EXHIBIT 99.2
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COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.
Seller
CWABS, INC.
Purchaser
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PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 26, 2001
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REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET BACKED NOTES
Series 2001-A
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions..................................................................3
ARTICLE II
SALE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
Section 2.01. Sale of the Mortgage Loans...................................................4
Section 2.02. Obligations of Seller Upon Sale..............................................5
Section 2.03. Payment of Purchase Price for the Mortgage Loans.............................7
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; REMEDIES FOR BREACH
Section 3.01. Seller Representations and Warranties........................................8
Section 3.02. Seller Representations and Warranties
Relating to the Mortgage Loans............................................9
ARTICLE IV
SELLER'S COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Covenants of the Seller.....................................................16
ARTICLE V
SERVICING
Section 5.01. Servicing...................................................................17
ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION
Section 6.01. Termination.................................................................17
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 7.01. Amendment...................................................................17
Section 7.02. Governing Law...............................................................17
Section 7.03. Notices.....................................................................17
Section 7.04. Severability of Provisions..................................................18
Section 7.05. Counterparts................................................................18
Section 7.06. Further Agreements..........................................................18
Section 7.07. Successors and Assigns: Assignment of Purchase Agreement....................18
Section 7.08. Survival....................................................................19
THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of February 26, 2001 (the
"Agreement"), between COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., a New York corporation
(the "Seller"), and CWABS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser"),
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Seller is the owner of the notes or other evidence of
indebtedness indicated on Schedule I and certain other notes or other evidence
of indebtedness made or to be made in the future, and Related Documentation;
and
WHEREAS, by the date of their transfer, the Seller will own the
mortgages on the properties securing the Mortgage Loans, including rights to
(a) any property acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure or
otherwise and (b) the proceeds of any hazard insurance policies on the
Mortgaged Properties; and
WHEREAS, the Seller wants to sell the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, of even date
with this Agreement (the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), among the Purchaser,
as Purchaser, the Seller, as sponsor and master servicer, the Trust, and the
Indenture Trustee, the Purchaser will transfer the Mortgage Loans to the
Trust;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement that are not otherwise
defined have the meanings given to them in the Indenture, and if not defined
there, in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. In addition, Section 1.04 (Rules
of Construction) of the Indenture is incorporated by reference with
appropriate substitution of this Agreement for references in that Section to
the Indenture so that the language of that Section will read appropriately as
applying to this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
SALE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
Section 2.01. Sale of the Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Initial Mortgage Loans. Concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Seller hereby transfers to the Purchaser,
without recourse, all of its right, title and interest existing now or in the
future in,
(i) each Mortgage Loan, including its Asset Balance (including
all Additional Balances) and all collections received on it after
the Cut-off Date (excluding payments due by the Cut-off Date);
(ii) property that secured a Mortgage Loan that is acquired by
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure;
(iii) the Seller's rights under the hazard insurance policies;
(iv) all rights under any guaranty executed in connection with
a Mortgage Loan;
(v) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust
for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Credit Enhancer; and
(vi) all proceeds of the foregoing.
(b) By the sale of the Mortgage Loan and its Additional Balances, the
Seller has sold to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser has purchased from the
Seller, each future draw of new borrowing under the related Credit Line
Agreement. The Purchaser shall pay the Seller for each Additional Balance in
cash in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Additional Balance as
it arises. The Trust, the Seller, and the Purchaser may agree to a netting
arrangement in connection with this transaction, when appropriate, rather than
actually moving cash.
(c) The Additional Home Equity Loans. The Purchaser may use the funds
in each Additional Loan Account to purchase Additional Home Equity Loans for
the related Loan Group on any Subsequent Closing Date designated by the
Purchaser by the Latest Subsequent Closing Date. On each Subsequent Closing
Date, the Seller shall deliver a Transfer Document (properly completed and
executed by the Seller) to the Purchaser. When the Seller delivers a Transfer
Document, the Seller hereby transfers to the Purchaser without recourse, and
the Purchaser purchases and shall effect payment for, all of its right, title
and interest in each Additional Home Equity Loan identified in the Transfer
Document, including its Asset Balance (including all Additional Balances) and
all collections received on it after the relevant Subsequent Cut-off Date
(excluding payments due by the Subsequent Cut-off Date) and all proceeds of
the foregoing.
Section 2.02. Obligations of Seller Upon Sale.
In connection with any transfer pursuant to Section 2.01, the Seller
further agrees, at its own expense:
(a) to deliver to the Purchaser by the Closing Date a Mortgage Loan
Schedule containing an accurate list of all Initial Mortgage Loans, specifying
for each Initial Mortgage Loan, among other things, its account number and its
Cut-off Date Asset Balance;
(b) to indicate in its books and records that the Mortgage Loans have
been sold to the Indenture Trustee, as assignee of the Purchaser, pursuant to
this Agreement by the Closing Date for the Initial Mortgage Loans, and by each
Subsequent Closing Date for the related Additional Home Equity Loans;
(c) to deliver to the Purchaser, or at the Purchaser's direction to
the Indenture Trustee, an officer's Certificate confirming the satisfaction of
each of the conditions precedent in Section 2.01(c) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement by each Subsequent Closing Date; and
(d) to deliver to the Purchaser, or at the Purchaser's direction to
the Indenture Trustee, a revised Mortgage Loan Schedule reflecting the
addition of the Additional Home Equity Loans within 15 days following each
Subsequent Closing Date.
The initial Mortgage Loan Schedule is Exhibit A to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and shall also be marked as Schedule I to this Agreement
and is hereby incorporated into this Agreement.
The Seller agrees to perfect and protect the Purchaser's interest in
each Mortgage Loan and its proceeds by preparing, executing, and filing a
UCC-1 Financing Statement with the Secretary of State in the State of
California describing the applicable Mortgage Loans and naming the Seller as
debtor and the Purchaser as secured party (and indicating that the Mortgage
Loans have been assigned to the Trust) and all necessary Continuation
Statements and any amendments to the UCC-1 Financing Statements required to
reflect a change in the name or corporate structure of the Seller or the
filing of any additional UCC-1 financing statements due to the change in the
principal offices of the Seller. The Financing Statement shall be filed by the
Closing Date.
The Purchaser agrees to perfect and protect the Trust's interest in
each Mortgage Loan and its proceeds by preparing, executing, and filing a
UCC-1 Financing Statement with the Secretary of State in the State of
California describing the applicable Mortgage Loans and naming the Purchaser
as debtor and the Trust as secured party (and indicating that the Mortgage
Loans have been pledged to the Indenture Trustee) and all necessary
Continuation Statements and any amendments to the UCC-1 Financing Statements
required to reflect a change in the name or corporate structure of the
Purchaser or the filing of any additional UCC-1 financing statements due to
the change in the principal offices of the Purchaser. The Financing Statement
shall be filed by the Closing Date.
In connection with any transfer by the Seller, the Seller shall
deliver to the order of the Purchaser the following documents for each
Mortgage Loan (the "Related Documentation"):
(i) the original Mortgage Note endorsed in blank or, if the
original Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed and not replaced,
an original lost note affidavit from the Seller stating that the
original Mortgage Note was lost, misplaced, or destroyed, together
with a copy of the related Mortgage Note;
(ii) unless the Mortgage Loan is registered on the
MERS(R)System, an original assignment of mortgage in blank in
recordable form;
(iii) the original recorded mortgage with evidence of recording
on it (noting the presence of the MIN of the Mortgage Loan and
language indicating that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the
Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan) or, if the original recorded mortgage
with evidence of recording on it cannot be delivered by the Closing
Date because of a delay caused by the public recording office where
the original Mortgage has been delivered for recordation or because
the original Mortgage has been lost, the Seller shall deliver to the
Indenture Trustee an accurate copy of the mortgage, together with
(i) when the delay is caused by the public recording office, an
Officer's Certificate of the Seller or the Purchaser stating that
the original mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate public
recording official or (ii) when the original mortgage has been lost,
a certificate by the appropriate county recording office where the
mortgage is recorded;
(iv) any original intervening assignments needed for a complete
chain of title to the Trust with evidence of recording on them, or,
if any original intervening assignment has not been returned from
the applicable recording office or has been lost, an accurate copy
of it, together with (i) when the delay is caused by the public
recording office, an Officer's Certificate of the Seller or the
Purchaser stating that the original intervening assignment has been
dispatched to the appropriate public recording official for
recordation or (ii) when the original intervening assignment has
been lost, a certificate by the appropriate county recording office
where the mortgage is recorded;
(v) a title policy for each Mortgage Loan with a Credit Limit
in excess of $100,000;
(vi) the original of any guaranty executed in connection with
the Mortgage Note;
(vii) the original of each assumption, modification,
consolidation, or substitution agreement relating to the Mortgage
Loan; and
(viii) any security agreement, chattel mortgage, or equivalent
instrument executed in connection with the Mortgage.
The Related Documentation for the Initial Mortgage Loans will be
delivered:
(i) no later than the Closing Date, with respect to no less
than 50% of the Initial Mortgage Loans,
(ii) no later than the twenty-first day after the Closing
Date, with respect to no less than 40% of the Initial Mortgage Loans
in addition to those delivered on the Closing Date, and
(iii) within thirty days following the Closing Date, with
respect to the remaining Initial Mortgage Loans.
The Related Documentation for the Additional Home Equity Loans will
be delivered:
(i) no later than the twenty-first day after the relevant
Subsequent Closing Date, with respect to no less than 80% of the
relevant Additional Home Equity Loans; and
(ii) within thirty days following the relevant Subsequent
Closing Date, with respect to the remaining relevant Additional Home
Equity Loans.
The Seller confirms to the Purchaser that, as of the Closing Date, it
has caused the portions of the Electronic Ledger relating to the Initial
Mortgage Loans maintained by the Seller to be clearly and unambiguously marked
to indicate that the Initial Mortgage Loans have been sold to the Purchaser,
and sold by the Purchaser to the Trust, and Granted by the Trust to the
Indenture Trustee. By the relevant Subsequent Closing Date or applicable date
of substitution, as applicable, the Seller shall cause the portions of the
Electronic Ledgers relating to the relevant Additional Home Equity Loans or
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans, as the case may be, to be clearly and
unambiguously marked, and shall make appropriate entries in its general
accounting records, to indicate that those Mortgage Loans have been
transferred to the Trust at the direction of the Purchaser and that they have
been Granted by the Trust to the Indenture Trustee.
The Purchaser accepts all right, title and interest of the Seller
existing now or in the future in the Mortgage Loans and other property
transferred to it pursuant to this Section.
Notwithstanding the characterization of the Notes as debt for
federal, state, and local income and franchise tax purposes, the transfer of
the Mortgage Loans is a sale for accounting and other purposes by the Seller
to the Purchaser of all the Seller's interest in the Mortgage Loans and other
property described above. However, if the transfer were to be characterized as
a transfer for security and not as a sale, then the Seller hereby Grants to
the Purchaser a Security Interest in all of the Seller's right, title and
interest in the Mortgage Loans and other property described above, whether
existing now or in the future, to secure all of the Seller's obligations under
this Agreement; and this Agreement shall constitute a Security Agreement under
applicable law.
Section 2.03. Payment of Purchase Price for the Mortgage Loans.
(a) In consideration of the sale of the Initial Mortgage Loans from
the Seller to the Purchaser on the Closing Date, the Purchaser agrees to pay
to the Seller on the Closing Date by transfer of immediately available funds,
the amount specified in the Adoption Annex, and to transfer to the Seller on
the Closing Date the Transferor Certificates.
(b) In consideration of the sale of the Additional Home Equity Loans
from the Seller to the Purchaser on each Subsequent Closing Date, the
Purchaser agrees to cause the Trust to pay to the Seller when the conditions
to the release of the purchase price for the Additional Home Equity Loans
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement have been met an amount equal to their
Cut-off Date Asset Balance.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; REMEDIES FOR BREACH
Section 3.01. Seller Representations and Warranties.
The Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser as of the Closing
Date:
(a) The Seller is a New York corporation, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of New York, and has the corporate
power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently
engaged. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the
business transacted by it or any properties owned or leased by it requires
such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify would have a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition
(financial or other) of the Seller;
(b) The Seller has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver,
and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the
execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement. When executed and
delivered, this Agreement will constitute the valid and legally binding
obligation of the Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms;
(c) The Seller is not required to obtain the consent of any other
party or any consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration
or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau, or agency in
connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity, or
enforceability of this Agreement, except for any consents, licenses, approvals
or authorizations, or registrations or declarations, that have been obtained
or filed, as the case may be, before the Closing Date;
(d) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by the
Seller will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any
order or decree of any court applicable to the Seller or any provision of the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller, or constitute a material
breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract, or other agreement to which the
Seller is a party or by which the Seller may be bound; and
(e) No litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any
court, tribunal, or governmental body is currently pending, or to the
knowledge of the Seller threatened, against the Seller or any of its
properties or with respect to this Agreement or the Notes that in the opinion
of the Seller has a reasonable likelihood of resulting in a material adverse
effect on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
The representations and warranties in this Section shall survive the
transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser. The Seller shall cure a
breach of any representations and warranties in accordance with the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. The remedy specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement
shall constitute the sole remedy against the Seller respecting any breach.
Section 3.02. Seller Representations and Warranties Relating to the
Mortgage Loans.
The Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser as of the Cut-off
Date, unless otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement:
(i) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial Mortgage
Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to any
Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
this Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of
the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its
terms.
(ii) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
either
(A) this Agreement constitutes a valid transfer to the
Purchaser of all right, title and interest of the Seller in the
applicable Mortgage Loans, all monies due or to become due on
them (excluding payments of accrued interest due by the Cut-off
Date or Subsequent Cut-off Date, as applicable), all proceeds
of the applicable Mortgage Loans, and any funds from time to
time deposited in the Collection Account (excluding investment
earnings on the funds) and all other property specified in
Section 2.01(a) or (b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as
applicable, and the Sale and Servicing Agreement constitutes a
valid transfer to the Trust of the foregoing property such
that, on execution of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, it is
owned by the Trust free of all liens and other encumbrances,
and is part of the corpus of the Trust transferred to the Trust
by the Purchaser, and upon payment for the Additional Balances,
this Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement will
constitute a valid transfer to the Trust of all interest of the
Seller in the Additional Balances, all monies due or to become
due on them, all proceeds of the Additional Balances, and all
other property specified in Section 2.01(a) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement relating to the Additional Balances free of
all liens and other encumbrances, and the Indenture constitutes
a valid Grant of a Security Interest to the Indenture Trustee
in that property, and the Indenture Trustee has a first
priority perfected security interest in the property, subject
to the effect of Section 9-306 of the UCC with respect to
collections on the Mortgage Loans that are deposited in the
Collection Account in accordance with the next to last
paragraph of Section 3.02(b) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, or
(B) this Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement
constitute a grant of a Security Interest to the Owner Trustee
on behalf of the Trust and the Indenture constitutes a grant of
a Security Interest to the Indenture Trustee in such property.
If this Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement
constitute the grant of a Security Interest to the Trust and
the Indenture constitutes a grant of a Security Interest to the
Indenture Trustee in such property, the Indenture Trustee will
have a first priority perfected security interest in the
property, subject to the effect of Section 9-306 of the UCC
with respect to collections on the Mortgage Loans that are
deposited in the Collection Account in accordance with the next
to last paragraph of Section 3.02(b) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(iii) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan
and as of the date any Additional Balance is created, the
information in the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the Mortgage Loans is
correct in all material respects.
(iv) The applicable Mortgage Loan has not been assigned or
pledged, and the Seller is its sole owner and holder free of any
liens, claims, encumbrances, participation interests, equities,
pledges, charges, or security interests of any nature, and has full
authority, under all governmental and regulatory bodies having
jurisdiction over the ownership of the applicable Mortgage Loan, to
transfer it pursuant to this Agreement.
(v) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial Mortgage
Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to any
Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
the related Mortgage Note and the mortgage for each Mortgage Loan
have not been assigned or pledged, and immediately before the sale
of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, the Seller was the sole
owner and holder of the Mortgage Loan free of any liens, claims,
encumbrances, participation interests, equities, pledges, charges,
or security interests of any nature, and has full authority, under
all governmental and regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over the
ownership of the applicable Mortgage Loans, to transfer it pursuant
to this Agreement.
(vi) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
the related mortgage is a valid and subsisting first or second lien
on the property described in it, as shown on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule with respect to each related Mortgage Loan, and as of the
Cut-off Date, relevant Subsequent Cut-off Date, or date of
substitution, as applicable, the related Mortgaged Property is free
of all encumbrances and liens having priority over the first or
second lien, as applicable, of the mortgage except for liens for
(A) real estate taxes and special assessments not yet
delinquent;
(B) any first mortgage loan secured by the Mortgaged
Property and specified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(C) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way,
easements, and other matters of public record as of the date of
recording that are acceptable to mortgage lending institutions
generally; and
(D) other matters to which like properties are commonly
subject that do not materially interfere with the benefits of
the security intended to be provided by the mortgage.
(vii) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
no obligor has a valid offset, defense, or counterclaim under any
Credit Line Agreement or mortgage.
(viii) To the best knowledge of the Seller, as of the Closing
Date with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans, the relevant
Subsequent Closing Date with respect to any Additional Home Equity
Loans, and the applicable date of substitution with respect to any
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan, no related Mortgaged Property has
any delinquent recording or other tax or fee or assessment lien
against it.
(ix) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
no proceeding is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Seller,
threatened for the total or partial condemnation of the related
Mortgaged Property, and the property is free of material damage;
(x) To the best knowledge of the Seller, as of the Closing Date
with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent
Closing Date with respect to any Additional Home Equity Loans, and
the applicable date of substitution with respect to any Eligible
Substitute Mortgage Loan, no mechanics' or similar liens or claims
have been filed for work, labor, or material affecting the related
Mortgaged Property that are, or may be, liens prior or equal to the
lien of the related mortgage, except liens that are fully insured
against by the title insurance policy referred to in clause (xiv).
(xi) No Minimum Monthly Payment on an Initial Mortgage Loan is
more than 59 days delinquent (measured on a contractual basis) and
no Minimum Monthly Payment on any other Mortgage Loan being
transferred on the relevant date is more than 30 days delinquent
(measured on a contractual basis) and no more than the percentage
specified in the Adoption Annex of the Initial Mortgage Loans being
transferred on the relevant date (by Cut-off Date Loan Balance) were
30-59 days delinquent (measured on a contractual basis).
(xii) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
for each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage File contains each of
the documents specified to be included in them.
(xiii) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
the related Mortgage Note and the related mortgage at origination
complied in all material respects with applicable state and federal
laws, including usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement
procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity, or
disclosure laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan, and the servicing
practices used by the Seller with respect to each Mortgage Loan have
been consistent with the practices and the degree of skill and care
the Seller exercises in servicing for itself loans that it owns that
are comparable to the Mortgage Loans.
(xiv) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
either a lender's title insurance policy or binder was issued on the
date of origination of the Mortgage Loan being transferred on the
relevant date and each policy is valid and remains in full force, or
a title search or guaranty of title customary in the relevant
jurisdiction was obtained with respect to a Mortgage Loan as to
which no title insurance policy or binder was issued.
(xv) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
none of the Mortgaged Properties is a mobile home or a manufactured
housing unit that is not considered or classified as part of the
real estate under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
located.
(xvi) As of the Cut-off Date for the Initial Mortgage Loans no
more than the percentage specified in the Adoption Annex of the
Mortgage Loans, by aggregate principal balance, are secured by
Mortgaged Properties located in one United States postal zip code.
(xvii) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio for each Mortgage Loan was not in
excess of the percentage specified in the Adoption Annex.
(xviii) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
no selection procedure reasonably believed by the Seller to be
adverse to the interests of the Transferor, the Noteholders, or the
Credit Enhancer was used in selecting the Mortgage Loans.
(xix) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
the Seller has not transferred the Mortgage Loans to the Trust with
any intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any of its creditors.
(xx) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
the Minimum Monthly Payment with respect to any Mortgage Loan is not
less than the interest accrued at the applicable Loan Rate on the
average daily Asset Balance during the interest period relating to
the date on which the Minimum Monthly Payment is due.
(xxi) By the Closing Date with respect to the Initial Mortgage
Loans and, to the extent not already included in the filing with
respect to the Mortgage Loans, within 30 days of the relevant
Subsequent Closing Date with respect to any Additional Home Equity
Loans, and within 30 days of the applicable date of substitution
with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller
will file UCC-1 financing statements with respect to the relevant
Mortgage Loans.
(xxii) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
each Credit Line Agreement and each Mortgage Loan is an enforceable
obligation of the related mortgagor.
(xxiii) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
the Seller has not received a notice of default of any senior
mortgage loan related to a Mortgaged Property that has not been
cured by a party other than the Master Servicer.
(xxiv) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
the definition of "prime rate" in each Credit Line Agreement
relating to a Mortgage Loan does not differ materially from the
definition in the form of Credit Line Agreement in Exhibit B of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(xxv) The weighted average remaining term to maturity of the
Initial Mortgage Loans on a contractual basis as of the Cut-off Date
for the Initial Mortgage Loans is approximately the number of months
specified in the Adoption Annex. On each date that the Loan Rates
have been adjusted, interest rate adjustments on the Initial
Mortgage Loans were made in compliance with the related mortgage and
Mortgage Note and applicable law. Over the term of each Initial
Mortgage Loan, the Loan Rate may not exceed the related Loan Rate
Cap. The Loan Rate Cap for the Initial Mortgage Loans ranges between
the percentages specified in the Adoption Annex and the weighted
average Loan Rate Cap is approximately the percentage specified in
the Adoption Annex. The Gross Margins for the Initial Mortgage Loans
range between the percentages specified in the Adoption Annex and
the weighted average Gross Margin is approximately the percentage
specified in the Adoption Annex as of the Cut-off Date for the
Initial Mortgage Loans. The Loan Rates on the Initial Mortgage Loans
range between the percentages specified in the Adoption Annex and
the weighted average Loan Rate on the Initial Mortgage Loans is
approximately the percentage specified in the Adoption Annex.
(xxvi) As of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial
Mortgage Loans, the relevant Subsequent Closing Date with respect to
any Additional Home Equity Loans, and the applicable date of
substitution with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
each Mortgaged Property consists of a single parcel of real property
with a one-to-four unit single family residence erected on it, or an
individual condominium unit, planned unit development unit, or
townhouse.
(xxvii) No more than the percentage specified in the Adoption
Annex (by Cut-off Date Loan Balance) of the Initial Mortgage Loans
are secured by real property improved by individual condominium
units, units in planned unit developments, townhouses or two-to-four
family residences erected on them, and at least the percentage
specified in the Adoption Annex (by Cut-off Date Loan Balance) of
the Initial Mortgage Loans are secured by real property with a
detached one-family residence erected on them;
(xxviii) The Credit Limits on the Initial Mortgage Loans range
between approximately the dollar amounts specified in the Adoption
Annex with an average of approximately the dollar amount specified
in the Adoption Annex. As of the Cut-off Date for the Initial
Mortgage Loans, no Initial Mortgage Loan had a principal balance in
excess of approximately the dollar amount specified in the Adoption
Annex and the average principal balance of the Initial Mortgage
Loans is equal to approximately the dollar amounts specified in the
Adoption Annex.
(xxix) Approximately the percentages specified in the Adoption
Annex of the Initial Mortgage Loans, by aggregate principal balance
as of the Cut-off Date for the Initial Mortgage Loans, are first and
second liens.
(xxx) As of the Closing Date, no more than the percentage
specified in the Adoption Annex of the Mortgage Loans, by aggregate
principal balance, were appraised electronically.
If the substance of any representation or warranty under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement or in this Section made to the best of the Seller's
knowledge or as to which the Seller has no knowledge is inaccurate and the
inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the interest of the Purchaser or
its assignee in the related Mortgage Loan, then, notwithstanding that the
Seller did not know the substance of the representation and warranty was
inaccurate at the time the representation or warranty was made, the inaccuracy
shall be a breach of the applicable representation or warranty and the Seller
shall cure the breach, repurchase the Mortgage Loan, or substitute for the
Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
The representations and warranties in this Section shall survive the
transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser. The sole
remedy of the Purchaser, the Noteholders, the Indenture Trustee on behalf of
Noteholders, and the Credit Enhancer against the Seller for the breach of a
representation or warranty is the Seller's obligation to accept a transfer of
a Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing and to
make any required deposit in the Collection Account or to substitute an
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan.
The Purchaser acknowledges that the Seller, as Master Servicer, in
its sole discretion, may purchase for its own account from the Trust any
Mortgage Loan that is 91 days or more delinquent. The price for any Mortgage
Loan purchased shall be calculated in the same manner as in Section 3.06 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement and shall be deposited in the Collection
Account. When it receives a certificate from the Master Servicer in the form
of Exhibit D to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust shall release to
the purchaser of the Mortgage Loan the related Mortgage File and shall execute
and deliver any instruments of transfer prepared by the purchaser of the
Mortgage Loan, without recourse, necessary to vest in the purchaser of the
Mortgage Loan any Mortgage Loan released pursuant to this Agreement, and the
purchaser of the Mortgage Loan shall succeed to all the Trust's interest in
the Mortgage Loan and all security and documents. This assignment shall be an
assignment outright and not for security. The purchaser of the Mortgage Loan
shall then own the Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents, free of any
further obligation to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Transferor, the Credit Enhancer, or the Noteholders with respect to it.
ARTICLE IV
SELLER'S COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Covenants of the Seller.
Except for the transfer under this Agreement, the Seller will not
transfer to any other person, or create or suffer to exist any Lien on any
Mortgage Loan, or any interest in one; the Seller will notify the Indenture
Trustee of the existence of any Lien on any Mortgage Loan immediately on its
discovery; and the Seller will defend the right, title and interest of the
Trust and the Indenture Trustee in the Mortgage Loans against all claims of
third parties claiming through the Seller. Nothing in this Section shall
prohibit the Seller from suffering to exist on any of the Mortgage Loans any
Liens for municipal or other local taxes and other governmental charges if
they are not due at the time or if the Seller is contesting their validity in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and set aside on its books adequate
reserves with respect to them.
ARTICLE V
SERVICING
Section 5.01. Servicing.
The Seller will be the Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans pursuant
to of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION
Section 6.01. Termination.
The respective obligations of the Seller and the Purchaser created by
this Agreement shall terminate when the Indenture terminates in accordance
with its terms.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 7.01. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to
time by the Seller and the Purchaser, with the written consent of the Credit
Enhancer by written agreement signed by the Seller and the Purchaser.
Section 7.02. Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS PROVISIONS THAT
WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE.
Section 7.03. Notices.
All notices, demands, instructions, consents, and other
communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing
and signed by the party giving the same and shall be personally delivered or
sent by first class or express mail (postage prepaid), national overnight
courier service, or by facsimile transmission or other electronic
communication device capable of transmitting or creating a written record
(confirmed by first class mail) and shall be considered to be given for
purposes of this Agreement on the day that the writing is delivered when
personally delivered or sent by facsimile or overnight courier or three
Business Days after it was sent to its intended recipient if sent by first
class mail. A facsimile has been delivered when the sending machine issues an
electronic confirmation of transmission. Unless otherwise specified in a
notice sent or delivered in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
notices, demands, instructions, consents, and other communications in writing
shall be given to or made on the respective parties at their respective
addresses indicated below:
(i) if to the Seller at:
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
and
(ii) if to the Purchaser at:
CWABS, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Section 7.04. Severability of Provisions.
Any provisions of this Agreement that are held invalid for any reason
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of the invalidity or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement, and the prohibition
or unenforceability in a jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable that provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 7.05. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of copies, and by the
different parties on the same or separate counterparts, each of which shall be
considered to be an original instrument.
Section 7.06. Further Agreements.
The Purchaser and the Seller each agree to execute and deliver to the
other any additional documents appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this
Agreement or in connection with the issuance of the Notes.
Section 7.07. Successors and Assigns: Assignment of Purchase
Agreement.
This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the Seller, the Purchaser, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee,
and the Credit Enhancer. The obligations of the Seller under this Agreement
cannot be assigned or delegated to a third party without the consent of the
Purchaser and the Credit Enhancer, except that the Seller may assign its
obligations under this Agreement to any person into which the Seller is merged
or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to
which the Seller is a party or any person succeeding to the business of the
Seller. The Purchaser is acquiring the Mortgage Loans to further transfer them
to the Trust, and the Trust will Grant a Security Interest in them to the
Indenture Trustee under the Indenture pursuant to which the Trust will issue a
series of Notes secured by the Mortgage Loans. As an inducement to the
Purchaser to purchase the Mortgage Loans, the Seller consents to the
assignment by the Purchaser to Trust, and by the Trust to the Indenture
Trustee of all of the Purchaser's rights against the Seller under this
Agreement insofar as they relate to Mortgage Loans transferred to the Trust
and to the enforcement or exercise of any right against the Seller pursuant to
this Agreement by the Indenture Trustee under the Sale and Servicing Agreement
and the Indenture. Enforcement of a right by the Indenture Trustee shall have
the same effect as if the right had been exercised by the Purchaser directly.
Section 7.08. Survival.
The representations and warranties in Article III shall survive the
purchase of the Mortgage Loans.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Purchaser have caused to this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and
year first above written.
CWABS, INC.
Purchaser
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Vice President
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.
Seller
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
SCHEDULE I
SCHEDULE OF
MORTGAGE LOANS
[Delivered to the Indenture Trustee only]
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
) ss.:
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES)
On the 28th day of February 2001 before me, a Notary Public in and
for said State, personally appeared Xxxxxxx Xxxx, known to me to be a Vice
President of CWABS, Inc., the corporation that executed the within instrument,
and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said
corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Notary Public
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Commission # 1154594
Notary Public - California
Los Angeles County
My Comm. Expires Oct 3, 0000
XXXXX XX XXXXXXXXXX)
) ss.:
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES)
On the 28th day of February 2001 before me, Xxxxxxx Xxxx of
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., personally appeared, personally known to me (or
proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person whose
name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he
executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the
instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted,
executed the instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Notary Public
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Commission # 1154594
Notary Public - California
Los Angeles County
My Comm. Expires Oct 3, 2001
ANNEX 1
ADOPTION ANNEX
The cash portion of the purchase price for the Initial Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Section 2.03(a) is $390,617,655.15.
The items referred to in the representations and warranties in
Section 2.04(a) are:
(xi) no more than 0.40% of the Initial Mortgage Loans being
transferred on the relevant date (by Cut-off Date Loan Balance) were 30-59
days delinquent (measured on a contractual basis).
(xvi) As of the Cut-off Date for the Initial Mortgage Loans no more
than 3.5% of the Mortgage Loans, by aggregate principal balance, are secured
by Mortgaged Properties located in one United States postal zip code.
(xvii) The Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio for each Mortgage Loan was
not in excess of 100%.
(xxv) The weighted average remaining term to maturity of the Initial
Mortgage Loans on a contractual basis as of the Cut-off Date for the Initial
Mortgage Loans is approximately 298 months. The Loan Rate Caps for the Initial
Mortgage Loans range between 10.250% and 26.500% and the weighted average Loan
Rate Cap is approximately 17.899%. The Gross Margins for the Initial Mortgage
Loans range between -1.375% and 8.559% and the weighted average Gross Margin
is approximately 1.979% as of the Cut-off Date for the Initial Mortgage Loans.
The Loan Rates on the Initial Mortgage Loans range between 5.875% and 14.875%
and the weighted average Loan Rate on the Initial Mortgage Loans is
approximately 8.441%.
(xxvii) No more than 22.68% (by Cut-off Date Loan Balance) of the
Initial Mortgage Loans are secured by real property improved by individual
condominium units, units in planned unit developments, townhouses or
two-to-four family residences erected on them, and at least 77.32% (by Cut-off
Date Loan Balance) of the Initial Mortgage Loans are secured by real property
with a detached one-family residence erected on them.
(xxviii) The Credit Limits on the Initial Mortgage Loans range
between approximately $5,300 and $1,500,000 with an average of approximately
$40,350.06. As of the Cut-off Date for the Initial Mortgage Loans, no Initial
Mortgage Loan had a principal balance in excess of approximately $1,000,000
and the average principal balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans is equal to
approximately $28,404.43.
(xix) Approximately 1.82% and 98.18% of the Initial Mortgage Loans,
by aggregate principal balance as of the Cut-off Date for the Initial Mortgage
Loans, are first and second liens, respectively.
(xxx) As of the Closing Date, no more than 5.5% of the Mortgage
Loans, by aggregate principal balance, were appraised electronically.
