherwise required by law. (ii) As an alternative to
maintaining a hazard insurance policy with respect to each Home Equity Loan as
described in Clause (i), the Servicer may maintain a blanket hazard insurance
policy or policies if the insurer or insurers of such policies are rated
investment grade by Xxxxx'x and Standard & Poor's.
(b) If the Home Equity Loan at the time of origination (or if required
by federal law, at any time thereafter) relates to a Property in an area
identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as
having special flood hazards, the Servicer will cause to be maintained with
respect thereto a flood insurance policy in a form meeting the requirements of
the then current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration with a
carrier generally acceptable to the Servicer in an amount representing coverage,
and which provides for a recovery by the Trust of insurance proceeds relating to
such Home Equity Loan of not less than the least of (i) the outstanding
principal balance of the Home Equity Loan (plus the related senior lien loan,
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if any), (ii) the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on
a replacement cost basis and (iii) the maximum amount of insurance that is
available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. The Servicer shall
indemnify the Trust and the Certificate Insurer out of the Servicer's own
funds for any loss to the Trust or the Certificate Insurer resulting from the
Servicer's failure to advance premiums for such insurance required by this
Section when so permitted by the terms of the Mortgage as to which such loss
relates.
(c) Amounts collected by the Servicer under any Insurance Policies
shall be deposited into the Principal and Interest Account.
Section 8.12. DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSES; ASSUMPTION AND SUBSTITUTION
AGREEMENTS.
When a Property has been or is about to be conveyed by the Mortgagor,
the Servicer shall (except as provided below), to the extent it has knowledge of
such conveyance or prospective conveyance, exercise its rights to accelerate the
maturity of the related Home Equity Loan under any "due-on-sale" clause
contained in the related Mortgage or Note; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Servicer
shall not exercise any such right if the "due-on-sale" clause, in the reasonable
belief of the Servicer, is not enforceable under applicable law, or the
Servicer, in a manner consistent with reasonable commercial practice, and only
if the Servicer reasonably believes assumption by the purchaser would not
materially and adversely affect the interests of the Owners or of the
Certificate Insurer, permits the purchaser of the related Property to assume
such Home Equity Loan. An Opinion of Counsel, provided at the expense of the
Servicer, to the foregoing effect shall conclusively establish the
reasonableness of such belief. In such event, the Servicer shall enter into an
assumption and modification agreement with the person to whom such property has
been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable
under the Note and, unless prohibited by applicable law or the Mortgage
documents, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon. If the foregoing is not
permitted under applicable law, the Servicer is 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
Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Note; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that to the
extent any such substitution of liability agreement would be delivered by the
Servicer outside of its usual procedures for home equity loans held in its own
portfolio the Servicer shall, prior to executing and delivering such agreement,
obtain the prior written consent of the Certificate Insurer. The Home Equity
Loan, as assumed, shall conform in all material respects to the requirements,
representations and warranties of this Agreement. The Servicer shall notify the
Trustee in writing that any such assumption or substitution agreement has been
completed by forwarding to the Custodian on the Trustee's behalf the original
copy of such assumption or substitution agreement (indicating the File to which
it relates) which copy shall be added by the Trustee or by the Custodian on the
Trustee's behalf to the related File and which shall, for all purposes, be
considered a part of such File to the same extent as all other documents and
instruments constituting a part thereof. The Servicer shall be responsible for
recording any such assumption or substitution agreements. In connection with any
such assumption or substitution agreement, no material term of the Home Equity
Loan (including, without limitation, the required monthly payment on the related
Home Equity Loan, the stated maturity, the outstanding principal amount or the
Coupon Rate) shall be changed nor shall any required monthly payments of
principal or interest be deferred or forgiven. Any fee collected by the Servicer
or the Sub-Servicer for consenting to any such conveyance or
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entering into an assumption or substitution agreement shall be retained by or
paid to the Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of this
Agreement, the 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
Home Equity Loan by operation of law or any assumption which the Servicer may be
restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
Section 8.13. REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED HOME EQUITY LOANS; WORKOUT OF
HOME EQUITY LOANS.
(a) The Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably effect
the ownership in the name of the Trustee on behalf of the Trust of Properties
relating to defaulted Home Equity Loans as to which no satisfactory
arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments and which the
Servicer has not purchased pursuant to Section 8.10(b). In connection with
such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall exercise such of the
rights and powers vested in it hereunder, and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise or use, as prudent mortgage lenders would exercise or
use under the circumstances in the conduct of their own affairs and
consistent with the servicing standards set forth in the FNMA Guide,
including, but not limited to, advancing funds for the payment of taxes,
amounts due with respect to Senior Liens, and insurance premiums. Any amounts
so advanced shall constitute "Servicing Advances" within the meaning of
Section 8.09(b) hereof. The Servicer shall sell any REO Property within 35
months from the close of the taxable year of its acquisition by the Trust, at
such price as the Servicer in good xxxxx xxxxx necessary to comply with this
covenant unless the Servicer obtains for the Certificate Insurer and the
Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel (the expense of which opinion shall be a
Servicing Advance) experienced in federal income tax matters acceptable to
the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee, addressed to the Certificate
Insurer, the Trustee and the Servicer, to the effect that the holding by the
Trust of such REO Property for any greater period will not result in the
imposition of taxes on "Prohibited Transactions" of the Trust or either REMIC
as defined in Section 860F of the Code or cause either REMIC to fail to
qualify as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions at any time that any
Certificates are Outstanding. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing
provisions, the Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO
Property for the Owners 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 either REMIC created hereunder 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. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO
Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by
the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to
such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is
located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests
of the Owners, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to
be in the best interest of the Owners for the period prior to the sale of
such REO Property. The Servicer shall take into account the existence of any
hazardous substances, hazardous wastes or solid wastes, as such terms are
defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response
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Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of
1976, or other federal, state or local environmental legislation, on a
Property in determining whether to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably
convert the ownership of such Property. If the Servicer has actual knowledge
of any environmental or hazardous waste risk with respect to the Property
that the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or deed in lieu
of foreclosure, the Servicer will cause an environmental inspection of the
Property in accordance with the servicing standards set forth in this
Agreement. The Servicer shall not take any such action with respect to any
Property known by the Servicer to contain such wastes or substances or to be
within one mile of the site of such wastes or substances, without the prior
written consent of the Certificate Insurer.
(b) The Servicer shall determine, with respect to each defaulted
Home Equity Loan, when it has recovered, whether through trustee's sale,
foreclosure sale or otherwise, all amounts it expects to recover from or on
account of such defaulted Home Equity Loan, whereupon such Home Equity Loan
shall become a "Liquidated Loan" and the Servicer shall promptly submit a
liquidation report to the Certificate Insurer in form acceptable to the
Certificate Insurer.
(c) The Servicer shall not agree to any modification, waiver or
amendment of any provision of any Home Equity Loan unless, in the Servicer's
good faith judgment, such modification, waiver or amendment would minimize
the loss that might otherwise be experienced with respect to such Home Equity
Loan and only in the event of a payment default with respect to such Home
Equity Loan or in the event that a payment default with respect to such Home
Equity Loan is reasonably foreseeable by the Servicer; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no such modification, waiver or amendment shall extend the maturity date
of such Home Equity Loan beyond the Remittance Period related to the Final
Scheduled Distribution Date of the latest Class of Class A Certificates
remaining in the Trust. Notwithstanding anything set out in this Section
8.13(c) or elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer shall be
permitted to modify, waive or amend any provision of a Home Equity Loan if
required by statute or a court of competent jurisdiction to do so.
(d) The Servicer has no intent to foreclose on any Mortgage based on
the delinquency characteristics as of the Startup Day; provided, that the
foregoing does not prevent the Servicer from initiating foreclosure proceedings
on any date hereafter if the facts and circumstances of such Mortgage including
delinquency characteristics in the Servicer's discretion so warrant such action.
Section 8.14. TRUSTEE TO COOPERATE; RELEASE OF FILES.
(a) Upon the payment in full of any Home Equity Loan (including any
liquidation of such Home Equity Loan through foreclosure or otherwise), or
the receipt by the Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be
escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Servicer shall deliver
to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, a written request of the Servicer
signed by an Authorized Officer which states the purpose of the release of a
File. Upon receipt of such written request, the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee shall promptly release the related File, in trust, in its reasonable
discretion to (i) the Servicer, (ii) an escrow agent or (iii) any employee,
agent or attorney of the Trustee. Upon any such payment in full, or the
receipt of such
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notification that such funds have been placed in escrow, the Servicer is
authorized to give, as attorney-in-fact for the Trustee and the mortgagee
under the Mortgage which secured the Note, an instrument of satisfaction (or
assignment of Mortgage without recourse) regarding the Property relating to
such Mortgage, which instrument of satisfaction or assignment, as the case
may be, shall be delivered to the Person or Persons entitled thereto against
receipt therefor of payment in full, it being understood and agreed that no
expense incurred in connection with such instrument of satisfaction or
assignment, as the case may be, shall be chargeable to the Principal and
Interest Account or to the Trustee.
(b) The Servicer shall have the right (upon receiving the prior
written consent of the Certificate Insurer) to accept applications of
Mortgagors for consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations
and (iii) removal, demolition or division of properties subject to Mortgages.
No application for approval shall be considered by the Servicer unless: (x)
the provisions of the related Note and Mortgage have been complied with; (y)
the Loan-to-Value Ratio and debt-to-income ratio after any release does not
exceed the Loan-to-Value Ratio and debt-to-income ratio of such Note on the
Cut-Off Date, and any increase in the Loan-to-Value Ratio shall not exceed
____% unless approved in writing by the Certificate Insurer; and (z) the lien
priority of the related Mortgage is not affected. Upon receipt by the Trustee
of an Officer's Certificate executed on behalf of the Servicer setting forth
the action proposed to be taken in respect of a particular Home Equity Loan
and certifying that the criteria set forth in the immediately preceding
sentence have been satisfied, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the
Servicer the consent or partial release so requested by the Servicer. A
proposed form of consent or partial release, as the case may be, shall
accompany any Officer's Certificate delivered by the Servicer pursuant to
this paragraph. The Servicer shall notify the Certificate Insurer and the
Rating Agencies if an application is approved under clause (y) above without
approval in writing by the Certificate Insurer.
(c) From time to time and as appropriate in the servicing of any
Home Equity Loan, including, without limitation, foreclosure or other
comparable conversion of a Home Equity Loan or collection under any
applicable Insurance Policy, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall
release the related File to the Servicer, promptly upon a written request of
the Servicer signed by an Authorized Officer, which states the purpose of the
release of a File; provided, however, that no more than ____% of the
outstanding Home Equity Loans (by number) shall be released to the Servicer
at any time. Such receipt shall obligate the Servicer to return the File to
the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, when the need therefore by the
Servicer no longer exists.
(d) In all cases where the Servicer directs the Custodian, on behalf
of the Trustee, to sign any document or to release a File within a particular
period of time, the Servicer shall notify an Authorized Officer of the
Trustee by telephone of such need and the Trustee shall thereon use its best
efforts to comply with the Servicer's needs, but in any event will comply
within two Business Days of such request.
(e) No costs associated with the procedures described in this Section
8.14 shall be an expense of the Trust.
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Section 8.15. SERVICING COMPENSATION.
As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Servicer shall be
entitled to retain the amount of the Servicing Fee with respect to each Home
Equity Loan Group. Additional servicing compensation in the form of
prepayment charges, release fees, bad check charges, assumption fees, late
payment charges, prepayment penalties, or any other servicing-related fees,
Net Liquidation Proceeds not required to be deposited in the Principal and
Interest Account pursuant to Section 8.08(c)(i) and similar items may, to the
extent collected from Mortgagors, be retained by the Servicer, unless a
successor Servicer is appointed pursuant to Section 8.20 hereof, in which
case the successor Servicer shall be entitled to such fees as are agreed upon
by the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the successor Servicer.
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 Servicer's
responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement.
Section 8.16. ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE.
The Servicer, at its own expense, will deliver to the Trustee, the
Certificate Insurer, the Depositor, and the Rating Agencies, on or before
July 31 of each year, commencing in 20__, an Officer's Certificate stating,
as to each signer thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the
Servicer during such preceding calendar 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 Servicer has
fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement for such year, or, if
there has been a default in the fulfillment of all such obligations,
specifying each such default known to such officers and the nature and status
thereof including the steps being taken by the Servicer to remedy such
default.
The Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Certificate Insurer and the Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained
knowledge thereof but in no event later than five Business Days thereafter,
written notice by means of an Officer's Certificate of any event which with
the giving of notice or the lapse of time would become a Servicer Termination
Event.
Section 8.17. ANNUAL INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS' REPORTS.
On or before July 31 of each year, commencing in 20___, the
Servicer, at its own expense (or if the Trustee is then acting as Servicer,
at the expense of the Seller), shall cause to be delivered to the Trustee,
the Certificate Insurer, the Depositor, and the Rating Agencies a letter or
letters of a firm of independent, nationally recognized certified public
accountants reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Insurer stating that
such firm has examined the Servicer's overall servicing operations in
accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Single Attestation Program
for Mortgage Bankers, and stating such firm's conclusions relating thereto.
In the event such firm requires the Trustee to agree to the procedures
performed by such firm, the Servicer shall direct the Trustee in writing to
so agree; it being understood and agreed that the Trustee will deliver such
letter of agreement in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the
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Servicer, and the Trustee makes no independent inquiry or investigation as
to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency,
validity, or correctness of such procedures.
Section 8.18. ACCESS TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION REGARDING
THE HOME EQUITY LOANS.
The Servicer shall provide to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer
access to the documentation regarding the Home Equity Loans and the Trust, such
access being afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request and during
normal business hours at the offices of the Servicer designated by it.
Upon any change in the format of the computer tape maintained by the
Servicer in respect of the Home Equity Loans, the Servicer shall deliver a copy
of such computer tape to the Trustee and in addition shall provide a copy of
such computer tape to the Trustee, and the Certificate Insurer at such other
times as the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer may reasonably request.
Section 8.19. ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT.
Other than with respect to entering into Sub-Servicing Agreements
pursuant to Section 8.03 hereof, the Servicer may not assign its obligations
under this Agreement, in whole or in part, unless it shall have first obtained
the written consent of the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, which such
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any assignee
must meet the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 8.20(h) hereof for a
successor servicer.
Section 8.20. REMOVAL OF SERVICER; RETENTION OF SERVICER; RESIGNATION
OF SERVICER.
(a) The Certificate Insurer or the Trustee (with the prior written
consent of the Certificate Insurer) may remove the Servicer upon the occurrence
of any of the following events (each a "Servicer Termination Event"):
(i) The Servicer shall (I) apply for or consent to the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian or similar
entity with respect to itself or its property, (II) admit in writing
its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, (III) make
a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (IV) be adjudicated
a bankrupt or insolvent, (V) commence a voluntary case under the
federal bankruptcy laws of the United States of America or any state
bankruptcy law or similar laws or file a voluntary petition or answer
seeking reorganization, an arrangement with creditors or an order for
relief or seeking to take advantage of any insolvency law or file an
answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against
it in any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency proceeding or (VI)
take corporate action for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing; or
(ii) If without the application, approval or consent of the
Servicer, a proceeding shall be instituted in any court of competent
jurisdiction, under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking in respect of the Servicer
an order for relief or an adjudication in bankruptcy, reorganization,
dissolution, winding up, liquidation, a composition or arrangement with
creditors, a
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readjustment of debts, the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator or custodian or similar entity with respect to the
Servicer or of all or any substantial part of its assets, or other like
relief in respect thereof under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, and,
if such proceeding is being contested by the Servicer in good faith,
the same shall (A) result in the entry of an order for relief or any
such adjudication or appointment or (B) continue undismissed or pending
and unstayed for any period of seventy-five (75) consecutive days; or
(iii) The Servicer shall fail to perform any one or more of
its obligations hereunder and shall continue in default thereof for a
period of thirty (30) days (one (1) Business Day in the case of a delay
in making a payment or deposit required of the Servicer under this
Agreement) after the earlier of (a) actual knowledge of an officer of
the Servicer or (b) receipt of notice from the Trustee or the
Certificate Insurer of said failure; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the
Servicer can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Certificate Insurer that it is diligently pursuing remedial action,
then the cure period may be extended with the written approval of the
Certificate Insurer; or
(iv) The Servicer shall fail to cure any breach of any of its
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.02 or in the
other Operative Documents which materially and adversely affects the
interests of the Owners or the Certificate Insurer which remains
unremedied for a period of sixty (60) days after the earlier of the
Servicer's discovery or receipt of notice thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that if the Servicer can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of
the Certificate Insurer that it is diligently pursuing remedial action,
then the cure period may be extended with the written approval of the
Certificate Insurer; or
(v) The merger, consolidation or other combination of the
Servicer with or into any other entity, unless (1) the Servicer or an
Affiliate of the Servicer is the surviving entity of such combination
or (2) the surviving entity (A) is servicing at least $__________ of
home equity loans that are similar to the Home Equity Loans, (B) has
Tangible Net Worth of not less than $___________ (as determined in
accordance with generally acceptable account principles), (C) is
consented to by the Certificate Insurer (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld) and (D) agrees to assume the Servicer's
obligations hereunder; or
(vi) The failure of the Servicer to satisfy the Servicer
Termination Test; or
(vii) The Servicer shall be declared in default of its credit
facility by its credit facility provider, which default, if left
uncured, would result in termination or acceleration of amounts owed
thereunder; or
(viii) Centex Corporation or its successors shall fail to own,
directly or indirectly, at least ___% of the Servicer unless (a) the
Servicer shall be rated at least investment grade by each Rating Agency
or (b) the Servicer shall have at all times committed financing
capacity in a total amount of at least three times the Servicer's
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average loan originations funded during the immediately preceding three
calendar months.
(b) Upon the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event, the
Servicer shall continue to act as servicer under this Agreement until removed
as set forth in this Section 8.20 and a successor Servicer has assumed the
servicing obligations. After the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event,
the Certificate Insurer or the Trustee (with the prior written consent of the
Certificate Insurer) may remove the Servicer by written notice to the
Servicer. Such termination shall be effective on the date specified in such
notice, provided that a successor Servicer or the Trustee has assumed the
servicing obligations. Upon the effective date of termination of the
Servicer, the Trustee (or another successor Servicer appointed by the
Certificate Insurer) shall assume the servicing obligations hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto agree that the Trustee, in
its capacity as successor Servicer, immediately will assume all of the
obligations of the Servicer to make Delinquency Advances and the Trustee will
assume the other duties of the Servicer as soon as practicable, but in no
event later than 90 days after the Trustee becomes successor Servicer
pursuant to the preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Trustee, in its capacity as successor Servicer, shall not be responsible for
the lack of information and or documents that it cannot obtain through
reasonable efforts. The Certificate Insurer may appoint a successor Servicer
other than the Trustee. Until a successor Servicer has been appointed by the
Certificate Insurer, the Trustee shall be the successor Servicer in all
respects without further action, and all authority and power of the Servicer
under this agreement shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee on and after
the effective date of termination. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for any Servicing Fee or
for any differential in the amount of the Servicing Fee paid hereunder and
the amount necessary to induce any Successor Servicer to act as Successor
Servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for
therein.
(c) Reserved
(d) The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties
hereby imposed on it, except upon (i) determination that its duties hereunder
are no longer permissible under applicable law or are in material conflict by
reason of applicable law with any other activities carried on by it, the other
activities of the Servicer so causing such a conflict being of a type and nature
carried on by the Servicer at the date of this Agreement or (ii) written consent
of the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee. Any such determination under clause
(i) shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Trustee and
the Certificate Insurer at the expense of the Servicer to such effect which
shall be delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer.
(e) No removal or resignation of the Servicer shall become effective
until the Trustee or a successor Servicer shall have assumed the Servicer's
responsibilities and obligations in accordance with this Section.
(f) Upon removal or resignation of the Servicer, the Servicer at its
own expense also shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to a
successor servicer or the Trustee all the books and records (including,
without limitation, records kept in electronic form) that the Servicer has
maintained for the Home Equity Loans, including all tax bills, assessment
notices, insurance
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premium notices and all other documents as well as all original documents
then in the Servicer's possession.
(g) Any collections due to the Trust then being held by the Servicer
prior to its removal and any collections received by the Servicer after removal
or resignation shall be endorsed by it to the Trustee and remitted directly and
immediately to the Trustee or the successor Servicer.
(h) Upon removal or resignation of the Servicer, the Trustee (A)
may, unless the Certificate Insurer has appointed a successor Servicer other
than the Trustee, solicit bids for a successor servicer as described below
and (B) until such time as another successor Servicer is appointed by the
Certificate Insurer, shall assume the duties and obligations of the Servicer
hereunder. The Trustee agrees to act as Servicer during the solicitation
process and shall assume all duties and obligations of the Servicer. The
Certificate Insurer may appoint a successor Servicer other than the Trustee.
If the Certificate Insurer fails to appoint a successor Servicer, the Trustee
shall, if it is unable to obtain a qualifying bid and is prevented by law
from acting as Servicer, appoint, or petition a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint, any housing and home finance institution, bank or
mortgage servicing institution which has been designated as an approved
seller-servicer by FNMA or FHLMC for first and second home equity loans and
having equity of not less than $_________ (or such lower level as may be
acceptable to the Certificate Insurer), as determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and acceptable to the Certificate
Insurer as the successor to the Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all
or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Servicer
hereunder. The compensation of any successor Servicer (other than the Trustee
in its capacity as successor Servicer) so appointed shall be the amount
agreed to between the successor Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and the
Trustee (up to a maximum of ___% per annum on the outstanding principal
balance of each Home Equity Loan), together with the other servicing
compensation in the form of assumption fees, late payment charges or
otherwise as provided in Sections 8.08 and 8.15; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if
the Trustee becomes the successor Servicer it shall receive as its
compensation the same compensation paid to the Servicer immediately prior to
the Servicer's removal or resignation; PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, that the
predecessor Servicer agrees to pay to the Trustee or other successor Servicer
at such time that it becomes such successor Servicer a set-up fee of
[twenty-five dollars ($25)] for each Home Equity Loan then included in the
Trust Estate. The amount payable in excess of [twenty-five dollars ($25)] per
Home Equity Loan, if any, shall be payable to the successor Servicer and
reimbursable pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(x) hereof. The Trustee shall be
obligated to serve as successor Servicer whether or not the fee described in
this section is paid by the Servicer, but shall in any event be entitled to
receive, and to enforce payment of, such fee from the Servicer.
(i) In the event the Trustee elects to solicit bids as provided above,
the Trustee shall solicit, by public announcement, bids from housing and home
finance institutions, banks and mortgage servicing institutions meeting the
qualifications set forth above. Such public announcement shall specify that the
successor Servicer shall be entitled to servicing compensation in accordance
with clause (h) above, together with the other servicing compensation in the
form of assumption fees, late payment charges or otherwise as provided in
Sections 8.08 and 8.15. Within thirty days after any such public announcement,
the Trustee shall
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negotiate and effect the sale, transfer and assignment of the servicing
rights and responsibilities hereunder to the qualified party submitting the
highest satisfactory bid as to the price it will pay to obtain servicing
provided that the Certificate Insurer has given its prior written consent.
The Trustee shall deduct from any sum received by the Trustee from the
successor to the Servicer in respect of such sale, transfer and assignment
all costs and expenses of any public announcement and of any sale, transfer
and assignment of the servicing rights and responsibilities hereunder. After
such deductions, the remainder of such sum less any amounts due the Trustee
or the Trust from the Servicer shall be paid by the Trustee to the
predecessor Servicer at the time of such sale, transfer and assignment to the
Servicer's successor.
(j) The Trustee and such successor Servicer shall take such action,
consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such
succession, including the notification to all Mortgagors of the transfer of
servicing. The predecessor Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee and
any successor Servicer in effecting the termination of the predecessor
Servicer's servicing responsibilities and rights hereunder and shall promptly
provide the Trustee or such successor Servicer, as applicable, all documents
and records reasonably requested by it to enable it to assume the Servicer's
functions hereunder and shall promptly also transfer to the Trustee or such
successor Servicer, as applicable, all amounts which then have been or should
have been deposited in the Principal and Interest Account by the Servicer or
which are thereafter received with respect to the Home Equity Loans. Any
amounts and documents which are property of the Trust held by the predecessor
Servicer shall be held in trust on behalf of the Trustee until transferred to
the successor Servicer or Trustee. Neither the Trustee nor any other
successor Servicer shall be held liable by reason of any failure to make, or
any delay in making, any distribution hereunder or any portion thereof caused
by (i) the failure of the Servicer to deliver, or any delay in delivering,
cash, documents or records to it, or (ii) restrictions imposed by any
regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Servicer. If the Servicer
resigns or is replaced hereunder, the Servicer agrees to reimburse the Trust,
the Owners and the Certificate Insurer for the costs and expenses associated
with the transfer of servicing to the replacement Servicer, but subject to a
maximum reimbursement to all such parties in the amount of
[twenty-five dollars ($25)] for each Home Equity Loan then included in the
Trust Estate. The amount payable in excess of [twenty-five dollars ($25)] per
Home Equity Loan, if any, shall be payable to the successor Servicer and
reimbursable pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(x) hereof.
(k) The Trustee or any other successor Servicer, upon assuming the
duties of Servicer hereunder, shall immediately (i) record all assignments of
Home Equity Loans not previously recorded in the name of the Trustee pursuant
to Section 3.05(b)(ii) as a result of an Opinion of Counsel and (ii) make all
Delinquency Advances and Compensating Interest payments and deposit them to
the Principal and Interest Account which the Servicer has theretofore failed
to remit with respect to the Home Equity Loans.
(l) The Servicer which is being removed or is resigning shall give
notice to the Mortgagors, to Moody's and to Standard & Poor's of the transfer of
the servicing to the successor.
(m) The Trustee shall give notice to the Certificate Insurer, the
Depositor, the Owners, the Trustee, the Seller, Moody's and Standard & Poor's of
the occurrence of any event described in paragraphs (a) above of which the
Trustee is aware.
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(n) Upon appointment, the successor Servicer shall be the successor
in all respects to the predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the predecessor Servicer
including, but not limited to, the maintenance of the hazard insurance
policy(ies), the fidelity bond and an errors and omissions policy pursuant to
Section 8.21(b) and shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and all of the
rights granted to the predecessor Servicer by the terms and provisions of
this Agreement. The appointment of a successor Servicer shall not affect any
liability of the predecessor Servicer which may have arisen under this
Agreement prior to its termination as Servicer (including, without
limitation, any deductible under an insurance policy) nor shall any successor
Servicer be liable for any acts or omissions of the predecessor Servicer or
for any breach by such Servicer of any of its representations or warranties
contained herein or in any related document or agreement.
(o) The Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to
Sections 7.03(b) for all Transition Expenses (other than amounts reimbursed
pursuant to paragraph (j) above), including, without limitation, any costs or
expenses associated with the complete transfer of all servicing data and the
completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be
required by the Trustee to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the
servicing data or otherwise to enable the Trustee to service the Home Equity
Loans properly and effectively.
Section 8.21. INSPECTIONS BY CERTIFICATE INSURER; ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
INSURANCE.
(a) At any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable
notice, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer, any Owner of a Class X-IO or
Class R Certificate, or any agents thereof may inspect the Servicer's
servicing operations and discuss the servicing operations of the Servicer
during the Servicer's normal business hours with any of its officers or
directors; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the costs and expenses incurred by the
Servicer or its agents or representatives in connection with any such
examinations or discussions shall be paid by the Servicer.
(b) The Servicer (including the Trustee if it shall become the
Servicer hereunder) agrees to maintain errors and omissions coverage and a
fidelity bond, each at least to the extent required by Section 305 of Part I
of FNMA Guide or any successor provision thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in
any event that the fidelity bond or the errors and omissions coverage is no
longer in effect, the Servicer shall notify the Trustee and the Trustee shall
promptly give such notice to the Certificate Insurer and the Owners.
Section 8.22. ADDITIONAL SERVICING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SECOND MORTGAGE
LOANS.
The Servicer shall file (or cause to be filed) a request for notice
of any action by a superior lienholder under a superior lien for the
protection of the Trustee's interest, where permitted by local law and
whenever applicable state law does not require that a junior lienholder be
named as a party defendant in foreclosure proceedings in order to foreclose
such junior lienholder's equity of redemption.
If the Servicer is notified that any superior lienholder has
accelerated or intends to accelerate the obligations under a First Mortgage
Loan, or has declared or intends to declare a
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default under the mortgage or the promissory note secured thereby, or has
filed or intends to file an election to have the Mortgaged Property sold or
foreclosed, the Servicer shall take, on behalf of the Trust, whatever actions
are necessary to protect the interests of the Owners and the Certificate
Insurer, and/or to preserve the security of the related Home Equity Loan,
subject to the application of the REMIC Provisions. The Servicer shall
advance the necessary funds to cure the default or reinstate the lien
securing a First Mortgage Loan, if such advance is in the best interests of
the Certificate Insurer and the Owners; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such
additional advance need be made if such advance would be nonrecoverable from
Liquidation Proceeds on the related Home Equity Loan. The Servicer shall
thereafter take such action as is necessary to recover the amount so
advanced. Any expenses incurred by the Servicer pursuant to this Section 8.22
shall be Servicing Advances.
Section 8.23. THE GROUP II HOME EQUITY LOANS.
The Servicer shall enforce each Home Equity Loan in Group II in
accordance with its terms and shall timely calculate, record, report and apply
all interest rate adjustments in accordance with the related Note. The
Servicer's records shall, at all times, reflect the then Coupon Rate and monthly
payment and the Servicer shall timely notify the Mortgagor of any changes to the
Coupon Rate or the Mortgagor's monthly payment. If the Servicer fails to make
either a timely or accurate adjustment to the Coupon Rate or monthly payment or
to notify the Mortgagor of such adjustments, upon the Servicer's discovery of
such error and such continued failure, the Servicer shall pay from its own funds
any shortage. If the Servicer's continued failure after notice thereof to make a
scheduled change affects the Trust's rights to make future adjustments under the
terms of such Home Equity Loan, the Servicer shall repurchase such Home Equity
Loan in accordance with the provisions hereof. Any amounts paid by the Servicer
pursuant to this Section shall not be an advance and shall not be reimbursable
from the proceeds of any Home Equity Loan.
Section 8.24. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS OF SERVICER. Any corporation into which the Servicer may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a
party or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the business
of the Servicer shall be the successor of the Servicer hereunder, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto provided that such corporation meets the qualifications set forth
in Section 8.20(h) and the resulting corporation has a Tangible Net Worth of at
least $_________ .
Section 8.25. NOTICES OF MATERIAL EVENTS. The Servicer shall give
prompt notice to the Certificate Insurer, the Trustee, Moody's and Standard &
Poor's of the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) Any default or any fact or event of which the Servicer has
knowledge which results, or which with notice or the passage of time, or both,
would result in the occurrence of a default by the Seller, or the Servicer under
any Operative Document or would constitute a material breach of a
representation, warranty or covenant under any Operative Document;
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(b) The submission of any claim or the initiation of any legal
process, litigation or administrative or judicial investigation against the
Seller or the Servicer to which the Servicer has knowledge in any federal,
state or local court or before any governmental body or agency or before any
arbitration board or any such proceedings threatened by any governmental
agency, which, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect
upon any of the Seller's or the Servicer's ability to perform its obligations
under any Operative Document;
(c) The commencement of any proceedings by or against the Seller or the
Servicer under any applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or of any proceeding
in which a receiver, liquidator, trustee or other similar official shall have
been, or may be, appointed or requested for the Seller or the Servicer; and
(d) The receipt of notice from any agency or governmental body having
authority over the conduct of any of the Seller's or the Servicer's business
that the Seller or the Servicer is to cease or desist, or to undertake any
practice, program, procedure or policy employed by the Seller or the Servicer in
the conduct of the business of any of them, and such cessation or undertaking
will materially and adversely affect the conduct of the Seller's or the
Servicer's business or its ability to perform under the Operative Documents or
materially and adversely affect the financial affairs of the Seller or the
Servicer.
Section 8.26. INDEMNIFICATION BY THE SERVICER. The Servicer agrees to
indemnify and hold the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and each
Owner harmless against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees
and expenses that the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and any
Owner may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Servicer to perform
its duties and service the Home Equity Loans in compliance with the terms of
this Agreement. A party against whom a claim is brought shall immediately notify
the other parties and the Rating Agencies if a claim is made by a third party
with respect to this Agreement, and the 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 Certificate
Insurer, the Servicer, the Trustee and/or Owner in respect of such claim.
Section 8.27. REPORTS ON FORECLOSURE AND ABANDONMENT OF PROPERTIES. On
or before __________________ ____________of each year beginning in 20
___________, the Servicer shall file the reports of foreclosures and
abandonments of any Property required by Code Section 6050J with the Internal
Revenue Service and provide a copy of such filing to the Trustee. The reports
from the Servicer shall be in a form and substance sufficient to meet the
reporting requirements imposed by such Section 6050J.
END OF ARTICLE VIII
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION OF TRUST
Section 9.01. TERMINATION OF TRUST.
The Trust created hereunder and all obligations created by this
Agreement will terminate upon the payment to the Owners of all Certificates from
amounts other than those available under the Certificate Insurance Policies of
all amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to such Owners pursuant
to this Agreement and payment in full of all amounts owed to the Certificate
Insurer upon the later to occur of (a) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance made with respect thereto) of the last Home Equity Loan in the
Trust Estate, (b) the disposition of all property acquired in respect of any
Home Equity Loan remaining in the Trust Estate and (c) at any time if a
Qualified Liquidation of both Home Equity Loan Groups within the Trust is
effected as described in Section 9.02. To effect a termination of this Agreement
pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners of all Certificates then Outstanding
shall provide to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, at their expense, an
Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters acceptable to the
Certificate Insurer and the Trustee to the effect that each such liquidation
constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, and the Servicer either shall sell or
purchase the Home Equity Loans and the Trustee shall distribute the proceeds of
the liquidation of the Trust Estate. In no event, however, will the Trust
created by this Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one (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 United Kingdom, living
on the date hereof. The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the
Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth in Section 11.05.
Section 9.02. TERMINATION UPON OPTION OF THE SERVICER.
(a) On any Monthly Remittance Date after the Clean-Up Call Date, the
Servicer may determine to purchase, in whole only, and may cause the purchase
from the Trust of all (but not fewer than all) Home Equity Loans and all
property theretofore acquired in respect of any Home Equity Loan by foreclosure,
deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise then remaining in the Trust Estate (i)
on terms agreed upon between the Certificate Insurer, the Servicer and the
Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates (if such terms result in
payment to the Holders of the Class A Certificates of their entire balance and
interest at their Certificate Rate (and any Carry-Forward Amount)), or (ii) in
the absence of such an agreement, at a price equal to the Termination Price. In
connection with such purchase, the Servicer shall remit to the Trustee all
amounts then on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account for deposit to the
Certificate Account, which deposit shall be deemed to have occurred immediately
preceding such purchase.
(b) In the event that the Servicer purchases all Home Equity Loans and
each REO Property remaining in the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 9.02(a), the
Trust Estate 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 the final Tax Return of
the REMICs created hereunder pursuant to
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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;
(ii) During such 90-day liquidation period, and at or prior to
the time of making the final payment on the Certificates, the Trustee
shall sell all of the assets of the Trust Estate to the Servicer for
cash; and
(iii) At the time of the making of the final payment on the
Certificates and payment of all amounts owed to the Certificate
Insurer, the Trustee shall distribute or credit, or cause to be
distributed or credited, to the Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R
Certificates all cash on hand in the Trust Estate (other than cash
retained to meet claims), and the Trust Estate shall terminate at that
time.
(c) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Owners thereof hereby
agree to authorize the Trustee to specify the first day in the 90-day
liquidation period in a statement attached to the Trust Estate's final Tax
Return, which shall be binding upon all successor Owners.
(d) In connection with any such purchase, the Servicer shall provide to
the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of
the Servicer experienced in federal income tax matters acceptable to the
Certificate Insurer and the Trustee to the effect that such purchase and
liquidation constitutes a Qualified Liquidation of REMIC I and REMIC II.
(e) Promptly following any purchase described in this Section 9.02, the
Trustee will release the Files to the Servicer or the Certificate Insurer, as
the case may be, or otherwise upon their order, in a manner similar to that
described in Section 8.14 hereof.
Section 9.03. TERMINATION UPON LOSS OF REMIC STATUS.
(a) Following a final determination by the Internal Revenue Service or
by a court of competent jurisdiction, in either case from which no appeal is
taken within the permitted time for such appeal, or if any appeal is taken,
following a final determination of such appeal from which no further appeal can
be taken, to the effect that either REMIC created hereunder does not and will no
longer qualify as a REMIC pursuant to Section 860D of the Code (the "Final
Determination"), at any time on or after the date which is 30 calendar days
following such Final Determination (i) the Certificate Insurer or the Owners of
a majority in Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates then
Outstanding with the consent of the Certificate Insurer may direct the Trustee
on behalf of the Trust to adopt a plan of complete liquidation, as contemplated
by Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code and (ii) the Certificate Insurer may notify
the Trustee of the Certificate Insurer's determination to purchase from the
Trust all (but not fewer than all) Home Equity Loans and all property
theretofore acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise
in respect of any Home Equity Loan then remaining in the Trust Estate at a price
equal to the Termination Price.
Upon receipt of such direction from the Certificate Insurer, the
Trustee shall notify the Owners of the Class R Certificates of such election to
liquidate or such determination to
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purchase, as the case may be (the "Termination Notice"). The Owners of a
majority of the Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates then
Outstanding may, within 60 days from the date of receipt of the Termination
Notice (the "Purchase Option Period"), at their option, purchase from the
Trust all (but not fewer than all) Home Equity Loans and all property
theretofore acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or
otherwise in respect of any Home Equity Loan then remaining in the Trust
Estate at a purchase price equal to the Termination Price. If, during the
Purchase Option Period, the Owners of the Class R Certificates have not
exercised the option described in the immediately preceding paragraph, then
upon the expiration of the Purchase Option Period (i) in the event that the
Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the Class A Certificates with the
consent of the Certificate Insurer have given the Trustee the direction
described in clause (a)(i) above, the Trustee shall sell the Home Equity
Loans and distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of the Trust Estate,
each in accordance with the plan of complete liquidation, such that, if so
directed, the liquidation of the Trust Estate, the distribution of the
proceeds of the liquidation and the termination of this Agreement occur no
later than the close of the 60th day, or such later day as the Certificate
Insurer or the Owners of the Class A Certificates with the consent of the
Certificate Insurer shall permit or direct in writing, after the expiration
of the Purchase Option Period and (ii) in the event that the Certificate
Insurer has given the Trustee notice of the Certificate Insurer's
determination to purchase the Trust Estate described in clause (a)(ii)
preceding the Certificate Insurer shall, within 60 days, purchase all (but
not fewer than all) Home Equity Loans and all property theretofore acquired
by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise in respect of any
Home Equity Loan then remaining in the Trust Estate. In connection with such
purchase, the Servicer shall remit to the Trustee all amounts then on deposit
in the Principal and Interest Account for deposit to the Certificate Account,
which deposit shall be deemed to have occurred immediately preceding such
purchase.
(b) Following a Final Determination, the Owners of a majority of the
Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates then Outstanding may, at
their option and upon delivery to the Certificate Insurer of an Opinion of
Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters, acceptable to the
Certificate Insurer and selected by the Owners of the Class R Certificates,
which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Certificate Insurer, to the effect that the effect of the Final Determination
is to increase substantially the probability that the gross income of the
Trust will be subject to federal taxation, purchase from the Trust all (but
not fewer than all) Home Equity Loans and all property theretofore acquired
by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise in respect of any
Home Equity Loan then remaining in the Trust Estate at a purchase price equal
to the Termination Price. In connection with such purchase, the Servicer
shall remit to the Trustee all amounts then on deposit in the Principal and
Interest Account for deposit to the Certificate Account, which deposit shall
be deemed to have occurred immediately preceding such purchase. The foregoing
opinion shall be deemed satisfactory unless the Certificate Insurer gives the
Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates
notice that such opinion is not satisfactory within thirty days after receipt
by the Certificate Insurer of such opinion.
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Section 9.04. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.
The Trustee shall, upon receipt thereof, deposit the proceeds of any
Termination Price or other liquidation of the Trust Estate pursuant to this
Article IX to the Certificate Account for distribution in accordance with the
priorities set forth in Section 7.03(b) hereof; provided, however, that any
amounts representing unreimbursed Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances
theretofore funded by the Servicer from the Servicer's own funds shall be paid
by the Trustee to the Servicer from the proceeds of the Trust Estate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no distribution of the proceeds of any
Termination Price shall be made to the Owners of the Class X-IO and Class R
Certificates until all such amounts have been applied in reduction of any
outstanding Class A-2 Certificateholders' Interest Index Carryover.
Section 9.05. NETTING OF AMOUNTS.
If any Person paying the Termination Price would receive a portion of
the amount to be paid, such Person may net any such amount against the
Termination Price otherwise payable.
END OF ARTICLE IX
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ARTICLE X
THE TRUSTEE
Section 10.01. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) The Trustee (i) (A) undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee and (B) the
banking institution that is the Trustee shall serve as the Trustee at all times
under this Agreement, and (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions or any other
resolutions, statements, reports, documents, orders or other instruments
furnished pursuant to and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement; but
in the case of any such certificates or opinions or any other resolutions,
statements, reports, documents, orders or other instruments which by any
provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, shall
be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not on their face
they conform to the requirements of this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Trustee shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any resolution,
Certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument
furnished by the Servicer, the Certificate Insurer, the Sellers or the Depositor
hereunder. If any such instrument is found not to conform in any material
respect to the requirements of this Agreement, the Trustee shall notify the
Certificate Insurer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Servicer Termination
Event of which an Authorized Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge
has occurred and has not been cured or waived, the Trustee shall exercise such
of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree
of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use
under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(b) Notwithstanding the appointment of the Servicer hereunder, the
Trustee is hereby empowered to perform the duties of the Servicer it being
expressly understood, however, that the foregoing describes a power and not an
obligation of the Trustee (unless the Servicer shall have resigned or been
terminated and a successor Servicer shall not have been appointed pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement), and that all parties hereto agree that, prior to
any termination of the Servicer, the Servicer and, thereafter, the Trustee or
any other successor servicer shall perform such duties. Specifically, and not in
limitation of the foregoing, the Trustee shall upon termination or resignation
of the Servicer, and pending the appointment of any other Person as successor
Servicer have the power and duty during its performance as successor Servicer:
(i) to collect Mortgagor payments;
(ii) to foreclose on defaulted Home Equity Loans;
(iii) to enforce due-on-sale clauses and to enter into assumption
and substitution agreements as permitted by Section 8.12
hereof;
(iv) to deliver instruments of satisfaction pursuant to
Section 8.14;
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(v) to enforce the Home Equity Loans; and
(vi) to make Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances and to pay
Compensating Interest.
(c) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) This subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
subsection (a) of this Section;
(ii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by an Authorized Officer, unless
it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Certificate Insurer or of the Owners
of a majority in Percentage Interest of the Certificates of
the affected Class or Classes and the Certificate Insurer
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee,
under this Agreement relating to such Certificates;
(iv) The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed
to have notice or knowledge of any default unless an
Authorized Officer of the Trustee shall have received written
notice thereof or an Authorized Officer shall have actual
knowledge thereof. In the absence of receipt of such notice,
the Trustee may conclusively assume that there is no default;
and
(v) Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement and without
limiting the generality of this Section l0.01, the Trustee
shall have no duty (A) to see to any recording, filing, or
depositing of this Agreement or any agreement referred to
herein or any financing statement or continuation statement
evidencing a security interest, or to see to the maintenance
of any such recording or filing or depositing or to any
rerecording, refiling or redepositing of any thereof, (B) to
see to any insurance or (C) to see to the payment or discharge
of any tax, assessment, or other governmental charge or any
lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to,
assessed or levied against, any part of the Trust Estate from
funds available in the Certificate Account.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
(e) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder,
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or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it. None of the provisions contained in this Agreement
shall in any event require the Trustee to perform, or be responsible for the
manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the Servicer under this
Agreement, except during such time, if any, as the Trustee shall be the
successor to, and be vested with the rights, duties, powers and privileges
of, the Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(f) The permissive right of the Trustee to take actions enumerated
in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty and the Trustee shall not
be answerable for other than its own negligence or willful misconduct.
(g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to institute any suit, or
to take any remedial proceeding under this Agreement, or to take any steps in
the execution of the trusts hereby created or in the enforcement of any rights
and powers hereunder until it shall be indemnified to its satisfaction against
any and all costs and expenses, outlays and counsel fees and other reasonable
disbursements and against all liability, except liability which is adjudicated
to have resulted from its negligence or willful misconduct, in connection with
any action so taken.
(h) The Trustee hereby undertakes to provide CHEC with notice of any
correspondence relating to any Property.
(i) The Trustee hereby agrees to disclose the Premium Amount to any
Person upon request.
Section 10.02. REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE FOR CAUSE.
(a) The Trustee may be removed pursuant to paragraph (b) hereof upon
the occurrence of any of the following events (whatever the reason for such
event and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) the Trustee shall fail to distribute to the Owners
entitled hereto on any Distribution Date any amounts available for
distribution that it has received in accordance with the terms hereof;
(PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such failure which is due to circumstances
beyond the control of the Trustee shall not be a cause for removal
hereunder); or
(2) the Trustee shall fail in the performance of, or breach,
any covenant or agreement of the Trustee in this Agreement, or if any
representation or warranty of the Trustee made in this Agreement or in
any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith shall prove to be incorrect in any material respect
as of the time when the same shall have been made, and such failure or
breach shall continue or not be cured for a period of 30 days after
there shall have been given, by registered or
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certified mail, to the Trustee by the Seller, the Certificate Insurer,
or by the Owners of at least ___% of the aggregate Percentage
Interests in the Trust Estate represented by the Class A
Certificates then Outstanding, or, if there are no Class A
Certificates then Outstanding, by such Percentage Interests
represented by the Class X-IO Certificates, or if there are no
Class X-IO Certificates then Outstanding, by such Percentage
Interests represented by the Class R Certificates, a written notice
specifying such failure or breach and requiring it to be remedied;
or
(3) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or
receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for
the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered
against the Trustee, and such decree or order shall have remained in
force undischarged or unstayed for a period of____ days; or
(4) a conservator or receiver or liquidator or sequestrator or
custodian of the property of the Trustee is appointed in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities
or similar proceedings of or relating to the Trustee or relating to all
or substantially all of its property; or
(5) the Trustee shall become insolvent (however insolvency is
evidenced), generally fail to pay its debts as they come due, file or
consent to the filing of a petition to take advantage of any applicable
insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its
obligations, or take corporate action for the purpose of any of the
foregoing.
The Depositor shall give to the Certificate Insurer, Xxxxx'x and
Standard & Poor's notice of the occurrence of any such event of which the
Depositor is aware.
(b) If any event described an Paragraph (a) occurs and is
continuing, then and in every such case (i) the Certificate Insurer or (ii)
with the prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) of
the Certificate Insurer, the Depositor and the Owners of a majority of the
Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates or if there are
no Class A Certificates then outstanding by such majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class X-IO Certificates or if there are no Class
X-IO Certificates then Outstanding by such majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class R Certificates, may, whether or not the
Trustee resigns pursuant to Section l0.09(b) hereof, immediately,
concurrently with the giving of notice to the Trustee, and without delaying
the____ days required for notice therein, appoint a successor Trustee
pursuant to the terms of Section l0.09 hereof.
Section 10.03. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF THE TRUSTEE.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.01 hereof:
(a) the Trustee (acting as Trustee or Tax Matters Person) may request
and may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any
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resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, note or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Depositor, the Seller, the
Certificate Insurer, or the Owners of any Class of Certificates mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced in writing;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Agreement the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
rely upon an Officer's Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice of such
counsel (selected in good faith by the Trustee) shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in reasonable reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement at the request or direction of
any of the Owners pursuant to this Agreement, unless such Owners shall have
offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction;
(f) 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, direction, consent, order, bond, note or other
paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the Owners; provided,
however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the
costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such
investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the
Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the
Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such cost, expense or liability
as a condition to taking any such action;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys,
nominees or custodian and shall not be responsible for any willful misconduct or
gross negligence on the part of any agent, attorney, custodian or nominee
appointed with due care;
(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized by the
Authorized Officer of any Person and within its rights or powers under this
Agreement other than as to validity and sufficiency of its authentication of the
Certificates;
(i) the right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act
enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee
shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in
the performance of such act;
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(j) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer is required
to furnish to the Trustee from time to time certain information and make various
calculations which are relevant to the performance of the Trustee's duties under
the Agreement. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely in good faith on any such
information and calculations in the performance of its duties hereunder, (i)
unless and until an Authorized Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, or
is advised by any Owner of a Certificate or the Certificate Insurer (either in
writing or orally with prompt written or telecopy confirmations), that such
information or calculations is or are incorrect, or (ii) unless there is a
manifest error in any such information;
(k) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in
respect of the execution of the Trust Estate created hereby or the powers
granted hereunder;
(l) In no event shall the Trustee be liable for the selection of
investments or for investment losses incurred thereon. The Trustee shall have no
liability in respect of losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any
investment prior to its stated maturity. The Trustee shall invest and reinvest
amounts held in the Certificate Account in Eligible Investments as set forth in
Schedule I-E hereto; and
(m) In the event that the Trustee is also acting as Registrar, Transfer
Agent or Paying Agent hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the
Trustee pursuant to this section shall also be afforded to the Registrar,
Transfer Agent and Paying Agent.
Section 10.04. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES.
The recitals and representations contained herein and in the
Certificates, except the execution and authentication of the Certificates, shall
be taken as the statements of the Depositor, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness (other than with respect to such execution
and authentication). The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Agreement, of the Certificates, or any Home Equity Loan or
document related thereto other than as to validity and sufficiency of its
authentication of the Certificates. 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, the Seller or the Servicer in respect of the Home Equity Loans
or deposited into or withdrawn from the Principal and Interest Account or the
Certificate Account by the Depositor, the Servicer or the Seller, and shall have
no responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any
public office at any time or otherwise to perfect or maintain the perfection of
any security interest or lien or to prepare or file any tax returns or
Securities and Exchange Commission filings for the Trust or to record this
Agreement. The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have
notice or knowledge of any default unless an Authorized Officer of the Trustee
shall have received written notice thereof or an Authorized Officer has actual
knowledge thereof. In the absence of receipt of such notice, the Trustee may
conclusively assume that no default has occurred.
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Section 10.05. MAY HOLD CERTIFICATES.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Registrar or any other agent of the
Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become an Owner or pledged
of Certificates and may otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee, any Paying Agent, Registrar or such other
agent.
Section 10.06. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other trust funds except to the extent required herein or required by law.
The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it
hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Depositor and except to the extent
of income or other gain on investments which are deposits in or certificates of
deposit of the Trustee in its commercial capacity and income or other gain
actually received by the Trustee on Eligible Investments.
Section 10.07. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Trustee and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee shall be indemnified by the
Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability, or "unanticipated
out-of-pocket" expense incurred or paid to third parties (which expenses shall
not include salaries paid to employees, or allocable overhead, of the Trustee)
in connection with or 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 trusts hereunder or the Certificates, other than 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. All such amounts described in the
preceding sentence shall constitute Trustee Reimbursable Expenses. It is
understood by the parties hereto that a "claim" as used in this paragraph
includes any claim for indemnification made by the Custodian under the
applicable provisions of the Custodial Agreement. The Trustee and any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Trustee shall be indemnified by the Seller and
held harmless against any loss, liability or reasonable expenses incurred by the
Trustee in performing its duties as Tax Matters Person for the REMICs created
under this Agreement, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by
reason of willful misfeasance or bad faith. When the Trustee incurs expenses or
provides services after the occurrence of a default and the commencement of a
voluntary or involuntary case under Title 11 of the United States Code or any
other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law
involving any of the Sellers or the Servicer, the expenses and fees for such
services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under such laws.
The provisions of this Section 10.07 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
Section 10.08. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a
corporation or association organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America or of any State authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and
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surplus of at least $_____________ subject to supervision or examination by
the United States of America, or any state, acceptable to the Certificate
Insurer and having a deposit rating of at least A- from Standard & Poor's and
A2 by Xxxxx'x. If such Trustee publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising
or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined
capital and surplus of such corporation or association shall be deemed to be
its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible
in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall, upon the request
of the Certificate Insurer, resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect hereinafter specified in this Article X.
Section 10.09. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to this Article X shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee under Section 10.10 hereof.
(b) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may
resign at any time by giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor and
the Seller and by mailing notice of resignation by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to the Certificate Insurer and the Owners at their addresses appearing
on the Register. A copy of such notice shall be sent by the resigning Trustee to
the Rating Agencies. Upon receiving notice of resignation, the Depositor shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees acceptable to the Certificate
Insurer by written instrument, in duplicate, executed on behalf of the Trust by
an Authorized Officer of the Depositor, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the Trustee so resigning and one copy to the successor Trustee or
Trustees. If no successor Trustee shall have been 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, or any Owner may, on behalf of himself and
all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a
successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it
may deem proper and appropriate, appoint a successor Trustee.
(c) If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section
10.08 hereof and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the
Depositor or by the Certificate Insurer, the Certificate Insurer or the
Depositor with the written consent of the Certificate Insurer may remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee acceptable to the Certificate Insurer by
written instrument, in duplicate, executed on behalf of the Trust by an
Authorized Officer of the Depositor, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Trustee.
(d) The Owners of a majority of the Voting Rights represented by the
Class A Certificates with the prior written consent of the Certificate Insurer,
or, if there are no Class A Certificates then Outstanding, by such majority of
the Voting Rights represented by the Class X-IO and Class R Certificates, may at
any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee acceptable to the
Certificate Insurer by delivering to the Trustee to be removed, to the successor
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Trustee so appointed, to the Depositor, to the Servicer and to the Certificate
Insurer, copies of the record of the act taken by the Owners, as provided for in
Section 11.03 hereof.
(e) If the Trustee fails to perform its duties in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, or becomes ineligible pursuant to Section 10.08 to
serve as Trustee, the Certificate Insurer may remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor Trustee by written instrument, in triplicate, signed by the
Certificate Insurer 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 Trustee so appointed.
(f) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Trustee for any cause,
the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee acceptable to the
Certificate Insurer. If within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be
appointed by act of the Certificate Insurer or the Owners of a majority of the
Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates then Outstanding
with the consent of the Certificate Insurer, the successor Trustee so appointed
shall forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment become the successor
Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Depositor. If no
successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Depositor or the Owners
and shall have accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any
Owner may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such
court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, appoint a successor Trustee.
(g) The Servicer shall give notice of any removal of the Trustee by
mailing notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Certificate Insurer, to the Rating Agencies and to the Owners as their names and
addresses appear in the Register. Each notice shall include the name of the
successor Trustee and the address of its corporate trust office.
Section 10.10. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.
Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge
and deliver to the Depositor on behalf of the Trust to the Certificate Insurer
and to its predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder and stating its eligibility to serve as Trustee 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 vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
obligations of its predecessor hereunder; but, on request of the Depositor, the
Certificate Insurer or the successor Trustee, such predecessor Trustee shall,
upon payment of its charges then unpaid, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all of the rights, powers and trusts of
the Trustee so ceasing to act, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such Trustee so ceasing to
act hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Depositor on
behalf of the Trust shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and
certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights,
powers and trusts.
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Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided in
this Section, the Depositor shall mail notice thereof by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, to the Owners at their last addresses appearing upon the
Register and to the Certificate Insurer. The Depositor shall send a copy of such
notice to the Rating Agencies. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice within
ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the successor
Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Trust.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor shall be qualified and eligible under this
Article X.
Section 10.11. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS OF THE TRUSTEE.
Any corporation or association into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or
association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or association succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the
successor of the Trustee hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper
or any further act on the pan of any of the parties hereto; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that such corporation or association shall be otherwise qualified and eligible
under this Article X. In case any Certificates have been executed, but not
delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such Trustee may adopt such execution and deliver the
Certificates so executed with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had
itself executed such Certificates.
Section 10.12. REPORTING; WITHHOLDING.
(a) The Trustee shall timely provide to the Owners the Internal Revenue
Service's Form 1099 and any other statement required by applicable Treasury
regulations as determined by the Tax Matters Person, and shall withhold, as
required by applicable law, federal, state or local taxes, if any, applicable to
distributions to the Owners, including but not limited to backup withholding
under Section 3406 of the Code and the withholding tax on distributions to
foreign investors under Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code.
(b) As required by law or upon request of the Tax Matters Person and
except as otherwise specifically set forth in (a) preceding, the Trustee shall
timely file all reports prepared by the Seller and required to be filed by the
Trust, including other reports that must be filed with the Owners, such as the
Internal Revenue Service's Form 1066 and Schedule Q. The Trustee shall, upon
written request of the Seller, collect any forms or reports from the Owners
determined by the Seller to be required under applicable federal, state and
local tax laws.
(c) Except as otherwise provided, the Trustee shall have the
responsibility for preparation and execution of those returns, forms, reports
and other documents referred to in this Section.
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(d) The Seller covenants and agrees that it shall provide to the
Trustee any information necessary to enable the Trustee to meet its obligations
under subsections (a), (b) and (c) above.
Section 10.13. LIABILITY OF THE TRUSTEE.
The Trustee shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent
of the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by the Trustee
herein. Neither the Trustee nor any of the directors, officers, employees or
agents of the Trustee shall be under any liability on any Certificate or
otherwise to the Certificate Account, the Depositor, the Sellers, the Servicer
or any Owner 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 Trustee, its
directors, officers, employees or agents or any such Person against any
liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of negligent action,
negligent failure to act or willful misconduct in the performance of duties or
by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. Subject to
the foregoing sentence, the Trustee shall not be liable for losses on
investments of amounts in the Certificate Account (except for any losses on
obligations on which the bank serving as Trustee is the obligor). In addition,
the Depositor and CHEC covenant and agree to indemnify the Trustee and the
Servicer (if the Servicer is also the Trustee) and their officers, directors,
agents and employees from, and hold it harmless against, any and all losses,
liabilities, damages, claims or expenses (including legal fees and expenses) of
whatsoever kind arising out of or in connection with the performance of its
duties hereunder other than those resulting from the negligence or bad faith.
The Trustee and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee may
conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from
acting in good faith on any Certificate, notice or other document of any kind
PRIMA FACIE properly executed and submitted by the Authorized Officer of any
Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The provisions of this Section
10.13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the
outstanding Certificates. When the Trustee incurs expenses or provides services
after the occurrence of a default and the commencement of a voluntary or
involuntary case under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law involving on
the Sellers or the Servicer, the expenses and fees for such services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under such laws.
Section 10.14. APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE TRUSTEE.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time,
for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which
any part of the Trust Estate or Property may at the time be located, the
Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute
and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the
Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Insurer to act as
co-Trustee or co-Trustees, jointly with the Trustee, of all or any part of the
Trust Estate or separate Trustee or separate Trustees of any part of the Trust
Estate, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the
benefit of the Owners and the Certificate Insurer, such title to the Trust
Estate, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this
Section 10.14, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the
Servicer and the Trustee may consider
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necessary or desirable. If the Servicer shall not have joined in such
appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or
in the case any event indicated in Section 8.20(a) shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Trustee subject to reasonable approval of the Certificate
Insurer 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 10.08 and no notice to Owner of the
appointment of any co-Trustee or separate Trustee shall be required under
Section 10.09.
Every separate Trustee and co-Trustee shall, to the extent permitted,
be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) 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 (it being understood that such separate Trustee or
co-Trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee
joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed
(whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Servicer
hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform
such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and
obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Estate or any
portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and
performed singly by such separate Trustee or co-Trustee, but solely at
the direction of the Trustee;
(ii) No co-Trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable
by reason of any act or omission of any other co-Trustee hereunder; and
(iii) The Servicer, and the Certificate Insurer and the
Trustee acting jointly may at any time accept the resignation of or
remove any separate Trustee or co-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 conditions
of this Section 10.14. Each separate Trustee and co-Trustee, upon its acceptance
of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified
in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately,
as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the
Servicer and the Certificate 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.
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Section 10.15. APPOINTMENT OF CUSTODIANS.
The Trustee may appoint one or more Custodians to hold all or a portion
of the Files as agent for the Trustee, by entering into a Custodial Agreement
acceptable to the Certificate Insurer. Subject to this Article X, 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 Owners
of the Certificates and the Certificate Insurer.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Upon any application or request by the Depositor, the Seller, the
Certificate Insurer or the Owners to the Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Agreement, the Depositor, the Seller, the Certificate Insurer
or the Owners, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee a certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement
relating to the proposed action have been complied with, except that in the case
of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
is specifically required by any provision of this Agreement relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate need be furnished.
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, each certificate or
opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in
this Agreement (including one furnished pursuant to specific requirements of
this Agreement relating to a particular application or request) shall include:
(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based; and
(c) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 11.02. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Trustee may
be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of, or representations by counsel, unless such Authorized Officer knows, or in
the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of an Authorized
Officer of the Trustee or any Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matter upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, one or more Authorized Officers of the Depositor, the Seller or the
Servicer, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is
in the possession of the Depositor, the Seller or the Servicer, unless such
Authorized Officer or
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counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may also be based, insofar as it relates to
factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an
Authorized Officer of the Trustee, stating that the information with respect
to such matters is in the possession of the Trustee, unless such counsel
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may be based on the written opinion of
other counsel, in which event such Opinion of Counsel shall be accompanied by
a copy of such other counsel's opinion and shall include a statement to the
effect that such counsel believes that such counsel and the Trustee may
reasonably rely upon the opinion of such other counsel.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Agreement, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Section 11.03. ACTS OF OWNERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by the
Owners may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Owners in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Seller. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "act" of the Owners signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Trust, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized
by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Whenever
such execution is by an officer of a corporation or a member of a partnership on
behalf of such corporation or partnership, such certificate or affidavit shall
also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
(c) The ownership of Certificates shall be proved by the Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action by the Owner of any Certificate shall bind the Owner of
every Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in
exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or
suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or
not notation of such action is made upon such Certificates.
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Section 11.04. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or act of the Owners or other documents provided or permitted by this Agreement
to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with the Trustee by any Owner,
the Certificate Insurer, the Depositor, either of the Sellers or the Servicer
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with and received by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office as set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.
Section 11.05. NOTICES AND REPORTS TO OWNERS; WAIVER OF NOTICES.
Where this Agreement provides for notice to Owners of any event or the
mailing of any report to Owners, such notice or report shall be sufficiently
given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each Owner affected by such event or to whom such report is
required to be mailed, at the address of such Owner as it appears on the
Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest
date, prescribed for the giving of such notice or the mailing of such report. In
any case where a notice or report to Owners is mailed in the manner provided
above, neither the failure to mail such notice or report nor any defect in any
notice or report so mailed to any particular Owner shall affect the sufficiency
of such notice or report with respect to other Owners, and any notice or report
which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to
have been duly given or provided. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Servicer
is removed or resigned or the Trust is terminated, notice of any such events
shall be made by overnight courier, registered mail or telecopy followed by a
telephone call.
Where this Agreement provides for notice in any manner, such notice may
be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Owners shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a
result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical
to mail notice of any event to Owners when such notice is required to be given
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, then any manner of giving such
notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a
sufficient giving of such notice.
Where this Agreement provides for notice to any Rating Agency that
rated any Certificates, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other
rights or obligations created hereunder.
Section 11.06. RULES BY TRUSTEE.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for any meeting of Owners.
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Section 11.07. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Agreement by any party hereto
shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 11.08. SEVERABILITY.
In case any provision in this Agreement or in the Certificates shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 11.09. BENEFITS OF AGREEMENT.
Nothing in this Agreement or in the Certificates, expressed or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the Owners, the Certificate Insurer and the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement.
Section 11.10. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where the date of any Distribution Date, any other date on
which any distribution to any Owner is proposed to be paid, or any date on which
a notice is required to be sent to any Person pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement (with the exception of any Monthly Remittance Date) shall not be a
Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Certificates or
this Agreement) payment or mailing need not be made on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if
made or mailed on the nominal date of any such Distribution Date, or such other
date for the payment of any distribution to any Owner or the mailing of such
notice, as the case may be, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and
after any such nominal date, provided such payment is made in full on such next
succeeding Business Day. In any case where the date of any Monthly Remittance
Date or any Monthly Reporting Date shall not be a Business Day, then payment or
mailing need not be made on such date, but must be made on the preceding
Business Day.
Section 11.11. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION.
(a) In view of the fact that Owners are expected to reside in many
states and outside the United States and the desire to establish with certainty
that this Agreement will be governed by and construed and interpreted in
accordance with the law of a state having a well-developed body of commercial
and financial law relevant to transactions of the type contemplated herein, this
Agreement and each Certificate shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and
to be performed therein, without giving effect to the conflicts of law
principles thereof.
(b) The parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of
the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and any
court in the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, and
any appellate court from any thereof, in any action, suit or proceeding brought
against it or in connection with this Agreement or any of the related documents
or the transactions contemplated hereunder or for recognition or
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enforcement of any judgment, and the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agree that all claims in respect of any such action or
proceeding may be heard or determined in such New York State court or, to the
extent permitted by law, in such federal court. The parties hereto agree that
a final judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding shall be conclusive
and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any
other manner provided by law. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the
parties hereto hereby waive and agree not to assert by way of motion, as a
defense or otherwise in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that
it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such courts, that the
suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the
venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that the related
documents or the subject matter thereof may not be litigated in or by such
courts.
(c) Each of the Depositor, Seller, and the Servicer hereby irrevocably
appoints and designates the Trustee as its true and lawful attorney and duly
authorized agent for acceptance of service of legal process with respect to any
action, suit or proceeding set forth in paragraph (b) hereof. Each of the Seller
and the Servicer agrees that service of such process upon the Trustee shall
constitute personal service of such process upon it.
(d) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall limit or affect the right
of the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer or the Certificate Insurer or
third-party beneficiary hereunder, as the case may be, to serve process in any
other manner permitted by law or to start legal proceedings relating to any of
the Home Equity Loans against any Mortgagor in the courts of any jurisdiction.
Section 11.12. COUNTERPARTS.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 11.13. USURY.
The amount of interest payable or paid on any Certificate under the
terms of this Agreement shall be limited to an amount which shall not exceed the
maximum nonusurious rate of interest allowed by the applicable laws of the State
of New York or any applicable law of the United States permitting a higher
maximum nonusurious rate that preempts such applicable New York laws, which
could lawfully be contracted for, charged or received (the "Highest Lawful
Rate"). In the event any payment of interest on any Certificate exceeds the
Highest Lawful Rate, the Trust stipulates that such excess amount will be deemed
to have been paid to the Owner of such Certificate as a result of an error on
the part of the Trustee acting on behalf of the Trust and the Owner receiving
such excess payment shall promptly, upon discovery of such error or upon notice
thereof from the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, refund the amount of such
excess or, at the option of such Owner, apply the excess to the payment of
principal of such Certificate, if any, remaining unpaid. In addition, all sums
paid or agreed to be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of Owners of
Certificates for the use, forbearance or detention of money shall, to the extent
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permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread
throughout the full term of such Certificates.
Section 11.14. AMENDMENT.
(a) The Trustee, the Depositor, the Seller and the Servicer, may at any
time and from time to time, with the prior written approval of the Certificate
Insurer but without the giving of notice to or the receipt of the consent of the
Owners, amend this Agreement, and the Trustee shall consent to the amendment for
the purposes of (i) if accompanied by an approving Opinion of Counsel and
Officer's Certificate which shall not be at the expense of the Trustee
experienced in federal income tax matters, removing the restriction against the
transfer of a Class R Certificate to a Disqualified Organization (as such term
is defined in the Code), (ii) complying with the requirements of the Code
including any amendments necessary to maintain REMIC status of each REMIC, (iii)
curing any ambiguity, (iv) correcting or supplementing any provisions of this
Agreement which are inconsistent with any other provisions of this Agreement or
(v) for any other purpose, provided that in the case of clause (v), such
amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respect any Owner. Any such
amendment shall be deemed not to adversely affect in any material respect any
Owner if such Owner shall have consented thereto in writing or if there is
delivered to the Trustee written notification from each Rating Agency that such
amendment will not cause such Rating Agency to reduce its then current rating
assigned to the Class A Certificates without regard to the related Certificate
Insurance Policy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no such amendment
shall (a) change in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments
which are required to be distributed to any Owner without the consent of the
Owner of such Certificate, (b) change the percentages of Percentage Interest
which are required to consent to any such amendments, without the consent of the
Owners of all Certificates of the Class or Classes affected then outstanding or
(c) affect in any manner the terms or provisions of the related Certificate
Insurance Policy. The Trustee shall not be required to execute any amendment or
supplement if it affects its rights, duties, immunities or indemnities.
(b) The Certificate Insurer and the Rating Agencies shall be provided
by the Seller and the Depositor with copies of any amendments to this Agreement,
together with copies of any opinions or other documents or instruments executed
in connection therewith.
(c) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall
have first received an Opinion of Counsel (provided by the Person requesting
such amendment) to the effect that such amendment will not result in the
imposition of any tax on the Trust pursuant to the REMIC Provisions or cause
either REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that
any of the Certificates are outstanding.
Section 11.15. PAYING AGENT; APPOINTMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF DUTIES.
The Trustee is hereby appointed Paying Agent. The Seller may, subject
to the eligibility requirements for the Trustee set forth in Section 10.08
hereof, including, without limitation, the
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prior written consent of the Certificate Insurer, appoint one or more other
Paying Agents or successor Paying Agents.
Each Paying Agent, immediately upon such appointments shall signify its
acceptance of the duties and obligations imposed upon it by this Agreement by
written instrument of acceptance deposited with the Trustee.
Each such Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall execute and deliver
to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.02, that such Paying Agent will:
(a) allocate all sums received for distribution to the Owners
of Certificates of each Class for which it is acting as Paying Agent on
each Distribution Date among such Owners in the proportion specified by
the Trustee; and
(d) hold all sums held by it for the distribution of amounts
due with respect to the Certificates in trust for the benefit of the
Owners entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Owners or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such
Persons as herein provided.
Any Paying Agent other than the Trustee may at any time resign and be
discharged of the duties and obligations created by this Agreement by giving at
least sixty (60) days written notice to the Trustee. Any such Paying Agent may
be removed at any time by an instrument filed with such Paying Agent and signed
by the Trustee.
In the event of the resignation or removal of any Paying Agent other
than the Trustee such Paying Agent shall pay over, assign and deliver any moneys
held by it as Paying Agent to its successor, or if there be no successor, to the
Trustee.
Upon the appointment, removal or notice of resignation of any Paying
Agent, the Trustee shall notify the Certificate Insurer and the Owners by
mailing notice thereof at their addresses appearing on the Register.
Section 11.16. REMIC STATUS.
(a) The parties hereto intend that each REMIC created hereunder
shall constitute, and that the affairs of each REMIC created hereunder shall
be conducted so as to qualify it as a REMIC in accordance with the REMIC
Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, _____________ or such other
person designated pursuant to Section 11.18 hereof shall act as agent for the
Trust and as Tax Matters Person for the Trust and that in such capacity it
shall: (i) prepare or cause to be prepared and filed, at its own expense, in
a timely manner, annual tax returns and any other tax return required to be
filed by each REMIC created hereunder using a calendar year as the taxable
year for such REMIC; (ii) in the related first such tax return, make (or
cause to be made) an election satisfying the requirements of the REMIC
Provisions, on behalf of each REMIC created hereunder, for it to be treated
as a REMIC; (iii) at the Tax Matters Person's expense, prepare and forward,
or cause to be prepared and forwarded, to the Owners all information, reports
or tax returns required with respect to each REMIC created hereunder,
including
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Schedule Q to Form 1066, as, when and in the form required to be
provided to the Owners, and to the Internal Revenue Service and any other
relevant governmental taxing authority in accordance with the REMIC
Provisions and any other applicable federal, state or local laws, including
without limitation information reports relating to "original issue discount"
as defined in the Code based upon the prepayment assumption and calculated by
using the "Issue Price" (within the meaning of Section 1273 of the Code) of
the Certificates of the related Class; provided that the tax return filed on
Schedule Q to Form 1066 shall be prepared and forwarded to the Owners of the
Class R Certificates no later than 50 days after the end of the period to
which such tax return was due; (iv) not take any action or omit to take any
action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of either REMIC
created hereunder, except as provided under this Agreement; (v) represent,
the Trust or each REMIC created hereunder in any administrative or judicial
proceedings relating to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing
authority, request an administrative adjustment as to a taxable year of the
Trust or each REMIC created hereunder, enter into settlement agreements with
any governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to
any tax item of the Trust or each REMIC created hereunder, and otherwise act
on behalf of the Trust or each REMIC created hereunder in relation to any tax
matter involving the Trust or each REMIC created hereunder (the legal
expenses and costs of any such action described in this subsection (v) and
any liability resulting therefrom shall constitute expenses of the Trust and
shall constitute Trustee Reimbursable Expenses, unless such legal expenses
and costs are incurred by reason of the Trustee's willful misfeasance, bad
faith or negligence; (vi) comply with all statutory or regulatory
requirements with regard to its conduct of activities pursuant to the
foregoing clauses of this Section 11.16, including, without limitation,
providing all notices and other information to the Internal Revenue Service
and Owners of Class R Certificates required of a "tax matters person"
pursuant to subtitle F of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder;
(vii) make available information necessary for the computation of any tax
imposed (A) on transferor of residual interests to certain Disqualified
Organizations or (B) on pass-through entities, any interest in which is held
by a Disqualified Organization; and (viii) acquire and hold the Tax Matters
Person Residual Interest. The obligations of the Trustee or such other
designated Tax Matters Person pursuant to this Section 11.16 shall survive
the termination or discharge of this Agreement.
(b) The Seller, the Depositor, the Trustee and the Servicer covenant
and agree for the benefit of the Owners and the Certificate Insurer (i) to take
no action which would result in the termination of REMIC status for either REMIC
created hereunder, (ii) not to engage in any "prohibited transaction", as such
term is defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, (iii) not to engage in any
other action which may result in the imposition on the Trust of any other taxes
under the Code and (iv) to cause the Servicer not to take or engage in any such
action, to the extent either of the Seller is aware of any such proposed action
by the Servicer.
(c) Each REMIC created hereunder shall, for federal income tax
purposes, maintain books on a calendar year basis and report income on an
accrual basis.
(d) Except as otherwise permitted by Section 7.05(b), no Eligible
Investment shall be sold prior to its stated maturity (unless sold pursuant to a
plan of liquidation in accordance with Article IX hereof).
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(e) None of the Depositor, the Seller or the Trustee shall enter into
any arrangement by which the Trustee will receive a fee or other compensation
for services rendered pursuant to this Agreement, other than as expressly
contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (d) and (e), the Trustee or
the Seller may engage in any of the transactions prohibited by such clauses,
provided that the Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel experienced
in federal income tax matters acceptable to the Certificate Insurer to the
effect that such transaction does not result in a tax imposed on the Trustee or
cause a termination of REMIC status for either REMIC created hereunder;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such transaction is otherwise permitted under this
Agreement.
(g) In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions"
of the Trust created hereunder as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on
"net income from foreclosure property" of the Trust as defined in Section
860G(c) of the Code, on any contributions to the Trust after the Startup Date
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 if such tax arises out of or results from the
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in performance by the Trustee of
any of its obligations under Article X, (ii) to the Servicer if such tax arises
out of or results from a breach by the Servicer of any of its obligations under
Article VIII or otherwise.
Section 11.17. ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON ACTION AND IMPOSITION OF TAX.
Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall not, without having obtained an Opinion of Counsel experienced in
federal income tax matters acceptable to the Certificate Insurer at the expense
of the party seeking to take such action but in no event at the expense of the
Trust to the effect that such transaction does not result in a tax imposed on
the Trust or either REMIC created hereunder or cause a termination of REMIC
status for either REMIC created hereunder, (i) sell any assets in the Trust
Estate, (ii) accept any contribution of assets after the Startup Day, (iii)
allow the Servicer to foreclose upon any Home Equity Loan if such foreclosure
would result in a tax on the Trust or either REMIC created hereunder or cause
termination of REMIC status for either REMIC created hereunder or (iv) agree to
any modification of this Agreement. To the extent that sufficient amounts cannot
be so retained to pay or provide for the payment of such tax, the Trustee is
hereby authorized to and shall segregate, into a separate non-interest bearing
account, the net income from any such Prohibited Transactions of each REMIC
created hereunder and use such income, to the extent necessary, to pay such tax;
PROVIDED THAT, to the extent that any such income is paid to the Internal
Revenue Service, the Trustee shall retain an equal amount from future amounts
otherwise distributable to the Owners of Class R Certificates and shall
distribute such retained amounts to the Owners of Class A Certificates to the
extent they are fully reimbursed and then to the Owners of the Class R
Certificates. If any tax, including interest penalties or assessments,
additional amounts or additions to tax, is imposed on the Trust, such tax shall
be charged against amounts otherwise distributable to the owners of the Class R
Certificates on a PRO RATA basis. The Trustee is hereby authorized to and shall
retain from amounts otherwise distributable to the Owners of the Class R
Certificates sufficient funds to pay or provide for the payment of, and to
actually pay, such tax as is legally owed by the Trust (but such authorization
shall not prevent the
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Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and
withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of
such proceedings).
Section 11.18. APPOINTMENT OF TAX MATTERS PERSON.
A Tax Matters Person will be appointed for each REMIC created hereunder
for all purposes of the Code and such Tax Matters Person will perform, or cause
to be performed, such duties and take, or cause to be taken, such actions as are
required to be performed or taken by the Tax Matters Person under the Code. The
Tax Matters Person for each REMIC created hereunder shall be the Trustee as long
as it owns a Class R Certificate. If the Trustee does not own a Class R
Certificate, the Tax Matters Person will be the holder of the largest percentage
interest in the Class R Certificates. The Trustee is hereby irrevocably
appointed to act as the agent of the Tax Matters Person for all purposes of the
Code and regulations thereunder.
Section 11.19. THE CERTIFICATE INSURER.
Any right conferred to the Certificate Insurer hereunder, including
but not limited to consent rights, shall be suspended and shall run to the
benefit of the Owners and shall be exercisable by a vote of Owners holding
Certificates representing at least a ____% Percentage Interest of all Class A
Certificates during any period in which there exists a Certificate Insurer
Default; PROVIDED, that the right of the Certificate Insurer to receive the
Premium Amount or any Reimbursement Amounts shall not be suspended if such
Certificate Insurer Default was a default other than a default under clause
(a) of the definition thereof. If a Certificate Insurer Default shall cease
to exist, the rights of the Certificate Issuer shall be immediately restored.
At such time as the Class A Certificates are no longer Outstanding hereunder
and the Certificate Insurer has received all Reimbursement Amounts, the
Certificate Insurer's rights hereunder shall terminate.
Section 11.20. RESERVED.
Section 11.21. THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.
The Trustee, the Sellers, the Servicer, the Depositor and the Owners
agree that the Certificate Insurer shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of
this Agreement as if it were a party hereto.
Section 11.22. NOTICES.
All notices hereunder shall be given as follows, until any superseding
instructions are given to all other Persons listed below:
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THE TRUSTEE:
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
Attention:__________________
Tel:________________________
Fax:________________________
THE DEPOSITOR: CHEC Funding, LLC
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
THE SELLER: Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
THE SERVICER: Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
THE CUSTODIAN: [Bank One Trust Company, N.A.
000 X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Tel: (626)
Fax: (000) 000-0000]
THE CERTIFICATE
INSURER: [MBIA Insurance Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Insured Portfolio
Management-Structured Finance (IPM-SF)
Re: Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000]
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THE UNDERWRITERS: ____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
Attention:__________________
Tel:________________________
Fax:________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
Attention: _________________
Tel: _______________________
Fax: _______________________
MOODY'S: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: The Residential Mortgage
Monitoring Department
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
STANDARD & POOR'S: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services,
a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Residential Mortgage Group
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Section 11.23. RULE 144A INFORMATION. For so long as any of the Class R
or Class X-IO Certificates are "restricted securities" within the meaning of
Rule 144A under the Securities Act, the Servicer (or if the Trustee is then
acting as Servicer, CHEC) agrees to provide to any Owner of the Class R or Class
X-IO Certificate and to any prospective purchaser of Class R or Class X-IO
Certificates designated by such an Owner, upon the request of such Owner or
prospective purchaser, the information specified below which is intended to
satisfy the conditions set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act;
PROVIDED that this Section 11.23 shall require, as to the Trustee or CHEC, only
that the Servicer (or if the Trustee is then acting as Servicer, CHEC) provide
publicly available information regarding it or the Trustee in response to any
such request; and PROVIDED FURTHER that the Servicer (or if the Trustee is then
acting as Servicer, CHEC) shall be obligated to provide only such basic,
material information concerning the structure of the Class R or Class X-IO
Certificates and distributions thereon, the nature, performance and servicing of
the Home Equity Loans supporting the Certificates, and any credit enhancement
mechanism, if any, associated with the Certificates. Any recipient of
information provided
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pursuant to this Section 11.23 shall agree that such information shall not be
disclosed or used for any purpose other than the evaluation of the Class R or
Class X-IO Certificates by the prospective purchaser. The Trustee shall have
no responsibility for the sufficiency under Rule 144A of any information so
provided by the Servicer to any Owner or prospective purchaser of Class R or
Class X-IO Certificates.
END OF ARTICLE XI
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ARTICLE XII
CERTAIN MATTERS REGARDING THE CERTIFICATE INSURER
Section 12.01. TRUST ESTATE AND ACCOUNTS HELD FOR BENEFIT OF THE
CERTIFICATE INSURER.
The Trustee shall hold the Trust Estate for the benefit of the related
Owners and the Certificate Insurer and all references in this Agreement and in
the Certificates to the benefit of Owners of the Certificates shall be deemed to
include the Certificate Insurer. The Trustee shall cooperate in all reasonable
respects with any reasonable request by the Certificate Insurer for action to
preserve or enforce the Certificate Insurer's rights or interests under this
Agreement and the Certificates.
The Servicer hereby acknowledges and agrees that it shall service and
administer the Home Equity Loans and any REO Properties, and shall maintain the
Principal and Interest Account, for the benefit of the Owners and for the
benefit of the Certificate Insurer, and all references in this Agreement to the
benefit of or actions on behalf of the Owners shall be deemed to include the
Certificate Insurer. Unless a Certificate Insurer Default exists, the Servicer
shall not terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreements without the prior consent of
the Certificate Insurer.
Section 12.02. CLAIMS UPON THE POLICIES; POLICY PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
(a) In the event that an Insured Payment becomes due pursuant to the
terms of a Certificate Insurance Policy, the Trustee shall submit a Notice (in
the form attached to such Certificate Insurance Policy) in accordance with the
terms of such Certificate Insurance Policy.
(b) The Trustee shall establish and maintain a separate special purpose
trust account for the benefit of the Owners of the Class A Certificates and the
Certificate Insurer referred to herein as the "Policy Payments Account" over
which the Trustee shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal. The
Policy Payments Account shall be an Eligible Account. The Trustee shall deposit
any amount paid under the Certificate Insurance Policies into the Policy
Payments Account and distribute such amount only for purposes of payment to the
Owners of the related Class A Certificates of the Insured Payments for which a
claim was made and such amount may not be applied to satisfy any costs, expenses
or liabilities of the Servicer, the Seller, the Depositor, the Custodian, the
Trustee or the Trust. Amounts paid under the related Certificate Insurance
Policy shall be transferred to the Certificate Account in accordance with the
next succeeding paragraph and disbursed by the Trustee to Owners of the related
Class A Certificates in accordance with Section 7.03(e). It shall not be
necessary for such payments to be made by checks or wire transfers separate from
the checks or wire transfers used to pay the Insured Payments with other funds
available to make such payment. However, the amount of any payment of principal
of or interest on the related Class A Certificates to be paid from funds
transferred from the Policy Payments Account shall be noted as provided in
paragraph (c) below in the Register and in the statement to be furnished to
Owners of the Class A Certificates pursuant to Section 7.08. Funds held in the
Policy Payments Account shall not be invested by the Trustee.
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On any Distribution Date with respect to which a claim has been made
under the related Certificate Insurance Policy, the amount of funds received by
the Trustee as a result of any claim under the related Certificate Insurance
Policy, to the extent required to make the Insured Payment on such Distribution
Date shall be withdrawn from the Policy Payments Account and deposited in the
Certificate Account and applied by the Trustee, directly to the payment in full
of the Insured Payment due on the related Class of Class A Certificates in
accordance with Section 7.03(e). Funds received by the Trustee as a result of
any claim under either Certificate Insurance Policy shall be deposited by the
Trustee in the Policy Payments Account and used solely for payment to the Owners
of the Class A Certificates and may not be applied to satisfy any costs,
expenses or liabilities of the Servicer, the Seller, the Depositor, the
Custodian, the Trustee or the Trust. Any funds remaining in the Policy Payments
Account on the first Business Day following a Distribution Date shall be
remitted to the Certificate Insurer, pursuant to the instructions of the
Certificate Insurer, by the end of such Business Day.
(c) The Trustee shall keep a complete and accurate record of the amount
of interest and principal paid in respect of any Class A Certificate from moneys
received under the Certificate Insurance Policies. The Certificate Insurer shall
have the right to inspect such records at reasonable times during normal
business hours upon one Business Day's prior notice to the Trustee.
(d) The Trustee shall promptly notify the Certificate Insurer and
Fiscal Agent (as defined in the Certificate Insurance Policies) of any
proceeding or the institution of any action, of which an Authorized Officer of
the Trustee has actual knowledge, seeking the avoidance as a preferential
transfer under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law (a
"Preference Claim") of any distribution made with respect to the Class A
Certificates. Each Owner of a Class A Certificate by its purchase of such
Certificate, the Servicer and the Trustee hereby agree that, the Certificate
Insurer (so long as no Certificate Insurer Default exists) may at any time
during the continuation of any proceeding relating to a Preference Claim direct
all matters relating to such Preference Claim, including without limitation, (i)
the direction of any appeal of any order relating to such Preference Claim and
(ii) the posting of any surety, supersedeas or performance bond pending any such
appeal. In addition and without limitation of the foregoing, the Certificate
Insurer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Servicer, the Trustee and each
Owner of a Class A Certificate in the conduct of any such Preference Claim,
including, without limitation, all rights of any party to an adversary
proceeding action with respect to any court order issued in connection with any
such Preference Claim.
Section 12.03. EFFECT OF PAYMENTS BY THE CERTIFICATE INSURER;
SUBROGATION.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment with
respect to principal of or interest on any of the Class A Certificates which is
made with moneys received pursuant to the terms of the Certificate Insurance
Policies shall not be considered payment of such Certificates from the Trust and
shall not result in the payment of or the provision for the payment of the
principal of or interest on such Certificates within the meaning of Section
7.03. The Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee acknowledge, and each Owner by
its acceptance of a Certificate agrees, that without the need for any further
action on the part of the Certificate Insurer, the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Trustee or the Registrar (a) to the extent the Certificate Insurer makes
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payments, directly or indirectly, on account of principal of or interest on any
Class A Certificates to the Owners of such Certificates, the Certificate Insurer
will be fully subrogated to the rights of such holders to receive such principal
and interest from the Trust and (b) the Certificate Insurer shall be paid such
principal and interest but only from the sources and in the manner provided
herein for the payment of such principal and interest.
The Trustee, the Seller, the Depositor and the Servicer shall cooperate
in all respects with any reasonable request by the Certificate Insurer for
action to preserve or enforce the Certificate Insurer's rights or interests
under this Agreement without limiting the rights or affecting the interests of
the Owners as otherwise set forth therein.
Section 12.04. NOTICES TO THE CERTIFICATE INSURER.
All notices, statements, reports, certificates or opinions required by
this Agreement to be sent to any other party hereto or to any of the Owners
shall also be sent to the Certificate Insurer.
Section 12.05. THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY.
The Certificate Insurer shall be a third-party beneficiary of this
Agreement, entitled to enforce the provisions hereof as if a party hereto.
Section 12.06. RIGHTS TO THE CERTIFICATE INSURER TO EXERCISE RIGHTS OF
OWNERS.
By accepting its Certificate, each Owner of a Class A Certificate
agrees that unless a Certificate Insurer Default exists, the Certificate Insurer
shall have the right to exercise all rights of the Owners of the Class A
Certificates as specified under this Agreement without any further consent of
the Owners of the Class A Certificates.
END OF ARTICLE XII
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Sellers, the Servicer and the
Trustee have caused this Agreement to be duly executed their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
CHEC FUNDING, LLC,
as Depositor
By:____________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION d/b/a CENTEX
HOME EQUITY CORPORATION,
as Seller
By:____________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION d/b/a CENTEX
HOME EQUITY CORPORATION,
as Servicer
By: ____________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
________________________________,
as Trustee
By:____________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:____________________________
000
XXXXX XX XXX XXXX )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the ___ day of ______________, 2000, before me personally came
_______________to me known that he is a Vice President of CHEC Funding, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability agreement; and that he signed his name thereto
by order of the sole member of said company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
NOTARIAL SEAL
____________________________
Notary Public
000
XXXXX XX XXX XXXX )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the ___ day of ______________ 2000, before me personally came
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx to me known that he is a Vice President of Centex Credit
Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity Corporation, a Nevada corporation and that
he signed his name thereto by order of the respective Boards of Directors of
said corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
NOTARIAL SEAL
____________________________
Notary Public
000
XXXXX XX XXX XXXX )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the ___ day of ____________, 2000, before me personally came
____________________to me, known that he is a Vice President of
______________described in and that executed the above instrument as Trustee;
and that he signed his name thereto by order of the Board of Directors of
said bank.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
NOTARIAL SEAL
____________________________
Notary Public
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SCHEDULE I-A
GROUP I SCHEDULE OF HOME EQUITY LOANS
A copy of this Schedule is maintained by the Trustee at the Corporate
Trust Office and by the Servicer.
I-A-1
SCHEDULE I-B
GROUP II SCHEDULE OF HOME EQUITY LOANS
A copy of this Schedule is maintained by the Trustee at the Corporate
Trust Office and by the Servicer.
I-B-1
SCHEDULE I-E
INVESTMENT INSTRUCTIONS TO TRUSTEE
Account Eligible Investment
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(1) Certificate Account
(2) Supplemental Interest Reserve Fund
X-0-0
XXXXXXX X-0
FORM OF CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A CLASS OF
"REGULAR INTERESTS" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" ("REMIC") AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.
CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2000-__
HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
CLASS A-1
(___% CERTIFICATE RATE)
Representing Certain Interests in a Pool of Group I Home Equity
Loans Sold and Serviced by
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION d/b/a CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION
(This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation
of, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed by CHEC
Funding, LLC (the "Depositor") or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation (the "Seller" or the "Servicer"). This Certificate represents
a fractional ownership interest in Group I Home Equity Loans and certain other
property held by the Trust.)
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer
("Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__") 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.
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NO:A-1-1 CUSIP
,20 ,20
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Original Class A-1 Certificate Date Final Scheduled
Principal Balance Distribution Date
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CEDE & CO.
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Registered Owner
The registered Owner named above is the registered beneficial Owner of
a fractional interest in (a) the Home Equity Loans in Group I listed in SCHEDULE
I-A to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement which the Seller is causing to be
delivered to the Depositor and the Depositor is causing to be delivered to the
Trustee, together with the related Home Equity Loan documents and the
Depositor's interest in any Property, and all payments thereon and proceeds of
the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing; (b) such amounts
allocable to Group I as may be held by the Trustee in the Certificate Account,
together with investment earnings on such amounts and such amounts as may be
held in the name of the Trustee in the Principal and Interest Account, if any,
inclusive of investment earnings thereon, whether in the form of cash,
instruments, securities or other properties (including any Eligible Investments
held by the Servicer), and (c) proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not
by way of limitation, all proceeds of any mortgage insurance, flood insurance,
hazard insurance and title insurance policy relating to the Home Equity Loans,
cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances,
chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment of any and every
kind, and other forms of obligations and receivables which at any time
constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the
foregoing) to pay the Certificates as specified in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement ((a) - (c) above shall be collectively referred to herein as the
"Trust Estate").
The Owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each Distribution
Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such original
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates over the period from
the date of initial issuance of the Certificates to the final Distribution Date
for the Class A-1 Certificates. Therefore, the actual Outstanding principal
amount of this Certificate may, on any date subsequent to January 25, 20__ (the
first Distribution Date) be less than the original Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A-1 Certificates set forth above.
Upon receiving the final distribution hereon, the Owner hereof is
required to send this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (as defined below) provides that, in any event, upon the making of the
final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed
canceled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING HOME EQUITY LOANS ARE
INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS.
THEREFORE, THE ACTUAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ON
ANY DATE SUBSEQUENT TO JANUARY 25, 20__ (THE
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FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE) BE LESS THAN ITS ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL
BALANCE.
NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF
ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.
This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__, Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-1 (the "Class A-1 Certificates") and issued
under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of that certain
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of __________, 20__ (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement") by and among Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation, in its capacity as the Seller (the "Seller") and as the
Servicer (the "Servicer"), CHEC Funding, LLC, in its capacity as Depositor (the
"Depositor"), CHEC Fund, LLC and __________, in its capacity as the Trustee (the
"Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Owner of this
Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents and by which such Owner is
bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__ Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-2 (the "Class A-2 Certificates"), Class A-3
(the "Class A-3 Certificates"), Class A-4 (the "Class A-4 Certificates"), Class
A-5 (the "Class A-5 Certificates"), Class A-6 (the "Class A-6 Certificates"),
Class A-7 (the "Class A-7 Certificates"), Class X-IO (the "Class X-IO
Certificates"), and Class R-1 and Class R-2 (together, the "Class R
Certificates"). The Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the
Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates,
the Class A-6 Certificates and the Class A-7 Certificates shall be together
referred to as the "Class A Certificates" and the Class A Certificates, the
Class X-IO Certificates and the Class R Certificates are together referred to
herein as the "Certificates." Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day,
then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a "Distribution
Date") commencing January 25, 20__, the Owners of the Class A-1 Certificates as
of the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which a Distribution Date occurs
(the "Record Date") will be entitled to receive the Class A-1 Distribution
Amount relating to such Certificate on such Distribution Date. Distributions
will be made in immediately available funds to Owners of Certificates having an
aggregate original Certificate Principal Balance of at least [$1,000,000] (by
wire transfer or otherwise) to the account of an Owner at a domestic bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Owner has so
notified the Trustee, or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled
thereto as it appears on the Register.
Each Owner of record of a Class A-1 Certificate will be entitled to
receive such Owner's Percentage Interest in the amounts due on such Distribution
Date to the Owners of the Class A-1 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of
each Class A-1 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the
percentage obtained by dividing the original Certificate
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Principal Balance of such Class A-1 Certificate on the Startup Day by the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates on the
Startup Day.
The Certificate Insurer is required, subject to the terms of the
related Certificate Insurance Policy to make Insured Payments available to the
Trustee on or prior to the related Distribution Date for distribution to the
Owners provided that timely notice has been given to the Certificate Insurer by
the Trustee. "Insured Payments" shall have the meaning as provided therefor in
the related Certificate Insurance Policy.
Upon receipt of amounts under the related Certificate Insurance Policy
on behalf of the Owners of the Class A Certificates, the Trustee shall
distribute in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement such amounts
(directly or through a Paying Agent) to the Owners of the appropriate Class of
the Class A Certificates.
The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and punctually
pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms
hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under
the Code by any Person from a distribution to any Owner shall be considered as
having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
The Home Equity Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions
eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration
of certain Home Equity Loans. No appointment of any Sub-Servicer shall release
the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of,
or an interest in, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or
guaranteed by CHEC Funding, LLC or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation or any of their affiliates. This Certificate is limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Home
Equity Loans and amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account and the Principal
and Interest Account (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) and payments received by the Trustee pursuant to the related
Certificate Insurance Policy, all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute
and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall
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not be impaired without the consent of such Owner. The Owner of this
Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, agrees, however, that to the extent
the Certificate Insurer makes Insured Payments, either directly or indirectly
(as by paying through the Trustee or Paying Agent), to the Owners of such
Class A-1 Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be subrogated to the
rights of such Owners of Class A-1 Certificates with respect to such Insured
Payment, shall be deemed to the extent of the payments so made to be a
registered Owner of such Class A-1 Certificates and shall receive all future
distributions of the Class A-1 Distribution Amount until all such Insured
Payments by the Certificate Insurer have been fully reimbursed.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the obligations
created thereby will terminate upon the payment to the Owners of all
Certificates from amounts other than those available under the Certificate
Insurance Policies of all amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to
such Owners pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and payment in full
of all amounts owed to the Certificate Insurer upon the latest to occur of (a)
the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance made with respect
thereto) of the last Home Equity Loan in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition
of all property acquired in respect of any Home Equity Loan remaining in the
Trust Estate or (c) at any time if a Qualified Liquidation of the Trust Estate
is effected as described below. To effect a termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners of all Certificates
then Outstanding shall provide the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, at such
Owners' expense, an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters
acceptable to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee to the affect that each
such liquidation constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, and the Servicer shall
either sell the Home Equity Loans and the Trustee shall distribute the proceeds
of the liquidation of the Trust Estate, or the Servicer shall distribute
equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust Estate to the remaining Owners
of the Certificates to the effect that each such liquidation constitutes a
Qualified Liquidation, each in accordance with such plan, so that the
liquidation or distribution of the Trust Estate, the distribution of any
proceeds of the liquidation and the termination of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th day after the date of
adoption of the plan of liquidation and such liquidation qualifies as a
Qualified Liquidation.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally provides that the
Servicer may, at its option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Home Equity
Loans and other property then constituting the Trust Estate, and thereby effect
early retirement of the Certificates, on any Monthly Remittance Date after the
Clean-Up Call Date. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the
qualification of REMIC I and REMIC II as REMICs under the Code, the Home Equity
Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early retirement of the Certificates.
The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth therein.
The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class A Certificates with the prior written consent
of the Certificate Insurer have the right to exercise any trust or power set
forth in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the
transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Register upon surrender of
this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the
location of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by,
the Owner hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Certificates of the like Class, tenor and a like Percentage Interest
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of rights and
obligations of the parties provided therein by the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Seller and the Servicer at any time and from time to time, with the prior
written approval of the Certificate Insurer and without the consent of the
Owners; provided that in certain other circumstances provided for in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement such consent of the Owners will be required prior to
amendments. Any such consent by the Owner at the time of the giving thereof, of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding upon such Owner and upon all
future Owners of the Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Certificate.
The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each
Distribution Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Class A-1 Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
in minimum denominations of [$1,000] original Certificate Principal Balance. As
provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Class A-1 Certificates are exchangeable for new
Class A-1 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
principal amount.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and
neither the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary, except as may otherwise be specifically provided in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed on behalf of the Trust.
[__________________________], as Trustee
By: _________________________________
Title: _______________________________
Trustee Authentication
[______________________], as Trustee
By: _________________________________
Title: ______________________________
X-0-0
XXXXXXX X-0
FORM OF CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A CLASS OF
"REGULAR INTERESTS" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" ("REMIC") AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.
CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2000-__
HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
CLASS A-2
(____% CERTIFICATE RATE)
Representing Certain Interests in a Pool of Group I Home Equity
Loans Sold and Serviced by
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION D/B/A CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION
(This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation
of, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed by CHEC
Funding, LLC (the "Depositor") or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation (the "Seller" or the "Servicer"). This Certificate represents
a fractional ownership interest in Group I Home Equity Loans and certain other
property held by the Trust.)
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer
("Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__") 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.
_______________________
NO: A-2-1 CUSIP
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Original Class A-2 Certificate Date Final Scheduled
Principal Balance Distribution Date
A-2-1
CEDE & CO.
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Registered Owner
The registered Owner named above is the registered beneficial Owner of
a fractional interest in (a) the Home Equity Loans in Group I listed in SCHEDULE
I-A to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement which the Seller is causing to be
delivered to the Depositor and the Depositor is causing to be delivered to the
Trustee, together with the related Home Equity Loan documents and the
Depositor's interest in any Property, and all payments thereon and proceeds of
the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing; (b) such amounts
allocable to Group I as may be held by the Trustee in the Certificate Account,
together with investment earnings on such amounts and such amounts as may be
held in the name of the Trustee in the Principal and Interest Account, if any,
inclusive of investment earnings thereon, whether in the form of cash,
instruments, securities or other properties (including any Eligible Investments
held by the Servicer), and (c) proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not
by way of limitation, all proceeds of any mortgage insurance, flood insurance,
hazard insurance and title insurance policy relating to the Home Equity Loans,
cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances,
chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment of any and every
kind, and other forms of obligations and receivables which at any time
constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the
foregoing) to pay the Certificates as specified in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement ((a) - (c) above shall be collectively referred to herein as the
"Trust Estate").
The Owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each Distribution
Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such original
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates over the period from
the date of initial issuance of the Certificates to the final Distribution Date
for the Class A-2 Certificates. Therefore, the actual Outstanding principal
amount of this Certificate may, on any date subsequent to January 25, 20__ (the
first Distribution Date) be less than the original Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A-2 Certificates set forth above.
Upon receiving the final distribution hereon, the Owner hereof is
required to send this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (as defined below) provides that, in any event, upon the making of the
final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed
canceled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING HOME EQUITY LOANS ARE
INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS.
THEREFORE, THE ACTUAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ON
ANY DATE SUBSEQUENT TO JANUARY 25, 20__ (THE FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE) BE LESS
THAN ITS ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE.
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NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF
ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.
This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__, Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-2 (the "Class A-2 Certificates") and issued
under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of that certain
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of __________, 20__ (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement") by and among Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation, in its capacity as the Seller (the "Seller") and as the
Servicer (the "Servicer"), CHEC Funding, LLC, in its capacity as Depositor (the
"Depositor"), and _______________, in its capacity as the Trustee (the
"Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Owner of this
Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents and by which such Owner is
bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__ Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-1 (the "Class A-1 Certificates"), Class A-3
(the "Class A-3 Certificates"), Class A-4 (the "Class A-4 Certificates"), Class
A-5 (the "Class A-5 Certificates"), Class A-6 (the "Class A-6 Certificates"),
Class A-7 (the "Class A-7 Certificates"), Class X-IO (the "Class X-IO
Certificates"), and Class R-1 and Class R-2 (together, the "Class R
Certificates"). The Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the
Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates,
the Class A-6 Certificates and the Class A-7 Certificates shall be together
referred to as the "Class A Certificates" and the Class A Certificates, the
Class X-IO Certificates and the Class R Certificates are together referred to
herein as the "Certificates." Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day,
then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a "Distribution
Date") commencing January 25, 20__, the Owners of the Class A-2 Certificates as
of the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which a Distribution Date occurs
(the "Record Date") will be entitled to receive the Class A-2 Distribution
Amount relating to such Certificate on such Distribution Date. Distributions
will be made in immediately available funds to Owners of Certificates having an
aggregate original Certificate Principal Balance of at least [$1,000,000] (by
wire transfer or otherwise) to the account of an Owner at a domestic bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Owner has so
notified the Trustee, or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled
thereto as it appears on the Register.
Each Owner of record of a Class A-2 Certificate will be entitled to
receive such Owner's Percentage Interest in the amounts due on such Distribution
Date to the Owners of the Class A-2 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of
each Class A-2 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the
percentage obtained by dividing the original Certificate Principal Balance of
such Class A-2 Certificate on the Startup Day by the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates on the Startup Day.
The Certificate Insurer is required, subject to the terms of the
related Certificate Insurance Policy to make Insured Payments available to the
Trustee on or prior to the related Distribution
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Date for distribution to the Owners provided that timely notice has been
given to the Certificate Insurer by the Trustee. "Insured Payments" shall
have the meaning as provided therefor in the related Certificate Insurance
Policy.
Upon receipt of amounts under the related Certificate Insurance Policy
on behalf of the Owners of the Class A Certificates, the Trustee shall
distribute in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement such amounts
(directly or through a Paying Agent) to the Owners of the appropriate Class of
the Class A Certificates.
The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and punctually
pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms
hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under
the Code by any Person from a distribution to any Owner shall be considered as
having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
The Home Equity Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions
eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration
of certain Home Equity Loans. No appointment of any Sub-Servicer shall release
the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of,
or an interest in, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or
guaranteed by CHEC Funding, LLC or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation or any of their affiliates. This Certificate is limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Home
Equity Loans and amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account and the Principal
and Interest Account (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) and payments received by the Trustee pursuant to the related
Certificate Insurance Policy, all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute
and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Owner. The Owner of this Certificate, by
its acceptance hereof, agrees, however, that to the extent the Certificate
Insurer makes Insured Payments, either directly or indirectly (as by paying
through the Trustee or Paying Agent), to the Owners of such Class A-2
Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be subrogated to the rights of such
Owners of Class A-2 Certificates with respect to such Insured Payment, shall be
deemed to the extent of the payments so made to be a registered Owner of such
Class A-2 Certificates and
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shall receive all future distributions of the Class A-2 Distribution Amount
until all such Insured Payments by the Certificate Insurer have been fully
reimbursed.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the obligations
created thereby will terminate upon the payment to the Owners of all
Certificates from amounts other than those available under the Certificate
Insurance Policies of all amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to
such Owners pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and payment in full
of all amounts owed to the Certificate Insurer upon the latest to occur of (a)
the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance made with respect
thereto) of the last Home Equity Loan in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition
of all property acquired in respect of any Home Equity Loan remaining in the
Trust Estate or (c) at any time if a Qualified Liquidation of the Trust Estate
is effected as described below. To effect a termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners of all Certificates
then Outstanding shall provide the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, at such
Owners' expense, an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters
acceptable to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee to the affect that each
such liquidation constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, and the Servicer shall
either sell the Home Equity Loans and the Trustee shall distribute the proceeds
of the liquidation of the Trust Estate, or the Servicer shall distribute
equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust Estate to the remaining Owners
of the Certificates to the effect that each such liquidation constitutes a
Qualified Liquidation, each in accordance with such plan, so that the
liquidation or distribution of the Trust Estate, the distribution of any
proceeds of the liquidation and the termination of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th day after the date of
adoption of the plan of liquidation and such liquidation qualifies as a
Qualified Liquidation.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally provides that the
Servicer may, at its option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Home Equity
Loans and other property then constituting the Trust Estate, and thereby effect
early retirement of the Certificates, on any Monthly Remittance Date after the
Clean-Up Call Date. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the
qualification of REMIC I and REMIC II as REMICs under the Code, the Home Equity
Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early retirement of the Certificates.
The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth therein.
The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class A Certificates with the prior written consent
of the Certificate Insurer have the right to exercise any trust or power set
forth in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the
transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Register upon surrender of
this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the
location of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by,
the Owner hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Certificates of the like Class, tenor and a like Percentage Interest
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of rights and
obligations of the parties provided therein by the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Seller and the Servicer at any time and from time to time, with the prior
written approval of the Certificate Insurer and without the consent of the
Owners; provided that in certain other circumstances provided for in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement such consent of the Owners will be required prior to
amendments. Any such consent by the Owner at the time of the giving thereof, of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding upon such Owner and upon all
future Owners of the Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Certificate.
The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each
Distribution Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Class A-2 Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
in minimum denominations of [$1,000] original Certificate Principal Balance. As
provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Class A-2 Certificates are exchangeable for new
Class A-2 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
principal amount.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and
neither the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary, except as may otherwise be specifically provided in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed on behalf of the Trust.
[_________________________], as Trustee
By:______________________________
Title:___________________________
Trustee Authentication
[______________________], as Trustee
By: ______________________________
Title: ____________________________
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FORM OF CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A CLASS OF
"REGULAR INTERESTS" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" ("REMIC") AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.
CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2000-__
HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
CLASS A-3
(____% CERTIFICATE RATE)
Representing Certain Interests in a Pool of Group I Home Equity
Loans Sold and Serviced by
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION D/B/A CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION
(This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation
of, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed by CHEC
Funding, LLC (the "Depositor") or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation (the "Seller" or the "Servicer"). This Certificate represents
a fractional ownership interest in Group I Home Equity Loans and certain other
property held by the Trust.)
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer
("Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__") 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.
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NO: A-3-1 CUSIP
_____________________ _____ ____________
Original Class A-3 Certificate Date Final Scheduled
Principal Balance Distribution Date
CEDE & CO.
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Registered Owner
The registered Owner named above is the registered beneficial Owner of
a fractional interest in (a) the Home Equity Loans in Group I listed in SCHEDULE
I-A to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement which the Seller is causing to be
delivered to the Depositor and the Depositor is causing to be delivered to the
Trustee, together with the related Home Equity Loan documents and the
Depositor's interest in any Property, and all payments thereon and proceeds of
the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing; (b) such amounts
allocable to Group I as may be held by the Trustee in the Certificate Account,
together with investment earnings on such amounts and such amounts as may be
held in the name of the Trustee in the Principal and Interest Account, if any,
inclusive of investment earnings thereon, whether in the form of cash,
instruments, securities or other properties (including any Eligible Investments
held by the Servicer), and (c) proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not
by way of limitation, all proceeds of any mortgage insurance, flood insurance,
hazard insurance and title insurance policy relating to the Home Equity Loans,
cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances,
chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment of any and every
kind, and other forms of obligations and receivables which at any time
constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the
foregoing) to pay the Certificates as specified in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement ((a) - (c) above shall be collectively referred to herein as the
"Trust Estate").
The Owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each Distribution
Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such original
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-3 Certificates over the period from
the date of initial issuance of the Certificates to the final Distribution Date
for the Class A-3 Certificates. Therefore, the actual Outstanding principal
amount of this Certificate may, on any date subsequent to January 25, 20__ (the
first Distribution Date) be less than the original Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A-3 Certificates set forth above.
Upon receiving the final distribution hereon, the Owner hereof is
required to send this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (as defined below) provides that, in any event, upon the making of the
final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed
canceled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING HOME EQUITY LOANS ARE
INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS.
THEREFORE, THE ACTUAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ON
ANY DATE SUBSEQUENT TO JANUARY 25, 20__ (THE FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE) BE LESS
THAN ITS ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE.
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NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF
ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.
This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__, Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-3 (the "Class A-3 Certificates") and issued
under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of that certain
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of __________, 20__ (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement") by and among Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation, in its capacity as the Seller (the "Seller") and as the
Servicer (the "Servicer"), CHEC Funding, LLC, in its capacity as Depositor (the
"Depositor"), and _______________, in its capacity as the Trustee (the
"Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Owner of this
Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents and by which such Owner is
bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__ Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-1 (the "Class A-1 Certificates"), Class A-2
(the "Class A-2 Certificates"), Class A-4 (the "Class A-4 Certificates"), Class
A-5 (the "Class A-5 Certificates"), Class A-6 (the "Class A-6 Certificates"),
Class A-7 (the "Class A-7 Certificates"), Class X-IO (the "Class X-IO
Certificates"), and Class R-1 and Class R-2 (together, the "Class R
Certificates"). The Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the
Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates,
the Class A-6 Certificates and the Class A-7 Certificates shall be together
referred to as the "Class A Certificates" and the Class A Certificates, the
Class X-IO Certificates and the Class R Certificates are together referred to
herein as the "Certificates." Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day,
then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a "Distribution
Date") commencing January 25, 20__, the Owners of the Class A-3 Certificates as
of the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which a Distribution Date occurs
(the "Record Date") will be entitled to receive the Class A-3 Distribution
Amount relating to such Certificate on such Distribution Date. Distributions
will be made in immediately available funds to Owners of Certificates having an
aggregate original Certificate Principal Balance of at least [$1,000,000] (by
wire transfer or otherwise) to the account of an Owner at a domestic bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Owner has so
notified the Trustee, or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled
thereto as it appears on the Register.
Each Owner of record of a Class A-3 Certificate will be entitled to
receive such Owner's Percentage Interest in the amounts due on such Distribution
Date to the Owners of the Class A-3 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of
each Class A-3 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the
percentage obtained by dividing the original Certificate Principal Balance of
such Class A-3 Certificate on the Startup Day by the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-3 Certificates on the Startup Day.
The Certificate Insurer is required, subject to the terms of the
related Certificate Insurance Policy to make Insured Payments available to the
Trustee on or prior to the related Distribution
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Date for distribution to the Owners provided that timely notice has been
given to the Certificate Insurer by the Trustee. "Insured Payments" shall
have the meaning as provided therefor in the related Certificate Insurance
Policy.
Upon receipt of amounts under the related Certificate Insurance Policy
on behalf of the Owners of the Class A Certificates, the Trustee shall
distribute in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement such amounts
(directly or through a Paying Agent) to the Owners of the appropriate Class of
the Class A Certificates.
The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and punctually
pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms
hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under
the Code by any Person from a distribution to any Owner shall be considered as
having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
The Home Equity Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions
eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration
of certain Home Equity Loans. No appointment of any Sub-Servicer shall release
the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of,
or an interest in, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or
guaranteed by CHEC Funding, LLC or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation or any of their affiliates. This Certificate is limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Home
Equity Loans and amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account and the Principal
and Interest Account (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) and payments received by the Trustee pursuant to the related
Certificate Insurance Policy, all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute
and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Owner. The Owner of this Certificate, by
its acceptance hereof, agrees, however, that to the extent the Certificate
Insurer makes Insured Payments, either directly or indirectly (as by paying
through the Trustee or Paying Agent), to the Owners of such Class A-3
Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be subrogated to the rights of such
Owners of Class A-3 Certificates with respect to such Insured Payment, shall be
deemed to the extent of the payments so made to be a registered Owner of such
Class A-3 Certificates and
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shall receive all future distributions of the Class A-3 Distribution Amount
until all such Insured Payments by the Certificate Insurer have been fully
reimbursed.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the obligations
created thereby will terminate upon the payment to the Owners of all
Certificates from amounts other than those available under the Certificate
Insurance Policies of all amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to
such Owners pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and payment in full
of all amounts owed to the Certificate Insurer upon the latest to occur of (a)
the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance made with respect
thereto) of the last Home Equity Loan in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition
of all property acquired in respect of any Home Equity Loan remaining in the
Trust Estate or (c) at any time if a Qualified Liquidation of the Trust Estate
is effected as described below. To effect a termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners of all Certificates
then Outstanding shall provide the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, at such
Owners' expense, an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters
acceptable to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee to the affect that each
such liquidation constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, and the Servicer shall
either sell the Home Equity Loans and the Trustee shall distribute the proceeds
of the liquidation of the Trust Estate, or the Servicer shall distribute
equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust Estate to the remaining Owners
of the Certificates to the effect that each such liquidation constitutes a
Qualified Liquidation, each in accordance with such plan, so that the
liquidation or distribution of the Trust Estate, the distribution of any
proceeds of the liquidation and the termination of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th day after the date of
adoption of the plan of liquidation and such liquidation qualifies as a
Qualified Liquidation.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally provides that the
Servicer may, at its option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Home Equity
Loans and other property then constituting the Trust Estate, and thereby effect
early retirement of the Certificates, on any Monthly Remittance Date after the
Clean-Up Call Date. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the
qualification of REMIC I and REMIC II as REMICs under the Code, the Home Equity
Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early retirement of the Certificates.
The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth therein.
The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class A Certificates with the prior written consent
of the Certificate Insurer have the right to exercise any trust or power set
forth in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the
transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Register upon surrender of
this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the
location of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by,
the Owner hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Certificates of the like Class, tenor and a like Percentage Interest
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of rights and
obligations of the parties provided therein by the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Seller and the Servicer at any time and from time to time, with the prior
written approval of the Certificate Insurer and without the consent of the
Owners; provided that in certain other circumstances provided for in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement such consent of the Owners will be required prior to
amendments. Any such consent by the Owner at the time of the giving thereof, of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding upon such Owner and upon all
future Owners of the Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Certificate.
The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each
Distribution Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Class A-3 Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
in minimum denominations of [$1,000] original Certificate Principal Balance. As
provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Class A-3 Certificates are exchangeable for new
Class A-3 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
principal amount.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and
neither the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary, except as may otherwise be specifically provided in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed on behalf of the Trust.
[________________________], as Trustee
By:_____________________________
Title:___________________________
Trustee Authentication
[_________________________], as Trustee
By: ____________________________________
Title: _________________________________
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FORM OF CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A CLASS OF
"REGULAR INTERESTS" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" ("REMIC") AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.
CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2000-__
HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
CLASS A-4
(____% CERTIFICATE RATE)
Representing Certain Interests in a Pool of Group I Home Equity
Loans Sold and Serviced by
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION d/b/a CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION
(This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation
of, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed by CHEC
Funding, LLC (the "Depositor") or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation (the "Seller" or the "Servicer"). This Certificate represents
a fractional ownership interest in Group I Home Equity Loans and certain other
property held by the Trust.)
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer
("Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__") 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.
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NO: A-4-1 CUSIP
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Original Class A-4 Certificate Date Final Scheduled
Principal Balance Distribution Date
CEDE & CO.
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Registered Owner
The registered Owner named above is the registered beneficial Owner of
a fractional interest in (a) the Home Equity Loans in Group I listed in SCHEDULE
I-A to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement which the Seller is causing to be
delivered to the Depositor and the Depositor is causing to be delivered to the
Trustee, together with the related Home Equity Loan documents and the
Depositor's interest in any Property, and all payments thereon and proceeds of
the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing; (b) such amounts
allocable to Group I as may be held by the Trustee in the Certificate Account,
together with investment earnings on such amounts and such amounts as may be
held in the name of the Trustee in the Principal and Interest Account, if any,
inclusive of investment earnings thereon, whether in the form of cash,
instruments, securities or other properties (including any Eligible Investments
held by the Servicer), and (c) proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not
by way of limitation, all proceeds of any mortgage insurance, flood insurance,
hazard insurance and title insurance policy relating to the Home Equity Loans,
cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances,
chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment of any and every
kind, and other forms of obligations and receivables which at any time
constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the
foregoing) to pay the Certificates as specified in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement ((a) - (c) above shall be collectively referred to herein as the
"Trust Estate").
The Owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each Distribution
Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such original
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-4 Certificates over the period from
the date of initial issuance of the Certificates to the final Distribution Date
for the Class A-4 Certificates. Therefore, the actual Outstanding principal
amount of this Certificate may, on any date subsequent to January 25, 20__ (the
first Distribution Date) be less than the original Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A-4 Certificates set forth above.
Upon receiving the final distribution hereon, the Owner hereof is
required to send this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (as defined below) provides that, in any event, upon the making of the
final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed
canceled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING HOME EQUITY LOANS ARE
INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS.
THEREFORE, THE ACTUAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ON
ANY DATE SUBSEQUENT TO JANUARY 25, 20__ (THE FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE) BE LESS
THAN ITS ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE.
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NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF
ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.
This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__, Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-4 (the "Class A-4 Certificates") and issued
under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of that certain
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of __________, 20__ (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement") by and among Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation, in its capacity as the Seller (the "Seller") and as the
Servicer (the "Servicer"), CHEC Funding, LLC, in its capacity as Depositor (the
"Depositor"), and _______________, in its capacity as the Trustee (the
"Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Owner of this
Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents and by which such Owner is
bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__ Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-1 (the "Class A-1 Certificates"), Class A-2
(the "Class A-2 Certificates"), Class A-3 (the "Class A-3 Certificates"), Class
A-5 (the "Class A-5 Certificates"), Class A-6 (the "Class A-6 Certificates"),
Class A-7 (the "Class A-7 Certificates"), Class X-IO (the "Class X-IO
Certificates"), and Class R-1 and Class R-2 (together, the "Class R
Certificates"). The Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the
Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates,
the Class A-6 Certificates and the Class A-7 Certificates shall be together
referred to as the "Class A Certificates" and the Class A Certificates, the
Class X-IO Certificates and the Class R Certificates are together referred to
herein as the "Certificates." Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day,
then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a "Distribution
Date") commencing January 25, 20__, the Owners of the Class A-4 Certificates as
of the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which a Distribution Date occurs
(the "Record Date") will be entitled to receive the Class A-4 Distribution
Amount relating to such Certificate on such Distribution Date. Distributions
will be made in immediately available funds to Owners of Certificates having an
aggregate original Certificate Principal Balance of at least [$1,000,000] (by
wire transfer or otherwise) to the account of an Owner at a domestic bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Owner has so
notified the Trustee, or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled
thereto as it appears on the Register.
Each Owner of record of a Class A-4 Certificate will be entitled to
receive such Owner's Percentage Interest in the amounts due on such Distribution
Date to the Owners of the Class A-4 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of
each Class A-4 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the
percentage obtained by dividing the original Certificate Principal Balance of
such Class A-4 Certificate on the Startup Day by the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-4 Certificates on the Startup Day.
The Certificate Insurer is required, subject to the terms of the
related Certificate Insurance Policy to make Insured Payments available to the
Trustee on or prior to the related Distribution
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Date for distribution to the Owners provided that timely notice has been
given to the Certificate Insurer by the Trustee. "Insured Payments" shall
have the meaning as provided therefor in the related Certificate Insurance
Policy.
Upon receipt of amounts under the related Certificate Insurance Policy
on behalf of the Owners of the Class A Certificates, the Trustee shall
distribute in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement such amounts
(directly or through a Paying Agent) to the Owners of the appropriate Class of
the Class A Certificates.
The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and punctually
pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms
hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under
the Code by any Person from a distribution to any Owner shall be considered as
having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
The Home Equity Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions
eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration
of certain Home Equity Loans. No appointment of any Sub-Servicer shall release
the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of,
or an interest in, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or
guaranteed by CHEC Funding, LLC or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation or any of their affiliates. This Certificate is limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Home
Equity Loans and amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account and the Principal
and Interest Account (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) and payments received by the Trustee pursuant to the related
Certificate Insurance Policy, all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute
and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Owner. The Owner of this Certificate, by
its acceptance hereof, agrees, however, that to the extent the Certificate
Insurer makes Insured Payments, either directly or indirectly (as by paying
through the Trustee or Paying Agent), to the Owners of such Class A-4
Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be subrogated to the rights of such
Owners of Class A-4 Certificates with respect to such Insured Payment, shall be
deemed to the extent of the payments so made to be a registered Owner of such
Class A-4 Certificates and
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shall receive all future distributions of the Class A-4 Distribution Amount
until all such Insured Payments by the Certificate Insurer have been fully
reimbursed.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the obligations
created thereby will terminate upon the payment to the Owners of all
Certificates from amounts other than those available under the Certificate
Insurance Policies of all amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to
such Owners pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and payment in full
of all amounts owed to the Certificate Insurer upon the latest to occur of (a)
the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance made with respect
thereto) of the last Home Equity Loan in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition
of all property acquired in respect of any Home Equity Loan remaining in the
Trust Estate or (c) at any time if a Qualified Liquidation of the Trust Estate
is effected as described below. To effect a termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners of all Certificates
then Outstanding shall provide the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, at such
Owners' expense, an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters
acceptable to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee to the affect that each
such liquidation constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, and the Servicer shall
either sell the Home Equity Loans and the Trustee shall distribute the proceeds
of the liquidation of the Trust Estate, or the Servicer shall distribute
equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust Estate to the remaining Owners
of the Certificates to the effect that each such liquidation constitutes a
Qualified Liquidation, each in accordance with such plan, so that the
liquidation or distribution of the Trust Estate, the distribution of any
proceeds of the liquidation and the termination of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th day after the date of
adoption of the plan of liquidation and such liquidation qualifies as a
Qualified Liquidation.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally provides that the
Servicer may, at its option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Home Equity
Loans and other property then constituting the Trust Estate, and thereby effect
early retirement of the Certificates, on any Monthly Remittance Date after the
Clean-Up Call Date. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the
qualification of REMIC I and REMIC II as REMICs under the Code, the Home Equity
Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early retirement of the Certificates.
The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth therein.
The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class A Certificates with the prior written consent
of the Certificate Insurer have the right to exercise any trust or power set
forth in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the
transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Register upon surrender of
this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the
location of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by,
the Owner hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Certificates of the like Class, tenor and a like Percentage Interest
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of rights and
obligations of the parties provided therein by the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Seller and the Servicer at any time and from time to time, with the prior
written approval of the Certificate Insurer and without the consent of the
Owners; provided that in certain other circumstances provided for in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement such consent of the Owners will be required prior to
amendments. Any such consent by the Owner at the time of the giving thereof, of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding upon such Owner and upon all
future Owners of the Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Certificate.
The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each
Distribution Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Class A-4 Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
in minimum denominations of [$1,000] original Certificate Principal Balance. As
provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Class A-4 Certificates are exchangeable for new
Class A-4 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
principal amount.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and
neither the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary, except as may otherwise be specifically provided in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed on behalf of the Trust.
[__________________________], as Trustee
By: __________________________
Title:________________________
Trustee Authentication
[_______________________], as Trustee
By: ____________________________
Title: _____________________________
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FORM OF CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A CLASS
OF "REGULAR INTERESTS" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT"
("REMIC") AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), ASSUMING
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.
CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2000-__
HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
CLASS A-5
(____% CERTIFICATE RATE, OR ____% CERTIFICATE RATE ON OR AFTER THE CLEAN-UP
CALL DATE) (SUBJECT TO GROUP I NET WAC CAP)
Representing Certain Interests in a Pool of Group I Home Equity
Loans Sold and Serviced by
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION D/B/A CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION
(This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an
obligation of, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed
by CHEC Funding, LLC (the "Depositor") or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a
Centex Home Equity Corporation (the "Seller" or the "Servicer"). This
Certificate represents a fractional ownership interest in Group I Home Equity
Loans and certain other property held by the Trust.)
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative
of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the
Issuer ("Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__") 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.
NO: A-5-1 _______
CUSIP
________ _______ _________
Original Class A-5 Certificate Date Final Scheduled
Principal Balance Distribution Date
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CEDE & CO.
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Registered Owner
The registered Owner named above is the registered beneficial Owner
of a fractional interest in (a) the Home Equity Loans in Group I listed in
SCHEDULE I-A to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement which the Seller is
causing to be delivered to the Depositor and the Depositor is causing to be
delivered to the Trustee, together with the related Home Equity Loan
documents and the Depositor's interest in any Property, and all payments
thereon and proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the
foregoing; (b) such amounts allocable to Group I as may be held by the
Trustee in the Certificate Account, together with investment earnings on such
amounts and such amounts as may be held in the name of the Trustee in the
Principal and Interest Account, if any, inclusive of investment earnings
thereon, whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other
properties (including any Eligible Investments held by the Servicer), and (c)
proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not by way of limitation, all
proceeds of any mortgage insurance, flood insurance, hazard insurance and
title insurance policy relating to the Home Equity Loans, cash proceeds,
accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper,
checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment of any and every kind, and other
forms of obligations and receivables which at any time constitute all or part
of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing) to pay the
Certificates as specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement ((a) - (c)
above shall be collectively referred to herein as the "Trust Estate").
The Owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each
Distribution Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such
original Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-5 Certificates over the
period from the date of initial issuance of the Certificates to the final
Distribution Date for the Class A-5 Certificates. Therefore, the actual
Outstanding principal amount of this Certificate may, on any date subsequent
to January 25, 20__ (the first Distribution Date) be less than the original
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-5 Certificates set forth above.
Upon receiving the final distribution hereon, the Owner hereof is
required to send this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (as defined below) provides that, in any event, upon the making of
the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be
deemed canceled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING HOME EQUITY LOANS ARE
INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS.
THEREFORE, THE ACTUAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ON
ANY DATE SUBSEQUENT TO JANUARY 25, 20__ (THE FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE) BE LESS
THAN ITS ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE.
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NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT
OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.
This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__, Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-5 (the "Class A-5 Certificates") and
issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of that
certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of __________, 20__ (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") by and among Centex Credit Corporation
d/b/a Centex Home Equity Corporation, in its capacity as the Seller (the
"Seller") and as the Servicer (the "Servicer"), CHEC Funding, LLC, in its
capacity as Depositor (the "Depositor"), and _______________, in its capacity
as the Trustee (the "Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the
Owner of this Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents and by which
such Owner is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
are Certificates designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__ Home
Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-1 (the "Class A-1
Certificates"), Class A-2 (the "Class A-2 Certificates"), Class A-3 (the
"Class A-3 Certificates"), Class A-4 (the "Class A-4 Certificates"), Class
A-6 (the "Class A-6 Certificates"), Class A-7 (the "Class A-7 Certificates"),
Class X-IO (the "Class X-IO Certificates"), and Class R-1 and Class R-2
(together, the "Class R Certificates"). The Class A-1 Certificates, the Class
A-2 Certificates, the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the
Class A-5 Certificates, the Class A-6 Certificates and the Class A-7
Certificates shall be together referred to as the "Class A Certificates" and
the Class A Certificates, the Class X-IO Certificates and the Class R
Certificates are together referred to herein as the "Certificates." Terms
capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business
Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a
"Distribution Date") commencing January 25, 20__, the Owners of the Class A-5
Certificates as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the
calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which a
Distribution Date occurs (the "Record Date") will be entitled to receive the
Class A-5 Distribution Amount relating to such Certificate on such
Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds
to Owners of Certificates having an aggregate original Certificate Principal
Balance of at least [$1,000,000] (by wire transfer or otherwise) to the
account of an Owner at a domestic bank or other entity having appropriate
facilities therefor, if such Owner has so notified the Trustee, or by check
mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the
Register.
Each Owner of record of a Class A-5 Certificate will be entitled to
receive such Owner's Percentage Interest in the amounts due on such
Distribution Date to the Owners of the Class A-5 Certificates. The Percentage
Interest of each Class A-5 Certificate as of any date of determination will
be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the original Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class A-5 Certificate on the Startup Day by the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-5 Certificates on the
Startup Day.
The Certificate Insurer is required, subject to the terms of the
related Certificate Insurance Policy to make Insured Payments available to
the Trustee on or prior to the related Distribution
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Date for distribution to the Owners provided that timely notice has been
given to the Certificate Insurer by the Trustee. "Insured Payments" shall
have the meaning as provided therefor in the related Certificate Insurance
Policy.
Upon receipt of amounts under the related Certificate Insurance
Policy on behalf of the Owners of the Class A Certificates, the Trustee shall
distribute in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement such
amounts (directly or through a Paying Agent) to the Owners of the appropriate
Class of the Class A Certificates.
The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and
punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance
with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts
properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a distribution to any
Owner shall be considered as having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner
for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Home Equity Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement
permits the Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain
institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and
administration of certain Home Equity Loans. No appointment of any
Sub-Servicer shall release the Servicer from any of its obligations under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation
of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or
guaranteed by CHEC Funding, LLC or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex
Home Equity Corporation or any of their affiliates. This Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to
the Home Equity Loans and amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account and
the Principal and Interest Account (except as otherwise provided in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and payments received by the Trustee
pursuant to the related Certificate Insurance Policy, all as more
specifically set forth hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial
or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is
absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right
shall not be impaired without the consent of such Owner. The Owner of this
Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, agrees, however, that to the extent
the Certificate Insurer makes Insured Payments, either directly or indirectly
(as by paying through the Trustee or Paying Agent), to the Owners of such
Class A-5 Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be subrogated to the
rights of such Owners of Class A-5 Certificates with respect to such Insured
Payment, shall be deemed to the extent of the payments so made to be a
registered Owner of such Class A-5 Certificates and
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shall receive all future distributions of the Class A-5 Distribution Amount
until all such Insured Payments by the Certificate Insurer have been fully
reimbursed.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the obligations
created thereby will terminate upon the payment to the Owners of all
Certificates from amounts other than those available under the Certificate
Insurance Policies of all amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid
to such Owners pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and payment in
full of all amounts owed to the Certificate Insurer upon the latest to occur
of (a) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance made with
respect thereto) of the last Home Equity Loan in the Trust Estate, (b) the
disposition of all property acquired in respect of any Home Equity Loan
remaining in the Trust Estate or (c) at any time if a Qualified Liquidation
of the Trust Estate is effected as described below. To effect a termination
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the
Owners of all Certificates then Outstanding shall provide the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer, at such Owners' expense, an Opinion of Counsel
experienced in federal income tax matters acceptable to the Certificate
Insurer and the Trustee to the affect that each such liquidation constitutes
a Qualified Liquidation, and the Servicer shall either sell the Home Equity
Loans and the Trustee shall distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of the
Trust Estate, or the Servicer shall distribute equitably in kind all of the
assets of the Trust Estate to the remaining Owners of the Certificates to the
effect that each such liquidation constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, each
in accordance with such plan, so that the liquidation or distribution of the
Trust Estate, the distribution of any proceeds of the liquidation and the
termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement occur no later than the
close of the 90th day after the date of adoption of the plan of liquidation
and such liquidation qualifies as a Qualified Liquidation.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally provides that the
Servicer may, at its option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Home
Equity Loans and other property then constituting the Trust Estate, and
thereby effect early retirement of the Certificates, on any Monthly
Remittance Date after the Clean-Up Call Date. In addition, under certain
circumstances relating to the qualification of REMIC I and REMIC II as REMICs
under the Code, the Home Equity Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the
early retirement of the Certificates.
The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth therein.
The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority of the
Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates with the prior
written consent of the Certificate Insurer have the right to exercise any
trust or power set forth in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the
transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Register upon surrender of
this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the
location of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed
by, the Owner hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Certificates of the like Class, tenor and a like
Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions
as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of rights
and obligations of the parties provided therein by the Depositor, the
Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer at any time and from time to time, with
the prior written approval of the Certificate Insurer and without the consent
of the Owners; provided that in certain other circumstances provided for in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement such consent of the Owners will be
required prior to amendments. Any such consent by the Owner at the time of
the giving thereof, of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding upon
such Owner and upon all future Owners of the Certificate and of any
Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is
made upon this Certificate.
The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each
Distribution Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully described
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Class A-5 Certificates are issuable only as registered
Certificates in minimum denominations of [$1,000] original Certificate
Principal Balance. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class A-5 Certificates are
exchangeable for new Class A-5 Certificates of authorized denominations
evidencing the same aggregate principal amount.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in
whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, and neither the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary, except as may otherwise be specifically provided in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed on behalf of the Trust.
[_______________________], as Trustee
By:
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Title:
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Trustee Authentication
[_____________________], as Trustee
By:
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Title:
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FORM OF CLASS A-6 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A CLASS
OF "REGULAR INTERESTS" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT"
("REMIC") AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), ASSUMING
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.
CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2000-__
HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
CLASS A-6
(____% CERTIFICATE RATE SUBJECT TO GROUP I NET WAC CAP)
Representing Certain Interests in a Pool of Group I Home Equity
Loans Sold and Serviced by
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION D/B/A CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION
(This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an
obligation of, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed
by CHEC Funding, LLC (the "Depositor") or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a
Centex Home Equity Corporation (the "Seller" or the "Servicer"). This
Certificate represents a fractional ownership interest in Group I Home Equity
Loans and certain other property held by the Trust.)
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative
of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the
Issuer ("Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__") 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.
NO: A-6-1 _______
CUSIP
_________ _______ _________
Original Class A-6 Certificate Date Final Scheduled
Principal Balance Distribution Date
CEDE & CO.
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Registered Owner
The registered Owner named above is the registered beneficial Owner
of a fractional interest in (a) the Home Equity Loans in Group I listed in
SCHEDULE I-B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement which the Seller is
causing to be delivered to the Depositor and the Depositor is causing to be
delivered to the Trustee, together with the related Home Equity Loan
documents and the Depositor's interest in any Property, and all payments
thereon and proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the
foregoing; (b) such amounts allocable to Group I as may be held by the
Trustee in the Certificate Account, together with investment earnings on such
amounts and such amounts as may be held in the name of the Trustee in the
Principal and Interest Account, if any, inclusive of investment earnings
thereon, whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other
properties (including any Eligible Investments held by the Servicer), and (c)
proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not by way of limitation, all
proceeds of any mortgage insurance, flood insurance, hazard insurance and
title insurance policy relating to the Home Equity Loans, cash proceeds,
accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper,
checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment of any and every kind, and other
forms of obligations and receivables which at any time constitute all or part
of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing) to pay the
Certificates as specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement ((a) - (c)
above shall be collectively referred to herein as the "Trust Estate").
The Owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each
Distribution Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such
original Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-6 Certificates over the
period from the date of initial issuance of the Certificates to the final
Distribution Date for the Class A-6 Certificates. Therefore, the actual
Outstanding principal amount of this Certificate may, on any date subsequent
to January 25, 20__ (the first Distribution Date) be less than the original
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-6 Certificates set forth above.
Upon receiving the final distribution hereon, the Owner hereof is
required to send this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (as defined below) provides that, in any event, upon the making of
the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be
deemed canceled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING HOME EQUITY LOANS ARE
INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS.
THEREFORE, THE ACTUAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ON
ANY DATE SUBSEQUENT TO JANUARY 25, 20__ (THE FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE) BE LESS
THAN ITS ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE.
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NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT
OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.
This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__, Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-6 (the "Class A-6 Certificates") and
issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of that
certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of __________, 20__ (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") by and among Centex Credit Corporation
d/b/a Centex Home Equity Corporation, in its capacity as the Seller (the
"Seller") and as the Servicer (the "Servicer"), CHEC Funding, LLC, in its
capacity as Depositor (the "Depositor"), and _______________, in its capacity
as the Trustee (the "Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the
Owner of this Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents and by which
such Owner is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
are Certificates designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__ Home
Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-1 (the "Class A-1
Certificates"), Class A-2 (the "Class A-2 Certificates"), Class A-3 (the
"Class A-3 Certificates"), Class A-4 (the "Class A-4 Certificates"), Class
A-5 (the "Class A-5 Certificates"), Class A-7 (the "Class A-7 Certificates"),
Class X-IO (the "Class X-IO Certificates"), and Class R-1 and Class R-2
(together, the "Class R Certificates"). The Class A-1 Certificates, the Class
A-2 Certificates, the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the
Class A-5 Certificates, the Class A-6 Certificates and the Class A-7
Certificates shall be together referred to as the "Class A Certificates" and
the Class A Certificates, the Class X-IO Certificates and the Class R
Certificates are together referred to herein as the "Certificates." Terms
capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business
Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a
"Distribution Date") commencing January 25, 20__, the Owners of the Class A-6
Certificates as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the
calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which a
Distribution Date occurs (the "Record Date") will be entitled to receive the
Class A-6 Distribution Amount relating to such Certificate on such
Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds
to Owners of Certificates having an aggregate original Certificate Principal
Balance of at least [$1,000,000] (by wire transfer or otherwise) to the
account of an Owner at a domestic bank or other entity having appropriate
facilities therefor, if such Owner has so notified the Trustee, or by check
mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the
Register.
Each Owner of record of a Class A-6 Certificate will be entitled to
receive such Owner's Percentage Interest in the amounts due on such
Distribution Date to the Owners of the Class A-6 Certificates. The Percentage
Interest of each Class A-6 Certificate as of any date of determination will
be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the original Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class A-6 Certificate on the Startup Day by the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-6 Certificates on the
Startup Day.
The Certificate Insurer is required, subject to the terms of the
related Certificate Insurance Policy to make Insured Payments available to
the Trustee on or prior to the related Distribution
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Date for distribution to the Owners provided that timely notice has been
given to the related Certificate Insurer by the Trustee. "Insured Payments"
shall have the meaning as provided therefor in the Certificate Insurance
Policy.
Upon receipt of amounts under the related Certificate Insurance Policy
on behalf of the Owners of the Class A Certificates, the Trustee shall
distribute in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement such amounts
(directly or through a Paying Agent) to the Owners of the appropriate Class of
the Class A Certificates.
The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and punctually
pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms
hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under
the Code by any Person from a distribution to any Owner shall be considered as
having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
The Home Equity Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions
eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration
of certain Home Equity Loans. No appointment of any Sub-Servicer shall release
the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of,
or an interest in, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or
guaranteed by CHEC Funding, LLC or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation or any of their affiliates. This Certificate is limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Home
Equity Loans and amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account and the Principal
and Interest Account (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) and payments received by the Trustee pursuant to the related
Certificate Insurance Policy, all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute
and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Owner. The Owner of this Certificate, by
its acceptance hereof, agrees, however, that to the extent the Certificate
Insurer makes Insured Payments, either directly or indirectly (as by paying
through the Trustee or Paying Agent), to the Owners of such Class A-6
Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be subrogated to the rights of such
Owners of Class A-6 Certificates with respect to such Insured Payment, shall be
deemed to the extent of the payments so made to be a registered Owner of such
Class A-6 Certificates and
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shall receive all future distributions of the Class A-6 Distribution Amount
until all such Insured Payments by the Certificate Insurer have been fully
reimbursed.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the obligations
created thereby will terminate upon the payment to the Owners of all
Certificates from amounts other than those available under the Certificate
Insurance Policies of all amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to
such Owners pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and payment in full
of all amounts owed to the Certificate Insurer upon the latest to occur of (a)
the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance made with respect
thereto) of the last Home Equity Loan in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition
of all property acquired in respect of any Home Equity Loan remaining in the
Trust Estate or (c) at any time if a Qualified Liquidation of the Trust Estate
is effected as described below. To effect a termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners of all Certificates
then Outstanding shall provide the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, at such
Owners' expense, an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters
acceptable to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee to the affect that each
such liquidation constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, and the Servicer shall
either sell the Home Equity Loans and the Trustee shall distribute the proceeds
of the liquidation of the Trust Estate, or the Servicer shall distribute
equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust Estate to the remaining Owners
of the Certificates to the effect that each such liquidation constitutes a
Qualified Liquidation, each in accordance with such plan, so that the
liquidation or distribution of the Trust Estate, the distribution of any
proceeds of the liquidation and the termination of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th day after the date of
adoption of the plan of liquidation and such liquidation qualifies as a
Qualified Liquidation.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally provides that the
Servicer may, at its option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Home Equity
Loans and other property then constituting the Trust Estate, and thereby effect
early retirement of the Certificates, on any Monthly Remittance Date after the
Clean-Up Call Date. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the
qualification of REMIC I and REMIC II as REMICs under the Code, the Home Equity
Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early retirement of the Certificates.
The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth therein.
The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class A Certificates with the prior written consent
of the Certificate Insurer have the right to exercise any trust or power set
forth in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the
transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Register upon surrender of
this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the
location of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by,
the Owner hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Certificates of the like Class, tenor and a like Percentage Interest
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of rights and
obligations of the parties provided therein by the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Seller and the Servicer at any time and from time to time, with the prior
written approval of the Certificate Insurer and without the consent of the
Owners; provided that in certain other circumstances provided for in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement such consent of the Owners will be required prior to
amendments. Any such consent by the Owner at the time of the giving thereof, of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding upon such Owner and upon all
future Owners of the Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Certificate.
The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each
Distribution Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Class A-6 Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
in minimum denominations of [$1,000] original Certificate Principal Balance. As
provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Class A-6 Certificates are exchangeable for new
Class A-6 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
principal amount.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and
neither the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary, except as may otherwise be specifically provided in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed on behalf of the Trust.
[_______________________], as Trustee
By: _______________________________
Title: ____________________________
Trustee Authentication
[_______________________], as Trustee
By: _____________________________
Title: ____________________________
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XXXXXXX X-0
FORM OF CLASS A-7 CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A CLASS OF
"REGULAR INTERESTS" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" ("REMIC") AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.
CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2000-__
HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
CLASS A-7
(VARIABLE CERTIFICATE RATE, WITH AN INCREASE IN MARGIN ON OR
AFTER THE CLEAN-UP CALL DATE)
(SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE FUNDS CAP)
Representing Certain Interests in a Pool of Group II Home Equity
Loans Sold and Serviced by
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION d/b/a CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION
(This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation
of, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed by CHEC
Funding, LLC (the "Depositor") or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation (the "Seller" or the "Servicer"). This Certificate represents
a fractional ownership interest in Group II Home Equity Loans and certain other
property held by the Trust.)
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer
("Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__") 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.
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NO: A-7-1 CUSIP
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Original Class A-7 Certificate Date Final Scheduled
Principal Balance Distribution Date
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CEDE & CO.
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Registered Owner
The registered Owner named above is the registered beneficial Owner of
a fractional interest in (a) the Home Equity Loans in Group II listed in
SCHEDULE I-B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement which the Seller is causing
to be delivered to the Depositor and the Depositor is causing to be delivered to
the Trustee, together with the related Home Equity Loan documents and the
Depositor's interest in any Property, and all payments thereon and proceeds of
the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing; (b) such amounts
allocable to Group II as may be held by the Trustee in the Certificate Account,
together with investment earnings on such amounts and such amounts as may be
held in the name of the Trustee in the Principal and Interest Account, if any,
inclusive of investment earnings thereon, whether in the form of cash,
instruments, securities or other properties (including any Eligible Investments
held by the Servicer), and (c) proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not
by way of limitation, all proceeds of any mortgage insurance, flood insurance,
hazard insurance and title insurance policy relating to the Home Equity Loans,
cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances,
chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment of any and every
kind, and other forms of obligations and receivables which at any time
constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the
foregoing) to pay the Certificates as specified in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement ((a) - (c) above shall be collectively referred to herein as the
"Trust Estate").
The Owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each Distribution
Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such original
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-7 Certificates over the period from
the date of initial issuance of the Certificates to the final Distribution Date
for the Class A-7 Certificates. Therefore, the actual Outstanding principal
amount of this Certificate may, on any date subsequent to January 25, 20__ (the
first Distribution Date) be less than the original Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A-7 Certificates set forth above.
Upon receiving the final distribution hereon, the Owner hereof is
required to send this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (as defined below) provides that, in any event, upon the making of the
final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed
canceled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING HOME EQUITY LOANS ARE
INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS.
THEREFORE, THE ACTUAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ON
ANY DATE SUBSEQUENT TO JANUARY 25, 20__ (THE FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE) BE LESS
THAN ITS ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE.
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NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF
ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.
This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__, Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-7 (the "Class A-7 Certificates") and issued
under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of that certain
Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of __________, 20__ (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement") by and among Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation, in its capacity as the Seller (the "Seller") and as the
Servicer (the "Servicer"), CHEC Funding, LLC, in its capacity as Depositor (the
"Depositor"), and _______________, in its capacity as the Trustee (the
"Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Owner of this
Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents and by which such Owner is
bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__ Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-1 (the "Class A-1 Certificates"), Class A-2
(the "Class A-2 Certificates"), Class A-3 (the "Class A-3 Certificates"), Class
A-4 (the "Class A-4 Certificates"), Class A-5 (the "Class A-5 Certificates"),
Class A-6 (the "Class A-6 Certificates"), Class X-IO (the "Class X-IO
Certificates"), and Class R-1 and Class R-2 (together, the "Class R
Certificates"). The Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the
Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates,
the Class A-6 Certificates and the Class A-7 Certificates shall be together
referred to as the "Class A Certificates" and the Class A Certificates, the
Class X-IO Certificates and the Class R Certificates are together referred to
herein as the "Certificates." Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day,
then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a "Distribution
Date") commencing January 25, 20__, the Owners of the Class A-7 Certificates as
of the close of business on the last Business Day immediately preceding a
Distribution Date, or if Definitive Certificates have been issued, as of the
close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately
preceding the calendar month in which a Distribution Date occurs (the "Record
Date") will be entitled to receive the Class A-7 Distribution Amount relating to
such Certificate on such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in
immediately available funds to Owners of Certificates having an aggregate
original Certificate Principal Balance of at least [$1,000,000] (by wire
transfer or otherwise) to the account of an Owner at a domestic bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Owner has so notified the
Trustee, or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it
appears on the Register.
Each Owner of record of a Class A-7 Certificate will be entitled to
receive such Owner's Percentage Interest in the amounts due on such Distribution
Date to the Owners of the Class A-7 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of
each Class A-7 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the
percentage obtained by dividing the original Certificate Principal Balance of
such Class A-7 Certificate on the Startup Day by the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-7 Certificates on the Startup Day.
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The Certificate Insurer is required, subject to the terms of the
related Certificate Insurance Policy to make Insured Payments available to the
Trustee on or prior to the related Distribution Date for distribution to the
Owners provided that timely notice has been given to the Certificate Insurer by
the Trustee. "Insured Payments" shall have the meaning as provided therefor in
the related Certificate Insurance Policy.
Upon receipt of amounts under the related Certificate Insurance Policy
on behalf of the Owners of the Class A Certificates, the Trustee shall
distribute in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement such amounts
(directly or through a Paying Agent) to the Owners of the appropriate Class of
the Class A Certificates.
The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and punctually
pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms
hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under
the Code by any Person from a distribution to any Owner shall be considered as
having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
The Home Equity Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions
eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration
of certain Home Equity Loans. No appointment of any Sub-Servicer shall release
the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of,
or an interest in, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or
guaranteed by CHEC Funding, LLC or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation or any of their affiliates. This Certificate is limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Home
Equity Loans and amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account and the Principal
and Interest Account (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) and payments received by the Trustee pursuant to the related
Certificate Insurance Policy, all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute
and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Owner. The Owner of this Certificate, by
its acceptance hereof, agrees, however, that to the extent the Certificate
Insurer makes Insured Payments, either directly or indirectly (as by paying
through the Trustee or Paying Agent), to the Owners of such Class A-7
Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be subrogated to the rights of
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such Owners of Class A-7 Certificates with respect to such Insured Payment,
shall be deemed to the extent of the payments so made to be a registered
Owner of such Class A-7 Certificates and shall receive all future
distributions of the Class A-7 Distribution Amount until all such Insured
Payments by the Certificate Insurer have been fully reimbursed.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the obligations
created thereby will terminate upon the payment to the Owners of all
Certificates from amounts other than those available under the Certificate
Insurance Policies of all amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to
such Owners pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and payment in full
of all amounts owed to the Certificate Insurer upon the latest to occur of (a)
the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance made with respect
thereto) of the last Home Equity Loan in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition
of all property acquired in respect of any Home Equity Loan remaining in the
Trust Estate or (c) at any time if a Qualified Liquidation of the Trust Estate
is effected as described below. To effect a termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners of all Certificates
then Outstanding shall provide the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, at such
Owners' expense, an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters
acceptable to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee to the affect that each
such liquidation constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, and the Servicer shall
either sell the Home Equity Loans and the Trustee shall distribute the proceeds
of the liquidation of the Trust Estate, or the Servicer shall distribute
equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust Estate to the remaining Owners
of the Certificates to the effect that each such liquidation constitutes a
Qualified Liquidation, each in accordance with such plan, so that the
liquidation or distribution of the Trust Estate, the distribution of any
proceeds of the liquidation and the termination of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th day after the date of
adoption of the plan of liquidation and such liquidation qualifies as a
Qualified Liquidation.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally provides that the
Servicer may, at its option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Home Equity
Loans and other property then constituting the Trust Estate, and thereby effect
early retirement of the Certificates, on any Monthly Remittance Date after the
Clean-Up Call Date. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the
qualification of REMIC I and REMIC II as REMICs under the Code, the Home Equity
Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early retirement of the Certificates.
The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth therein.
The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class A Certificates with the prior written consent
of the Certificate Insurer have the right to exercise any trust or power set
forth in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the
transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Register upon surrender of
this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the
location of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by,
the Owner hereof or his attorney
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duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the
like Class, tenor and a like Percentage Interest will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of rights and
obligations of the parties provided therein by the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Seller and the Servicer at any time and from time to time, with the prior
written approval of the Certificate Insurer and without the consent of the
Owners; provided that in certain other circumstances provided for in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement such consent of the Owners will be required prior to
amendments. Any such consent by the Owner at the time of the giving thereof, of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding upon such Owner and upon all
future Owners of the Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Certificate.
The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each
Distribution Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Class A-7 Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
in minimum denominations of [$1,000] original Certificate Principal Balance. As
provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Class A-7 Certificates are exchangeable for new
Class A-7 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
principal amount.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and
neither the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary, except as may otherwise be specifically provided in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed on behalf of the Trust.
[________________________], as Trustee
By: _____________________
Title:____________________
Trustee Authentication
[______________________], as Trustee
By: __________________________
Title: _______________________
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CLASS X-IO CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A CLASS OF
"REGULAR INTERESTS" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" ("REMIC") AS
THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"). ANY RESALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT
REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER THE ACT MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF SECTION 5.08 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS X-IO CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED AS SET FORTH IN
THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING HOME EQUITY LOANS ARE
INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
THIS CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED ON __________, 20__ AT A PRICE (INCLUSIVE OF ACCRUED
INTEREST AT CLOSING) EQUAL TO ____% OF THE ORIGINAL AGGREGATE LOAN BALANCE.
UNDER TREASURY REGULATIONS RELATING TO ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID"), ALL
INTEREST PAYMENTS TO BE RECEIVED ON THIS SECURITY ARE TREATED AS PART OF THE
CERTIFICATE'S STATED REDEMPTION PRICE AT MATURITY. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE
WAS ISSUED WITH OID FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO
APPROXIMATELY ____% OF THE ORIGINAL AGGREGATE LOAN BALANCE. THE MONTHLY YIELD TO
MATURITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE EXPRESSED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IS APPROXIMATELY
____%, AND THE AMOUNT OF OID ALLOCABLE TO THE FIRST INTEREST PERIOD THROUGH
__________, 20__ IS EQUAL TO APPROXIMATELY ____% OF THE ORIGINAL AGGREGATE LOAN
BALANCE. THE COMPUTATION OF THE MONTHLY YIELD TO MATURITY AND THE OID AMOUNTS
SPECIFIED ABOVE WAS BASED ON: (I) A METHOD EMBODYING AN ECONOMIC ACCRUAL OF
INCOME, (II) A PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION OF ___% PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION WITH RESPECT
TO THE GROUP I HOME EQUITY LOANS AND ___% CPR WITH RESPECT TO THE GROUP II HOME
EQUITY LOANS (EACH AS DEFINED IN THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT), AND (III) A 30 DAYS
PER MONTH/360 DAYS PER YEAR ACCOUNTING CONVENTION. THE ACTUAL YIELD TO MATURITY,
PREPAYMENT EXPERIENCE, AND OID AMOUNTS MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE SET FORTH ABOVE.
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CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2000-__
HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
CLASS X-IO
(REGULAR INTEREST)
Representing Certain Interests in a Pool of
Home Equity Loans Sold and Serviced by
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION d/b/a CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION
(This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation
of, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed by CHEC
Funding, LLC (the "Depositor") or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation (the "Seller" or the "Servicer"). This Certificate represents
a fractional ownership interest in Group I Home Equity Loans and certain other
property held by the Trust.)
NO: X-IO-1
Date: __________, 20__
Percentage Interest _____%
CHEC RESIDUAL CORPORATION
Registered Owner
The registered Owner named above is the registered beneficial Owner of
a fractional interest in (a) the Home Equity Loans listed in SCHEDULE I-A to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement which the Seller is causing to be delivered to
the Depositor and the Depositor is causing to be delivered to the Trustee,
together with the related Home Equity Loan documents and the Depositor's
interest in any Property, and all payments thereon and proceeds of the
conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing; (b) such amounts as may
be held by the Trustee in the Certificate Account, together with investment
earnings on such amounts and such amounts as may be held in the name of the
Trustee in the Principal and Interest Account, if any, inclusive of investment
earnings thereon, whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other
properties (including any Eligible Investments held by the Servicer), and (c)
proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not by way of limitation, all
proceeds of any mortgage insurance, flood insurance, hazard insurance and title
insurance policy relating to the Home Equity Loans, cash proceeds, accounts,
accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit
accounts, rights to payment of any and every kind, and other forms of
obligations and receivables which at any time constitute all or part of or are
included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing) to pay the Certificates as
specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement ((a) - (c) above shall be
collectively referred to herein as the "Trust Estate").
NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF
ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.
This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__, Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class X-IO
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(the "Class X-IO Certificates") and issued under and subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of __________, 20__ (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") by and
among Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity Corporation, in its
capacity as the Seller (the "Seller") and as the Servicer (the "Servicer"),
CHEC Funding, LLC, in its capacity as Depositor (the "Depositor"), and
_______________, in its capacity as the Trustee (the "Trustee"), to which
Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Owner of this Certificate by virtue of
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Owner is bound. Also issued under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are Certificates designated as Centex
Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__ Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
Class A-1 (the "Class A-1 Certificates"), Class A-2 (the "Class A-2
Certificates"), Class A-3 (the "Class A-3 Certificates"), Class A-4 (the
"Class A-4 Certificates"), Class A-5 (the "Class A-5 Certificates"), Class
A-6 (the "Class A-6 Certificates"), Class A-7 (the "Class A-7 Certificates")
and Class R-1 and Class R-2 (together, the "Class R Certificates"). The Class
A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class A-3 Certificates, the
Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates, the Class A-6
Certificates and the Class A-7 Certificates shall be together referred to as
the "Class A Certificates" and the Class A Certificates, the Class X-IO
Certificates and the Class R Certificates are together referred to herein as
the "Certificates." Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day,
then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a "Distribution
Date") commencing January 25, 20__, the Owners of the Class X-IO Certificates as
of the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which a Distribution Date occurs
(the "Record Date") will be entitled to receive the Class X-IO Distribution
Amount relating to such Certificate on such Distribution Date. Distributions
will be made in immediately available funds to Owners of Class X-IO Certificates
having an aggregate Percentage Interest of at least ___% (by wire transfer or
otherwise) to the account of an Owner at a domestic bank or other entity having
appropriate facilities therefor, if such Owner has so notified the Trustee, or
by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on
the Register.
The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and punctually
pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms
hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under
the Code by any Person from a distribution to any Owner shall be considered as
having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
The Home Equity Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions
eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration
of certain Home Equity Loans. No appointment of any Sub-Servicer shall release
the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of,
or an interest in, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or
guaranteed by CHEC Funding, LLC or Centex
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Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity Corporation or any of their
affiliates. This Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries relating to the Home Equity Loans, all as more
specifically set forth hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute
and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Owner.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the obligations
created thereby will terminate upon the payment to the Owners of all
Certificates from amounts other than those available under the Certificate
Insurance Policies of all amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to
such Owners pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and payment in full
of all amounts owed to the Certificate Insurer upon the latest to occur of (a)
the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance made with respect
thereto) of the last Home Equity Loan in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition
of all property acquired in respect of any Home Equity Loan remaining in the
Trust Estate or (c) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of the Trust Estate
is effected as described below. To effect a termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners of all Certificates
then Outstanding shall provide the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, at such
Owners' expense, an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters
acceptable to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee to the effect that each
such liquidation constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, and the Servicer shall
either sell the Home Equity Loans and the Trustee shall distribute the proceeds
of the liquidation of the Trust Estate, or the Servicer shall distribute
equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust Estate to the remaining Owners
of the Certificates to the effect that each such liquidation constitutes a
Qualified Liquidation, each in accordance with such plan, so that the
liquidation or distribution of the Trust Estate, the distribution of any
proceeds of the liquidation and the termination of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th day after the date of
adoption of the plan of liquidation and such liquidation qualifies as a
Qualified Liquidation.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally provides that the
Servicer may, at its option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Home Equity
Loans and other property then constituting the Trust Estate, and thereby effect
early retirement of the Certificates, on any Monthly Remittance Date after the
Clean-Up Call Date. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the
qualification of REMIC I and REMIC II as REMICs under the Code, the Home Equity
Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early retirement of the Certificates.
The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth therein.
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The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class A Certificates with the prior written consent
of the Certificate Insurer have the right to exercise any trust or power set
forth in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the
transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Register upon surrender of
this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the
location of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by,
the Owner hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Certificates of the like Class, tenor and a like aggregate
fractional undivided interest in the Trust Estate will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of rights and
obligations of the parties provided therein by the Depositor, the Trustee, and
the Servicer at any time and from time to time, with the prior written approval
of the Certificate Insurer and without the consent of the Owners; provided, that
in certain other circumstances provided for in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement such consent of the Owners will be required prior to amendment. Any
such consent by the Owner at the time of the giving thereof, of this Certificate
shall be conclusive and binding upon such Owner and upon all future Owners of
the Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer
hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this Certificate.
The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each
Distribution Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Class X-IO Certificates are issuable only as registered
Certificates. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth, Class X-IO Certificates are exchangeable
for new Class X-IO Certificates evidencing the same Percentage Interest as the
Class X-IO Certificates exchanged.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and
neither the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary, except as may otherwise be specifically provided in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed on behalf of the Trust.
[_______________________], as Trustee
By: _____________________________
Title: __________________________
Trustee Authentication
[__________________], as Trustee
By: ___________________________
Title: ________________________
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CLASS R CERTIFICATE
SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS OWNERSHIP OF
EACH OF THE SOLE CLASSES OF "RESIDUAL INTERESTS" IN TWO "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
INVESTMENT CONDUITS" ("REMIC") AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN
SECTION 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE
"CODE"), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CODE.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"). ANY RESALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT
REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER THE ACT MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF SECTION 5.08 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED AS SET FORTH IN THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. NO TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE TO A "DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 860E(e)(5) OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"). SUCH TERM INCLUDES THE
UNITED STATES, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY
OF THE FOREGOING (OTHER THAN CERTAIN TAXABLE INSTRUMENTALITIES), ANY COOPERATIVE
ORGANIZATION FURNISHING ELECTRIC ENERGY OR PROVIDING TELEPHONE SERVICE TO
PERSONS IN RURAL AREAS, OR ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN A XXXXXX'X COOPERATIVE)
THAT IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO
THE TAX ON UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. NO TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE
WILL BE REGISTERED BY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR UNLESS THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE
HAS DELIVERED AN AFFIDAVIT AFFIRMING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE HAS DELIVERED AN AFFIDAVIT AFFIRMING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS NOT A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND IS NOT ACQUIRING THE
CLASS R CERTIFICATE FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION. A COPY OF
THE FORM OF AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED OF EACH PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS ON FILE AND
AVAILABLE FROM THE TRUSTEE.
A TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF THE APPLICABLE RESTRICTIONS MAY GIVE RISE TO
A SUBSTANTIAL TAX UPON THE TRANSFEROR OR, IN CERTAIN CASES, UPON AN AGENT ACTING
FOR THE TRANSFEREE. A PASS-THROUGH ENTITY THAT HOLDS THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE
AND THAT HAS A
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DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AS A RECORD OWNER IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR GENERALLY
WILL BE SUBJECT TO A TAX FOR EACH SUCH YEAR EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF (A) THE
AMOUNT OF EXCESS INCLUSIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PORTION OF THIS CERTIFICATE
OWNED THROUGH SUCH PASS-THROUGH ENTITY BY SUCH DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, AND
(B) THE HIGHEST MARGINAL FEDERAL TAX RATE ON CORPORATIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF
THE PRECEDING SENTENCE, THE TERM "PASS-THROUGH" ENTITY INCLUDES REGULATED
INVESTMENT COMPANIES, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS, COMMON TRUST FUNDS,
PARTNERSHIPS, TRUSTS, ESTATES, COOPERATIVES TO WHICH PART I OF SUBCHAPTER 1T
OF THE CODE APPLIES AND, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN REGULATIONS, NOMINEES.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING HOME EQUITY LOANS ARE
INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A RESIDUAL INTEREST IN EACH OF
REMIC I AND REMIC II FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.
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CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2000-__
HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
CLASS R
(RESIDUAL INTEREST)
Representing Certain Interests Relating to two Pools of
Home Equity Loans Sold and Serviced by
CENTEX CREDIT CORPORATION d/b/a CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION
(This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation
of, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or guaranteed by CHEC
Funding, LLC or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity Corporation.
This Certificate represents a fractional ownership interest in the Trust Estate
as defined below.)
NO: R-_
Date: __________, 20__
Percentage Interest _____%
CHEC RESIDUAL CORPORATION
Registered Owner
The registered Owner named above is the registered beneficial Owner of
a fractional interest in (a) the Home Equity Loans listed in SCHEDULE I-A and
SCHEDULE I-B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement which the Seller is causing
to be delivered to the Depositor and the Depositor is causing to be delivered to
the Trustee, together with the related Home Equity Loan documents and the
Seller's interest in any Property which secured a Home Equity Loan but which has
been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, and all payments
thereon and proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the
foregoing; (b) such amounts as may be held by the Trustee in the Certificate
Account, together with investment earnings on such amounts and such amounts as
may be held in the name of the Trustee in the Principal and Interest Account, if
any, exclusive of investment earnings thereon (except as otherwise provided in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), whether in the form of cash, instruments,
securities or other properties (including any Eligible Investments held by the
Servicer) and (c) proceeds of all the foregoing (including, but not by way of
limitation, all proceeds of any mortgage insurance, hazard insurance and title
insurance policy relating to the Home Equity Loans, cash proceeds, accounts,
accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit
accounts, rights to payment of any and every kind, and other forms of
obligations and receivables which at any time constitute all or part of or are
included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing) to pay the Certificates as
specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement ((a) - (d) above shall be
collectively referred to herein as the "Trust Estate").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS AN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE ONLY AND,
NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY
PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY.
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This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__, Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Class R (the "Class R Certificates") and issued under
and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of that certain Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of __________, 20__ (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement") by and among Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity
Corporation, in its capacity as the Seller (the "Seller") and as the Servicer
(the "Servicer"), CHEC Funding, LLC, in its capacity as Depositor (the
"Depositor"), and _______________, in its capacity as the Trustee (the
"Trustee"), to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Owner of this
Certificate by virtue of acceptance hereof assents and by which such Owner is
bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are Certificates
designated as Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__ Home Equity Loan
Pass-Through Certificates, Class A-1 (the "Class A-1 Certificates"), Class A-2
(the "Class A-2 Certificates"), Class A-3 (the "Class A-3 Certificates"), Class
A-4 (the "Class A-4 Certificates"), Class A-5 (the "Class A-5 Certificates"),
Class A-6 (the "Class A-6 Certificates"), Class A-7 (the "Class A-7
Certificates"), Class X-IO (the "Class X-IO Certificates"), and Class R-1 and
Class R-2 (together, the "Class R Certificates"). The Class A-1 Certificates,
the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4
Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates, the Class A-6 Certificates and the
Class A-7 Certificates shall be together referred to as the "Class A
Certificates" and the Class A Certificates, the Class X-IO Certificates and the
Class R Certificates are together referred to herein as the "Certificates."
Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day,
then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a "Distribution
Date") commencing January 25, 20__, each owner of a Class R Certificate as of
the close of business on the last day of the calendar month immediately
preceding the calendar month in which a Distribution Date occurs (the "Record
Date") will be entitled to receive the Residual Net Monthly Excess Cashflow
relating to such Certificate on such Distribution Date. Distributions will be
made in immediately available funds to Owners of Class R Certificates having an
aggregate Percentage Interest of at least ___% (by wire transfer or otherwise)
to the account of an Owner at a domestic bank or other entity having appropriate
facilities therefor, if such Owner has so notified the Trustee, or by check
mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the
Register.
The Trustee or any duly-appointed Paying Agent will duly and punctually
pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms
hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under
the Code by any Person from a distribution to any Owner shall be considered as
having been paid by the Trustee to such Owner for all purposes of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
The Home Equity Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions
eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration
of certain Home Equity Loans. No appointment of any Sub-Servicer shall release
the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
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This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of,
or an interest in, nor are the underlying Home Equity Loans insured or
guaranteed by CHEC Funding, LLC or Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home
Equity Corporation or any of their affiliates. This Certificate is limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Home
Equity Loans, all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
No Owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute
and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Owner.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the obligations
created thereby will terminate upon the payment to the Owners of all
Certificates from amounts other than those available under the Certificate
Insurance Policies of all amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to
such Owners pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and payment in full
of all amounts owed to the Certificate Insurer upon the latest to occur of (a)
the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance made with respect
thereto) of the last Home Equity Loan in the Trust Estate, (b) the disposition
of all property acquired in respect of any Home Equity Loan remaining in the
Trust Estate or (c) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of the Trust Estate
is effected as described below. To effect a termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement pursuant to clause (c) above, the Owners of all Certificates
then Outstanding shall provide the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, at such
Owners' expense, an Opinion of Counsel experienced in federal income tax matters
acceptable to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee to the effect that each
such liquidation constitutes a Qualified Liquidation, and the Servicer shall
either sell the Home Equity Loans and the Trustee shall distribute the proceeds
of the liquidation of the Trust Estate, or the Servicer shall distribute
equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust Estate to the remaining Owners
of the Certificates to the effect that each such liquidation constitutes a
Qualified Liquidation, each in accordance with such plan, so that the
liquidation or distribution of the Trust Estate, the distribution of any
proceeds of the liquidation and the termination of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement occur no later than the close of the 90th day after the date of
adoption of the plan of liquidation and such liquidation qualifies as a
Qualified Liquidation.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement additionally provides that the
Servicer may, at its option, purchase from the Trust all remaining Home Equity
Loans and other property then constituting the Trust Estate, and thereby effect
early retirement of the Certificates, on any Monthly Remittance Date after the
Clean-Up Call Date. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the
qualification of REMIC I and REMIC II as REMICs under the Code, the Home Equity
Loans may be sold, thereby effecting the early retirement of the Certificates.
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The Class R Certificates evidence ownership in the "residual interest"
in REMIC I and the "residual interest" in REMIC II. The registered Owner of a
Class R Certificate will be entitled to separate such Certificate into such
component parts. The Trustee shall, upon delivery to it of this Class R
Certificate and a written request of the registered Owner thereof to separate
such Certificate into its component parts, issued to such registered Owner in
exchange for such Class R Certificate (i) a separately transferable, certified
and fully registered security (a "Class R-1 Certificate) that will, from the
date of its issuance, represent the Owner's Percentage Interest in the residual
interest in REMIC I and (ii) a separately transferable, certified and fully
registered security (a "Class R-2 Certificate") that will, from the date of its
issuance, represent the Owner's Percentage Interest in the residual interest in
REMIC II. The Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge payable in connection with such exchange of this
Class R Certificate.
The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth therein.
The Certificate Insurer or the Owners of the majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class A Certificates with the prior written consent
of the Certificate Insurer have the right to exercise any trust or power set
forth in Section 6.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the
transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Register upon surrender of
this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the
location of the Register duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by,
the Owner hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Certificates of the like Class, tenor and a like aggregate
fractional undivided interest in the Trust Estate will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of rights and
obligations of the parties provided therein by the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Seller and the Servicer at any time and from time to time, with the prior
written approval of the Certificate Insurer and without the consent of the
Owners; provided, that in certain other circumstances provided for in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement such consent of the Owners will be required
prior to amendment. Any such consent by the Owner at the time of the giving
thereof, of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding upon such Owner and
upon all future Owners of the Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Certificate.
The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each
Distribution Date to the Owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Class R Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates.
As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Class R
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Certificates are exchangeable for new Class R Certificates evidencing the
same Percentage Interest as the Class R Certificates exchanged.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Registrar or Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and
neither the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary, except as may otherwise be specifically provided in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificate Insurer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed on behalf of the Trust.
[___________________________], as Trustee
By:_____________________________
Title:__________________________
Trustee Authentication
[_____________________], as Trustee
By: ________________________________
Title: ______________________________
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CERTIFICATE RE: HOME EQUITY LOANS
PREPAID IN FULL AFTER CUT-OFF DATE
CERTIFICATE RE: PREPAID LOANS
I, __________________________, ______________________ of Centex Credit
Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity Corporation ("Centex"), hereby certify that
between the "Cut-Off Date" (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of __________, 20__ among CHEC Funding, LLC, as Depositor, Centex as
Seller and Servicer, and _______________, as Trustee) and the "Startup Day," the
following schedule of "Home Equity Loans" (each as defined in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement) have been prepaid in full.
Account Original Current Date
Number Name Amount Balance Paid Off
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Dated: ____ __, 20__
By: _________________________
Title:_______________________
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EXHIBIT E-1
TRUSTEE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Reference is made to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated
as of __________, 20__ (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") among CHEC
Funding, LLC, as depositor, Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity
Corporation, as seller and servicer, and _______________, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein have the
meaning assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Trustee hereby acknowledges the receipt of the sum of $___________
to be deposited in the Certificate Account.
Dated: __________, 20__
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as Trustee
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT E-2
FORM OF CUSTODIAN'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT
CUSTODIAN'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT
The First Chicago National Processing Corporation, in its capacity as
custodian (the "Custodian") under the Custodial Agreement dated as of
__________, 20__, among the Custodian and _______________, in its capacity as
trustee (the "Trustee") under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated
as of __________, 20__ ("the Pooling and Servicing Agreement") among CHEC
Funding, LLC, as depositor (the "Depositor"), Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a
Centex Home Equity Corporation, a Nevada corporation, as seller and servicer
("Centex"), and the Trustee, as trustee, hereby acknowledges receipt (subject to
review as required by Section 3.06(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) of
the items delivered to it by Centex with respect to the Initial Home Equity
Loans pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(i) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Schedule of Initial Home Equity Loans is attached to this receipt
as Schedule I.
The Custodian hereby additionally acknowledges that it shall review
such items as required by Section 3.06(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and shall otherwise comply with Section 3.06(b) and 3.06(c) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement as required thereby.
THE FIRST CHICAGO NATIONAL
PROCESSING CORPORATION,
as Custodian
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated: __________, 20__
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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF POOL CERTIFICATION
POOL CERTIFICATION
WHEREAS, the undersigned is an Authorized Officer of First Chicago
National Processing Corporation, in its capacity as custodian (the "Custodian")
under the Custodial Agreement dated __________, 20__, between the Custodian and
_______________, acting in its capacity as trustee (the "Trustee") of a certain
pool of home equity loans (the "Pool") heretofore conveyed in trust to the
Trustee, pursuant to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of
__________, 20__, (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") among CHEC Funding,
LLC, as depositor, Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity
Corporation, as seller and servicer ("Centex"), and Trustee, as trustee; and
WHEREAS, the Custodian is required, pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to review the Files relating to the Home Equity
Loans within a specified period following the Startup Day and to notify the
Seller promptly of any defects with respect to the Home Equity Loans, and the
Seller is required to remedy such defects or take certain other action, all as
set forth in Section 3.06(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.06(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
requires the Custodian to deliver this Pool Certification upon the satisfaction
of certain conditions set forth therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Custodian hereby certifies that it has determined
that all required documents (or certified copies of documents listed in Section
3.05 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) have been executed or received, and
that such documents relate to the Home Equity Loans identified in the Schedule
of Home Equity Loans pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement or, in the event that such documents have not been executed and
received or do not so relate to such Home Equity Loans, any remedial action by
the Seller pursuant to Section 3.06(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
has been completed. The Custodian makes no certification hereby, however, with
respect to any intervening assignments or assumption and modification
agreements.
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Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed
to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
FIRST CHICAGO NATIONAL PROCESSING
CORPORATION, as Custodian
By: ________________________
Name:
Title
Dated: __________, 20__
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EXHIBIT G
FORM OF DELIVERY ORDER
DELIVERY ORDER
_______________________
_______________________
_______________________
Dear Sirs:
Pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated
as of __________, 20__ (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") among CHEC
Funding, LLC, as Depositor, Centex Credit Corporation d/b/a Centex Home Equity
Corporation, a Nevada corporation, as Seller and Servicer, and _______________,
as Trustee (the "Trustee"), THE DEPOSITOR HEREBY CERTIFIES that all conditions
precedent to the issuance of the Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__ Home
Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class
A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7, Class X-IO and Class R (the
"Certificates"), HAVE BEEN SATISFIED, and HEREBY REQUESTS YOU TO AUTHENTICATE
AND DELIVER said Certificates, and to RELEASE said Certificates to the owners
thereof, or otherwise upon their order. Instructions regarding the registration
of the Certificates are attached hereto.
Very truly yours,
CHEC FUNDING, LLC
By: _________________________________
Title: _________________________________
Dated: ____ __, 200_
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF CLASS R TAX MATTERS TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO SECTION
860E(e) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE
CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED
STATE OF )
) ss:
COUNTY OF )
[NAME OF OFFICER], being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
1. That he is [Title of Officer] of [Name of Investor] (the
"Investor"), a [savings institution] [corporation] duly organized and existing
under the laws of [the State of _________] [the United States], on behalf of
which he makes this affidavit.
2. That (i) the Investor is not a "disqualified organization" and will
not be a "disqualified organization" as of [date of transfer] (For this purpose,
a "disqualified organization" means the United States, any state or political
subdivision thereof, any foreign government, any international organization, any
agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than certain taxable
instrumentalities), any cooperative organization furnishing electric energy or
providing telephone service to persons in rural areas, or any organization
(other than a farmers' cooperative) that is exempt from federal income tax
unless such organization is subject to the tax on unrelated business income.);
(ii) it is not acquiring the Class R Certificate for the account of a
disqualified organization; (iii) it consents to any amendment of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement that shall be deemed necessary by the Trustee (upon advice
of counsel) to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Class R
Certificates will not be owned directly or indirectly by a disqualified
organization; and (iv) it will not transfer such Class R Certificate unless (a)
it has received from the transferee an affidavit in substantially the same form
as this affidavit containing these same four representations and (b) as of the
time of the transfer, it does not have actual knowledge that such affidavit is
false.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by its
[Title of Officer] and its corporate seal to be hereunto attached, attested by
its [Assistant] Secretary, this ___ day of __________, 2000.
[NAME OF INVESTOR]
By: _____________________
[Name of Officer]
[Title of Officer]
[Corporate Seal]
Attest:
__________________________
[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named [Name of Officer], known
or proved to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be
the [Title of Officer] of the Investor, and acknowledged to me that he executed
the same as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Investor.
Subscribed and sworn before me this __ day of ____________, 2000.
___________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
COUNTY OF __________________
STATE OF ____________________
My commission expires the _ day of _______________, 2000.
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE REGARDING TRANSFER
(ACCREDITED INVESTOR)
[DATE]
______________________
______________________
______________________
Attention: Advanced Structured Products Services
Re: Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__
Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates
("CERTIFICATES")
Gentlemen:
In connection with our purchase on the date hereof of the
above-referenced Certificates from ___________________ ("Seller"), [PURCHASER]
(the "Purchaser") hereby certifies that:
1. The Purchaser is acquiring the Certificates for [investment purposes
only for](1) the Purchaser's own account and not with a view to or for sale or
transfer in connection with any distribution thereof in any manner which would
violate Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
provided that the disposition of its property shall at all times be and remain
within its control;
2. The Purchaser understands that the Certificates have not been and
will not be registered under the Act and may not be resold or transferred unless
they are (a) registered pursuant to the Act or (b) sold or transferred in
transactions which are exempt from registration;
3. The Purchaser has received a copy of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of __________, 20__ (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")
pursuant to which the Certificates are being sold, and such other documents and
information concerning the Certificates and the home equity loans in which the
Certificates represent interests which it has requested;
4. The Purchaser believes it has such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of an investment in the Certificates and that it is able to bear the
economic risks of such an investment;
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(1) Not required if the Purchaser is a broker/dealer.
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5. The Purchaser is not an employee benefit plan subject to Section
406 of ERISA nor a plan or other arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA
nor a plan or other arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code
(collectively, a "Plan"), nor is acting on behalf of any Plan nor using the
assets of any Plan to effect such transfer or (ii) in the event that any
Class X-IO or Class R Certificate is purchased by a Plan, or by a person or
entity acting on behalf of any Plan or using the assets of any Plan to effect
such transfer (including the assets of any Plan held in an insurance company
separate or general account), an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to and in
form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer,
which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of either the Trustee,
the Certificate Insurer or the Trust, to the effect that the purchase or
holding of any Class X-IO or Class R Certificates will not result prohibited
transaction under ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject
the Trustee to any obligation or liability in addition to those expressly
undertaken under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything else to the
contrary herein, any purported transfer of a Certificate to or on behalf of
any Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of
an Opinion of Counsel as described above shall be null and void and no effect;
6. If the Purchaser sells any of the Certificates at its option, it
will (i) obtain from any investor that purchases any Certificate from it a
letter substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 or J-2 to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and (ii) to the extent required by the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, cause an Opinion of Counsel to be delivered, addressed
and satisfactory to the Seller and the Trustee, to the effect that such sale
is in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws; and
7. The Purchaser certifies that for purposes of the Certificate
Register, its address, including telecopier number and telephone number, is
as follows:
telecopier:
telephone:
8. The purchase of the Certificates by the Purchaser does not
violate the provisions of the first sentence of Section 5.08(d) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this letter to be executed
by its signatory, duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
[PURCHASER]
By: ______________________
Name: ____________________
Title: ___________________
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EXHIBIT I-2
FORM OF CERTIFICATE REGARDING TRANSFER
(Rule 144A)
[Date]
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
Attention: Advanced Structured Products Services
Re: Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__
Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
Class ___-_____ ("Certificates")
Dear Gentlemen or Ladies:
In connection with our purchase on the date hereof of the
above-referenced Certificates from ______________________ ("Seller") hereby
certify that:
1. We are acquiring the Certificates for our own account for investment
and not with a view to or for sale or transfer in connection with any
distribution thereof in any manner which would violate the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), provided that the disposition of our property
shall at all times be and remain within our control;
2. We understand that the Certificates have not been and will not be
registered under the Act and may not be resold or transferred unless they are
(a) registered pursuant to the Act or (b) sold or transferred in transactions
which are exempt from registration;
3. We have received a copy of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated
as of __________, 20__ (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") pursuant to which
the Certificates are being sold, and such other documents and information
concerning the Certificates and the home equity loans in which the Certificates
represent interests which we have requested;
4. We believe we have such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an
investment in the Certificates and that we are able to bear the economic risks
of such an investment;
5. If we sell any of the Certificates at our option, we will either (i)
obtain from any institutional investor that purchases any Certificate from us a
certificate containing the same representations, warranties and agreements
contained in the foregoing paragraphs 1, 2 through 4 and this paragraph 5 or
(ii) deliver an Opinion of Counsel to such institutional investor, addressed and
satisfactory to the Seller and the Trustee, to the effect that such sale is in
compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws;
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6. We are acquiring the Certificates for our own account and the source
of funds is not an employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA nor a
plan or other arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA nor a plan or other
arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), nor is
acting on behalf of any Plan nor using the assets of any Plan to effect such
transfer or (ii) in the event that any Class X-IO or Class R Certificate is
purchased by a Plan, or by a person or entity acting on behalf of any Plan or
using the assets of any Plan to effect such transfer (including the assets of
any Plan held in an insurance company separate or general account), an Opinion
of Counsel, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee
and the Certificate Insurer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the
expense of either the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer or the Trust, to the
effect that the purchase or holding of any Class X-IO or Class R Certificates
will not result prohibited transaction under ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the
Code, and will not subject the Trustee to any obligation or liability in
addition to those expressly undertaken under this Agreement. Notwithstanding
anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of a Certificate to
or on behalf of any Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Certificate
Insurer of an Opinion of Counsel as described above shall be null and void and
no effect;
7. We certify that for purposes of the Certificate Register, our
address, including telecopier number and telephone number, is as follows:
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
telecopier: _______________________________
telephone: ________________________________
8. If we sell any of the Certificates, we will obtain from any
purchaser from us the same representations contained in the foregoing paragraph
6 and this paragraph 7; and
9. Our purchase of the Certificates does not violate the provisions of
the first sentence of Section 5.08(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed this certificate as of the date
first written above.
By: ___________________________
Name: _________________________
Title: ________________________
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EXHIBIT J
HOME EQUITY LOANS WITH DOCUMENT EXCEPTIONS
Loan Number Borrower Name Original Loan Amount Exception
----------- ------------- -------------------- ----------
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EXHIBIT K
DEFINITION OF GROUP II TARGET OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AMOUNT
(AND RELATED DEFINITIONS)
"GROUP II DELINQUENCY AMOUNT" means, with respect to each Distribution
Date, the product of (i) the Group II Delinquency Percentage and (ii) the
aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in Group II as of the end of the
related Remittance Period.
"GROUP II DELINQUENCY PERCENTAGE" means with respect to Group II and
any date of determination, the average of the percentage equivalents of the
fractions determined for each of the three immediately preceding Remittance
Periods the numerator of each of which is equal to (x) the sum (without
duplication) of (i) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in Group
II which are 90-Day Delinquent Loans, (ii) the aggregate Loan Balance of the
Home Equity Loans in Group II in foreclosure and (iii) the aggregate Loan
Balance of the Home Equity Loans in Group II relating to REO Properties, in each
case as of the end of such Remittance Period and the denominator of which is (y)
the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in Group II as of the end of
such Remittance Period.
"GROUP II INITIAL TARGET OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AMOUNT" means the Group
II Target Percentage times the Original Group II Pool Balance.
"GROUP II TARGET OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AMOUNT" means:
(a) for any Distribution Date occurring during the period commencing
on the Startup Day and ending on the later of (A) the date upon which
principal in the amount equal to one half of the Original Group II Pool
Balance has been received by the Owners of the Class A-7 Certificates and (B)
the thirtieth Distribution Date following the Startup Day, the greater of:
(i) the Group II Initial Target Overcollateralization Amount, and (ii) ___%
of the Group II Delinquency Amount.
(b) for any Distribution Date occurring after the end of the period in
clause (a) above, the greatest of (i)(x) two times the Group II Target
Percentage times (y) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in
Group II with respect to Group II as of the end of the immediately preceding
Remittance Period, (ii) ___% of the Original Group II Pool Balance, (iii) ___%
of the Group II Delinquency Amount and (iv) the aggregate principal balance of
the three Home Equity Loans with the largest outstanding principal balances in
Group II as of the end of the immediately preceding Remittance Period;
provided, however, for any Distribution Date occurring after the end of the
period specified in clause (a) above, if the Group II Delinquency Percentage
exceeds ___%, the Group II Target
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Overcollateralization Amount shall be no less than the Group II Target
Overcollateralization Amount as of the previous Distribution Date.
The Certificate Insurer may, in its sole discretion, modify this definition of
Group II Target Overcollateralization Amount for the purpose of reducing or
eliminating, in whole or in part, the definition hereof. The Trustee and the
Rating Agencies shall be notified in writing of such modification prior to the
related Distribution Date and such modification shall not result in a
downgrading of the then-current ratings of the Class A Certificates, without
regard to the Certificate Insurance Policies.
"GROUP II TARGET PERCENTAGE" means ___%.
"ORIGINAL GROUP II POOL BALANCE" means the aggregate Loan Balance of
the Home Equity Loans in Group II as of the Cut-Off Date.
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EXHIBIT L
DEFINITION OF GROUP I TARGET OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AMOUNT
(AND RELATED DEFINITIONS)
"GROUP I DELINQUENCY AMOUNT" means with respect to each Distribution
Date the product of (i) the Group I Delinquency Percentage and (ii) the
aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in Group I as of the end of the
related Remittance Period.
"GROUP I DELINQUENCY PERCENTAGE" means with respect to Group I and any
date of determination, the average of the percentage equivalents of the
fractions determined for each of the three immediately preceding Remittance
Periods the numerator of each of which is equal to (x) the sum (without
duplication) of (i) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in the
Group I which are 90-Day Delinquent Loans, (ii) the aggregate Loan Balance of
the Home Equity Loans in the Group I in foreclosure and (iii) the aggregate Loan
Balance of Home Equity Loans in Group I relating to REO Properties, in each case
as of the end of such Remittance Period and the denominator of which is (y) the
aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in Group I as of the end of such
Remittance Period.
"GROUP I INITIAL TARGET OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AMOUNT" means the Group I
Target Percentage times the Original Group I Pool Balance.
"GROUP I TARGET OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AMOUNT" means:
(a) for any Distribution Date occurring during the period commencing on
the Startup Day and ending on the later of (A) the date upon which principal in
the amount equal to one half of the Original Group I Pool Balance has been
received by the Owners of the Group I Certificates and (B) the thirtieth
Distribution Date following the Startup Day, the greater of: (i) the Group I
Initial Target Overcollateralization Amount, and (ii) ___% of the Group I
Delinquency Amount.
(b) for any Distribution Date occurring after the end of the period in
clause (a) above, the greatest of (i)(x) two times the Group I Target Percentage
times (y) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Home Equity Loans in Group I as of
the end of the preceding Remittance Period, (ii) .___% of the Original Group I
Pool Balance, (iii) ___% of the Group I Delinquency Amount, and (iv) the
aggregate principal balance of the three Home Equity Loans with the largest
outstanding principal balances in the Group I as of the end of the preceding
Remittance Period;
provided, however, for any Distribution Date occurring after the end of the
period specified in clause (a) above, if the Group I Delinquency Percentage
exceeds ___%, the Group I Target Overcollateralization Amount shall be no less
than the Group I Target Overcollateralization Amount as of the previous
Distribution Date.
The Certificate Insurer may, in its sole discretion, modify the
definition of Group I Target Overcollateralization Amount for the purpose of
reducing or eliminating, in whole or in part, the
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definition hereof. The Trustee and the Rating Agencies shall be notified in
writing of such modification prior to the related Distribution Date and such
modification shall not result in a downgrading of the then-current ratings of
the Class A Certificates, without regard to the Certificate Insurance
Policies.
"GROUP I TARGET PERCENTAGE" means ___%.
"ORIGINAL GROUP I POOL BALANCE" means the aggregate Loan Balance of the
Home Equity Loans in Group I as of the Cut-Off Date.
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EXHIBIT M
FORM OF LETTER REGARDING REPORTING OBLIGATIONS UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
________, 200_
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
Re: CENTEX HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2000-__
HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2000-
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to and in reference to Section 7.09(c) of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of __________, 20__ relating to the above
referenced Certificates, please note the following:
(a) CIK Number for Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-__ (the
"Trust"): .
(b) CCC for the Trust: .
In order to comply with the reporting obligations for the Trust under
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the
Trustee must file within 15 days following each Distribution Date a copy of the
report distributed by the Trustee to the Certificateholders in a current report
on Form 8-K. Such reports provide all current information ordinarily of interest
to the Certificateholders. The Trustee must also report on a current report on
Form 8-K any significant occurrences during the reporting period that would be
reportable under Item 1, Item 2, Item 4 and Item 5. In addition, the Trustee
should cause the filing of an annual report on Form 10-K within 90 days
following the end of the Trust's fiscal year containing the following
information:
Part I, Item 3. A description of any material pending
litigation;
Part I, Item 4. A description of any submission matters to
vote of Certificateholders;
Part II, Item 5. A statement of the number of
Certificateholders and the principal
market, if any, in which the Certificates
trade;
Part II, Item 9. A statement as to any changes in or
disagreements with the independent public
accounts for the Trust;
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Part IV, Item 14. A copy of the annual certificate of
compliance by an officer of the Servicer,
and any Subservicer and the audit of the
servicing by the independent accounting
firm.
Promptly after filing the Form 10-K, the Trustee should file a Form 15 in
accordance with Section 7.09(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
deregistering the Trust and terminating the reporting obligations under the
All filings must be made through the Xxxxx System and all acceptance slips from
the filings should be saved as they will be needed for the annual certificate.
CHEC FUNDING, LLC
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
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